THIS TOPIC, THIS CONTEST, AND EVERYTHING IN THE GOOGLE DOC WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY X!
Welcome to the latest addition to the latest craze of reminiscing our favorite video game moments. Here we will take a more collective yet narrow approach of doing this. I bring to you Save My Final Fantasy X Moment!
Rules: --Save ONE moment an hour. A moment needs SIX saves to be safe. Last remaining moment is eliminated. --General non-jackassery rules apply (no alts, no rallying, etc etc cmon people dont be dumb) --Anyone can provide updates --Next day can go up whenever the previous has finished. If I'm not around, somebody else can do it. I'll try to predict when this will be. --Discussion throughout the contest is heavily encouraged and one of the main goals of the contest. There is a discussion topic for a reason. --A Google Document has been provided as a master file for clarification of all the moments. Use it if you are unsure of a moments significance, or simply to refresh your memory of a scene. Just please use it because the data took a good chunk of time to collect. If you still require further clarification, ask and somebody will enlighten you
UNSAVED (9) (--STORYLINE MOMENTS--) Abes vs. Duggles /Sin attacks Zanarkand Tidus learns the Summoners fate Battle with Seymour Flux Zanarkand ruins Battle with Yunalesca Truth about Auron Saying goodbye Blitzball Monster arena
ELIMINATED 10th place Jecht Spheres 11th place The trial 12th place TidusxYuna in Macalania Spring 13th place Campfire scene 14th place Jyscals Sphere/Battle with Seymour 15th place Overdrives 16th place Yunas ending speech 17th place Braskas Final Aeon 18th place Tidus is a dream 19th place Yuna performs The Sending 20th place Visiting the Farplane 21st place Arriving at Zanarkand 22nd place -- Truth about the Final Aeon 23rd place -- Calm Lands 24th place -- Aeons 25th place -- Yunas speech on Mt. Gagazet 26th place Obtaining Yojimbo 27th place -- Operation Miihen aftermath 28th place -- Sin attacks Kilika 29th place -- Yunas sphere 30th place -- Laughing scene 31st place -- Crashing the wedding 32nd place -- Match against the Goers 33rd place -- Meeting the Summoner 34th place -- Seymour approves Operation Mi'ihen 35th place -- Battle with Evrae 36th place Sin is Jecht 37th place Via Purifico 38th place -- Seymour summons Anima 39th place -- Battle with Seymour Omnis 40th place -- Washing ashore Besaid 41st place -- Maechen 42nd place Battle with Sin 43rd place Biran and Yenke Battle 44th place -- Obtaining Anima 45th place -- Guado attack Home 46th place -- O'aka XXIII, Merchant Extraordinaire 47th place -- Wakka punches Luzzu 48th place -- Tidus reunites with Rikku 49th place -- Learning the Jecht Shot 50th place Yuna oversleeps 51st place Omega Ruins 52nd place Seymour proposes to Yuna 53rd place Defeating the Aeons 54th place Yu Yevon battle 55th place Operation Miihen 56th place Butterfly catching 57th place Choosing Gattas fate 58th place Lightning Dodging 59th place Cactuar Hunting 60th place Cloister of Trials 61st place Battle with Seymour Natus 62nd place Tidus finally believes Sin is Jecht 63rd place Chocobo racing 64th place Obtaining the Magus Sisters
Update to make sure the errors get fixed and applied. I'm headed to work, so if somebody could just update and repost at the page turn, that'd be nice. I guess I can vote, too.
Thank goodness it showed Buffy and Spike kissing at the end and had some sort of gain. Otherwise, that episode almost ruined Michelle Branch - Goodbye to You for me, and that would've been very sad. This was a simultaneously fun and sad episode. It's funny how those seem to work out. The scene where they are "figuring" out their identities was pretty classic, and the interactions between the matches were very funny. The best part, in my opinion, was the jab at Angel and the whole vampire with a soul thing. I gave a couple hearty laughs to that. Ahh but good things come to an end and things take a sharp turn for the depressing when "Alex" steps on that crystal and everybody realizes what happened. I think it really helps that I already knew the song. I should listen to it now. I love Michelle Branch's singles.
