Fran and Balthier?

[scooby]

Just gonna comment quickly on the last few posts in the thread:

1. Balthier doesn't have a "British accent"; there's no such thing. The UK (United Kingdom) comprises four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In each of these countries, there exists a multitude of different regional accents. E.g., in England, there is (to name a few) Scouse (from Liverpool), Geordie (Newcastle), Cockney (East London), Janner (Plymouth - where I'm from - but, thankfully, I DON'T have the accent!!!), etc. Balthier sounds like he comes from somewhere in the South East of England; one of the Home Counties. It drives me mad when I hear/see ignorant people saying things like "...from Britain and Scotland..." Er...hello!!! Scotland is a part of Britain!!!

Sorry, I didn't intend to offend or anything.

...And I didn't mean to sound so rude. I apologize. It just gets to one...when one constantly hears the misnomer: "British accent".

2. Don't like Balthier's plummy, CAMP!, posh-boy accent.... More on that, later....

I'm actually quite fond of his accent...

It's not that I think his voice is bad, per se.... Indeed, I think that Gideon Emery put in a decent performance.... It's just that, it rather pales in comparison with the Japanese voice - courtesy of one of my favourite seiyuus: Hiroaki Hirata. Balthier's Japanese voice is sooooo sexy , and his English voice...well...isn't. :-\ To me, camp = NOT sexy. I find it to be a major disappointment. Laughably camp.

3. Getting tired of all the crude jokes about Fran, that I've been seeing on other message boards. Don't like her accent, either.

What are these mysterious message boards? Fran is probably my favorite Final Fantasy character to date!

And I am in love with her voice.

Again, I was speaking comparatively. If I hadn't already been so in love with Fran's Japanese voice, perhaps I would've found her English voice more tolerable. As it is, it grates on me.

I was mostly referring to the (extremely active) FFXII message board on GameFAQs. "You know what rabbits like doing..." etc.

Anyways...
Read On...On the Dreadnought Leviathan I also sensed a (more crude) Fran/Balthier vibe.

When Fran goes into her Mist-induced Super Ultra Crazy Hyper Homicidal Mode, Balthier and Penelo have a quick exchange something like this:

Penelo: What's wrong with her?

Balthier: Well, I always knew Fran wasn't very fond to being tied up.

I know that there is a myriad of things that comment could be alluding to, but I took that as a sort of double entendre. Just think about it...; )
I don't know if I’m just reading to deep into that statement (or if I was just really dirty-minded that particular day) but that's what I took from it.

Yeah, nothing major or definite.

It could be interpreted that way...or, he could've just meant that Fran likes freedom.... Balthier's pretty cheeky - so, like you said, probably a deliberate double entendre.