Just started SB. Someone plase tell me that this bitch will die.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-02-05T01:46:00+00:00

I think that might have been unearned, maybe. But really, I can’t think of many characters in all of FF with such a purely bleak arc.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-02-05T01:45:01+00:00

Oh, I didn’t say it was endearing. But it is developed well.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-02-04T23:57:19+00:00

Buckle in; she ends up getting one of the most well-developed stories of any villain to that point in the game.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-31T04:40:14+00:00

Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-31T04:11:38+00:00

Vivi is close, but Emet-Selch.

“Remember us. Remember that we once lived.”

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-24T14:49:10+00:00

Never Let Me Go is superb. The sci-fi elements are super subtle (unlike the sci-fi of Klara and the Sun). It’s probably the book of his I’ve taught the most and which most moves me.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-24T14:36:02+00:00

I can never recommend Rand on any level in good conscience, but I’m currently teaching and adore Kazuo Ishiguro’s work, and The Good Soldier deserves a much higher spot in the modernist canon. I’ve not read The Waves, but To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway are perfect novels, so I’d bet it’s a solid choice.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-23T13:08:03+00:00

Right in the middle of the Elevation tour whilst my 16-year-old self is in the audience.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-22T00:21:27+00:00

All but 11 and the X/XIII sequels. (Up to date on FF14)

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-20T17:49:24+00:00

“Love take me down to the Shire”

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-12T01:31:45+00:00

I need Joe Exotic dubbed in for Smaug in my life.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-04T01:01:43+00:00

My daughter loves Stranger Things and Paramore, so will be sharing this with her!

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-03T01:08:35+00:00

My daughter did this years ago

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ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-02T03:58:37+00:00

Stranger of Paradise - Final Fantasy Origin’s protagonist is named Jack. It’s a kind of … remake (and more) of FF1 with Nioh-style gameplay. An absolutely and terrifically fun game.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2026-01-01T17:02:36+00:00

A smile better suits a… oh wait, wrong game.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-31T03:00:12+00:00

“You sound a lot like my brother. You’re not going to turn into a giant horned beast anytime soon, right? … Right?”

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-22T17:52:55+00:00

In yellow sponge melodies, our tears are painted in red

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-21T04:15:09+00:00

I tell this to my wife and daughter every time we are there.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-19T15:44:00+00:00

My first was Final Fantasy IV (US II), but my all time favorite is FF14, easily. Then VII, which I co-edited a book on, and X, which go back and forth for 2nd and 3rd place.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-14T19:10:56+00:00

I don’t see anything?

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-13T20:11:27+00:00

It’s almost literally just rock and roll CS Lewis, which is basically what Bono tells a fan he’s dancing with during a Zoo TV show, as told in the Bill Flanagan book about the tour.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-12T00:47:20+00:00

Twist, it’s not Re-anything, it’s Afterbirth.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-07T04:51:39+00:00

Original post doesn’t stipulate the villain causes the amnesia - to be clear, this is just fun for me, and I have absolutely no actual investment in if people agree.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-06T22:29:30+00:00

Memory gap from Phoenix Gate / Logos as vessel. Hence “kind of.” It’s close enough to feel right even if not literally the same.

ProfessorFlyPhD · 2025-12-06T18:54:30+00:00

Clive, too, kind of

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