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star_ocean_fanI'm hoping quite a bit, actually, but I do need to look at my old updating schedules to find out what I used to do. I feel awful that I haven't kept up with this as much as I'd like, but then that's what happens when life gets in the way and other things (like sleeping, working, and eating) take precedence. I'm currently not working as I write this, but, given I work for a temp agency, that could change today or not at all for another week or two. We'll see what happens (and I'm not being idle, either).
With all of the bemoaning out of the way, it's time to get a few things set up. First, the Star Ocean Character Birthday List. Yes. I completed it a while ago. I just haven't posted it. Also, I'd like to take this moment to say that, just because I've designated birthdays for characters who don't have them that others MUST use them. If you've loved a character enough to designate when you celebrate that birthday, by all means, let me know. These are primarily for fanfiction and fanart purposes, and I try to post the entries in the actual journals at livejournal and dreamwidth as opposed to here. (And, so everyone knows, fanfiction and fanart that isn't my own does not get posted without permission. If you chose to send any artwork, photography, and writing my way, it's yours to post wherever you want.) The astericks denote where the birthdays are unofficial and are, obviously, assigned by me.
Character List for Star Ocean by Game – Birthdays, official and unofficial
Star Ocean – Fantastic Space Odyssey/First Departure *:
Roddick Farrence – January 10
Millie Chliette – March 7
Dorn Murtough – May 31
Ronyx J. Kenny – October 12
Ilia Silvestri – January 25
Cyuss Warren – April 1
Ashlay Bernbeldt – April 24
Phia Melle – June 5
Ioshua Jerand – September 29
Mavelle Froesson – September 1
Welch Vineyard – August 22
Pericci – November 1
T’Nique Arcana – September 21
Erys Jerand – September 1
Asmodeus – January 1
Star Ocean – Second Story/Second Evolution:
Claude C. Kenny – January 23
Rena Lanford – May 13
Ashton Anchors – September 28
Celine Jules – September 18
Dias Flac – August 5
Opera Vectra – August 24
Ernest Raviede – August 31
Leon D.S. Gehste – November 25
Bowman Jeane – December 30
Precis Neumann – February 29
Noel Chandler – February 16
Chisato Madison – October 21
Welch Vineyard – August 22 *
Star Ocean – Till the End of Time *:
Fayt Leingod – July 4
Sophia Esteed – September 11
Adray Lasbard – April 10
Cliff Fittir – June 1
Maria Traydor – June 29
Mirage Kaos – June 2
Albel Nox – October 30
Peppita Rosetti – February 15
Roger S. Huxley – March 2
Nel Zelpher – June 9
Robert Leingod – October 24
Ryoko Leingod – January 31
Welch Vineyard – August 22
Elena Frahm – July 22
Ameena Leffeld – August 1
Clair Lasbard – July 16
Duke Vox – September 22
Blair Lansfeld – May 7
Lieber – June 27
Azazer – July 31
Berial – September 30
Belzeber – November 30
Dion Landers – March 4
Luther Lansfeld – July 4
Star Ocean – The Last Hope:
Edge Maverick – July 30
Reimi Saoinji – March 28
Faize Sheifa Beleth – February 3
Lymle Lemuri Phi – June 20
Bacchus D-79 – May 5
Arumat P. Thanatos – April 24
Meracle Chamlotte – March 16
Myuria Tionysus – November 5
Sarah Jerand – September 15
Crowe F. Almedio – January 1 *
Steven D. Kenny – October 27 *
Deputy Director Shimada – December 25 *
Lieutenant Heinz – January 11 *
Eleyna Farrence – October 1 *
Giotto Vandione – January 17 *
Welch Vineyard – August 22 *
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I posted this to the facebook page. Now I need to post it here. (Thanks to
missnox for asking this question to me on dA and thus prompting me to find out for sure.) I must apologize to everyone for not knowing that Crispin Freeman, who was an Otakon guest along with Kyle Herbert (both of whom I did not get autographs), voiced Albel Nox for the English version of Till the End of Time. If I had been just a little more aware of who my English VAs are for the games, I would have forgone lunch and found the autograph line a helluva lot sooner than I did. I promise to do better the next time I'm at a larger convention where lines are absolutely crazy for things like the dealer's room, artist's alley, and basically all autograph panels.
