(sorry guys, in case you haven't figured out, I'm doing/going to be doing a lot of comparisons to VIII. I'm still trying to let this be its own thing, though, and appreciate it for what it is.)

I like that Alexandria has it's own "secret." It reminds me very much about how the Garden is mobile in VIII.

bawwww Zidane coming to save Dagger from the castle crumbling ;_________;

I'm pretty disappointed I didn't get to see more of the destruction of Alexandria. Something had better not have happened to Beatrix or I'm going to start flipping tables.

Ohh man, Garnet losing her voice is nuts. Could not have foreseen that happening. That is pretty damn heartbreaking. I wonder why that had to happen. I don't understand what it has to do with her grief, though. Even so, Doctor Tot is a boss, so I trust what he has to say.

Upon entering the town of Lindblum to engage in a search for potions, I came across a crabby old man who shouted at me, "Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a miracle-worker! Ask somebody else." to which I squealed in delight over. And the potions didn't even work! After all my searching, poor Cid got turned into a frog xD Maybe I should second-think Tot after all!

I know there is a Quina-love in this forum but I honestly cannot see the use for Quina at all. Not in the story, not in Quina's own ATE adventures, not in battle. Maybe the full purpose has not yet been revealed. I don't hate Quina, I just think that having a useless character around is annoying.

I realized that even though Zidane can get pretty irritating with his going on about women all the time, I like him. He's charismatic and has the personality of a leader, but he's not perfect and he doesn't know everything, and more than that he doesn't act like he does or that he's afraid that he doesn't. He's pretty clumsy. I like that he isn't a perfect star character. Along the lines of that, I really like seeing all of the character development going on. There's a lot to be said about almost everyone's personal stories here. Mostly I am a fan of simplicity, but when it comes to a large cast, the worst thing possible is to have them be boring. Varied stories and the depth of exploring those stories are imperative, and I feel like this game has done a good job of it.