Talk:Terra Branford

message: I'm the person who put the Japanese class names on everyone to begin with, including this one, but I'm not sure about this one.
 Character classes:
Character	Japanese                                                	Romaji      	Literal               	My Choice
Tina     	魔導戦士                        	madousenshi 	Magic-using soldier   	Magic Soldier
Locke    	冒険家                                	boukenka    	Adventurer, traveler  	Adventurer
Edgar    	マシーナリー        	mashiinarii 	Machinery             	Machinist
Sabin    	モンク                                	monku       	Monk                  	Monk
Cayenne  	サムライ                        	samurai     	Samurai               	Samurai
Gau      	野生児                                	yaseiji     	Wild child            	Wild child
Shadow   	アサシン                        	asashin     	Assassin              	Assassin
Celes    	ルーンナイト        	ruunnaito   	Rune Knight           	Rune Knight
Setzer   	ギャンブラー        	gyanburaa   	Gambler               	Gambler
Stragos  	青魔導士                        	aomadoushi  	Blue magic user       	Blue Mage
Relm     	ピクトマンサー	pikutomansaa	Pictomancer           	Pictomancer
Mog      	モーグリ                        	mooguri     	Mogli                 	Moogle
Gogo     	物まねし                        	monomaneshi 	Imitator              	Mime
Umaro    	雪男                                        	yukiotoko   	Snow man (note space!)	Sasquatch
Machinist is proper English and fits.  Sasquatch avoids the English idiom/word snowman.  The hard ones are Tina and Gau.  Maybe Orphan would be better for Gau, though it does lose the concept of wild.  Tina's case is harder because no succinct way of saying it works.  Mage Knight is the best I can come up with.  Note that Rune Knight on Celes is written as English-derived katakana. Interestingly, Samurai is written in katakana, despite the existence of kanji for it (侍) and being hiragana in Final Fantasy V's class system.
--Myria 07:20, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think magic using soldier is the better translation.  Translating Terra's job to be essentially equivlent to Celes' job makes little sense, since Celes is a general while Terra is actually more of a weapon than anything else.  She certainly does not command any authority in the empire army like the "Rune Knight" Celes. Zpops 22:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Japanese names

message: Like the FFVII and FFX characters, I'd like to see the FFVI characters brought up to good status.  Right now, I'm looking for places to add references to.  I'd like help with several things:
# Proofreading and revising the prose
# Adding images (specifically, the Amano art or a game sprite of Terra as an Esper (or both), and a CG picture from the Anthology release).
# Helping me word the quotes exactly as they appear.
Thanks for any input and support! Crazyswordsman 04:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm rewriting this. 

message: So I can reference it.  Thanks! Crazyswordsman 07:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Terra...We must part now.  We espers will disappear from this world...forever.  But if the human part of you is very strongly attached to something or someone...You will probably be able to remain in this world as a human being..." -Js2756 15:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone know the exact quote Maduin says in the ending? 

message: Amano in particular made some comments about Terra.  I can get the interview for you if you need it.  Also, we need to find a source about the changing of the hair color. Sir Crazyswordsman 14:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs a design section 

message: Why the reworked sections in the article? ie: removal of morph/ability --ZeWrestler  Talk 17:10, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The ability section does nothing to help the article. To someone who hasn't played the game, they wouldn't need to know her abilities and to someone who's already played/playing, they would already know. Besides, most of her abilities are incorporated into the story anyway. The blurb about the main character debate in the header was also handled very neutrally, suitable to the article because the debate is notable but refrains from reporting anything but the facts. Also the trivia section needed to die anyway. Trivia section =/= featured article status. Axem Titanium 19:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The main character debate absolutely should not be in the blurb.  It makes the blurb look unprofessional, and breaks cohesion with the other FFVI character articles.  I also disagree on the ability section, and triva, since both are 1) useful information and 2) comparable to corresponding sections for other FFVI characters.  I am reverting the edits again, and repeat my earlier suggestion that anyone who wants to include the main character debate should create a new section in the article.  As it stands, the debate in the blurb looks like a spillover from the discussion page, and is unprofessional. Zpops 04:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reworked sections? 

message: I noticed that the third listed quote is attributed to Vicks, but refenced from FINAL FANTASY VI.  IIRC, that name was only used when the game was under the Final Fantasy III name.  What ought to be done 'bout this? T.J. Fuller, Jr. 15:19, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vicks Quote 

message: Not least because of the new games that she was in. (And let's not forget FF games are the favs of most otakus everywhere.) 
Also I think I'm going to work on this article, just not right now. --194.145.185.229 (talk) 17:40, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guys, there got to be new reception since 2007 

message: I know she hasn't been officially 100 percent confirmed to be aroace, but anyone familiar with the concept could see her arc and be like, "yup, that's what she is". It's really blatant without explicitly stating that she is aroace, much as Pyra and Mythra are very blatantly DID representation without stating it. Alena 33 (talk) 18:31, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is she considered asexual for the purposes of this?