History Quotes / PietaPlagiarism

->"For reference, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/8/82/Sleep-ffvi-snes.png/revision/latest?cb=20201108021206 the above picture]] is the third tier of Kefka's boss battle. And [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned_edit.jpg here]] is Michelangelo's Pieta. But instead of playing this straight, all the religious symbolism is a ''mockery''. In Kefka's mind, there is nothing worthwhile in the world. No faith, no hope, no love, and certainly no gods. After all, look how easily he stole the three goddesses' powers at the FloatingContinent. He's displaying himself as this enlightened being to try and hammer home the fact that everything that the heroes are fighting for, everything they hold dear is worthless if he is the most powerful being in the world. The savior that is represented in the Pieta is supposed to be the paragon of humanity, a physical manifestation of light and truth. By putting himself in that position, with the glorious hymn of praise in the background, he's denying the existence of that light, and saying that the only thing present in human hearts is despair and destruction."

->"For reference, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/8/82/Sleep-ffvi-snes.png/revision/latest?cb=20201108021206 the above picture]] is the third tier of Kefka's boss battle. And [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned_edit.jpg here]] is Michelangelo's Pieta. But instead of playing this straight, all the religious symbolism is a mockery. In Kefka's mind, there is nothing worthwhile in the world. No faith, no hope, no love, and certainly no gods. After all, look how easily he stole the three goddesses' powers at the FloatingContinent. He's displaying himself as this enlightened being to try and hammer home the fact that everything that the heroes are fighting for, everything they hold dear is worthless if he is the most powerful being in the world. The savior that is represented in the Pieta is supposed to be the paragon of humanity, a physical manifestation of light and truth. By putting himself in that position, with the glorious hymn of praise in the background, he's denying the existence of that light, and saying that the only thing present in human hearts is despair and destruction."
-->--Destructoid about [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Dancing Mad]].

->''Second: Henry's death is an aesthetic call to pietà sculpture, the thinking man's Jesus imagery for when [[CrucifiedHeroShot a crucifixion pose]] would be too crass.''