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Why I ship Noctifa

*Under construction post 🦋

The ship between Noctis & Tifa exists not only because of their matching aesthetics. Thatʼs just one superficial reason. Both characters share a lot of deep & profound similarities.

Lets start from the beggining:

Their Backstory

Both lost their mothers. Their widowed dads, Regis & Brian, had to take care of them. However, they could not completely take care of their kidsʼ education on their own, so they needed help of others (governesses in Noctisʼ case & Nibelheimʼs women in Tifaʼs case).

Normally in FF games the characters either have no parents or their situation with them is of an ill-fated nature. Noctis & Tifa contrast & differ from this, being practically the only characters with a good & loving relationship with their dads.

Scenes from Brotherhood & Last Order.

At the same age of eight, Noctis & Tifa suffered near death experiences. Noctis was attacked by a Marilith while Tifa fell from the Mt. Nibel bridge. As a consequence, both fell into a coma.

(I wish there were concrete images of this Tifa event)

At a very young age, both were trained in the art of combat by Gladio & Zangan. Because of this early training, both are considered excellent fighters.

Both have pets that appear in both their childhood & adulthood (Carbuncle & Fluffy).

Noctis & Tifa knew the lack of friends & loneliness during their childhood.

Likewise, at some point both were seen as just a title or a trophy by others, something they deeply disliked.

At the same age of 15, the two were independent teenagers. They lived alone in their own apartments & had a job in the hostelry industry. Noctis as a waiter in a sushi restaurant and Tifa managing the Seventh Heaven.

They both had to quickly grow up & earn a living on their own.

Both of them have painful scars. Noctis on his back from the Marilithʼs attack & Tifa on her chest from Sephirothʼs attack.

It is noteworthy that Noctisʼ scar affects him on a physical level while Tifaʼs affects her in a more psychological way. I love these little differences between them.

Both suffered the same losses & in the same way.

In a single night Insomnia & Nibelheim were destroyed and consumed by fire.

Regis & Brian were murdered in cold blood by people they had trusted, Drautos & Sephiroth.

Here I reemphasize how Noctis & Tifa felt the same way about their dadsʼ actions. Noctifaʼs psychology is gorgeous & intertwines beautifully. But weʼll leave that section for another thread.

The two travel with their group of friends to stop the forces of evil. Noctis fights against Niflheim & Ardyn. Tifa against Shinra & Sephiroth.

The most important events of Noctisʼ upbringing mirror those of Tifaʼs. I believe they would understand each other deeply due to these shared bonds & that they could easily heal each otherʼs traumas 💙❤️

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