Wound up using this song: http://a-single-thread.tumblr.com/post/47673963820/oh-small-fragment-of-hope-left-behind-in-this-hand
Doing this picture and Colette and Tales of Symphonia to respond to this prompt just...felt so right. The themes of faith, hope, and love in this game are absolutely stellar and heartbreaking, and while they're simpler than in other Tales titles that followed, they're also more clear, and penetrate the characters and the plot in ways that are easier to recognize and appreciate, as its less clouded by obscurity or half-heartedness.
This game is really beautiful, because it keeps capturing true tragedy and true goodness in its story and characters over and over and over.
I couldn't have even tried to chose a better story to grow up with.
I have more mixed feelings on this one, but both were largely experimental, so I don't mind really.
For some reason, when it comes to the very concepts of the meeting of Heaven and Earth in the material but-very-pretty-and-feels-mystic-to-me sense, I keep leaning towards Asian-ish styles. Not sure why, though I'm sure it has to do with the music prompt for this.
