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** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On"]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
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** To make matters worse, everywhere you go, there are few people anywhere talk who speak happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg com/watch?v=sk2iuN1A_Ek "From that Day On"]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second airship representing desolation and misery, and you only see the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, at sunset in the whole overworld. You spend the second half of the game in a world that is basically waiting to die.
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** General Leo [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] this turn of events in the moment we are introduced to him in the Imperial Camp outside the Kingdom of Doma, during an exchange with a soldier:
-->'''Leo''': You're from Maranda, right?\\
'''Soldier''': Y... yes sir. Why?\\
'''Leo''': And your family lives there? Fall in battle, and I'll have to deliver the bad news... What shall I say to them?
-->'''Leo''': You're from Maranda, right?\\
'''Soldier''': Y... yes sir. Why?\\
'''Leo''': And your family lives there? Fall in battle, and I'll have to deliver the bad news... What shall I say to them?
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** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' implies that this version of events is canon, as it mentions Celes going over the cliff. While such a thing [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny may seem passé in more modern times]], this was [[ShockingMoments genuinely shocking at the time of its release]] that a main character would try to commit suicide, on-screen.
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** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' implies that this version of events is canon, as it mentions Celes going over the cliff. While such a thing [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny [[OnceOriginalNowCommon may seem passé in more modern times]], this was [[ShockingMoments genuinely shocking at the time of its release]] that a main character would try to commit suicide, on-screen.
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* Should the player fail to prevent Cid's death, Celes walks to the northern cliffs, where she remembers his words about what other survivors lost in despair did to end their pain. Faced with the very real possibility that everyone she knew is dead, that she'll have to live out the rest of her life alone on a deserted island, and that she couldn't save the only other person she had for company, Celes is DrivenToSuicide and leaps off the cliff, crying on the way down.
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* Should The ''entire interlude'' into the player fail World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to prevent a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, Celes climbs to the top of a cliff (which ''you control'') and jumps off. '''''Damn.'''''
** And then there's the first time players who experienced Cid's death,Celes walks eventually learn it's possible to the northern cliffs, where she remembers his words about what other survivors lost in despair did to end their pain. Faced with the very real possibility save him. Players that everyone she knew is dead, that she'll have to live out were none the rest of her life alone on a deserted island, and that she couldn't save the only other person she had for company, Celes is DrivenToSuicide and leaps off the cliff, crying on the way down.wiser realize it's ''their'' fault.
** And then there's the first time players who experienced Cid's death,
* Immediately after leaving the desolate island, you arrive very close to Albrook. The man in the cafe there says that he thinks back on how good the world once was--leading to a brief flashback showing people dancing and relaxing in the cafe--and then realizes that it will never be the same way again. To emphasize the point, the flashback shows the time when the empire's soldiers were in the town and took charge. Compared to the ruins the man lives in now, he prefers the world from before, even if it meant being under an oppressive ruler, since at least things were somewhat stable and death wasn't the main threat. In a similar vein, old lady in Kohlingen, who, when spoken to, will give you a brief glimpse of the cheery, pre-collapse town, complete with a little girl running and playing around the flowerbed.
* '''Aria di Mezzo Carattere:''' Guaranteed to make you bawl if you take the lyrics of the song to heart, and have lost someone you loved or were in the situation of a painful triangle love.
--> Our love, come what may
--> will never age a day
--> I’ll wait forever more!
* Go around and talk to people in the World of Ruin. First thing you notice is that there are a lot fewer of them (some towns are even completely empty). Talking to the people who are left makes you realize that almost literally everyone lost someone they knew or cared about.
** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On"]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
* Lola's story. When you go to Mobliz, Sabin and Cyan can meet her boyfriend, an Imperial soldier that didn't took part in the attack on Doma and was badly injured when he tried to escape. He doesn't even have the strength to take a pen and reply to her letters. Later, when [[EndofTheWorldasWeKnowIt the Cataclysm]] happens, and he dies, possibly even before Mobliz is destroyed, but Lola, who doesn't get replies anymore, is unable to accept it and move on despite the fact that she knows it. Cyan sympathizes with her and writes her letters and sends her silk flowers that he made himself while pretending to be her boyfriend, but after a year, he realizes that she's just like him, unable to move on from the past, and writes a final letter in which he admits he had lied. If you have Cyan in the party and visit her house, he will talk to her and encourage her to keep living her life instead of escaping from the past. She does get some closure thanks to him, but still...
* '''Aria di Mezzo Carattere:''' Guaranteed to make you bawl if you take the lyrics of the song to heart, and have lost someone you loved or were in the situation of a painful triangle love.
--> Our love, come what may
--> will never age a day
--> I’ll wait forever more!
* Go around and talk to people in the World of Ruin. First thing you notice is that there are a lot fewer of them (some towns are even completely empty). Talking to the people who are left makes you realize that almost literally everyone lost someone they knew or cared about.
** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On"]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
* Lola's story. When you go to Mobliz, Sabin and Cyan can meet her boyfriend, an Imperial soldier that didn't took part in the attack on Doma and was badly injured when he tried to escape. He doesn't even have the strength to take a pen and reply to her letters. Later, when [[EndofTheWorldasWeKnowIt the Cataclysm]] happens, and he dies, possibly even before Mobliz is destroyed, but Lola, who doesn't get replies anymore, is unable to accept it and move on despite the fact that she knows it. Cyan sympathizes with her and writes her letters and sends her silk flowers that he made himself while pretending to be her boyfriend, but after a year, he realizes that she's just like him, unable to move on from the past, and writes a final letter in which he admits he had lied. If you have Cyan in the party and visit her house, he will talk to her and encourage her to keep living her life instead of escaping from the past. She does get some closure thanks to him, but still...
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* When Terra talks to Banon in the [[LaResistance Returner Hideout]], he asks her if she will be their "last ray of hope". If you say no three times, he says "I see..." and Terra walks in and says "How can anyone look to me as hope".
** That is not all: each time you say "no", he looks progressively sadder.
** That is not all: each time you say "no", he looks progressively sadder.
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* When Terra talks to Banon in the [[LaResistance Returner Hideout]], he asks her if she will be their "last ray of hope". If you say no three times, he says "I see..." and Terra walks in and says "How can anyone look to me as hope".
** That is not all:hope". And each time you say "no", he looks progressively sadder.
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* General Leo's death scene. He was one of the few just people in the Empire, as Sabin and even Cyan, who hated the Empire for killing his family and everyone in the kingdom he serves, respect him.
** Terra's words at his funeral. She previously had a conversation with him telling him that she was unable to undersand love.
** Terra's words at his funeral. She previously had a conversation with him telling him that she was unable to undersand love.
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* General Leo's death scene. He was one of the few just people in the Empire, as Sabin and even Cyan, who hated the Empire for killing his family and everyone in the kingdom he serves, respect him.
him. They even give him a proper burial with a WeaponTombstone.
** Terra's words at his funeral. She previously had a conversation with him telling him that she was unable toundersand understand love.
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* The ''entire interlude'' into the World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, Celes climbs to the top of a cliff and jumps off. '''''Damn.'''''
** And then there's the first time players who experienced Cid's death, and ''then'' learned it was literally all their fault, as it's possible to save him.
** FridgeBrilliance example: When Celes makes her ascent to the clifftop, her theme, which is basically Aria di Mezzo Carattere plays. And like with the opera, you control Celes as she climbs upward to a higher level and basically atop an overlook.
* Immediately after leaving the desolate island, you arrive very close to Albrook. The man in the cafe there says that he thinks back on how good the world once was--leading to a brief flashback showing people dancing and relaxing in the cafe--and then realizes that it will never be the same way again. To emphasize the point, the flashback shows the time when the empire's soldiers were in the town and took charge. Compared to the ruins the man lives in now, he prefers the world from before, even if it meant being under an oppressive ruler, since at least things were somewhat stable and death wasn't the main threat. In a similar vein, old lady in Kohlingen, who, when spoken to, will give you a brief glimpse of the cheery, pre-collapse town, complete with a little girl running and playing around the flowerbed.
* '''Aria di Mezzo Carattere:''' Guaranteed to make you bawl if you take the lyrics of the song to heart, and have lost someone you loved or were in the situation of a painful triangle love.
--> Our love, come what may
--> will never age a day
--> I’ll wait forever more!
* Go around and talk to people in the World of Ruin. First thing you notice is that there are a lot fewer of them (some towns are even completely empty). Talking to the people who are left makes you realize that almost literally everyone lost someone they knew or cared about.
** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
* Lola's story. When you go to Mobliz, Sabin and Cyan can meet her boyfriend, an Imperial soldier that didn't took part in the attack on Doma and was badly injured when he tried to escape. He doesn't even have the strength to take a pen and reply to her letters. Later, when [[EndofTheWorldasWeKnowIt the Cataclysm]] happens, and he dies, possibly even before Mobliz is destroyed, but Lola, who doesn't get replies anymore, is unable to accept it and move on despite the fact that she knows it. Cyan sympathizes with her and writes her letters and sends her silk flowers that he made himself while pretending to be her boyfriend, but after a year, he realizes that she's just like him, unable to move on from the past, and writes a final letter in which he admits he had lied. If you have Cyan in the party and visit her house, he will talk to her and encourage her to keep living her life instead of escaping from the past. She does get some closure thanks to him, but still...
** And then there's the first time players who experienced Cid's death, and ''then'' learned it was literally all their fault, as it's possible to save him.
** FridgeBrilliance example: When Celes makes her ascent to the clifftop, her theme, which is basically Aria di Mezzo Carattere plays. And like with the opera, you control Celes as she climbs upward to a higher level and basically atop an overlook.
