And writing off everything she did off screen.
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Polygon: Final Fantasy 15's female hero deserves the spotlight, says director
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Yeah. It's why Tabata, being the wise man that he is, made this comment about her deserving the spotlight in the first place. A fantastic character like her deserves more.
LordKasual
Banned
For me personally, I just have respect for women (real ones) who are able to persevere and actually get shit done, despite having all of the odds and luck turned against them. Life isn't fair or equal, and everyone can't be expected to have a position of power over their enemies, given what they have to work with. This has historically counted double for women.
So off description alone, people who assert that Luna is an example of a "weak woman"...I feel like they believe they're looking for some idealized version of a "strong woman", but in reality, they are just asserting the most shallow idea of what a "strong" person even looks like.
I agree that Luna was a pretty barebones character, but so many people calling her concept weak just feels...really odd to me. And when I ask people to articulate, they just respond with typical examples of how she doesn't resemble some other female character who deals with far less in the narrative, but is able to actually deal damage to enemies, so it's easier to call them "strong"
thats just my own peeve with it really, people who complain about strength, but then respond with like this middle-school tier example of what a strong person looks like
Exactly what I thought lmao.
PixelatedBookake
Junior Member
I definitely felt as if she had more development than Luna of all characters. Her seperation from being allied with the Nif empire over the course of the game is a major plot point to her character. Hell, I'd say its the ONLY plot point to her character. It wasn't much, but that's more than Luna got.
And with Iris I was talking more what was implied after the
timeskip
wondergorls
Member
Doing the lords work
LordKasual
Banned
I honestly thought by hero he meant Aranea. That says a lot about how they handled Luna. They made a flashy game and a great bro trip, but they forgot about the rest of the story. They had their chance. After Ignis and his DLC, let FFXV rest and give us a proper, complete Final Fantasy 16.
I only name dropped you once.
These were my favorite characters by far plus Gentiana, they needed way more content.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
I've put nearly 20 hours into FFXV so far and saw Luna exactly once.
Isn't she supposed to be on the run or something?
Why is she wearing a dress and heels?
Looks more like she's on the runway.
Isn't she supposed to be on the run or something?
Why is she wearing a dress and heels?
Looks more like she's on the runway.
LordKasual
Banned
well i mean, i wasn't joking
but ive given up on rational discussion in XV threads lol
I know you're not joking.
yeah they dropped the ball so hard on Luna. My heart kinda broke what they did was so stupid.
lol!!
lol!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
LordKasual
Banned
usually people would just direct quote with some kind of reason of why i'm stupid
but not kayos90, no you gotta make "mild jokes" and personal, curiously sideways allusions
y u gotta be sideways bro im right here
Gonna be honest. When I wrote my post I wasn't really thinking about you. It wasn't until you started posting that some of the stuff you were writing was right in line with mine and then I realized I made a huge mistake. I didn't actually think someone would write something like what I wrote and be genuine about it. =/
You think Luna had time to stop and change clothes? She didn't get to borrow Daddy's car and go camping with her best girlfriends while a professional chef fixed all her meals. She didn't get to race chocobo's or collect tomatoes for random gas station chefs! No. She had a mission to fulfill. If that meant staining her pretty white heels with blood as she walked across the vast countryside, so be it.
Strength!
Coriolanus
Banned
I like how you just dropped that sentence in there, and yet that nonsense is exactly what the game portrays.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
When you put it that way, it actually makes sense.
Luna was doing all of the heavy-lifting plot-stuff while Noctis and co. were screwing around killing fantasy giraffes and shilling coleman brand camp-gear.
Don't forget about eating Cup Noodles. That one sidequest was basically an ad for them...
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
If only there exist a mobile phone in FFXV's world....
Oh wait, they do exist, considering Noctis actually called Cor when the invasion happened.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Wasn't Luna in the game for like 10 minutes total and that is being generous.
Valkerionseven
Member
-welp, should have put her in the game then...-
Seriously though, on paper and in their minds she must have been a strong independent female character... but shit we saw and came to appreciate Aranea more than Luna. You dropped the ball SE. Get over it.
Seriously though, on paper and in their minds she must have been a strong independent female character... but shit we saw and came to appreciate Aranea more than Luna. You dropped the ball SE. Get over it.
Astral Dog
Member
Honestly i thought it was about Cindy
Luna is like, negative character. She does NOTHING the whole game yet everything about the story just talks about how important she is.
She appears for like, a grand total of five minutes in the game, has no personality whatsoever, and then appears in the ending to be even more contrived.
The little sister you interact with like, three times in the entire game is far more of a character than her, and has more screentime.
Luna is a fucking joke
She appears for like, a grand total of five minutes in the game, has no personality whatsoever, and then appears in the ending to be even more contrived.
The little sister you interact with like, three times in the entire game is far more of a character than her, and has more screentime.
Luna is a fucking joke
I love how basically everyone thought Aranea lmao
...Basically. Such a throwaway character for all that Square tried to hype her up before release.
...Basically. Such a throwaway character for all that Square tried to hype her up before release.
Serenade_King
Banned
I'll also admit that I thought this was going to be about Cindy and I started wondering if it was going to be her fighting with a wrench or a car racing DLC. I honestly almost forgot all the other female characters form FFXV aside from Cindy and Aranea. I think Cindy is the one who you interact with the most because of all the car side quests and she appears on the AssCreed trailer so I don't blame anyone thinking of her before anyone else 
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.There should an abridged version of all the game story on that style!
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Mark me down for thinking this was about Cindy too. Luna's the last character that comes to mind here.
OriginalPoe
Banned
PSH.
Aranea was the female hero of FFXV.
Aranea was the female hero of FFXV.
SolicitorPirate
Member
Anyone know how Luna (and Aranea) was received in Japan? Is this a case of Western gamers disliking her non-presence while Japanese gamers liked her whole stoic, stand by your man gimmick?
Tommi84
Member
Yeah, uhm, thanks for this. You might have mentioned it's a story spoiler so I would click on it, but no, you decided to be 'intelligent'...
formasymphonic
Member
I really hope everyone in here snacking or making jokes actually backed that up by voting for Luna during that poll they had. Really, from all of the choices they had, Tabata should be aiming to get as much back into the game as possible but I voted for more Luna content because the game sorely needs it.
texhnolyze
Banned
I'll also admit that I thought this was going to be about Cindy and I started wondering if it was going to be her fighting with a wrench or a car racing DLC. I honestly almost forgot all the other female characters form FFXV aside from Cindy and Aranea. I think Cindy is the one who you interact with the most because of all the car side quests and she appears on the AssCreed trailer so I don't blame anyone thinking of her before anyone else
How could your forget about Iris!
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Luckily he's fucking wrong on many big levels of bullshit. Don't worry.
