Some Final Fantasy Things

Top Fifty Final Fantasy Characters

#38. Lightning Farron, FFXIII

I like Lightning for many of the same reasons I like Squall; She is unintentionally hilarious. Lightning thinks she's mature, but she isn't at all...  At least not for the first part of FFXIII.  One of my favourite Lightning quotes is "worst birthday EVER," in response to her younger sister calmly telling her she was going to get married and giving her a birthday present. (Serah also told Lightning that she had been branded a l'Cie, but I don't think Lightning believed it at that point.  She just really hated Snow...)  I also thought it was kind of funny she changed her name to "Lightning" in order to not feel like a child anymore...  What?  "I'm a mature adult.  Take me seriously and call me Lightning." I just thought it was funny...

It may seem like I'm bashing Lightning at this point, but I'm not...  She was immature at first, but she grew up a lot by the end of her game, and is still growing in the copious sequels. By the end of FFXIII, she had formed friendships with people she had been acting cold and distant from in the beginning/middle of the game.  I think she was mean to pretty much everyone in the game at first, but ended up caring about them in the end.  Her adventure was similar to Squall's in this way.  She didn't want to open herself up to friendships because that's risky, but in the end, she took the risk, got to know people, and ended up better for it.

Let's not forget her fighting skills.  Second to Fang, Lightning is the most important character to have in your battle party (I think.) She's extremely strong.  That's something I liked about Final Fantasy XIII as a whole.  Fang and Lightning were stronger than the men.  Girl Power!

I also like Lightning's hair.  It's pink......