Recent content by donhimes

This thread needs objective analysis, not a reply to equip Auto-Trash. Lighting is a literary and visual triumph; not a perfect one. She meets and resolves conflict in herself and her world, and undergoes a remarkable transformation. She is unpleasant at times, relentlessly game-faced to the...

I'll move on with a final Lightning tribute... Edification > Transformation > Deification. Yes, I go all the way and remind members of the simple soldier literally reaching for the divine. The virgin Amazon in white armor ... personal bodyguard of the goddess Etros and bearer of the...

I also should have explained more about the Cloud/Lightning synthesis... I believe this is genius for this reason.... Cloud is a man who tried to save a woman and failed, though he was redeemed by his good intentions at least. Lightning is a woman who saved a boy and succeeded...

Kweh!! Ok thats better... Yes I am real and a reall XIII and all FF fan. This is a very interesting and intelligent discussion so I will expand a few points... Linearity... Who even invented this term? I don't mind this at all i guess thats just me but to the point the environments are so...

Kweh!!! How do I post to my own thread!!!!???

Hi all... I've been in FF since X-2, though I have gone back as far as VII. I never finished actual game play in VII, but appreciate perhaps the most recognizable characters in all FF. I have only the barest contact with pre-VII. I enjoyed VIII though the much celebrated...