Lightning by far is the worst character to have ever graced the FF scene. She still does not outshine Aerith Gainsborough nor will she ever take the warm spot I have for Terra Branford. Lightning's character as a whole is rather poorly developed in terms of the FF franchise. Which by far I can say can be backed up by Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation on Youtube. A woman who was a soldier (Sound familiar anyone? Cloud maybe?) Who has trouble moving ahead in life. *cough*Cloud*cough* and thus became emotionally bent out of shape when her sister was taken away from her in a crisis that neither her nor her own kin could control. *COUGH*ZACK!*COUGH* That being said she ends up going on this long journey to save the world from destruction from those god awful creatures. (Fal Cee or whatever you call them.) In hopes of saving her sister. She then comes to the realization that she is a "pet" so to speak. Just like Cloud did when he found out about Sephiroth and Jenova. So that really being said Lightning is just a more sex appealed Cloud. Oh to also back up my case her character development DID stem from Cloud because I do believe as a pre-order bonus for Lightning Returns you get Cloud's signature suit from FF7 with the iconic Buster Sword. So please don't tell me she's going to make a watermark in the history of FF when Cloud has already done it himself with his fanboys/fangirl base. The only thing that is appealing about lightning is....well I can't think of anything. So I really can't say. But all I can tell you is that she is nothing more than a recycled and feminized Cloud. Call me ignorant if you wish, but she holds no place in my heart as an iconic character when she is nothing more than carbon copy trash. *Fixes Glasses* I await your argument sir/madam.
Oh and the cheese they served with the wine in the QQ room. To die for.
Did I forget to mention their names are from the weather as well? Lightning and then Cloud? Put them together? Lightning Cloud. You can't say that FF didn't even scream "COMPARISON" with her character.
Edited, Sep 22nd 2013 12:15am by ImmolatedHope
Edited, Sep 22nd 2013 12:18am by ImmolatedHope