Squeenix Fail

Here's the thing, about the recent announcements regarding Lightning Returns.

You all know that I'm a huge FFX-2 fan, so it's not like fanservice or character redesigns or playing dress-up dolls are deal-breakers for me. I might have rolled my eyes a little bit at Lightning Returns and her five million outfits, and I think it's more than fair to ask if a Final Fantasy game with a male protagonist would have ever included such an aspect, but it doesn't bother me really.

This thing with the breast enlargement bothers me. Not just the fact of it, but the way it was presented, the tee-hee-nudge-wink grossness of it, the idea that whether Lightning's breasts jiggle is the most important thing about the game, the fact that it's Lightning being sexualized in this particular way. In her original characterization, Lightning broke out of many of the female character stereotypes that have plagued Final Fantasy games in the past, so to see this change is really frustrating.

Take this news and combine it with the lack of female playable characters in FFXV (which hasn't been officially confirmed but seems highly likely) and the redesign of Stella from this to this, my faith in Squeenix is pretty much shot.

I will still probably buy and play Final Fantasy XV; I will still probably not get Lightning Returns unless I ever manage to finish FFXIII-2, so nothing has changed for me, really. But it's all very disappointing, and getting worse.

Trope Bingo: Round 2

Okay, I was bad and signed up for trope_bingo even though July isn't quite over yet. But the random generator gods blessed me with a completely awesome card, so I feel justified.

au: historical	fake relationship	telepathy / mindmeld	amnesia	au: fantasy
secret twin / doppelganger	chosen family	curtainfic	au: royalty / aristocracy / feudal	role reversal
au: supernatural	futurefic	FREE ★ SPACE	au: other	in vino veritas / drunkfic
reunion	deathfic	unrequited love / pining	forbidden fruit	trapped in a dream
au: mundane	time travel	rites of passage / coming of age	au: college / highschool	mind control

There is so much awesome here, I don't even know where to start. Like, I could even do a blackout for this, if I had time, which I probably won't. I really liked doing the double line last time, and I see possibilities for the top two lines, or the center column with the center left, or the last two columns, or... So many options. :D Really, it'll be about deciding where to start. (And seriously, more fandoms this time. If I could get a different fandom for every square, that would rule. I even have enough fandoms now.)