Caitie

Exactly what it says on the tin. The only ones not included are the six generic area warlords because they aren't important enough. (That includes zombie ninja, sand ninja, karate kid, yellow guy with the block of wood on his head, tree fucker, and THE INVIIIINCIBLE KANETSUGU NAOE!!!!) But everyone else is here. SEE HOW MANY YOU CAN IDENTIFY!!! Some are more obvious than others.

OK I WAS JUST PLAYING TOV AND I NOTICED SOMETHING. It  was when you go to Capua Torim the second time and you have to run around and talk to everyone. In the scene with Raven he's complain as usual that he can't keep up with us and it's a pain that he has to keep an eye on Estelle until she returns to the castle. He says something to the extent of "I wonder if I could hand her off to the knights somewhere along the way" (as they would bring her back to the castle obv.)

BUT DUDE

FORESHADOWING MUCH? SEEING AS RAVEN DOES JUST THAT MUCH LATER. Oh the things you notice the second time through...

But yeah, I don't mind so much that I had to start over (I lost my other Xbox 360 harddrive at camp... with my ToV savefile on it. I was just a bit after Zaude, iirc.) because I'm enjoying the game even more than I did the first time since I already loved half the characters, plus it's interesting to play through the earlier parts knowing what I know now. For example, every interaction with Alexei is weird for me now. HE PLAYS BEING SANE SO VERY CONVINCINGLY. Even his voice sounds less evil. I actually didn't really understand who he was until he was like "HAHA I'M ACTUALLY AN ANTAGONIST!" I think I got him confused with Drake at some point too. I DON'T KNOW HOW OK. But yeah I hadn't realized that you actually talk with him several times. He was a pretty hands-on Commandant, going to Dahngrest himself to talk with the Don. He probably would have been a good Commandant if he weren't, y'know, a raving lunatic. Oh well.

I've also noticed random burst of affection for characters that I was indifferent towards or disliked before, namely Karol. I realize now how adorable he is. I think I was predisposed to hate him due to his role as token shota probably triggering my hatred for Genis. I don't even know why I hate Genis. But I do. Or maybe it's how I used to hate Lloyd and now I'm like "O LLOYD U SO SILLY!!!" EITHER WAY. I will say that his voice remains one of the most annoying in the game. I'm just used to it now.

I still feel mostly indifferent towards Flynn and Estelle, though I'm trying to like Estelle more because of lukecho. Flynn I can always tolerate despite his weird warbly voice because he is so easy to make fun of.  SEARCH WARRANTS FTW. Estelle I can never bring myself to make fun of. I dunno why. I will say she's better than most Tales heroines. (I find Colette, Mint, and Shirley all insufferably helpless. As for Chloe who I guess could also be the heroine of Legendia isn't quite so helpless... you'd think. But I still get that damsel in distress vibe off of her, SOMEHOW. Iria I enjoy, and I enjoyed Kohak immensely before her spiria went all ASPLODED.)

As far as minor characters go, I found myself enjoying Leblanc's appearances. I was actually overjoyed when he showed up in Caer Bocram but he did technically save our lives there so that's understandable. I also had a moment where I thought Tison was pretty cool, but then I came to my senses. I MEAN COME ON, TISON? Also Clint. I enjoyed seeing Clint. But that was mainly because of the last name me and lukecho came up with for him. We decided his name is Clint Toris. HAHA, WE SO CLEVER AREN'T WE?? *shot*

OH ALSO THE OTHER DAY, I was exercising one of my nerdy habits by matching up characters from one thing with characters from another thing. This time it was ToV and Rurouni Kenshin. IT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE SCARY HOW WELL IT WORKS. Raven would be Kenshin, them both being goofy 30-something war veterans. And they're both on the short side. Schwann would be Battosai obviously, both being the other half of Raven/Kenshin's identity, both of which they would have been during the war. Judith is Kaoru b/c they're both strong women and I ship Raven/Judith so shut up. Karol is obviously Yahiko, as the token shota. Yuri is Sanosuke, both being the younger friend of the lead character. They both love to fight, and don't beat around the bush about things. Estelle is Megumi I supose. In a way she fits Kaoru better, and Judith would fit the vixen aspect of Megumi... but Megumi can't fight, she's just a doctor. Soyeah. Rita is Misao, both being fiery teen girls who can kick some ass. Yeager is Saito, being a rival to Raven/Kenshin who helps out the good guys when he feels like it. Alexei can be Shishio if only because they're both nuts, and have awesome fighting techniques. And with him being Shishio, Khroma can be Yumi, Shishio's bitch. Duke can be Enishi, both being the REAL FINAL BOSS after the guy who you THOUGHT was the final boss. Plus they both fall under the "dead little sister trope", Duke with his bff Elucifer and Enishi with his big sister Tomoe. Speaking of which, Casey would obv be Tomoe. BUT YEAH RAVEN AND KENSHIN ARE ACTUALLY REALLY SIMILAR. Yeah ok that's enough of that.

Also, I plan on gettting up Chapter 3 of The Oltorain Family (I think I'm going to call it that, unless I think of a better name...) this weekend, if at all possible. Expect it to be titled something like "In which Yeager and his daughters make an extended appearance and Caitie continues to ignore Moses."

Okami 10
Tales of Phantasia 23
Tales of Hearts 8
Tales of Legendia 5
Tales of Destiny 2 2
Tales of Eternia 1
TWEWY 6
Persona 4 5
Prince of Persia 1
TOTAL: 61

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