Final Fantasy IX/Heartwarming: Difference between revisions

** Also, {{spoiler|her throwing her crown to the ground just before she leaps into his arms. Really hammering home her feelings of "screw everything else... you're alive."}}

** And this troper liked how {{spoiler|the first reaction of Garnet is pound on Zidane's chest in a "why did you leave me alone" rage which she cannot sustain for more than two seconds before she totally melts.}} Really, do we think cutscenes really need voice acting?

{{spoiler|I didn't have a choice. I had to live. I wanted to come home to you. So... I sang your song. ''Our song.''}} }}

** The scene preceding the ending is nearly as heartwarming. Despite everything Kuja had done, despite all of the misery and bloodshed that he was directly responsible for, and especially despite what he had personally done to Dagger and Zidane's friends, Zidane {{spoiler|heads back into certain death to be next to Kuja on his deathbed. Because, when it comes down to it, that's what family does for each other}}.

* Let's explain the [[You Are Not Alone]] scene in detail. {{spoiler|Zidane is told by the [[Big Bad]] that he was an 'Angel of Death' created to destroy all life of Gaia so it could be taken over by Terra, and ''he'' would have been the one who had essentially ruined his friend's lives with death and destruction. Then, after ''getting his soul partially drained'', he crashes hard into a [[Heroic BSOD]], but not only do his friends not judge him for what he is, they fight alongside him as he tries to push them away; he was there for them during the worst moments of ''their'' lives, so they're going to be there for ''his''.}}

** This troper's particularly fond of Steiner's in the sequence. Steiner has been adversarial at best toward Zidane for the vast majority of the game. But when he's freaked out, Steiner says in no uncertain terms that he ''will not'' abandon Zidane.

** A huge part of Steiner's character development is him coming to terms with a lot of things, including his relationship with Zidane. Which makes that statement all the more powerful, and Steiner such an awesome character, to this troper as well.

* "Beatrix... I will protect you!"

* Eiko, at the very end, {{spoiler|is adopted by Regent Cid and Hilda. She calls them "mother" and "father", much to Cid's surprise and delight}}.

* During the events of Burmecia, Vivi worries out loud that he might not be human. Cue Quina coming along with a surprisingly touching response.

 

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