So yeah, I took it upon myself to make one for the first half. I'll vote after the fate deciding coin toss. Heads: Rydia Tails: Faris
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So yeah, I took it upon myself to make one for the first half. I'll vote after the fate deciding coin toss. Heads: Rydia Tails: Faris
HEY! You can't just assume that the White Mage is female! :p My white mage was named Noah, and was definitely a manly man who gently healed his male comrades.
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I like Celes.
I can't decide between Faris, Terra, and Celes. D:
I hated "Loli Rydia" because I felt the entire situation was unrealistic. Any child would show a lot more pain and hurt than she did. It doesn't really seem like she shed many tears over her mom. The only thing that's emphasized is that she has a fear of fire due to her town being burned, but she overcomes it. I also found that her attitude towards Edward when Anna died cold, unconscionable, and uncalled for. What she said was logical and true, however it was just inappropriate, and uncharacteristic of a child [I know the japanese like to do this cliche where the child is somehow quite mature and wise for their age, and they somehow can speak/converse like an adult, but this cliche is annoying and the reality is that most children are not like this]. Aside from that, I love Rydia when she comes back to the team as a teenager/adult [I don't even know how old she's supposed to be, but I assume young adult age]. She awesome.
For me it's between Rydia, Rosa, Celes, and Terra. I hate giving so many "favourites" but it's hard to decide. I think I'll choose Rydia because I liked her character design on top of her personality and background.
Terra and Faris are definetly my top two. Rydia, Refia and Celes are in my second best category.
Rydia
I love Terra even though she is a dull mary-sue and I don't care what you have to say she is cool shut up
Terra is not a mary sue!
She's at least not as bad as the other characters like Rosa, Aerith or Yuna but then again it would be easier to say who isn't a Mary Sue among the female leads. I can think of three. ;)
I sort of agree with you about Aerith and Yuna, but do you feel Rosa is the same way? She didn't quite strike me as a Mary-Sue in comparison to some other female characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
She' not as apparent as the other two but I blame it more on the limitations of technology. She's a lot like Belledandy in that her personality is highly idealistic and she's fawned over by Cecil and Kain despite having no real traits about her that state why she is truly important to them. She's probably not as bad as Aerith, Rinoa, or Yuna but she is pretty underdeveloped for a character who figures into the story as much as she does.
I guess I agree. She did seem nice but rather dry. There definitely wasn't much background information for Rosa, and definitely not enough characterization. But I would agree that it's a fault of technology. If such a thing were to occur for more modern games [like FF VII and beyond for example], there would be no excuse other than poor scripting and execution. When it comes to a character like Aerith, I really don't understand them as a whole. I really didn't feel that bad when Aerith died.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
That already happened (SPOILER)Yuna :shifty:Quote:
Originally Posted by Khalin
I know I didn't cry when Aerith died, I do remember being pissed Sephiroth couldn't have finished the job of taking out the rest of the party. :mad:
A lot of characters can be considered Mary Sues though [or Gary Stu in a male's case]. I think it's a case of no what you do, but how you do it. Of course I agree with you on the characters you just mentioned. I also believe there are ways to make Mary Sues exciting.