Blitzball sign of victory

[Jiro]

I'm going to go with Pete on this one, and say that he obviously was too busy wtf'ing at the tropical village and Wakka's jamaican accent mon to really hear properly, coupled with the fact he'd never heard the word before. That has to be it.

[Jinx]

Or just the fact Tidus is a smurfing idiot.

[Jessweeee♪]

Obviously they do the macarena in Zanarkand and it was totally intentional.

Tidus: They say he went to the Macarena Temple
Wakka: Macalania Temple
Tidus: Aye!

[Jinx]

Omg, you're so right, Jesswee. He's still an idiot, though.

[Sephex]

Omg, you're so right, Jesswee. He's still an idiot, though.

Sam, here is a video I made that you will love.
Tidus Tribute - YouTube

[Jinx]

Omg, you're so right, Jesswee. He's still an idiot, though.

Sam, here is a video I made that you will love.
Tidus Tribute - YouTube

Some parts of this made me giggle uncontrollably. Especially the picture of Christopher Titus.

[Sephex]

Omg, you're so right, Jesswee. He's still an idiot, though.

Sam, here is a video I made that you will love.
Tidus Tribute - YouTube

Some parts of this made me giggle uncontrollably. Especially the picture of Christopher Titus.

One of my friends lost his **** when he saw that. Glad you enjoyed the vid!

[blackmage_nuke]

I think the crusaders thing is totally legitimate. It's like the first time you hear the word euthanasia and you automatically think 'youth in asia' and go through a whole conversation wondering why all these young asians are killing people.

The slow blitzball sign of victory makes sense too. Its like if you know how to do the twist then you go to some foreign country and theyre all "Im going to show you how to do our religous cultural dance, it's sacred so if you do it wrong we may be offended", then they start doing the twist and youre all "I cant be doing this right... because it just feels like im doing the twist"

[Jiro]

That makes rather good sense, man!

[Pete for President]

Those are some great examples Blackmage.

[blackmage_nuke]

Only since its the bb sign for victory it would be more like if they started doing 7649.gif but i dont know the name of this dance. I tried googling 'that dance where your arms go in a horizontal circle' but that didnt help at all, and it's not stirring the pot because that has your hands together as though your holding a spoon.

[Jiro]

I have a feeling it has something to do with KFC as I seem to recall something about a beardy man and a cane doing that dance but then I also remember it happening elsewhere and yeah I don't have any smurfing idea either dude.

[NecroPoster]

Sorry for the necro post.

I thought the reason for the blitzball sign for victory being the same as the prayer of Yevon was because that's just what it evolved into over the thousand years. Kinda how a salute was originated from the action of a rider raising the visor on his helmet when encountering another rider to show he was friend, not foe (whereas now it's a sign to show respect to superior officers).

Could it also be that Jecht made that sign a lot, so thus when he, Braska, and Auron defeated Sin, that became the prayer of thanks (i.e. "victory" over Sin)?

Or it could always be that Tidus was just dense as all get out and didn't realize people were praying for the Abes' victory... but it makes you wonder... why were they praying to Yevon if he was still alive?

I'm more inclined to think it's the first idea... but who knows I guess.

[Mirage]

I think he was just trying to mimic Wakka's motions without actually thinking about how it was similar to the blitzball sign until after he had performed it.

As for the foreign words, he's probably never heard them before, so idk. He might not be good with languages in general. Not everyone is good with words, and I'd think a sports dude might easily be one of those who aren't.

[Jessweeee♪]

Originally I posted that I thought he was purposely faking but now I think he's just really uncertain about it. Like, to him it's this silly gesture everyone does at a sporting event, a sport that he knows Spira greatly enjoys as well. Wakka is making this motion like it's a sacred sign of respect and Tidus is mimicking it very cautiously. Like "For real? I have to be doing this wrong." It's like being told "hey we're going to communion, you know how to do that right? No? Okay the priest is gonna give you a little wafer. This represents the body of our lord Jesus Christ. Then you both do the prayer." And then he describes this motion that you recognize to be a high five and tells you that's the prayer.