This Was A Triumph.

[rionaleonhart]

Last night, I dreamt that cane_tie had sent me a copy of Portal for the PS2. I was quite distressed when I woke to remember that no such thing exists and I still have no means of playing it. I don't know why I was distressed, because I actually seemed to be inside the world of the game at points, and I am fairly certain that Portal would be a very bad game to find oneself trapped in.

Of course, this leads me to wondering whether any game would be a good one to be trapped in. Jak II: oppressive dystopia. Most Final Fantasy games: the world is in peril. Katamari Damacy: not a good idea.

Here is a poll that has no relevance other than being connected to video games. I was going to include 'I haven't met Irvine' and 'I haven't met Larsa' options, but those tend to dwarf the actual answers, so just skip the question if you haven't met the character. Feel free to answer only the third question if you don't play Final Fantasy but feel like writing genderswap minific anyway!

[Poll #1162428]

Seriously, I thought that Larsa was a woman for the entire mine mission. When Ba'Gamnan called him 'boy', I didn't believe him. It took 'fourth son to the Emperor and brother to Vayne' for me to begin thinking '...all right, maybe this character is male'.

(The dream inspired me to search on Amazon, trying to find out whether the Orange Box had miraculously dropped in price enough to make buying it purely for one two-hour game worth it, and it turns out that Portal is being released on its own for the PC on the eleventh of April. Awesome. I may be able to play it after all!)

Comments

[mekosuchinae.livejournal.com]

I was totally disappointed when it turned out Irvine wasn't a smoking hot gunner chick.

[rionaleonhart]

SO WAS I. It would have been wonderful. MORE GIRLS WITH SHOTGUNS, PLEASE, FINAL FANTASY.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

I was disappointed when it turned out Irvine didn't even want to shoot the Sorceress.

My FFVIII issues, let me show you them.

[rionaleonhart]

Oh, come on. You can't tell me you'd shoot the woman who raised you without a second thought.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

But they hadn't had the flashbacks to being raised by her the first time they tried, had they?

[rionaleonhart]

No, but Irvine could still remember. (He hadn't been using Guardian Forces before he met the others.) BE NICE TO POOR CONFLICTED SADLY-NOT-A-WOMAN IRVINE.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

I WOULD BE IF IRVINE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOOT EDEA BECAUSE HE WAS RAISED BY HER. INSTEAD, HE JUST GOES 'WAH SO MUCH PRESSURE I CAN'T'.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

"Under orders from the Galbadia and Balamb Gardens, Squall and his comrades—now joined by Rinoa, Quistis and Irvine—attempt to assassinate Edea. Despite a nearly flawless execution of the plan, the party is defeated and detained. Squall's party also learns that Seifer has left Garden to become Edea's second-in-command."

"During an investigation of Trabia Garden's ruins, Squall and his comrades learn that—with the exception of Rinoa—they were raised along with Seifer and Ellone in an orphanage run by Edea; they later developed amnesia due to their use of Guardian Forces."

From Wikipedia. So Irvine being useless was entirely Irvine being useless, and not having Edea angst. Yet.