Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
she possessed Rinoa and yet her appearance didn't change
She wasn't in Rinoa for an extended period of time like with Edea. I believe it was only a few hours or maybe less. Edea it was probably a month or more. In that time she could buy all the clothes and gear she wanted for her appearance in that time period, how was she going to find evil wardrobe in space?
She can manifest looks, you can see her head evolving in the opening scene. No need to buy clothes.

There are 3 reasons why Rinoa wasn't re-adjusted: 1) Square didn't have enough time to create a new look. 2) She's Ultimecia. 3) Rinoa is stronger than Matron, hence she can resist some force of Ultimecia; note her moonwalking side-effect...

Quote Originally Posted by [QUOTE=Depression Moon
A part of Ultimecia is still inside her at that point. Edea was just containing her.
You didn't read the lighthouse part did you?
After playing this game for years and you're asking me this question? How insulting!

Anyway, like I said before. It wouldn't make sense if Edea instantly changes her appearance right back to Matron right after her defeat... that will cause more problems! But she did change back to Matron later in the game eventually