I'm writing this mostly for myself. I somehow end up liking all of the characters that people hate, as well as certain games of the series, and I always feel the need to defend them every time. I'm through having to defend myself to show just how much I love this series. This is for me to vent, so that I know I am passonate about these characters/games, even if I back down from an argument (because I fear being told that I must not like them that much and that whoever has the opposing opinion is right and I know it).
I understand everyone has their own opinion. This is just mine.
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Final Fantasy VII - Cloud Strife.
Popular Opinion: Emo Bitch.
My Opinion:
Let's start from the beginning of his life from what I know. His father died when he was young. Then he joined SOLDIER, looking up to Sephiroth, who was the most popular 1st Class SOLDIER. The one man he looked up to killed his friends and family (I'm assuming his Mother) and burned down his home. After that, his best friend, Zack Fair, dies right in front of him and he couldn't do anything to stop his death. After THAT, he befriends Zack's girlfriend, Aerith, and later watches her die by the hands of his former idol. I would say he has every reason to be "an emo bitch".
Final Fantasy VIII - Squall Leonhart.
Popular Opinion: Emo.
My Opinion:
From what I remember, his mother died and his father left for whatever reason before Raine's death. Then he was sent to an orphanage with Ellone, who was a sister to him. He trusted her, she helped him through the first, what, 4/5 years of his life? And then disappeared. Now Squall feels abandoned, and he was a child at that time, so it scarred him. He didn't trust anyone else, feeling that they would either reject or abandon him. And since such an event happened to him at such an impressionable age, I can see why he didn't want to talk to anyone. It hardened him. He felt that he had to be strong.
Final Fantasy XIII - Snow Villiers.
Popular Opinion: Pedophile/Douchebag.
My Opinion:
I don't have anything to say about the douchebag part. He is a bit douchey. But the pedophile part I have a bit problem with. I don't know where the hell that comes from. His girlfriend is 18, not 12 or anything like that. Let's not forget that he's 21. That makes a 3 year age difference. It's not like he's 20 years older than her. Also, if she didn't want to be with him, she would have very well left him in Final Fantasy 13-2 or said "NO" when he proposed to her. He loves her, and she loves him. He saved her, and she was hell-bent on saving him. If that's not love I don't know what is.
Final Fantasy VIII
Popular Opinion: A dumb love story.
(if there is another reason, other than about the characters being cliche or the gameplay sucking, I haven't heard it.)
My Opinion:
Yes, it is a love story. But like every Final Fantasy game, it's different. All of them center around a genre or an emotion. A goal or dream. VII being loss and forgiveness. X seeming to be about overcoming old traditions. XIII about tragedy and acceptance. So, VIII would be love and teamwork. Every Final Fantasy is different. And it doesn't have to be the same, overdone adventure.
The Fabula Nove Crystallis series (or the 13 series)
Popular Opinion: Needs to be dropped. Remake VII instead.
My Opinion:
If we, the fans of the FNC series can wait 4 years for XIII, 2 or 3 years for XIII-2, and however many years it takes to release VersusXIII, then I'm sure your black materia heart can wait, like the rest of us, for your VII Remake.
Again. I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I get that. But so am I. And what I hate more is people who try to convince me to stop liking something because they have "facts"(aka: their opinion) and I should be so wowed by their facts that I will magically stop liking something.
I don't talk about how I hate something if I am talking to someone who likes such a thing and continues to talk about it (unless I'm fed up). I'll keep quiet. I mean, if you like Twilight, okay cool. I'll keep my quips about it to a minimum. You like Emma Stone? Okay, awesome! I'll just keep quiet. I talk about how I love Squall, or MCR, or whatever and you don't let up on name calling or you insult me? Then please just shut up. And I mean in front of me. When you know I like whatever.
I am trying my very best to give what I want to recieve. But I am tired of people not doing the same. Honestly I don't care if ou hate my likes. I just don't want to hear it.
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