* Immediately after leaving the desolate island, you arrive very close to Albrook. The man in the cafe there says that he thinks back on how good the world once was--leading to a brief flashback showing people dancing and relaxing in the cafe--and then realizes that it will never be the same way again. To emphasize the point, the flashback shows the time when the empire's soldiers were in the town and took charge. Compared to the ruins the man lives in now, he prefers the world from before, even if it meant being under an oppressive ruler, since at least things were somewhat stable and death wasn't the main threat. In a similar vein, old lady in Kohlingen, who, when spoken to, will give you a brief glimpse of the cheery, pre-collapse town, complete with a little girl running and playing around the flowerbed.
* '''Aria di Mezzo Carattere:''' Guaranteed to make you bawl if you take the lyrics of the song to heart, and have lost someone you loved or were in the situation of a painful triangle love.
--> Our love, come what may
--> will never age a day
--> I’ll wait forever more!
* Go around and talk to people in the World of Ruin. First thing you notice is that there are a lot fewer of them (some towns are even completely empty). Talking to the people who are left makes you realize that almost literally everyone lost someone they knew or cared about.
** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
* Lola's story. When you go to Mobliz, Sabin and Cyan can meet her boyfriend, an Imperial soldier that didn't took part in the attack on Doma and was badly injured when he tried to escape. He doesn't even have the strength to take a pen and reply to her letters. Later, when [[EndofTheWorldasWeKnowIt the Cataclysm]] happens, and he dies, possibly even before Mobliz is destroyed, but Lola, who doesn't get replies anymore, is unable to accept it and move on despite the fact that she knows it. Cyan sympathizes with her and writes her letters and sends her silk flowers that he made himself while pretending to be her boyfriend, but after a year, he realizes that she's just like him, unable to move on from the past, and writes a final letter in which he admits he had lied. If you have Cyan in the party and visit her house, he will talk to her and encourage her to keep living her life instead of escaping from the past. She does get some closure thanks to him, but still...
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_jxKArmLD0 The flashback scene in Darill's Tomb]]. Words cannot do it justice.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_jxKArmLD0 The flashback scene in Darill's Tomb]]. Words cannot do Setzer recounts his days with Darill, even racing the skies with her with their personal airships. However, while she soared off to push the limits of the Falcon, Setzer waited for her on their usual hangout spot...but she never came back. All he saw was the wreckage of her beloved airship. While he did restore it, he put it justice.to rest at her tomb, not having the will to pilot it without her.
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-->'''Rachel''': Please, let go of the chains that bind your heart... I release you... Give your love to to the one who now dwells within your heart... Love her... as you loved me...
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-->'''Rachel''': Please, let go of the chains that bind your heart... I release you... Give your love to to the one who now dwells within your heart... Love her... as you loved me...
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** Cyan’s personal theme when he was first introduced. It feels emotional and has some sadness to it. [[{{Foreshadowing}} And we know why later on]]…
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* Lola's story. When you go to Mobliz, Sabin and Cyan can meet her boyfriend, an Imperial soldier that didn't took part in the attack on Doma and was badly injured when he tried to escape. He doesn't even have the strength to take a pen and reply to her letters. Later, when [[EndofTheWorldasWeKnowIt the Cataclysm]] happens, and he dies, possibly even before Mobliz is destroyed, but Lola, who doesn't get replies anymore, is unable to accept it and move on despite the fact that she knows it. Cyan sympathizes with her and writes her letters and sends her silk flowers that he made himself while pretending to be her boyfriend, but after a year, he realizes that she's just like him, unable to move on from the past, and writes a final letter in which he admits he had lied. If you have Cyan in the party and visit her house, he will talk to her and encourage her to keep living her life instead of escaping from the past. She does get some closure thanks to him, but still...
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** Terra's words at his funeral. sHe previously had a conversation with him telling him that she was unable to undersand love.
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** Terra's words at his funeral. sHe She previously had a conversation with him telling him that she was unable to undersand love.
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* The ''entire interlude'' into the World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LGnRvN6E8 the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, Celes climbs to the top of a cliff and jumps off. '''''Damn.'''''
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* The ''entire interlude'' into the World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06LGnRvN6E8 [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, Celes climbs to the top of a cliff and jumps off. '''''Damn.'''''
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* The pictured scene. Should the player fail to prevent Cid's death, Celes walks to the northern cliffs, where she remembers his words about what other survivors lost in despair did to end their pain. Faced with the very real possibility that everyone she knew is dead, that she'll have to live out the rest of her life alone on a deserted island, and that she couldn't save the only other person she had for company, Celes is DrivenToSuicide and leaps off the cliff, crying on the way down.
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* The pictured scene. Should the player fail to prevent Cid's death, Celes walks to the northern cliffs, where she remembers his words about what other survivors lost in despair did to end their pain. Faced with the very real possibility that everyone she knew is dead, that she'll have to live out the rest of her life alone on a deserted island, and that she couldn't save the only other person she had for company, Celes is DrivenToSuicide and leaps off the cliff, crying on the way down.
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* The pictured scene. After Cid's death, if the player lets it happen, Celes walks to the northern cliffs, where she remembers his words about what other survivors lost in despair did to end their pain. Faced with the very real, even likely, possibility that everyone she knew is dead, and she'll have to live out the rest of her life alone on a deserted island now that she couldn't save the only other person she had for company, Celes is DrivenToSuicide and leaps off the cliff, crying on the way down. ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' implies that this version of events is ''canon''!
