Quote Originally Posted by Elpizo View Post
In a way, I kind of felt like Quina added its own view to the whole philosophy about "the meaning of life" that IX is all about underneath. S/he lives by a simple premise, as s/he explains to the Geonomes: "Life is simple. It has things you can eat and can't eat." He/she shows no concern for politics, nations, kingdoms or world-destroying narcistic villains. Quina kinda just goes with the flows and keeps things simple. One might argue that because all s/he cares about is food, s/he might be kinda selfish. I just see it more as a "carpe diem" kind of lifestyle. Take the day and worry only about your next meal, because all that world-saving just causes a lot of stress and that ain't good for your health. It's one way of living and, as Freya commented, perhaps one all the party members could learn from.
One of the most rep worthy posts I have read in ages.

Quina symbolizes freedom in my eyes, the ability to say "hey, I do what I want and if you have a problem screw you!" That's a pretty powerful lesson for most people to learn and most people don't learn that at times being selfish isn't a sin it isn't a crime and it most certainly isn't wrong on any scale. Sometimes we all need to be a little selfish to make it through, Quina is one of the best examples in video gaming history of this, I just feel the writers didn't quite know how to explain this point to the player.