Board 8 > Turns out PC gaming savior Durante also has impeccable taste in characters.

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http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=234905095&postcount=8112

On why he likes Estelle from Trails in the Sky:

She has a character development arc which doesn't suck. It's not far too rapid or immediately respondent to single, forced, events -- as is often the case in games with lesser writing -- but also not completely static. It is believable.

She has clearly identifiable moods, but the ways she transitions between them, and the reasons for those transitions make sense and are internally consistent.

While as a player you are initially tempted to see her as just an instantiation of a common character archetype (like so many JRPG characters -- or game characters in general -- are), over the course of both games she starts to defy those initial expectations.

So, we've established that the her character is portrayed in a coherent, realistic and interesting fashion. On top of that, the characteristics that are being portrayed at that level of quality are ones that make her, subjectively, very likeable.

She tries to help her friends when she can, but she reflects on her own actions enough to realize when her power is insufficient. She seeks to better herself at most opportunities. She can be funny, but not in an annoying joke character way, and she can also be serious or sad without turning into a consistently whiny wuss or alternatively a grimdark pseudo-nihilist -- all characterizations that are easier and far more common than an actually balanced character.

I think I'll make a thread about Estelle.

Happy Trails 3rd Eve!
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that is the most utilitarian, least attractive way to write about a coming of age story
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well he is a programmer
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waifus*
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