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* The pictured scene. After Should the player fail to prevent Cid's death, if the player lets it happen, Celes walks to the northern cliffs, where she remembers his words about what other survivors lost in despair did to end their pain. Faced with the very real, even likely, real possibility that everyone she knew is dead, and that she'll have to live out the rest of her life alone on a deserted island now island, and that she couldn't save the only other person she had for company, Celes is DrivenToSuicide and leaps off the cliff, crying on the way down. down.
** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' implies that this version of events is''canon''!canon, as it mentions Celes going over the cliff. While such a thing [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny may seem passé in more modern times]], this was [[ShockingMoments genuinely shocking at the time of its release]] that a main character would try to commit suicide, on-screen.
** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' implies that this version of events is
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* After defeating Humbaba by changing into her esper form Terra lands near the orphaned children she's sworn to protect, all of whom run from her and scream about the 'monster' in their midst. Terra recoils and scurries away, horrified to cause the children further distress, until one lone girl breaks away from the group and slowly approaches Terra, seeing through her esper form and calling out to her: "mama"? Cue a dogpile of children hugging her, Terra changing back into a human and accepting that this is the 'love' that she will fight to protect, joining the group in storming Kefka's tower.
* The part of the ending where Shadow stays back, [[ShooTheDog tells his dog to go on without him]], and promptly stays behind to die.
** The music doesn't help at all. Shadow's theme is normally played with an air of mystery, just a mouthharp, a simple guitar chord and a whistle to show that he's a man who comes and goes like the wind blows. During his part of the ending? It's fully orchestral, slower, and ''very'' melancholy.
** "Baram! I'm going to stop running. I'm going to begin all over again!" There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.
* The part of the ending where Shadow stays back, [[ShooTheDog tells his dog to go on without him]], and promptly stays behind to die.
** The music doesn't help at all. Shadow's theme is normally played with an air of mystery, just a mouthharp, a simple guitar chord and a whistle to show that he's a man who comes and goes like the wind blows. During his part of the ending? It's fully orchestral, slower, and ''very'' melancholy.
** "Baram! I'm going to stop running. I'm going to begin all over again!" There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.
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* After defeating Humbaba by changing into her esper form Esper form, Terra lands near the orphaned children she's sworn to protect, all of whom run from her and scream about the 'monster' in their midst. Terra recoils and scurries away, horrified to cause the children further distress, until one lone girl breaks away from the group and slowly approaches Terra, seeing through her esper Esper form and calling out to her: "mama"? "Mama"? Cue a dogpile of children hugging her, Terra changing back into a human and [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove accepting that this is the 'love' that she will fight to protect, protect]], joining the group in storming Kefka's tower.
* The part of the ending where Shadow stays back, [[ShooTheDog tells his dog to go on without him]], and promptly stays behind todie.
** The music doesn't help at all. Shadow's themedie. His last line is normally played with an air of mystery, just a mouthharp, a simple guitar chord and a whistle to show that he's a man who comes and goes like the wind blows. During his part of the ending? It's fully orchestral, slower, and ''very'' melancholy.
**"Baram! I'm going to stop running. I'm going to begin all over again!" There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.reincarnation.
** The music doesn't help at all. Shadow's theme is normally played with an air of mystery, just a mouth harp, a simple guitar chord and a whistle to show that he's a man who comes and goes like the wind blows. During his part of the ending? It's fully orchestral, slower, and ''very'' melancholy
* The part of the ending where Shadow stays back, [[ShooTheDog tells his dog to go on without him]], and promptly stays behind to
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** The music doesn't help at all. Shadow's theme is normally played with an air of mystery, just a mouth harp, a simple guitar chord and a whistle to show that he's a man who comes and goes like the wind blows. During his part of the ending? It's fully orchestral, slower, and ''very'' melancholy
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* The ''entire interlude'' into the World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCvWWym74s the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, Celes climbs to the top of a cliff and jumps off. '''''Damn.'''''
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* The ''entire interlude'' into the World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCvWWym74s com/watch?v=06LGnRvN6E8 the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, Celes climbs to the top of a cliff and jumps off. '''''Damn.'''''
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** Sleeping in Doma Castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who are with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a three demon brothers who want to steal it, and a monster named Wrexsoul, made up of the souls of dead in the War of the Magi, who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it. Even when he's saved and meets the spirits of his family, he's so ashamed of his failure that he thinks he had lost his honor. He leaves this event behind only after saying goodbye one last time to his wife and son, who leave for him the best katana, the Masamune.
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** Sleeping in Doma Castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause Cyan to have a nightmare, nightmare and not wake up in the morning, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who are with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a three demon brothers who want to steal eat it, and a monster named Wrexsoul, made up of the souls of dead in the War of the Magi, who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, guilt eating him from the inside, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it.it, as he was brainwashed and was even willing to give up his own soul. Even when he's saved and meets the spirits of his family, he's so ashamed of his failure that he thinks he had lost his honor. He leaves this event behind only after saying goodbye one last time to his wife and son, who leave for him the best katana, the Masamune.
