Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Not really. And its already been established that pretty much all of the Playstation protagonists (except maybe Zidane) used Cloud as a model. Because Nomura has no originality and keeps using the same 5 stock character archetypes (and look) for all his characters. In this way, the fact that Squall actually broke away from the look and self-centered, brooding (whiny) archetype of Cloud is actually a major step in the evolution of Final Fantasy and makes him a unique character. One that didn't last, as we later got characters like Tidus and Vaan. Its just hillarious that everyone focuses on Squall as being the 'Whiny' one when its most of the other FF protagonists who do the whining and Squall is the one who is the man who actually stepped forward and took command early on. In fact, Cloud, Tidus and Vaan never took command of anything. |
Cloud did take lead, he just bitched out after he found out he was a Sephiroth clone, and became even more "emo". Squall started off on one extreme and then changed and became leader because Cid knew he had it in him, and Xu, Quistis, agreed. Though Squall still needed help from his friends(Which is the standard japanese story when it comes to anime people in school) and made the story better later on for when he finally accepted that he wants friends. And then they were all taken away from him again. Not much luck Squall has...
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