Dude that sucks! Here let me buy you a drink...

[Wolf Kanno]

So my friends and I were discussing FF and how many of the characters have alot of bad things happen to him. So it turned into a discussion of which FF character had the most happen in there lives. So who do you think suffered the most? Who handled it the best? Who would you buy a drink for if you met them in a bar and heard there sob story?

[Bolivar]

Probably Cyan... He got it pretty rough and he was one of my favorite characters to use in the game, so yeah...

[Forsaken Lover]

Garnet.
Her mother and people were killed when she was just a baby.
Then her horn was cut off.
Her foster mother, the only mother she knew, was turned into a tyrant monster who everyone she met thought was a brutal insane despot. She also gets the privelege of being helpless to save her second mother and watching her die.
She then finally inherits the burden of being Queen and helping to lead her people, only to see her kingdom and people get wasted before her eyes.
Finally, her mother's soul adds to the power of a madman who will kill everything and everyone.

[rubah]

I also think cyan had it pretty rough.

[LunarWeaver]

Aerith lived in the slums, had powers she didn't understand, was the last of her kind, sold flowers for 1 gil when she totally could have gotten 2, was chased around by people with badly translated sentences that were rather odd, and then got stabbed through the best with a large katana-penis. She makes me sad :sad:

[Goldenboko]

Garnet.
Her mother and people were killed when she was just a baby.
Then her horn was cut off.
Her foster mother, the only mother she knew, was turned into a tyrant monster who everyone she met thought was a brutal insane despot. She also gets the privelege of being helpless to save her second mother and watching her die.
She then finally inherits the burden of being Queen and helping to lead her people, only to see her kingdom and people get wasted before her eyes.
Finally, her mother's soul adds to the power of a madman who will kill everything and everyone.

Now this is true, but Garnet had a very happy ending, she got the man she loved, and her kingdom appeared to repair itself.

Cyan's ending, well it kinda sucked for him, sure Kefka's dead, but thats not going to bring his wife, child, or Kingdom back to him.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

"My family lives on inside of me!"

By the end of the game, he'd accepted and transcended their deaths. They weren't coming back to life, but he was at peace, as they wanted him to be.

[Goldenboko]

"My family lives on inside of me!"

By the end of the game, he'd accepted and transcended their deaths. They weren't coming back to life, but he was at peace, as they wanted him to be.

I feel that saying and really believing are two different things.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

There's no reason to think he's lying. In fiction, you take characters at their word, unless the author has provided you with a clear reason to suspect them.

[Goldenboko]

There's no reason to think he's lying. In fiction, you take characters at their word, unless the author has provided you with a clear reason to suspect them.

There is no reason to believe that he's lying, and I'm aware that's what your suppose to do with fiction, and thats why I'm not making some big theory about my opinion. But correct me if I'm wrong this thread was asking for opinions right?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Opinions that are at least based in reality would be preferable, I'm sure.

[Bolivar]

I think he really overcame their deaths when you get him back in your party. He tells Lola the truth and advises her to move on as he pledges to do the same. Although he does still seem to still be terrorized by the past during the Doma castle sidequest, I like to think he gets the Alexander as a token of their memory and continues to move on.

[Jessweeee♪]

Of the games I've played, I'd say Cloud had the most crap. Tidus probably dealt with his the best, though

[blackmage_nuke]

Terra lived in the Empire, had powers she Didnt get a chance to understand, was the Only one of her kind, Got mind controlled into killing good guys for 0 gp when she totally could have gotten twice as much, was chased around by everyone with and without badly translated sentences that were rather odd, and then got her position as essential character stolen by Celes. She makes me sad :sad:

Aerith is just a wannabe Terra

By the way im going to go for Cyan.

[Wolf Kanno]

I'd say Ramza. Born in a noble family with the pressure of living up to its name, he's disliked by his oldest brother cause he's the child of a second marriage and not considered true blood, makes several mistakes in his youth trying to live up to his family name which results in the death of his best friends sister and the ending of his friendship with Delita. Joins a mercenary guild in disgrace only to have its leader betray him and try to kill him. Hell, he's betrayed by almost everyone... Fails everytime he tries to save Ovelia, accidentally stumbles upon the plot of the church and becomes branded a heretic meaning any chance of him living a normal life is gone, is hereto after pursued by the church, his brothers who have abandoned him, and Goltana's forces.

Discovers his friend is manipulating the war for personal gain, learns his brother is manipulating the war for personal gain and ends up killing both his brothers. Saves the world and never gets credit for it, instead he's criminalized and the few people who try to tell his tale are killed for it. Granted he's happy by the end cause he has the satisfaction of knowing he did the right thing. He never fought for glory or revenge, and unlike most other FF characters, his life is almost completely destroyed to obtain his goal.

He was the character my friends and I unanimously agreed upon. I'd easily buy him a drink if I met him in a bar. After that sob story, I wouldn't even care if its happy hour or not.