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Johnny Garland (Shadow Hearts: From the New World) |
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In other times, Johnny and Tidus would probably get along well. A pair of energetic, blond-haired youths with a personal secret not even they themselves know. They even both hail from two of the biggest urban centres in the RPG multiverse, in Zanarkand and... well, New York City. Both seem unassuming, their youth and inexperience belying their Godlike power, which both can unleash with surprising speed. So what's the difference? Well, apart from the fact that Johnny's penchant for candid photography and Tidus' status as a celebrity make them natural enemies, there's the simple disparity in power. Sure, Tidus' Quick Hit barrage hurts, but the most he can possibly get off before Johnny gets a turn is four, and that's not enough to down the teenage private eye. On the other hand, Tidus' chances of surviving Johnny's Ether Purge? Let's just say they're worse than the pre-Tidus Besaid Aurochs winning a championship. And thus, the Zanarkand Abe is going to learn what countless Lovecraftian horrors have learned before him: don't mess with New Yorkers. |
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No one understands better than Tidus the pressures of being successful. Haircare, handling the media and fans, signing all those autographs and getting cramps in your hand since the position's horrible and you're standing in the middle of a gawking fanclub constantly screaming in your ear and trying to convince you to go dow... oh, not Blitzball? Well, the DL arena requires handling a lot of pressure as well, as this Heavy champ can attest to. Tidus has been described as a bad Godlike, a term he strongly rejects. If Yuna and Seymour can hang out in this division and party with some of the best fighters, mages and... somethings in existence, why can't Tidus do the same with his massive speed games? Johnny may look like the Spira champion, but that's where the similiarties end. Well, if you ignore the overpowered girlfriends and sword compensation in various forms. AHEM. Tidus's speed based assault is the perfect thing to handle Johnny. A thousand quick hits is a painful way to go, and it's the fate for (other) blonde haired girly men who try to steal Tidus's spotlight! |
Foliage It was to be a fight between twoâ–¬both young and capable lads in the primes of their lives, although one's life wasn't really real. That matter not withstanding, the forces that be had decided that the two must settle in a duel which of the two is the strongest. As we all know, DL matches seldom end up being an actual contest of brawl and combat prowess, so instead both of them had to pick a non-lethal speciality and impress the judges with that instead. Tidus, not surprisingly, chose blitzball. Johnny, also not surprisingly, picked photography. And so the two set offâ–¬Tidus to find a blitzball team, a blitzball globe and someone to compete against, and Johnny a sight to photograph. In the end, when all was said and done, Tidus won the blitzball match. The DL judges (with the exception of Leviathan, who failed to see just what was so spectacular about playing sports while submerged in water) were fairly impressed. Still, Tidus didn't win. You see, he had been so busy trying to be impressive as can be that he failed to notice Johnny had been taking pictures of the game. And what do you know? The judges agreed that the sight of the -entire- game was far more impressive, and that Johnny captured it nicely. Despite Tidus's protests, Johnny was awarded the win. Technicalities said that the blitzballer couldn't be held accountable for the impressive actions his opponents pulledâ–¬the ones Johnny managed to photograph. Sometimes you lose even when you win. Johnny Garland: 29 |
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