Quotes, from the game:Is 'Sephiroth's' ability to communicate worldwide to Jenova cells really going to be your example of other people's psychic abilities?
"Sephiroth learned to diffuse his will through the Lifestream."
"I became a traveller of the Lifestream... I gained the knowledge of the Ancients, and those before them..."
THAT'S a partial basis of the new psychic abilities. Lifestream=worldwide 'network' of life energy.
Sephiroth - at the Temple, I believe - stated his intention to become one with the Planet, and with his mother. Jenova, was blitzed, out of commission, more of a passive player than an active part of events. That's why Sephiroth was doing the conscious stuff. He'd become a 'God', and join with Jenova. Another part of the 'greater life'.But why would he be involved at all? Without Jenova he had less than human strength, why give him the credit for taking control over their shared body? Plus as I've said, why would Sephiroth choose world domination even if he was in charge?
Why would Jenova help him?I'm basing it on the fact that the sword is lying there, apparently a physical presence, rather than a manifestation. It's unclear and inconclusive, but it makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE for Jenova to make a fake Masamune blades and drop it in the President's office. There's no solid logical reasoning which can explain such an elaborate hoax - pretending to be Sephiroth yet still keeping a low profile, deluding people, talking about Sephiroth as being the great one, acting like he's the center of everything with only a few references to Jenova herself... unless, of course, those are really Sephiroth's words we're hearing.It suggests someone powerful. Given the sword pops up in several other places, and we actually KNOW Sephiroth was on another continent at the time, that's a fairly odd statement D.And it's pure coincidence that this happens a matter of hours or days after Cloud begins hearing Sephiroth's voice in his head? I'm contending that Sephiroth's will was an important part of the escape of Jenova's body. Ther body began moving at the same time that all the Clones, and even a few SOLDIER members started to hear the call of Sephiroth.If by blob it's way out of a metal tank you mean smash it open, kill everyone it came across, assume another form, and leave giant boss monsters in it's wake by remove small body parts, then yes she did.You've mised the point completely. Jenova has the ability to cast powerful magic, create strong illusions and use psychic manipulation. Hence my belief that those powers could be passed on, in some small measure, to Sephiroth. Just in case you've forgotten, Sephiroth didn't become a God-like being just because of the Jenova cells within him; it was a part of his process of transformation which involved a number of factors, including the Lifestream. My 'steroid' comparison was just a use of a real-life example.No in a similar way that I wouldn't assume that someone on steroids had immense mental capacity and the power to control their mind far beyond human level and onto God-like status.Well, Jenova's cels were a part of him; if someone uses steroids, does that mean that they can't really lift heavy weights? Do they have the ability to perform physcial feats, or is it the chemicals in their blood and muscles that have this power?Uh... as I recall, 'Jenova is the real opponent you chase around the world, who kills Aeris and uses the Black Materia' is the "theory" that's in contention. Besides, whoever said Sephiroth was 'in control'? He's obviously submissive to Jenova's wishes, all I'm saying was that he was consciously responsible for his choices, and that he is 'the Sephiroth' whose image and words appear throughout the game up 'till the Northern Crater.I never said that was my belief, I was merely suggesting that you're arguement didn't add to the Sephiroth is in charge theory.More assumption; nothing ever says that the SOLDIER members of five years before were inferior. That'd suggest that Human evolution sped up a heck of a lot, since Barret, Tifa, Yuffie, Cid etc are good rivals for contemporary SOLDIER members. If 'old' SOLDIER members were as puny as you imply, then the people of the world in general must've been really frail about the time of the Wutai war. There's no evidence whatsoever for it.I didn't say Sephiroth was weak, I said he wasn't that strong. He was the best SOLDIER, but SOLDIER members were pretty weak back then.
It's more or less a fact that SOLDIERs are stronger than most other fighters. The procedure for producing SOLDIRE members - Jenova treatment and Mako exposure - didn't change significantly, so far as we can tell.He was physically weakened by a wound, and mentally unfocussed because of his feelings of anger and betrayal. Doesn't mean he was mentally weakened; he just had other stuff on his mind than possible defeat at the hands of a 'mere' Human grunt.As for Cloud overpowering him, it shows Sephiroth is out of it and weakened at the time, not prepared to cope with the Lifestream.