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12/1/19 23:04It really is a lot of fun to play a game all the way over again.
Going into my second playthrough of "Tales of Vesperia", I was a little bit wary because I thought perhaps I wasn't quite ready, there were so many worries I had in my head as that was a fandom that myself and my ex-girlfriend shared. And I have a real fucking hard time with fandoms because once upon a time I had a partner in crime, but a long the way I've had to sort of go the path alone without a bosom companion. But let me tell you, I really don't know what I was worrying about. I don't even hate Yuri which means that maybe I've grown past the whole 'superimposing' other people onto characters---> god knows I've grown out of that myself, I love characters but I don't pretend that I 'am' them, not any longer.
And I am picking so much up that was lost on the second playthrough, all the nuances-- every time Schwann shows up, every thing Flynn utters, the Rita/Estelle subtext. OH YES AND I AM ENJOYING PATTY, oh my gosh, could she be any cuter? Maybe she is balancing my whole dislike of Karol, I don't know-- but her voice is cute, she is cute and just d'awww.
I am also seeing some Duke/Raven subtext which actually makes me happy, it means my shipping googles are still on and fully functional.
Also-- dare I say, I can see Yuri/Flynn-- I can accept them as a pairing in a way that I sort of shunned a long time ago. Like, I think that they are both INTENSELY stubborn individuals and still have a hell of a lot of growing to do, but in my heart--I think I want to see them hit the endgame together, because you have lawful good and chaotic good together, and it just sort of works right there-- they both are striving for the same thing, but they are both diametrically opposite in their ways of doing it.
I seriously played Tales of Vesperia most of yesterday (when Tales of Vesperia hit my hands) and nearly ALL of today.
Going into my second playthrough of "Tales of Vesperia", I was a little bit wary because I thought perhaps I wasn't quite ready, there were so many worries I had in my head as that was a fandom that myself and my ex-girlfriend shared. And I have a real fucking hard time with fandoms because once upon a time I had a partner in crime, but a long the way I've had to sort of go the path alone without a bosom companion. But let me tell you, I really don't know what I was worrying about. I don't even hate Yuri which means that maybe I've grown past the whole 'superimposing' other people onto characters---> god knows I've grown out of that myself, I love characters but I don't pretend that I 'am' them, not any longer.
And I am picking so much up that was lost on the second playthrough, all the nuances-- every time Schwann shows up, every thing Flynn utters, the Rita/Estelle subtext. OH YES AND I AM ENJOYING PATTY, oh my gosh, could she be any cuter? Maybe she is balancing my whole dislike of Karol, I don't know-- but her voice is cute, she is cute and just d'awww.
I am also seeing some Duke/Raven subtext which actually makes me happy, it means my shipping googles are still on and fully functional.
Also-- dare I say, I can see Yuri/Flynn-- I can accept them as a pairing in a way that I sort of shunned a long time ago. Like, I think that they are both INTENSELY stubborn individuals and still have a hell of a lot of growing to do, but in my heart--I think I want to see them hit the endgame together, because you have lawful good and chaotic good together, and it just sort of works right there-- they both are striving for the same thing, but they are both diametrically opposite in their ways of doing it.
I seriously played Tales of Vesperia most of yesterday (when Tales of Vesperia hit my hands) and nearly ALL of today.