A to Z Challenge: Omega Weapon

Welcome back to the A to Z Challenge!

I'm highlighting some characters from my favorite Final Fantasy games, and today we are at O.

And O is for Omega Weapon.

As seen in FFVI

Omega Weapon is a recurring monster faced in many of the games. I honestly don't remember him in FFVI, but I'm replaying it at the moment, so I'll be on the lookout. It's often an optional boss because it's the hardest boss, sometimes even harder than the final boss.

This FFVIII version was definitely harder than the final boss.

There is an Ultima Weapon, which is a lesser version as well, and that one is difficult. If you beat the Omega Weapon in FFVIII, you get a certificate on your game that says you did.

In FFX, Omega was a monk who disagreed with Yevon's teachings on Sin (hm...I wonder why), and he was executed for it. Undead, if not sent on by summoners, become monsters, hence, a very angry Omega Weapon.

(Made this last because of its beauty.) In FFVII, weapons were created by the planet when Jenova dropped down the first time. They are there to protect it from danger, and this Omega Weapon appears in FFVII: Dirge of Cerberus, the only first/third person shooter I've ever completed (they scare me). Its purpose is actually different than the other weapons: it gathers the Lifestream from the planet to take it to another planet if the planet is unable to be saved. DoC is just beautiful to look at anyway, but this Omega Weapon is SO awesome.

Honorable Mention:

O'aka the XXIII at your service!

(The fashion in FFX is questionable at best, but...you know.) O'aka XXIII is a travelling merchant Tidus meets on a boat towards Kilika. If you give him 10,001 gil when you meet him, you get a 30% discount on his wares for the rest of the game. Kind of worth it if you have it to give.

Tomorrow, we actually stop by FFX-2 to meet Paine.

A to Z Challenge: Writing Colors - Olive & Olivine

Welcome back to the A to Z Challenge!

This year, I am providing different colors for descriptive purposes in writing using the website Color-ize to look at an alphabetical list of colors that we can use instead of using the same basic colors we know off the top of our heads. One color can come in so many shades; why not take a look at them?

Today's colors are: Olive & Olivine

Olive is an interesting green. Poor green gets a bad rap. I blame olive. lol I love green olives, though. It's a muddy green, moving closer to brown in a spectrum. Oddly enough, when I think of my main character Ghuli in my fantasy WIP, this is the color of her eyes, but I described them as:

Olivine in hue. This is actually too light a color for someone of her race. Now I'm mad at myself. Olivine is a prettier word, though. *sigh* I think this is actually a cooler tone than olive, and it reminds me of leek soup. While olive makes me think of mud and muck, olivine gives me the color of a mystical swamp or moss. How about you?

Ranting on O

Today's Letter: O!

I hate Old Navy. I don't mind the generic preppy clothing. I don't mind the extremely cheesy commercials. In fact, I love the mannequins. It's the smell. (I sound like Agent Smith.) I've only ever been in the Old Navy in my mall, but if clothes could go bad, they would smell like the smell in the store in my mall. It's a strong, nauseating smell of like moldy cardboard. I don't know where it comes from, but it always smells like that!

One Direction annoys me. They're completely flash in the pan, and girls go crazy over them. The moment Big Time Rush comes back on, no one will remember One Direction (well, they might, but you know what I mean). And whatever their newest single is, where two of them are on a motorcycle interacting the way David Bowie and Mick Jagger did in "Dancing in the Street", kills my spirit.

Olive oil is a little too versatile. I can cook with it and keep my hair moisturized. Should I be able to do both?

I briefly had a Pinterest dedicated to baby owls, but there are only so many that didn't creep me out.

Big O was a great anime that doesn't come on Cartoon Network anymore. I like dark/noir anime.

Olivia Benson is so caring (watching an SVU marathon).

Side note: This is my first post for the blogfest where I've decided to write my entry at night and schedule it next-day, so they'll be up earlier.