1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie, and welcome to stuff I've never 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: told you production I heart you, and that's right. Today, 3 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: I am sadly alone. Samantha's got a lot of stuff 4 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: going on that came up kind of suddenly. We've got 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: a lot of travel coming up, so it's sort of hectic. 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: And I just got back from Dragon Con, which is 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: a big convention. I've talked about it a million times, 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: I know, so I'm a little tired of my voice 9 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: sounds a little rough. But I had a great time. 10 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: I had a great time. In an upcoming happy hour, 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: I'm going to be talking about some of my favorite 12 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: things that I saw there. But in the meantime, I 13 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: wanted to bring back this classic fictional woman around the 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: world I did for my birthday last year. I think 15 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: on a final Fantasy character named Tara, who was one 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: of my absolute favorite characters, and I saw someone dressed 17 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: as her at dragon Con. It was so cool. It 18 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: was a great costume. And then I think I saw 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: someone I wasn't entirely sure, but I think I saw 20 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: someone dressed as her. But like the pixelated version, Oh, 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: it was amazing. There were so many creative costumes. It 22 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: was so exciting, and I just love it. I love 23 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: when other people clearly resonate with the character that you 24 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: resonated with. And that costume I think I talk about 25 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: in here would be difficult to pull off. I always 26 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: wanted to do it, but it was the green hair 27 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: that I really got stuck on. But yes, we hope 28 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: that all of you are well and please enjoy this 29 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: classic episode. Hey, this is the Any and Samantha and 30 00:01:54,080 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: welcome to Stefan Never Told You production of iHeartRadio. And 31 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: today we are back with another sub sub sub sub 32 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: whatever segment of fictional women around the World. I haven't 33 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: found the alternate title like activists around the World, but 34 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: I'm still thinking about it. I'm still thinking about it. 35 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: And you know what, I'm very happy today because we 36 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: are taking it back to one of my very faves, 37 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: one of my very first favorite fictional characters, Tara Branford 38 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: of Final Fantasy three slash six. And yes, that is confusing. 39 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: I always when I was growing up, I always knew 40 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: it as three, so that's probably what I'm going to 41 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: call it, but I understand that it's more traditionally known 42 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: as six, so well, we're just gonna roll with him. 43 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: And once again, Samantha's going to be kind of supporting 44 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: me as I as I tried to explain this, but 45 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: always feel free to ask any questions. I have no 46 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: idea what this game is at all, Like I know 47 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: the name, but that's the end. And there could be 48 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: a lot of questions because the Final Fantasy series is 49 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: a bit daunting to explain, yes, and that's like the 50 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: understatement of the century perhaps, And a part of that 51 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: is because it is a series that was created in 52 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: Japan originally, and some things for sure got lost in translation, 53 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: like the whole is it three years it six thing, 54 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: or the fact that in the Japanese version of this game, 55 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: Tara's name is Tina, and apparently when they did test 56 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: in American markets everyone hated the name Tina. Kind of 57 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: similar thing with Aris slash Rath, like in the one 58 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: I grew up with, the character's name was mistranslated to 59 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: Aris as opposed to Erith. And this is a character 60 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: from Final Fantasy seven who is another favorite of mine 61 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: that we will definitely come back to. But okay, basically, 62 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: these games are generally role playing games that take place 63 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: in fantasy worlds, some more fantastical, some more technological slash futuristic, 64 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: some a mixture of both. They are not connected storyline 65 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: wise unless you're looking at Final Fantasy ten and ten 66 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: two or thirteen and thirteen two something like that. But 67 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: Final Fantasy III was one of my absolute favorites as 68 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: a kid. We had it on the Super Nintendo, which 69 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: meant we only have three safe slots. And even though 70 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: me and my siblings, I have two brothers, so there's 71 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: three of us. Seems like it should work. No, they 72 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: would erase my game all the time for their quote 73 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: special runs brothers. Also, this game does have a big 74 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,119 Speaker 1: Star Wars connect, like there's characters named Biggs and which 75 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: there's an Emperor, things like that, so I loved that. Also, 76 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: Tara is the first playable character in Final Fantasy three 77 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: slash six and a necessary character for the first half 78 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: of the game. Some characters are optional, she is not, 79 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: and not only that, she is a required party member 80 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: for most of the game. When the game starts, she 81 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: is an eighteen year old magic user that has been 82 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: captured enslaved by the Gestralian Empire. Magic users are pretty 83 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: rare in this universe, and her powers are an enigma. 