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*Why didn't Cid just drop the bomb off of the ship instead of jumping?
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* The game outright says that since they turned to stone of their own accord that Esuna couldn't work on Palom and Porom. So just what the hell did the Mysidia Elder do to reverse something even Tellah, who had recovered all of his knowledge at this point, could not?
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** You could also ask why Kluya's is apparently on Mt. Ordeals after his death. (I guess it's his soul?) Maybe some sort of combination of magic and willpower can allow Lunarians to last for a long time if their normal bodies die, and the form they take depends on the nature of the person.

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** You could also ask why Kluya's Kluya is apparently on Mt. Ordeals after his death.even though he is dead. (I guess it's his soul?) Maybe some sort of combination of magic and willpower can allow Lunarians to last for a long time if their normal bodies die, and the form they take depends on the nature of the person.
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** You could also ask why Kluya's soul is on Mt. Ordeals. Maybe some sort of combination of magic and willpower can allow Lunarians to last for a while if their normal bodies are destroyed, and the form they take depends on the nature of the person.

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** You could also ask why Kluya's soul is apparently on Mt. Ordeals. Ordeals after his death. (I guess it's his soul?) Maybe some sort of combination of magic and willpower can allow Lunarians to last for a while long time if their normal bodies are destroyed, die, and the form they take depends on the nature of the person.
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** You could also ask why Kluya's soul is on Mt. Ordeals. Maybe some sort of combination of magic and willpower can allow Lunarians to last for a while if their normal bodies are destroyed, and the form they take depends on the nature of the person.
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** Those are magic items that were dummied out of the original US release. They're available in the DS remake.

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** Those are magic items that were dummied out One of them, the Firebomb (or Red Fang), is a rare drop from Red Dragons in the core of the original US release. They're available Lunar Subterraine. The other one, Lit-Bolt (or Blue Fang), was retained simply for Cecil to use in the DS remake.intro, and is unobtainable except through patch codes. In the Japanese version, both are rare drops in the second half of the game.
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* Why did the trap door at the top of the tower of Babil lead to a passage that terminates in an unguarded, top of the line airship?
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* Is a reason ever given for how/why Zemus was able to turn into/spawn Zeromus after dying? Apart from being really angry that is. Is it normal for Lunarians to turn into hate fueled tentacle monsters upon death?
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** Besides, Rydia's entire villiage just got blown up not long ago so she's in the same boat as Edward in that regard and is the only one who is justified calling him out on his behaviour.
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** The game has multiple instances of monsters disguising themselves as humans. What makes you sure that Golbez does have vanilla soldiers in his army?
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** [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard And why doesn't it work that way for enemies?]]



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** Those are magic items that were dummied out of the original US release. They're available in the DS remake.
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* Whatever happened to the Dark Magic that Cecil had that is seen from the intro? We never got to use them when we have control of him.
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** It's not so much that Edward was grieving, so much as him saying "I can't go on, I'll stay with Anna", meaning her ''corpse'', in the castle full of ''dead bodies''. Crying is fine, giving up on life really isn't. Rydia's actions were supposed to come off as a GetAholdOfYourselfMan.
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* Early on, Rydia berates Edward for crying over the death of literally everyone he's ever known and loved. That annoys me, as it's supposed to be indicative of her "character growth" that she somehow got from melting some ice, but it really comes across as unreasonably cruel of everyone involved, especially since Cecil is one of the wangstiest bastards in the series. And THEN Rydia grieves over the deaths of Yang and Cid later on in the Underworld- two people she has known for maybe an hour. Oh, but it's okay when SHE does it, because she's the EnsembleDarkhorse and he's TheScrappy. Man, I hate her character.
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*** She lived for ten years in the Feymarch, so logically, she'd have ten years' more knowledge and maturity under her belt.
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** The better question is why the Marines would attack each other if their Captain is killed or otherwise incapacitated.
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* Anyone else think Rydia was originally supposed to be "Lydia"? Then again though; [[GoodBadTranslation not that I'm complaining]], just wondering.
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* [[OnlyOneName Does Rydia have a last name?]]
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*** Hard to tell. She acts rather mature to start with and nothing about her personality appears to significantly change when she returns. Though I've never played The After Years so that could answer this.
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*So if a [[SummonMagic Eidolon]] is killed, the summoner who called it also dies, but what about the other way around? Does the Eidolon die, ([[NoOntologicalInertia or simply return to the Feymarch]]) if the summoner dies first?
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*** So then it's confirmed that Rydia is physically ten years older in body, but what about in mind? Does she act like a teenager, or is she still childlike in someways?
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** You can't ask that question in a FinalFantasy. Any of its villains could end the plot in a heartbeat by allowing a simple [[{{Mook}} mook]] from the [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil later parts]] of the game to [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] 2/3 of the planet. But in Golbez's case, his [[OmnicidalManiac entire objective]] revolves around [[WeHaveReserves humans being disposable]] and nobody knows the time and cost for modifying humans through [[MadScientist Dr. Lugae]]'s untrustworthy hands.
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** Not that big, since it's more or less a [[YearInsideHourOutside DecadeInsideMonthOutside]] situation. The Feymarch is definitely outside of the dimension Earth is on, considering it's floating appearance and it's entrance through teleportation.

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** Not that big, since it's more or less a [[YearInsideHourOutside DecadeInsideMonthOutside]] Decade Inside Month Outside]] situation. The Feymarch is definitely outside of the dimension Earth is on, considering it's floating appearance and it's entrance through teleportation.
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** Not that big, since it's more or less a [[YearInsideHourOutside DecadeInsideMonthOutside]] situation. The Feymarch is definitely outside of the dimension Earth is on, considering it's floating appearance and it's entrance through teleportation.
* Why does Golbez bother with having vanilla human soldiers in his army? During the Siege of Fabul, The Baron Marines only fight when their Captain orders it, the Captain will run if the Marines are killed, and the Marines will get confused and will attack each other if they don't have the Captain with them. Meanwhile, the monsters in the same battle just fight. Baigan got to be transformed from a human into a monster, and he fought quite well, so why didn't Golbez just do that to the rest of the human troops to compensate for their stupidity and weakness?
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* How big of a TimeyWimeyBall is the Feymarch, considering Rydia's age-up?
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** They only regained their senses temporarily. Knowing they would lose control again within a few moments, they instead decided to kill themselves. It probably was some mix between ritual suicide and not wanting to force their son to have to kill them himself.
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* Why did Edge's parents kill themselves? Right, they look like monsters, but at least they are sentient and remember who they are, and they have someone who loves them no matter what. Why not try to live in a new form instead of commiting suicide on your child's eyes and leaving him heartbroken?
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** The Tower of Babil.
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* How did Golbez get to the underworld before Cecil and co. if Kain had the Magma Stone?

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* How did Golbez get to the underworld before Cecil and co. if Kain had the Magma Stone?Stone?
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