Well it attacked Shin-Ra because Shin-Ra was a threat to the Planet by sucking up all the Mako Energy for the cannon. When all the Mako is gone, then the Planet dies. Weapon sensed it and attacked Shin-Ra. Why it attacked others, I don't know.
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Well it attacked Shin-Ra because Shin-Ra was a threat to the Planet by sucking up all the Mako Energy for the cannon. When all the Mako is gone, then the Planet dies. Weapon sensed it and attacked Shin-Ra. Why it attacked others, I don't know.
I have an answer for Cloudane and the others who were wondering about the star thing...
Japanese for world is 世界 (sekai), not 星 （hoshi）
which means 'star'. In Kingdom Hearts, for example, a game which deals with multiple worlds, 'sekai' is the word used (at least in the Ansem Reports I've read).
However....
In the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Seven, Sephiroth refers to the Planet not as 'sekai', world, but instead as 'hoshi', star.
He does this at least twice that I know of; once being his infamous
この 星 の 正統なる 後継者！
'I am one of the rightful heirs to this planet!' line.
If you wish for further confimation of this, you can go to the following link and look at the kanji yourself.
(http://www.chevalier.jp/kakuri/language.html)
I'm neither native to Japan or fluent in Japanese, though, so I could be wrong. ^__^
Anyways, what would a planet look like from far away?
Yup, a star.
Hopefully, I'll be able to shed a bit more light on the issue after playing my new copy of FFVII International when it comes in several weeks....
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Now, I'd like to share my personal theory on this "Star Scar Syndrome" thing.
Sephiroth originally wanted to summon Meteor to damage the planet. Then he planned on absorbing the energy the planet would try to heal itself with. This, due to the size of Meteor, would have to be a LOT of Lifestream. But...what would happen if there wasn't enough to fix itself with?
Aeris (most likely) was the reason the extra Lifestream came out to try to stop Meteor when Holy failed. Maybe there's a side effect to using so much of the planet's lifeforce. It was already "slowly but surely" (to quote Barret) being drained out of the planet by Shinra, so what if the strain of both that, creating the Weapons, and fending off Meteor was just too much for the planet to handle?
The Lifestream is compromised of life, right? Therefore, it stands to reason that if it began to run dry, it would need more life. Through Bugenhagen's visual demonstration, we discovered that the souls of all living things on the Planet are what essentially compose Lifestream. And if the Lifestream needed more life, where would it take it from first? Surely not the innocent wildlife of the planet.
It would take it from the humans.
So...what I'm saying is that perhaps the Lifestream itself is what caused the "Star Scar Syndrome". I don't think we know yet whether this disease or whatever actually kills people. If it doesn't, perhaps the Lifestream takes a bit out of each person's soul. Not enough to kill, but....
It would be especially ironic if this was true, considering how the Planet would be doing exactly the same thing to the people at the end of the story as what the Shinra were doing to the Planet at the beginning of FFVII.
Where exactly Jenova fits into the mess I haven't really decided yet. In any case, an Planet with a weakened Lifestream should be much easier to take over, like a virus or bacteria strain is more likely to conquer an human or animal with an already weakened immune system.
Any ideas about my theory? And/or has anyone brought this particular theory up before, or am I the first?
wow i like it nice theory, very different to all the others that have been formulated so far
Thanks for the clarification Ryuu... interesting. I like the idea that it's basically "Planet scar syndrome" (to us, wonder how it'll be finally translated) which makes a lot of sense. I think there's a fine line between stars and planets anyway, though no doubt astronomers would disagree with that one :)
Your theory works well, too. I still think the guy is Jenova (visual clues too... his hair style and colour is similar to what I remember of Jenova's head in various places... the Nibelheim reactor maybe, or was it green there?) but I prefer your theory of how the syndrome is inflicted.
How Jenova would fit into this if it *is* him/her/it... I don't know either :)
Even though I have Japanese roots, I'm not completely fluent, but "Planet Scar Syndrome" makes a bunch of sense since the planet was in near danger of extinction. So 'Scar' seems to work a lot better in this case.
Amazing theroy.It brings up a bunch of new points and ideas...And a new fanfiction idea to ;) but you really shed some light on that topic for me.
