Tumblr sucks and are my ask so! Did you know that after Ignis goes blind, if you press attack near him, he stumbles and then Prompto and Gladio yell at Noct? It makes me feel guilty whenever it happens but then Noct goes on to try and say it was an accident and? How do you accidentally swing a sword and hit a blind person? Poor Ignis has nothing to say in his own defense though :(
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Ah, my. Yes, I had noticed, but even despite that, reading it is like a reminder and it’s like adding salt to the wound that I forgot I had, hahahah :’D IT BURNS.
I declare myself guilty for trying to swing a sword nearby blind Ignis in Cartanica on purpose, just to see what happened or if Gladio got mad. I wasn’t expecting him to really get mad, though. :’(
Also Prompto! It surprised me from him, to be honest. I knew Gladio was angry and so while I wasn’t expecting him to really get angry, it was not a surprise as it is. But when Prompto joined him and started complaining and nagging him, that really took me off-guard, and it sort of made me feel incredibly guilty.
Maybe it’s because Prompto had always been the sunshine boy all across the journey and never got in troubles with anyone; Prompto, the smiling boy, the weakest of the group so far, the happy-go-lucky cheerful sweetheart, nagging you. Getting upset at you. Angrily asking “what has Ignis ever done to you?” It was Prompto and his nagging what really got to me. I didn’t feel sad, but it made me feel very, very, very guilty… I felt suddenly so little in comparison and like I had done the worst thing ever, and that I would never be able to get out of their memories the once that I swung my sword at a blind Ignis and that they would forever remember about it, and even if they forgave me, just the fact that they would remember was enough to make me feel microscopic and like guilt ate me from the inside aklsjdflksgdjlskdjf
You know what the worst part is? Well, now that I’m writing it, thing is, I play with JPN audio, so I don’t know if it fits too. But the way I play, Prompto doesn’t sound…necessarily angry. He just sounds upset and like Noctis is behaving like a child. More than angry, Prompto sounds very mature. Which honestly just makes it worse; was it anger, you’d think he’ll cool down at some point, or that he just wants an excuse to yell at you. But no; Prompto has he head and mind cool, he’s not nagging you because he’s angry, he’s nagging you because you’re an immature and uncaring selfish little shit that doesn’t look twice. Hngnh… see, that’s why it got to make me feel so guilty. Because suddenly the guy that I saw as the puppy and the kid of the group suddenly sounds so mature, and that the child-like one of the group makes YOU feel like a child, that really weighs, ahahaha, ah…
I think the dialogues are really meant for when it happens on accident; when you switch weapons and Iggy happened to be walking right behind you, or when you’re finishing battle and you miss hitting attack after it’s over, and Iggy happened to be nearby, etc. I guess it COULD be an accident, mostly if Ignis is behind and nearby; Noct could swing a sword and not notice him there, or in battle, when it’s all frantic and there’s like, almost no time to be like “Oh, yes, excuse me, I need to stand here so if you could move two steps to the left, that would be fantastic”. So I guess it can really be an accident,…which really just makes it even WORSE ahahaha :’D
Because Noct really didn’t mean it…but the bros are making it feel like he could have avoided it and didn’t. Hnghng, Prompto and Gladio really make a good team when it comes to make me/Noct feel guilty to the point of wanting to run away and do it all on my own while they wait sat there, but they also get angry if I get too far from them ahahah :’D
WHY ARE YOU MAKING THINGS SO COMPLICATED, CHOCOBROS, I’M JUST TRYING TO ACCEPT MY DESTINY AS A KING THAT HAS TO DIE AS SOON AS HE TOUCHES THE THRONE CAN YOU PLEASE BE A LITTLE MORE PATIENT THANK YOU.
I mean, Noct still doesn’t know about that sacrifice he has to make, but he didn’t need that; by that point I’m amazed none of the guys, mostly Gladdy, Ignis, or Noct, had a nerve and emotional breakdown and stopped functioning. It was too much stress! :’(
You know what I hadn’t noticed until I read your ask, though?
That Ignis says nothing…
I hadn’t noticed that. You know why I think it’s the saddest thing?
Because Ignis is conscious enough that those comments will make Noctis feel guilty, and he doesn’t want to add to that.
