All very good points FA. I'd agree with everything except the voice acting. Because Squall bothered me -almost- as much as Tidus. Though I will agree that voice acting has almost everything to do with making it worse. But like you pointed out. SE's writers are probably the bigger problems. Squall isn't someone I'd personally refer to as bearable. I suppose to some people he might be. Considering I agree with people who don't like Vaan. I'd place Vaan lower than Squall on my own unbearable list. And he was voiced. So for Squall its 100% writing. For Tidus its probably just a horrible horrible combination of the two. Vaan lucked out in that regard. And it sounds like I should be glad I have yet to experience Hope..