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utXY5UnERdg entire story]] with Locke's previous love interest, Rachel. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVDTdJY79QM the scene where he brings her the Phoenix magicite]], and it only works for a few minutes... and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy she tells him to be happy with Celes]], tears were shed.
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utXY5UnERdg entire story]] with Locke's previous love interest, Rachel. She lost her memory and Locke was forced to leave Kohlingen, but when he returns a year later, he finds out that his girlfriend was killed by the Empire, and he joins the Returners to avenge her and fight the Empire. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVDTdJY79QM the scene where he brings her the Phoenix magicite]], and as the Magicite is damaged, it only works for a few minutes... and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy she tells him to be happy with Celes]], tears were shed.
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* If you fail to get Locke back in the World of Ruin, Celes' ending is the same as the heartwarming ending, except that Setzer saves her and yells at her for going back for Locke's bandanna. After he leaves, she looks down (at it) and says, "Locke, promise me some day you'll look after me again." before walking out the room.
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* If you fail to get Locke back in the World of Ruin, Celes' ending is the same as the heartwarming ending, except that Setzer saves her and yells at her for going back for Locke's bandanna.bandana. After he leaves, she looks down (at it) and says, "Locke, promise me some day you'll look after me again." before walking out the room.
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** That is not all: each time you say "no" he looks progressively sadder.
* Edgar and Sabin's backstory, with their father dying. Sabin thinks no one cares about their father and wants his freedom. He urges Edgar to run away from the kingdom with him, where they can be free of the kingdom. Edgar wants his freedom just as much as Sabin, but can't bring himself to leave the kingdom without a leader. So, he suggests a single coin toss. Whoever wins will choose his own path, with no regrets. He ''rigs'' the coin toss to give Sabin his freedom, choosing to shoulder the burden neither of them wanted. Now, ''that'' is brotherly love!
* Edgar and Sabin's backstory, with their father dying. Sabin thinks no one cares about their father and wants his freedom. He urges Edgar to run away from the kingdom with him, where they can be free of the kingdom. Edgar wants his freedom just as much as Sabin, but can't bring himself to leave the kingdom without a leader. So, he suggests a single coin toss. Whoever wins will choose his own path, with no regrets. He ''rigs'' the coin toss to give Sabin his freedom, choosing to shoulder the burden neither of them wanted. Now, ''that'' is brotherly love!
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** That is not all: each time you say "no" "no", he looks progressively sadder.
* Edgar and Sabin's backstory, with their father dying. Sabinthinks is disgusted by the fact that no one cares about their father father's death, but only about the succession, and wants his freedom. He urges Edgar to run away from the kingdom with him, where they can be free of the kingdom. Edgar wants his freedom just as much as Sabin, but can't bring himself to leave the kingdom without a leader. So, he suggests a single coin toss. Whoever wins will choose his own path, with no regrets. He ''rigs'' the coin toss by using a two-headed coin to give Sabin his freedom, choosing to shoulder the burden neither of them wanted. Now, ''that'' is brotherly love!
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** Terra's words at his funeral. sHe previously had a conversation with him telling him that she was unable to undersand love.
** Terra's words at his funeral. sHe previously had a conversation with him telling him that she was unable to undersand love.
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** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma. In grief over the loss of his family, he swears to get revenge on the Empire and goes into an ''[[UnstoppableRage]]'', fighting a few Imperial Soldiers on his own until Sabin (and Shadow) helps him out.
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who are with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a three demon brothers who want to steal it, and a monster named Wrexsoul, made up of the souls of dead in the War of the Magi, who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it. Even when he's saved and meets the spirits of his family, he's so ashamed of his failure that he thinks he had lost his honor. He leaves this event behind only after saying goodbye one last time to his wife and son, who leave for him the best katana, the Masamune.
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who are with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a three demon brothers who want to steal it, and a monster named Wrexsoul, made up of the souls of dead in the War of the Magi, who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it. Even when he's saved and meets the spirits of his family, he's so ashamed of his failure that he thinks he had lost his honor. He leaves this event behind only after saying goodbye one last time to his wife and son, who leave for him the best katana, the Masamune.
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** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma. In grief over the loss of After he realizes that his family, wife and son didn't survive, he's in grief, especially when he swears to get revenge on discovers that Owain was dead. ''[[UnstoppableRage He's then absolutely furious at the Empire and goes into an ''[[UnstoppableRage]]'', fighting a few for what they had done]]'', to the point that he kills some Imperial Soldiers on his own until Sabin (and Shadow) helps him out.
out fighting a few others.
** Sleeping in Domacastle Castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who are with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a three demon brothers who want to steal it, and a monster named Wrexsoul, made up of the souls of dead in the War of the Magi, who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it. Even when he's saved and meets the spirits of his family, he's so ashamed of his failure that he thinks he had lost his honor. He leaves this event behind only after saying goodbye one last time to his wife and son, who leave for him the best katana, the Masamune.
