Comments | includedmiddle: Genso Suikoden II Ending

includedmiddle

Genso Suikoden II Ending

Dec 09, 2005 20:43

This is continued from the discussion on safiiru's journal.

Anybody who doesn't want spoilers, read no further.
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ex_miang438 December 10 2005, 05:25:01 UTC

I'm following you over here; I hope that's okay! (I figured it would be since you linked it in reply to me, anyway ( ... )

includedmiddle December 10 2005, 05:49:31 UTC

I don't find it intrusive at all. It's actually nice to be talking about Suikoden with people who've played it. I thought I'd bring the discussion over here to avoid spoilerness ( ... )

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includedmiddle December 11 2005, 01:36:08 UTC

I see Jowy and Raskolnikov as both basically falling into the archetypal trap of believing that the ends justify the means.

Ah yes, I remember now. "I have no regrets." This line infuriated me. "Sure, I betrayed my allies and my friends, sure I literally stabbed my benefactor in the back*, sure I killed people in cold blood, sure I continued to wage war even after disposing of Luca. I admit I was Evil with a capital E. But I'm not sorry and I'd do it all again!" The rotten little bastard! I'm really not sure at all that Jowy does understand the seriousness of his sins. The best that can be hoped for is that he just blurted out those words and didn't mean them ( ... )

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luinied December 10 2005, 05:27:56 UTC

Hooray! I'm causing people to fight! I'm just like the Rune of the Beginning.

seika December 10 2005, 16:31:04 UTC

Following you over here as well...

Forgiveness is not the same as redemption.

Actually, that's a bonus for me. Forgiveness has always, in my eyes, been an important part of Suikoden (I have an essay about it here; warning warning, spoilers for GS1 and GS4.) I realise this is not what everyone gets out of it, but without this perception of the theme, Suikoden wouldn't mean as much as it does to me, so I'm content with my own interpretation.