#sabin ffvi

[memoriiiiia]

erling haaland to play sabin in a ffvi live action remake

[cardinalcyn]

we've all heard of sans is ness but...

GAME THEORY... MOKO IS SABIN?!?

[cyrblyme]

[fletchtheartist]

Sabin FFVI doing his fire dance

[isthatmanahimbo]

Today we bring to you a console classic from the 16-bit era: Sabin Rene Figaro!

Sabin is a main player character in Final Fantasy VI, first released in 1994 for the SNES (released as Final Fantasy III in North America). It has since been released to many major systems, ranging from the Playstation to the Wii and even to iOs, and most recently remastered in a 2.5D style in February of 2022. Hailed as one of the greatest games the series has to offer, Final Fantasy VI begins the series' lean into sci-fi as well as fantasy, and boasts the largest selection of playable characters of any mainstream Final Fantasy to date.

Sabin is one of a pair of twins, with his brother Edgar having taken over the role of king of their kingdom, Figaro – sick with grief at the death of their father, rather than chafe under the societal expectations of a king Sabin fled the country to pursue the life of a mountain hermit instead of co-ruling with his brother. He plays the role of Monk in the party, equipping light armor and fist weaponry, and his special combat command is called Blitz, which he learned under his master Duncan.

That last part is important, because it is with Blitz that this author must begin their assessment of Sabin as a himbo. If you have been following this blog for a little while, you know this author likes to begin with Buff when applicable, and it is here that this author would like to bring up the thing for which Sabin is most well-known: he fucking Suplexes a train. This is not hyperbole or metaphor, mind you – using the Blitz command, the player can input the proper combination of keystrokes to ensure that during a boss battle with the Phantom Train, Sabin can pick the fucking thing up and slam it onto the ground over his shoulder. Even if Sabin were not toked as fuck (he is), the ability to do so being not just canon but encouraged (as it is Sabin's party specifically which encounters the Phantom Train shortly after learning the Suplex command) renders all discussion of Sabin's Buffness moot. Sick wrestling moves aside, it is also notable that Sabin is required at one point in a timed story quest to hold up a house for several real-life minutes – but is it really a FF6 playthrough if you don't Suplex the Damn Train? This author doesn't believe so.

Blessedly, Final Fantasy VI knows what it's doing with its character archetypes, for as strong as every muscle on Sabin's body is, we find his decision-making to be a little lacking. Indeed, when the options Think and Act are placed on a table before him, every single time Sabin will smash down that Act button before the situation can be explained to him – we see examples of this as early on as immediately after his introduction, when he joins the Returners while vocally admitting he does not understand their mission statement, and less than an hour later when Ultros attacks the party and begins to swim away Sabin dives into literal white water to give pursuit. Sabin is happy to do the literal heavy-lifting so long as he has someone to consign the actual hard work of thinking to (usually his intellectual brother, in whom he places ultimate trust).

And although Sabin is particular in whom he places his trust, once he's in, he's all in baybee. His very first appearance we learn that his immediate peer, and son of his master, Vargas has killed his father, and Sabin takes a moment in the middle of battle to weep for his beloved master before wrecking ass. Indeed, as touched on before, Sabin's huge heart full of love and loyalty is the impetus for his mountain man excursion – so bereaved by his father's death, so disillusioned by the public's apparent lack of compassion, Sabin flees society. His big heart is apparent even in his more antagonistic moments – humorously, he has a bit of a rivalry with party member and feral child Gau, finding the child infuriating, but upon learning that the boy's father abandoned and mistreated him Sabin promptly chewed him a new asshole (and had to be physically restrained from laying him out). And upon joining the Returners, he is a valuable and trusted teammate for more than just his muscles – when returning to the fray after the end of the world, Celes is heartened by Sabin's attitude after they save a child together, finding the strength to carry on through his boisterous proclamation that the end of the world couldn't possibly keep him down.

Truly, that's a himbo we can count on to be by our side.

Total Himbo Score: 21

[dirtycccat]

a good day to all himbo princes, nerd royalty, sad goth gamblers, tired goth immortals, treasure hunters and magical girls

[nutcraxker]

Welcome to another episode of "I'm sorry if this showed up on your dashboard."

I love Edgar and Sabin's relationship. They do have their own flaws yet they're using them to complete each other.

Well perhaps Edgar is not that good with hand to hand combat? But he got the brain to invent machine and super cool weapon bur Sabin on the other hand is real good with fighting and defending something (Remember that Vargas boy who try to kill us? He defeated him when our party including Edgar cannot) yet he's not that good to understanding something like his brother.

And oh god, he realized it. Sometimes there's that one character who tried to hard but ended up being a burden to other, but Sabin ain't like that. Yes he looks like he doesn't care about throne, about his brother but he actually really care about it. He knows he's not that smart so when he won the bbet (thanks to Edgar and him realizing late that the coin is actually only got Edgar's face) he train himself to be strong untill HE CAN SUPLEX A TRAIN AND DEFEAT GIGAS AND DEFEAT MOUSE ON SOME STAGE as he helps his brother.

And Edgar? God, it's said that the coin is actually only has Edgar's face? I mean, if he planed all of this from the start so his brother could be free, so his brother could feel what's freedom is without worrying too much, mannn Edgar why you're soo nice?

I mean, perhaps Edgar knows that Sabin won't want to take care of the Kingdom with him, so he didn't force but instead, they just argue a bit then Edgar take the lead to find the solution. He's that calm big brother who knows well about his brother aahhh. Perhaps he didn't realize that Sabin train himself to protect him but still, his decision was wise. Figaro is great with him and now, he even got a really cool body guard.

Despite the differences and flaw, both have a great heart. Edgar and Sabin both cares deeply to the party. Edgar protect Terra with Locke, Sabin literally take care of a feral kid named Gau until he able to meet his father. Aren't they nice?

Long live Figaro Brothers.

[cyrblyme]

I wish I had played this as a kid, however, Sabin suplexing the train moment was still cool as hell at 33