Does anyone know what any of the games originally called a fallen state? Because as a kid I had no problem with Tellah being perma-dead, because when he hit 0 HP in battle his condition was listed as "swoon." swoon =/= dead, that's easy enough to figure out. I always just assumed that 0HP in FF meant "not in fighting condition" and was content with that. then I learned how much was censored, dumbed down, and mistranslated and I began to suspect that maybe 0HP did mean "dead" after all. Still don't know for sure.

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Besides its hard to argue being "knocked out" when your HP got depleted from a Dragon breathing green "soul fire" (that is said to erode the hardest metals as well as the soul) or even from just gunshots from Soldier A. How the smurf does that simply just "knock you out"?

I feel this is just one of those cases you shouldn't try to rationalize it into context with the story. Its kinda like people in Vs. debates who try to use game mechanics as an argument to prove why such an such would definetly win cause he's got Excelsior. I don't think anyone should take it that far.
For paragraph 1, I chalk that up to two things. First, the awesome exotic armor (often containing magical properties) you have, and second, I kind of assume that by higher levels your guys are basically like superheroes. I'm thinking more along the lines of Superman and less along the lines of Ted Kord-era Blue Beetle. But yeah, it's a moot point because paragraph 2 is right on.