Cloudane....I really like your name for some odd reason. I just think it sounds nice, and it's original (at least that I've seen). It's much better than the standard Cloud2384782983724 at least...
So you think that the grey Seph look-alike is Jenova?
That's an interesting idea. The game dealt heavily with puppets. Maybe we'll finally meet the puppetmaster.
Hm...another major question was never answered in the game:
What exactly is Jenova?
It's pretty much safe to assume she (or he...or it...or ANO KATA!) is an extraterrestrial, due to all of the 'calamity from the skies' lines in FFVII.
However, is it a planet hopping space alien?
If so, how closely would it resemble Lavos' from Chrono Triggerparasitic traits?
I always thought the two games were similar in many ways...
Perhaps Jenova too is a galactic parasite that comes to a planet, leeches its Lifestream dry, and then moves on to the next. If that's true, imagine how old it's got to be. The distance between stars is vast. The time it would take to travel between them is pretty long. Hundreds, thousands...millions of years?
And if that's true, I'm sure it's dealt with resistance by the native citizens of planets it has destroyed before...
Cloud and the gang could be going against something that has eons upon eons of experience killing planets. Quite a scary prospect.
Sorry I kind of rambled. You can tell I watched too many Star Trek episodes as a young child....
I just hope they finally answer lots of things in the movie!
....not that it'll actually happen.
BTW, has everyone been to the Japanese FFVII AC site yet?
LOL thanks Ryuu... in actual fact it's about one of the least original names I could've come up with... it's just Cloud + Zidane :p My Everquest name, Cloudien, is maybe a little more customised (-ien sounded more fantasy like)
Anyway....
Yet another excellent theory - I never made the CT connection, but that too makes sense. Maybe Jenova has indeed done this several times before, and knows exactly how to prey upon natural greed and influence a planet's inhabitants to weaken the planet they live on.
That would also liven up the story and enhance the characters - can Cloud and company finally stop the being that has been destroying planets for so long, so many times? Would it even be 'right' to... is Jenova really evil and greedy or just a hungry being trying to survive?
Thought-provoking stuff!
(I watched Trek a lot as a kid, too... always knew it'd come in handy one day!)
as far as how old it is...if i remember correctly,they found jenova in a structure(pillar I always thought,but it was never clearifyed where they found her),and she was said to be 2000 years old...But it may have been 200000 years old,and they may have been talking about the struction.If i can manage it,i'll try and find out again.
Also, on the maine EOFF site, they have posted a link to a trailer for AC.You'v probly already seen it(or...didnt see it because its to fuzzy....) but...it basicly clears up whos being droped in the water.Also,Cloud putting his sword in the ground...does anyone else strongly elieve that this was done for Zack?
Yes i believe it was done for Zack, the spot where he was gunned down by Shinra troops. I heard it is Japanese warrior tradition to do this, but i may have heard wrong :p
i head the same thing.That,and the fact that it is the same spot lead me to believe this(and a fangirls hope he'd be in it...-.-;; ). Well,with this said,do you think that they'll show flashbacks of Zack?There is the Sephiroth flame scean,and we know Zack was there at the time...
I think that may be likely, seeing as Zack played a huge role in ff7 (even though you did not see his character a lot, it was because of him that we learnt so much about Cloud etc)
so ok i think that its gonna be a movie. the "sephiroth" is a clone but one with a cool fighting stile! its not the same sephiroth as in the crater. as im informed the story happens after the end of FF7. so seph is dead. cloud, red XIII, barret, tifa, cid, vincent, yuffie and erverybody who survived the end ist still alive and maybe is in the story. if it is a film, im gonna watch it till i die and if it is a game ill play it till i got some lvl 99 chars (what could be after 60 hrs of gaming :P)
so far
psycho
i thought it was anounced as a movie...-.-;;
anywho, im with you 100 percent.:b you'll never see me again because i'll be dead infront of my Tv,FFAC playing
Or...here's another theory:
Jenova IS Lavos!
:D
Just kidding.
Yah, it really does sound like he's talking to Zack when he sticks the sword in the ground, ne?
"Decided to live for your sake", etc...
(Yes, Cloudane, I figured it was those two combined.... I just had't seen it before though, so it's original to me.)
:)