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Introduction Welcome to Save the Queen, my rather uncreatively titled large monstrosity of a tribute for Final Fantasy VIII's heroine Quistis Trepe. As always, although I would love to own the Final Fantasy franchise, especially Final Fantasy VIII, Quistis Trepe (and Seifer Almasy!), that privilege belongs to Square-Enix.Despite constant negative critique, Quistis remains my second favorite video game character (second only to - guess who - the Sorceress' Knight himself) and my favorite female video game character; why, you ask? Although incredibly overshadowed by Squall and Rinoa, sometimes forgotten during the game, and remarkably flawed even with her glorified reputation, she retains her importance as the brains and common sense of the group and reminds us that people who seem perfect may not be all they seem. Quistis is emotionally appealing because she experiences things that normal human beings do, because she gets rejected like normal human beings do, and because she is just another teenager trying to blossom into a young adult and has just about every same obstacle and difficulty to overcome. If you have come here thinking otherwise, I hope to have at least enlighten you on my views and have you come to see Quistis in a different light; she is not at all as weak or helpless many make her out to be. This is the fourth layout to be featured at Save the Queen: a total revamp needs a new layout, right? It features Quistis during her introduction FMV (since my media section is under works, I've used screens from Janice's lovely Florisia, a FFVIII media archive), earth-y type tones, and the fonts used are Saraband Initials, Selfish, and Times New Roman...I've embarassingly forgotten where brush credits are due - if you happen to know, please email me so I can give credit properly. Texture credits go to Gender at Livejournal.com! Because of the scope of information covered, be aware that there are unmarked spoilers lurking about. Please consider joining the fanlisting, and I do hope you enjoy your stay! -Tamisa
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