My Final Fantasy Fan Pages

The Top Ten Final Fantasy Swords
Swords have been a staple of Final Fantasy since Final Fantasy I. Whether the setting is a medieval fantasy world or a dystopic future with robots and laser ...

Final Fantasy X Symbols & Glyphs
The rich world of Final Fantasy X is chock-full of sacred symbols, glowing glyphs, and beautifully ornate mandalas. They're part of the stunning graphics of ...

Auron: The Fan's Ultimate Guide
A gruff, mysterious, formidable warrior, Sir Auron of Final Fantasy X keeps his secrets. However, by combining hints dropped in FFX game dialog with details...

10 Best Final Fantasy Cosplays Ever
Here are my picks for the Top Ten Final Fantasy cosplays. Obviously, this list is subjective. So I need your help! NOMINATE AND VOTE for the ten best Final F...

Anima: Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X's Anima is not only a challenging opponent and a powerful summons. She's actually the mother of Seymour, the game's arch-villain! Her terrify...

Why Is It Called Final Fantasy?
Jumbo Shrimp. Military Intelligence. Stationary Orbit. Our language is littered with oxymorons, so it's no surprise that the gaming industry has provided one...

Final Fantasy 13's Ending: FAQ
Final Fantasy 13 gives us a classic Squeenix cracktastic-landscape, Die-and-STAY-DEAD ultimate boss fight with a WTF-just-happened mind-bending FMV finale. So, let's review ...

Final Fantasy Monster Names
Welcome back to my ongoing series on Final Fantasy etymology (word origins)! Now it's time to tackle monster and boss names. What do they mean? What myths do they come from...

Final Fantasy Origins and Influences
Unsurprisingly, the video games of Final Fantasy derive some of their magic from other creations of the imagination, including names, motifs, and game detail...

Final Fantasy's Oedipus Complex
Part of the power of Final Fantasy games comes from their ability to mix-and-match mythology motifs. Like Jungian archetypes cavorting in a Neil Gaiman story...

The Summoners of Final Fantasy X
Summoners are one of the trademarks of Final Fantasy games. But did you realize there are FIFTEEN summoners in Final Fantasy X? How many can you name? Not o...

Spiran Inscriptions and Writing in FFX
Throughout the game of Final Fantasy X, there are inscriptions, glyphs, and graffiti on many surfaces. They add to the texture and realism of the backgrounds...

Final Fantasy X - Lulu
Casual players of Final Fantasy X don't see past Lulu's looks -- but they're missing out. Lulu is a typical fantasy character, impractically clothed for adv...

Captain Faris Scherwiz Fanpage
Why didn't my Final Fantasy friends tell me about Captain Faris Scherwiz sooner? I finally played Final Fantasy V and discovered an old-school FF character w...

Final Fantasy X Voice Actors / Voice Acting Sound Samples
Final Fantasy X broke the sound barrier. While other games had some recorded speech, Final Fantasy traditionally lets you interact with everyone from main ch...

Final Fantasy X Secrets
Like any good video game, FFX has its secrets. There's secret locations, weapons, aeons, bosses, and an entire dungeon that's not on the map. This Final Fan...

Al Bhed Primer Locations
This FInal Fantasy X Secrets guide will give you all the Al Bhed Primers' locations with hints first, then screenshots and detailed directions. Also, there I...

Final Fantasy X Monster Arena Checklist
There's other good Final Fantasy X Monster Arena boss guides, but what we need is an easy-to-use, printable FFX Monster Arena Checklist to track which monste...

How to Win the Blitzball Tournament in Final Fantasy X
It's easy to win the Final Fantasy X Blitzball Tournament, and you don't have to cheat to beat the Luca Goers! The key to winning is to play keep-aw...

FFX-2: Getting AP, EXP the Easy Way
Lost you old Final Fantasy X-2 save files? Don't want to play another 100 hours to re-master all dresspheres? Use this easy, hands-free cheat to rack up AP, ...

Final Fantasy XII Beginner' Tips
This is a set of tips and help for beginners to Final Fantasy XII. This guide is not comprehensive. Rather, it covers some important topics, especially battl...

Final Fantasy XII - Bazaar Goods - Loot Guide
Selling loot in Final Fantasy XII gives you Bazaar Goods, powerful weapons, armor, and items in bulk. Which loot do you sell, which should you keep? You can...

