[quote author=Masamune link=topic=488.msg18268#msg18268 date=1234709618]
Makoeyes, don't get your knickers in a twist just because someone disagrees with you and doesn't love SE unconditionally. This has nothing to do with hate, it's to do with facts.[/quote]
It's not a "fact" thinking "The Compilation is just a sell-out of FFVII." And who says you have to love SE unconditionally? Did you not read my last post?
Sephiroth grabs a lot of screentime because of his popularity, and yet you can categorically say he won't appear in a sequel because you know the story is moving on.... based on DoC? Vincent's game? And again, don't say "Well they could have tied Sephiroth into DoC", because we've been there and done that a page or so back.
I didn't just say based on DC. I also said based on Crisis Core's plot and tie in with the compilation and the entire direction of the story of said Compilation. If you can't acknowledge and see the connection between Sephiroth and Lucrecia, then I ask you to remember who Sephiroth's real parentage are. He was more than fair game for DC.
Your ad nauseum point about Aerith/Zack makes no sense, because Aerith/Zack were never revived in the first place. Sephiroth was. So why are you trying to be a smartass? If you were to ask me if it's possible Aerith & Zack may appear in some spirit guide form again, I wouldn't rule it out.
First off, since your point is about them breaking the rules of conventional good writing at the expense of commercialism and popularity you cannot tell me it isn't an adequate comparison bringing Aerith into the equation.
It doesn't matter if she hasn't been "revived" in the
Lazarus sense of the word. Aerith being brought back in spirit form to interact with the living world in AC, is still them "bringing her back for the story" but we accept it because we know she's still "dead". People criticized her appearance in AC and said it cheapened her death. Death doesn't seem as permanent if they come back and interact with the world as spirits.
You think it'll be okay if they revive Sephiroth but then say, "Look he's just a ghost, so it's different" and have him as phantom Sephiroth? Please.
You want to say they'll bring back Sephiroth because they did it once in AC and he's popular? They did the same with Aerith. In terms of writing, they brought Aerith's character back as a ghost. No need to play semantics. She came back in AC. So by your logic, and Aerith grabbing just as much screentime as Sephiroth, I'm pointing out the same can be said for Aerith.
Sephiroth is defined by his defeat from Cloud as an enemy and a subsequent revival cheapens his defeat and the accomplishments of the main game. It also cheapens Sephiroth's role as an antagonist, and cheapens the story's legitimacy.