Oh, Luc...
After finishing up Geddoe's Suikoden III last night, I decided to replay through some of Suikoden I. It never really occured to me how different my perceptions of things would be until I played it like this, the first one right after the latest one.
One of the first missions in the game involves going to the Magician's Isle and getting some astrological projections from Leknaat. It's amazing to see how much of this I had forgotten, things that didn't "click" until I thought about them this time. (Like Leknaat appointing Cleo to watch over Tir. It didn't hit me at the time, but every single person in that scene besides Cleo can or will die before the end of the game. It's so horribly tragic. ;_;)
And when I saw Luc...wow. I forgot how happy Luc was. He comes off so much more as a trickster (and now I see where the Luc/Meg pairing comes from! I still don't really like it, but it makes sense!) and just a plucky little kid. Which I suppose is fitting, because he's only 11 right now. I totally forgot the wonderful mother/son relationship Leknaat and Luc used to have; now I am sad to know how shockingly icy it became by Suikoden 3. Whenever he's on screen, all I can think is, "You know, in about 19-20 years, I'm going to kill you..."
It's horribly depressing.
One of the first missions in the game involves going to the Magician's Isle and getting some astrological projections from Leknaat. It's amazing to see how much of this I had forgotten, things that didn't "click" until I thought about them this time. (Like Leknaat appointing Cleo to watch over Tir. It didn't hit me at the time, but every single person in that scene besides Cleo can or will die before the end of the game. It's so horribly tragic. ;_;)
And when I saw Luc...wow. I forgot how happy Luc was. He comes off so much more as a trickster (and now I see where the Luc/Meg pairing comes from! I still don't really like it, but it makes sense!) and just a plucky little kid. Which I suppose is fitting, because he's only 11 right now. I totally forgot the wonderful mother/son relationship Leknaat and Luc used to have; now I am sad to know how shockingly icy it became by Suikoden 3. Whenever he's on screen, all I can think is, "You know, in about 19-20 years, I'm going to kill you..."
It's horribly depressing.