Current mood:

accomplished

I've finally done it. After much careful deliberation, speculation, and procrastination, I've put together an FST for Yuan.

The upside is that I was able to find all the songs I wanted. The downside is that I didn't actually download any songs. I just put together a Youtube playlist. ^^; So, uh, you can ignore most if not all of the videos - while I tried to choose ones that looked like they were reasonably good quality, I selected them mostly for the songs rather than the movies.

There are thirteen songs on the playlist, and they show more or less the course of Yuan's life, beginning with when he traveled with Kratos and Martel and Mithos...which is why the first song is so cheerful.

Track 1: All We Wanna Do - TV Insert Song from Pokemon
Nothing in the world can bring us down
No, not us (not us)
Spread our little sunshine all around
There's never enough!

Fairly self-evident, a song about the joy of traveling together as a group.

Track 2: If Only Tears Could Bring You Back - Midnight Sons
How will I start
Tomorrow without you here
Whose heart will guide me
When all the answers disappear?

Again, not all that hard to tell that here he's grieving over Martel's death.

Track 3: Viva Forever - Spice Girls
Hasta manana
Always be mine...

Viva Forever
I'll be waiting
Everlasting
Like the sun
Live forever
For the moment
Ever searching
For the one

And here we see the slow, creeping insanity brought on by a combination of overwhelming grief and immortality.

Track 4: How To Save a Life - The Fray
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness, and I
Would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he's gradually recovering his sanity, he realizes that after wallowing in his own misery for so long, it's too late to salvage his friendship with Kratos.

Track 5: Makes No Difference - Sum 41
So when you hold on to
The best in you
We'll break down what little is left!
Yeah, there's nothing more
You can't ignore
And say 'It makes no difference to me'.

When he looks around himself, what does he see from them, they who were the heroes? Utter apathy to all the wrong that's been going on. It's so easy to maintain...to turn aside and pretend that nothing matters.

Track 6: We Are - Ana Johnsson
You keep watching from your picket fence
You keep talking, but it makes no sense!
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are, we are, we are
You wash your hands, and come out clean
But fail to recognize the enemies within
You say we're not responsible, but we are, we are, we are.

They've done this. Cruxis has done this, turned the world into a terrible place, at times worse than it was during the war. They've maintained and even encouraged the discrimination they were once trying to end. Everything has gone wrong, and it's their fault, and it seems like Yuan's the only one who sees that.

Track 7: Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
Run and tell all of the angels;
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me get things right
Hook me up a new revolution
'Cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughing and watched the last one die...

Something needs to change. He's not sure what, he's not yet sure how, but he needs to do something to make this right again.

Track 8: Do You Hear the People Sing? - Les Miserables
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

The formation of the Renegades.

Track 9: Land of Confusion - Disturbed
This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in!

Leading his forces. Somewhere in the midst of this song is where the game begins.

Track 10: Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
A world that sends you reeling
From decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black, and take it back
Let's shout it loud and clear!
Defiant to the end, we hear the call

To carry on! We'll carry on!
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
Your memory will carry on! We'll carry on!
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on!

Reaffirming the essence of the Renegades, and a memorial to all those who have fallen...particularly Botta.

Track 11: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time.

This is Yuan, wandering the halls of an empty base after it's been evacuated.

Track 12: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Miserables
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone...

As we hit the end of the game, we realize that everyone who ever canonically gave a damn about Yuan is either dead or no longer on the planet.

Track 13: Best of You - Foo Fighters
I got another confession my friend...
I'm no fool
I'm getting tired of starting again
Somewhere new
...Were you born to resist,
Or be abused?
I swear I'll never give in...
I refuse!

Despite all he's lost, their goals have been won. The worlds are reunited, even if Yuan wasn't the one who did it. And it may not be easy adjusting to the new lifestyle they'll be leading in a unified world...but Yuan's as stubborn as they come. He'll survive.