#sylleblossoms

[mer-een]

Final Fantasy XV - art history meta

a symbol of romanticism: sylleblossom - the blue flower:

final fantasy xv's sylleblossom has a very special design and meaning. Let's talk about what it stands for and how it can be connected to art history.

More below the cut.

Luna and sylleblossoms

In general, blue sylleblossoms can be seen as a symbol for Luna in ffxv. They grow in Tenebrae and are its national flower, she has a garden full of them. Blue sylleblossoms are her favorite flowers. She gifts Noctis a pressed flower in their notebook and it is a strong visual symbol in her death scene. According to the final fantasy wiki: "Different color variants symbolize different things, but the blue version represents "a heart that does not give up" and "sincerity"." But there might be even more to it.

The blue flower and romanticism

The blue flower is considered an important symbol in art history, and especially of romanticism, an art movement of the 19th Century. It represents the romantic longing for the unattainable and unreachable, the infinite and the unconditional, it is also often interpreted as a connection between man and nature. In addition, the Blue Flower developed into a symbol of wandering, which is also characteristic of the Romantic era (and a main theme in ffxv too :) - the word wanderlust got its meaning in the Romantic Period btw). This motif can be traced back to an old German legend that says that one could find the blue miracle flower at night and would be richly rewarded. Consequently, this miracle flower represents a cause that is difficult to achieve, but longed for by many.

Here's a cornflower as an example. I painted a sylleblossom recently and noticed the similar petal shape and color.

The legend

The symbol goes back to a legend and the poet Novalis. The blue flower embodies the longing for an unattainable thing. In the story, a young man dreams about a blue flower that calls to him and he longs to find it. When he finally sees it, he sees a tender face in the flower. This - as is shown in the course of the story - is that of his later fiancé. In addition, the text teems with symbols typical of romanticism. In romantic works, threshold motifs are often used, i.e. motifs that mark a boundary between reality and the dreamlike, such as twilight, moonlight, or the view into the distance, which is usually carried by an enormous longing of the protagonist.

Noctis and Luna

When we look at Noctis and Luna's relationship, we can find a lot of these motifs. The longing, the wandering and looking into the distance. Luna seems always out of reach but they long to be together. We see Noctis looking at the moon in old previews and when Luna says farewell she tells him to "look to the distance, know that I am there". Even their names represent typical romantic symbols (night and moon).

Night and moon are also typical subjects in romanticism. I really like the similarities here between the official artwork of the ffxv piano collection and the painting by C.D. Friedrich.

Luna's death

Here's a screenshot of the dreamlike death sequence and another painting by C.D. Friedrich, who is one of the most recognizable Romantic painters.

One more interesting thing I'd like to point out is the topic of death in romantic paintings and Luna's death scene. I think it's interesting that you can see ruins and a gate behind Luna. It looks like Tenebrae or maybe Altissia but the gate behind her stands out. In romantic artworks, ruins can stand for the past and especially gates represent the transition into the afterlife. We can find several threshold motifs in this scene. In ffxv, it might show that Luna and Noct are inbetween the world of the living and the dead in that moment. Luna then goes into the afterlife (in the direction of the gate) while Noctis is pulled back into life.

The flower turns into the ring, which shows us that her calling has been fulfilled.

I'm not sure if the references about the romantic movement in ffxv were intentional or not, but in any case it was fun to think about it :). I hope you enjoyed this short meta analysis and look into some art history :)

#final fantasy xv #final fantasy xv meta #final fantasy xv meta analysis #sylleblossoms #lunafreya nox fleuret #art analysis #my thoughts #flowers #maybe someday I'll also finish my meta analysis of ffxv and Shakespeare :') #ff #ffxv #edit: It refers monstly to German Romanticism

[lulu2992]

Inktober 2022, Day 13: Kind.

“I am undeserving of your kindness… Thank you.” - Lunafreya

#luna… you’re one of the kindest persons in this game #if anyone deserves someone’s kindness it’s you #inktober #inktober 2022 #inktober2022 #ffxv #final fantasy xv #ff15 #final fantasy 15 #lunafreya nox fleuret #gentiana #shiva #square enix #sylleblossoms #kind #my art #fan art #traditional art

[jenkatkatzilla]

More of the saddest but most beautiful scenes of FFXV

#more sad #ffxv #final fantasy xv #finalfantasyxv #my screenshots #noctis lucis caelum #lunafreya nox fleuret #noctis #lunafreya #Sylleblossoms #ffxv Sylleblossoms #flowers of Tenebrae

