Braska - Jecht and Other Overlooked characters Forum

Topic: Braska

Not one of my favorite characters, but way overlooked.

#1 Apr 03rd 2006, 8:17pm

You know, I've been wishing for a long time now that they would make a prequel to FFX about Jecht, Auron, and Braska's journey so that you could see what a 'normal' pilgrimage was like. It would be sad at the end, but I'd like to see the real traditional thing where they actually use the Final Aeon. Plus, you could play with characters that you are familiar with, but don't know so well to the point that there wouldn't be any learning to do. I would really enjoy that. I wonder, if they did do it, who would be the main character? Braska is the summoner and Yuna's father, Jecht is a guardian and the father of the main character in FFX, and Auron was a party member of FFX. Would they choose Jecht because of Tidus, Auron because he is the most familiar and known, or Braska to start something a bit different?

#2 Jul 04th 2006, 9:21pm

probably all three, like in FFX2

and I would LOVE to play as Jecht. Though the ratings would probably be down because everyone would be like FFX, FFX2, and now FFX the prequel? Give me a break. Perhaps they could do a movie on it... or something... *imagines real life movie with Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow as Jecht... mmm*

#3 Jul 04th 2006, 9:24pm

You know, I've been wishing for a long time now that they would make a prequel to FFX about Jecht, Auron and Braska's journey

I think so too! It *would* be interesting, if only to see what happened on Braksa's Pilgrimage, and how the Final Aeon is summoned... *dreams*...

I wonder, if they did do it, who would the main character?

Personally, I think it would be Jecht. Although they could try something new and alternate between all three men - you know, play Jecht for a bit, and then switch to Auron, then Braska - we're only dealing with three central characters, after all.

(btw, isn't this kinda... Off-topic?)

#4 Dec 22nd 2006, 7:48pm

It probably would be Jecht with maybe a little alterations.

and I don't mind if this gets a little off topic as long as it comes back to Braska every once in a while.- it'd be hard to stay on topic since little is known about this man. You know what would be interesting though? Hearing the story of how he got together with Yuna's mother-- an Al Bhed woman.

#5 Dec 22nd 2006, 8:56pm

You know what would be interesting though? Hearing the story of how he got together with Yuna's mother-- an Al Bhed woman.

I read somewhere that he met her as a Priest, while attempting to preach Yevon at Home on Bikanel Island (Ah, speading the Yevonite love!), fell in love with her, got married and immediately excommunicated for consorting with an Al Bhed. Poor guy. Then they had Yuna and his wife was killed by Sin. Once again, poor guy.

So, despite having been kicked out of the Order and considered "unworthy of Yevon", Braska decided to take revenge into his own hands and obtained himself a fluttery set of robes, a staff and through sheer will and determination, made himself a Summoner. At around the same time he was booted out of the Temple of Yevon at Bevelle, Auron was too. With all the skills of a first-class Warrior Monk and nothing to do, he was assigned as Braska's Guardian.

After some pretty quick and intensive training, a couple of years later - so I assume - Braska managed to Summon Bahamut and officially set out on his Pilgrimage. Of course, before he left Bevelle, he and Auron heard about a man, who'd just been arrested and was claiming he was the star player of the Zanarkand Abes...

The rest is Spirian history.

#6 Dec 23rd 2006, 6:33am . Edited Dec 23rd 2006, 6:39am

huh, that makes Braska sound a lot stronger than I had originally imagined him, which makes sense. Yeah, they seriously need to make a prequel...

#7 Dec 23rd 2006, 9:11am

Yay! I got people to agree with me! And by the way, kill Yuna? Yuna is dead?! If they did make a prequel like we all hope, do you think the rating would be M due to Jecht's drunkiness?

Braska must have been a good family man, since he moved out of Bevelle just to get Yuna away from all of the bad politics . . .

#8 Dec 23rd 2006, 11:55pm

no she meant they had Yuna, and then the wife was killed by Sin. no Yuna is not dead. and no, I think it would still be T unless they involved other more mature themes as well.

and yes, I would see Braska as an excellent family man, father type.

#9 Dec 24th 2006, 12:38pm

I wish he had not died . . . he gave his life for the people of Spira in hopes of permanently destroying Sin . . . (sobs)

#10 Dec 26th 2006, 5:15pm

I've got to agree, the way Braska died was pretty tragic - but I'm also sure that he was aware of the fact that Sin would *not* be permanently erased, even as he Summoned the Final Aeon.