FFXII: How to Kill Yiazmat
Good grief, won't Yiazmat ever die?!! After tweaking my gambits and weapons, I seem to be chewing away at YIazmat quickly and efficiently. My characters are...

FFXII: Easiest Way to Get Feystones
Feystones are one of the rare Loot Items in Final Fantasy XII that's an ingredient of the Tournesol, the game's second-strongest weapon. It can only be acqui...

Dirge of Cerberus: Kill 100 Enemies Mission
This walkthrough guides you through the "kill 100 enemies" mission in Chapter 10 of Dirge of Cerberus. There are complete Dirge of Cerberus faqs/wa...

Final Fantasy III (DS or iPad) FAQ
I've been enjoying playing Final Fantasy III on my iPad, but there's a few places where I've been stumped. So here are answers to some of those questions lik...

20 Amazing Things I Learned From Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy is an epic franchise. Epic storylines, epic characters, epic airships, epic boss battles, epic big-ass swords, and occasionally epic fails. It...

Final Fantasy Halloween Pumpkin!
You hit it. It swells up. You hit it. It swells up. You hit it again, and it explodes in your face! There are scarier monsters in Final Fantasy, but Final F...

Final Fantasy Graphics: A Look Back
Final Fantasy video games have long dazzled us with their state-of-the-art computer graphics, or, back in the 8-bit days of pixelated sprites, they charmed u...

Chocobo Themes: A Choco-Fest!
Since Final Fantasy II, the lovable yellow chocobo has been carrying characters from point A to B. The chocobo has its own theme song which changes in each g...

Fun Final Fantasy X Trivia Quiz
Take the Final Fantasy X Trivia Quiz! It's the tenth Final Fantasy game, and it's been almost ten years since Auron -- oops, no spoilers -- since FFX...

Final Fantasy X: Funny Fansub Gallery
I purchased a copy of FFX on eBay which I thought was a movie of the game combining Japanese voices and English subtitles. It is...sort of. The translations ...

Final Fantasy X Quotes
Here is a collection of the best Final Fantasy X quotes, with a separate page for FFX Combat Quotes. But wait! Before we get to the list of FFX quotes, how ...

My Final Fantasy Snow Chocobo!
Signs You May Have Played Too Much Final Fantasy: Making a chocobo out of snow! I made this "Snowcobo" -- a snow chocobo -- two winters ago in Utah...

Distant Worlds: 2011 Final Fantasy Concert Tour
I had the luck to catch the FF Distant Worlds Concert Tour when it was in California, performed by the San Diego Symphony right on the water next to Comic-Co...

Five Best Auron Fanvids (FFX)
Final Fantasy X is over 10 years old -- in fact, it's getting an HD remake -- but Sir Auron, FFX's legendary guardian and badass, is as beloved as ever. I'm ...

Top Ten Final Fantasy Fanvids (AMVs)
I love Final Fantasy fanvids/AMVs. It's hard to narrow the list to just ten of the best Final Fantasy amvs ever, but as I glance through my YouTube favorites...

General Beatrix Final Fantasy 9 Cosplay Pictures and Resources
General Beatrix of Final Fantasy IX is one of my favorite unsung FF characters. She's tough, she's got a kickass sword, and (one of Nomura's silly fetishes) ...

My Final Fantasy X Cosplay Pages
Are you trying to cosplay Final Fantasy X characters? Need some detailed screencaps to get the costumes right? Or do you just want to see photos of some grea...

Snow Auron & Other Final Fantasy Snow Sculptures
My Snowcobo is my favorite Final Fantasy snow sculpture, but I've made more. The most ambitious one so far was Sir Auron, a seven-foot-tall snowman brandishi...

Final Fantasy X Fanfiction: A Fan's Recommendations
Here's my recommended reading list of some of the best Final Fantasy X fanfiction on the web, not just on ff.net, but on other fanfiction archives. I've sel...

Love Her and Despair: FFX Fanfiction
Love Her and Despair is my award-winning fanfiction sequel to Final Fantasy X, one of the greatest stories I've ever played. LHAD has inspired reader fanart...

Auronlu's Final Fantasy Fanfiction & Fanart
Greetings! I've been writing fanfiction since 1981 as a way to take a break from academia. Since 2006, I've been hooked on Final Fantasy fanfiction. For the...

