We all wanted to rewear some costumes we had made previously, and we all enjoyed Final Fantasy, so rather than stress ourselves out all trying to match exactly, we decided to rewear some of our costumes from the various Final Fantasy universes. Avian Firefly had made Songstress Lenne for Otakon 2007, and you'd have to ask her what the differences between Lenne and Yuna are, because I've never played X-2. Aki Reinii had made Lightning from XIII the year before. I had been looking for an excuse to update my Tifa costume, now that I had gotten into better physical condition, so I was able to loan my Rinoa costume to Lady Terentia. As an extra bonus, this allowed us to include some of the OPIB "support men" in this shoot, as Louis's first ever costume was Zell from VIII, and Chris had a Locke costume from VI. PopeCerebus was kind enough to conduct this shoot for us.

Outer Power Inner Beauty And Men

From left to right, that's me as Tifa Lockhart, Chris as Locke Cole, Aki Reiini as Lightning Farron, Avian Firefly as Yuna, Louis as Zell Dincht, and Lady Terentia as Rinoa Heartilly.

* victory fanfare *

Tifa is from Final Fantasy VII, Locke is from Final Fantasy VI, Lightning is from Final Fantasy XIII, Yuna is from Final Fantasy X-2, and Zell and Rinoa are from Final Fantasy VIII.

Fight!

Lightning and Yuna

A knight and a songstress

"Maybe Cocoon is past saving, but it's our home. And we'll protect it or die trying! We live to make the impossible possible! That is our Focus!"

"Things are...disasterrific."

One wields a gunblade...

...the other, a microphone.

Lightning is determined, concentrated and independent.

She is a member of the Guardian Corps.

She's also a strong leader.

She desperately wants to save her younger sister.

She endured a very long journey.

Lightning majors in the Commando, Ravager and Medic roles.

Magic-wise, Lightning is utilitarian, able to use all four elemental "- strike " attacks, all elemental magic to the "-Ra" rank, as well as Thundaga .

She is a solitary enigma.

We lined up in height order.

Reflection boxing.

Rinoa and Zell

A resistance fighter and a martial arts student.

"Look into my eyes... You're-going-to-like-me... You're-going-to-like-me... Did it work?"

Rinoa is compassionate, warm, and friendly, although she can also act stubborn and naive.

She is a member of the Forest Owls.

She is also in command of Squall, Selphie, and Zell.

She is fighting against Galbadia in order to achieve her homeland's independence.

She struggles with the sorceress powers within her.

Meeting Squall was the turning point of her life.

Honorable and spirited, Zell is a consummate martial artist and his skills are unsurpassed by anyone in Garden.

He's a SeeD cadet.

An important factor in Zell's life is his family.

Zell, along with Squall and Selphie, is assigned to a mission in Timber to assist the Forest Owls in capturing the President of Galbadi, by hijacking his private train.

Locke is first introduced as something of a ladies man , and he puts his life on the line to save Terra, a girl he barely knows.

Locke is a member of the Returners.

Though she has a strong will and possesses great physical strength, Tifa also has a motherly streak and is caring, though she is shy to express herself.

Tifa is a member of the resistance group, AVALANCHE.

Her bar, 7th Heaven, is AVALANCHE's base.

She is strongly opposed to the Shinra Electric Power Company.

Tifa is a hard worker and spends her time caring for everyone but herself.

While deceptively strong, Tifa is an empathic and emotionally shy character.

Tifa sticks by Cloud's side.

Tifa's has high physical stats and equips claw and glove type weapons.

Tifa's Limit Breaks consist of consecutively hitting the opponent with each move adding on to the previous.

Initially her motivation for joining the rebel group was to seek revenge for the destruction of her hometown and the deaths of her family and friends therein.

Freed from her former responsibilities as a summoner, Yuna has a new lease on life and a chance to live on the wild side.

Yuna is a member of the Gull Wings, a sphere hunting group.

Though her friends would occasionally tease her for being a pushover due to her inability to refuse a call for help, she could be quite stern and even intimidating if angered or insulted.