Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler hhhh really tracks for a being who's entire motivation is dominating the feminine/changing and genuinely wants to make humans happy in a deeply twisted way 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler it also adds even more to Lightning and Hope's deal. Him framed as angel to Lumina's demon as Lightning associates him with her own lost innocence while Hope framing her as an out-of-reach desire for his adult self 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler oh god yeah that does read. So suffocated you succumb to the mentor transfem tulpa 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler there's a lot in how aggressively every female character is removed from Hope's vicinity but Boys Night Torment Nexus being the state of things after the goddess' death ends the world really drives it in 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler hold on. was gonna say i've always liked Bhun summoming Pulse and Lindzei just to turn them into a scythe at the end bc for such limited time that's a solid thematic statement at least but. Lightning and Mog. Mog and Hope. the knife. oh no. 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler just in regards to. that being the final thing that traps Hope in the egg 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler we don't get exactly What the dynamic with the phantom was, but given the attention to how the two are framed Hope trailing after her feels like a purposeful regression, and the "I'll do better! I'll try harder!" of it all back then maybe implies Toxic Masculinity Bootcamp Redux 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler Hope being the beloved-but-isolated 'ideal man' hero of Academia heading the new cocoon project -> Hope names it Bhunivelze -> it becomes an egg Hope's trapped inside while Bhunivelze's in control and enforcing authoritarian gender roles to father a stunted stillborn world. god. 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler I forgot about the egg-like prison Hope's trapped in while possessed was initially named Bhunivelze. BHUNIVELZE HOPE'S IMPRISONING CISMAN-SONA 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler anyway it goes without saying I'm sick in the head about this at all times 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler guys its fine it's the theme for the sterile empty space it's cool 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler just in case but. always thinking of their way of conveying how unspeakably fucked up Hope is being by putting his motif in major key 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler instead we just get Bhunivelze employing this in a way absolutely no one wants 😔 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler Lightning Farron iconic for being the first Final Fantasy protagonist to do the "I'M EVIL I'M EVIL -> I just wanted to play on da playground" villain thing 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler kind of has me mulling over that tying in with literally being unable to see Hope as an adult in their current states - if Hope doesn't NEED her, what do they have? (And the gender roles nightmare answer of like, Forced vulnerability as submission etc) 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler (from last point) I think it's sweet even without her heart she still wants to protect Hope but maybe telling that Lightning without human vulnerability falls back on defining their relationship with herself as Protector 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler a lot of postcanon exploration i've seen angles Light being either the emotionally stabilising one or the reticent one to you know who like she didn't spend LR in a state of agony or kick off the trilogy crashing out over her sister's bf. i just think she's gonna be weird 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler lrt my kingdom for hope and lumina anywhere in each other's vicinity thank you op 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler Knowing who Lumina is makes every comment about Hope hysterical to me but it's also a lot more skin crawling realising Lightning's ability to resent a man bossing her around has been physically removed from her 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler a monochrome bandana is like a shock collar in a context-heavy way@hillslip22.bsky.social@hillslip22.bsky.socialAlphinaud and Hope are not the same but would Hope feel personally guilty for being taken hostage and getting a shock collar strapped to him to make Lightning comply? Absolutely 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler It's ok they take turns on who gets to be the emotionally absent father, a normal thing to happen between two adults in their 20s, 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler was already thinking about how Lightning's curfew line at the start is her basically going "what are you my dad" and how arguably him disappearing/moogle gifting is Also a "what are you my DAD" but didn't think how we get Hope's deal with his father after she leaves him in the hole 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler son of a bitch@hillslip22.bsky.social@hillslip22.bsky.socialAlso really sad on a lot of levels but admittedly it's a little bit funny the first time 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 05/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler The rough angle for my toxic onesided wolidibus deal Dirt has is Themis was full of love and hero worship for Azem but the loss of humanity and emotions made him cling to the remnants of that until it became toxic obsession Then got to LR and was like "son of a bitch" 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 02/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler Hang on.@hillslip22.bsky.social@hillslip22.bsky.socialAlso really sad on a lot of levels but admittedly it's a little bit funny the first time 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler It's about her self-inflicted psychological harm and self-loathing that helps patriarchy try to force her into a submissive empty vessel subservient to others desires while also making her inhumanly cool and stripping away all her personality traits gamers might not find palatable 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler I know I've said it before but LR drives me nuts bc it's a game about a woman who's body is non-consensually modified under constant control and surveillance by a man but also a game where they upped her model's cup size and built a combat system around putting her in skimpy outfits 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#LRFFXIIISpoiler also re; Lightning framing Snow as someone who'd oppose her if he does play the 'hero' role and kind of casting the two of them as opposing opposites. Looks at Hope and Lumina. Ok so she just kind of does this a lot then good to know 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler same Q&A also confirmed Lumina didn't show up until 13 years beforehand (interesting implications for Bhun's timeline), is made of what Lightning's been repressing since she became a Big Sister, and can get info from reading other people's hearts bc of the Chaos nature. inch resting 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler hang on reading this translated Q&A from the LR Ultimania and a potential reason Hope still looks like a child after being freed being that that's just the quintessential Hope Shape to Lightning 400
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler Lightning using the knife is classic suitable callback imagery sure but Hope giving her back the moogle AS HIS OWN REPLACMENT 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoilers aughh listening to the piano version of Hope's theme just has me thinking of a fan orchestration i listened to meant to sound more battle-theme like and has me longingly thinking of a world where they got a little spicy with it and let it show up in Almighty Bhunivelze. imagine 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler [Bhunivelse voice] DIVINE LOVE (IN A STRICTLY CONCEPTUAL, IMPERSONAL SENSE IN REGARDS TO MANKIND AS A WHOLE) ETERNAL 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler admittedly the changes to the dub are funny. Imagine forcing someone to go all the way down the aisle to the altar of a church where you're waiting for them so you can [checks notes] make them your employee forever 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#LRFFXIIISpoiler there's a Lot in the way Bhun summons his other kids but notable to me that the og name is Ceremony of the Two Gods iirc and they match the traditional number of witnesses required for a wedding 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#LRFFXIIISpoiler I gotta stop calling Cosmogenesis the sex dimension. Anyway can't stop thinking how in the sex dimension the new world is framed like an egg being fertilised but the energy striking it is bolts of lightning associated with our title character. Much to think about 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler i think LR building circling around the absence of Light and Hope's relationship is pretty interesting actually, but it does mean the final day scene is the first time these characters get an actual interaction AND it has to serve as a conclusive statement for them in -3 minutes 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler on one hand I at least like that it's conclusion in a story that comes back to oppressive structures is "it has to go so we can step into something undefined and what we make of it" BUT on the other hand Lightning went through all of that to be put in FRANCE 000
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026#LRFFXIIIspoiler I have fun in there but I'm ngl chief that game is fighting for it's life to pretend this was a cohesive trilogy all along 200
Slip the Pulse P'Cie @hillslip22.bsky.social · 27/08/2026#LRFFXIIISpoiler The way this possibly implies this is postcanon Lightning, which means there's a nonzero chance she got isekai'd from where she was but just like. a 15 hour flight away.@hillslip22.bsky.social@hillslip22.bsky.socialOh my god. she's never escaping 000