Final Fantasy Chibi Gallery: Kawaii!
Stone-cold killers, tragic heroes, mutant monsters reduced to -- chibis? Yes, Chibis. Fandom is kinda nutty, but what can we do when we have villains who loo...

Adorable Plush Chocobos!
Final Fantasy's adorable chocobos make cute toys and great gifts for Final Fantasy fans. They are also fun props for Final Fantasy cosplayers (Sazh has a bab...

Kingdom Hearts Plush Dolls!
Have you seen these incredibly cute Kingdom Hearts plush dolls? Some are for Kingdom Hearts II, and feature Roxas and Axel. There's also Sora and the Heartle...

Final Fantasy T-Shirts and Fun Gifts
There's a lot of unique Final Fantasy T-shirt designs and other fun Final Fantasy gifts out there, but they're a little hard to find. Here's a few of my favo...

Final Fantasy Cosplay Costumes
Making your own Final Fantasy cosplay is fabulous, but some of us aren't very crafty. Did you know there's a number of Final Fantasy costumes available, even...

Final Fantasy Trading Arts Mini Figures: Watch Out for Counterfeits!
Aigh! Someone just bought fake Final Fantasy Trading Arts minis from an eBay ad on one of my pages!* Let me show you how to tell fake Square-Enix Trading Art...

Review: My Auron Play Arts Action Figure (Final Fantasy X)
I finally bought the Auron Play Arts Action Figure owned by some of my fellow Final Fantasy X fans, and all I can say is: drool. I'm not an expert collector...

Final Fantasy Action Figures: A Guide
Play Arts Final Fantasy Action Figures are amazingly detailed collectibles featuring our favorite characters from Final Fantasy games and movies. About 8&quo...

Final Fantasy 7 Action Figures
Here's my guide to Play Arts' Final Fantasy 7 Action Figures, with detailed photos, info and links to current Amazon and eBay listings. These 1/6th scale co...

Final Fantasy XIII Play Arts Figures
The "Kai" series of Play Arts action figures for Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2 are 9-10" tall, extremely detailed, very posable figures which ...

(New!) Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Action Figure
Lightning of Final Fantasy XIII-2 is back and even more badass. Her new Play Arts "Kai" figure has a better face sculpt, cool details on sword and ...

FF7 Cloud Strife Figures & Statues
Final Fantasy 7's Cloud Strife is one of the series' most iconic characters, and has a number of awesome action figures and collectible statues. On this page...

Final Fantasy Squall Figures - A List
Final Fantasy VIII is a dark horse of the series, but its brooding hero, Squall Leonhart, has broken free of his roots and become a beloved figure- lit...

Dissidia Trading Arts Figures: Reviews & Views
Final Fantasy: Dissidia Trading Arts figures are fun, highly-detailed collectibles of our favorite heroes from Final Fantasy games, sporting edgy new outfits...

Kingdom Hearts Action Figures: Reviews, Videos & Photos
Square-Enix has released Play Arts Action Figures of many of the popular, original characters invented for Kingdom Hearts I and II. These are fully posable, ...

Review: "Archive Of Our Own" Fanfiction Archive
Archive of Our Own, AO3 for short, is the fanfiction archive I've been looking for to host my stories. Below, I explain why I prefer AO3 to Fanfiction.net, A...

Copyright, Fair Use and Fanfiction
This page is a quick primer on copyright and fair use. While most the web doesn't have a clue about them, they are not that hard to understand and not that h...

Suikoden V: Lelei and Lucretia
Suikoden V is that sadly rare video game with tons of well-developed, strong female characters as well as male. With over 108 recruitable party members, it's...

Suikoden V Trading Printable Chart
All right, I'm tired of trying to remember which Suikoden V trading post pays the most Potch for this or that, so I'm creating this Suikoden V Trading Guide ...

The Space Giants: 60s Japanese TV
Before anime went mainstream, before Power Rangers and Transformers, even before Robotech and Speed Racer, there was... THE SPACE GIANTS! Few adults would ...

Infinity Blade's Holiday Helm (SPOILERS!)
I downloaded Infinity Blade around Easter. I was enjoying the sword-and-sorcery, epic battle and over-the-top armor and equipment. Then I got to the Holiday ...