Which is why I mentioned the tapir. That's an uncontrollable gameplay element. And FFVIII Shiva looks different from FFVI Shiva. Aren't they the same entity despite that?
That's one of many possible interpretations. While most that appears in a video game is deliberately planned, not everything has additional, deeper layers of meaning. Some statements should be taken at face value. Or as Sigmund Freud once supposedly said: 'Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.'





