One thing I'll always be disappointed in FFX for (as much as I adore the game) is how little of this is actually shown in the game. It's very subtle. Lulu's life story in trying to stop Sin (and save Yuna) is spelled out in the background, but it's only when you stop to connect the dots like this that you actually realize just how much Lulu has done - and how much she has failed - and how complex it must be to her to continue onward with Yuna after (surviving!*) two other pilgrimages.
If you don't actually stop to think about it, you can do a real disservive to Lulu's character and her motivations. What's shown in the game is really merely the surface. FFX could have done a lot more with this; we could have gone to a lot darker places.
*this is also glossed over by the game -- most guardians are assumed to not come back. Sir Auron is lauded because Lord Braska brought the Calm, but also because he lived to celebrate it; is it a mark of shame for Lulu that she lived while Ginnem didn't, even though many Guardians don't come back at all on unsuccessful pilgrimages?
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Date: 2013-03-26 12:58 pm (UTC)If you don't actually stop to think about it, you can do a real disservive to Lulu's character and her motivations. What's shown in the game is really merely the surface. FFX could have done a lot more with this; we could have gone to a lot darker places.
*this is also glossed over by the game -- most guardians are assumed to not come back. Sir Auron is lauded because Lord Braska brought the Calm, but also because he lived to celebrate it; is it a mark of shame for Lulu that she lived while Ginnem didn't, even though many Guardians don't come back at all on unsuccessful pilgrimages?