Remember the discussion Auron, Braska and Jecht had before Braska entered the Chamber of Fayth with Jecht? Auron was totally against it - "Sin always comes back. It comes back after the Calm every time! The cycle will continue and your deaths will mean nothing!"

It's true that Braska seemed to be optimistic, countering this with the notion of the chance that Sin may *not* come back this time, but any rational person would realise that this was false hope. If anything, what Braska did was sacrifice his life, even if it was only for a temporary Calm - better something than nothing, after all that effort.

Which was probably what left Auron so devestated - he loved his two friends, and hell, he didn't want them to die just so Spira could buy a brief stint of peace, but... Braska did it anyway.

#11 Dec 28th 2006, 8:57pm

it'd be kewl if they'd made FFX2 about Braska's pilgrimmage! You could learn more about those characters and then they'd have what is going on with different characters. Like Yuna going to Besaid and Chappu leaving for the Crusaders. That'd be interesting.

#12 Jan 03rd 2007, 12:41pm

Yeah, I had not thought about Chappu's story! Go idea, Balthier (he is sophisticated like me in FFXII!)! And maybe they could have more about why Wakka is racist and stuff. I forgot why . . .

#13 Jan 05th 2007, 11:03pm

it was because his brother died holding an al bhed weapon- machina.

#14 Jan 06th 2007, 9:47am

Yeah... And Wakka isn't exactly racist, I don't think... (I mean, if he was, wouldn't he have immediately recognised the typical Al Bhed traits - ie. green eyes, blonde hair - in Rikku a *little* sooner?)I think he's just unreasonably bitter towards everything machina related because of what happened.

*Desperately trying to drag the thread back on-topic*

Y'know Braska's robes? Aren't they the oddest set of garments you've ever seen? Check out all the fluttery red-cream-inbetween-shades of the panels! My best friend reckons they look like Autumn leaves (a cool way to think about it), but I personally like to think that they're flower petals. Why? Who knows...

And his funky head-dress! I'd like to imagine that Jecht and Auron had a hoot trying random objects to the end of the tail of it when they were bored... Just to ** off their Summoner a little.

#15 Jan 06th 2007, 4:35pm

haha i could totally see that.

*Jecht sneaks up behind Braska with a random object, turning to Auron and bringing his finger to his mouth in a 'hush' sign*

*Auron gives him a look of disdain and shakes his head, mouthing the word 'no'*

*Braska obliviously looks the other way*

heehee

Braska is quite covered. a stark difference between him and the half-clothed Jecht

#16 Jan 07th 2007, 11:50am

... Yeah, that's true! Maybe that was the point? To display the disparity in character and circumstance in Jecht and Braska - Jecht is half-clothed, Braska is *fully* clothed...

... and Auron wears his jacket weird!

O.o

(I've always wondered what he gets out of wearing one sleeve and not the other.)

#17 Jan 07th 2007, 3:05pm

When I first saw him, I thought his arm was injured... and then that was proven wrong...

you know, Auron is kind of the in between between the two- with the roughness of Jecht and the intellegence of Braska, both heavily clothed in one area and not so clothed in the other

I wonder if Braska was a hottie under all that clothing?

#18 Jan 07th 2007, 3:33pm

The injured arm - I thought that too! XD

Hmm... Considering that fact that Yuna's a pretty damn good-looking chick, I'd say she must have gotten some of those genes from her dear ol' Dad. I did sit around looking for screen shots, and found one from the FMV at the end of Final Fantasy X where you get to see Braska's face for a *nanosecond* as Tidus soars past on his way to the Farplane. Maybe it was due to the laziness of the animators, but he kind of looked like a smiling Seymour to me. O.o

... Personally, though, I'd like to imagine that if you cared to strip him of that head-dress, Braska would have been one *fine*-looking man. ^^

#19 Jan 07th 2007, 11:21pm

I sometimes wear my coat like that and squint my eye and yell "Look! I'm Sir Auron!". ^_^ or would it be -_^?

#20 Jan 12th 2007, 7:33pm

haha nice- now i want to try it! but yeah i forgot about the squinty eye thing- I'm too used to just thinking about the shades.

#21 Jan 12th 2007, 10:04pm

Auron is VERY hard to draw! He and Kimahri are the hardest and so is Seymour! Rikku is easiest!

#22 Jan 26th 2007, 10:55pm

Agreed! I tried a picture of him last year. I spent... Perhaps a week on it. I poured my heart and soul into the piece of work. I was so proud. And now, looking back on it... I'm glad I didn't show it to too many people. -_-

I keep telling myself I should try doing a picture of Seymour, but I never do - my skills aren't good enough to even try at Kimahri... And I never really liked Rikku that much, so I haven't tried drawing her at all. I would have thought Yuna would be the easiest to draw through.

