The secret behind the phoenix down

[NeoCracker]

I move "Phoenix Down" should be changed to Go Juice.

[Momiji]

And if all of this is the case, what is Phoenix Pinion? A bunch of feathers or something? *too lazy to look the word up*

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Pinions are the outermost flight feathers on a bird's wing.

[BG-57]

I think in the games where they have fallen the touch of the feather will revive them.

In the games where they get KO'd I think the touch of the feather will make them come too, kind of like smelling salts only... more special.

If in fact Pheonix Downs do nothing but wake up a person with 0 HP, smelling salts would more accurately describe their function. The pheonix carries connations of resurrection from death and rebirth that many of the games are trying to get away from with hedging terms like K.O. and Faint. I guess the continuity of item names took precedence over other considerations.

[Momiji]

Pinions are the outermost flight feathers on a bird's wing.

Oh, I see.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I think the real question is what they do with the phoenix down

Do they smell it? Do the rub it against the person? Do they have to swallow it? Is it a suppository?

Close with "rubbing it". The KOed character gets tickled with the feather. Preferably on the feet.

[.:kerrod:.]

The name confuses me!

Phoenix Down? Why can't it be at least Phoenix Up? :rolleyes2

please tell me you're kidding, if not, i will hunt you down and give you a friendly bop on the forehead, you silly goose! :rolleyes2

As for how to 'apply' the phoenix down, have you never played a final fantasy? all you have to do is think about who's going to get it, give it a slightly homosexual flick into the air and it'll turn to magical sprinkles and fall on the person you want...geez, it's simple logic :rolleyes2

[Serapy]

I'm not kidding Also, why can't it be Phoenix Left or Right as well??

[Tallulah]

Down is another term for feather.

Oh. I suddenly feel so silly... I thought it was down as in 'the opposite of up' as well...

Why is there a baby phoenix on FF7 there would be absolutely no need for a phoenix to breed.

Wasn't that... a baby condor?

[.:kerrod:.]

ugh, did you even read the rest of the thread?! this is for all y'all:

'DOWN' IS A TYPE OF FEATHER FOUND EITHER ON A BABY BIRD OR UNDERNEATH THE LARGE FEATHERS OF A MATURE BIRD, IT IS A SOFT, FLUFFY FEATHER

and the baby bird WAS a condor...because it was at Fort Condor, which totally doesn't make sense i know :rolleyes2 you get the phoenix summon from it though, so that's what had you confused

[BG-57]

Additionally I think given that the baby bird hatched right after the parent drops dead (after what looks like an expanding explosion) is suspiciously pheonix-like behavior despite the name of the fort. I don't blame people for getting confused.

[Serapy]

Ahh! My eyes are burning but I still prefer Phoenix Up
7-Up

[blackmage_nuke]

Now the real question is what the hell is a mega-phoenix!?

[.:kerrod:.]

Now the real question is what the hell is a mega-phoenix!?

haha, touche', like....a bunch of down? or maybe it's a whole bird, slaughtered and carried in the bag, just in case...yeah, definitely a dismembered phoenix...

[BG-57]

It's clearly a million pheonix feathers.