I am right now on TVTropes [sub][sub][sub]help me. Please help me.[/sub][/sub][/sub] and I came across something that I really like. The Woobie. The Woobie is essentially that character who takes the most pain. The one that has the saddest life and the one you want to help. The one you want to hug and do whatever you can to protect. and they take all the pain without any complaints, or eventually snapping and goes nuts in an attempt to stop the pain. (Possibly suicide, possibly taking out everything else so they can live in peace)
And apparently the biggest Woobie in video game history is Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy 7. I myself never really thought about it but after reading his story... i wanna hug him. (Well actually I would if he was not so scary looking. Chibi him up and then I would.)
Why? here's why.
like Christ that is so sad.
But my personal favorite Woobie is Vivi from Final Fantasy 9. His adorable appearance, the way he always trips, How everybody want's him dead cause they all think that black mages are soulless killing machines. He is insecure, innocent and clumsy. I wanna grab him and never let go.
*Ahem* Anyways... There have been PLENTY of woobies in games. The questions is which is your favorite?
And apparently the biggest Woobie in video game history is Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy 7. I myself never really thought about it but after reading his story... i wanna hug him. (Well actually I would if he was not so scary looking. Chibi him up and then I would.)
Why? here's why.
Let's start: he never got along with his father. We know that because said father tells Lucrecia, who accidentally killed him by experimenting too much, to apologize to his son for not being a good dad. Next, we have Vincent being employed as the girl's bodyguard. Well okay, the girl is hot, he falls in love with her. Then Vincent finds out that Lucrecia worked with and watched his father die. He's all "Whatever, I still love you", it seems like an unrequited feeling, but why is she flirting with him? Moving on: Lucrecia is in fact Hojo's assistant. Hojo is old, ugly, creepy and downright EVIL. So she sleeps with him. Vincent says that he doesn't care, as long as she's happy. Turns out, they needed a child to be conceived, to experiment on it. Remember Sephiroth? Yeah, this one. That's the child. Still being pregnant, Lucrecia falls ill and Vincent loves her too much to just watch. So he confronts both of them. Hojo kills him because he's 'noisy'. Lucrecia puts him in a tube and brings him back to life by making him the host of Chaos. And then she goes into a cave and seals herself in a Mako crystal, apologizing a lot. Vincent wakes up, discovers he's a bit different than before (no way?) and goes into rage mode. Then he closes himself in a coffin for 30 years (by the way, his body is now nearly indestructible and he never ages), saying that it's the punishment for his sin. Apparently, his sin was doing nothing, but watching the experiment. Then Cloud and co. wake him up in the basement of Shinra Manor and greet him with some great news - Lucrecia's child has become pretty homicidal and is about to destroy the world. And then, when the heroes finally kill Hojo in the game, he tells him to rest in peace.
like Christ that is so sad.
But my personal favorite Woobie is Vivi from Final Fantasy 9. His adorable appearance, the way he always trips, How everybody want's him dead cause they all think that black mages are soulless killing machines. He is insecure, innocent and clumsy. I wanna grab him and never let go.
*Ahem* Anyways... There have been PLENTY of woobies in games. The questions is which is your favorite?