#23 Jan 29th 2007, 2:24am . Edited Jan 29th 2007, 2:24am

there's nothing easy about drawing Rikku's hair.

and who would be hard/ easy to draw really depends on the detail. and you also have to consider that the attitude of a character needs to be caught in the picture as well.

#24 Jan 29th 2007, 4:09am

Well, I agree.

I don't really like to draw Braska, Kimahri and Auron. Mainly cuz I don't really like them. Rikku is fun to draw! Her hair is fairly easy for me, partly because my hair is usually in some style like hers and I'm familiar with what it looks like. And my strong point in drawing is hair. Idk....its easy for me.

yes, attitude. like for Sasuke from Naruto, you have to make him look mature and young. Basically if Rikku is happy, jumping up and down, or scared(Thunder Plains), it isn't Rikku. That's why some people draw the characters, it looks like them, but they aren't satisfied. It doesn't convey their personality.

I have one character that I will draw in different postions, expressions, etc. But some don't come out right. It's because of her personality. Something I couldn't picture her doing.

#25 Jan 29th 2007, 1:39pm

Tidus' hair drives me crazy to draw! My little sis says that Seymour's hair looks like a chair.

#26 Feb 02nd 2007, 1:15pm

I find Tidus' hair fun to draw! It's all sticky-outie and stuff... ^^

The only problem with that though, is trying to keep it from looking like one side of the hair is flicked higher than the other - or else Tidus just starts looking ridiculous XD His outfit, however, is just... Ow. When I start on his leathers, all previously considered proportions of the human body just go flying out the window. Speaking of outfits... (I am so unforgivably off-topic here) Even though I haven't played the game, I've had a go at drawing Balthier from Final Fantasy XII. Maybe he wasn't the best character to start with. His hair's all combed back (which I'm not used to, as most characters seem to have bangs hanging in their eyes) and his vest made me go @_@...

#27 Feb 03rd 2007, 4:46pm

Hahah! I have only drawn Vayne and Larsa from it. And I know what you are talking about with the bangs. I have trouble with that, too. Like one of my friends had her hair pulled back and wanted me to draw her, and it turned out very funky.

#28 Feb 04th 2007, 9:46pm

Yes I loooooove Tidus' hair! It's poofy! But not!

Yes, his outfit is strange! Its hard ot draw! But I love drawing his face! His eyes are soooo pretty! I have a close up of his eyes and lips...so gnarly!

Balthier...omg...how could you try that? His vest thinger is extremely detailed and intricate! The only way I'd attempt it was if it was a chibi version or I was sugar high!

And his hair is hard I love bangs personally...And I can never draw it without them even if they are a cm thick!

#29 Feb 05th 2007, 1:16pm

I've managed a pretty good tracing of him... but I haven't tried anything else.

Perhaps we should get back on the topic of Braska?

#30 Feb 05th 2007, 2:25pm

I bet Braska is bald, since he wears a hat.

#31 Feb 10th 2007, 12:10am

I bet he has luscious brown hair that falls to his shoulders.

#32 Feb 10th 2007, 7:23am

I bet he has luscious brown hair that falls to his shoulders.

Luscious brown hair? Oh... yes. Perfect. *dreams/drools*

I keep thinking how utterly ridiculous his outfit was designed to be - it's hardly combat-pratical for one thing. I mean, say he had to perform a Sending? All I see is Braska tripping over his own robes...

#33 Feb 10th 2007, 3:38pm

haha, perhaps he's particularly graceful?

#34 Feb 10th 2007, 9:31pm

Or maybe Jecht gets him drunk sometimes and he falls on his face while sending.

#35 Feb 10th 2007, 11:36pm

lol

Luscious brown hair.

I can easily picture that.

lol

Sendings...hmmm, mebbe he took off his outer robe and has a shorter one underneath...?

lol

I can picture that. Everyone shielding their eyes because they think he's striping. lol

Weird idea......

#36 Feb 11th 2007, 5:54am

Lol! And his wife. I wonder what she looked like. Those swirls in her eyes . . .

#37 Feb 15th 2007, 9:33pm

you get to see what Yuna's mom looks like when they visit the farplane.

#38 Feb 16th 2007, 6:55am

OH yeah. I forgot what she looks like, though. I just remember Chappu. Braska . . . Is that not a state?

#39 Feb 16th 2007, 11:23pm

You mean Nebraska?

#40 Feb 17th 2007, 5:51am