Balthier x Fran

Pairing
Pairing:	Balthier x Fran
Alternative name(s):	BalFran; バルフラ (BaruFura)
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Fandom:	Final Fantasy XII
Canonical?:	No
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Balthier x Fran, also known as BalFran (バルフラ BaruFura), is the pairing of Balthier and Fran, characters from the video game Final Fantasy XII.

Background

• Final Fantasy XII
• Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
• manga adaptation
• Other media

Fan community

As of this writing, BalFran is the most-tagged ship among FFXII works on Archive of Our Own (AO3), when filtering for fan works published both before and after the 2017 release of The Zodiac Age.

BalFran is something of a rival ship to Balthier x Ashe, another rather popular pairing. However, there seems to be no animosity between the shippers, and the absence of romance in FFXII canon lends itself to Balthier also having platonic friendships with both characters in fanworks.

Fan works

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan art

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  Bunny & Clyde by Ashley Cope (2008)

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  隠れ家にて by ワニ (2011)

• https://www.deviantart.com/taka0801/art/FF12-Balthier-and-Fran-87922495

Fan fiction

"A Pleasant Kind of Folly" ^{AO3 archive} by athena_crikeyDate: 2012-11-15Length: 5207 wordsStatus: CompleteGenre: Missing scenes, Getting together

“Your magick does not suit you,” says Fran to him out of the blue.

"Over Wood, Under Sky" ^{AO3 archive} by lynndyreDate: 2012-04-02Length: 2097 wordsStatus: CompleteGenre: Futurefic, Deathfic

Balthier takes Fran home.

Music video

https://youtu.be/PsCN79FRRV4

External links

Fan communities and archives

• Final Fantasy XII stories featuring [Balthier, Fran] on FanFiction.Net (FFN)
  • Those Who Sought Freedom: The Balthier & Fran Community
• Partners in Crime: The Fran/Balthier LJ Community^Archived on LiveJournal (LJ)
• Balthier-x-Fran, Balthier-x-Fran-FC on DeviantArt (DA)
• Balthier/Fran tag on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
• #バルフラ on Pixiv

References

Related Concepts, Fandoms, Terms, Fanworks
See also	"A Pleasant Kind of Folly" • "Over Wood, Under Sky"