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[rionaleonhart]

More Bravely Default II! I've reached Wiswald, but this is a non-spoilery post.

It's good to be reminded of how fascinating the Bravely Default battle system is. Mechanically, it's the most interesting RPG series I've ever played.

Which is just as well, because it throws you into a lot of long, involved battles. Boss battles in Final Fantasy XII tend to frustrate me, because they're long and dull; boss battles in Bravely Default II are long and interesting.

Aww, I'm glad we got to see how Elvis and Adelle first met! That was a very cute sidequest.

I've got Elvis wearing two pairs of leather gloves simultaneously, and this is hilarious to me.

Ugh, Bravely Default II has a card game? I thought. There's only one good in-game card game, and that's Triple Triad. I'll finish the sidequest requiring B 'n' D and then never play it again.

I finished the sidequest and immediately played four more rounds, then ran into every corner of every town in search of more B 'n' D players. I've now played thirty games of B 'n' D, and I've reached the point of slightly resenting all this story and battling for getting in the way of my card games.

IMPORTANT BULLETIN: THE INNS ONLY HAVE TWO BEDS.

My headcanon for Final Fantasy XV, another game where the four-person party keeps staying in two-bed rooms, is that they cycle bedsharing duties so nobody gets stuck with Gladio every night.

I'm not sure they'd cycle in Bravely Default II, but I can't decide whether it'd be 'Elvis and Adelle in one bed and Seth and Gloria in the other', 'Elvis and Seth in one bed and Adelle and Gloria in the other', or 'Gloria gets a bed to herself, as the princess, and Elvis, Adelle and Seth all cram themselves into the other bed together'. Leaning towards the third scenario, as it's the most hilarious. Gloria thinks the others are being ridiculous; she's happy to share the bed!

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[pict]

Isn't two beds pretty normal for hotel rooms? It's typically either that or a king in my experience. I remember thinking Final Fantasy VIII was weird for having three beds per room-- not because it's an uncommon concept, this game has Quistis EATING HER ENEMIES; but because a game with such an explicitly romantic main storyline really passed up the chance for awkward bedsharing shenans.

My headcanon for Final Fantasy XV, another game where the four-person party keeps staying in two-bed rooms, is that they cycle bedsharing duties so nobody gets stuck with Gladio every night.

I mean, they could also just get two cots, or set up a tent on the balcony.

[rionaleonhart]

True. I suppose the weirder thing is the fact that each inn in Bravely Default II appears to have only one room for guests.

You are banned from my journal for daring to suggest a scenario in which the Final Fantasy XV boys don't share beds.

[pict]

Fine, I'll go. But you'll miss me. ♥

[wolfy_writing]

IMPORTANT BULLETIN: THE INNS ONLY HAVE TWO BEDS.

Ooh!

Leaning towards the third scenario, as it's the most hilarious. Gloria thinks the others are being ridiculous; she's happy to share the bed!

I love this!

[rionaleonhart]

I'm pretty sure Seth sincerely goes 'Gloria's the princess, she should have a bed to herself,' Gloria goes 'don't be ridiculous, I don't have more of a right to sleep than anyone else,' and Elvis and Adelle go 'OH, NO, YOUR HIGHNESS, WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY ASK YOU TO SHARE' and jump into bed with Seth just because they find Gloria's objection hilarious.

[runicmagitek]

IMPORTANT BULLETIN: THE INNS ONLY HAVE TWO BEDS.

👀 YES GOOD.

I'm usually "meh" with only one bed tropes, but I dunno, they delight me in adventure-ish games where weary adventurers are probably A Little Too Done to be discussing sleeping logistics. I just love imagining the talks of who's getting which bed and sharing it with whoever, then insert complaints about "well so-and-so was snoring last time" and "well MAYBE if you didn't steal all the blankets, we wouldn't be yelling about this!!!"

*cough* yes, I approve. Quality content.

[rionaleonhart]

I'm generally delighted by bedsharing, whether it's full of weird sexual tension or completely platonic. I have to admit that my first thought after 'oh, there are only two beds!' was the deeply unfortunate 'Elvis probably farts incessantly and is therefore a pain to share with', though.

[queenlua]

My headcanon for Final Fantasy XV, another game where the four-person party keeps staying in two-bed rooms, is that they cycle bedsharing duties so nobody gets stuck with Gladio every night.

absolutely perfect headcanon, i lol'd aloud, thank you

[rionaleonhart]

I'm glad it rings true! That man is the size of a garula.

[lassarina]

Honestly I love all three of those scenarios re: bed sharing in BD2.

Also I had the *exact same* reaction to B 'n' D. obsession. (I deeply love that you buy your new cards with points so you can just get there through sheer determination.)

I am now thinking too hard about bed divisions in XV vis a vis a certain fic I am writing....

[rionaleonhart]

I hit enough B 'n' D points to go up to Rank A and the game went 'look, theoretically you qualify for Rank A, but we can't put you up there until you progress further in the story. The cards have Asterisk holders on them; we cannot spoil all the future Asterisk holders for you. Please just stop playing B 'n' D and progress the story, for the love of God.'

I am now thinking too hard about bed divisions in XV vis a vis a certain fic I am writing....

Excellent! It's an important subject and I'm glad you're giving it the consideration it deserves.

[lassarina]

I also had those problems w/r/t ranks XD lol

HOWEVER, if you desire it, you can continue to play B&D to rack up points so that when you do play higher ranked people, you can just take all their cards at once. Not that I did that. Several times.