Which FF protagonist is the best?

[Pike]

ummm I don't see blitzball kid on the poll

[Fynn]

I'm glad nscience and Ant-man have the same amount of votes as Tidus.

[Loony BoB]

Bartz / Cloud / Zidane. Tough call between those three for me. I like them all for differing reasons.

[Madame Adequate]

Bartz / Cloud / Zidane. Tough call between those three for me. I like them all for differing reasons.

I don't understand how anyone can like Zidane.

And whenever I 'accidentally' touch a girl's ass they get mad, but they all smurfing love him for doing it.

ummm I don't see blitzball kid on the poll

Sweetie we've been over this, Blitzball Kid is too weird and doesn't fit into our typical classifications. Protagonist, antagonist, narrator, love interest - he's all these things and more, often all at once.

[Fynn]

Bartz / Cloud / Zidane. Tough call between those three for me. I like them all for differing reasons.

I don't understand how anyone can like ZidaneTidus.

Fixed that for ya

[Madame Adequate]

bc he's fun and takes the right things seriously and when he learns "killing Sin will mean you stop existing" he says "don't care, killing Sin, saving spira"

[Fynn]

Yup, hoes from egotistical brat to selfless paragon of justice at the snap of a finger. Makes it easy!

[Forsaken Lover]

Screw Zidane and Tidus.

Cloud is the right answer.

[maybee]

Zidane is awesome ! Zidane is a kind-hearted sweetie who cares about others in need, is a excellent leader and friend towards all his team-mates ( unlike Cloud, Squall and Lightning who are dickish ) and tries to help and aid everybody in trouble. Zidane is truly awesome and is a excellent main character !

Zidane is a pure treasure.

Yup, hoes from egotistical brat to selfless paragon of justice at the snap of a finger. Makes it easy!

Think you meant goes imao. Hoes is more Zidane/ King Edgar/ Irvine's style.

[Fynn]

Ugh. I REALLY need to start looking at what I type on my phone.

[Madame Adequate]

No he doesn't, he has a gradual and complex evolution where different parts of his personality take precedence through the course of his journey. He was never an "egotistical brat", idk where you get that from, he does have an ego because of being a star Blitzer but he's far more ready to ask questions or admit he goofed or whatever. He's recognizably the same person throughout but he gains a much deeper appreciation for the sacrifices others make and the one he is being asked to make, and he undergoes a believable evolution and development precisely because it's actually the opposite of what you say - it's gradual and a change in emphasis in personality, not sudden and wholesale.

[Fynn]

I disagree. I felt it was abrupt and forced, and each subsequent playthrough only reinforced that.

So yeah, that's just like, your opinion, man.

[Pike]

I love Tidus so much he reminds me a lot of myself One of the reasons I liked FFX so much was because I found Tidus really easy to relate to. The other reason I liked FFX so much was because it's got the most fun battle system out of all of them (IMO)

Actually I relate to Tidus so much that I automatically assume people on this forum who don't like Tidus probably wouldn't like me IRL haha

[Fynn]

Don't worry - I like most people in real life, but what makes me like a fictional character is more based on how they are written, rather than how likeable they are as a person. I'm just really annoyed by the writing in X in general, and Tidus just embodies everything wrong with it, IMO.

But if you feel like you can relate to him, good for you I find Squall to be the most realistic portrayal of human emotion in the series and the most relatable to me personally and hE'S NOT ON THE FRICKIN' POLL DESPITE FRIGGIN' SERAH BEING THERE EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A SEQUEL AND NOT A MAIN GAME

Yes, I'm still salty about that

[Formalhaut]

Don't worry - I like most people in real life, but what makes me like a fictional character is more based on how they are written, rather than how likeable they are as a person. I'm just really annoyed by the writing in X in general, and Tidus just embodies everything wrong with it, IMO.

But if you feel like you can relate to him, good for you I find Squall to be the most realistic portrayal of human emotion in the series and the most relatable to me personally and hE'S NOT ON THE FRICKIN' POLL DESPITE FRIGGIN' SERAH BEING THERE EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A SEQUEL AND NOT A MAIN GAME

Yes, I'm still salty about that

Gonna have to agree with the others about Tidus on this one Fynn

As for the poll, I don't know, I rather liked Lightning's characterisation and taken as a whole throughout the three games, you really see her progression through time. Other than her, I also appreciated Tidus, Cloud and Ashe as the protagonist of their respective games. XII does have an ensemble cast, but there's no denying that Ashe does become the driving force after the first third of the game.