#anywayyyyy this is probably terrible lol

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FFX Playthrough Part 14

Smoochin’ in Lakes and Beatin’ up Ghosts

-So somehow Auron has cleared our names? Are we still fugitives? We just double murdered a maester and escaped from dumb execution prison maze underwater funtime theme park

-Anyway, Tidus and Yuna have A Serious Conversation™ waist deep in a pond

-Joking aside, this is a very sweet and terribly sad scene that shows how Tidus’s status is an outsider makes him uniquely qualified to cheer her up in this situation and help her imagine a world different from the one they reside in, where she doesn’t have to die for a country with a truly corrupted belief system

-Imagining this other world, though, is what ultimately makes Yuna decide to continue on her pilgrimage

-She is still fundamentally a selfless person and thinks that she can give others this fantastic world if she dies 

-Her kissing Tidus does show that she is allowing herself at least one “selfish” thing at what she thinks is the end of her life

-She still wants to fully experience love, not just for her country, but for him

-But duty takes precedent over individual love so she must continue

-This is so heavy:

-In the end, though, this is where we see that her resolve was never based in Yevon. She’s carrying on without it, possibly stronger and more driven than before

-Anywayyyyy

-The Calm Lands are legit nice

-Lol Auron’s like “Summoner’s lose focus here” and Yuna’s like “time to lie in the grass!”

-I realize now that he probably means that many have a change of heart and realize they don’t have the will to carry out their sacrifice

-Ope, some rando named Father Zuke says that Mika has blamed Kinoc’s death on the team

-So we’re definitely fugitives

-Father Zuke? More like Daddy Zuke

-Also, we’re way too late in the game for new NPCs! 

-Wakka and Lulu used to be guardians for Daddy Zuke but it didn’t go so well 

-We find that Belgemine is just a ghost living in a spooky house all by herself picking fights with passing summoners

-That’s the kind of energy I aspire to

-Also? There’s like a monster arena with a live Blue Eyes White Dragon just like wriggling half in the mountain? 

-It looks literally like no other fiend in the whole game?

-Who is she?

-So the Guado summon like a golem thing to stop us

-Fight your own battles, you cowards! 

-Love those shoulder pads though. Very 80s. 

-The introduction to the Chamber of the Stolen Fayth is very ominous, with Lulu’s first summoner having died there

-Makes it all seem much more real and dangerous than just getting knocked to 0 HP

-(Which I am verrrrry used to in this run…)

-Lulu’s (now zombie) summoner is dressed so similarly to Belgemine

-What’s up with these dead ladies and their cinnamon bun head pieces??

-Is that why Dona opted for fishnets and stilettos?

-Yojimbo is the second most stylish aeon after Shiva

-I love how this dude decided he and his dog would become divine spirits together

-And how he makes summoners haggle for his services

-He’s living that freelance life! Taking on odd jobs, hanging out with his dog, dealing with clients that haggle too much

-That’s probably how Lulu’s first summoner died

-“Oh I was going to pay you in exposure! When everyone sees you help beat Sin they’ll want your services!”

-Anyway, I’m naming him Himbo

-When we were partying, he studied the blade