Quote Originally Posted by Arch View Post
Oh you guys dont get me wrong ,i shouldve re phrased the question a little bit better, i DO think they sing great i heard some complaints about the randomness of the Music Vid though, i understand why they put it there to re unite spira in all its trouble, but some people didnt like the idea at all.

And Freya you bring up a good point it is really Lenne that can sing,since her soul kinda posseses the song dress, which i think is slightly creepy if you think about it like that,but i should have rephrased the question too " Do you think it was a good idea that Yuna and Lenne sang?"

sry for the misphrasing of the question
I'll answer for both forms of the question.

Whether or not either of them can sing should be placed on the Songstress Dressphere's purpose. As we know it came from a recording of Lenne who was a famous songstress of her time, it is easily established that she can sing. Yuna, on the other hand, derives her ability from the dressphere, which could easily mean she has no natural talent for singing herself. Her popularity in this respect could be seen as part of the shifting culture of Spira, which became much less traditional after Sinfall. It may in fact be that Spirans no longer considered augmented abilities like being able to sing due to a dressphere's power as being distinguished from a person's true capabilities so, in spite of Yuna's inability to sing, her using the dressphere to giver herself that talent was perfectly acceptable. I've actually developed a timeline of events that would link use of dresspheres to expand on one's own abilities to the Final Fantasy VII use of Materia for the same purpose.

As for why Yuna would sing for the people of Spira as a way of pacifying their aggressions, this can be seen early on in the game. Yuna can be manipulated by Lenne's emotions through the dressphere. And the Songstress' abilities in battle is to cause status effects and ability boosts, which is an in game representation of Lenne's Songstress powers. Her singing is literally able to affect others seen most exaggeratedly in the Thunder Plains becoming clear after the song. So it is a good idea. Lenne's power was used to pacify the warring factions. I will say, though, that I believe the "music video" they would see is more related to Lenne's pyreflies being a part of the dressphere, which sort of makes her an unsent and, as an unsent, she would have the ability to manipulate the pyreflies around her to show memories. With such powerful emotions driving her, Lenne was able to show the most important point in her life and, coincidentally, show the people watching the consequences of their continued fighting. While her song would have had the effect Yuna wanted of pacifying them, it was Lenne's memories that taught them that they needed to stop.

In terms of a game cinematic, though, I can see where people might be opposed to the decision. However, I'd also like to say that this was one of my favourite scenes in Final Fantasy X-2 and I don't think I would have been as much of a fan of it as I am without it. The scenes shown and the song play heavily in my fanfiction of this game, too. ^.~