Right?? Yuna. On second thought, maybe I do have something to say about that changed line. Part of the reason why I find it so appealing is because it's one of the rare glimpses we get (possibly) of how Yuna related to her father as a person instead of this saintly figure of hope that he's become during his Calm. She's proud to be the High Sumoner's daughter, yeah, ok, we know that, that's shown in previous dialogue already, but here's this moment of her speculating about Braska-the-human-being when she states that maybe she's happier than he was. And that doesn't mean that (she thinks) he was unhappy, but it opens up that possibility, and that's so rare. (esp with how the people of Spira as a whole tend to see Summoners as Saints and vessels to project their hopes onto more than as people) It makes me think of a very young Yuna (and of present day Yuna barely remembering these moments) seeing her father happy, and seeing her father sad, and just seeing him as her father and a human being. And, occasionally, remembering him that way.
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Date: 2018-12-11 09:44 am (UTC)Right?? Yuna. On second thought, maybe I do have something to say about that changed line. Part of the reason why I find it so appealing is because it's one of the rare glimpses we get (possibly) of how Yuna related to her father as a person instead of this saintly figure of hope that he's become during his Calm. She's proud to be the High Sumoner's daughter, yeah, ok, we know that, that's shown in previous dialogue already, but here's this moment of her speculating about Braska-the-human-being when she states that maybe she's happier than he was. And that doesn't mean that (she thinks) he was unhappy, but it opens up that possibility, and that's so rare. (esp with how the people of Spira as a whole tend to see Summoners as Saints and vessels to project their hopes onto more than as people) It makes me think of a very young Yuna (and of present day Yuna barely remembering these moments) seeing her father happy, and seeing her father sad, and just seeing him as her father and a human being. And, occasionally, remembering him that way.