Also, Zidane wasn't after just Cloud and Squall since FFT came out in between those 2 titles, and Ramza was pretty awesome himself. Tidus grew on me, and I liked him a lot more than stupid monkeyboy. Even though I saw it coming for like the last 3rd-4th of the story (just like how I found it completely obvious about Auron when he casually refused to go into the Farplane when you first got to it), I still didn't want the ending to be the way it was, but in FFIX I was praying for that tree to crush Zidane b/c graffiti on the tree woulda been the best use of that main chara ever. >:]