Haha! I tell you I was expecting a lot of reactions, but certainly not this one! I am enjoying it, and I hope that someday in the very near future you will as well.
That makes sense; and it certainly does tie into the fact that the actual, true plot of FFXII really only involves Ashe and Basch. Vaan wants to be a sky pirate, Penelo wants to watch over Vaan. Balthier IS a sky pirate. Fran is Balthier's partner. None of those four characters say anything about the throne/kingdom/future of Ivalice (although in a vague sense, the REASON Vaan wants to be a sky pirate is to cause chaos for the same government that usurped the throne from Ashe, killed his brother, and left him homeless so ... maybe it works?). They all sort of just run into each other coincidentally, and it feels very forced as to why they travel together. And it's painfully evident, even in the dialog. I couldn't agree more though.
Yes! There's definitely a different kind of nostalgia that is built when you intimately know a world or place like Spira, but there's a vast craving for knowledge and immense wonder that surrounds a place like Ivalice.
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That makes sense; and it certainly does tie into the fact that the actual, true plot of FFXII really only involves Ashe and Basch. Vaan wants to be a sky pirate, Penelo wants to watch over Vaan. Balthier IS a sky pirate. Fran is Balthier's partner. None of those four characters say anything about the throne/kingdom/future of Ivalice (although in a vague sense, the REASON Vaan wants to be a sky pirate is to cause chaos for the same government that usurped the throne from Ashe, killed his brother, and left him homeless so ... maybe it works?). They all sort of just run into each other coincidentally, and it feels very forced as to why they travel together. And it's painfully evident, even in the dialog. I couldn't agree more though.
Yes! There's definitely a different kind of nostalgia that is built when you intimately know a world or place like Spira, but there's a vast craving for knowledge and immense wonder that surrounds a place like Ivalice.