FFX-3 Chat

Well, there is at least oNE old lady I recall (I think in the temple) that when you talk to them, she expresses her dismay at the way Yuna is acting. And another younger one who judges Yuna's apparal (WHILE WALKING AROUND IN THE EQUIVALENT OF BUTT-LESS CHAPS). I think the Yevonite's still expect Yuna to uphold a certain image, basically... that of a Yevonite. Dumb, ofc, because after what Yevon did to her, why should she? But we see in X-2 that they're not exactly the most thoughtful bunch. And there are certain standards of dress that apply to high-ranking yevonites, it appears. While the rest of Spira is barely clothed, yevonites with rank (shelinda, maesters, everyone you see in Bevelle and the temples) all seem to be wearing heavy robes. Yuna, a apprentice summoner, was somewhere in between. She still looked Besaidian, but her clothes were also pretty non-revealing. Issaru and Belgemine and Ginnem all wear big robes. (Dona said fuq the police.) ANYWAY-- even besides the clothes, in eternal calm, she is really upholding all of this being a good public official thing. I can see how going back to besaid for good could sort of put them all in clucking hens mode. Before, she was still a Gullwing. She still was kind of bucking against her responsibilities as High SUmmoner. But now, she's returning home for good, and maybe she feels like, 'wellll i guess i DO kind of have to settle down at least a little'. Granted, I agree that totally not talking the person who just returned for several hours is very very strange, but I guess I mean, I can perhaps see what Nojima was GOING for, at least. He just kinda... overdid it. A lot.

I don't know, I mean, they ARE apparently setting up for a bonfire/party aren't they? I can't be bothered to re-read it, haha. But I think they were. So, I think it is a time to celebrate, but... meh. I don't know xD; I can't really DEFEND the book per se, because I'm not sure that I agree with it either, but... in this chapter alone, it seems fine to me, at least. There are other interpretations I would PREFER, like yours, definitely. but I wouldn't necessarily discount this as a possibility, either. But, no doubt, it sounds like it goes absolutely insane after this point, so... I'm not enthusiastic about the book AT ALL, but this chapter alone seems kinda harmless to me. Rikku's bluntness is the one thing I can't really... make sense of at all, though. I mean, to just say it calmly, but to yell it at him and storm off?? I'm confused, haha. I feel like something got lost in translation, there??

But in the translations we've seen so far, other than ofc the fact she hasn't spoken to him yet in the first chapter, I don't really sense any coldness from Yuna?? She was being coy in the kiss scene. Remember, people also said they got in an argument and Tidus kicked a blitzball and died. Which none of that was true. (Well, except for the death part l:) So, I'm not taking what people say too seriously, not until (if it ever) gets translated. Though, at this rate, that seems unlikely. Which is just as well because then we can just ignore all of this??? But if we DO believe what people are saying, then apparantly they also got very close on the boat, before they even arrived on the island, sooo, she can't be being THAT cold, haha.

I guess, I'm just trying to stay open-minded and wait to see where they're going with this, even though my hopes are very low. xD I mean, Last Mission at first sounded crazy to me. Yuna Rikku and Paine all arguingm regretting meeting up? Sounded OOC. I was super against it. But once you watch it and see all  of their motivations and thoughts play out and all of that, it made sense, and further more, really added depth to the characters, I think! So I'm just sort of tryING to give the book a chance, though I doubt it can redeem itself.

Wasn't it linked to an article in another thread, saying that Nojima never wanted FFX to have a happy ending? he thought the ending  of X was just fine? A lot of people agree with that, actually. Maybe they he was just trying to satisfy the crowd that hated the cheeriness of X-2. i think that's absolutely stupid, but... it kinda seems like that's what he's trying to do, with this. u_u