Yuna's humanity is so very rare and precious, and honestly she's such a good protagonist for it. But then, I'm critically weak against that type of character.
You make a good point about summoners-as-saints; I think in a way they have to be inhuman to the people of Spira because otherwise, everyday Spirans would have to actually confront the fact that they're sending these people off to die for them. It's a degree of depersonalization that you see in, like, military training--summoners can't be real people with real hopes and fears, because if they were, people might reconsider the fact that they journey. Because Sin always comes back. and, sure, maybe this time it won't...but is that worth all those lives? Summoners and guardians both? Is it really?
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Date: 2018-12-12 04:18 am (UTC)You make a good point about summoners-as-saints; I think in a way they have to be inhuman to the people of Spira because otherwise, everyday Spirans would have to actually confront the fact that they're sending these people off to die for them. It's a degree of depersonalization that you see in, like, military training--summoners can't be real people with real hopes and fears, because if they were, people might reconsider the fact that they journey. Because Sin always comes back. and, sure, maybe this time it won't...but is that worth all those lives? Summoners and guardians both? Is it really?