Well it's an old thread, but any chance there is to put down FFIX...

Good point. But Zidane was ALSO doing what he believed was right. Was kidnapping the princess right? In his eyes, yes. As far as holding the princess for ransom... well, I don't know if Tantalus would be the kind of peope who would actually DO that. I actually didn't assume that they were kidnapping Garnet for twisted reasons like rape or torture. Sure, others might have thought they were scum and would assume that that was the reason Garnet had been kidnapped. But that wasn't the reason Tantalus was kidnaping her.
It wasn't the reason, but possibly Zidane, and certainly not Steiner had any idea about that.

As far as the costume designs comment goes... er... Would it REALLY have looked as appropriate if Dagger was walking around in, say, Tifa's get-up? Considering that FF was set in a mideval world, I think the clothing was completely appropriate.
You think Dagger wheres medieval clothes?

I only ever bothered to complete it once, but from what I remember the stuff going on in your sig DID happen in the game.