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Character Rant: Rikku
Okay, I'm just going to rant for the sake of ranting, since no one is going to read this anyway.
I am seriousy tired of people who say "Rikku is stupid," "she got really dumb in X-2" and other similar opinions.
Seriously; one of the main problems behind this is very shallow knowledge of the character, her past, and her personality. Rikku is very intelligent; most of this is somewhat sumbliminally portrayed in X, but if you actually look at the events and other details in the game, you will understand how smart she is. She is 15 years old, but is very good with building (and disabling) Machina. She is also the leader (or possibly second-in-command) of her own salvage team. She knows how to pilot the ship, operate ancient machina, look for ruins, command a crew, etc. Second of all, she is very well versed in Alchemy (Spiran version) as shown in her Overdrive, Mix. You'll notice that this ability are carried over into X-2 and given to the Alchemist dressphere; hence it can be concluded it is Spira's version of Alchemy. It's also safe to assume that she's skilled with building and modifying weapons, possibly with the use of Alchmey, as shown by the appearance of the Customize option once she permanantely joins your party. She is also a theif, and seems to know by heart at least two fighitng styles, one with fisticuffs and one with double daggers, both styles being speed-based. She could also obviously swim very well, and fight underwater. In the story "FFX: Antoher Story/Eternal Calm" it is mentioned she is also able to teach and is probably good at instructing others.
Though she may seem "dumbed down" in FFX-2 (which I blame partially on Tara Strong and the script writers for giving her very blonde/bimbo-ish lines), she is still as well-versed as ever. However, with the dissapearance of Sin, she has been given a chance to lead a normal life as a teenager; having fun, being with those you care about, and not having to worry so much about wether or not you'll live to see the next sunrise. Perhaps it wasn't exacty obvious to many people, but Rikku was someone who was forced grew up too fast (mostly due to Cid, who seemingly distanced himself from raising Brother and Rikku after the death of his wife; probably because he didn't really know how to take care of them on his own). Despite her mature nature at a young age and the serious positions and situations she was often put in, she tried her best to act her age, and make the most of everything. In X-2, she was finally fully able to have fun and act like a normal teenager; this is also likely a reason to why Yuna idolized her, as she probably wanted to be able to loosen up from her otherwise serious nature she had gained and live more freely. While her dialouge was awfully shallow in the NA version, she spoke not so much in a ditzy manner as a cute manner in the Japanese version, much closer to how she spoke in X. The lack of serious issues and situations she was confronted with in the game may also be a reason as to why she seemed "ditzy"; since most of the issues weren't life-or-death, she didn't have to take everything to heart, and didn't need to exchange serious/intelligent dialouge.
Another thing to note, is that Rikku had lost a lot. She lost her mother, her aunt, her uncle, and even many friends (especially in the Guado-led attack on Home). Yet, in the face of her sorrow, and the possiblity of losing another piece of her family, she was someone who was able to remain strong enough to fight back her tears, and smile for the sake of her friends and famoly instead.
There are also several other things that miff me, one being the nickname "Yunie" that was only present in the NA version of the script; seriously, what is the point of a nickname that not only is the name number of syllables and even adds an extra letter to the original name!? Sheesh.
Anyway, that's my rant on Rikku and her character analysis. Hooray geekiness >.> mrgreen
Rikku lvl 99 · Sun Jul 16, 2006 @ 07:01am · 0 Comments |
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