Another area I see debated is - Lavos as depicted in Trigger vs. Lavos as depicted in Cross.

Some people have interpreted CT Lavos as a more or less impartial entity in the way that Nature is impartial in its harshness. Lavos was a glorified animal and the real evil was people attempting to use Lavos for their own purposes. It had no will or grater purpose except to feed and move on.

Cross though establishes Lavos was a great, calculating entity and sort of an embodiment of hatred, despair and other Bad Things. It morphs from a simple planetary parasite to a creature that can destroy time and space.

Of course, these people seem to forget that Lavos power made the Gates which sent Janus and co. hurtling through the timeline. It's always possessed PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS. I also feel that "Lavos guided humanity's evolution" is canon because it is outright sated in the DS version of the game, the more faithful translation as it were. My main complaint is less about the power Lavos wields in Cross and more about the....hm....EVIL nature of it. It grabbed Schala and is imprisoning her because it's EVIL. It's powered by EVIL. That kinda made me go "....not buying it."


But what do you all say?