http://valeria-15.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] valeria-15.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] aorin 2007-08-31 10:58 pm (UTC)

I hope you didn't mind that replied here? I caught the banner and thought it was so beautiful and wanted to comment. =)

Yeah, I love Excalibur, - that's a classic one.

Oh I see, I didn't think about that: Balthier being god-like. Perhaps I need to read more fics and find out. I never realized that in the Bal/Ashe fics.

I've always read Ashe as the complete opposite: sweet and unsure of herself. If anything, she's only vulnerable because of the position she's in: she's desperate. She seeks other people's aid because she is basically 'nothing' - no home, no country, no one, and only Vossler protected her. Which switched over to Basch naturally. I think what others misinterpret her feelings of being 'harsh' and 'cold', tough and all that - the way she acted to Vaan and crew, and to Basch. Maybe. But honestly, that's a stretch, because all through the game, she's mostly quiet - observing, but her mind is always alert, active. I never read anywhere that she would sacrifice people for her own wants.

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