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Yeah bro I play Final Fantasy for the plot

This two-panel meme jokes about the common excuse given by Final Fantasy players for why they enjoy the franchise. The top panel shows a skeleton gesturing towards a long, dense wall of text listing all the convoluted, dark, and complex lore, plot beats, recurring elements, and gameplay tropes across the entire Final Fantasy series, under the header 'Final Fantasy fans explaining why they play Final Fantasy:'. The bottom panel is labeled 'Me:', and shows a smiling screenshot of Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII with the line 'Can we?' next to an excited, dancing skeleton, implying that the actual main draw for many players is the attractive character designs rather than the complicated narrative lore, playing on the internet slang where 'plot' is used as a euphemism for attractive character physical features.
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Final Fantasy fans explaining why they play Final Fantasy:
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Overview

This two-panel meme jokes about the common excuse given by Final Fantasy players for why they enjoy the franchise. The top panel shows a skeleton gesturing towards a long, dense wall of text listing all the convoluted, dark, and complex lore, plot beats, recurring elements, and gameplay tropes across the entire Final Fantasy series, under the header 'Final Fantasy fans explaining why they play Final Fantasy:'. The bottom panel is labeled 'Me:', and shows a smiling screenshot of Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII with the line 'Can we?' next to an excited, dancing skeleton, implying that the actual main draw for many players is the attractive character designs rather than the complicated narrative lore, playing on the internet slang where 'plot' is used as a euphemism for attractive character physical features.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as indicated by the provided RSS source information. It combines the popular skeleton reaction meme template, official Final Fantasy VII media of the character Tifa Lockhart, and the long-running internet joke of gamers claiming they play media for the narrative plot when they are actually interested in attractive character designs.

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