I don't think we can deny things will be different. I think the idea that things will be better is a real part of them as well, like how they'll save their parents so their future-self will be happier and better. (But not Inigo: that's just to get over his shyness!)Sajuro wrote...
I always wondered what the current version of the child cast would be like, since most of the flaws in their personalities come from the fact that they were children whose parents died as soon as the world started going to hell and they had to grow up very quickly. With Panne and his father still around, will this timeline's Yarne grow up braver? Will Inigo be less of a player? Will Severa have less Tsundere tendencies especially if Cordellia learned from future Severa and gets over her feelings for Chrom? Even Owain's personality has been shaped by the fact that his Dad died because Owain was too busy blustering.Dean_the_Young wrote...
On the other topic...
I think one reason I enjoy Awakening as much as I do is because it's one of the rare games that uses time travel in a more than superficial case. Most media that do are pretty superficial about it: it's usually only a single character, and one practically indistinguishable from the rest of the cast.
The future-cast of Awakening is better because, well, it's a real difference for them, one that shows up repeatedly in their dialogue and attitudes. Even when they aren't talking about the future, it shows its impact on them: not just in being reunited with long-lost family, but in other things and experiences. Nah's support with the Avatar, for example, is based around how she's used to eating weeds for anything in her stomach, a telling testament to the devastation and starvation of the future. Even without mentioning the word 'future' at all, the fact that her expectations reflect it in such a way that even modest food is considered luxurious is effective. Some characters dwell on it more than others, but the fact that the future is real to them makes it real to us.
I certainly wish they had done more with the future cast and connections, but that's just it: I want more, not necessarily different.
But seriously, and somberly, I actually liked Lucina and Bradley's moments when they confront the fact that they're still to be born: they do it in different ways, but part of their supports is that they suggest they'll vanish into the distance and out of the way when their new-self is born. I thought it was touching, and a bit sad, but it fit their mentality of how their entire world is flawed, including themselves.
I tremble at what Morgan will be, though: I'd need to play through a fem!Avatar playthrough to see if there are personality changes between male and female, but daughter!Morgan is such a Daddy's girl it's funny. Her Golden Gauffe quote defines her to me now.
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