I'm Back and Thundercats

[eastofthemoon]

Well, I made it back home. secondlina dqbunny and I had a blast together. We hit China Town, Old Montreal, and just hung out and watch movies. I got some Sakura tea for Stu, and I managed to get the soundtrack for Tales of Legendia (it's not the best Tales game, but it does have the best music of the series) and I also got a Tales of Destiny bag and a Toaru Majutsu no Index bag. (Hopefully, I can find more Index stuff at anime maritime.)

Also, I just found this, a trailer for the new Thundercats cartoon. Is it wrong that I'm more curious about this series now? I'll save final judgment until I see the actuall series, but this trailer does give a bit of hope for it.

Comments

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I tried to like Shirley, I really did, but her actions in the later half of the game just ruined it for me.

What annoys me the most is that it would have been more interesting if Shirley accepted that Senel didn't love her and realize for herself "You know, causing genocide is not a good thing." People have to deal with rejection all the time, it's very rare that you stay with the first person you love. It would have just made her character more interesting (plus, I would find it way less creepy. I found I like Senel and Shirley better as a brother and a sister than as lovers.) Besides, Senel has spent all this time trying to protect her and help for heave sake, you would think that would mean something. Never mind the rest of the group who had risked their lives for her, which Shirley seemed to have forgotten. *twitch*

We haven't gotten to the side quests yet, we needed to recover from the ending, but I heard about that and it irks me greatly.

Remember the part when Chloe whacked Senel for being stupid? That has to be one of my favorite moments in the whole game. ^_^ Chloe is forever the real hero of that game in my mind.

(Sorry for the long rant. Legendia does this to me because it could have been a great game, but the later half screwed it up.)

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I agree. It would have been great if Shirley had accepted that Senel didn't love her romantically and moved on. It would have made her a lot more dimensional and easier to relate to. But instead they chose to make her a genocidal bunny-boiler (and I won't even get into the psychological bugaboos of desiring a man who was intimately involved with her sister >_<). I could have forgiven that if the game ended with the gang kicking her ass to stop her from becoming Mermaid-Hitler. But, sadly, forgiving unrepentant murderers was a disturbing theme that seemed to run through this whole game!

The worst part about that Chloe sidequest was that her parents' killer wasn't even sorry about what he did! He was a bitter asshole and basically kept saying "My daughter is sick and it's not fair that rich people can afford to save their kids. So it was OK for me to kill your parents in front of you even though they didn't even fight back". And the entire gang felt sorry for him and ragged on Chloe for insisting that he deserved to be punished for his crimes simply because his daughter (who was insufferably annoying and had a weird girl-crush on Chloe BTW) would be sad if he died or went to jail.
....even though I knew better, I kept playing that sidequest in the hopes that the player could kill the guy. But instead, he gets a "happily ever after" with his little girl and Chloe is brow-beaten into letting the man who ruined her life get away without so much as a slap on the wrist! AAARG!!!


(Sorry for the long rant. Legendia does this to me because it could have been a great game, but the later half screwed it up.)

Are you kidding? I could rant about this game for HOURS! LOL
I started Legendia just a few days after finishing the AWESOME Tales of the Abyss. So that just compounded my hate and disappointment.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know I have someone else I can rant to Legendia about. XD

I think "Mermaid-Hitler" fits. Plus, when we got to Shirley for the final battle, Stu and I couldn't help but think that Shirley looked like an angry squirrel. XP Also, whose bright idea was it to have Maurits still be leader of the Ferines? I don't think having the guy that tried to cause genocide is a good choice to be leader. @_@ Why do the people in this game who should be punished are not punished properly?!

You know what, I would rather watch Chloe, Norma and Grune go have an adventure in their own spin off game, they were my favorites. (And I realize Grune isn't around anymore by the end of the side quests, but I can dream XP)

[brendala.livejournal.com]

All the girls in that game except Shirley were cool (and I liked Moses, too). They should have just ditched the others after the "Mermaid-Hitler" fiasco and had adventures of their own (preferably starting with the assassination of the asshole who killed Chloe's parents).