Quote Originally Posted by Timerk View Post
I was disappointed by the ending. I mean, Vayne was behind the murder of Ashe's dad, Vaan's brother, had some hand in manipulating Gabranth to frame Basch for murder, and killed his own father and brothers. The problem was, that by the time they reached Vayne, nobody even remembered any of that. The same thing happened with Cid, too; their evil deeds were either mentioned only once or just hinted at, so people think that Vayne and Cid are more ambiguous then they actually are.
I never felt Cid really did anything to begin with so he never came off as evil to me. Vayne is a bastard, but his actions seem somewhat justified. I think it's hard to argue with him after you actually meet the Occurians and they treat you like mere pawns. He was forced to do what he did cause chances were, neither Nalbina nor Dalmasca were going to allow a foreign country to borrow their national treasures. Vayne was sorta've just looking at the big picture and forgot about the little people.

Although, is it just me, or did it seem like Vayne knew he was going to die. The few scenes with him before the Bahamut arose, always gave me the impression that he knew he was going to eventually get killed. I felt like he chose to play the role of the villian in order to make Larsa learn what was important.

As for Gabranth, I didn't think what happened on the Bahamut with him was much of a surprise. He was pretty conflicted the whole way through, especially after Judge Whatshername was killed. It was also clear his loyalty was much more to Larsa than Vayne. To me, the biggest shock was that Basch was so forgiving of him. It was nice to see, but kind of anticlimatic since their relationship was never much developed.
They were family, it difficult to condemn his own brother, especially since his brother didn't even have him killed when he was held captive. I don't think Gabranth ever wanted Basch to be killed, he just wanted to punish him for turning his back on his homeland. Consequently, Basch feels the same way about Gabranth betraying his country. I think the real surprise was Basch assuming his brothers identity.