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People give Cloud shit for being and edge lord but Jesus Barret is a god damn broken record

>all your friends died
I GOTTA FIGHT FOR THE PLANET
>your daughter you left alone was almost killed
I GOTTA FIGHT FOR THE PLANET
>should we get Pizza Hut or dom-
#%*^ I GOTTA FIGHT FOR THE PLANET!

>> No.4316754

You can't blame him for having a consistent characterization. Barret's the most dedicated member of AVALANCHE. And why not? The impending doom of the planet kind of takes precedence over interpersonal relationships.

>> No.4316762

Cloud didn't become an edgelord until Advent Children. In the original game he was fine.

>> No.4316772
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>>4316746
>Cloud
>edge lord
When will this meme finally die?

>> No.4316776

>>4316762
We should forget everything past the original ff7. Although the backstory on the psp was kinda neat. Can't remember the name of it anymore

>> No.4316785

>>4316772
I never understood it. If anything he's just a stereotypical action hero.

>> No.4316789

>>4316746
Barrett wasnt edgy at all. Just a misguided idealist/philanthropist. He wanted what he felt was best for the planet out of what he saw shinra personally do to his people his friends his family. For a jrpg character hes pretty well written tbqh.

>> No.4316794

Can any moon readers verify his name wasn't actually supposed to be Bullet?

>> No.4316796

>>4316772
he wasn't an edge lord, but he did have a mental break down after realizing his identity was a fabrication.
advent children was husbando fanfiction, not sure how edgy he really was in that either.

>> No.4316798

>>4316772
you know the drill, he became emo in advent children, crisis core and the other spinoffs

>> No.4316803

>>4316798
>lmao dude he was an emo
what does that even mean?

>> No.4316812

>>4316754
This. At least he's taking the threat to the planet seriously. Of course that's why it's Final FANTASY, we all know real people aren't that smart.

>> No.4316816

>>4316803
I ain't saying he was emo in the original, but certainly portrayed as such in the movie and spinoffs

>> No.4316820

>>4316785
Except for the part where he's stuck in a disassociative psychotic state for most of the game.

>> No.4316825

>>4316746
Barret was a meme character. Tough black guy with heart of gold. They're trying to hand out comfortable clichés, not break a mold.

>> No.4316836

>>4316825
>Barret was a meme character.
You mean unlike the busty punchy bar maid, the divine pure flower girl, the rascally thief, gruff cranky dude with a secret kind heart or depressed vampire?

>> No.4316837

>>4316746
I mean the point of his characterization is that he's supposedly fighting for an idealistic cause when all he actually cares about is getting petty revenge on Shinra.

>> No.4316852

>>4316836
I don't understand this about 4chan. I never said any of that.

>> No.4316896

>>4316816
but he wasn't

>> No.4316898

>>4316772
When people actually play the game instead of getting an incorrect idea of what it is from online cultural osmosis and Square's mishandling of the brand.

>> No.4316903

>>4316896
I know that, but.. butt... NIGGER

>> No.4316918

>>4316898
Shitty translation doesn't help things either.

>> No.4316940

>>4316903
Drink ur goddamn tea and settle down

>> No.4316957

>>4316896
Are you retarded or just in denial? In AC he wears ALL FUCKING BLACK and does nothing but moping around for the entire fucking movie.

>> No.4316963

>>4316957
...and sword fight an interstellar demon

>> No.4316964

>>4316957

Half the cast got a black wardrobe makeover for AC. Black is cool and edgy.

>> No.4316979

>>4316772
as far as edgelord, he's nowhere near vincent. He started off a bit edgy, but he actually underwent character development. There were reasons why he was the way he was. As far as Barret is concerned, I originally hated him, but I actually grew to like him.

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>>4316794
In the debug room, his name is given as BALLET, which is close enough to make me think Bullet was the intended name.

But that japlish spelling just makes me keep imagining Barret in a tutu.

>> No.4317803 [DELETED] 

>>4317518
This image is transphobic

>> No.4317909

>>4316794
The katakana for his name can be read as bullet, but Japanese materials always call him "Barett," from what I've seen.

>> No.4318367

>>4317518
>>4317909
I always suspected Cloud was supposed to be Claude since he comes from a Germanic city with alps and wields a two handed bastard sword that somehow got translated to buster or am I reaching too far?

>> No.4318527

>>4316746
My favorite Barrett line is "SHIT! GIMME MY MONEY BACK" after you answer Yuffie wrong and she mugs you.

>> No.4318546

>>4316772
Read his post, he's saying that at worst, Cloud is less edgy than Barret.

>> No.4319709

>>4316957
To be fair he does have Sephiroth cancer and is dying. I'd probably be bummed out too.