What does this story mean to you?

[Pike]

I am somewhat ardently opposed to the concept of 'theme' in literature

I think most of us who were subjected to 'What was the author thinking/symbolising here?' in English class agree with this statement.

In fairness some of us writers do in fact go crazy and make everything symbolize something and stuff stories to the brim with themes.

Not naming names on who among us might do this

Anyways, I'm veering dangerously off-topic! I haven't played FF6 in so long that I can't think of an overarching theme at the moment. I do remember a sort of sidetheme being the whole "accepting what happened in the past and moving on" thing, which I remember distinctly because it helped me get through a particularly tough time in my life.