we're more ghosts than people

She has so many weapons, deadly in so many ways.

ffx-2 was fantastic in terms of gameplay, don’t get me wrong, but let’s not act as if it was any triumph for female representation in gaming. the main protags were taken out of character and hypersexualised. they starred in a game that had them magically undress and then redress into outfits that, for the most part, were not at all conducive to battle. on top of this we’ve got leblanc, a ridiculous villain who’s dressed like this and is entirely motivated by a man. it’s possibly the most sexist final fantasy game to date.

so the ffxiii trilogy had female leads. you know how many female leads the ff series had until its main thirteenth title? one. one female main character in thirteen main games. i can bet my ass that half of you didn’t even play ffxiii-2 or lightning returns and are just using it as something to complain about. anyway, lightning returns takes lightning and basically gives her the ffx-2 treatment. oversexualisation, a battle system that revolves around fanservicey costumes, the works. they upped her cup size and invested god knows how much in jiggle physics and passed it off as a design decision to show “how much lightning has matured.” ok.

Anderson is just a good man in a galaxy that doesn't reward that nearly enough.

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