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{FFX spoilers - hopefully if you're in the position of being spoiled by a thread, the FFX in the thread title will have kept you away!}

Near the end of a normal summoner's pilgrimage, s/he must choose a guardian to sacrifice their life to become the final aeon that will defeat Sin. However, for Yuna's journey, she instead chose to go it on her way and ignore this tradition, opting to find her own solution to Sin. The question still remains, though...who among her guardians would she have chosen to become her Final Aeon?

Personally, I think it would have been Kimahri. Lulu may have been the first to volunteer her life, but she and Wakka had a thing going on and I don't think Yuna would've been naive enough to not recognize that. She loved Tidus and wouldn't get rid of him, and Auron's "condition" probably would have made him ineligible as well. Rikku is young and just doesn't fit very well. Kimahri, on the other hand, was presumably the last Ronso following Seymour's attack on Mt. Gagazet and was always her most loyal guardian, starting way back when she was just a child. What better way to go out a hero than sacrificing himself as the last of his species to keep the world safe from Sin?

Who do you think would've been chosen?

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Isn't Tidus' condition a lot worse than Auron? I can't remember for sure. I think he's a time-travelling memory or something. I could see her picking Tidus if he was eligible. I know you said she loves him, but she'd be dead anyway, so in some spiritual sense they'd be together.

Kimahri would be a great choice. I think he's the only one I would consider. In FFX-2...

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There are more Ronsos left alive after Seymour's attack.

Personally I like your version of events and I'd happily go along with them ignoring everything in FFX-2. He doesn't have any ties to the world like the others, and is definitely the most loyal. Maybe Ronsos can't be a Final Aeon? There aren't any Ronso Fayths.

The only other candidate I'd choose would be Wakka. He's a lot like Kimahri but has a lot more ties to the world. Assuming Yuna doesn't rebel against Yevon, and the Final Aeon is needed, Wakka would still be a Yevon fanatic and therefore won't mind sacrificing himself. I doubt any of the others would be willing to do it.

I'm voting Kimahri. Wakka would be my choice if a Ronso can't do the ritual.

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You know, I never thought about it until I saw this thread, not once. I think you got it just right, Kimahri seems like the best option in the storyline. I'd be willing to suggest Wakka as well, though, as Sweets mentioned.

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I, too, hadn't even consider this question before you brought it up, and I, too, would nominate Kimahri--for reasons previously covered by those of you who've already commented.

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Isn't Tidus' condition a lot worse than Auron? I can't remember for sure. I think he's a time-travelling memory or something.

I think Tidus would still work, after all it worked for Jecht.

But I agree that she would have picked Kimahri, for the reasons discussed above.

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This is a great question Neal!

I think everyone would have been willing if it came down to it. Auron is ruled out, of course. I don't think Rikku would've been a top choice either: as an Al Bhed, she isn't convinced of the necessity of summoners, and thus I would expect her to be less likely to make the sacrifice. I'm not a very big Wakka x Lulu guy, but I think that they would have less reason to make the sacrifice than Kimahri or Tidus, so I'm ruling them out too.

Kimahri has lived with Yuna her whole life; he guided her initial choice to become a summoner, and thus it would seem fitting for him to complete her life-long purpose by joining in her sacrifice. The fact that his race has just been decimated could motivate him to make the sacrifice as well. On the other hand, though, I would expect this to make Kimahri want to remain and try to help preserve his race.

I think in the end, though, it would have been Tidus. He loved Yuna, and he would have done anything for her. In addition, he had no one in the world to leave behind: no friends, no family, no home. It would have been a logical choice for Tidus to follow in his father's footsteps and become the fayth for Yuna's Final Aeon.

Only problem is that I accidentally hit null vote...

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Quote (sweetdude @ 22nd December 2010 05:45)

Kimahri would be a great choice. I think he's the only one I would consider. In FFX-2...

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There are more Ronsos left alive after Seymour's attack.

You can't really do a "Monday-morning quaterback" with this kind of thing, how would Yuna have known that more Ronsos were alive after Seymour's attack? I think Yuna would've been stubborn and said no to Kimhari, because she appreciates him too much and knows he is a great warrior who could do great things someday. She probably knew he could be a Ronso leader someday.

I honestly think it would've been Auron. In a way, it would've been to preserve his reputation as a great guardian. How selfish would it look if he went on two successful pilgrimages and didn't sacrifice himself? Plus, since he never has any ties to anybody on Spira (I mean, Braska is dead and Jecht is Sin) Yuna would probably be ok with it.

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I see the logic behind your choice of Kimahri, and laud you for such a shrewd and accurate analysis of Yuna's character, and her relationship with the man. However, I must assert that I think she would have chosen Tidus. Why? Because he is an obnoxious, poorly voice acted runt that's why! Because she wanted to be the main character for what would have been the last twenty minutes of the game, that's why!

Because, at the time, she didn't know that being the Final Aeon was essentially a sentence condemning one to a decade or more of torture, boredom, and solitude. She thought that once you became the Final Aeon, you killed Sin, and then you went on your merry little way to the Farplane. She also was quite aware that Tidus was wildly in love with her at that point, and that he most likely would haven't have wanted to go on living without her. Therefore, Yuna, who very much reciprocated Tidus's feeling with a possibly greater intensity, would have wanted to spare both of them life - or in this case, afterlife - without the other, and chosen Tidus so that they could meet up on the Farplane, and spend the rest of eternity together.

And then there's the fact it would create the most drama.

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She wouldn't have picked anyone. Yuna's not that kind of character. The moment she knew she had to pick someone, she herself showed us that she would have never done it or picked someone.

Because that's how much Yuna cares for her friends....



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