Now, onto the reminder: Next weekend Laura Bailey (Reimi and Welch) and Travis Willingham (Bacchus, King of Astral) will be in Washington, D.C., next weekend for Anime USA at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel. Kyle Herbert (Dias Flac, Star Ocean: Second Evolution; Crowe F. Almedio and Arumat P. Thanatos, Star Ocean: The Last Hope) will be making an appearance at YoumaCon, which runs from October 31 to November 3 in Detroit. I'm going to get my voice actor lists compiled (Japanese and English) so I can keep an eye out for who is going to be where so fans can make plans accordingly.
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Ask the Star Ocean Character - Roger S. Huxley
Hello once again, everyone, and welcome back to Ask the Star Ocean Character! Joining us this week is Roger S. Huxley from Surferio! Hello, Roger, and thank you for joining us.
Roger: Hi there! /smiles and looks around/ Where are the rest of the pretty ladies?
They're not here. I don't bring everyone in at once. It keeps everything . . . sane, if you will.
Roger: Oh . . . okay. I think it’d be more fun if there were more of the pretty ladies here, though.
Not gonna happen. So, Roger, why would you participate in something like the Real Man contest?
Roger: To prove that I'm a real man, of course!
Okay . . . why would you need to prove that you're a real man, though?
Roger: For the ladies, of course!
But wouldn't some of those dares, like stealing a gold statue from another person, be considered not so manly by these ladies that you're wanting to impress?
Roger: Er . . . maaaaaybe not . . .
So why do it?
Roger: Because a real man never backs down from a challenge!
I see . . . so, anyway, Roger, what you think about Fayt?
Roger: He's a good guy, really! A bit too much of a goody two shoes, though, but then I guess that’s what makes him such a good guy.
How do you feel about the girls liking him? Being smitten with him, as it were?
Roger: Well . . . he's okay . . . he's nice and all that . . . but he's still got nothing on me. My tail is still the softest around, you know!
Yes. So we've heard. And what about Albel? What are your thoughts on Albel?
Roger: That guy is one creepy guy!
Would you believe he's just as popular as Fayt with the fangirls?
Roger: No way! That guy has a metal arm! How could they like him better than me?
Well, for one, he's older . . .
Roger: But I'm adorable!
He's also more experienced, if you catch my meaning.
Roger: What's that supposed to mean?
I'll explain it to you when you're a little older . . . Anyway, back to the men in the group . . . what are your thoughts on Adray and Cliff?
Roger: Adray's cool. He knows all kinds of neat sword tricks. I saw him teaching Fayt a few a while back. As for Cliff . . . he's nothing but a big lummox! A moron! A buffoon!
I guess that answers those questions . . . what was your favorite thing to do for inventing?
Roger: I like messing with the engineering stuff and working with the blacksmiths. Crafting is okay, but it isn't real manly, if you catch my meaning.
But you don't mind eating the cooking results, I'm sure.
Roger: Depends on who's cooking, of course. That ol' lummox can't cook worth beans! Fayt, he isn't so bad, but the best one is Sophia. She makes some delicious cookies!
Ah ha. What's your favorite dish?
Roger: Let's see . . . while I really like the cookies and cakes, I would have to say my most favorite thing is the spicy stew. That stuff is the best!
Okay. Food questions aside, what was your favorite thing to invent?
Roger: Hmmm . . . I'm not exactly sure. There were lots of neat things we created. Some were really useful, some were complete garbage . . . I'd have to say . . . mithril.
Mithril?
Roger: Sure! It's the best for making weapons and armor, doncha know!
This is true . . . Normally, we'd have some questions for you from Mrs. Nox but she hasn't been feeling very well as of late . . .
Roger: Aww w . . . if Albel were a real man, he'd be taking care of her. I know I would! So that means no questions for me from the fans? That's too bad . . . /doesn’t look real disappointed/
But we still have some from agarfinkel . . . agarfinkel asks, What is it like to be the youngest member of the group?
Roger: /jaw dropping for a moment but then recovers/ Well, some of the girls, like Peppita and Sophia spoil me and think I'm adorable so . . .
They also have crushes on Fayt . . . next question . . . which girl in the group do you like the most?
Roger: /pouts a little but recovers again/ Lady Nel. She's a-MAY-zing!
And finally, agarfinkel asks, do you use your size to your advantage?
Roger: Of course! I'd have to be a total loser not to!
But doesn't your size give you disadvantages? Like reaching the cookie jar?
