I was trying to keep my personal preference to one side here, but since you've mentioned it - I do like the pairing, but in the same way that I like how all the potential relationships are portrayed.
No matter what canon you follow, Colette loves Lloyd. That's 100% canon, 100% acceptable to me. It's implied time and time and time again, and there's nothing wrong with that. If you follow the Colette path, then Lloyd seems to grow to return these feelings.
However, at the start of the game, Lloyd is fairly hard-headed on the issue. And should you follow just about any other path, he remains that way. Lloyd cares about Colette a great deal, but there are nine versions of this game, and it would be nice to see the OVA make more of an effort to retain that. The manga has remained suitably ambiguous, from what I've seen of it, despite changes it's been forced to make to the plot.
Even if you do follow the Colette path, Lloyd does not begin the game being madly in love with Colette. It's something that develops between them. The OVA is pushing for the pairing, and not even in the same way the game portrayed it.
Uh. I'm going to take anonymous off, because it's probably becoming kinda obvious who this is by now DX The only reason I responded anonymously in the first place was to remain consistent with the comment I'd left earlier in the post, but now I feel like a bit of a duh XD
ANYWAY, saying I'd rather have no OVA than an innaccurate one was maybe a little bit strong. I'm sure the OVA is going to be wonderful, and I really do like Lloyd/Colette. I just really do with the animation could try a little harder to preserve more of the game's own ambiguity. Lloyd really is, bless him, a blockhead when it comes to romance - he's not just bad at being romantic, he seems to have the sex drive of a rock 99% of the time XD So seeing him blushy and woeful at being denied his love-of-loves does sit a little weirdly, to me. I miss 'ndurr' Lloyd, who was smart at all the right times, but such a duh all the same.
It's really the Yggdrasill thing that bothers me more than anything else, though, if I'm quite honest. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
Hahaha, sorry, that got really rambly. To summarize the postive points though, I will enjoy the OVA. But... I think I'm going to end up enjoying it on the sidelines, the way I'd enjoy a really amazingly elaborate Lloyd/Colette fanfiction. Because, made by Namco though it is, it's detracting one of my favourite things about Tales of Symphonia, and that makes me a little sad inside.
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No matter what canon you follow, Colette loves Lloyd. That's 100% canon, 100% acceptable to me. It's implied time and time and time again, and there's nothing wrong with that. If you follow the Colette path, then Lloyd seems to grow to return these feelings.
However, at the start of the game, Lloyd is fairly hard-headed on the issue. And should you follow just about any other path, he remains that way. Lloyd cares about Colette a great deal, but there are nine versions of this game, and it would be nice to see the OVA make more of an effort to retain that. The manga has remained suitably ambiguous, from what I've seen of it, despite changes it's been forced to make to the plot.
Even if you do follow the Colette path, Lloyd does not begin the game being madly in love with Colette. It's something that develops between them. The OVA is pushing for the pairing, and not even in the same way the game portrayed it.
Uh. I'm going to take anonymous off, because it's probably becoming kinda obvious who this is by now DX The only reason I responded anonymously in the first place was to remain consistent with the comment I'd left earlier in the post, but now I feel like a bit of a duh XD
ANYWAY, saying I'd rather have no OVA than an innaccurate one was maybe a little bit strong. I'm sure the OVA is going to be wonderful, and I really do like Lloyd/Colette. I just really do with the animation could try a little harder to preserve more of the game's own ambiguity. Lloyd really is, bless him, a blockhead when it comes to romance - he's not just bad at being romantic, he seems to have the sex drive of a rock 99% of the time XD So seeing him blushy and woeful at being denied his love-of-loves does sit a little weirdly, to me. I miss 'ndurr' Lloyd, who was smart at all the right times, but such a duh all the same.
It's really the Yggdrasill thing that bothers me more than anything else, though, if I'm quite honest. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
Hahaha, sorry, that got really rambly. To summarize the postive points though, I will enjoy the OVA. But... I think I'm going to end up enjoying it on the sidelines, the way I'd enjoy a really amazingly elaborate Lloyd/Colette fanfiction. Because, made by Namco though it is, it's detracting one of my favourite things about Tales of Symphonia, and that makes me a little sad inside.
TL;DR MUCH DX? /ramble spam