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*** Kilwala might not be Mystics, either, as the human in the tavern refers to the piano player as a "monster" (monsutaa) in the Japanese version.
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*** Most of those abilities follow the tropes of psychic or martial arts-style abilities (Crono's Slash/Kamaitachi is obviously the latter.) Marle's Aura would either be a psychic ability or synonymous with ki/chi restoration.
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** You could also deduce, using Fridge Logic, that his surviving mooks overheard the characters talking to one another both in and out of battle.
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* Why isn't the Black Omen visible from the start of the game? Regardless of how time travel works in the setting, nothing your characters do in 12,000 AD influences what happens there in any significant way, and certainly nothing you do could remotely cause Black Omen to rise -- it should have risen out of the ocean on all iterations whether you were there or not, meaning that it should always be present in every time period after 12,000 AD even at the start of the game (when you'd have no idea what it is.) Yet, inexplicably, it only appears in later eras after you've personally been there to witness the events in 12,000 AD that led to its appearance, even though you did absolutely nothing that would have caused it to appear when it wasn't there before.
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* Why isn't the Black Omen visible from the start of the game? Regardless of how time travel works in the setting, nothing your characters do in 12,000 AD BC influences what happens there in any significant way, and certainly nothing you do could remotely cause Black Omen to rise -- it should have risen out of the ocean on all iterations whether you were there or not, meaning that it should always be present in every time period after 12,000 AD BC even at the start of the game (when you'd have no idea what it is.) Yet, inexplicably, it only appears in later eras after you've personally been there to witness the events in 12,000 AD BC that led to its appearance, even though you did absolutely nothing that would have caused it to appear when it wasn't there before.
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** Mother Brain basically confirms that yes the planet will eventually heal from Lavos's awakening and when it does she'll fill it with robots which is why she's exterminating humanity. However all of history and civilization is basically lost and there's pretty much no way the remaining humans would survive Mother Brain's extermination in the end so that would be the end of humanity. So while it wouldn't technically be the "End of the World" it more or less was as far as the party was concerned.
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** Historical cultural relics like letters, sheet music and even entire movie reels that were once considered LostForever have been found everywhere from archives to attics by people who accidentally stumble onto them. Entire rooms, underground passages and even buildings like subway stations have been forgotten and then later discovered by accident. The Literature/SherlockHolmes stories also mention various large mansions that are now only partly used by the residents, who seal off or ignore the rest of the place. It's entirely possible that knowledge of the shell was lost, and the basement where the shell is kept was sealed off and mostly forgotten. When the Chancellor found Leene's document instructing that the shell be revealed at the Millennial Fair, he realized he had the perfect way to depose King Guardia and seize the throne.
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** The real question is: how did removing Ayla from the time stream by having her join not [[IncrediblyLamePun royally]] mess with the Guardia Line, since their oldest ancestor is now missing from time?
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** The real question is: how did removing Ayla from the time stream by having her join not [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} royally]] mess with the Guardia Line, since their oldest ancestor is now missing from time?
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** Alternatively, you could just believe that she is already the mother of the ancestors. Yep, just an ActionMom. She is clearly older than everyone else except maybe Magus, and the characters where designed by Akira Toriyama, the one who created [[Manga/DragonBall Bulma's mom]].
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** Alternatively, you could just believe that she is already the mother of the ancestors. Yep, just an ActionMom. She is clearly older than everyone else except maybe Magus, and the characters where were designed by Akira Toriyama, the one who created [[Manga/DragonBall Bulma's mom]].
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** The "derailment" argument is [[IncrediblyLamePun on the right track]] but uses the wrong frame of reference. A [[WallOfText brief primer]] on the development of the Epoch is here, in order:
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** The "derailment" argument is [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} on the right track]] but uses the wrong frame of reference. A [[WallOfText brief primer]] on the development of the Epoch is here, in order:
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*So when you return to 1000 AD, the king is on trial for selling the Raindow Shell. He claims ignornace of this, saying that no family heirloom (Raindow Shell) doesn't exist. But why? I can understand if knowledge of the shell has been lost to the years but there is an entrance to the room of the shell on the first floor of Guardia. How could he not know it exists? Especically since the shell and the entrance has existed for 400 years because the shell was given in 600 AD and the trial happens in 1000 AD.
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**** It being a natural relic is exactly why the amount of time it needs to charge is arbitrary. It cares not for the calendar, it just has a charge capacity, and requires a certain amount of sunlight to reach it. The fact it's troublesome that it gets stolen in 1000 AD is because it's never put back in its place afterwards, and therefore never gets its full charge.
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** Lavos doesn't begin reproducing until after the apocalypse. Presumably killing most life on the planet was a necessary step for that part of its development cycle. Like a virus infecting a cell, it infects a planet, coexists with it for a bit, but eventually has to destroy the host to gather the resources to multiply itself.
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** After canonically using that attack, Lavos immediately retreats underground both times. It probably spends all of its energy and leaves it vulnerable, a risk not worth taking when there are some guys trying to kill it who might manage to survive the attack somehow.
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** Woolsey ''did'' change it. In Japanese the sword is called Grandleon, no relation to the name Masamune at all. As for why he did it, it was probably a reference to the weapon's history in FinalFantasy, not anything to do with the real life origins of the name.
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* Maybe I'm thinking too hard about it, but why is a ''European''-style sword named after a well-known ''Japanese'' weapon maker? It would be like if a katana were named "Excalibur" - it makes it seem like Square were treating their Japanese audience [[ViewersAreMorons like idiots that don't know about other cultures, even made-up ones]], and frankly I'm surprised Ted Woolsey DIDN'T change this in localization.
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** It's established that Lavos cultivates life on planets. So the obvious explanation is that Lavos ensured there was still oxygen, for reasons only known to Lavos.
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*** I always saw Ozzie as ANaziByAnyOtherName who manipulated his fellow Mystics/Fiends into wanting to conquer and kill humanity. He hyped Magus up as a DarkMessiah and a figurehead that the Mystics could rally around, while seeing himself as the puppetmaster. Magus let Ozzie do this because he needed Ozzie's resources for his spell to summon and kill Lavos, and didn't care what happened to the humans. When he mistakenly thinks Crono and Frog killed Magus, he depicts himself as the new Dark Messiah and the DragonAscendant for the Mystics. Since Ozzie isn't killed by Magus summoning Lavos the way he is in the original timeline, he's still around to ensure the Mystics idolize him instead of Magus. Further evidence of Ozzie being a fantasy Nazi and a Dark Messiah comes if you visit Medina Village after doing the Ozzie's Fort sidequest. The Fiends are depicted as friendly and cheerful, and the "silly party" music plays in the background. A few humans have also started visiting Medina, and there are plans for a ferry service between Medina and Truce.
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*** Besides all that, there's simply no way Magus is willing to wait another five or ten years to fight Lavos. He might be willing to wait however long he travels with the party, since he needs to recover his own powers and acquire his own legendary equipment, but he's so obsessed with revenge that he'd probably kill anyone who suggested training another few years.
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