Yeah, because Summons totally need supervision.
Seriously, what
is the deal with summons? Do you just summon them and they smite thine enemies how they see fit, or do you actually have a degree of control of their actions?
Or is this never really explained?
It's never explained, but I imagine you can do either. But in the movie it definitely looks like Kadaj is controlling Bahamut because it goes back to him the materia's glowing when he says "This is too fun."
Then I imagine Bahamut takes control of himself wants Kadaj looks away and the materia stops glowing. I doubt he's ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL, as it were, but at least sending what he wants the creature to do. Directing him to 'Go over there', 'blow up the statue', 'torch everyone', et cetera.
I highly doubt you just summon it and the monster does whatever the hell it wants.
Masamune said:
What was Rufus's plan, anyway? Did he even HAVE one?
Why didn't he destroy the Jenova cells as soon as he got 'em?
Didn't Kadaj think to search Rufus when he took him hostage?
Why'd the orphans gather around the stupid monument instead of heading for Rufus?
Why do I care?
Well you don't care, so I dunno why even ask that last bit.
1) Are we told that Rufus has a plan? What makes you think he has one. Seems to me he reveals Jenova when it becomes clear that Kadaj is going to summon something else.
2) Probably because it's Rufus. And Jenova could make a damn good bargaining chip. In fact...it did. If not "bargaining," per se, it got him (and the city) out of immediate threat.
3) A better question. Although a better one still is whether Kadaj knew what mother looked like. He seems fairly convinced Aerith is mother by the end, so if he thought she was a full humanoid figure it would be odd to think that Rufus was hiding a woman under those sheets (although I guess we can't put that past Rufus).
Still though, I'm not gonna give everything a pass. I don't know why Jenova couldn't directly tell Kadaj where she was. And it probably still would have been prudent to search Rufus for a gun which, he also had. But Kadaj is pretty childish and stupid so...
4) More of the SHM being dumb? Why would the children go after Rufus? I thought the SHM were controlling the kids. Yes you could raise the question again of why Jenova couldn't call out to them, but if she could do that they wouldn't have needed the kids.
The game never really made it sound like you knew where the Reunion was, you just kinda had a vague feeling. There's a lot of black-caped men in FF7 just kinda wandering around in places nowhere near the Reunion happens, though a lot of them do seem to find their way there eventually.
