http://thelifestream.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12267A perfect example.
1. If you can't explain a stupid or badly implemented plot/character logically, have a long winded and futile conversation about how the plot can work if x is y and z is w and a is b. If these are true, perhaps it will make sense after all.
2. If someone criticises your game in any way, they must be annihilated or made to feel like an idiot.
3. Discuss story like it is real life... Remember, this story defined your childhood. The story was not made up, it is literally true.
4. The story can't be wrong or bad because the story defined your childhood (and is literally true). No matter what cracker jack plot exists, it was obviously intended (or actually happened).
5. Make mention of a past member who hasn't been on site in months because he is the person you believe embodies everything that attacks your sacred game.
I assume this thread is in response to whatever DLPB or DLPB-ganger wrote on 1up this week, spewing his "remove Cait Sith" falderal. I've thought about that, thought about what it would mean to the story to remove Cait Sith or alter him in a way that is less... uh... starkly contrasting to the more serious tones. But it's actually some welcome levity, especially when his character arc is about kidnap, betrayal and self-sacrifice.
What a load of waffle that is. What a load of waffle!
"Correcting the plot wouldn't work because that would be correcting the plot"
That being said, getting older, I kind of like the concept of Cait Sith more and more. I think he charms me more now that I've thought about him critically and learned to deal with his presence in the story. I'm not entirely sure what changed in me.
I can explain it to you... you became a fanboy.
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Rufus coming back to life? No problem!
Cait, a mounted robot on top of a stuffed white toy infiltrates your party? That's cool!
Hojo, brain in a computer? No sweat.
Sephiroth returns? Hell, yeah.
Dyne's bones dug up and used as a new weapon? I guess so!
Some people need to wake up and realise that VII is a great game but not a perfect game (and the spin-offs are deeply flawed). And fanboys need to enter the real world. It is no wonder Hollywood and square churn out more and more mediocre games and stories when they can get away with anything.