** Sleeping in Doma
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* Cyan's storyline. The death of his wife Elayne and their son Owain as part of the poisoning of Doma Castle. Almost everyone, including the king of Doma, had died,not to mention that Owain is just a '''CHILD'''. It's soon followed, however, by a level where you accidentally board a train to the hereafter. You fight your way to the engine, defeat the train, and it agrees to take you back to the land of the living. But while it drops you off, it picks up all of the residents of Doma. Cyan gets one last desperate goodbye to his wife and son, the last words you hear from them as the train rushes off into eternity is the son promising to practise with his sword to look after his mom. Just to make sure you're feeling Cyan's pain, the game lingers on the scene for a good 30 seconds afterward while Cyan stands at the edge of the depot in despair, staring at where the train once stood.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma. In grief over the loss of his family, he goes into an [[UnstoppableRage]] and massacres a few Imperial Soldiers until Sabin (and Shadow) helps im out
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause enter Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who have with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a monster named Wrexsoul who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma. In grief over the loss of his family, he goes into an [[UnstoppableRage]] and massacres a few Imperial Soldiers until Sabin (and Shadow) helps im out
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause enter Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who have with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a monster named Wrexsoul who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it.
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* Cyan's storyline. The death of his wife Elayne and their son Owain as part of the poisoning of Doma Castle. the waters in Doma. Almost everyone, everyone in the kingdom, including the king of Doma, king, had died,not died, not to mention that Owain Owain, who is just a '''CHILD'''. child. It's soon followed, however, by a level where you accidentally board a train to the hereafter.hereafter, the Phantom Train. You fight your way to the engine, defeat the train, and it agrees to take you back to the land of the living. But while it drops you off, it picks up all of the residents of Doma. When Cyan gets one last desperate desperately runs to say goodbye to his wife and son, the last words you hear from them as the train rushes off into eternity is the son promising to practise with his sword to look after his mom. Just to make sure you're feeling Cyan's pain, the game lingers on the scene for a good 30 seconds afterward while Cyan stands at the edge of the depot in despair, staring at where the train once stood.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma. In grief over the loss of his family, he swears to get revenge on the Empire and goes into an[[UnstoppableRage]] and massacres ''[[UnstoppableRage]]'', fighting a few Imperial Soldiers on his own until Sabin (and Shadow) helps im out
him out.
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will causeenter Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who have are with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a three demon brothers who want to steal it, and a monster named Wrexsoul Wrexsoul, made up of the souls of dead in the War of the Magi, who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it.it. Even when he's saved and meets the spirits of his family, he's so ashamed of his failure that he thinks he had lost his honor. He leaves this event behind only after saying goodbye one last time to his wife and son, who leave for him the best katana, the Masamune.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma. In grief over the loss of his family, he swears to get revenge on the Empire and goes into an
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will cause
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* Cyan's storyline. The death of his wife and kid as part of the poisoning of Doma Castle wasn't too bad, emotionally. It's soon followed, however, by a level where you accidentally board a train to the hereafter. You fight your way to the engine, defeat the train, and it agrees to take you back to the land of the living. But while it drops you off, it picks up all of the residents of Doma. Cyan gets one last desperate goodbye to his wife and son, the last words you hear from them as the train rushes off into eternity is the son promising to look after his mom. Just to make sure you're feeling Cyan's pain, the game lingers on the scene for a good 30 seconds afterward while Cyan stands at the edge of the depot in despair, staring at where the train once stood.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma.
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will have the party enter Cyan's tortured soul, which is being haunted by a monster named Wrexsoul who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of Doma.
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will have the party enter Cyan's tortured soul, which is being haunted by a monster named Wrexsoul who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it.
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* Cyan's storyline. The death of his wife Elayne and kid their son Owain as part of the poisoning of Doma Castle wasn't too bad, emotionally.Castle. Almost everyone, including the king of Doma, had died,not to mention that Owain is just a '''CHILD'''. It's soon followed, however, by a level where you accidentally board a train to the hereafter. You fight your way to the engine, defeat the train, and it agrees to take you back to the land of the living. But while it drops you off, it picks up all of the residents of Doma. Cyan gets one last desperate goodbye to his wife and son, the last words you hear from them as the train rushes off into eternity is the son promising to practise with his sword to look after his mom. Just to make sure you're feeling Cyan's pain, the game lingers on the scene for a good 30 seconds afterward while Cyan stands at the edge of the depot in despair, staring at where the train once stood.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege ofDoma.
Doma. In grief over the loss of his family, he goes into an [[UnstoppableRage]] and massacres a few Imperial Soldiers until Sabin (and Shadow) helps im out
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin willhave the party cause enter Cyan's Cyan to have a nightmare, as he still suffers from PTSD due to his shame of not being able to save anyone in Doma, and the three characters who have with him go in his tortured soul, which is being haunted by a monster named Wrexsoul who is feeding off Cyan's anger and guilt, and implies that Cyan's pain is nearing the point where he can no longer bear it.