84 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: When you first start, you know her as question question Question, 85 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: Question of question Mark, a bunch of question marks, and 86 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: a later girl because they've stripped her of her name 87 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: and her identity. As the game opens, she and some 88 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: Imperial soldiers are in these like mechanized walkers hunting down 89 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: a mysterious esper, which are these powerful, magical mystical beings, 90 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: And when they find the esper, a strange reaction takes 91 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: place between it and Tara, knocking back the soldiers and 92 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: freeing Tara of the device he used to control her. 93 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: Once she is freed, she struggles with amnesia and experiencing 94 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: emotions to the point that she's afraid that she cannot 95 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: feel love. She is rescued by an anti imperial activist 96 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: who enlist a thief named Locke to get her to safety, 97 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: and from this point Tara embarks on a journey across 98 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,799 Speaker 1: the continent which I would kind of describe this world 99 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: as maybe a more fantasy and land based version of 100 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: Star Wars. I know, I always compare everything to Star Wars. 101 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: It's just a good reference for me. Or you've got 102 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: your evil Empire, even complete with evil emperor betrayed by 103 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: his apprentice, You've got your rebellion. You've got your magic, 104 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: You're different worlds, your mysterious power crystals mostly extinct, magical race, rogue, smugglers, spies, traders, kings, 105 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: the whole thing. Also, like with most games, you can 106 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: give characters other names if you want. And I used 107 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: to use the name King Edgar. I would name his 108 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: character after my brother because there was the whole scene 109 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: or Kefka, who is this villainous clown essentially Darth Vader. 110 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: I guess was cursing him out, and I loved it. 111 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: So I would be like using my brother's name and 112 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: calling him like all these ansults. I would just laugh. 113 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: And he didn't know that. Yeah, he didn't know that 114 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,679 Speaker 1: until I told him recently, And it was a nice 115 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: you know, you used to erase my game. It was 116 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: not the same, but a little one up, a little 117 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: one up on him. Okay, So back to Tara. Tara 118 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: is confused and lost without her memories or her emotions, 119 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 1: so she follows Lock to meet up with the returners, 120 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: who are this is the Underground Resistance movement. As they arrive, 121 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: they learned that the Emperor's second in command, an unhinged 122 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: gesture named Kefka, is about to launch an attack on 123 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: a city they just fled to claim the esper that 124 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: so affected Tara, so they rush back to try to 125 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,559 Speaker 1: step Keeka, and Tara suddenly transforms into an ethereal being, 126 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: screams and flies away, and the scream is very haunting. 127 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: By the way, it's one of the I think only 128 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: two sounds she makes in the game, because this was 129 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: early game, and you can look it up on her 130 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: like fandom page and you can play it. And it 131 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: gave me goose bumps. It gave me goose bumps. Locke 132 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,239 Speaker 1: and the crew pursue her and find her being healed 133 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: and her memory restored by another Esper, who reveals that 134 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: she is the hybrid daughter of an Esper warrior and 135 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: a human mother. Their hidden world was attacked and both 136 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: the parents perished. The Emperor killed Tara's mother and kidnet Tara. 137 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: He took her back to the Empire and experimented on 138 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: her her to create the magic armory weaponry called magic 139 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: Tech that allowed for their continued dominance of this world, 140 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: and Tara herself was used as a living biological weapon 141 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: to control her. Kefka placed a crown of enslavement on 142 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: her and ordered her to kill fifty soldiers in magic 143 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: tech armor. She completed the order in three minutes. With 144 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: her memories restored, she can now access her esper abilities 145 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: and I guess by the way, when Espers die, they 146 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: turn into these crystals that the Empire has when using 147 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: to power their technology. They call them Magicite. However, Tara 148 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: is hamstrung up by the memories of what the Empire 149 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: made her do and being made into a weapon again, 150 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: So she's a recurring theme throughout as she is constantly 151 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: questioning people's motivations. She's always wondering if they're just using 152 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: her for her magic. She helps the Returners locate the 153 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: hidden world of the Espers, but when least, they start 154 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: eventually attacking the Empire without thought, and this forces the 155 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: hand of the Emperor and he makes a deal with 156 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: the Returners and they partner to bring peace between the 157 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: Espers and humanity. But alas, it was all a big 158 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: scheme by the Emperor and Gefka, and they betrayed the 159 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: Alliance of course, killing their only aison generally oh I remember, 160 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: and several Espers. In their betrayal, they attack the Esper 161 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: world to get their hands on the source of their power. 162 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: An arcane object the Emperor intends to use to grant 163 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: him god like abilities. However, another betrayal, Kefka, kills him, 164 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: pushes the artifact out of alignment to destroy the world, 165 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: and of course gives himself godlike powers. This brings us 166 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: to Part two, now in the post apocalyptic world where 167 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: Tara is optional and I find this interesting because an 168 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: Empire spy named Celis, who's kind of like an endemy 169 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: of yours at some point but switch sides, is the 170 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: one trying to round up party members in part two, 171 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: and I love Zelus. I want to come back and 172 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: do an episode on her as well. She's got a 173 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,599 Speaker 1: whole opera scene that I love. Anyway. Sellas finds a 174 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: weekend to Tara, no longer able to access her powers, 175 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: and is now the surrogate guardian for the children of 