FF ramblings
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ria_oaksI happened to check Rpgamer.com a few minutes ago and noticed that FFIII:DS comes out today (I haven't really been keeping track...). I'm probably just being too over-emotional, but this day feels rather historic in the RPG world - the last Final Fantasy that wasn't released in the US is finally here. I checked, and it's been approximately 16.5 years since FFIII was released in Japan - well, better late than never, I guess. XD I mean sure, I played it years ago on a translated ROM and I won't be buying this version anytime soon (lack of a DS... and lack of time to play. woe.), but it's still cool to think that it's here. It's sort of a pity that the original version of the game will never make it here, most likely (how hard would it have been to include the orignal version in the new game, really...?), but the new version looks pretty spiffy. Hopefully I'll get to play it someday.
3 FF games in the past 2 weeks, 2 of which are new to the US (FFXII and FFIII:DS) and one of which only ever made it here in a mangled fashion (FFV Advance) - makes me miss the days when I could play all the time... I haven't really been into gaming as much the last few years, largely because of a. lack of time during school, b. other interests take up my free time, and c. i'm lazy., but I still get excited hearing about games and still want to play when I get the chance. I'm way behind on all the games I'm playing, but I still plan to ask for either FFXII or Disgaea 2 for Christmas (leaning towards the latter - FFXII will be easy enough to find for years to come, and it'll get cheap fairly quickly, whereas Disgaea 2 will start disappearing soon...). I am sorely tempted by FFXII, though - it's been getting fantastic reviews, and hell, it's FFXII! We've been waiting for this game for years, and it's finally here... and I really can't justify the time or money to get it. Part of me, too, is still a bit uncertain about it - but most of the reviews have said that the game is nothing like (and much better than) anything we've seen of it to this point, including the demo. I plan to give it a chance eventually, but can't do it yet.
And... I'm procrastinating. Back to my Farscape paper... it's due tomorrow at 9, so I need to get moving. Up to 5 pages, need about 12 - and I'm still blathering on about the context, haven't even gotten to analysing the series itself! Ehehehe. baaack to work.
3 FF games in the past 2 weeks, 2 of which are new to the US (FFXII and FFIII:DS) and one of which only ever made it here in a mangled fashion (FFV Advance) - makes me miss the days when I could play all the time... I haven't really been into gaming as much the last few years, largely because of a. lack of time during school, b. other interests take up my free time, and c. i'm lazy., but I still get excited hearing about games and still want to play when I get the chance. I'm way behind on all the games I'm playing, but I still plan to ask for either FFXII or Disgaea 2 for Christmas (leaning towards the latter - FFXII will be easy enough to find for years to come, and it'll get cheap fairly quickly, whereas Disgaea 2 will start disappearing soon...). I am sorely tempted by FFXII, though - it's been getting fantastic reviews, and hell, it's FFXII! We've been waiting for this game for years, and it's finally here... and I really can't justify the time or money to get it. Part of me, too, is still a bit uncertain about it - but most of the reviews have said that the game is nothing like (and much better than) anything we've seen of it to this point, including the demo. I plan to give it a chance eventually, but can't do it yet.
And... I'm procrastinating. Back to my Farscape paper... it's due tomorrow at 9, so I need to get moving. Up to 5 pages, need about 12 - and I'm still blathering on about the context, haven't even gotten to analysing the series itself! Ehehehe. baaack to work.
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Date: 2009-01-30 05:58 am (UTC)He really does. o.o
Sam's 14 and Dean's 18, I believe. But that can be a pretty big difference, esp in boys, so I imagine Sam's just on the verge of hitting puberty. Dean must've been pretty pissed when his tiny younger brother was suddenly a head taller than him. XD
Aww, John tease at the end with the Impala. :( Maybe someday...
And once again, a resounding awww for Sammy in that last scene... *sigh*
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Date: 2009-01-30 06:12 am (UTC)That was a pretty good episode though, especially for Sam. It felt really sad though (partly because of the somber music, I think).
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Date: 2009-01-30 06:37 am (UTC)Yeah, it was entertaining. I always get sad thinking about younger Sam and his desire to be normal and get away from hunting, and how that didn't work out... much though I love Dean, I've always identified more with Sam as the more geeky/studious kind who wants to become educated and have his own life. And oh, the teacher asking him if he's happy and him being unable to answer... ;_; And how sad is it, really, that a 'memorable family experience' at 14 years of age is killing a werewolf together? Or, for that matter, that a 14-yr-old is trained in combat? :(
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Date: 2009-01-30 08:36 am (UTC)I wonder if they'll end the show with Sam and Dean mutually parting ways, never to see each other again? They both kind of tie each other down to the life they're trying to get away from. I mean, I don't really think Lilith is the end, in that once she's gone, all things supernatural will disappear. There will always be threats, and there will always be hunters to counteract those; once Sam and Dean finish what their family started, they aren't really under any obligation to continue leading the hunter lifestyle--it's pretty clear now that neither of them want it any longer.
But they're always bringing up this "family business" thing as an excuse for what they're doing. Lilith is their primary affair; if they really wanted, they could make a straight beeline for her. But instead they bounce back and forth between points of interest killing things that really have nothing to do with them. So if they're doing it because it's the "family business," then wouldn't the best way to stop be to break up the family?
Sam managed to get away from it and live a normal life by doing his own thing. As soon as Dean showed up, he was sucked back into it all over again. Did he retain contact with his father and Dean during his time at university (and perhaps a bit before)?