HANG ON I’M NOT FRICKIN’ DONE YET.
“But Liz, in the alt route he says a world without Noctis isn’t worth saving and Ignis would never say that!”
I can understand your point, but lemme offer a counterpoint:
Ignis only said that after he had been:
Elbowed in the lower spine hard enough to jostle the camera and drop him like a stone
Stomped on the face hard enough to make him black out for an unknown length of time
Probably stomped again before being taken to Zegnautus Keep because he lost consciousness again
Subjected to more visions that appeared to make his head hurt
Kicked so hard he was sent rolling several fucking feet and left dazed
PELTED WITH THE GLAIVES OF KINGS PAST UNTIL HE FELL DOWN GASPING AND THEN PELTED SOME MORE AFTER THAT
DROPPED FROM GREAT A HEIGHT
AND THEN HE PROBABLY HAD ALL OF HIS NON-FLOATING RIBS CRACKED OR STRAIGHT-UP SHATTERED WHEN ARDYN FUCKING STEPPED ON HIS STERNUM
I THINK I’D PROBABLY SNAP AND BLURT OUT “THIS WORLD ISN’T WORTH SAVING WITHOUT THIS PERSON I LOVE IN IT” WITHOUT THINKING TOO. WOULDN’T YOU?
And again, his youth and inexperience plays a role in him snapping; he’s probably never been in that much pain ever in his life. Being subjected to a new extreme of pain is mind-altering.
Also, no shade on Adam Croasdell, he’s amazing, but Japanese VAs know how to get emotion across painfully well in wordless vocalizations and Mamoru Miyano is no exception.
Watch the Japanese version of the alt ending.
More specifically, listen to how hard Ignis is gasping for air starting here.
He’s in so much pain he can hardly breathe, and quite frankly I don’t even know how he got up. Adrenaline can only help so much.
If there’s one way the Alternate Verse is worse than the main one, in my humble opinion, it’s that Ignis suffers one thousand times worse in the name of saving his oldest friend’s life from a stupid ancient prophecy.
So yeah, no, I think he’s still pretty in character and true to real life with what he said there.