So I've recently been replaying Final Fantasy VII and my party way back when I first played it was nearly always Cloud, Barret and Aerith - with Aerith being replaced by Red XIII from disc 2 onward. For some reason I just never really liked the other characters that much.

However, replaying it some 15 years later I'm now finding I find Tifa's story more interesting, that I actually find Cid hilarious and can even... shockingly... sort of tolerate Yuffie.

The same is true of FFVIII where I used to really not like Selphie but now she's a staple member of my party.

So my question is - as you've gotten older (and perhaps wiser) have you grown to like any characters you originally disliked?