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I mean, obviously Odin awakened because Lightning was lashing out at Hope. I don't think she really believed what she was saying deep down, but didn't have the courage to tell a kid that he'd get killed at the rate he was going. Odin needed to come out for her to accept that she can help him.

For Snow, he awakened because he felt a need to protect Serah, which was genuine... but more for himself than he realized or was willing to accept.

As for the second point, I'm intrigued to know more about Fang and Snow and why they're together. Hope and Light is obvious. Hope needs to become a man and Light needs to learn patience. Vanille and Sazh are definitely interesting and I expect that to blossom more when we find out who Vanille really is.

Still, my issue with the storytelling being too backwards stands. There's not enough moving forward at the same time. That kind of approach only really works with thriller movies (or, say, Eternal Sunshine, a romantic movie told as a thriller). I wouldn't mind the flashbacks if the current story was just as fascinating, but it feels like the meat of the story is all in the past. Makes me wonder why the game wasn't just set then and built around it.