SullenFrog
(Elder Troper)
May 11th 2024 at 5:31:38 PM
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I concur that a lot of these feel forced, especially Waljas from Final Fantasy XVI. I admitted don't have that game and haven't played the Rising Tide DLC, but the character is literally a baby. A baby with the power to shapeshift into an Eikon, yes, but a baby nonetheless. Unless there's some Word of God that I'm not aware of saying otherwise, it seems ridiculous to try to fit an infant into any of Final Fantasy's Jobs.
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SeptimusHeap
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May 4th 2021 at 5:40:02 AM
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Removed from main page, as there is a cleanup effort on one of the pages linked here underway and I am not sure what to do with this entry:
- Instant Awesome Just Add Dragons: Bahamut, the King of the Dragons, is often the most powerful summon they can wield.
Some of these are really pigeonholed attempts to force characters to fit into particular jobs. We don't need to list every character in the series here. I'm thinking of going through and cleaning some of them up unless people can offer a really good argument not to...
Furthermore they're lists of "Notable" characters. Not every named character who may fall under one of these should be listed IMO.
I also think non canon spinoff portrayals should be excluded in most cases, with specific reasoning below. This would be for most of the characters who come from games with flexible job systems and no consistent canon portrayal in those roles.
Candidates for removal:
Warrior:
White Mage:
Red Mage:
Dragoon:
Samurai:
Dark Knight:
Mystic Knight:
Gunner:
Berserker:
Geomancer:
Machinist/Gadgeteer:
Alchemist:
Scholar:
Onion Knight/Freelancer - I think we should rule out characters who are only here because they feature in a game with a job system. Onion Knight is a specific identity that I believe only the Dissidia Onion Knight and maybe Mobius Wol have. If Lightning and Jack Garland are in, then we would include the III DS kids, Bartz's party, Ramza...
Sage:
- Cletienne - Not notable, but unlike some of the other minor Tactics villains mentioned here he kind of stands out for being a magic focused character and he's the only one from Tactics who fits, so maybe.
- Y'shtola - She was listed here previously but taken out, but I'm going to argue for her inclusion in this list. While not a Sage as part of XIV's lore specifically, she would be considered one with the greater FF definition of Sage in mind, as noted under the In Name Only trope entry.
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