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That smug lttle shit Larsa even had more character development than Vaan.

I've come to the defense of several video game characters over the years who many people consider annoying - Tidus, Fargoth, etc. But Vaan is truly indefensible. He has all of Tidus' irritating traits and camera-hogging insistence upon himself, yet without a hint of Tidus' charm or character growth. He is at every moment the perfect embodiment of exactly what he is - a soulless automaton shoved into the plot at the last minute by corporate influence - and his presence actively drags down the game. The only time his character shows a hint of personality is during his appearance in **mild spoilers for a different Final Fantasy game** Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, and even then he's simply doing a halfhearted Balthier impersonation. And somehow he even manages to drag down that game's plot.

Penelo, on the other hand, is benign at worst, and it always bothers me a little that the two of them get lumped together as though they're equal evils.

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