Final Fantasy XIII

I am trying to play the above. This is hampered only by the fact that I hate Snow, I hate Snow's dialogue, I particularly hate Snow's voice actor, and I hate everyone Snow has interacted with so far as well as his plot, apart from that one character who died. Why can't I just be Lightning the whole time? I like her.

(I am also packing. Once again someone has snuck into my house and left hundreds of books there for me to sort through, and once again I suspect it's me)