@willworkforiesaki You had multiple characters that were tied, but it looks like Zack Fair beat them all out by 1 point.

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The boy nods and has to physically hold back his surprise at feeling a soft, large hand carefully envelope his smaller one. Damian knows it's stupid...but he finds himself growing displeased at the size difference between himself and Breya. I mean, he knows that he still has room to grow...but somewhere in his mind, he wants to grow up already so that he can truly be an equal to mother: mentally, emotionally, physically–in all the ways that matter; in all the ways father has ingrained into him to desire, feel and act like towards his mother. Surprisingly, the boy finds himself not pulling away from the comforting touch. He tells himself that it's because mother is the one initiating it, that the only reason he's accepting the touch is due to not wanting to be seen as disrespectful for pulling away. But Damian knows its a lie. He can feel the way his heart pounds ferociously in his chest–from excitement or fear? The child himself can't pinpoint it exactly. Damian is used to firmer touches. He's used to being roughed up and thrown down, or even cast aside with a harsh shove or a backhand to the face. He's used to these soft moments leading into something more dangerous; used to the tender, almost featherlight, grasp of a hand or gentle gliding of fingers through his hair, leading to a rod to his backside until he's bruised and scraped up, whimpering and whining about how he's sorry for still being so childish as to accept such love and endearment so freely. Because he can't...———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— (I always get nervous sharing my writing, but I decided I'd share a little something I'm currently working on that is already at 6,929 words ^-^).

Part 3: When the voices attack and try to make me fear a mutipltude of things. I just say I rest in my faith and not in fears for my Lord has overcome the world so I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and that upholds my faith and helps me abide in the peace he offers. But, that doesn't mean I will always be in peace sometimes faith has to be tested and you have to fight with the armor of God to uphold your peace in him. But, that's ok. I'm just happy my faith is strong enough to withstand attacks unlike before. That means I can finally please the lord instead of being a doubled minded man unstable in all his ways. I never thought I'd get strong enough to stop my doubts. All it took was to trust God words and stop believing he will see me how I see myself. I'm thankful I finally have a place to rest and the ability to grow my faith and strength. 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. He wants us to accept his grace and grow in it and to know how glorious he is. It truly is a wonderful thing to worship such a God of immense Love and Mercy.

https://youtu.be/yI44Sow4iwo?si=Qa0De2Gi9gX1QUCg If you like the Neon Genesis Evangelion OP Theme, then you must listen to Panzer Bandit OP Theme. https://youtu.be/zKHBjj-rfFo?si=17NQRI9x7s8xj2GR

Having played Final Fantasy VI and VII I would say that the original VII was far more fun to play. The materia mechanic was more fun to use than the magic system of VI. Though VI in my opinion laid the ground work for the Junction system of VIII with equipped summons granting magic abilities that could be learned through experience. Another aspect the original VII has over VI is that its narrative flows a bit smoother with how characters are introduced as well as having their arc's resolved. Many characters from VI are not important to the overarching plot and easily get lost within the shuffle of telling rather than showing. Only Locke, Terra, Celes, Sabin, and Edgar feel to have a complete arc. Gau and Shadow technically have a complete arc if you're willing to play the game in an unintentional way that's very niche and requires a strategy guide. Some think that's neat, however I find that rather obnoxious personally. Then there is Cyan who has a strong intro, but ultimately gets dropped from the story half way through and is only used for comedy scenes mostly. Everything that comes after the Ghost Train sequence in my opinion was a terrible use of his character honestly. Many other characters like Gogo, Mog, Umaru, Realm, and Setzer feel like after thoughts made to expand the cast with very little purpose outside of one or two brief scenes. They're involvement in the story is relatively small in comparison to the previously stated cast. The original VII had extra characters like Yuffie and Vincent, however I felt they gave sufficient information about who they were simply by exploring the world without too many obscure conditions needing to be met. I feel Vincent's backstory was a better way of handling a character like Shadow's with how you learned more about him. As for the villains I admit Kefka is handled more well than the original Sephiroth. The original Sephiroth appeared to go about his plans in a round about way that didn't exactly make much sense. Given he appeared, by what the audience is shown, to have had a pretty sweet life being the poster boy for Shinra's military. The original VII doesn't show what Sephiroth's life was like as a child to know how much he actually suffered under the hands of humanity to ultimately turn antagonistic towards them. It's briefly mentioned that Sephiroth has a mother complex, but the man is already in his late 20's and doesn't seem that emotionally stunted outside of it being casually said that he is. Kefka on the other hand makes sense what he is doing because he is basically Hojo if Hojo experimented on himself. We're shown that him gaining magical powers as a normal human warped and twisted his logic. That he's constantly in agony because the abilities he's scientifically grafted onto himself fried Kefka's ability to feel emotions or be anything other than nihilistic. Plus Kefka's charisma is far more charming than Sephiroth's "Mommy Dearest" motivations. Ultimately I find both VI and VII heavily flawed narratives. They both have story elements I would drastically change to be more fluid and interconnected. Less side characters that have zero to do with the end of the story. That said, VII outshines VI in terms of gameplay mechanics and overall use of the world. But Kefka outshines Sephiroth by a mile!

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