Shinto-Cetra wrote:Attempting to get this train back on the original track: I think Jess was overall a good character. She was independent, cool, funny etc. The one thing that struck me as odd was how Mia inherited Vane, but Jess never inherited Meribia. Maybe she inherited Meribia sometime after the main story? That would make a cool side story.
In-game NPC dialogue and the Lunatic Festa drama CD seem to imply that she moved out of Mel's mansion to live with Kyle.* It makes sense to me that she wouldn't inherit her dad's estate, since in Lunar 2 Lunn was governor and had converted it to a dojo. I'm pretty sure the estate belonged to Jessica's mom's family and Mel inherited it by virtue of being her husband. Also, keep in mind that Mel was just a governor, an elected official as opposed to being a monarch like Lemia and Mia (okay, they were head of a guild, but they were part of a long-running dynasty). That, and the 1000-year gap between 1 and 2.
Alunissage wrote:And I really didn't like the bits I saw of Jess's and Luna's portrayals in SSH either.
I'm guessing your referring to that one additional scene in Meryod where she and Kyle get into a heated argument. I disliked that scene because it made their relationship with one another look really ugly and abusive. I was cringing throughout that scene; I thought the writers went a little too far there. On that note, I feel like both of them (especially Kyle, since Jessica at least had a decent amount of interaction with the other party members early on, and we get a pretty good understanding of her relationship with her dad) could have used less of the stereotypical anime-tsundere couple moments.
*An NPC in Meribia says that one day Jessica will move out of the house and get married. And in the audio drama, she can be heard fixing a meal for Kyle, who chokes on it.