Roger: That's when I use my charm. /grins/
A ham bone until the end. That’s all for this segment of Ask the Star Ocean Character. Join us next time when we interview Adray Lasbard, former commanding officer of the Crimson Shield.
Roger: Byeeee!!
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Character Facts
Name: Roger S. Huxley
Age: 12
Height: 85 cm; 3'1"**
Weight: 30 kg; 66 lbs
English Voice Actor: Mona Marshall
Japanese Voice Actor: Mari Maruta
Weapons: Helms, mainly, and axes.
Homeworld: Elicoor II
Race: Menodix
Quote from the game manual: Sometimes a real man's just gotta keep on goin'.
While it is entirely possible to avoid recruiting Roger entirely, he is one of a few characters who has toys. Kotobuyika and Trading Arts each released a Roger PVC, each with a different pose. (There are four total, if one counts the color and clear/ivory variants.)
Roger is the only one who, if you don't recruit him and bypass him entirely, has an ending.
He was born and raised in the Lost City of Surferio. His father is the Village Chief.
Item Creation Stats:
Roger adds a -5 factor to all time it takes on Item Creation. He has no effect on the cost.
Cooking - 2
Alchemy - 6
Crafting - 35
Compounding - 6
Smithery - 23
Writing - 4
Engineering - 20
Synthesis - 10
** - Star Ocean wikia lists Roger's height as 2', 9.5" - the 3'1" comes from both the game's manual and strategy guide which I feel is more accurate.
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Character Study - Roger S. Huxley
From the game's strategy guide: Roger S. Huxley is a little boy with a humungous ego and an equally large talent for getting into trouble. Roger S. Huxley is a Menodix, a common species of humanoid that lives mostly in the Sanmite Republic. His father is the Village Chief in the Lost City of Surferio. Roger can usually be found hanging with his two pals, thinking up new challenges for their ongoing Real Man Contest.
Roger is not one of my favorite characters nor is he really one of my least favorites. I wish I could say he was annoying on the level that Meracle is, but he, sadly, does not have the tragic past she does to excuse why he is the way he is. In truth, knowing that he the Village Chief's son makes it all the more understandable as to why he's such a rude jerk when he doesn't get his way with Cliff and Fayt in their first encounter. Roger very much does have the humungous ego mentioned in the game's strategy guide, he is quite rude, especially to other males (namely Fayt and Cliff - there are no real interactions between him and the other supporting male cast of Adray and Albel). The manga took on a more real twist with Roger when he first appears in Duggus Forest. He thinks he can screw around and yank on Fayt's chain as they're looking for Ameena Leffeld, and it turns out his efforts are not very much appreciated. He tries to prove himself yet again by helping in finding the illness-struck young girl and ends up in a battle he wasn't expecting. He does become useful against the mud monster because, while he's done and trying to counteract the poison of the creature, Cliff points out real men don't run away.
Roger in the manga is certainly more interesting as a flawed character than Roger in the game.
From the in-game dictionary: A young Menodix boy who lives in the Lost City of Surferio.
This major problem child travels around with two bad influences named Dribe and Melt, and plays life-threatening games with Lucien, Lezard, and Vellion, all as part of a so-called Real Man Contest.
It would be a good idea to keep an eye on this one, as he is always buying trouble with his rude words.
At this point, here is where I disagree with this assessment of Roger, or at least his friends, Dribe and Melt. If any of them seem to be the bad influence, it's Roger. Melt will protest when something sounds too dangerous. Dribe will just speak in enigmatic riddles. Roger himself really has no sense of self-preservation in the game, especially after you've rescued him and gone to recruit him after the whole Ameena incident. (Which recruiting Roger will lower Albel's affinity for Fayt but is necessary if the player wants some really unique restorative items.)
Roger could be a very interesting character if a fanfiction writer wants the opportunity to play. Here is a spoiled child who thinks he's a real man, is quite the big flirt with Nel, but he still possesses no idea of how reality actually works. Yes, he's one of a few recruitable characters who goes up against the Creator, but it isn't quite the life-changing event he needs in order to grow up. (You'd think it would be, but given his solo ending and his ending with Fayt, you realize it isn't so.) If in the hands of a capable fanfiction writer, Roger could grow to be an interesting, multi-faceted character. Otherwise, he's just a spoiled child pretending to be an adult.