[rhinoyo]

you are the one, noctis

#artz #final fantasy xv #ffxv #noctis lucis caelum #ff #sylleblossoms pretty <3 #noct my friiiennnd <33

[thecharacterquotes]

#final fantasy xv #ffxv #lunafreya #lunafreya nox fleuret #noctis lucis caelum #prompto argentum #ignis scientia #gladiolus amicitia #final fantasy 15 #final fantasy #cloud strife #quotes #game quotes #gaming #sylleblossom #luna

[royalarms]

what specifically named color are you?

pavo ⸻ you're not one to be tied down to the rest of the world. you move from place to place with a natural grace and practiced ease. the world may want you to slow down and settle down, but you have too many things to do, too many people to meet, too many places to see. the world is your oyster, and you intend to crack that bad boy open. but the world is a dangerous place, and i'm sure you learned that the hard way in your travels. the world does not care about you as much as you don't care about it, and it has led to you becoming more jaded and distant from the people who truly love you. your world is much smaller these days, than you remember the vastness being when you were younger. how strange it is to realize too late that you didn't need everything - you just wanted truly anything at all.

tagged by : @violevin ( im barking )

tagging : anyone who wants to do this >:)c feel free to tag me in ur post , i love to look !!!

#♚ * introspection ; i feel my ancestors in my blood . #GRIPPINNNNGGGGGG #THIS MADE ME EMO AS HELL #/you just truly wanted anything at all/ bYYEEE #also that blue reminds me of my blog aesthetic so im happy about this balance #also sylleblossoms ... im writhing

[laylaylamode]

Hearing the voices of the Gods is hard enough, now recently orphaned Lunafreya and her brother Ravus are held hostage under an empire that plans to use them as tools. But Lunafreya isn’t bowing to them so easily; she’s dedicating herself to their downfall and to saving the world from their destruction.

Traumatized adolescent to rebellious teen to revolutionary young woman. Lady Lunafreya has plans of her own. (28k+ words)

#final fantasy xv #final fantasy 15 #ffxv #let them eat Sylleblossoms #lunafreya nox fleuret #ravus nox fleuret #gentiana ffxv #noctis lucis caelum #regis lucis caelum #aranea highwind #ardyn izunia #titus drautos #fanfiction #ao3 fanfic #I finally finished it after three years so I'm feeling pretty accomplished lol #even though I'm not active with this game anymore I'm still happy with this story #and I hope you all enjoy it as well

[burningartwork]

Sylleblossom sticker/postcard

Wow, it really will be down to the wire.

This is the sylleblossom from FFXV. The flowers that symbolizes Nctis & Luna's love. Drawing this was a bit emotional for me because I showed the beautiful scene to my dad before he passed away and my dad never really cared for videogames but this one, he agreed it was beautiful but sad. I hope my dad found himself in a beautiful place too. 💐

The next pic was supposed to be incase I didn't finish 1 last print but i'm going to push through! After this, it will be time to raise my cactuar army!! 🌵🌵🌵🌵

#fan art #finalfantasy #finafantasyxv #ffxv #final fantasy 15 #ff15 #ffxv lunafreya #ffxv noctis #sylleblossom

[prynacle]

Today's daydream: Opera Omnia Minwu (FFII) and Lunafreya bonding over their white mage badassery 😌

#Prynacle says #guess who just unlocked Minwu in pictlogica🎉 #mnnn pictlogica Lunafreya sprite #i will work on that after RK wedding Luna and the sylleblossom edits im doing #Minwu my bloved MVP 💕

[kyungmallow]

Sylleblossom 💙

#lee felix #lee felix edit #lee felix tattoo #stray kids #stray kids edit #stray kids tattoo #stray kids tattoo edit #tattoo edit #ffxv #sylleblossom #sylleblossom tattoo

[saprophetic]

a new tattoo could fix me

#mine #ive got a couple that im just. thinking about constantly #i want a ring of cordyceps around my blank bicep & obv a Y-incision #i also need to think of back & thigh tattoos and eventually get my sleeve colored #i think the government should pay me one million dollars a month for me to get as many tattoos as I want #i also want the sword of the father + sylleblossoms from ffxv on the blank bit of my forearm

[whitewingedcrow]

me: came to this fic for spicy content and it broke my heart instead, maybe I’ll do A Wee Sketch me, some time and an awful lot of layers later: this is supposed to be a quick moody sketch, why have I spent 20% of the time on the characters and 80% of the time on @$#&ING FLOWERS AGAIN

#no thoughts only sylleblossoms #making up for my insecurities about proper character likeness by pouring all my focus into flowers instead #at least I know I can draw those #every time I draw Ardyn I discover a new stupid layer of his outfit #half those layers are just HIM

