The story ends...

*Spoilers galore. You have been warned.*

Just completed FFX today. Watched the great ending, again felt the same profound feeling of sadness I never fail to feel everytime I watch it. An interesting note is that, in the japanese version, after yuna runs through tidus and gets up again, she says thank you, but in the international version she says i love you. In my opinion, there is no need to spell it out, a thank you would have more impact than i love you as their love is so strongly implied there is no need to proclaim it.
The ending got me thinking a bit. I realised, that all the 7 characters are flawed in one way or another. Which sort of contradicts the usual invincible hero stereotype.
Tidus is a headstrong guy who hates his father, who was a crybaby when young. All throughout the story, he was not working towards saving the world, he was trying to save yuna from being sacrificed for the final summoning. He couldn't care less about the yevon teachings or all the nonsense, he only wanted to protect yuna as a guardian.
Yuna, I always found irritating as she was always saying spastic things like help me etc, but as the game got on I understand the reason for her behaviour. Living up to her father's name, having her faith in yevon shattered, then finding out that sin is jecht would caused anyone to crumble, more so an apprentice summoner of only 17, whose world is only in a small island before she set off on her pilgramage. She also did rely on Lulu too much, but as the game got on she did become stronger, but she suffered the ultimate loss in the end. The irony is not lost on me, that tidus, in order to save yuna, ended up sacrificing himself instead.
Kimahri is a ronso outcast, because of his broken horn. It can be said that he being an outcast from the ronso tribe caused him to protect yuna with great zeal, as in a sense, it was the only purpose he had.
Auron, the disgraced warrior monk, the unsent, has the most luggage. The guilt of sending braska and jecht to their deaths as he had no guts to do anything haunts him, now all he wants is to fufil jecht's wishes. His desire to do so is so strong that he becomes an unsent. When it all ends, he tells the rest, "it's your world now." showing that he thinks that he is just a living ghost, and when he completed his pact with jecht, he leaves, finally at peace. But before that, he had to endure 10 years of reculsive living, tormmented with his guilt.
Lulu, her fiery character can be attributed to many factors, the death of chappu, the death of the 1st summoner she guarded. She seems to block out all emotions, choosing to blame everything on wakka, and was distrustful of tidus at first as she was very protective of yuna. It can be infered that she si now very afraid of losing people close to her due to the events mentioned above.
Wakka, well he maybe cheery and such, but deep down he has this inferiority complex, maybe cultivated after years and years of losing in blitzball. Also, he is so devout that he refuses to acknowledge the failings and the lies of yevon until much later.
Rikku, apart from the obvious flaw as she is terrified of lightning, is very much a girl who wants to make people see past the fact that she is al bhed, and the stigma that comes with it. The fact that she is an al bhed causes her to feel like an outcast, and a loathing for the "yevonites" as she puts it, shows.
In summary, it seems that a rag-tag army of misfits and infidels saved the world.
All the character traits were an integral part of making this game enjoyable, which seriously could be made into a movie.
Huh, non-ffx fans would be advised against reading this.
Anyway, till next time.