**For the Roger fans: Yes, I know my assessment of this character is harsh. It kind of needs to be since many of the characters in these games, including my beloved Fayt, tend to be a little more one-dimensional than not.
Thus concludes the entry for today.
With all of the bemoaning out of the way, it's time to get a few things set up. First, the Star Ocean Character Birthday List. Yes. I completed it a while ago. I just haven't posted it. Also, I'd like to take this moment to say that, just because I've designated birthdays for characters who don't have them that others MUST use them. If you've loved a character enough to designate when you celebrate that birthday, by all means, let me know. These are primarily for fanfiction and fanart purposes, and I try to post the entries in the actual journals at livejournal and dreamwidth as opposed to here. (And, so everyone knows, fanfiction and fanart that isn't my own does not get posted without permission. If you chose to send any artwork, photography, and writing my way, it's yours to post wherever you want.) The astericks denote where the birthdays are unofficial and are, obviously, assigned by me.
Character List for Star Ocean by Game – Birthdays, official and unofficial
Star Ocean – Fantastic Space Odyssey/First Departure *:
Roddick Farrence – January 10
Millie Chliette – March 7
Dorn Murtough – May 31
Ronyx J. Kenny – October 12
Ilia Silvestri – January 25
Cyuss Warren – April 1
Ashlay Bernbeldt – April 24
Phia Melle – June 5
Ioshua Jerand – September 29
Mavelle Froesson – September 1
Welch Vineyard – August 22
Pericci – November 1
T’Nique Arcana – September 21
Erys Jerand – September 1
Asmodeus – January 1
Star Ocean – Second Story/Second Evolution:
Claude C. Kenny – January 23
Rena Lanford – May 13
Ashton Anchors – September 28
Celine Jules – September 18
Dias Flac – August 5
Opera Vectra – August 24
Ernest Raviede – August 31
Leon D.S. Gehste – November 25
Bowman Jeane – December 30
Precis Neumann – February 29
Noel Chandler – February 16
Chisato Madison – October 21
Welch Vineyard – August 22 *
Star Ocean – Till the End of Time *:
Fayt Leingod – July 4
Sophia Esteed – September 11
Adray Lasbard – April 10
Cliff Fittir – June 1
Maria Traydor – June 29
Mirage Kaos – June 2
Albel Nox – October 30
Peppita Rosetti – February 15
Roger S. Huxley – March 2
Nel Zelpher – June 9
Robert Leingod – October 24
Ryoko Leingod – January 31
Welch Vineyard – August 22
Elena Frahm – July 22
Ameena Leffeld – August 1
Clair Lasbard – July 16
Duke Vox – September 22
Blair Lansfeld – May 7
Lieber – June 27
Azazer – July 31
Berial – September 30
Belzeber – November 30
Dion Landers – March 4
Luther Lansfeld – July 4
Star Ocean – The Last Hope:
Edge Maverick – July 30
Reimi Saoinji – March 28
Faize Sheifa Beleth – February 3
Lymle Lemuri Phi – June 20
Bacchus D-79 – May 5
Arumat P. Thanatos – April 24
Meracle Chamlotte – March 16
Myuria Tionysus – November 5
Sarah Jerand – September 15
Crowe F. Almedio – January 1 *
Steven D. Kenny – October 27 *
Deputy Director Shimada – December 25 *
Lieutenant Heinz – January 11 *
Eleyna Farrence – October 1 *
Giotto Vandione – January 17 *
Welch Vineyard – August 22 *
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I posted this to the facebook page. Now I need to post it here. (Thanks to
missnox for asking this question to me on dA and thus prompting me to find out for sure.) I must apologize to everyone for not knowing that Crispin Freeman, who was an Otakon guest along with Kyle Herbert (both of whom I did not get autographs), voiced Albel Nox for the English version of Till the End of Time. If I had been just a little more aware of who my English VAs are for the games, I would have forgone lunch and found the autograph line a helluva lot sooner than I did. I promise to do better the next time I'm at a larger convention where lines are absolutely crazy for things like the dealer's room, artist's alley, and basically all autograph panels.Now, onto the reminder: Next weekend Laura Bailey (Reimi and Welch) and Travis Willingham (Bacchus, King of Astral) will be in Washington, D.C., next weekend for Anime USA at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel. Kyle Herbert (Dias Flac, Star Ocean: Second Evolution; Crowe F. Almedio and Arumat P. Thanatos, Star Ocean: The Last Hope) will be making an appearance at YoumaCon, which runs from October 31 to November 3 in Detroit. I'm going to get my voice actor lists compiled (Japanese and English) so I can keep an eye out for who is going to be where so fans can make plans accordingly.
