by markus1395
These are just my favorite characters in video games, dawg. Maybe I'll update it from time to time (probably not).
I'm putting down characters as I think of them, so everything after #2 is a massive WIP, rank wise. If I ever actually get around to doing more of this, that is.
GAZE IN HORROR as you slowly- over the course of this list- come to realize that 90% of my day-to-day thought process is dominated by Final Fantasy Tactics and Persona 4!
Also, spoilers.
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Okay, so I actually like my #2 entry on this list more at this point, but I'm giving Agrias the #1 spot as my legacy pick. Watching my brother play the prologue of FFT at seven years old and seeing Agrias use Stasis Sword for the first time BLEW MY FUCKING MIND. It still does a little bit, honestly. To be entirely frank and give you TOO MUCH information: The fact that I'm attracted to capable women in real life can probably be traced back to that exact moment! Probably. Seven IS an impressionable age. Unfortunately, the unique recruitable characters in FFT really don't have any dialogue or story after you recruit them. Bummer! Agrias still managed to make enough of an impression on me to clinch my (legacy) #1 spot, though. Hell, I named my dog after her!
Naoto is best girl, don't fucking @ me (Unless you ALSO think Naoto is best girl, then you can totally @ me) Seriously, this is my real #1. Remember what I said about capable women? Yeah, definitely my thing. I love everything about Naoto.
I love Kanji. I can't even think of a way to really joke about it, I just love the guy. His characterization in phenomenal, and Troy Baker turns it what is probably my all-time favorite VO in video games. Sorry I stole your crush, dude. But That's how it is on this bitch of an earth.
I identify with Rin a lot! That's almost certainly a bad thing, huh? Shit. Easily my favorite route in Katawa Shoujo. I tend to think KS is pretty uneven (I only think 3 of the 5 routes are good, and varying degrees of good at that), but Rin's Route holds a very special place near and dear to my heart.
Lady steak. Meat girl. Carnivorous Kung-Fu. You probably shouldn't call Chie any of those things, but they're there if you want to. Free of charge. I think I stole the first one from Jeff, even. And let's be honest, that second one was as half-assed as it gets. What can I say about Chie that a million people haven't already said? She's fucking great. One thing people tend to gloss over, however, is that her Social Link story is actually pretty fuckin' bland. But Chie transcends that in a major way, because of how fantastic she is.
My favorite FF protagonist. He's naive. He's easily manipulated. He fucks up more than a few times over the course of the game. He's the epitome of the "truth and justice, always do the right thing" protagonist. But Final Fantasy Tactics is a game that trades almost exclusively in dramatic irony and people being enormous, irredeemable pieces of shit. Ramza doesn't fit. At all. And I find that super compelling. Despite the fact that he gets disowned by his elder brothers (and, by extension, the rest of Ivalice's nobility), despite the fact that he gets branded a heretic, despite the fact that history will either completely forget him or forever spit on his name, he soldiers on. Ceaselessly. Set against the bleak backdrop of Final Fantasy Tactics, I find his otherwise staid characterization highly interesting.
I hate Delita so much that the post-credits scene in FFT may legitimately be may favorite video game cutscene ever. But he's also maybe the best video game character, period. Incredibly interesting, eminently detestable. Perhaps the biggest piece of shit in a game filled with festering fecal folk. But the fucked up thing? He's RIGHT. He sells his soul (figuratively; an important distinction in FFT) and turns himself into a facsimile every manipulative, self-serving asshole he hates just to keep Ivalice from falling apart. He's so far gone that he lies to everyone without a second thought. Even himself. Y'know how some people are now talking about Solas from Dragon Age as being this really interesting character? Like, super hate-able but actually a great character who is ultimately really important to the story? Yeah, Delita did it first, and better. Get outta here, egghead!
Yeah, he's a high school dipshit. I found his high school dipshittery to be DEAD-ON accurate, too. But, unlike most real life high school dipshits, he legitimately cares for his friends, so that's a win in my book.
Tragic hero, twisted by fate (and demons). I love Wiegraf's arc, and he will forever be the guy I WISH I could recruit in FFT. Also one of the most infamous boss fights of all time. Love it.
They were in Sacred 2! Kinda cheating, eh? One of my favorite bands, and they have a character page, so FUCK IT.