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Are you guys for real?
The translation is clealy talking about the categories of Sephiroths, not literal Sephiroths. ?
To my knowledge, nobody here thought the 4 categories actually represented 4 Sephiroths.
Are you guys for real?
The translation is clealy talking about the categories of Sephiroths, not literal Sephiroths. ?
The Sephiroths who appear at various points throughout the game share a number of guises, whether they be hallucinations only Cloud sees; apparitions conjured up by Sephiroth; figures fashioned by the mimicry of black-robed men; or Sephiroth himself. Because all of these beings are under the direction of Sephiroth’s transcendent will and consciousness, they come to speak with the same purpose and play with Cloud’s emotions in the same toying manner.... Sephiroth has already physically died once before, yet he considers this incident when Cloud took his life to be one of their defining memories together.
I think you are going too far with prefixes now.Is it possible that this FutureRoth is a GoodRoth or MorallyAmbiguousRoth?
That doesn't make sense because there's already a Sephiroth in the Lifestream/Northern Crater. The one we know who corresponds to the original game's actual true Sephiroth. The fact is, there are two clearly defined "real" Sephiroths in the Remake.
And the identity of one of these Sephiroths is not understood or based on material from the OG. So any comparison there is erroneous.
For me the big question is how Futuroth is manifesting. Let's say he traveled back in time only "spiritually" via the Lifestream. There's still the question of how he's physically appearing at the end of the Midgar Expressway. He isn't a black-cloaked man, according to the Ultimania, so how else could people other than Cloud be seeing him? Clearly he's gained some ability he didn't have during AC. Whether or not Northern Caveroth and Futuroth share the same consciousness (Toriyama seems to be implying the former has been subsumed by the latter), they are two separate physical manifestations of Sephiroth.
Right, but it's just the fact he's present in the future (the Edge of Creation) that connects him and leads one to believe he's from that future. He's clearly there and witnessing it. I'm not sure what other explanation it could be, but he's seemingly something outside the normal flow/existence of the OG's story.
But how is here there without a body (at the Northern Cave) or a surrogate like the black cloaks or remnants? I'm not saying it's impossible. I agree he is physically present. Just wondering what development made that possible.Right, but it's just the fact he's present in the future (the Edge of Creation) that connects him and leads one to believe he's from that future. He's clearly there and witnessing it. I'm not sure what other explanation it could be, but he's seemingly something outside the normal flow/existence of the OG's story.
It's simple. He's physically there.
I don't think any sort of extraneous explanations via Lifestream or whatever are necessary. Occam's Razor. Sephiroth is there, hence how he's being seen and defined as "genuine."
But how is here there without a body (at the Northern Cave) or a surrogate like the black cloaks or remnants? I'm not saying it's impossible. I agree he is physically present. Just wondering what development made that possible.
When did he come from, if it's the past? It just seems unlikely Sephiroth is from the past given his awareness and familiarity with Cloud, the Planet and of course his ambition.
What lines are those?Just like some lines from the NPCs refer to him.
I dont play Remake in all honesty (I dont play console anymore---I know it's weird in western but here Asia really love mobile game so I'll crave for EC), so I may also miss scene since I just watch the full chapter once in youtube. But CH 8-9 really reminiscence of what Zack & Aerith did in CC. I mean these couple are just:I know there's one NPC who's like "I thought you'd be taller" or something like that, which is a clear reference that Aerith has told everyone about Zack. I think there are others, maybe @eleamaya will remember more, it's just the one I can cite without having to look back at the chapter.
In any case, check out this wild quote from Satoru Koyama's Ultimania Q&A:
Also, Refocus [lit. “Vision”] was initially a special Limit Break with relevance to the story that would freeze time for everyone and everything but the user, who could continue to act freely. The Refocus materia’s inclusion in Aerith’s initial loadout is a remnant from that period of development.
Sure makes me think of the scene where Sephiroth stops time. And is that a purple materia I see on Sephiroth's belt?...