[DFFOO] first we had the Chocobo Lovers club now get ready for...THE LONELY BOYS WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY CLUB

(context is Noel has been wandering around for an indeterminate amount of time, but the most likely timeframe is weeks to months all by himself and his only companion was Ultimecia, who spoke to him only in voice)

One of the less appreciated aspects of OO is redeemed, forcefully considerate Seifer

seifer...................

Also for whatever reason, Locke appointed himself as Mentor for Shy Male Youths

It is important to note that Locke is, indeed, in a big hurry. As in a "I need to save people or they will fucking die" hurry, but he's still taking the time to do this

next set of screenshots in a bit

1. "pretty big party" means roughly 100 characters
2. Locke has a complete understanding of Squall and Squall hates it so much because Locke keeps calling him out on stuff like this

OMG I LOVE THIS

also seifer honey

I think this is a very unique exchange because Locke admits that he doesn't understand most of his friends fully (but somehow he totally gets Squall), and even by the end of FFVI, he says there isn't that big "we are perfectly in sync and one" moment

But they don't need to have that "perfect understanding" to love and trust one another

So he's telling these three losers that it's ok to not get it, as long as you can trust your friends

Chronogically, I don't know if this chapter takes place before or after Prompto's event. If it's before, Noct is literally the only XV character in the party. If it's after, it's still just him and Prompto

Also I have always been firm in my belief that Noct is the chocobro most likely to have social anxiety and I feel validated by this

Finally: I'm glad they poke fun at Noct's age because Noctis Lucis Caelum, more like Noctis "Looks Sixteen" Caelum

As an aside note, there was a cutscene earlier where Seifer jokingly refers to Noct as a prince because of his prissiness and Noct was like HOW DID YOU KNOW

*Setzer not Seifer

And Setzer was like "oh lol I just called you a prince because you're kinda spoiled and delicate I am fully unsurprised by this development"

At this point, it's been several weeks to maybe a couple months since Noct joined the party

And if you are wondering, Squall is incredibly sympathetic and concerned for Noel but he won't say anything, he just kind of awkwardly watches him from afar in multiple cutscenes