Colour Blind
Newbie
Warning: OPINIONS.
Before you start wondering what's wrong with me, allow me to explain.
Vanille at first appeared to me as an annoying teenage girl that I would absolutely detest. Her consistent optimism was completely inappropriate. I knew I couldn't do much though, so I dealt it, although really dreading the parts where I played her and Sazh. However, I was unaffected by her accent, unlike most people, I suppose.
Skipping ahead a good bit -in Chapter 6, nearing the end, where I started to really think about the characters, my opinion on her didn't change too much from what I had expect. She completely disregards Sazh's predicament with his son. At first I thought "What a total b****!" but there was something about the way she did it struck a nerve in me. I began to contemplate why exactly is this girl so happy all the time. I pressed on, slowly beginning to accept her odd, even immature personality. Soon I was getting a small glimpse unexpected emotion, when she crawls next to Sazh unknowingly, it made me start to wonder what the hell's going on here? Where's my stereotypical anime optimistic attitude I've come to expect?
Chapter 8 was when her character really began to shine. Her inner guilt was tearing her apart. We've all had those moments -where you want so badly to get something off your chest, but can't conjure up with will. The last two events in the chapter was what really did it for me.
When Nabaat explains to Sazh what happened to his son, not only was I in shock that the revealing came in this way, but I was literally at the edge of my seat waiting to see Vanille's reaction. Right after this -her hallucination of Sazh killing her was the perfect way of showing the guilt she has been bearing. The entire scene that follows is one of the best, in my opinion. You can really feel the emotions of both characters pouring out of their mouths, and movements. The entire scene I was up out of my chair, getting ready to ball my eyes out.
Vanille admits that she isn't the character we all expected her to be. She tried to convince herself that she was happy by acting it the whole time. Also, the game begins to show that Vanille lies to everyone to keep them happy. Maybe not be the best way of doing it, but it does work.
This was the point where I really began to love her. Despite all her inner conflict she would do everything she could to keep the others from falling prey to the same emotions. It made sense to me why her reaction to Sazh in chapter 6 was so inappropriate. She tries so hard to hide it what she knew. Something inappropriate would be the only thing to take her mind off of it.
From here on out, I felt strong, as well as mixed emotions from Vanille. I was able to maintain my opinion of her false optimism throughout the next few chapters. Her desire of happiness was really effecting me. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that could agree that we all share that desire.
After the entire game I felt a pretty good connection to most of the characters, and prepared myself for the final battle.
I could go on to explain why this entire chapter made me fall in love with Vanille even more, but I'm sure if you've played the game, you already know why. The voice actor's last parts were phenomenal. Looking back, I realize that I had actually forgotten that this was just a game. I literally felt as if Vanille was a real person. When she and Fang sacrificed themselves to save Cocoon from crashing into Pulse, It felt as if I was being hit by a wave of depressed from one side of me, and one of pride on the other. This was the first Final Fantasy game that had made me literally stare at the screen with tears in my eyes during the entire credits segment, and even 5 minutes after from being in awe of what I had witness.
Wrapping up, I felt that Vanilles character was truly one of the greatest I've ever come across. She seemed very involved with all the characters in the story, having a significant effect on each. She was a very emotionally complex character, and had undergone the most change in the game, all while avoiding typical storyline clichés. I also felt that her voice actor was among the best in the game -every emotion felt portrayed in the right tone, especially in her serious scenes. PHENOMENAL.
Now! With all this being said, I would also like to state that her dialogue IN battle was a bit strange. However, it really didn't bother me. I just learned to accept it, I suppose.
Before you start wondering what's wrong with me, allow me to explain.
Vanille at first appeared to me as an annoying teenage girl that I would absolutely detest. Her consistent optimism was completely inappropriate. I knew I couldn't do much though, so I dealt it, although really dreading the parts where I played her and Sazh. However, I was unaffected by her accent, unlike most people, I suppose.
Skipping ahead a good bit -in Chapter 6, nearing the end, where I started to really think about the characters, my opinion on her didn't change too much from what I had expect. She completely disregards Sazh's predicament with his son. At first I thought "What a total b****!" but there was something about the way she did it struck a nerve in me. I began to contemplate why exactly is this girl so happy all the time. I pressed on, slowly beginning to accept her odd, even immature personality. Soon I was getting a small glimpse unexpected emotion, when she crawls next to Sazh unknowingly, it made me start to wonder what the hell's going on here? Where's my stereotypical anime optimistic attitude I've come to expect?
Chapter 8 was when her character really began to shine. Her inner guilt was tearing her apart. We've all had those moments -where you want so badly to get something off your chest, but can't conjure up with will. The last two events in the chapter was what really did it for me.
When Nabaat explains to Sazh what happened to his son, not only was I in shock that the revealing came in this way, but I was literally at the edge of my seat waiting to see Vanille's reaction. Right after this -her hallucination of Sazh killing her was the perfect way of showing the guilt she has been bearing. The entire scene that follows is one of the best, in my opinion. You can really feel the emotions of both characters pouring out of their mouths, and movements. The entire scene I was up out of my chair, getting ready to ball my eyes out.
Vanille admits that she isn't the character we all expected her to be. She tried to convince herself that she was happy by acting it the whole time. Also, the game begins to show that Vanille lies to everyone to keep them happy. Maybe not be the best way of doing it, but it does work.
This was the point where I really began to love her. Despite all her inner conflict she would do everything she could to keep the others from falling prey to the same emotions. It made sense to me why her reaction to Sazh in chapter 6 was so inappropriate. She tries so hard to hide it what she knew. Something inappropriate would be the only thing to take her mind off of it.
From here on out, I felt strong, as well as mixed emotions from Vanille. I was able to maintain my opinion of her false optimism throughout the next few chapters. Her desire of happiness was really effecting me. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that could agree that we all share that desire.
After the entire game I felt a pretty good connection to most of the characters, and prepared myself for the final battle.
I could go on to explain why this entire chapter made me fall in love with Vanille even more, but I'm sure if you've played the game, you already know why. The voice actor's last parts were phenomenal. Looking back, I realize that I had actually forgotten that this was just a game. I literally felt as if Vanille was a real person. When she and Fang sacrificed themselves to save Cocoon from crashing into Pulse, It felt as if I was being hit by a wave of depressed from one side of me, and one of pride on the other. This was the first Final Fantasy game that had made me literally stare at the screen with tears in my eyes during the entire credits segment, and even 5 minutes after from being in awe of what I had witness.
Wrapping up, I felt that Vanilles character was truly one of the greatest I've ever come across. She seemed very involved with all the characters in the story, having a significant effect on each. She was a very emotionally complex character, and had undergone the most change in the game, all while avoiding typical storyline clichés. I also felt that her voice actor was among the best in the game -every emotion felt portrayed in the right tone, especially in her serious scenes. PHENOMENAL.
Now! With all this being said, I would also like to state that her dialogue IN battle was a bit strange. However, it really didn't bother me. I just learned to accept it, I suppose.
She wasn't that bad in Chapter 8.............
Though Lightning will always be my fave character, I'm more into Vanille's opposite.
