Alright, first time caller, long time listener. Haha

Anyway, one thing that I'm very curious about is the debate between the strength of Sephiroth and Jenova. How are we to know if Jenova is stronger? She's obviously stronger than the majority of the human race on the planet, but not the Cetra. They encased her in a geological stratum for 2 millenia. Also, if Jenova is as powerful as some say she is, why are Cloud and everyone else able to defeat parts of her? Even though they're only fighting an arm or a leg or whatever, you'd think that Jenova would kick the party's ass.

And what about Sephiroth? He spent 5 years swimming in the collective consious that is the planet. I'm sure that he has gained more than just knowledge from that experience. Yes he was injected with Jenova cells, but he was also IN the Lifestream. Perhaps in that time he was able to render "super-human" abilities like physical projections. I'm not trying to cut anyone down or their arguments, but I've read the entire thread, and this part of the story seems to be skipped over again and again. Of course, my theory has as much basis as the next guy.....and maybe I'm putting too much hope in the strength of the Lifesteam. However, what prevented Meteor when Holy failed? Of course, if Sephiroth did gain all this power from the Lifestream, then why didn't Jenova aquire these abilities as well? I don't know. Maybe someone else can support or refute it.

And one last thing, I believe that the final battle with Sephiroth (his final form) is not actually Sephiroth himself, but the remnants of him in Cloud's mind. I think the battle represents Cloud getting rid of the last trace of Sephiroth from his mind (as well as the Jenova cells). All of his life, Cloud was a failure and was tortured by this major flaw. He wanted to be just like Sephiroth, so he tried to join SOLDIER. After failing yet again, and being injected with Jenova cells, he eventually had a mental breakdown (i.e. North Crater and falling into Lifestream). When Cloud killed Sephiroth in that all-too-easy final battle, it represented his most important victory.....over the Jenova cells, over Sephiroth, and most importantly over himself.