L'habit ne fait pas le moine

 Even with lots of grinding, Thabes Labyrinth is kinda difficult. Or maybe I should've ditched Jesse for someone with more offensive power (especially on the magical side, having no mages aside from Cellica and three Saints maybe wasn't the brightest idea).

Also, I probably wasted a Pitchfork promoting Python back into an archer. I did intend to take him through the Mercenary route at first, but I just had to ask myself "Do I really want to see Python dress as a ninja". Which is triply stupid, since, pitchfork-wasting aside, he probably wouldn't look that bad (and it certainly fits him better than, say, Forsyth) and I had momentarily forgotten about the Dread Fighter/Villager loop. 

Speaking of Forsyth, having miraculously managed to pick up three points of Resistance from his normal promotion line, on top of his monumental Strength and Defence, he would probably make for a good Dread Fighter. Putting that out here so that when I use another Pitchfork on him, I'm not tempted to promote him immediately into a Cavalier.

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 Actually, I'd set out to post about how Johnny Hallyday's death is both a huge surprise and not that much of a shock. I mean, I've never been well versed in 1960s French rock, as evidenced by the fact that I can't find an appropriate reference without Googling it and misspelt his name on first try. But even without really listening to his songs, Johnny had such a huge presence in pop culture that he's one of those people I didn't think would die in my lifetime, as stupid as it sounds (or at least not before he turned 90 and had begun fading from raw memory). Yet I think I remember hearing about his health problems all the way back when I was in high school; it's not like I thought him unbreakable either. But then he started singing again, and he even had a tour planned for next year despite being treated for lung cancer (which says something about his determination, as anyone who's seen a relative wasting away can attest). Oh well. It's not a celebrity death that will make me cry the way I cried when Gotlib died last year (give or take two days), but it certainly feels weird and some must already be thinking it's the end of an era. 

Meanwhile, Jean-Marie Le Pen is still alive. I guess it's keeping in line with the saying that the best people leave first?