Vaan vs. Tidus - THUNDERDOME

[Skyblade]

Whenever they tried to give Vaan a personality or "issues", though, it always felt forced.

When did this happen

This scene:

How can he protect anything when he's dead? Was it different for Prince Rasler? Did that make sense? Hating the Empire, getting revenge.It's all I ever thought about. But I never did anything about it. I mean, I realized there was nothing I could do. It made me feel hollow, alone. And then I'd miss my brother. I'd say stuff like "I'm gonna be a sky pirate"... or some other stupid thing. Just anything to keep my mind off it. I was just - I was running away. I needed to get away from his death. That's why I followed you. Know what? I'm through with it. I'm through running. I'm ready to find my purpose. To find some real answers - some reasons. If I stick with you, I think I will.

My gosh was that scene horrible.

Seriously, who the frell talks like that?

And, frankly, admitting that everything he was doing was acting totally idiotically was not that in character. You can't be a stupid idiot for a hundred hours and then just suddenly realize and admit you're a stupid idiot. You need something to happen to trigger that sort of realization. Then you have to accept it, which is itself a lengthy journey. And THEN you can admit it. Once you've, y'know, actually grown up. You have to actually grow. Vaan never does, he just gets a "eureka" moment, which felt forced, and badly written.


On the plus side, it was memorable. I don't remember much of the individual lines of the script, but even though it's been years, I can still hear him saying

I'd say stuff like "I'm gonna be a sky pirate"... or some other stupid thing.

It was badly written enough to stick with me. IT WILL NOT GO AWAY.