Wakka is the best character, discuss

[Pike]

Also: "HE'S RACIST" is not a good argument for undermining a character. In fact, if you hate a character so much because of his views, then said character, by being able to elicit such an emotional response from you, is a resounding success as a character. If he was a bad character then you wouldn't be bothered by his views.

Uhh yeah it is.

Being racist is not a good character personality trait. There's views and then there is being a downright assface towards people of a different race. No it's called being annoyed at somebody who's being a total and complete douchebag.

No. If he was a good character he would be complexed, relatable, balanced and iconic. Wakka is none of those.

Somebody like Terra, Cloud, Yuna, Ashe, Balthier, Cecil, Kain is that. Wakka does not belong in the same awesome FF character group as those characters. He does not.

Yeah he does learn his ways, but then he spends the rest of the game whining about it. " Oh no Seymour Senpai no don't tell me that you evil " ! " Nooo " !

" Not Seymoor Senpai whine/ whine/ moan/ complain "

Please.

Um. You're missing the point. You don't have to agree with a character's views for the character to be good from a writing and technical standpoint. Plenty of villains are fantastically well-done characters. Stories would be incredibly boring if they weren't. This is how characters work. They are supposed to elicit an emotional response from people.

The fact that he really gets to you this much is more just proof that he was a really well done character.

Edit: Saying that a character has to be "relatable" in order to be a good character is completely false. If every good character in the world was "relatable" than every story in the world would be remarkably boring and homogenous.