** Not to mention his assault on the imperial camp during the siege of
** Sleeping in Doma castle with Cyan in the party during the World of Ruin will
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** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second falcon airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
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** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second falcon airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
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* If you pay attention to what Cid has to say in the Magitek Factory, he makes a comment that Kefka was also part of the experimentation to create a mage who could use magic for the Empire's war efforts, but the process utterly shattered his mind. Call to mind [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII another villain]] who went insane due to the origins of his being and it leaves you wondering: is Kefka an insane nihilist from the beginning, or did the experiments make him that way? While it's still difficult to sympathize with him, it does give him a few points of sympathy if he wasn't like that originally...
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* When Kefka is defeated, all magic vanishes from the world, ''and so do the Espers''. Terra, half human and half Esper, would seem to have represented a balance between the two, or an ability for them to coexist, but she must sacrifice the Esper part of her. Originally created for war and destruction, without sentience, the Espers ''gained'' sentience and became the incredible creatures we see, protecting themselves from those who would use their powers for greedy, selfish reasons. But they also deliberately sacrifice themselves and change into crystals to help good people fight for truth and justice. They have been doing everything they can to survive, only to "cease to exist" because magic disappears from the world. The Espers are more than their magic. This is one of the saddest and most unfair endings in a Final Fantasy game.
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** Fortunately, it leads to a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when she survives and finds a bird bandaged with a bandana on the beach, giving her a HopeSpot to keep going.
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** Fortunately, it leads to a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when she survives and finds a bird bandaged with a Locke's bandana on the beach, giving her a HopeSpot to keep going.
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** "Baram! I'm going to stop running away. I'll begin all over again..." There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.
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** "Baram! I'm going to stop running away. I'll running. I'm going to begin all over again..." again!" There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.
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* The pictured scene. After [[spoiler:Cid's death]], if the player lets it happen, Celes walks to the northern cliffs, where she remembers his words about what other survivors lost in despair did to end their pain. Faced with the very real, even likely, possibility that everyone she knew is dead, and she'll have to live out the rest of her life alone on a deserted island now that [[spoiler:she couldn't save the only other person she had for company]], Celes is DrivenToSuicide and leaps off the cliff, crying on the way down. ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' implies that this version of events is ''canon''!
** Fortunately, it leads to a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when she survives and finds [[spoiler:a bird bandaged with a bandana]] on the beach, giving her a HopeSpot to keep going.
** Fortunately, it leads to a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} when she survives and finds [[spoiler:a bird bandaged with a bandana]] on the beach, giving her a HopeSpot to keep going.
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** The music doesn't help at all. [[spoiler:Shadow's theme is normally played with an air of mystery, just a mouthharp, a simple guitar chord and a whistle to show that he's a man who comes and goes like the wind blows. During his part of the ending? It's fully orchestral, slower, and ''very'' melancholy.]]
** [[spoiler:"Baram! I'm going to stop running away. I'll begin all over again..." There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.]]
* Cyan's storyline. The [[spoiler: death of his wife and kid as part of the poisoning of Doma Castle]] wasn't too bad, emotionally. It's soon followed, however, by a level where you accidentally board a train to the hereafter. You fight your way to the engine, defeat the train, and it agrees to take you back to the land of the living. But while it drops you off, it picks up all of the residents of Doma. Cyan gets one last desperate goodbye to his wife and son, the last words you hear from them as the train rushes off into eternity is the son promising to look after his mom. Just to make sure you're feeling Cyan's pain, the game lingers on the scene for a good 30 seconds afterward while Cyan stands at the edge of the depot in despair, staring at where the train once stood.
** The music doesn't help at all. [[spoiler:Shadow's theme is normally played with an air of mystery, just a mouthharp, a simple guitar chord and a whistle to show that he's a man who comes and goes like the wind blows. During his part of the ending? It's fully orchestral, slower, and ''very'' melancholy.]]
** [[spoiler:"Baram! I'm going to stop running away. I'll begin all over again..." There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.]]
* Cyan's storyline. The [[spoiler: death of his wife and kid as part of the poisoning of Doma Castle]] wasn't too bad, emotionally. It's soon followed, however, by a level where you accidentally board a train to the hereafter. You fight your way to the engine, defeat the train, and it agrees to take you back to the land of the living. But while it drops you off, it picks up all of the residents of Doma. Cyan gets one last desperate goodbye to his wife and son, the last words you hear from them as the train rushes off into eternity is the son promising to look after his mom. Just to make sure you're feeling Cyan's pain, the game lingers on the scene for a good 30 seconds afterward while Cyan stands at the edge of the depot in despair, staring at where the train once stood.
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* The part of the ending where [[spoiler: Shadow stays back, [[ShooTheDog tells his dog to go on without him]], and promptly stays behind to die]].
die.
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**[[spoiler:"Baram! "Baram! I'm going to stop running away. I'll begin all over again..." There's all kinds of debate about this meaning he actually does survive the collapse (but just wants to leave everything behind, including his history with the party)... or if he's a firm believer in reincarnation.]]
reincarnation.
