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    At the end of disc one, Edea impales Squall with a giant icicle right through the chest.

    Squall later wakes up in disc 2 without even a scratch...

    Is this ever explained?

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    Not really. But I think the sorcerer healed him for interrogation or something.


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    Squall dies, lol dream land.


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    This was another big complaint I had about the game. One Disc in and Squall is already dead! Yes! Wait... He's alive? How.? What..? I just... Never mind.

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    Errrr... maybe it's like Advent Children where you get stabbed multiple times and still able to hold a sword... I don't know...

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    Oh my god you guys.

    Seifer uses fire magic. Kay ?

    Now Ice is melted by heat

    Kay ?

    Now it's clear that Seifer melted the ice magic and healed Squall to torture him.

    Because Seifer loathes Squall and believes that he's the good guy.

    Ghee. It's not that hard to work out !

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    I remember exclaiming 'that's gotta hurt!' when I saw that scene. It's a great way to end Disc 1 anyway.
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    Well, there's always the Squall's Dead theory which I think is more attractive than it seems at first glance.
    Last edited by Heath; 11-24-2012 at 11:34 PM. Reason: Fixed my link.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maybee View Post
    Oh my god you guys.

    Seifer uses fire magic. Kay ?

    Now Ice is melted by heat

    Kay ?

    Now it's clear that Seifer melted the ice magic and healed Squall to torture him.

    Because Seifer loathes Squall and believes that he's the good guy.

    Ghee. It's not that hard to work out !
    Seems logical enough...


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    I was under the impression that Sorcery, true magic, does not fall under the standard destructive conventions of regular magic. Edea's Limit Break would make you think otherwise, though...
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    This scene is a great example of the mystery behind being hit. Throughout the game you face monsters and soldiers that shoot you, stab you, light you on fire, pound you into the ground etc etc and yet you survive to fight another day. You could always look at the giant ice spikes as just a way of taking out a great amount of HP.

    This is looked at in the same way as someone saying "Why can't you just use a phoenix down on a character who's death is plot related?".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf Leonhart View Post

    This is looked at in the same way as someone saying "Why can't you just use a phoenix down on a character who's death is plot related?".
    Because you can use phoenix down on a character that is "knocked-out" not dead. At least that is what I think.


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    Based on some of the K.Os that can befall all of our characters (claw swipe, mega laser beam, being eaten) it would take alot more than a phoenix down to be un-knocked out. Characters have died in cut-scenes for less.


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    Another question arises. Why is the spell equivalent of the phoenix down called "Life" if they are only KO'ed? And I believe it has always been implied that the party gets killed after they're KO'ed, hence the Game Over screen instead of the "enemies that just destroyed us leave us alone while we regain consciousness" screen.

    Waxing philosophical over here.

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