THIS SCENE: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THIS ESSAYthis is the first half of a scene that I’ve always
THIS SCENE: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THIS ESSAYthis is the first half of a scene that I’ve always had very complicated feelings about. First I just want to brush on that small tacit passage between Kain and Edge: Edge is suspicious, doesn’t trust Kain; Kain makes it clear that he doesn’t want to live any longer as Golbez/Zemus’ shiniest puppet. I honestly think they have a mutual understanding here. Edge is on the side of good, but he isn’t made of light: he’s a ninja, a son of shadow, he executed his parents when they asked him to; he could totally take out one angsty Baronian Dragoon if he needed to. It’s always felt important to me: this one tiny exchange of sentences, but it’s so significant. Kain isn’t asking Cecil. Now, okay, on to the rest of it. You can almost - almost - understand where Cecil is coming from here. You don’t have to agree with him, but you can understand it at least. He just found out he’s Moon People, his dad sacrificed his own life energy to turn him shiny, and his brother both is and isn’t the enemy they’ve been facing this whole time because he has been at a dubcon mind control party since he was like four or something: Rosa is the one remaining thing that he has left from Baron, the one thing left that he knows, Cecil’s last safe haven: she is his everything. And Rydia’s still the child he made an orphan in Mist; she’s a walking manifestation of his guilt, of his mistakes, of all of the things he couldn’t save: he wants to protect her this time. He wants to protect them both. Again, I’m not saying I agree with it, but I understand it: from Cecil’s point of view, I guess, I can see it. Edge and Kain don’t even try to argue. In fact, the three gentlemen resort to some harsh tones and insulting language to actually get the girls to go away. This is a team effort here. (I’ll also note that this is one significant reason why the Kain-as-actual-traitor thing doesn’t work for me: Cecil takes Kain to the moon but leaves Rosa and Rydia behind? Really. Cecil’s not the brightest Moon Kid on the school bus, but I do not think he is that dumb.)Essay continued in part two of this scene… -- source link
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