Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths: ✓ He's smart. Freakishly smart. He jumped several levels while in school, which most likely led to early graduation in both high school and college. He has an affinity for science and machines and was able to get a few of them up and running even as a child, so it's not surprising that he was the one who made Serah and Noel's lives easier (and harder, in a way) with inventions and findings. Not to mention he became director of the best research unit of the Academy at about 24 (possibly even younger with the way he commands everything), and is regarded as the de facto boss of the whole institute.
✓ Hope is very clearly an academic who works with his hands only when machines and robotics are involved.
✓ In another side of strength, he's not the scrawny, squishy kid he used to be. He can throw a boomerang and have it pack a wallop, and even leap from an airship onto the back of another one that's below it while they're both flying. It's clear that he's learned quite a lot while growing up, and he can stand a bit of hurt now.
Weaknesses: ✗ He's not as powerful as he used to be in terms of magic and superpowers. He may have learned a lot and has enough swag to hop airships and build whole cities, but he's nowhere on par with the likes of Snow, Lightning or Noel in terms of physical strength. Hit him hard enough and he'll fall.
✗ His memories as a l'Cie still haunt him, particularly his mother's death, Fang and Vanille's sacrifice and Lightning's disappearance. Every time the topic switches over to any of them, his strong, leader-like persona drops a little to show just how vulnerable he is on the inside. He's sad that the most important people in his life are gone.
✗ Even as an adult in his late 20's, Hope is still a little awkward in situations that require him to be social, such as parties and whatnot. He's more of a wallflower than anything if the environment is not something academic or professional. And in that line: flirting? Goes right over his head.
✗ In relation to the above, Hope's practically married to his work. Of course, considering his situation, it's understandable, but this trait is really a double-edged sword. He's so focused in his work that he's probably had no time in dating or simply partying with friends, leading to his awkwardness in social interaction. Remember, he's been at it since he was a teenager, which is a good 10+ years of his life.
✗ He's so smart that you'll probably need help understanding him, and it can get him into trouble. Serah and Noel learned that the hard way when one of his inventions just kept kicking the crap out of them over and over.
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Strengths:
✓ He's smart. Freakishly smart. He jumped several levels while in school, which most likely led to early graduation in both high school and college. He has an affinity for science and machines and was able to get a few of them up and running even as a child, so it's not surprising that he was the one who made Serah and Noel's lives easier (and harder, in a way) with inventions and findings. Not to mention he became director of the best research unit of the Academy at about 24 (possibly even younger with the way he commands everything), and is regarded as the de facto boss of the whole institute.
✓ Hope is very clearly an academic who works with his hands only when machines and robotics are involved.
✓ In another side of strength, he's not the scrawny, squishy kid he used to be. He can throw a boomerang and have it pack a wallop, and even leap from an airship onto the back of another one that's below it while they're both flying. It's clear that he's learned quite a lot while growing up, and he can stand a bit of hurt now.
Weaknesses:
✗ He's not as powerful as he used to be in terms of magic and superpowers. He may have learned a lot and has enough swag to hop airships and build whole cities, but he's nowhere on par with the likes of Snow, Lightning or Noel in terms of physical strength. Hit him hard enough and he'll fall.
✗ His memories as a l'Cie still haunt him, particularly his mother's death, Fang and Vanille's sacrifice and Lightning's disappearance. Every time the topic switches over to any of them, his strong, leader-like persona drops a little to show just how vulnerable he is on the inside. He's sad that the most important people in his life are gone.
✗ Even as an adult in his late 20's, Hope is still a little awkward in situations that require him to be social, such as parties and whatnot. He's more of a wallflower than anything if the environment is not something academic or professional. And in that line: flirting? Goes right over his head.
✗ In relation to the above, Hope's practically married to his work. Of course, considering his situation, it's understandable, but this trait is really a double-edged sword. He's so focused in his work that he's probably had no time in dating or simply partying with friends, leading to his awkwardness in social interaction. Remember, he's been at it since he was a teenager, which is a good 10+ years of his life.
✗ He's so smart that you'll probably need help understanding him, and it can get him into trouble. Serah and Noel learned that the hard way when one of his inventions just kept kicking the crap out of them over and over.