* Cyan's storyline. The[[spoiler: death of his wife and kid as part of the poisoning of Doma Castle]] Castle wasn't too bad, emotionally. It's soon followed, however, by a level where you accidentally board a train to the hereafter. You fight your way to the engine, defeat the train, and it agrees to take you back to the land of the living. But while it drops you off, it picks up all of the residents of Doma. Cyan gets one last desperate goodbye to his wife and son, the last words you hear from them as the train rushes off into eternity is the son promising to look after his mom. Just to make sure you're feeling Cyan's pain, the game lingers on the scene for a good 30 seconds afterward while Cyan stands at the edge of the depot in despair, staring at where the train once stood.
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* Edgar and Sabin's backstory, with their father dying. Sabin thinks no one cares about their father and wants his freedom. He urges Edgar to run away from the kingdom with him, where they can be free of the kingdom. Edgar wants his freedom just as much as Sabin, but can't bring himself to leave the kingdom without a leader. So, he suggests a single coin toss. Whoever wins will choose his own path, with no regrets. [[spoiler:He ''rigs'' the coin toss to give Sabin his freedom, choosing to shoulder the burden neither of them wanted.]] Now, ''that'' is brotherly love!
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* Edgar and Sabin's backstory, with their father dying. Sabin thinks no one cares about their father and wants his freedom. He urges Edgar to run away from the kingdom with him, where they can be free of the kingdom. Edgar wants his freedom just as much as Sabin, but can't bring himself to leave the kingdom without a leader. So, he suggests a single coin toss. Whoever wins will choose his own path, with no regrets. [[spoiler:He He ''rigs'' the coin toss to give Sabin his freedom, choosing to shoulder the burden neither of them wanted.]] wanted. Now, ''that'' is brotherly love!
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* The ''entire interlude'' into the World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCvWWym74s the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, [[spoiler: Celes climbs to the top of a cliff and jumps off]]. '''''Damn.'''''
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* The ''entire interlude'' into the World of Ruin is unbelievably depressing. Celes wakes up on an island after being in a coma for a year with Cid taking care of her. Being the closest thing she has left to a family, she begins referring to him as her grandfather. But it turns out that Cid is ill from having lived on nothing but rotten fish for the past year. If that wasn't bad enough, try leaving the area and visiting the world map. The island is absolutely ''desolate'', and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCvWWym74s the music]] only further drives home the feeling of isolation and despair. On top of that, any monsters you encounter won't attack so much as pathetically try to cast spells they don't have enough MP for and then drop dead on their own before you can probably attack. And if ''that'' isn't bad enough, let Cid die. He doesn't give any last words; Celes simply finds him silent and unmoving. She doesn't even realize he's dead at first. Now completely alone and with no hope of ever seeing civilization again, [[spoiler: Celes climbs to the top of a cliff and jumps off]].off. '''''Damn.'''''
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** FridgeBrilliance example: When Celes [[spoiler: makes her ascent to the clifftop]], her theme, which is basically Aria di Mezzo Carattere plays. And like with the opera, [[spoiler: you control Celes as she climbs upward to a higher level and basically atop an overlook]].
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** FridgeBrilliance example: When Celes [[spoiler: makes her ascent to the clifftop]], clifftop, her theme, which is basically Aria di Mezzo Carattere plays. And like with the opera, [[spoiler: you control Celes as she climbs upward to a higher level and basically atop an overlook]].overlook.
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* '''Aria di Mezzo Carattere''': Guaranteed to make you bawl if you take the lyrics of the song to heart, and have lost someone you loved or were in the situation of a painful triangle love.
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* '''Aria di Mezzo Carattere''': Carattere:''' Guaranteed to make you bawl if you take the lyrics of the song to heart, and have lost someone you loved or were in the situation of a painful triangle love.
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** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when [[spoiler: the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed.]] Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second falcon airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
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** To make matters worse, few people anywhere talk happily about life now. It is implied THOUSANDS died when [[spoiler: the Floating Continent fell and the world collapsed.]] collapsed. Just about every town's theme is now [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SNt6U6PhRg "From that Day On]], the song used to show people are in despair, most of the field map is barren wasteland, the World of Ruin's [[https://youtu.be/2fKgnqFQ81o theme]] before you get the second falcon airship representing desolation and misery, and the sky is a permanent sunset. Basically, the whole world is waiting to die.
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* The GameOver music, aptly named "Rest in Peace". The song plays in such a sad way as you see your lead character kneeling down in a black screen and then fades away as the music fades to a close.
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* The GameOver music, aptly named "Rest in Peace". The song plays in such a sad way as you see your lead character kneeling down in a black screen and then fades away as the music fades to a close.
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* After defeating Humbaba by changing into her esper form Terra lands near the orphaned children she's sworn to protect, all of whom run from her and scream about the 'monster' in their midst. Terra recoils and scurries away, horrified to cause the children further distress, until one lone girl breaks away from the group and slowly approaches Terra, seeing through her esper form and calling out to her: "mama"? Cue a dogpile of children hugging her, Terra changing back into a human and accepting that this is the 'love' that she will fight to protect, joining the group in storming Kefka's tower.