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Ask the Star Ocean Character - Roger S. Huxley
Hello once again, everyone, and welcome back to Ask the Star Ocean Character! Joining us this week is Roger S. Huxley from Surferio! Hello, Roger, and thank you for joining us.
Roger: Hi there! /smiles and looks around/ Where are the rest of the pretty ladies?
They're not here. I don't bring everyone in at once. It keeps everything . . . sane, if you will.
Roger: Oh . . . okay. I think it’d be more fun if there were more of the pretty ladies here, though.
Not gonna happen. So, Roger, why would you participate in something like the Real Man contest?
Roger: To prove that I'm a real man, of course!
Okay . . . why would you need to prove that you're a real man, though?
Roger: For the ladies, of course!
But wouldn't some of those dares, like stealing a gold statue from another person, be considered not so manly by these ladies that you're wanting to impress?
Roger: Er . . . maaaaaybe not . . .
So why do it?
Roger: Because a real man never backs down from a challenge!
I see . . . so, anyway, Roger, what you think about Fayt?
Roger: He's a good guy, really! A bit too much of a goody two shoes, though, but then I guess that’s what makes him such a good guy.
How do you feel about the girls liking him? Being smitten with him, as it were?
Roger: Well . . . he's okay . . . he's nice and all that . . . but he's still got nothing on me. My tail is still the softest around, you know!
Yes. So we've heard. And what about Albel? What are your thoughts on Albel?
Roger: That guy is one creepy guy!
Would you believe he's just as popular as Fayt with the fangirls?
Roger: No way! That guy has a metal arm! How could they like him better than me?
Well, for one, he's older . . .
Roger: But I'm adorable!
He's also more experienced, if you catch my meaning.
Roger: What's that supposed to mean?
I'll explain it to you when you're a little older . . . Anyway, back to the men in the group . . . what are your thoughts on Adray and Cliff?
Roger: Adray's cool. He knows all kinds of neat sword tricks. I saw him teaching Fayt a few a while back. As for Cliff . . . he's nothing but a big lummox! A moron! A buffoon!
I guess that answers those questions . . . what was your favorite thing to do for inventing?
Roger: I like messing with the engineering stuff and working with the blacksmiths. Crafting is okay, but it isn't real manly, if you catch my meaning.
But you don't mind eating the cooking results, I'm sure.
Roger: Depends on who's cooking, of course. That ol' lummox can't cook worth beans! Fayt, he isn't so bad, but the best one is Sophia. She makes some delicious cookies!
Ah ha. What's your favorite dish?
Roger: Let's see . . . while I really like the cookies and cakes, I would have to say my most favorite thing is the spicy stew. That stuff is the best!
Okay. Food questions aside, what was your favorite thing to invent?
Roger: Hmmm . . . I'm not exactly sure. There were lots of neat things we created. Some were really useful, some were complete garbage . . . I'd have to say . . . mithril.
Mithril?
Roger: Sure! It's the best for making weapons and armor, doncha know!
This is true . . . Normally, we'd have some questions for you from Mrs. Nox but she hasn't been feeling very well as of late . . .
Roger: Aww w . . . if Albel were a real man, he'd be taking care of her. I know I would! So that means no questions for me from the fans? That's too bad . . . /doesn’t look real disappointed/
But we still have some from agarfinkel . . . agarfinkel asks, What is it like to be the youngest member of the group?
Roger: /jaw dropping for a moment but then recovers/ Well, some of the girls, like Peppita and Sophia spoil me and think I'm adorable so . . .
They also have crushes on Fayt . . . next question . . . which girl in the group do you like the most?
Roger: /pouts a little but recovers again/ Lady Nel. She's a-MAY-zing!
And finally, agarfinkel asks, do you use your size to your advantage?
Roger: Of course! I'd have to be a total loser not to!
But doesn't your size give you disadvantages? Like reaching the cookie jar?
Roger: That's when I use my charm. /grins/
A ham bone until the end. That’s all for this segment of Ask the Star Ocean Character. Join us next time when we interview Adray Lasbard, former commanding officer of the Crimson Shield.
