Psychotic, why you gotta play me like that?

*Quick Edge appreciation post, because, c'mon, it's in my name*

I like Edge mostly because while Cecil, Kain and Rosa are trying to smooth out their issues, Edge is having the time of his life killing monsters, trash talking with Rydia and[SPOILERS] running away from the reality that his parents killed themselves and his Kingdom is in ruins.[/SPOILERS]. I also like him more than other flirty characters because most of the scenes I remember Edge flirting with Rydia are in pantomime, and it's exclusively with Rydia; if we ignore one pass he makes at Rosa when he joins. Zidane can go from charming to obnoxious very easily, to say nothing of Irving and Ringabel, who seem to spend most of their screen time trying to convince us they're ladiesmen than they do actually wooing anyone.

Last thing I really like about Edge is that he's a nice foil to Cecil. Cecil begins his tale as a disciplined soldier, obedient to a fault, as he is feared by those he's meant to protect. He only truly grows stronger when he puts away his sword on Mount Ordeals. A Paladin's job is to protect and nurture; were Cecil to continue to wield the Dark Blade, he would end himself, just as his doppelganger does (and just as Tellah does). Other the other side, Edge is a cocky, brash warrior who is adverse to his royal duties. Unlike Cecil and Tellah, who would have and did die respectively from their aggression, Edge is able to channel his anger into something stronger; if only for the fight with Rubicante, his grief forces him to mature and he develops two new kinds of Ninjitsu. Where Cecil's growth comes from renouncing a hateful means of fighting, all of Edge's growth comes from ditching his sense of bravado and being in tune with his emotions.

After the world is saved, he doesn't run away; he helps rebuild his Kingdom and has to abandon his pining for Rydia (who at this point, he's serious about) for the sake of his people (then, as King, he helps rebuild Mist, but less because he wants Rydia to like him and more because he wants to see her happy).

YES I THINK ABOUT THE CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME A LOT, OKAY.

Seriously though, I think it's because the characters get so little emphasis in the story that draws me to them. It activates my creative side, and I'm able to make the world seem even bigger by filling in the holes myself. That being said, the reasons I like Edge are all in-game. I won't even mention my headcanons with Rosa, Cid, Rydia and so on.