In Defense of X-2

[owlmoose]

Author's Note: The following entry is a discussion of Final Fantasy X-2 from a feminist perspective. Although I've attempted to make it accessible to general audiences, it does contain spoilers for FFX-2 as well as Final Fantasy X, and assumes a passing familiarity with both games. Open and honest discussion is more than welcome, including

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[owlmoose]

Over the years, I've seen many of my friends move from being haters to... if not lovers, at least appreciators, and I have enjoyed seeing fandom make that progression. At least within my circle, there's a lot less FFX-2 hate than there used to be. (Whether that's mostly people seeing the game in a new light, or just being polite, I can't say. ;) But either way I can't complain, although I wish I'd had the courage to make this post four years ago.)

I still have trouble accepting 60's Batman/Power Rangers-esque moments like uh, everything LeBlanc and her syndicates give us.

Although I don't mind that aspect so much myself, I totally understand this and agree that it's one of the areas where the game can come in for critique, the portrayal of Leblanc in particular. What gets to me, though, is when people reduce the whole game to nothing but this, which is the shallow reading I mentioned at the beginning. I don't think it takes particularly deep analysis to see that most of the women and aspects of the action are much more complex than that.

It is a fun game, and one that rewards replay thanks to the different endings and all the byways that you can explore.