[ SECRET POST #202 ]

[degrees.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #202 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

TO HEAD OFF THINGS BEFORE THEY BECOME A PROBLEM: Anyone posting spoilers to spite secret 17 will be banned, even if the spoilers are just jokes. No exceptions. No explaining yourself. It's not funny, it's not hip, it's assholeish. JUST DON'T DO IT.

Secrets Left to Post: 01 page, 028 secrets from Secret Submission Post #029.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 2 ] not!fandom.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Friday, July 27th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

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[ex-discover.livejournal.com]

:\ I hate short-haired Luke because for a good chunk of the game, he's hating on himself for just existing, and what good is change if you don't even love yourself? He does manage to get over that by the end of the game, but by the time he realizes it it's a litte too late. Having to listen to someone put themself down for about twenty five hours, especially when people around him are telling him that's not the way to do it, gets really annoying after awhile.

[aestivalis]

To say I hate Luke is too strong, but I agree with you. It's admirable that, when things went wrong, Luke got up and set about changing himself, and trying to fix his mistakes. But that primarily seems to manifest into 'I'm just the replica' - that is not good change!

And so, in that regard, he angers me. The love he recieves from his mother and even from his previously distant father doesn't seem to mean much. The continued reassurances from Guy seem to go over his head. Jade's detached about it, but the Necromancer grows to appreciate Luke, but that never quite seems to sink in. Luke makes me angry because he disregards the opinions of his friends entirely too often.

In that regard, he annoys me for the same reasons Symphonia's Presea did. I can understand why they would feel like outsiders, why they would feel inferior or unworthy or strange, disconnected from others. But the both of them are loved and cherished by the people around them, and the both of them don't seem to take that on board.

As I say, I like Luke. But there are many many times that his attitude annoys me. I do understand that his situation is pretty unusual and dark, and I understand that it wouldn't necessarily be easy for him to realise his own self-worth. But his scenes with Asch almost end up feeling like a charade by the end, so many times the situation seems to be reaching some resolution only to resurface all over again.

So in short, I can relate to the secret maker in that, yes, I do think Luke is a realistic character. But I totally see where you're coming from as well. He's horribly, terribly frustrating. Darn kid.