What is the deal with his appearance? I've never seen it explained anywhere, so let's theorize! As you can see...his skin looks like it's all patched together, almost like a Frankenstien's monster type thing. Is he a living doll, did he have to undergo some kind of weird skin graft surgery? WHAT!?
I never noticed that before, but holy shit you're right!
I've always been too distracted by the eye belt and shock of red hair to notice much else about his design in the game.I like the idea of him being a Frankenstein's monster type of thing though. Patched together from pieces of the best actors/thieves in Gaia to create the ultimate thespian bandit!
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He is also wearing a belt on his head. Must be to hold his brains in.
It's just the character's design. He's still Human. A lot of characters have their quirks to them in FFIX.
Here's a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club?
That's boring. You're boring. Stop being boring.Originally Posted by Kyrel
Yeah, never noticed that about his character design either. A lot of 9's character designs are pretty wild. I don't know if you can say with 100% surety that all of these creatures are "human." Are there even humans in 9? I think they might be some kinda other creatures entirely. Don't think it was supposed to be Earth. It was supposed to be Gaia.I bet he had a freak accident one time, and that was the best the doctors of the land could come up with (and the best they could do on that budget.) So they put him back together with different parts. NO EYES. Oh JAM. Anyhoo...
Spoiler: And the other planet, Terra.
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My apologies.
Yes. Their uncanny design and unique looks doesn't stop them from being considered common humans in the plot.
Personally, I've ALWAYS noticed Blank's ragdoll design. But when there's other characters like Baku or Queen Brahne, one tends to stop caring. Their unusual design and unproportional concept is charismatic, and makes FFIX a unique game.
Here's a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club?
lol yeah, the fact that no one noticed Zidane was the only human with a tail and Amarant and Brahne were blue annoyed me as well.
What makes you so confident that the people of FF9 are all human? There are at least a handful of other species in the game (Burmecians, Dwarves, Black Mages, possibly the Summoners) who's to say the whole world isn't a melting pot, and that's why no one notices differences? I don't even remember if the word "human" was ever used either. I think I remember "man" and "woman" being used, but I think at least "woman" was used in reference to a Burmecian. My memory is foggy, though. There's a good chance I'm pulling that out of my ass
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Actually the word human is thrown around a lot, even Vivi gets called a human at some point, but I assume it's just poor translation.What makes you so confident that the people of FF9 are all human? There are at least a handful of other species in the game (Burmecians, Dwarves, Black Mages, possibly the Summoners) who's to say the whole world isn't a melting pot, and that's why no one notices differences? I don't even remember if the word "human" was ever used either. I think I remember "man" and "woman" being used, but I think at least "woman" was used in reference to a Burmecian. My memory is foggy, though. There's a good chance I'm pulling that out of my ass
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Also, yeah, there's several different races. But I guess the game producers just decided to cluster anyone who doesn't fit into the other races as "human".
Shrug.
Here's a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club?
Yeah, I have a feeling that was a mistranslation, words like person and people tend to fit more. Either way...the way races were ignored makes me rage at FF IX. Maybe there is a small underlying message of acceptance? Like, a world where people don't even NOTICE small differences between races. It's a nice thought...but I doubt it.
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