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Topic	Do you ever hate characters for being too perfect?
adjl 11/20/20 3:43:50 PM #44:	Naruto_fan_42 posted... You refuse to see the difference between character flaws and situation disadvantages. The character flaws are in how he handled the disadvantageous situations. He wants to be the hero, even when doing so is almost impossible (this shows up multiple times in the prologue, main story, and heart-to-hearts) and trying in spite of that is overtly self-destructive, and when he fails because Shulk is just so OP (again, for good reason, but nobody knows that), he ends up feeling insecure about his inadequacies. This scene really highlights it (again, mid-late game spoilers): ~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otg0CoES8Co~~ It bothers Dunban that he isn't the one that's saving ~~Fiora~~, and Riki ends up reassuring him that it's okay to just take a back seat because his "kids" are grown up enough to handle themselves. That notion of not being the hero anymore is something Dunban struggles with the entire game, which is why he tries to lead the party despite not being the obvious main character. Naruto_fan_42 posted... having him be wise like hes 60 even though hes 30 By JRPG standards, 30 is pretty ancient. Even with Xenoblade's unusually-old party, though, he's the oldest homs in the group by a large margin, a veteran war hero, and had to grow up faster than usual to effectively become Fiora's adoptive parent after their parents died. It's well within expectations that he'd at least try to be the mature one of the group, and also that the occasional crack in that facade would be picked up on by Riki (the actual mature one) or that he'd periodically lapse into making rash, immature judgements (pretty much any time ~~Mumkhar~~ was involved). Naruto_fan_42 posted... being courageous, making friends with almost anyone he meets makes him feel fake. That's basically every JRPG character ever that isn't specifically characterized to not fit those descriptors (i.e. deliberately portrayed as cowardly or unlikable). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:947407984] in Do you eve... [t:79121722]...</cite> <quote>Naruto_fan_42 posted... </cite> <quote>You refuse to see the difference between character flaws and situation disadvantages.</quote> The character flaws are in how he handled the disadvantageous situations. He wants to be the hero, even when doing so is almost impossible (this shows up multiple times in the prologue, main story, and heart-to-hearts) and trying in spite of that is overtly self-destructive, and when he fails because Shulk is just so OP (again, for good reason, but nobody knows that), he ends up feeling insecure about his inadequacies. This scene really highlights it (again, mid-late game spoilers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otg0CoES8Co It bothers Dunban that he isn't the one that's saving Fiora, and Riki ends up reassuring him that it's okay to just take a back seat because his "kids" are grown up enough to handle themselves. That notion of not being the hero anymore is something Dunban struggles with the entire game, which is why he tries to lead the party despite not being the obvious main character. Naruto_fan_42 posted... </cite> <quote>having him be wise like hes 60 even though hes 30</quote> By JRPG standards, 30 is pretty ancient. Even with Xenoblade's unusually-old party, though, he's the oldest homs in the group by a large margin, a veteran war hero, and had to grow up faster than usual to effectively become Fiora's adoptive parent after their parents died. It's well within expectations that he'd at least try to be the mature one of the group, and also that the occasional crack in that facade would be picked up on by Riki (the actual mature one) or that he'd periodically lapse into making rash, immature judgements (pretty much any time Mumkhar was involved). Naruto_fan_42 posted... </cite> <quote>being courageous, making friends with almost anyone he meets makes him feel fake.</quote> That's basically every JRPG character ever that isn't specifically characterized to not fit those descriptors (i.e. deliberately portrayed as cowardly or unlikable). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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