(The Ultimania guide contradicts the game on certain details -- contradictions one absolutely can't reconcile. Yes, one can indeed get 100% on the first run through. Many folks have done so. Isn't it cute when people come in playing know-it-all in order to stomp on others?)
One minor thought cluster in all of this discussion:
Homosexuality doesn't exclude children, unless a) you assume exclusive homosexuality, which is acutally fairly rare in most cultures (whereas bisexuality is rather widespread), and b) you exclude adoption.
Considering the number of orphans in Spira, I could see adoptions and unusual family structures popping up. Obviously, Mom/Dad/Kids would be a longed-for ideal in a place where single-parent families seem common. It looks to me like the culture has adapted to deal with the reality that most children don't have parents -- just look at all the children in the temples. Besaid rallying around Lulu and Wakka demonstrated the "it takes a village to raise a child" approach, and Yuna being lodged there by her father is more evidence that one judged a settlement as a potential parent, in case individuals were lost. In other words, there were highly-visible and viable alternate child rearing mechanisms in place which didn't rely on or assume a heterosexual family unit.
A thought about characterization: In FFX, Rikku expressed a keen wish to Tidus to be a mom and have kids, because she was wistful about having lost her mother and only having one sibling. I can vouch that being a lesbian in no way negates such wishes: my ex is a veritable mother goddess. But Paine doesn't strike me as family-oriented. I'm not sure if that would pop up in the story you're pondering.
no subject
(The Ultimania guide contradicts the game on certain details -- contradictions one absolutely can't reconcile. Yes, one can indeed get 100% on the first run through. Many folks have done so.
Isn't it cute when people come in playing know-it-all in order to stomp on others?)
One minor thought cluster in all of this discussion:
Homosexuality doesn't exclude children, unless a) you assume exclusive homosexuality, which is acutally fairly rare in most cultures (whereas bisexuality is rather widespread), and b) you exclude adoption.
Considering the number of orphans in Spira, I could see adoptions and unusual family structures popping up. Obviously, Mom/Dad/Kids would be a longed-for ideal in a place where single-parent families seem common. It looks to me like the culture has adapted to deal with the reality that most children don't have parents -- just look at all the children in the temples. Besaid rallying around Lulu and Wakka demonstrated the "it takes a village to raise a child" approach, and Yuna being lodged there by her father is more evidence that one judged a settlement as a potential parent, in case individuals were lost. In other words, there were highly-visible and viable alternate child rearing mechanisms in place which didn't rely on or assume a heterosexual family unit.
A thought about characterization: In FFX, Rikku expressed a keen wish to Tidus to be a mom and have kids, because she was wistful about having lost her mother and only having one sibling. I can vouch that being a lesbian in no way negates such wishes: my ex is a veritable mother goddess. But Paine doesn't strike me as family-oriented. I'm not sure if that would pop up in the story you're pondering.