Super_Boom said:
I never really got that impression about Jin in the DLC, he seemed like a quiet bishounen for most of it. His post-Lora arc I feel could have elaborated a little more, but that was more of a complaint for the main game, and not one I cared much about anyway. I guess I've seen the fallen hero type character enough in JRPGs I just roll with it now. |
That's fair, I wasn't really expressing myself very clearly (and I was certainly using charged language). To be frank, your "just roll with it" idea is almost certainly the correct one!
I just was never impressed with Jin's motivations or actions in the base game, and had a very strong hunch all of his "all humans should die, Addam shouldn't have left, Indol destroyed Torna" schtick was a thin rationalization to cover up that he was upset Lorna was murdered, and thus went on an unrepentant murder spree with the very same Blade who was actually responsible for destroying Torna etc. The DLC pretty much clinched that feeling. It also was a bit dissonant for the character to end on Lorna's hopeful note before the credits roll, seeing as how Jin spends the next five centuries conveniently ignoring the text and subtext.
Seeing Jin during the Aegis war also makes me confused why Azurda and Mythra thought he was so powerful, or why Mythra was only mildly surprised Jin shrugged off Haze's attack: Jin was clearly a strong blade who could hold his own with Mor Ardain's finest, but nothing we ever saw justified the awe Jin was held in. On the whole, I feel this was a very poorly executed attempt to create a fallen hero, and wish Takahashi had either done a better job of justifying Jin's character, or abandoned the fellating other characters seem compelled to do.
