Faylon

[Ryusei]

I doubt the bird was intended for humor. I don't even find it all that funny in the first place.

[Ujitsuna]

[Scrooge McDuck]

I understand the logic. However, I never get the impression that Faylon is dumb. At least not Bolgan dumb. Hopeless and incompetent, maybe, but he seemed rather sharp (albeit meek).
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[Vextor]

The Homer Simpson picture is compellion evidence... are there any other examples of "bird on head" being used in a similar way... as a way of expressing "simple-mindedness" or something like that?

[Ujitsuna]

Vex, what does the world "compellion" mean? Is that a typo or just a word I don't know.

[Vextor]

Compelling is what I meant, sorry. Don't blame me, I just woke up and I feel like like a rag or something drenched with dog piss.

[Ujitsuna]

:*laugh*: Okay.

[Aurelien]

Instead of being simple-minded (with comparison to Homer Simpson, I think that implies to being 'stupid-ish'), I somehow think that Faylon is more of a "peaceful" character.

I'm not sure how to express this part, but in manga or old kung-fu movies, there are parts where the character must become one with the nature by emptying (purifying?) their mind. When one has become one with the nature, it is usually portrayed by how animals come closer and birds landed on the character's head (sometimes even starting to put branches to make bird nest).

So maybe that's also the point of having a bird on Faylon's head? Because I always think that he's a peaceful and earthy kind of guy.
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06.06.2004 - 20.01.2008

[Admiral Ackbar]

I always though the bird was fake, just a decoration. I can't remember when, but I'm pretty sure in one scene where his avatar changes (he looks injured), the bird looks "broken" like it's snapped. I may be mistaken.

I noticed he had a bird on his head the first time I saw him and it always bugged me. I mean...birds can't control their poop. They can't be poop trained. I'd hesitate to see what it looks like behind the bird, if it is real...
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[Masa]

The bird is obviously the True Rune of Aerodynamics. Why does no one mention it? They can't see it, not even Faylon. Only we as gamers can see it. Konami is obviously subtly hinting at the big future Faylon has in front of him, but without actually revealing what it is.
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[John Layfield]

I always assumed it was just of those "Big dumb oaf likes nature and so birds magically sense this and land in his hand/on his head" things you often see.

[Lame Alert]Dragon Ball Z's Jinzoningen 16 was the same[/Lame]
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[poorguy171]

I think it's nature/peaceful-related too. Also, I don't remember where I saw it, but in different portraits/poses of Faylon, the bird is expressing emotions similar to him (like the hurt Faylon = hurt bird).

I wouldn't really consider Faylon to be stupid or empty-headed, more like simple-minded and peaceful. He definitely shows some depth (such as slapping sense into the Prince).
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[Scott]

Don't Rhino's let Bird's rest on them to warn them of Danger? Or Hippos? I could swear I saw something like that once..Anyway, I always guessed that was to show his position as the big Strong oblivious Guy.

*googles*

Yup..

"The rhino has a symbiotic relationship with oxpeckers, also called tick birds. In Swahili the tick bird is named "askari wa kifaru," meaning "the rhino's guard." The bird eats ticks it finds on the rhino and noisily warns of danger. Although the birds also eat blood from sores on the rhino's skin and thus obstruct healing, they are still tolerated."

Janked from http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/rhinoceros
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[Ujitsuna]

I still think my Homer Simpson theory is correct. That or it's just his pet and in Suikoden, Faylon can somehow keep this bird on his head.

[Fu Su Lu]

I agree. The bird is probably there to show how that head is empty and full of birds (hopes). Anyway I didnt like those characters(Faylen&Faylon) very much, to be sincere...
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