![]() ![]() It’s that he doesn’t have the energy or the attention span not to scorch everything, which is more or less a key plot point of episode 4 of Brotherhood. Later on, it’s stated in-game that he had a job as a part-time cook after high school, likely for life experience, or for the sake of being among the common people. The thing that stands out to me the most is that there are countless convenience store bags, but they’re full-as if Noctis knew he needed to try to pick up after himself, but just couldn’t get past stuffing whatever debris was around him into the bag he’d brought it in with. I did not want to.But it happened anyway. This episode moves me to tears nearly every time I watch it if only because it reminds me very keenly of a time in my own life before my family had been unwilling to get me treatment for my depression, when I could not function at all. That’s not normal, that’s not just ‘haha messy teenager.’ That is a symptom that often accompanies the apathy and lethargy of severe depression. This is more of a personal analysis, but I hope it’s at least beneficial to someone. I look at the state of Noctis’ apartment and the attention to detail in the animation always moves me. His obvious symptoms of mental illness were treated as a source of irritation and nothing more. even though his friends obviously have the same information that he does. The thing is… no one really noticed or tried to help Noctis with those things…. So that statement is both correct and not-any person would become unstable at the realization that they’re dying. He is barely functioning, barely able to keep up appearances enough to keep going to school while his mental health deteriorates. That is not the living space of a neurotypical person, spoiled rotten or not. Nothing makes me more furious, as someone who suffers from trauma and mental illness and understands firsthand-when people look at that episode and call Noctis a brat, or worse ‘uwu oh boys are so messy.’ No. Now go back to that 4th episode of Brotherhood and look at Noctis’ habits. Most people do shut down mentally to some extent when they are given that kind of prognosis. Knowing you’re going to die unnaturally, (before your time, etc.) traumatic. Seeing your entire retinue (caretakers and guards) murdered bloodily by a huge 2-story tall monster at the tender age of 7-8? Irrevocably traumatic. “He would shut down mentally!” – back to this While this isn’t the same as being told what Bahamut told him at the end, he has still had to live with not only the pain of watching his father breaking down and dying before his eyes, but with the fact that when his dad’s body gives out- he is next. The Citadel interior that Noctis grew up in, is covered in sayings etched into gold and marble about their ‘martyr’ kings.(visible at the top of the 1st image) Noctis has known since as long as he could read, that he is not going to live a natural life or die of old age. Because of the very mark of being a Lucian king requiring his life-force in return for protecting his people. Okay, but why is Noctis’ father’s health failing? Because of the ring of the Lucii. On the surface, that episode is about Noctis coming to terms with his father’s failing health and Ignis trying to settle into his more adult role of advisor. That episode is actually one of the most important parts of Noctis’ characterization the development team gave us as far as I’m concerned. While it may not be the revelation of Bahamut, or even outright directly stated this is what he knows, even by the timeline of the 4th episode of Brotherhood that directly has him facing this, he knows he is doomed to die and so do his friends. What people are forgetting is that Noctis absolutely knows he’s going to die. That’s another long, complicated post in and of itself so I’ll just leave it there. He is royalty, and that will always affect how he reacts to certain things no matter how much his father tried to get him to feel like he was just a normal kid. don’t you realize that he already has?įirst of all, we have to address that Noctis is not a “normal boy” and will not react to things as a normal person. One thing I see over and over is about how “Noctis didn’t know he was going to die!” and “If he did, (if Luna and his father told him the truth, etc.) he would’ve shut down mentally!!” …. There are some things I want to address that I see people on twitter talking about a lot lately that are really frustrating me. Friday, July 27th, 2018 Noctis, impending death, and depression: ![]()
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