And even more. Ignis is probably too hurt by this sensation of being a burden to ask Noctis to be careful; saying that is admitting that Noct did hit him or was about to, and admitting that is admitting Ignis didn’t see it. Admitting that, then, would be admitting that he’s but an obstacle now, useless, that he can’t even avoid or stop friendly fire/accidental hits.
But knowing Ignis, it’s probably a more selfless thing, and I think it’s because he doesn’t want Noctis to feel guilty.
By this point, Ignis does know what Noctis’ fate is. Ignis has never tried to make Noctis stress out, but Ignis is often trying for Noct to not be lazy. Ignis pressures him not into stress, he just pushes him enough to motivate him to work harder. And yes, Noct can be annoyed and even angry at Ignis’ constant “do this”, “don’t do that”, “try doing this”, “remember to”, “did you already”, “have you yet”, “Noct, I must remind you”, etc. Ignis does it just because he wants Noct to become better, but he understands that it can annoy Noctis.
So now that Ignis knows what awaits for him, and after all Noctis has already been through… Ignis doesn’t have the heart to continue pressing him.
This is the point where Ignis stops telling him what and how to do it, and it’s honestly heartbreaking. In the past, Ignis did it so that Noctis would become better and do a good job as the Chosen. But now that Ignis understand what being the Chosen means… part of him doesn’t have the heart to put more pressure on Noctis…and, maybe, part of him doesn’t want to press him into being better, because maybe if he’s not better tomorrow, he won’t die the day after it.
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Gods, maybe I’m looking too much into it, but the idea is heart-wrenching. I’m mostly rolling, though, with the idea that Ignis just doesn’t want Noctis to have even more on his shoulders; Noctis has more, way beyond more than enough just with Lunafreya’s death and seeing Ignis in that state. Prompto and Gladio nagging him really just pushes him past the limits that are beyond the limits, that are beyond the first limits, of stress and guilt. Noctis must be to the very top of his head, his glass must be so full, at half-half a drop of spilling…the very last that Noctis needs is for Ignis to add anything.
So he doesn’t; Ignis stays quiet. Noct may have hit him on accident, or almost, and he does need to be more careful, he does need to look behind and around him before doing his moves, he does need to remember Ignis is not in conditions, Noctis does need to this or that.. But Ignis keeps quiet. He knows Noctis is feeling guilty to the point he can’t even look at the ring without having a breakdown. Ignis doesn’t have the heart to press him more, not even a tiny bit. Noct is suffering, and as much as Ignis may have something to say, he doesn’t. He can’t. It’s too much for him, Noctis’ own suffering…
In some way, Ignis is not complaining about being hit by accident, because he would very much rather be hit with a sword, than put Noctis into more stress and pain.
Oh, Ignis, that selfless creature… :(
So yeah. I hadn’t noticed that Ignis stays quiet. I mean, it’s one of those things you notice but you only really notice for real, as in the weight of it, until someone else words it. And it’s amazingly heart-breaking.
Whether it’s for fearing to admit to himself that he couldn’t see the hit coming, for not having the heart to nag Noctis because he knows Noct is already stressed and guilty past his limits, or because Ignis can’t dare push Noct to become better because Ignis now knows he’s really just pushing him to his grave…
That last bit, though. The possibility that Ignis knows what Noct has to face in his future, and Ignis doesn’t have the heart to advise him as he used to do in the past because now he knows where all of Noctis’ hard work is leading him…
That’s maybe the most heartbreaking of possibilities, because Ignis isn’t even thinking about the fact that HE’s getting hit, he’s just- thinking about Noctis. As always. But in the worst of ways this time; knowing he’s to die sometime soon… :’(
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME, DEAR ANON, WHY WOULD YOU POINT OUT SOMETHING SO HEARTBREAKING AND HORRIBLE I LOVE IT.
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I hadn’t noticed it this way, aah :’(
But anyway, yes!! Those are my thoughts. C:
Thanks a lot for dropping this ask in. It really put me to think and it made my perception of the Cartanica dungeon even wider and more vast, and makes it even sadder. Ignis and Noctis truly are very tragic characters and they touch very fragile heartstrings within me.. :’(
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Thank you LOTS for this amazing ask that will definitely make my next gameplay, whenever it may be, absolutely better and sadder (in a good way of experiencing it) because now I have a wider way to look at it.
Thanks a LOT for choosing this raccoonie to share your thoughts with, too! It’s an honor and a pleasure to me. ( ˙꒳˙ )
Thank you, dear anon!!
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