#figabros

The brothers Figaro, based off of this picture that crossed my dash yesterday and that has eaten my brain.

My first impulse was to draw Mash/Sabin, because whoever that guy is looked JUST like him! And then, because they're twins, I had to just try out Edgar.

Ah, siblings how fast the mood changes. From killing each other...

To gentle tolerance

I'm sorry, I have to share my heartbreak. This is heartbreaking. Don't read further if your heart is at risk of breaking. Consult your doctor before attempting to suffer through heartbreak.

To preamble an unnecessarily excessive amount, a few years ago kwhazit did an AMAZING, step-by-step, detail-filled, context-providing, wonderfully thorough translation of FF6. Like, the entire game: dialog, attack/item/spell names, monster data… more information than you'd find even in an official strategy guide. Should they ever read this, I hope they know how much I appreciate all of the work they put into it, and it's quickly become one of my primary reference sources when looking up something about the game.

Since they included translations of everything, they also included translations of events that may not usually be seen in the game, such as when you fail at a critical event.

FOR A HEARTBREAKING EXAMPLE, it's possible for Sabin to die in the World of Ruin if Celes does not rescue the child from the collapsing house in Tzen quickly enough.

The incredible @wsancho wrote an excellent post on this particular event and how the "failure" option was softened from the original concept (again, consult your doctor before reading their post about twin death).

In the final version of the game, failing to rescue the child in time results in a "fade to black" Game Over screen. Nothing is shown, only implied (thank god).

What I didn't know until recently, [no] thanks to kwhazit, was that Sabin has last lines before the house collapses on him.

The two translations definitely have different emotional weight to them. To me, Woolsey's translation's conveys Sabin meeting his demise with confidence (dare I even say optimism?) that Edgar will continue fighting to rebuild the broken world.

Meanwhile, the original Japanese text (through kwhazit's translation) feels more layered to me, like he is pushing himself to the very last moment, is angry at himself for not being stronger, and is feeling regret that he won't be able to help Edgar anymore.

So, not only does Sabin die, but his final thoughts are always about Edgar. 😭💔

Outside of the game, I think this would be true for Sabin in any scenario, even if he lives to be 94 years old and dies peacefully in his sleep.

And although I love the idea that Edgar's final thoughts would be about Sabin, I'm actually not sure they would be. Again, as wsancho points out in one of her amazing braindump posts, Edgar tends to focus on the welfare of his kingdom above all else. Because of this, I think that his final thoughts could be about Figaro and its future. Perhaps it depends on how well he thinks the kingdom would do without him.

"Height difference/高度差" featuring the Figabros.

(This is how I am coping.)

Paparazzi caught the Figabros out on the town.

Cosplay work in progress entries

Another thing I received a while ago but forgot to post about. I purchased this set of FF6 stickers from @h0lyhandgrenade.

I love each and every sticker, and the fact that neither of the given quotes are actually from the game makes me laugh. I want to find a way to make "One more time, baby!" another classic Ultros catchphrase.

But of course, my favorite one is the Figabros. Sabin's having a bit of a nip-slip moment too. 👀

I need to buy a FF6 notebook where I can start putting all these stickers.

@h0lyhandgrenade has a lot of really great artwork on their site; I actually wish I had purchased more stuff from them!

You can check them out here:

https://h0lys-art-corner.myshopify.com

https://twitter.com/h0lysarthole

This artist has a ton of AMAZING work, including renditions of our Figabros in the latest artifact gear from Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.

They did a similar set for the previous FFXIV expansion, Endwalker:

If I had one wish in the world, it would be that draw Sabin in my favorite Monk artifact gear, the Pacifist set from FFXIV: Stormblood.

Hmm... do I need to start playing FFXIV again...?

You can find more of dwsiknw's work here:

https://x.com/dwsiknw