^ well I said in another thread, XII gets better the more I play it, and the cast is one of the main reasons why it's becoming one of my favorite FF's. I initially slammed it for having each main character as an obvious rip off from star wars (Fran being the sexed-up Chewbacca), but I really think each one in the main cast (most in the supporting cast, too) are really great characters, especially Ashe. As "cool" of a character she was made to be, she is very human, and unlike alot of video game characters, she has her faults, too. But through the course of the game she overcomes these, and like Ramza, comes to the conclusion that the ends actually don't justify the means. Plus when they show her before the war and she's all young and innocent, it's really sad to think what an effect the war's had on her. She's probably my favorite heroine (sp?) in the series, that is, until XIII comes out