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A video essay about the aesthetics and character design style of Final Fantasy Tactics, especially focused on how the game uses its technical limitations and aesthetic to support its story-within-a-story metanarrative, and an examination of the curious, noseless character design style, with a theory about Why It Looks Like That.

Also, I lay out how the character designs of the two principal characters, Ramza and Delita, are used to tell their stories and trace their character arcs over the course of the game.

she brushed it off, calling it "silly", then she illegally deleted YEARS of tracking on her yacht. never any threats to sue despite what would be very clear and obvious defamation and libel case if it weren't true, but none of these scumbags will do it because they know it would all be proven TRUE in discovery

Tumblrites, the hour has come for us to practice one of our most sacred rituals.

everyone’s got needs

There’s a hysterical absurdity to the way Franco spots you. He points a finger like a child catching their sibling doing something bad, before hollering at the top of his lungs:

“Somebody’s shakin’ hands with the milkman!”

Mother Gooseberry scolds you with a sharp, performative disappointment, tsk-tsking that it’s "naughty" for a child to be touching themselves so brazenly!

She wrenches your hands from between your thighs and drags you away, leaving your discarded pants in the dirt behind you.

There’s a high probability Coyle would want to indulge in your little session—eager to shove himself into meat that’s a few degrees warmer than his usual victims. He’d snap your neck afterward, of course. Killing two libido birds with one stone!

Otto and Arora find the display shameless, yet they refuse to avert their eyes. Instead, they provide a critical commentary.

"Hands all muddy and filthy," Otto cringes, "and you choose to press them against your heated flesh?"

"The birth of a new infection," Arora adds flatly.

You aren't sure why, but their disgust only fuels your fire.

Mother Gooseberry

• She’ll carefully tend to your wounds, dabbing disinfectant with a steady hand while whispering kind, grounding words.

• Afterward, she’ll wrap you up like a small blanket burrito, rocking you gently and humming a soft tune meant to calm the storm inside you.

• She’ll shower you with tender kisses, promising she’ll always be there whenever those dark thoughts creep in so she can scold them away.

• She bakes sweet treats just for you, hoping a warm stomach might help heal a hurting heart.

• Tends to your self care, brushing your hair, running you a warm shower, and making sure you're eating a good portion a day.

Leland Coyle

• He scolds you while tending to your wounds, muttering things like, “God gave you life to treasure, yet here you are trying to give it back?” but you know deep down he means no harm. The way he holds your wound with care proves so.

• He keeps a close eye on you. It can feel a little intense, but it’s just his way of making sure you’re safe and not doing anything reckless.

• In rare, surprising moments, he’ll hold you close in bed, murmuring sweet words that make your cheeks burn.

• Sometimes he runs his fingers over your old scars, lifting your arms to his lips to kiss them softly.

• Makes you sit with him during prayer. Hoping you can pray away the evil.

Franco Barbi

• He takes you out for nights on the town, trying to drown out the bad and the misery with laughter and bright lights.

• He books spa days for you whenever he notices you’re stressed or overwhelmed.

• He holds you as much as you need, even when you don’t ask for it, his arms are already around you.

• He’ll leave you little notes in bad hand writing throughout the house for you to find. There’s always a smiley face at the end of each sentence. :)

Otto and Arora kress

• Otto will hum lullabies while Arora brushes her fingers through your hair until you drift to sleep nestled safe and sound between their bodies.

• They take care of everything you need. Finding a kind therapist, making sure your medicine helps, and reminding you that healing doesn’t have to be rushed.

• Arora brews her own soothing remedies for you, her hands steady as she tends to any new wounds, whispering soft reassurances as she works.

installing the game is incredibly easy even for the least computer-savvy people.

no matter your PC specs, you can play it. the game was designed to run on 2002 hardware. there is a 99% chance the game will run on your build.

the original Silent Hill 2 is abandonware, so you need not worry about the ethics of piracy.

after you install the game, be sure to patch it to turn it into the Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition.

the Enhanced Edition will let it run on modern builds and vastly improve the framerate and graphics.

you don't need to have any prior knowledge of computers to patch the game. follow the very easy instructions on the website. the game will essentially patch itself.

hinako // silent hill f