Just finished and....(spoilers)

[LunarWeaver]

Once again, I loved the ending. I didn't find everything about the storyline to be perfect, but I have no problem with the end at all. I had heard it was short, but to me it was pretty damn long.

Hmm, endings where everything isn't perfect are never going to be as widely accepted, though. I've watched movies with endings where all the character split or die or something and all my friends throw a hissy fit over it. I don't mind it because I like variety and every ending shouldn't be full of sugar. Just as I like endings where it wraps up in happily ever after, I also like endings that do not.

Like with Ashe growing apart from the others. I could see it. Why shouldn't she? They weren't together that long. And she was only with them because they happened to fall into her lap while she was about her business. Not to say she doesn't feel some sort of friendship for them, but it's not like they grew up together and were all BFF until she became Queen and she ditched them. They simply have separate lives. It's just like when normal people happen to be caught up in some out of the ordinary event, a big car crash or a robbery or something, they all forge some temporary comradarie but don't usually hang out by the pool together when it's all over. They go back to the lives they were already living.

And all that said, FFXII's ending isn't even traumatic or anything. It ended on a high note. :O_O:

The stuff with Balthier and Fran going back to save them all...The Skyfortress crashing... Rabanastre regaining freedom...and then Penelo's little speech. Seems all nice and epic and wrapped up to me.