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Published: 2012-06-26 23:12:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2026; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 126
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Description "I AM THE WELLSPRING OF DARKNESS... FED BY ZEMUS' UNBRIDLED HATE. I AM HE WHO IS CALLED ZEROMUS..... I AM HE WHO KNOWS NAUGHT BUT HATE!!"

This boss has always held a significance to me. The first time I ever beat FF4 (which was FF2 in the ancient times), I was almost a wreck. I couldn't sleep until this monster was defeated, and the feeling of sheer satisfaction flowed through me like a riptide. I was a hero! A real one!

And back then, video game achievements REALLY meant something. My body shook, my eyes were wide and focused during the final battle, even my blood vessels had almost frozen, and I could see them under my skin, like pink marble.

So uh... Yeah. FF4 will always have a special place in my heart as a gamer.
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Comments: 5

magedusted [2016-04-25 18:07:19 +0000 UTC]

Reading your description of taking on Zeromus made me smile. I played FFIV as FFII when I was younger and had the same feeling overall -- it was the first RPG I was allowed to play (we had FFI for the NES, but it only had one save file and it belonged to my parents) and, subsequently, the first game I ever beat without my parents' help. Glad to see someone else had the same feeling!

(The timestamp says this is an old artwork, but I REALLY like your take. If you ever redraw him (or anything FFIV related, really), I'd love to see. =])

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TheInkyWay In reply to magedusted [2016-05-04 10:14:31 +0000 UTC]

I will keep that in mind. :3 Thanks!

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JMShearer [2016-04-17 05:26:12 +0000 UTC]

FF4 is a great game.  I still have the copy my brother and I bought when it first came out, and even still play it on a regular basis.  I like this take on the final boss.

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SteadfastBlade [2016-04-07 21:39:02 +0000 UTC]

Love this. Fantastic job!  

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TheInkyWay In reply to SteadfastBlade [2016-04-08 02:56:59 +0000 UTC]

Not bad for something I did years ago. X3

I ought to try drawing him again sometime.

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