About Nora (not FF8 theory)

[No.78]

Yeah I didn't like that. There's coincidence then there's NORA.

[Mo-Nercy]

Nora has the same name as NORA for the same reason that Hope has a name that has a dictionary definition. It makes for great puns. The main one, of course, will always be "The army's no match for NORA" - of course, the army killed Nora, so every time Snow says this to Hope, Hope gets really pissed off. And the audience cringe at how oblivious Snow is to just how Hope is interpreting his words.

This was a pretty good part of the story for me. You'd be telling Snow through the screen to shut his big yap before Hope stabs the smurf out of him.

Of course, it's not the best use of this particular literary device I've seen, but I can see what SE were trying to achieve. Not bad.

[kotora]

I didn't even notice that. Then again I forgot about Hope's mom as a character 10 seconds after she died.

[Ezme]

I remember her, mainly because I love her cardigan! Am very tempted to ask my grandma to make me one! Obv not in the cosplay sense but more the, I get cold a lot and it looks cool sense!

[Croyles]

Definitely dramatic irony, as everyone has said, and yeah, definitely no Shakespeare!

[Quindiana Jones]

Maybe Snow is actually Hope's father?

[Future Esthar]

Talking about irony,Nora is indeed a portuguese word.
It means "daughter-in-law".
LOL.Maybe Someone at Square knows portuguese?

[Cloudane]

Nora'lot to be read into this one I don't think. Coincidence for dramatic irony. It's a bit of a big coincidence, but I'd put that down to the realism of the writing - either way big coincidences do happen

[crazybayman]

Nora has the same name as NORA for the same reason that Hope has a name that has a dictionary definition. It makes for great puns. The main one, of course, will always be "The army's no match for NORA" - of course, the army killed Nora, so every time Snow says this to Hope, Hope gets really pissed off. And the audience cringe at how oblivious Snow is to just how Hope is interpreting his words.

This.

And everytime it happened, I just wanted Hope to grow a pair, man up, and tell him. But no, he had to be a big girl about it. "I'm not going to tell him yet, so I'll just act weird, and mad for no apparent reason. Hmph." Of course until (SPOILER)Snow, after carrying Hope and protecting him, was hanging from the edge and vulnerable, and THEN Hope would just stab him to death to exact his revenge, being the coward he is.

They really should have made Fang a dude, and Hope a chick. Just like the writers changed Fang from a man to a woman, it would not surprise me if Hope was supposed to be a girl, and they changed her to a boy at the last minute, but kept all the female lines and emotions.

Anyways, back to "yet another retarded conspiracy topic". Future Esthar, are you waiting for someone to speculate that "OMG Nora is really the founder and leader of NORA"? If so, there is nothing in the game story-line to tell us this. I'm pretty sure the writers did it to add to Hope's anger, making his mother's tragedy more dramatic everytime Snow said "NORA".

[Cloudane]

They really should have made Fang a dude, and Hope a chick.

Gender stereotypes FTW. People would've loved that...

(i.e. I think it makes a nice change that the women are the tough ones in this game and the guys are the emotional ones. And I'm a guy.)

[Future Esthar]

You are really close crazybayman but I don´t want to debate this here.

[crazybayman]

They really should have made Fang a dude, and Hope a chick.

Gender stereotypes FTW. People would've loved that...

I would've.

(i.e. I think it makes a nice change that the women are the tough ones in this game and the guys are the emotional ones. And I'm a guy.)

See that's what drives me nuts. I cannot identify with She-Ra and sissy boys. Its like FFXII in a way, only thank god FFXII had Basch. And granted, FFXIII has Snow, but I dunno, he's the leader of NORA, yeah, but certainly not the leader of this party. AND HE DOES NOT WIELD TEH SWORD. That might be cliched, I know, but just about all the other FF's had a male hero with a sword, and it certainly always was a good characteristic of each installment.

[Future Esthar]

Every girl except Fang was emotional.Even Lightning though she doesn´t like to show it.

[crazybayman]

You are really close crazybayman but I don´t want to debate this here.

Yeah, but I'm telling you its NOT that.

[Future Esthar]

I said CLOSE not RIGHT