Roger: Byeeee!!
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Character Facts
Name: Roger S. Huxley
Age: 12
Height: 85 cm; 3'1"**
Weight: 30 kg; 66 lbs
English Voice Actor: Mona Marshall
Japanese Voice Actor: Mari Maruta
Weapons: Helms, mainly, and axes.
Homeworld: Elicoor II
Race: Menodix
Quote from the game manual: Sometimes a real man's just gotta keep on goin'.
While it is entirely possible to avoid recruiting Roger entirely, he is one of a few characters who has toys. Kotobuyika and Trading Arts each released a Roger PVC, each with a different pose. (There are four total, if one counts the color and clear/ivory variants.)
Roger is the only one who, if you don't recruit him and bypass him entirely, has an ending.
He was born and raised in the Lost City of Surferio. His father is the Village Chief.
Item Creation Stats:
Roger adds a -5 factor to all time it takes on Item Creation. He has no effect on the cost.
Cooking - 2
Alchemy - 6
Crafting - 35
Compounding - 6
Smithery - 23
Writing - 4
Engineering - 20
Synthesis - 10
** - Star Ocean wikia lists Roger's height as 2', 9.5" - the 3'1" comes from both the game's manual and strategy guide which I feel is more accurate.
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Character Study - Roger S. Huxley
From the game's strategy guide: Roger S. Huxley is a little boy with a humungous ego and an equally large talent for getting into trouble. Roger S. Huxley is a Menodix, a common species of humanoid that lives mostly in the Sanmite Republic. His father is the Village Chief in the Lost City of Surferio. Roger can usually be found hanging with his two pals, thinking up new challenges for their ongoing Real Man Contest.
Roger is not one of my favorite characters nor is he really one of my least favorites. I wish I could say he was annoying on the level that Meracle is, but he, sadly, does not have the tragic past she does to excuse why he is the way he is. In truth, knowing that he the Village Chief's son makes it all the more understandable as to why he's such a rude jerk when he doesn't get his way with Cliff and Fayt in their first encounter. Roger very much does have the humungous ego mentioned in the game's strategy guide, he is quite rude, especially to other males (namely Fayt and Cliff - there are no real interactions between him and the other supporting male cast of Adray and Albel). The manga took on a more real twist with Roger when he first appears in Duggus Forest. He thinks he can screw around and yank on Fayt's chain as they're looking for Ameena Leffeld, and it turns out his efforts are not very much appreciated. He tries to prove himself yet again by helping in finding the illness-struck young girl and ends up in a battle he wasn't expecting. He does become useful against the mud monster because, while he's done and trying to counteract the poison of the creature, Cliff points out real men don't run away.
Roger in the manga is certainly more interesting as a flawed character than Roger in the game.
From the in-game dictionary: A young Menodix boy who lives in the Lost City of Surferio.
This major problem child travels around with two bad influences named Dribe and Melt, and plays life-threatening games with Lucien, Lezard, and Vellion, all as part of a so-called Real Man Contest.
It would be a good idea to keep an eye on this one, as he is always buying trouble with his rude words.
At this point, here is where I disagree with this assessment of Roger, or at least his friends, Dribe and Melt. If any of them seem to be the bad influence, it's Roger. Melt will protest when something sounds too dangerous. Dribe will just speak in enigmatic riddles. Roger himself really has no sense of self-preservation in the game, especially after you've rescued him and gone to recruit him after the whole Ameena incident. (Which recruiting Roger will lower Albel's affinity for Fayt but is necessary if the player wants some really unique restorative items.)
Roger could be a very interesting character if a fanfiction writer wants the opportunity to play. Here is a spoiled child who thinks he's a real man, is quite the big flirt with Nel, but he still possesses no idea of how reality actually works. Yes, he's one of a few recruitable characters who goes up against the Creator, but it isn't quite the life-changing event he needs in order to grow up. (You'd think it would be, but given his solo ending and his ending with Fayt, you realize it isn't so.) If in the hands of a capable fanfiction writer, Roger could grow to be an interesting, multi-faceted character. Otherwise, he's just a spoiled child pretending to be an adult.
**For the Roger fans: Yes, I know my assessment of this character is harsh. It kind of needs to be since many of the characters in these games, including my beloved Fayt, tend to be a little more one-dimensional than not.
Thus concludes the entry for today.
