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Anonymous05/11/26, 03:39No.3982335FF8 Speculation Thread
Let's focus on the Lunatic Pandora.
It's a monolithic superweapon. Very different from the "WEAPONS" that appeared on the world map in FF7. It even has a force field that the Ragnarok had to force it's way through. *cue battle theme: Force Your Way*
The difference is that the all-caps "WEAPONS" in FF7 are spawned by the planet as a kind of self-defense or immune response. Presumably to attack Jenova; although the world building around that is kind of shaky in my opinion.
Similar concepts to this was the Giant of Babil in FF4. And of course SIN in FF10.
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Anon05/11/26, 03:48No.3982337
I love you, brother.
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Anon05/11/26, 03:53No.3982338
Of course the biggest difference is that it's not a giant "kaiju" monster at all. And is used to draw a tidal wave of monsters down from the moon.But FF7 also had giant artillery canons as well.
The "Sister Ray" for example. But why was it even called the "Sister Ray"?If the Pandora was called "Sister Ray" you'd think it would have something to do with "Sis" a.k.a. Ellone. Since Dr.Odine was studying both the Lunatic Pandora and Ellone's powers at the same time.
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Anon05/11/26, 14:15No.3982469
This is some skitzo shit. Pretty sure it's just an evil witch tower that does evil witch tower things.
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Anon05/11/26, 16:10No.3982494
The Gardens were originally "Centra Mobile Shelters". A novel interpretation I'm proposing is that they're not fallout shelters or "arks" meant to move a population to safety.I'm proposing they were "shelter objects" meant to move in and contain the energies of lunar cry events. Because the Lunar Cry doesn't just rain monsters down from the moon. They also transform the wildlife.So in theory they didn't just move monsters into the Balamb Garden training center. That was just the environment the shelter moved in to contained.
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Anon05/11/26, 16:35No.3982499
FF15 might have had something similar with the Solheim civilization. Only instead of Lunar Cry events, they had to deal with Star Scourge and "daemons".I always thought the "Disc of Cauthess" was just a bizarre impact crater created by Titan catching the Meteor of the Six.
However, what was there previously, in the Duscae Region, was the Solheim Civilization.Most of what remains of Solheim are called "tombs" and "sarcophagi". Whenever they came across a daemon they couldn't fell, they would seal it underground for the "True King" to deal with some day. This is what the Oracles and Kings of Lucius did. And they even had "The Old Wall" that had 12 giant statues to defend the city. These were animated by the spirit of the king placed in a "coffin". All of that based on lost Solheim technology.
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Anon05/11/26, 17:19No.3982509
There had to have been a connection between Ellone's powers and Lunar Cry events.As if she emits a frequency that attracts monsters. In a Laguna flashback, he rescues her from Dr. Odine's "Lab 0". They don't mention what it is or why she's there. But in the present, while Lunatic Pandora is flying over Esthar, you can visit Lab 0, and see that some scientists have locked themselves in this chamber. I think they called it a hyperbaric chamber.
Like they were anticipating a Lunar Cry, and thought they'd be safe in there. Maybe Lunar Cry events turn people "Akashic".Aether Floods and "Akashic" are from FF16. Basically it's a strong concentration of mist that erodes people consciousness. Maybe there was a similar process in FF8.
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Anon05/11/26, 17:30No.3982511
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvIMPyPX_XYFF12 also had "mist" and a minor plot point about possession. It appears the Viera race can host Occuria in their bodies.
In the Occuria capital, Giruvegan, their appeared to be a circle of giant Viera statues. As if they lived together or perhaps as slaves.
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Anon05/11/26, 17:47No.3982516
>Let's focus on the Lunatic Pandora.
>It's a monolithic superweapon. Very different from the "WEAPONS" that appeared on the world map in FF7.
>The difference is that the all-caps "WEAPONS" in FF7 are spawned by the planet as a kind of self-defense or immune response.
