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** ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' edges Kefka a bit closer to the above with his final words in Shade Impulse. With the advantage of voice acting, the speech he gave in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' about how meaningless life is, now comes off as a sorrowful lament rather than an angry rant - dreams, hope, life? The poor guy really just can't get his head around it. He just doesn't get it, and it pisses him off.

** And from the same game we have [[The Gambler|Setzer]]. Happy-go-lucky thrill seeker who [[Jumped At the Call]] just for the kicks, or world-weary nihilist who, after his [[Despair Event Horizon]], simply [[Death Seeker|didn't care whether he lived or died]]? Your call.

'''Setzer''': When things fall, they fall... Life's a game of chance. You play your cards, and Fate plays hers... }}

** How about [[Take a Third Option|both?]] He treats everything as a game, and with any game, there's always a chance to either win or lose. Win, and you get to accomplish something and have some fun in the process. Lose, and all you have to lose is your life, which wasn't very much worth living anyway. In a weird way, this makes Setzer almost a sane counterpart to Kefka. What do you do when you have almost no inhibitions and see no meaning in life? You either become a [[Omnicidal Maniac|gibbering nihilist]] bent on random acts of destruction, or you [[Earn Your Happy Ending|seek your own meaning in life]] through random acts of altruism.

* ''[[Fatal Frame]] 2's'' Mayu can be viewed several different ways. Is she a sweet, helpless girl who the main antagonist has taken particular interest in and who [[Video Game Caring Potential|you want to keep safe at all times]]? Is she an irritating little wimp who [[The Load|you need to keep safe at all times]]? Or is she {{spoiler|an obsessively crazy young woman who deliberately fell off a cliff just to guilt Mio into staying with her forever?}}

** There's an in-universe example that appears to apply to Ayako:

* [[Tales of Graces|Pascal]]. Is she just [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], in love with Sophie (in a creepy way), or is she just Autistic?

* In ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'' fanon, the Greasers are often portrayed as nice guys - when in the game they're the misbehaving students (next to the actual bullies) like you see in every school. Gary is often portrayed as a [[Jerkass Woobie]] and Jimmy Hopkins is...the title's sake, a [[Jerkass]] bully.