Sorry, Lic. I was irritated and didn't think before I wrote. And I agree that if Jessie and the guys return, they're very likely to get more than a cameo. Like you said, it wouldn't make sense to do it just for that, and it would make people mad if that's all they got after the hints we've been given. So yeah, they'll play a part in the story if they came back, for sure.
For my part, I am also not trying to attack you, in fact, I tried my best to make my last reply as non-confrontational as possible.
I did that because I can tell from your replies that you obviously have a passion for FFVII, and WANT to talk about it, and I get that, because I also want to talk about it.
It's also get that you might feel attacked at times, it's easy to feel ganged up on when you're in the minority on an issue.
The reason I wrote that reply then was not to attack your ideas, but to hopefully convince you to change the way you present them a little, because I don't actually think you are as alone as you might think, it's just that the way you write highlights and exacerbates differences.
I can easily imagine someone who agrees with you look at a conversation between you and someone else and go "Actually Jairus, I think ..... means that". And now it feels like you're arguing against two people when really you aren't.
Again, that's not an attack, that's meant as friendly advice because I am here to share my love of FFVII with people who care as much as me, so I WANT to understand their/your stance, and I WANT to be able to talk about things with them/you, even if we disagree on something.
So when I see friction that isn't caused because of some fundamental incompatible difference of opinion, but because the people involved are talking past each other to the point where they're essentially speaking a different language, I think that's a shame.
I assure you, no one actually cares enough about the subject of Jessie dual wielding, or Sam having multiple coins, enough to actually attack you. That feeling is just the result of clashing conversation styles.
And yes, it's also up to us to ask for clarification, conversations ALWAYS come from two sides. But if you are constantly noticing this issue, and not others, then the fact that it mainly affects you indicates that it's probably a result of your writing style that you feel that way.
I generally feel that people ask for clarification when I am not clear, and when I am not clear and people DO misinterpret, I generally don't hold it against them. It's not perfect, sure, no person or forum is.
To clarify my position on Jessie dual wielding.
I believe she uses an uzi right? I am not against Jessie dual wielding Uzis, in fact, dual wielding uzis has always been a favorite look of mine and something I always did in whichever game allowed me to when I was a kid.
Jessie dual wielding uzis could look sick, I am all for it.
BUT, if she doesn't dual wield uzis, then I am fine with that too, not everybody has to dual wield uzis.
Concerning the single line about the non-uniqueness of the coin.
The most important thing about that is it's not just "one line", you never look at these things in isolation, you want to be consistent so what you'd have to ask is "what would it take to 'fix' ALL of these little things?". Otherwise, if they just fix this small clarity issue then people who makes an issue of such things would simply make the same argument over another small point that wasn't clear. In fact, who knows, they might actually have cleared up a bunch of things that weren't clear with offhand sentences, we just don't know since they're not the things we talk about, we always talk about the things that are left that WEREN'T fixed.
If you are adding a "single line" about every little thing, then you'd be adding a thousand lines, and every review of the game would be talking about how the game had horrible dialogue that seemed obsessed with trivialities, sometimes you just have to accept something and move on.
Let's say the developers had listened to your request and added a line where Sam says "here, I got a bunch of them".
Then what would you say to a person arguing with YOU on a forum who says "I just don't get why he has a bunch of them, why would he need a bunch of them? Where did he get them? Why are you against an extra line of dialogue explaining where Sam got his coins for the sake of clarity?"?
On and on it goes, for something that honestly no one cares about, and that doesn't matter, all to explain the mystery of why Sam...has two coins.
