Found myself inexplicably struck by the urge to replay Final Fantasy XIII-2, so I've started up a new game on that. I keep 'awww'ing whenever Serah and Noel interact. XIII-2 may not be as strong on character as its predecessor, but I do really like the friendship between the two leads.
I've mentioned it before, but I love that this game is about a really close male-female friendship without a hint of romance. It's not a 'will they, won't they' dynamic; it's a pretty unambiguous 'they won't'. But their relationship is never portrayed as in any way unimportant or lesser for being 'just' friendship.
(Not that there's anything wrong with 'shipping them! 'Shipping them is entirely fine. It's just refreshing that their relationship in canon is affectionate in a way devoid of romantic implication.)
Something I'd never seen before: I was in the Bresha Ruins pre-Atlas defeat, when it's pouring with rain. Whilst I spoke to one of those guards who are rendered completely unintelligible by their stupid helmets, Noel ran under an archway to get out of the rain and sat down against the wall. I found this completely adorable for some reason. It's rather nice that the character you're not controlling will sometimes wander around and do their own thing; party member behaviour has come a long way since the PERFECT ORDERLY SINGLE FILE of Final Fantasy VIII.
I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to recruit an Albino Lobo today (gotta catch 'em all!). One practically threw itself at me the first time I played, so I hadn't realised how rare they were. They're fantastically ugly things, but I had to have one on my team; Hendrick the Albino Lobo stayed with me throughout the entire game on my first playthrough and served me extremely well. Eventually, just when I was about to abandon my search, a pair of Albino Lobos took pity on me and tried to bite my face off. Welcome to the team, Fenrir!
The Mentalist returned to UK television a few weeks ago - we're up to 'Blood Feud' - and I am loving this series. Some people use flowers; Jane expresses his love by, well, doing that alarming thing he did for Rigsby in 'Blood Feud'. I don't know whether I want to coo adoringly or hide underneath a table whenever he's on the screen.
I had a dream, shortly before the fifth series started over here, that Jane occasionally worked on cases with a teenage girl and got upset when people mistook her for his daughter. Given 'Devil's Cherry', this seems oddly prescient. I have to wonder whether the dream I had shortly afterwards, in which Jane attempted to prevent Red John from leaving by kissing him, will also somehow manifest itself in canon. Or the one in which Jane suspected me of murder. I hope that one doesn't come true.
(The title of this entry comes from Jane. Something else that delights me about Jane: when he wants Van Pelt to zoom in on a digital image, he asks, 'Can you grow that? Can you - can you biggify?' He is absolutely useless with computers and I love it.)
I've mentioned it before, but I love that this game is about a really close male-female friendship without a hint of romance. It's not a 'will they, won't they' dynamic; it's a pretty unambiguous 'they won't'. But their relationship is never portrayed as in any way unimportant or lesser for being 'just' friendship.
(Not that there's anything wrong with 'shipping them! 'Shipping them is entirely fine. It's just refreshing that their relationship in canon is affectionate in a way devoid of romantic implication.)
Something I'd never seen before: I was in the Bresha Ruins pre-Atlas defeat, when it's pouring with rain. Whilst I spoke to one of those guards who are rendered completely unintelligible by their stupid helmets, Noel ran under an archway to get out of the rain and sat down against the wall. I found this completely adorable for some reason. It's rather nice that the character you're not controlling will sometimes wander around and do their own thing; party member behaviour has come a long way since the PERFECT ORDERLY SINGLE FILE of Final Fantasy VIII.
I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to recruit an Albino Lobo today (gotta catch 'em all!). One practically threw itself at me the first time I played, so I hadn't realised how rare they were. They're fantastically ugly things, but I had to have one on my team; Hendrick the Albino Lobo stayed with me throughout the entire game on my first playthrough and served me extremely well. Eventually, just when I was about to abandon my search, a pair of Albino Lobos took pity on me and tried to bite my face off. Welcome to the team, Fenrir!
The Mentalist returned to UK television a few weeks ago - we're up to 'Blood Feud' - and I am loving this series. Some people use flowers; Jane expresses his love by, well, doing that alarming thing he did for Rigsby in 'Blood Feud'. I don't know whether I want to coo adoringly or hide underneath a table whenever he's on the screen.
I had a dream, shortly before the fifth series started over here, that Jane occasionally worked on cases with a teenage girl and got upset when people mistook her for his daughter. Given 'Devil's Cherry', this seems oddly prescient. I have to wonder whether the dream I had shortly afterwards, in which Jane attempted to prevent Red John from leaving by kissing him, will also somehow manifest itself in canon. Or the one in which Jane suspected me of murder. I hope that one doesn't come true.
(The title of this entry comes from Jane. Something else that delights me about Jane: when he wants Van Pelt to zoom in on a digital image, he asks, 'Can you grow that? Can you - can you biggify?' He is absolutely useless with computers and I love it.)
