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melodiesofkupo2018-08-09 10:19 am
zanarkandian) wrote in melodiesofkupo2018-08-09 10:19 am
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never forget them [video]
[It's Tidus, sitting in the bleachers at Myste Aura's blitzball stadium. There's a distant, sad look in his eye at first, but he quickly glances at his moogle over the screen and smiles.]
I don't know if Vaikuntha does this, but where I'm from, blitzball's used to remember people we've lost. My dad was a huge blitzball star, and he vanished without a trace when I was a kid. Years later, we had a memorial tournament for him---but then the city was attacked, and we never finished the game.
Then I went somewhere else, where cities were attacked all the time. Everybody was worried that they were gonna die tomorrow. It could happen any time. But watching or playing blitzball was the happiest thing they ever did. Anyone could die tomorrow, and everyone had lost people they loved, so you had to really live while you could. It wasn't that they forgot them...they just remembered the good times.
[Which finally leads him to what he came here to say. He sighs.]
My best friend vanished last week. Rikku. I don't know if any of you remember her---she was blond, bright, loud? She'd lost more than almost anyone back there, but she never gave up. She made us stop dwelling on sad memories, forced us to live. I'm...actually working on a new shot, to remember her. And...I know I'm not the only one who's lost someone lately. It's getting pretty bad.
So here's what I'm thinking: we could all die tomorrow, or disappear tomorrow, but let's have fun while we can, right? If anyone wants to come learn the game, I'm good---we've got plenty of time.
[He's smiling, but he's learned a trick from his love---smiling when you're feeling sad. It sort of helps.]
I don't know if Vaikuntha does this, but where I'm from, blitzball's used to remember people we've lost. My dad was a huge blitzball star, and he vanished without a trace when I was a kid. Years later, we had a memorial tournament for him---but then the city was attacked, and we never finished the game.
Then I went somewhere else, where cities were attacked all the time. Everybody was worried that they were gonna die tomorrow. It could happen any time. But watching or playing blitzball was the happiest thing they ever did. Anyone could die tomorrow, and everyone had lost people they loved, so you had to really live while you could. It wasn't that they forgot them...they just remembered the good times.
[Which finally leads him to what he came here to say. He sighs.]
My best friend vanished last week. Rikku. I don't know if any of you remember her---she was blond, bright, loud? She'd lost more than almost anyone back there, but she never gave up. She made us stop dwelling on sad memories, forced us to live. I'm...actually working on a new shot, to remember her. And...I know I'm not the only one who's lost someone lately. It's getting pretty bad.
So here's what I'm thinking: we could all die tomorrow, or disappear tomorrow, but let's have fun while we can, right? If anyone wants to come learn the game, I'm good---we've got plenty of time.
[He's smiling, but he's learned a trick from his love---smiling when you're feeling sad. It sort of helps.]