Eclair Farron! Marry me!

I may be mad, i may be losing it, and i may very well be classified as ‘non-human’ already by this point, but like many others, i have found Eclair Farron, aka Lightning, the main character and overall badass from Final Fantasy XIII to be awesome, cool, and totally hot.

The design for Lightning was a female version of Cloud Strife, though Nomura said that she ended up not being feminine. WHO CARES?! She is hot! Her tsundere/cool/cold character is totally awesome!

I haven’t finished my final fantasy XIII yet, but from what i’ve gotten so far, i am completely smitten. Her voice is done by my all time favourite seiyuu, Maya Sakamoto. I’m saying that i like all of Maya’s characters. In fact, i only like a select number. Of them, is Ryougi Shiki, my number two favourite anime girl.

Going back to Lightning, her real name is Eclair Farron, and note that Eclair means Lightning in french. It can be used as a name, though normally for boys. It is also an interesting note, that i have been using the name Eclair for quite a number of my characters (females of course) in my stories for a number of years. I am not taking credit for this, however, as i took the name Eclair from the main girl in Kiddy Grade. Eclair is an interesting name so i used it often. And i must say, that name fits Lightning very well…. Eclair Farron, now my number one favourite game girl.

I used to look up the news of crazy people who decide non-living objects as their spouses, either for mental health reasons, or for crazy ideas, and laugh at them. A guy who decided to marry a poster of himself in China, a guy in Japan who decided to marry a 2D game character who would react like a real girl…. a guy who dated a pillow with the D.C. II character on it…. yeah, now i’m going to joi nthe league…. except i’m going to write it out. Maybe because she is voiced by my favourite seiyu, maybe because she is 3D and looks very much like a real girl, and maybe because she is also 21! the same age as me?!

Age may seem like a ridiculous reason, but in psychology, we know that people tend to associate better if they have things in common. We look for things we have in common, and if there are any present, the connection would be stronger than if a relationship was created with nothing in common.

So yes, i have gone past the point of sanity. I like Lightning, Eclair Farron, too much. Maybe because i have been waiting for this game for far too long, that i’ve channeled all of my pent up excitement unto her, but really, in all honesty, i really like her.