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Message: [QUOTE="Captain Murphy, post: 175399, member: 347102"] No such thing as giving TOO MUCH love to Final Fantasy Tactics. I'll say my bit as well. Ramza is an outstanding protagonist b.c much like us, he's initially in the dark about what's going on around him. So as he comes into the fold, into the light, so too do we. It makes it easier to find agreeable touching points between audience and protagonist. Ramza undergoes seismic changes as a character and we are right there witnessing the whole thing as companions of sorts, seeing through the eyes of the Durai files. 'Witness' is an important word here b.c by joining Ramza we are gaining insight into how myth and precedent and history are often obscured through the lens of time, societal and religious control. There is correlation between the world of Ivalice and the present reality we currently live in. We are seeing power and institutions trying to protect their own interests for its own sake, no matter whom it hurts. Hence, the FFT memes. So its easy to identify with those who find this unjust. Ramza, disgusted by this, and living up to his noblesse oblige, is one of the brave few who decides to take a different path, that of the lonely hero... Who makes the ultimate sacrifice and yet whose exploits are known only by a few b/c of the danger his story poses to the status quo. Ramza's selflessness and humanity is anathema to the church and to its hold on power. It's such a rich yet seemingly familiar premise. One wonders what kind of parallels, if any, are being drawn between the story of FFT and the general historical accounts featured in Western canon, notably the christian bible, involving Jesus' Death and the aftermath. I wish I could've been a fly on the wall during the storyboarding of FFT by Hasumi Matsuno. You know the guy probably created some kickass dioramas. [/QUOTE]

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