YES YES THANK YOU YES to all of this! I love both X and X-2 and am pretty outspoken about the fact that I think X-2 is a genuinely great game, with a decent plot, good characters, and a fun and continually interesting battle system, that people judge without playing because "ew, too girly" and don't give a proper chance.

Also, FFX is a story about Yuna learning how to sacrifice herself for her people, and then X-2 is about her learning how to be selfish, how to work out what she wants for her life. I love it so much for that.