Okay, can I just mention first that I really love that w'ere both playing this game at basically the same pace?
Macalania, Bikanel, Bevelle: This is easily the best part of the entire game. Ugh, so many feelings. I actually totally forgot about the part with Tidus and Valefor and when it happened, when she wrapped her wings around him like "It's okay, little human, I understand your pain. It hurts, it sucks, it makes us sad too" and I legit CRIED, like a tiny little baby. And Boyfriend is next to me on the couch, blowing up pandas on Wow or whatever and he's all "OMG, babe, calm down, it's just a video game" and I'm just "FUCK YOU, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL."
I love the idea that the bond between summoners and their aeons have a deep emotional connotation, particularly where Yuna and Valefor are concerned. You can see it in Yuna's summoning sequences, how she interacts with each aeon before sending them off to battle (how she pats Valefor on the beak, how Ifrit catches her mid-air and sets her down gingerly before he gets all SERIOUS BUSINESS, how she just stairs awe-struck at Bahamut like "I summoned this? He's fighting for me?").
She grieves for them, and I like to think that they grieve for her too.
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Macalania, Bikanel, Bevelle: This is easily the best part of the entire game. Ugh, so many feelings. I actually totally forgot about the part with Tidus and Valefor and when it happened, when she wrapped her wings around him like "It's okay, little human, I understand your pain. It hurts, it sucks, it makes us sad too" and I legit CRIED, like a tiny little baby. And Boyfriend is next to me on the couch, blowing up pandas on Wow or whatever and he's all "OMG, babe, calm down, it's just a video game" and I'm just "FUCK YOU, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL."
I love the idea that the bond between summoners and their aeons have a deep emotional connotation, particularly where Yuna and Valefor are concerned. You can see it in Yuna's summoning sequences, how she interacts with each aeon before sending them off to battle (how she pats Valefor on the beak, how Ifrit catches her mid-air and sets her down gingerly before he gets all SERIOUS BUSINESS, how she just stairs awe-struck at Bahamut like "I summoned this? He's fighting for me?").
She grieves for them, and I like to think that they grieve for her too.