Quote Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
It is not the fan who decides what the story is. It is the creator of the story. The fan only tries to understand it. But that doesn't mean he/her is right. It is possible. But he/her doesn't have to be right.
But no one is claiming to be right. People are merely saying, "Well, I saw it as..." and then a hammer of "Well, you're wrong, because the Ultimania says" comes down and takes all of the fun out of discussing initial interpretations.

Okay, I'm wrong. I'm a wrong little wrongster from wrong-land. But if I want to discuss how I viewed the game when I first played it before all this extra stuff came around, I WILL. Because it's fun.

Also, this objective vomiting of an answer to every question in the game that Square is doing robs the video game of the "video game is art" stance. Completely and horrifically.