I'm curious as to what they are going to do with Tara here. Do they just have her disappear, or will they do some fallout? I assume there will be some fallout. They won't just have her disappear, especially with Willow's looming heel turn. Also, I'm very curious as to what they are going to do involving Buffy and Spike. It's just an odd relationship. Good further setup for many of the plot points that have been set up this season. There's also the Giles leaving bit, which I know won't last, but am still sad to see because bad things happen when Giles isn't around, as has been proven many times over the series. Plus, he's the best character on the show, so there's that too.
And no, I didn't catch the Restless reference or foreshadow that I was told would be present.
Allow me to vent slightly here for a moment, if you will.
I decided to open the Season 6 DVD so graciously provided to me by Maniac, since I'll only have it for less than a week now. I wanted to watch the extras for Once More, With Feeling. The cover didn't surprise me. It's been obvious that's the route it was going. I open it, and I see an advertisement slip for the final season of Buffy. Oh cool, no biggie. Upon a (foolish) closer look, I notice a character I haven't seen for awhile standing there. I notice an accessory on a character that isn't there right now. I notice the absence of two main characters.
Silly me. I need to learn to handle things with my eyes closed. At least I've avoided IMDb. Claps to me for that.
THIS TOPIC, THIS CONTEST, AND EVERYTHING IN THE GOOGLE DOC WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY X!
Welcome to the latest addition to the latest craze of reminiscing our favorite video game moments. Here we will take a more collective yet narrow approach of doing this. I bring to you Save My Final Fantasy X Moment!
Rules: --Save ONE moment an hour. A moment needs SIX saves to be safe. Last remaining moment is eliminated. --General non-jackassery rules apply (no alts, no rallying, etc etc cmon people dont be dumb) --Anyone can provide updates --Next day can go up whenever the previous has finished. If I'm not around, somebody else can do it. I'll try to predict when this will be. --Discussion throughout the contest is heavily encouraged and one of the main goals of the contest. There is a discussion topic for a reason. --A Google Document has been provided as a master file for clarification of all the moments. Use it if you are unsure of a moments significance, or simply to refresh your memory of a scene. Just please use it because the data took a good chunk of time to collect. If you still require further clarification, ask and somebody will enlighten you
UNSAVED (10) (--STORYLINE MOMENTS--) Abes vs. Duggles /Sin attacks Zanarkand Jecht Sphere(s) Tidus learns the Summoners fate Battle with Seymour Flux Zanarkand ruins Battle with Yunalesca Truth about Auron Saying goodbye Blitzball Monster arena
ELIMINATED 11th place The trial 12th place TidusxYuna in Macalania Spring 13th place Campfire scene 14th place Jyscals Sphere/Battle with Seymour 15th place Overdrives 16th place Yunas ending speech 17th place Braskas Final Aeon 18th place Tidus is a dream 19th place Yuna performs The Sending 20th place Visiting the Farplane 21st place Arriving at Zanarkand 22nd place -- Truth about the Final Aeon 23rd place -- Calm Lands 24th place -- Aeons 25th place -- Yunas speech on Mt. Gagazet 26th place Obtaining Yojimbo 27th place -- Operation Miihen aftermath 28th place -- Sin attacks Kilika 29th place -- Yunas sphere 30th place -- Laughing scene 31st place -- Crashing the wedding 32nd place -- Match against the Goers 33rd place -- Meeting the Summoner 34th place -- Seymour approves Operation Mi'ihen 35th place -- Battle with Evrae 36th place Sin is Jecht 37th place Via Purifico 38th place -- Seymour summons Anima 39th place -- Battle with Seymour Omnis 40th place -- Washing ashore Besaid 41st place -- Maechen 42nd place Battle with Sin 43rd place Biran and Yenke Battle 44th place -- Obtaining Anima 45th place -- Guado attack Home 46th place -- O'aka XXIII, Merchant Extraordinaire 47th place -- Wakka punches Luzzu 48th place -- Tidus reunites with Rikku 49th place -- Learning the Jecht Shot 50th place Yuna oversleeps 51st place Omega Ruins 52nd place Seymour proposes to Yuna 53rd place Defeating the Aeons 54th place Yu Yevon battle 55th place Operation Miihen 56th place Butterfly catching 57th place Choosing Gattas fate 58th place Lightning Dodging 59th place Cactuar Hunting 60th place Cloister of Trials 61st place Battle with Seymour Natus 62nd place Tidus finally believes Sin is Jecht 63rd place Chocobo racing 64th place Obtaining the Magus Sisters
Through the Fire Giles and Tara's Soliloquy Standing in the Way Buffy's Refrain Where Do We Go From Here I've Got a Theory Going Through the Motions The Demon's Song I'll Never Tell Rest in Peace Under Your Spell
That's a rough ranking of the songs, complete with the titles I gave them because I don't know what their song titles actually are.
