#stormew

Same here! I didn’t expect it. He’s one of my two favorites - definitely my favorite in any FF game. I tend to dislike or feel indifference towards most protags, but a few attach themselves! If we stick with FF, I did like Cloud (game Cloud) and Zidane quite a bit. Lightning seemed pretty cool, if only I’d stuck around. :’)(At least in the FF games I’ve played, I haven’t had to deal with the worst protag you can offer me: reckless boasting self-proclaimed hero who is like…12. Or 15.)But I adore Noctis. I’m proud of him, because he never ran away. (And honestly, I know I’d want to.) He hesitated, but hesitation isn’t the same as turning your back away from your destiny. I’ve thought a lot about what he faced, and it’s scary to me. I can’t imagine how terrified he must have been. But he coped. He spent time with his friends, teasing and laughing and loving.He’s genuine character. They could have gone with an insufferable brat of a prince, because that’s a pretty common character type. The guys all need hugs, because they suffered so much and have an incredible bond. I won’t swallow up this ask with an essay (but this ask made it clear I’m doing that ignoct essay eventually, with separate branches for all the guys and their relationships with one another as well as individuals), but I appreciate you sending this so, so much. :D I’m glad to know others love him as well. Thank you. :D

Still makes me laugh!  XD

I really don’t believe you were only the second time either. I still stand by my original thought that Robert and Joseph’s relationship went on for awhile and only ended after Robert pushed for more than being a side piece. But I genuinely don’t believe he’s only done that twice.

I can’t deny that - the messaging system can help with that, but when replies are flawed and reblogging posts back and forth can spam up a dashboard... :/ Places like DW (and discord, but...admittedly I never got into that after all the anxiety skype has given me) are probably ideal. I started a tumblr after everyone migrated here from LJ, and very few friends ever went to DW or stuck with it. xD

I am going to read them all today!!! (hopefully, we’ll see how fast I go lol)

I actually asked about Gladio ‘cos I heard in the JP version, he was different. Someone messaged me on here after I made an inquiry on a fic of mine about it (I don’t know Japanese), and I got to find out a little more of the details. (Especially because he does seem to have softer moments, but then we get...tough muscle guy sleaze??? ehhhhhh.) Er, but that aside, even if he’d been delivered more accurately to the original version, you’re free to dislike or like whichever characters you want, I’m just saying that for me... That knowledge helped me grasp more understanding of his character and helped me see more of the things I felt were contradicting about him in the game and how he was handled. So I’m not trying to persuade you to like him or anything here. It just worked for me.

No :(

IKR? >__< I just want to give back to this fandom that I love so much and gave me lots of happiness (and lots of ikemens to think and dream of) T^T