Something to consider that you may be overlooking is that the Luna Cry is a naturally occurring event. This parallels it with the WEAPONS by making it a naturally occurring 'infection'.
The Lunatic Pandora exists as a means to open the proverbial box and unleash the terrors of the Luna Cry upon the world. Being able to do so 'early' - before the infection accumulates to that of global calamity - and being able to call it down on a specific location are weaponized benefits.
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Anon05/11/26, 19:28No.3982548
God I love ff8 so much
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Anon05/12/26, 01:01No.3982780
but FF8 doesn't have planes, because, reasons.If you didn't know, btw, they cut FF7's "Rocket Town" from the Remake Part 2. Cid is just a glorified air cab that takes you from Gongaga to Cosmo Canyon.
And then when you get to the part with the Temple of the Ancients, he just waits outside with Vincent, I guess.
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Anon05/12/26, 01:12No.3982788
"Galdin Quay" was where Noctis was suppose to take a boat over to his wedding.
Right off the coast is an island called "Angelgard". It's super frustrating how important that location is to the story, and yet it's dummied out with a mountain of other content.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpiHIgutP40
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Anon05/12/26, 15:36No.3983191
based schizothread
R=U
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Anon05/12/26, 18:48No.3983301
Why doesn't this series have more main villainesses? And why does it focus so much on Cloud and Sephiroth and not on Squall and Ultimecia? Or any other hero-villain pair for the matter. The demakes were a failure.
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Anon05/12/26, 19:43No.3983330
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Anon05/12/26, 19:48No.3983335
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Anon05/12/26, 19:49No.3983337
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Anon05/12/26, 19:54No.3983342
Squall = Zack
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Anon05/12/26, 23:26No.3983459
Why does he do it?
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Anon05/13/26, 06:07No.3983691
The German version says the starscourge came from meteor. That's basically canon at this point.
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Anon05/13/26, 16:00No.3983873
Speaking of Cosmo Canyon. I wanted to point out that sometimes ideas shift during the games development or aren't executed like the scenario writers intended.I was talking about the plane Goliath in Xenogears earlier. It was meant to bomb the desert city Aveh. But why did they need a special plane? Concept art shows Aveh was supposed to be underground, in a canyon or giant crack. With strong winds blowing over it.
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Anon05/13/26, 20:37No.3983990
The Sunken Gelnika in FF7 is a secret dungeon that was supposed to be carrying monsters meant to defeat Sephiroth, except it got shot down by "weapon" - according to Rude. Presumably Emerald Weapon.
I always thought it was in a weird place for the story. Because they just found Sephiroth, and woke up the weapons.In Xenogears, there is also the sunken Zeboim Ruins under the sea. It's part of Emeralda's storyline. How the city sank into an airpocket that's conveniently connected to a lighthouse is pretty farfetched as well.It's fairly obvious that Esthar in FF8 was suppose to be The Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz. There's even a "Yellow Brick Road" labeled in the early world map.
I'd go even further and say that Esthar was supposed to be underwater. Purely speculating here, but if water can rain down from the moon, then a reverse flow or geyser must be possible too. Like the water disappears, and that's how Esthar is revealed.
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Anon05/14/26, 08:12No.3984457
I think the thing with Stella is that she's like the anti-Tidus. If you can believe what the leaked documents said about Versus XIII.Where Tidus made it his mission to stop Yuna from sacrificing herself.
Stella's mission is basically like - no, you have to die. It's your destiny!Rinoa, in FF8, was like "I'm the sorceress now. It's Squall's destiny to kill me." and in a weird way she's ok with that. Because then nobody has to fight.Now, back in the 90s, killing off girlfriends for the sake a male character development was a problematic writing trend. Because the female characters weren't given much agency.
But today's writing has leaned too far in the opposite direction with "toxic masculinity". If Squall had become The Sorceress, would Rinoa or any other Female character stop him from sacrificing himself?
