| RageBot said: Oh, and regarding "whininess" (is that even a word?), there are ways to make a good "whiny" character, that way is: 1. Make sure his/her voice isn't annoying to tears. 2. Make sure he has an actual good reason to be whiny. Good example - Vivi, in many pepole's opinion he's actually the best character in the series. Bad Example - Hope, I wanted to stab him in the face most of the game, he's just such an idiot, how can you not want that character to die? |
I believe that Hope is the perfect example of a so called "whiny" character done right. He had all the reason to be the way he was during almost the first half of the game.
Reason # 1: His mother died right in front of him because she got caught up in Snow's little "hero" game.
Reason # 2: He forcefully became a L'Cie because Lightning & friends decided to attack the Fal'Cie without thinking things through or minding those around them. Put on top of that of the fact that he had pretty much been taught his whole life that L'Cie are evil and are the "Enemies of Cocoon".
Reason # 3: He is dealing with all of this and he is only 14 years old. How else do you expect a 14 year old to act in that kind of situation?
Also, you people make it seem as if Hope was being whiny or emo throughout the entire game when in truth, he was only like that for less then half of the game (since his mindset changed during the end of chapter 7 and the half way point of FFXIII is chapter 10). During the entire second half of the game, Hope was always the one who encouraged the party when they were down. This is what you would call "character development", something Hope had plenty of.
