History Headscratchers / TalesOfSymphonia

* In Meltokio, near Zelos' mansion, there's a noblegirl and a nobledude exchanging...Shakespeare. Completely ''unrelated'' Shakespeare, no less. The dude's going all Hamlet, and the girl is questioning where Romeo is. A. Yes, I realize it was, meta-fashion, the localization/translation team flaunting some 'speare, but...what the heck, there was a Shakespeare in TOS? Or some Expy?

The Desians' membership are stated to consist nominally of Half-Elves who suffered from FantasticRacism at the hands of humans and elves. Forcystus himself even stopped a genocide against his own people, raising him to heroic status. As far as presentation goes, however the Desians are, simply put, an entire army of [[KickTheDog puppy kicking]], [[PuttingOnTheReich genocidal and hate-mongering]] [[CompleteMonster CompleteMonsters]] from the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Grand Cardinals up]] to the toilet-scrubbing grunts who go on the frontline. You think they could have showed more ambiguity instead of told about it, such as showing a {{Mook}} or two expressing hesitation when ordered to do something [[KickTheDog morally questionable]], giving an epic, perhaps tear-laden MotiveRant, or even showing remorse, or at least unconvincingly (to themselves) rationalizing their behavior. Instead, they all practically masturbate to the suffering they cause: No exceptions. For that matter, what of the Renegades, since they implicitly consist of former Desians who defected for whatever reason. They probably could have explored what motivated them to leave as well. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Need I say it?]]

* They have weird hair and can use magic. Elves are uncommon in Sylvarant, half-elves even moreso. They probably don't know the difference and took it as face value. They hair also seems to purposely cover their ears.