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[Azotar]

Yeah. But since the Game is called Final Fantasy i guess its alright to call them human

lol

[DJZen]

A human is a being that can have viable offspring with other humans. Any species is defined as a group of beings that can have viable offspring. This means if a male and a female of that species have children, if those children can also have children, the original male and female were members of the same species. That's the scientific definition anyway.

As such, it would stand to reason that Galka and Hume couldn't have grandchildren. Unfortunately, it's fantasy. Fantasy LOVES to bend the rules. According to the Greeks, Centaurs could have children with horses and humans alike. There's also stories like Rosemary's Baby where a woman gives birth to a demon. Physical features seem to be the more defining aspect when it comes to species in fantasy styled stories. Even then it's kinda up in the air. Sometimes humans are depicted as looking VERY unhuman, but are still called human.

Then there's transformation to further complicate things. With Cid it's obvious enough. He was human first, and then became transformed into an Oglop by magic. Later he was transformed into a frog. So clearly he would be rightfully called a human who was transformed. Then we hit the dodgy "demi human" area. Is a werewolf human? Well... Most sources say no, a werewolf is just a werewolf, and they have two or three different shapes.

As far as Amarant is concerned I think of him as human (or hume or whatever) with a skin tone unique to the world of Final Fantasy. His hair is red. So? Lots of people have red hair. As far as its style is concerned, it's not that unusual. He just has dreadlocks. Seems simple to me, I don't know why that would make him un-human. It's definitely a lot less far fetched than Cloud's hair....

[qwerto]

Originally Posted by Ichimonji

Barely anyone is human in FFIX, and out of your characters only Steiner is human.

what about Beatrix? Shes a Human. She may not be in your party but you get to fight with her... And she is darn good.

I have a few small questions:

1. What is Doctor tot? (I say something to do with a chicken...)
2. What is Kuja? (He is the same as Zidane but hides his tail... right?)

[Pouring Rain]

i call 'em what i see 'em and this is what i think

Zidane: Monkey/Human
Garnet: Unicorn/Human
Stiener: Some freaky dude with mascara
Vivi: A man-made (maybe) black mage
Freya:A talking rat
Quina: Unknown
Eiko: Unicorn with wings/Human
Amarant: Blue dude with red dreadlocks (or maybe thats a hat)
Queen Brahne: a mutated freak
Kuja: Same as Zidane
Regent Cid: Human (turned into animals because of wive)
Sir Fratley: Same as Freya
Tantulus: Human (execpt for Cinna)
Cinna: talking Pig

thats all i gotta say

[Quina]

I think it's a dude.

[DJZen]

Originally Posted by ffgirl

i call 'em what i see 'em and this is what i think
Tantulus: Human (execpt for Cinna)
thats all i gotta say

Cinna may or may not be human, it's kinda hard to tell, but I think you're forgetting Baku, Benero, Genero and Zenero.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Doctor Tot is a human with an enormous nose.

[Destai]

Baku looks more animal like than Cinna. Blank just looks kindve artistic. The leather sown into him yet hes not all gothic and demonic. Didnt Zidane make a comment about Cinna just having a smooty face? Besides that the only animal feature is his nose really and that could just be cartoony. (Blank roxors)