176 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: a town Keka burned for he burned it down for 177 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: defying him. Celis aids Tara in fighting a fire demon, 178 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: and if Tara does not accompany you, it will attack 179 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: again until she rejoins the party. Tara is able to 180 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: use her power, but cannot revert back into her human 181 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: form until she realizes that the children who are initially 182 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: afraid of her esper appearance, are still able to love 183 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: and hope even though the world is so dark at 184 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: this point, and that leads her to realize that so 185 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: is she. She can still love and she can still 186 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: hope after all of her fears around that, she entrusts 187 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: the children to the oldest of the group, who promised 188 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: to watch over them until she returns. The group goes 189 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: to fight Kefka, who has multiple chibes and monologues about 190 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: life not being worth living, and the group, including Tara, 191 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: provide many excellent counterpoints. They defeat Kefka, but in doing 192 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: so banished magic and Espers from the world. Tara is 193 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: informed she will disappear too unless she has learned how 194 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: to love. She begins to vanish, but is pulled back 195 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: at the last minute, saved by the love for her 196 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: friends and the children. Life returns to their world as 197 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: Tara goes back home the end. Despite this being an 198 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: ensemble game, she's the main protagonist. Some people will like 199 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: to disagree, but she is on the cover. She's in 200 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: the original logo, her theme is the main theme. She's 201 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: appeared in other games too, and I loved her costume. 202 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: I always wanted to do it at Dragon Con. So 203 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: she has like green hair, so I'd have to get 204 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: the green wig or dan my hair. I goes and 205 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 1: a pink jumpsuit. It's kind of hard to tell because 206 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: this was an early game, so the animation was a 207 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: little you know, clunky. They're little sprites. But I always 208 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: thought she looked so cool as an esper. She had 209 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: this like wild green hair. Usually she was naked, but 210 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: the hair covered everything. Anyway, I digress. Tara wasn't supposed 211 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: to necessarily be the protagonist, but I think that she is. 212 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: They wanted to showcase her arc from a somewhat passive 213 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: go with the flow character to actively choosing her destiny. 214 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: Hints why the second half starts without her, And there's 215 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: certainly a bigger conversation that we could have and have 216 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 1: had about the whole like giving up of being an 217 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: esper magical abilities to stay, which is a storyline we 218 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: see a lot with women, but like the whole world 219 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: got rid of all of their magic. Anyway, as a character, 220 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: Tara is fairly versatile in both magic and combat. She's 221 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: able to use things like swords and daggers. There is 222 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: a whole classification of things called female exclusive equipment that 223 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 1: I want to return to someday and do a whole 224 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: episode on. So these are like items that only women 225 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: characters can use, So in this game, it's like hairbands, 226 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: mystery veils, tiaras, the White dress, the Regal gown, the 227 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: Minerva bustier, and the Princess ring. So yeah, one day 228 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: there's also items women can't use, so that could be 229 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: a whole fun episode. Nonetheless, Terra was really powerful and 230 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: well balanced and I always wanted her in my party 231 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: and again she can transform into an esper with her 232 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: signature power trance or morph, which was pretty good. I 233 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,559 Speaker 1: gotta say the character was originally conceived as a young man, 234 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: but that idea evolved, and when this game came out 235 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: in the nineteen nineties, a main woman character like that 236 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,599 Speaker 1: just wasn't that common. And she is well loved. She 237 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: frequently pops up at the top of list and has 238 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 1: many essays written about her care and why it was important. 239 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: People have argued she helped pave the way for many 240 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: video game heroines after her, and that she had a 241 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: complex and moving story that was rare and powerful. Also 242 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: kind of I guess worth noting Tara's never coupled with 243 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: anyone romantically, but it was definitely implied that Locke and 244 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: King Edgar were interested. But yeah, this game was really 245 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: formative for me. I no joke, think about it all 246 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: the time. I use it when I write stories. It's 247 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: got a lot of really fun elements like a castle 248 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: that can bare itself, switching povs, a haunted trey, haunted 249 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: painting and opera, vicious octopus, a frightening clown fishing which 250 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: was surprisingly fun. Mostly, it was a really good story 251 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: with an awesome character like Tara and her path for 252 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: self discovery being at the helm of it. So I 253 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: was super excited to talk about her today and now 254 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: I so desperately want to play it again, and I 255 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: you know what, I just my I just might well 256 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: As always, listeners, if you have any suggestions for this segment, 257 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: please let us know. You can email us at Stephanida 258 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: mom Stuff at iHeartMedia dot com. You amid us on 259 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: Twitter at mom Stuff podcast or on Instagram at stuff 260 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: I've Never Told You. Thanks it's always to our super 261 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: producer Christina. Thank you Christina, and thanks to you for 262 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: listening Stuff I'll Never Told You. 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