Personally I prefer cats…or dogs…or rats…or a teakettle, but this post isn’t about my rampant and growing misanthropy, but rather…
Who is your favorite non-human/non-humanoid character?
I have to throw in the caveat of “non-humanoid,” since you sneaky Petes could easily throw in Fran as your favorite non-human character.
Because if we’re going to play that game, I could claim that Sephiroth isn’t all human due to his alien cells, and declare myself the cleverest in the land (trust me…I could make the Great General fit anywhere *wink wink nudge nudge*); so this question is geared towards truly non-human characters, ones who couldn’t pass for homo sapiens just by covering their ears, dyeing their hair, throwing on some shades, and/or not admitting they’re a ghost, a Cetra, or from the moon. Of course if you make a good case as to why your favorite isn’t human/humanoid, I’ll probably just go with it (I’m thinking of a lot of the characters in Final Fantasy IX), and with that being mentioned, I’m fairly certain my favorite non-human character is Freya Crescent.
Whenever I play FFIX I always give her an English accent (yes, I read the dialogue aloud), and I’m sure you’re thinking if I’m going to do that with anyone, it should be Garnet/Dagger. What are you trying to say??? Well, I give Dagger one, too! Her voice is higher though whereas Freya’s is throatier. Doing voices is fun.
Freya is such a tragic character (which I suppose must be the fate of all who share the surname of “Crescent”), and her loyalty knows no bounds, though now that I’m older, grumpier, and more feminist, I’m slightly vexed that her whole character arc was about chasing a man who completely forgot about her. I mean Freya is a Dragon Knight for goodness’ sake! She’s not some fainting flower or damsel in distress, or rather her distress is due to her beloved forgetting about her. Though Freya is obviously there and present throughout the majority of the game, in terms of her personal quest, she shares a sorrowful paradigm with another lady (which is what Freya means; “lady”) Lucrecia from FFVII in that she’s unremembered by the one she holds most dear.
A fitting quote for a character who’s named after the Norse goddess associated with death and the heavenly afterlife.
Red XIII/Nanaki gets an honorable mention, because he’s one of the most noble characters in the entire franchise, and also I fucking love this picture of him.
He looks more feline here, a beautiful mixture that oscillates between lion, tiger, and wildcat. Some artists depict him as more doglike, but I could believe Squeenix made his species ambiguous between the two. Red or rather Nanaki, as I prefer to call him (since Red XIII is the title/number that dickhead Hojo gave him), is probably my second favorite non-human/humanoid character, though I suppose you could argue that since Freya is more humanoid that Nanaki is my favorite *shrug*
Have at it in the comments or just let me know your favorite inhuman!
The Shameful Narcissist Speaks 
Definitely Red XIII for me. Not only is Cosmo Canyon my favorite FF theme of all time, but Red’s discovery of his father’s true self hits so. damn. hard.
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I could freaking write a dissertation about that song. It has such an indigenous motif to it, and of course, Red has that vibe going for him, too. Yeah…that scene. Everyone thought he was a coward, but he was the bravest warrior of them all. I had to mention Red just for that picture.
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The Red picture is awesome, but Fran caught my eye for obvious reasons lol.
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I love her. She’s in my top 10 favorite FF characters…which is something I should totally do at some point.
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Red is an awesome character, although I usually rename him Dave. Others? Earthworm Jim. Globox from the Rayman series as he’s so goofy. Midna from Twilight Princess. Link’s hairdo (doesn’t look human to me). Ori. The minions from Dungeon Keeper.
It’s difficult to pick an all time favourite, but Murray the Skull from the wonderful Curse of Monkey Island is right up there.
For Final Fantasy, it would always be Red/Dave. Cool character. And only a teenager!
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Earthworm Jim! What an amazing and absurd game, though it used up all of its absurdity points in the first iteration and there really wasn’t much left for the second alas.
Red Dave sounds like a code name 😀
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But seriously though. Either you come at me with a bouquet of kittens or we have nothing to discuss.
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I always had a soft spot for Moogles, so for me it’s Mog from FF6. Not only was he cute, he used my favorite weapons, spears. For similar reasons Freya is my runner up.
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They are such a wonderful mascot, too! I really like how they kind of play that up in World of Final Fantasy with moogles and chocobos being considered the FF mascots. What they do with the moogles in IX is so clever, too. They have their own storyline, problem, and side quest with the mail, which also serves at the way to save.
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Mog is my choice, too. Moogles are already the best. Then you get a dancing moogle! There’s just no way of going higher from there.
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They’re totally the Final Fantasy mascot!
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Red XIII get my vote. Not just because he has the “XIII” in his name either 🙂
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They knew even then during VII’s production that XIII was going to be epic.
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I’ve never much thought about it before, but I suppose Red XIII is my favorite if push comes to shove. Although I do also like Cid as an Oglop in FF IX. Outside of Final Fantasy though, I’d easily go with Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank.
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Red XIII is definitely a great character in general! Ah I forgot about Oblop Cid! And then frog Cid. I thought that whole plot line was really cute, and then when Hilda kissed him, he turned back into a man.
Hm, I’d have to think about that one for non-FF.
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This is more than adequately, satisfyingly spot on. Damn accurate, if I may be so bold. With greed (acquisition of resources, physical&mental) being the prime motivator for our species survival, it’s hard to appreciate our existence (yeah, we’re assholes). But then again, philosophically speaking, maybe we, with our lit AF words and relatively high intelligence (average, according to Sci-Fi), are the only ones able to create a livable existence for all conscientious entities (until the next cycle (mass effect reference, booyah)). So, what I’m trying to tell you, is that I have nothing else to tell you than anecdotal crap. K, thx, bai
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Also, Team Nanaki ❤
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I mean I’m a cat lover, and he’s even less “human” than my pick, Freya. She’s pretty much an anthropomorphic rat, but Naniki, while sentient and capable of speech, is definitely more feline. I always thought of him as a fire cat or something of that sort 🙂
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Mwahah 😀 fire cat 🤣 love it
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Righteous. I eagerly await our Reaper overlords. This is an excellent point though. If we weren’t smart enough to be assholes, we wouldn’t have the intelligence to call ourselves out on our assholery. Tis quite a conundrum!
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Tis be. Tis be. Ye olde sphincter muscle conundrum continues to elude us
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Haha yeah, humans do tend to be unpleasant, that’s for sure. And there’s so many of them everywhere you go. We’ve got quite the infestation it would seem. 😛
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You can’t throw a rock without hitting one! What gives? Who allowed this to happen?? I went to the grocery store and they were EVERYWHERE. All over the parking lot, in the aisles, and there were BABIES, too, so we know they’re breeding D:
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What?! Mini-meatbags? Right under our noses? Why isn’t anyone doing anything about this?
I’m calling the gubmint.
Wait… What if.. They’re in on it
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Hahaha Seriously! And what’s worse, is that so often it’s the parents that don’t give a crap about teaching their kids manners or how to behave in public that have the largest broods of children. There is hope though, I did recently see a little boy in the media section of Target bypass everything else on display to grab a book that he really wanted. I practically wanted to run to the mom and congratulate her with tears of joy in my eyes. lol
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People who read are just better #fact
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