[altrxisme]

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#; speak writer #welp both hcs were totally not inspired by a drautos piece where he overlooks the sea and home comes to mind #when johanne closes her eyes and thinks of home it's of people #when jackson closes his eyes and thinks of home it's of sylleblossoms and his family #ahaaa i'm getting sad now #i miss my home country so much #but idk what i'd be like if i didn't move here in the states #ah fuck

[ravusnightblossom]

(@sylleblosscm Moved to new post because legacy/beta format: X)

It is decidedly not what she expected to hear, and briefly, Luna is dumbfounded at this uncharacteristic suggestion. Her brother is nothing if not a pragmatist, and Luna wasn’t aware he had any fondness for such things.   But the prospect of sharing in such frivolity with him is too happy a one to pass up, and a smile that has long since been lost finds its way into her eyes. ❝Oh! You mean the one that used to make us salads in the shape of faces when we were little? Can we also stay in that bed-and-breakfast near the water? As I recall, if you stand on the balcony at high tide, you will almost certainly be splashed.❞   Setting her cup down, Luna rises to her feet. She had dressed for training today; thus, her attire is all wrong for such a thing. ❝Give me a few moments to be ready. I shall meet you back here shortly.❞  Luna takes the familiar path back to her room with a new bounce in her step. Returning a good 45 minutes later with a heavy overnight bag, a pale blue sundress and a matching ribbon around her wicker hat; her Oracle whites relegated to the shoes she shall surely kick off the minute they find sand. ❝Do not just stand there, let us go, or all the good tables during lunch shall be taken!❞

⋞⁘♔⁘⋟     For some reason, that particular reaction was not the one Ravus expected from Lunafreya. As her excitement seemed to flourish in front of his very eyes, the realization of what he had suggested settled in. Oh. Did... he remember how to properly portray himself as an older brother, rather than a jailkeeper anymore?

Yes, the balcony. Frankly, he had no recollection of these face-shaped salads she spoke of either, but her growing happiness pleased him all the same. With a quiet sigh, he excused himself to his own room to gather some belongings of his own.

Not wanting to keep her waiting, he neatly placed a few garments and a few specific items in a bag, then made way back toward the foyer. His intent took less than ten minutes of preparation, so he settled onto one of the benches while he waited. He was reminded of times in his youth where he had carried bags and waited outside shops for his mother and sister. Would this be similar to that, he wondered? Not that he had any objection to the thought. There was a pleasant nostalgia behind the idea.

The familiar sound of her approach finally echoed along the marble walls and Ravus rose to stand, setting the strap of his bag over his shoulder while he reached for Lunafreya's to carry. "How do you know which tables are the good ones?" he asked genuinely, opening the front doors for them. "Do you visit there often...?"

#sylleblossom #The Oracle Sister | Lunafreya #Verse; FFXV

[dbphantom]

Thinking very hard about a ffxv version of the xam'd lost memories opening and crying because i will never have the skills to make it reality

#cruddy rambles #im finally feeling well enough to sit up straight (literally after i went to the dr today grrr) AND THIS HAS BEEN HAUNTING ME #yes i have just been staring at it motionless for the past 45 minutes. yes it's only a minute and thirty seconds. it's a good opening ok #i literally have it playing on loop on my other monitor in vlc bc it is not available online anywhere i could find #and thankfully 3ish years ago i downloaded it to my laptop for a different pet project that ALSO went nowhere #i literally. in my mind's eye it fits SO WELL #luna and noct throwing the notebook to each other. gladio yeeting his shield to hit the behemoth prompto is running from. #prompto is probably on a chocobo bc ofc he would be and pissed off a behemoth #ignis running in with the groceries in hand or with an apron on with a ladel. gentiana looking off camera in the field of sylleblossoms. #PROMPTO TAKING PICTURES WITH THE CAMERA. RAVUS OFFERING LUNA A PIECE OF FRUIT AND HER LOOKING AWAY #aranea in the bg with biggs and wedge in the group shot. iris in the front with a stuffed moogle. cor is there probably #king regis looking up paralleled by ardyn in the next shot and when he reflects his face in the sword its all starscourgey #bitch boy verstael and emperor aldercapt looking at a cloning vat/a vat of miasma/magitek stuff in general #noct in the sky using the armiger and he and ignis stare at each other and nod and then noct sprints and catches the notebook from luna #it's literally. so. perfect. im so mad. #[lies on floor and dies]

[seaeyri]

Amongst the Sylleblossoms <3

#lunafreya #ffxv #lunafreya nox fleuret #ff15