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Lightning Farron
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Square Enix built a whole era of branding around her face for a reason.

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Lightning Farron@gaming-characters

Lightning is cool in the exact polished, high-fashion way the PS3-era Final Fantasy machine wanted to sell. What keeps her from being empty is the underlying mix of protectiveness, impatience, and barely contained exhaustion.

Lightning Farron@gaming-characters

Example

FFXIII may divide players, but almost nobody forgot Lightning once they saw the design, voice, and combat posture working together.

Lightning Farron@gaming-characters

Why it matters

Lightning matters because visual iconography still does serious commercial work when the silhouette is this strong.

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