Wakka and Rikku?

[Scotty_ffgamer]

This is just a friendly reminder to keep on topic here. Let's keep the light-hearted discussion of if Rikku and Wakka would have been a good couple (or who would have made a good couple with either of them) going.

[Bubba]

This is just a friendly reminder to keep on topic here. Let's keep the light-hearted discussion of if Rikku and Wakka would have been a good couple (or who would have made a good couple with either of them) going.

To be fair Scotty, the last six posts were on topic so that friendly reminder wasn't really required.

Wakka and Auron anyone? I think the reason for Auron's tough demeanor is due to hide his true feelings for the Besaid beefcake

[Shiny]

It's hard for me to imagine any FFX character together. They're so very different from one another. The only people who are kind of similar are Lulu and Auron, but I feel like that's kind of weird too. Gippal and Rikku are a pretty cute couple though.

[zackk]

Besides Wakka's strong hate towards Al Bhed, and their machina, he and Rikku have an 8 year age difference. So no, I wouldn't think about them as a couple. They could pass for an annoying little sister-prude older brother tandem though.

[Richard]

While I've always thought Tidus and Rikku would've made the best couple, did anyone else get the feeling the game was trying to hint that Wakka and Rikku should end up together? It seemed like they kind of flirted a bit, but then Wakka and Lulu got together in the second game.

Any thoughts?

You have to admit. Because of Wakka's Yu Yevon religious beliefs and Rikku being an Al Bhed who was pretty much an atheist of that religion. It would have never worked. Not only would it have not worked. Wakka...made what we would call racial slurs left and right through parts of the game. During the explosion of the Al Bhed home, he made a really bad wise crack of "BOOM! Happy fire works YA!!??"

I believe Wakka never really got over his prejudice of the Al Bhed because of his brother Chappu. It was heavily implied after that, he wanted to live a more honest living and support his religious beliefs full time after Blitz Ball.

Also, we need to take Yuna into account and how she was like a little sister to him and Lu Lu.

Wakka sleeping with Rikku would probably be a conflict of interests to Yuna. Not only that, but Rikku is really young....not that age matters to some people. But Wakka was almost 30. So give him 10 years dating a girl that is 15, and he'll look like her father.

The one thing that Wakka doesn't have with Rikku is a history. There's too big of a generation gap versus his already almost broken relationship with Lu Lu at the beginning of FFX.

If Lu Lu hadn't gotten over Chappu's death enough to move on, I doubt they would have ever ended up together. But seeing as they had almost everything in common as far as the same religious beliefs and being guardians. I think thats what made them connect the best even if she'd been sleeping and was engaged to his brother.

Wakka and Lu Lu had a very strong bond in my opinion. So in other words. Rikku would have never worked no matter how many times you try to fit it in together.

[Jinx]

Wakka is only 22 or 23. Hardly an entire generation gap.

And I DO think he gets over his racism by the end of the game. He gets to know the Al Bhed better, and in X-2 even names his son with an Al Bhed word. Plus, he doesn't have religious beliefs by the end of the game, because his religion is false and he sees it first hand. In X-2 he tries to defend the Temple from that Youth League guy, but that's more because it's an important part of Besaid, its tradition, and the lives of its inhabitants even if Yevon is no longer a true religion.

[Richard]

Wakka is only 22 or 23. Hardly an entire generation gap.

And I DO think he gets over his racism by the end of the game. He gets to know the Al Bhed better, and in X-2 even names his son with an Al Bhed word. Plus, he doesn't have religious beliefs by the end of the game, because his religion is false and he sees it first hand. In X-2 he tries to defend the Temple from that Youth League guy, but that's more because it's an important part of Besaid, its tradition, and the lives of its inhabitants even if Yevon is no longer a true religion.

Fair enough. But I do disagree with you on the age gap and I know this isn't a big deal so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

Wakka was actually 23 in X..like you explained and 25 in X-2. Rikku was 15 in X and 17 in X-2. To me, that is a huge age gap because...wether you believe it or not, Rikku is a child/teenager.....he's an adult. That's a big age difference because...Rikku's age defines her as a child while Wakka's age defines him as a young adult.

With respect... I'm not going to agree with you on that no matter the debate.

[Jinx]

No, no, that's fine. But there's still a big difference between 15-23 and 17-24. I think a 15-year-old can have stuff in common with a 23-year-old, even though they're at different places.

But don't worry about disagreeing with me. I'm not bothered.

[Richard]

No, no, that's fine. But there's still a big difference between 15-23 and 17-24. I think a 15-year-old can have stuff in common with a 23-year-old, even though they're at different places.

Very true. Although had Rikku been Wakka's age, its still hard for me to see them as a couple or just friends with benefits.