Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > Final Fantasy: The Smell of Fear > Final Fantasy XII > Basch's Potholder of DOOOM

[auronlu]

This is a totally silly thread.

Just in case you hadn't encountered this page before, I wanted to recommend to you the following essay on...

The Fashion Disaster That is Basch in FFXII

I find that page one of the funnier contributions to fandom I've seen in a while.

You'll never see costumes in FFXII -- or any FF game -- quite the same way again.

Battle thongs. I'm tellin' ya.

[Balthier Rocks]

Thats pretty funny.

Shame they did'nt touch on Vaan. Hes Worse than Basch.

[auronlu]

Vaan just has that weird scarab thing that looks like a Babylon 5 parasite stuck to the base of his spine.

And weird abs.

There's not as much you can do with that as you can potholders and battle wedgies.

[Wolf Kanno]

Basch's outfit never really bothered me. Outside of the questionable outfits worn by the female members of the cast I felt most of the costume designs were pretty good and nothing more bizarre than what came out of FFX....

[The White Wizard of Fynn]

Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno ^

Basch's outfit never really bothered me. Outside of the questionable outfits worn by the female members of the cast I felt most of the costume designs were pretty good and nothing more bizarre than what came out of FFX....

I have to agree. I'd wear Basch's potholder shirt over Wakka's stupid overall anytime.

[Big D]

xD Terrific stuff!

Perhaps the most outlandishly impractical FF garb, for me, is Tidus' blitball uniform.

Metal armour? Check. Long wallet chain? Check. Hooded shirt? Check.
With those powers combined, you'd have someone who'd sink like a stone. Even if he could manage to keep afloat, the dopey and useless hood would act like an underwater parachute, to keep him in one place.

Now, I'm all in favour of creative and imaginative character and costume designs - but the FF series really ought to get input from people who understand practicality and combat.

[Jiro]

That was definitely entertaining. But I must agree, his is not the worst of the outfits in the series. Many of them should be useless and difficult to move in, but fantasy laws rule supreme.

Originally Posted by Big D

Now, I'm all in favour of creative and imaginative character and costume designs - but the FF series really ought to get input from people who understand practicality and combat.

This.

[Quin]

To be honest, I think Tidus' boots could've been heavier.