If it's at all reassuring, I'm not sure they do always boil down to sex appeal! Characters such as Aeris, Quistis and Penelo are modestly dressed and never really portrayed in an overtly sexual way, to my recollection. Yuna wasn't sexualised in Final Fantasy X, although the sequel sort of scuppered that, alas. People find the characters sexy, of course, but the games themselves don't always objectify them. Even when female characters obviously are portrayed in quite a 'fanservicey' way (Tifa, Lulu, Fran), they're still complex, interesting characters with unique personalities.
In many ways, I think the Final Fantasy series fulfils much of its great potential for female characters; certainly it's produced a huge number of female characters I adore (Faris, Celes, Yuffie, Quistis, Freya, Yuna (one of my favourite characters of anything ever), Paine, Fran and many more; I was trying to restrict myself to one per game). There's definitely room for improvement and diversity, though.
I would love to see a female version of Cid.
Yes! I was actually thinking 'why can't we have a female equivalent to Cid Highwind?' when I was making this entry. That would be marvellous. (I assume you meant Cid Highwind; if you meant, say, Cid Kramer, I can only apologise.)
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In many ways, I think the Final Fantasy series fulfils much of its great potential for female characters; certainly it's produced a huge number of female characters I adore (Faris, Celes, Yuffie, Quistis, Freya, Yuna (one of my favourite characters of anything ever), Paine, Fran and many more; I was trying to restrict myself to one per game). There's definitely room for improvement and diversity, though.
I would love to see a female version of Cid.
Yes! I was actually thinking 'why can't we have a female equivalent to Cid Highwind?' when I was making this entry. That would be marvellous. (I assume you meant Cid Highwind; if you meant, say, Cid Kramer, I can only apologise.)