So yeah, this was a really fun, but really serious episode. It got all the secrets out, which was needed. Dawn is still a klepto, Tara knows Willow erased her memory, and most importantly, the gang knows Buffy is unhappy being back. The numbers were overall pretty great, and I can't say I truly disliked any of them. Even though Tara and Willow's number is at the bottom, it was really impressive and I loved the sexual undertones (lolol where's Willow when Tara lays on the bed?). Giles is awesome at everything he does still. All of his songs were my favorites. Oh, and then there's the whole Buffy and Spike kissing thing with "Where do we go from here?" being sung in the background. Nice touch. Oh, and the singing Mutant Enemy. Yay funsies.
What's up, gang? This topic will definitely survive throughout the top ten, because I'm going to personally see that it does. Just look at these shiny production values! Also, any post-saving chatter that goes on here would be great, too.
Fredless This episode really had me going for awhile, actually. It all seemed so final for Fred's character. I guess the parent's thing was an interesting mislead, but it seemed kind of unnecessary. They had to drag it on a little bit, though, so it's okay. This episode was good for Fred's character as it gave her official reason to be with the gang. She was no longer just in recovery mode. I like Fred. She's quirky and cute, even if she does have the "unable to initially say things in plain English" trope thing to her that is slightly annoying. I can look past it easily enough, though.
Billy I'm assuming that the Billy character is dead now, which is weird. I thought he was going to have a bigger role than he did. I'm fine with it, though. He didn't have as much potential as somebody like Trick did where I'm sad that he never got to fulfill what seemed like a larger purpose. It did seem like the Congressman was going to have a large part this season, and I'm hoping that's not the case. Keep the politics out. Let's stay with a Angel's baby story for this season. The Cordy-Lilah exchange was interesting, though. *****es unite, and such. I really enjoyed Angel and Cordelia's talk at the end of the episode where Angel can simultaneously comfort and freak out Cordelia. Love it.
Offspring I was aware that "Angel loves Cordelia" was going to be a storyline, and I could easily see it being formed in the episode prior to this. Silly Angel. This better not end in Cordelia leaving the show. I have a problem where I truly feel like one of the main cast is going to eventually leave, and I hate that because I don't want any of them to leave ever. I want them all to stay throughout the duration of the series, but that just seems unlikely. If I had to order them is my feelings of most likely to leave to least likely to leave, it'd go like this: Gunn - Cordelia - Fred - Wesley. But yeah, let's not let any of them leave.
Oh, and then there's the baby plot point. A baby with a soul! Whatever comes from this is going to have huge implications for the rest of the series. My guess is that Darla dies in childbirth. Seems like that would make sense, I think. It would get the evil ***** out of the picture and allow Angel's son to fulfill the prophecy. I'm excited to see where this all goes. I really love this show. Angel > Buffy at this point, which surprises me.
Life Serial This is to be a display of the sort of threat that Andrew, Jonathan, and Warren can pose to Buffy. Look at them they so smart. I still don't buy them as villains, so hopefully something comes and displaces them soon. Also, Andrew wearing that Iowa Hawkeyes t-shirt was pretty rad. The most important thing here was the relationship between Buffy and Giles. That look at the end of the episode when Buffy said she was glad Giles would always be there said 1000 words and then some.
