Vivi is so great he is above all your dramas. :'3
There are many things that make IX great, but I feel like Vivi is the soul of the game. Garnet/Zidane might be the heart, but what makes IX what it is- is watching the turmoils and growth of Vivi.
He's really just a child, he's wide eyed and easily tricked and wants to go watch plays and trips over his own feet. And he gets so much thrown at him and even when he's not quite sure of himself, he never stops going forward. He's such a wonderful example of how strength of character doesn't just appear to those who always act strong.
I mean, look at how other characters react when they face the truth about their mortality. Kuja goes berserk and tries bring everyone down with him. The other black mages decide to give into Kuja in hopes of preventing it. But Vivi just keeps fighting not just for him but for everyone like him. He's scared like everybody else, and that part when he admits to himself that he doesn't know what death means and wonders why he is shaking still is one of the best little scenes in the game, but fear and tragedy never stopped him.
Vivi never does overcome the tragedy of an early death. Instead he just makes the short life he had worth it.
Yeah I like him because he adorbs and every time he's on screen he makes me smile. And I always been charmed by the adorkable clumsy but earnest archetype, struggling against a world of misery. But I really do find him one of the best written characters in the franchise.
