The original Ninja Gaiden: Now that I have a NES I need to get my hands on these games. They made three before the game got rebooted years later.
Now I'm watching Harry Potter. This Saturday keeps throwing twists and turns at me.
Eating and writing are both good.
I'm doing pretty good. Writing mainly. Well, now I'm eating.
Yo. It's nice to be back. Hope you are doing well? I only usually post here when I'm in an "FF Mood." Which I am at the moment so I figured I'd check things out here and see if anything new and exciting is happening.
I haven't seen you around in a while. Welcome back.
His mom dying was a big thing because it essentially left him alone in the world. He was already being shipped off to Pulse (and death) but at least he had his mother. Then she dies too. Then he becomes a l'Cie, a pariah. All in all, his life only went from bad to worse and he was trying to deal with it by blaming Snow, the only figure he could actually get revenge upon.
Yeah, that's another thing. I was told when Hope had his... 'moments' it had nothing to do with the loss of his mother. I'm guessing the poor writing on their part is the reason it came across that way?
A character defined by angst is bound to be loved or hated with very little room for neutral opinions. You're supposed to feel bad for Hope and sympathize with him. But for people who don't, each scene expecting you to empathize with him does the complete oposite - it increases your dislike for him. XIII's shoddy writing didn't help, I'll admit. But I felt Snow and Hope had the best subplot. Waiting to see them reunited, to finally work out their issues and mov eon, was my main driving motivation for continuing through XIII.
You're the first person I've seen say they liked Hope as a character. I knew they existed somewhere, though. I mean, he's getting cosplayers. I'm mostly indifferent to him because I didn't get far enough in the game to the part where people started to dislike him so all I have to go on is second-hand knowledge.