All the Way There was the whole "Dawn has a crush on a vampire" thing and that was okay, but again the most important part is the relationship between Buffy and Giles, and I'm not liking where it is going in a sad kind of way, not a this is poorly written kind of way. But it's cool that Giles wrote the check so now we don't have to hear endlessly about money issues. Real life problems are real, but I don't want to watch our supernatural slayer have to deal with them as a major plot point, y'know? Oh yeah, and the Xander/Anya engagement has been announced to the gang. I'm kind of sad, because I've got a bad feeling that this is the start of the end of the Xander/Anya relationship. I don't want to see them end.
I've seen Once More, With Feeling. I'm probably going to watch it again, just because it's so charming of an episode. I'll say right now it's not my favorite episode of the series, (that's still Passion) but it was certainly entertaining.
THIS TOPIC, THIS CONTEST, AND EVERYTHING IN THE GOOGLE DOC WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY X!
Welcome to the latest addition to the latest craze of reminiscing our favorite video game moments. Here we will take a more collective yet narrow approach of doing this. I bring to you Save My Final Fantasy X Moment!
Rules: --Save ONE moment an hour. A moment needs FIVE saves to be safe. Last remaining moment is eliminated. --General non-jackassery rules apply (no alts, no rallying, etc etc cmon people dont be dumb) --Anyone can provide updates --Next day can go up whenever the previous has finished. If I'm not around, somebody else can do it. I'll try to predict when this will be. --Discussion throughout the contest is heavily encouraged and one of the main goals of the contest. There is a discussion topic for a reason. --A Google Document has been provided as a master file for clarification of all the moments. Use it if you are unsure of a moments significance, or simply to refresh your memory of a scene. Just please use it because the data took a good chunk of time to collect. If you still require further clarification, ask and somebody will enlighten you
UNSAVED (11) (--STORYLINE MOMENTS--) Abes vs. Duggles /Sin attacks Zanarkand Jecht Sphere(s) Tidus learns the Summoners fate The trial Battle with Seymour Flux Zanarkand ruins Battle with Yunalesca Truth about Auron Saying goodbye (--GENERAL MOMENTS--) Blitzball Monster arena
ELIMINATED 12th place TidusxYuna in Macalania Spring 13th place Campfire scene 14th place Jyscals Sphere/Battle with Seymour 15th place Overdrives 16th place Yunas ending speech 17th place Braskas Final Aeon 18th place Tidus is a dream 19th place Yuna performs The Sending 20th place Visiting the Farplane 21st place Arriving at Zanarkand 22nd place -- Truth about the Final Aeon 23rd place -- Calm Lands 24th place -- Aeons 25th place -- Yunas speech on Mt. Gagazet 26th place Obtaining Yojimbo 27th place -- Operation Miihen aftermath 28th place -- Sin attacks Kilika 29th place -- Yunas sphere 30th place -- Laughing scene 31st place -- Crashing the wedding 32nd place -- Match against the Goers 33rd place -- Meeting the Summoner 34th place -- Seymour approves Operation Mi'ihen 35th place -- Battle with Evrae 36th place Sin is Jecht 37th place Via Purifico 38th place -- Seymour summons Anima 39th place -- Battle with Seymour Omnis 40th place -- Washing ashore Besaid 41st place -- Maechen 42nd place Battle with Sin 43rd place Biran and Yenke Battle 44th place -- Obtaining Anima 45th place -- Guado attack Home 46th place -- O'aka XXIII, Merchant Extraordinaire 47th place -- Wakka punches Luzzu 48th place -- Tidus reunites with Rikku 49th place -- Learning the Jecht Shot 50th place Yuna oversleeps 51st place Omega Ruins 52nd place Seymour proposes to Yuna 53rd place Defeating the Aeons 54th place Yu Yevon battle 55th place Operation Miihen 56th place Butterfly catching 57th place Choosing Gattas fate 58th place Lightning Dodging 59th place Cactuar Hunting 60th place Cloister of Trials 61st place Battle with Seymour Natus 62nd place Tidus finally believes Sin is Jecht 63rd place Chocobo racing 64th place Obtaining the Magus Sisters
Eternal Sunshine goes back and forth with Pulp Fiction with being my favorite movie of all time. It's so powerful and damn near made me cry the first time I saw it.