My thoughts, and FFVII


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from Colin Keefe <keefe@ccn.yamanashi.ac.jp>
subject My thoughts, and FFVII
date Tue, 1 Dec 1998 17:02:07 +0900
Brad replies to somebody:

> >> I may be being terribly un-PC here, but if you are talking about the 
> >> Christian faith here, then you are terribly mistaken.  There is _no_ 
> >> female deity figure in Christianity.  
> 
> >Was there something I missed that implied this was about Christanity?  If
> >there was, I missed it.  Anyway, the main religion I know with a primary
> >female deity is paganism, in its various forms.

No, there wasn't.  But, if you had read my original post, I put in a 
disclaimer to specifically deal with this situation.  In short, it said, "if 
you weren't talking about Christianity, then this post means dick, and I ask 
your indulgence."  Which is in kind of fancy language, especially there at 
the end, but that's how I tend to write.  Indulgence (sort of) means 
ignoring the fact and acting like it didn't exist.

> I could give an answer for this, but I'm not in the mood to deal with the
> irritation it would no doubt cause.  That, and I wouldn't claim to know
> what Colin was thinking when he wrote it.

Mainly, I was kind of griped by the recent rash of calling God female that 
I've heard here and there back in the States.  So, I decided to let it show 
exactly what I thought of it, and why it shouldn't be.  I didn't mean to 
start this paganism thing.  I could really care less what religion everybody 
is, or why they are that, I just wanted to correct what I saw as a 
falsehood.  

Of course, since Benzaiten wasn't referring to Christianity, then my post 
should have been ignored like I asked.

> OK, here's a continuity question for you FF7 fanatics:  At the very
> beginning of the game, Barrett has no idea who Cloud is, since he had only
> recently been contracted for the Reactor hit.  Yet when they get to Tifa's
> 7th Heaven, Tifa greets Cloud with something along the lines of "Have you
> been fighting with Barrett again?", like it happens all the time- when
> according to the story later on, Tifa and Cloud haven't seen each other
> since the incident in Nibelheim 5 years ago!  Any explanations out there
> in the peanut gallery?

Hmm, it's been a while since I played the game, but here's what I remember.  
When Tifa met Cloud, he didn't remember his name, but he remembered hers, 
and then she said "Cloud," and that's when he remembered.  It seems that the 
two did some talking, enough at least for her to trust him, although really 
she only offered him the job to keep him close to her.  I'm sure that she 
had to clear this with Barret, and I guess that he and Cloud got into it.  
It never really takes much for them to get into it anyway.  It's possible, 
however unlikely (that they may find a weakness... oops) that the two of 
them never exchanged names, leading to the exchange on the way to the Mako 
Reactor.  Of course, it's also there because you have to have a chance to 
name your characters. 

Still one of my favorite games, storywise and action, but then, ah, hell, 
who knows?

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