Dying star?

[Serapy]

No, not everything is coincidence, but just because something is similar does not mean it was intended to be similar, hence coincidence.

Rinoa waving her finger at the Star in the beginning and the ending definitely wasn't a coincidence. At the ending, she waves her finger at the star to symbolise the moment they've met from the beginning.

Ultimecia's atmosphere affects everything on Earth? Are you implying that she was the only being ever lived in her time period?

ARE YOU EVEN READING WHAT I SAY?
I said it's NOT the Atmosphere of her castle, but Earth's ACTUAL atmosphere that affects how we see the sun and moon.

The moon looks about the same as the one in the present era. Yet, the star looks red. That star being red takes place outside of her castle.

I'm sure the writers have considered how to deal with things like "What if players take something deeper?"

They have just done that. They have added a lot of things to the game that are non-dialogueous. Things that are non-dialogueous have the potential of being taken seriously, easily.

But that doesn't mean every scrap of visuals are meaningful.
You have to support, with evidence, that they ARE meaningful.

Visuals are always meaningful if they keep showing up in certain areas of the game, apparently.