thinking about how for one glorious, horrible session of third life, skizzleman was basically the grim freakin reaper.
thinking about how in session 7, he got eight whole seconds into his episode before declaring that he had to kill somebody today, that today someone would die.
and he did kill somebody. two somebodies. two red lives.
y’know skizz is the only life series member to have ONLY gotten permakills? everyone else has gotten at least one kill on someone other than a red life.
thing about it is, skizz was very, very bloodthirsty that episode, but despite that bloodlust, he actually arguably spared as many as he slew. after jimmy’s death, scar was still relatively cornered in that same box, and while the rest of the red army did tell him that it was the banner or death, skizz was the one to rephrase that to “give up the banner and you get to live”, which was an opportunity that scar took to change the situation from Combat (a fight he would lose) to Negotiation (a fight he can, and did, win). after cleo’s death, he even more explicitly spares bdubs, allows him to go because, unlike cleo, bdubs didn’t attack ren.
it’s not just the murders that make me describe him as the grim freakin reaper, it’s the long-term effects. obviously the permakills stay permadead for the rest of third life. but the folks he spared came second and third in duration of being alive, and the guy who won the season was the guy who ultimately killed him. for one glorious, horrible session, skizz determined who lives and dies, not entirely to his own benefit.
and THEN. so obviously the permakills stay permadead for the rest of the season. and cleo’s already technically undead, so uh. bottom text.
but then there’s jimmy. the guy whose failed bomb defusal set both himself and skizz to red life, the guy who skizz was hanging out with during scar’s death, the first permadeath of third life and of all other life serieses since. i could make a pretty convincing argument that jimmy is still feeling the consequences of the arrow skizz put through his him, seeing as uh, he’s still permadying first in life series to this day. grim freakin reaper. long-term consequences.
and this is a kind of ridiculous tangent to go off on about someone who is generally just a silly goofy guy who is unflinchingly loyal to his friends, but like, it’s also true.
it’s like. skizz caused the first two permadeaths of third life and then became the third. we’re all just normal about that?
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Hey you!
Are you like me and have a completely normal* relationship with video game OSTs and composers’ use of leitmotifs within them?
*not normal at all
GREAT NEWS!
I’ve gone through and catalogued almost the entire Final Fantasy XVI soundtrack by character/region/general interlude based on motif use alone!
(Basically in general if a motif shows up only once it’s not gonna be on this list. Also, some recurring motifs didn’t have a designated name or common title scheme so I classified them myself, such as Early Overworld, Disaster Strikes, Impending Doom, Interludes, and Mythos. If anyone is curious as to which songs those categories include, let me know!)
Without further ado, here’s the breakdown. Any numbers after a + indicate tracks from disc 8 of the Ultimate Edition, which are unused tracks or single-cutscene tracks. Spoilers abound under the cut as well.
Final Fantasy: 7
Crystal: 17-20, approximately
Joshua/Phoenix: 15 + 1
Clive/Ifrit: 13 + 3 (bro the unused Ifrit vs Ifrit is so funny to me, it’s basically Lo-Fi Beats To Face Your Inner Demons To)
Jill/Shiva: 9 + 2 (update: I still cry when My Star plays)
Cid/Ramuh: 7 + 1
Benedikta/Garuda: 7
Hugo/Titan: 6
Dion/Bahamut: 7
Barnabas/Odin: 5 + 2
Ultima: 19 + 1 (truly incredible how many times he shows up and how EARLY in the game, too. He was always watching!!)
Anabella: 2
Rosaria: 12 + 1
Sanbreque: 5
Republic of Dhalmekia: 8 + 1 (the unused theme and the actual theme are almost identical, the main motif is just ever so slightly different, which I find fascinating!)
Crystalline Dominion: 2
Ironholm: 5
Waloed: 5 + 2
Early Overworld: 4
Battle Theme: 5 + 1
Disaster Strikes: 3
Impending Doom: 1 (think I made this a category before I realized it only showed up once)
Eikonic: 3
Interludes: 2
Mythos: 5
This was honestly so much fun to do! If anyone’s curious about anything don’t hesitate to ask! Happy to elaborate for anyone curious or wondering about anything
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was watching sk8 with my little brother (he’s 6)
it gets to the part where joe fuckin planks on the board and i’m rapt with how absurd this moment is
my brother looks up at me and goes:
“i know you like boys” 👁️👃👁️
I—
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Hello!! As a person who does VERY much go here I am delighted to let you know that, in order from left to right:
- maybe
- no (too sad)
- yes but I will bite it first (and my character has in fact) (canonically) (over 20 times)
- probably not
- probably
- yes
- not sure but probably
- ??
- ????????
- MOST DEFINITELY.
You are still 100% encouraged to hold all of them in cupped hands though <3
Thank you, that in fact does answer my question. And gives me approximately eighteen more. What.
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