Final Fantasy Oscars

[Lord Golbez]

Best FF game - FFVII. Just all around my favorite. Particularly the story because I really like the lifestream concept and Christ figure Aeris.

Best soundtrack -Incredibly hard. I'd probably go with FFVII again on the strength of the main theme and Aeris, but both FFVI and FFVIII are really close. Heck even FFIV is close.

Best Final Fantasy Female - This is likely going to become a broken record theme here, but I think I have to go with Terra. My runner-up is Aeris, but even though I really love Aeris thematically, she's a bit more one note than Terra. Terra is the first female main character of the series (suck it FFVI MC deniers) and deserves recognition for that alone. She is not only developed in terms of exploring the mysteries of her character and origin, but grows significantly throughout the plot, particularly in the shift in her character from WOB to WOR.

Best Final Fantasy Male - I also have a few potential favorites here, including Squall who I think is one of the most thoroughly developed characters in the series due to all his introspection and Vivi who is just so loveable and at the same time deep, melancholic. If there's anyone I'd want to root for, it's Vivi. However, my choice in this category is Laguna. He's just such a positive inspiring character. He's even kind of arrogant, but he pulls it off in such a goofy, affable way that it's impossible to dislike him for it. He's just fun to laugh both at and with.

Best Well-dressed FF character - Uh... I don't know. Edea? Golbez is pretty badass too.

Funniest Final Fantasy Moment - Oh wow. This one's really hard. Maybe the Gau Mr. Thou scene or Wall Market.

Most Romantic Moment - No idea. I'm just gonna go with the same thing as my favorite couple (spoilers). Laguna proposing to Raine.

Most Tragic Death - Definitely Aeris. I suppose tragic can be thought of in a lot of ways, but this is by far the death that affected me the most emotionally. Actually most tragic might be Vivi because he lived a short life by design and his death was just glossed over almost.

Best Final Fantasy Animal - Not really sure what this means are we going for characters or species? I'll go with chocobos. They're iconic for the series with a more sustained presence than Moogles and a new rendition of their beloved theme in basically every new entry.

Best Final Fantasy Couple - Laguna and Raine. I always appreciated the contrast of the more "real" relationship of Laguna and Raine vs the infatuation (even if it was two-sided) of Laguna and Julia.

Best Final Fantasy Villain - Sephiroth. Yeah, I said it. Bite me, haters. Yeah, it definitely doesn't hurt that from the moment of his introduction he oozes cool and they make sure to put you in proper awe of his power. He has the look and tone down and that's not for nothing but that's not all. Sephiroth is the personified hubris of Shinra. Just as they thought they could get away with unfettered use of Mako energy without repercussions, they also believed they could use a dangerous alien to make the perfect weapon and control it. I love Sephiroth for being the embodiment of Shinra's comeuppance.

Most Frightening FF Moment - Cid the Ghost (FF3)

Best FF Ending - I think I have to go with FFVIII here. It was just the most thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying ending of any FF game. From the little glimpses of characters' lives with Seifer looking wistfully but happily at passing Garden, Laguna recalling his life with Raine, etc. to the end credits graduation ceremony it strikes the perfect balance of comedy and tearjerker.

Best FF Movie - Haha. What? The Spirits Within I guess. Honestly, I think this movie gets a bad rap. It has some missteps, but overall I think it's pretty decent. I get it wasn't what people expected, but what people expected probably would have turned out more like it's trout competition in this category. It goes without saying (or should) that Spirits Within is way better than the repulsive turd that is Advent Children. Not only is Advent Children a terrible, completely unnecessary add-on to FF7, but allowing it to exist canonically actively makes FF7 worse. Thus, I refuse to acknowledge canonical existence of Advent Children or any other part of the compilation other than FF7 itself.


So what? I'm the only person who's going to write something other than referencing some old weird roleplaying thread?