No, Lucil's not taking over as Grand Maester, it's just that Isaaru has publicly announced his resignation. Hence her comment that the maesters needed to confer before the announcement was made: it is suddenly not clear who is in charge. However, Lucil being Lucil, she's not going to waste time with political problems when there's a military one needing her attention. She's occupying Kinoc's old position.
Elma's brashness utterly charmed me, especially after hearing her delightful seiyu. Hopefully 13 years have weathered her from eager beaver junior officer to Commander Riker (Riker after he loosened up in the later seasons) under Captain Picard.
Pun not intended, but it's too apt to alter. :D
I think some of her breeziness that mneme noted is simply a mannerism to help balance Lucil's rather chilly professionalism, a sort of "good cop, bad cop" routine that they've had going for years.
I liked Luzzu a lot my first playthrough and kind of forgot about him, but there's enough complicated dynamics between him and Lulu that he made my short list of "secondary characters who deserve cameos and/or a small part in this story." Your comment about wanting Kinoc-fic actually inspired me to put even more effort into giving the secondaries meaningful if lesser parts of the story.
That's one of the things I loved about FFX -- even the most minor un-voiced, un-named NPCs often had a sustained personality and a little bit of backstory, so that now when I look at the mourners watching Yuna dance in Kilika and the random folks walking around Besaid's square, I recognize most of them like I recognize my local grocery clerks and most of my neighbors... I don't know them well, but they've become people to me not part of the scenery. That's made a huge impact in how I view and enjoy the game. It's no longer just my very favorite two or three characters... it is a world in which those characters live. That's helping (and complicating) my writing process this time.
No, Lucil's not taking over as Grand Maester, it's just that Isaaru has publicly announced his resignation. Hence her comment that the maesters needed to confer before the announcement was made: it is suddenly not clear who is in charge. However, Lucil being Lucil, she's not going to waste time with political problems when there's a military one needing her attention. She's occupying Kinoc's old position.
Elma's brashness utterly charmed me, especially after hearing her delightful seiyu. Hopefully 13 years have weathered her from eager beaver junior officer to Commander Riker (Riker after he loosened up in the later seasons) under Captain Picard.
Pun not intended, but it's too apt to alter. :D
I think some of her breeziness that mneme noted is simply a mannerism to help balance Lucil's rather chilly professionalism, a sort of "good cop, bad cop" routine that they've had going for years.
I liked Luzzu a lot my first playthrough and kind of forgot about him, but there's enough complicated dynamics between him and Lulu that he made my short list of "secondary characters who deserve cameos and/or a small part in this story." Your comment about wanting Kinoc-fic actually inspired me to put even more effort into giving the secondaries meaningful if lesser parts of the story.
That's one of the things I loved about FFX -- even the most minor un-voiced, un-named NPCs often had a sustained personality and a little bit of backstory, so that now when I look at the mourners watching Yuna dance in Kilika and the random folks walking around Besaid's square, I recognize most of them like I recognize my local grocery clerks and most of my neighbors... I don't know them well, but they've become people to me not part of the scenery. That's made a huge impact in how I view and enjoy the game. It's no longer just my very favorite two or three characters... it is a world in which those characters live. That's helping (and complicating) my writing process this time.
Whoops, got passionate there.
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