Sorry if I came off too strongly there. >.> I don't mean to imply that other people shouldn't ship Hope with Snow, or anyone else, especially unrequited and/or aged up. But Hope/Snow (and Hope/Lightning, to a slightly lesser extent) hits my two personal biggest pairing squicks -- significant maturity gap between the characters, and incest (and of course it's not *literal* incest, but I read Hope's dynamic with Snow and Lightning both as more familial than anything). So I prefer not to seek it out. (I am very careful about what stories I read featuring Larsa for the same reason.)

I am finding myself very interested in Cid. How he became a l'Cie, what it was like for him to have to work against his own personal beliefs and public persona. His story is so tragic, up to and including its ending. I'm waiting for (and kind of dreading, but on the other hand hoping) Rygdea to reappear -- I hope we get some closure on him. (Currently slogging through the Chapter 13 dungeon.)

Hee on Fang/Vanille. They aren't exactly making that one subtle, are they?