Worst Final Fantasy protagonist

[The Fury]

Mythmaker1 said:

The Fury said:

A guy who keeps himself to himself, put in situations were he has to interact with others that he doesn't want and given roles he doesn't want. He has to break out of his self imposed shell to overcome his own issues to not think about himself anymore but others. This can be seen by the change in amount of inner monolog at the start of the game to to hardly any nearer the end of the game.

Very clever characterisation compared to other FF characters.

Alas, opinions are opinons. I'm more wondering why Cloud isn't on the poll list?

The problem with that scenario is it's almost inherently boring. Watching a character pretty much ignore everyone the entire game isn't very interesting, especially when the characters he is ignoring aren't interester either. And when he stops, it's like someone flipped a switch; there was no appropriate transition. I recall a certain point in the game, when a certain character is hanging for dear life over a ledge, Squall does just about everything short of ironing his pants before finally deciding to do something about it.

That's why the inner monolog existed, else we'd just see him react or do weird things without knowing. Inner monolog is what's lost in modern FF games, giving us less understanding of the characters. Meaning they have to blurt it out loud while explaining their issues to others, which feels forced and stale.

In the instance you mention, it was a bit different, he was put in charge and everyone was coming to him to find a solution to issues they should have been dealing with, he dealt with them as best he could and in the end worked it out and prevailed. You could see his character getting more frustrated with these issues because he didn't like being in the situation, yet he carried on regardless and did the right thing.