#just like Nora Estheim chose to stand up and fight to try to stop Bodhum from being purged

[twilight-blaze]

cannot stop thinking about how if Hope is your party leader for the final fight against Orphan, his voice line at the start of the fight is a determined "this is for you, mom." I'm going to fucking cry

#ffxiii #ff13 #final fantasy xiii #final fantasy 13 #hope estheim #ash.txt #cloud don't look #ALSO #two chapters earlier this kid was ready to just give up and become a cie'th #a couple chapters before that his only real goal in life was to kill the person he blamed for his mom's death #but here he is. ready and determined to defy fate itself to try to save the entire goddamn world despite everything it took him to get here #Hope Estheim is choosing to stand up and fight to try to stop Cocoon from being destroyed #just like Nora Estheim chose to stand up and fight to try to stop Bodhum from being purged #and I just. augh. Hope's character arc gives me so many emotions