Part of him is, and has done horrible things, but part of him does not want to do this. I believe that it's more like Sephiroth is not completely evil. It is in that three hundred-year period of writing in between the last of the Hebrew Bible and Christian scriptures when a lot of the imagery we know today was incorporated into the tradition (angels, the devil, heaven and hell, apocalyptic literature, messianic literature, etc.). Angels and demons began to enter into Jewish scripture after Hellenization and before the Hasmonean period in 2nd century BCE, when the latest books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament were written. But a lot of that tradition stems from long before Paradise Lost. Some of it ended up in the Apocrypha of the Catholic Bible. It's not in the canonized Bible, at least in the Hebrew Bible and the Protestant Old and New Testament. What the angel wing is meant to tell you is that Sephiroth is evil. He wants to wipe out all life on Gaia and become what he thinks will be an omnipotent being. Lucifer said in Paradise Lost "It is better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." The angel wing, as I interpret it, is a reference to the poem Paradise Lost, in which Satan is cast as a Fallen Angel who has rebelled against God and Heaven. I also like to show new members that as soon as possible so they haven't any need to stick around. As implied above, it's even a bit of cultural appropriation, though in this case quite benign (or at least I think so).Īnd Spooniest, please feel free to spin up a new topic explaining to us all that CoN is dead. Religious mythos is cool, and I think there's a natural tendency for people to look at religious iconography that is not their own and find it inherently more interesting. I think there are several posts here that combine to create a pretty good explanation, but honestly, all of the Judeo-Christian influence is very much simply that, and it doesn't negate the "because it's cool" argument. The post quoted above was actually much better for getting that point across, FWIW. I got the reference, but you have to admit posting four times a year and one of them being written that way isn't the best look for someone. It's about 'deep' as horns on viking helmets. Like Stitlz says, it's just a quick visual shorthand using another culture's religious mythology to make it feel 'exotic' and 'super cereal u gais'. Blitzsage wasn't talking about any parallels the game was making, just where that imagery originated from. ![]() Self-deprecating had the Simpson's ref not gone over y'alls head, but absolutely genuine.įF7's undeniably drenched in the cheap pulp stylings of the anime cliches of its day, including its use of Judeo-Christian imagery. This is interesting because it shows that the imagery comes not just from Jewish/Christian legend (it was probably written by a Christian), but it also shows influence from Greek mythology. But this is another subject.)Ībezethibou also controls Tartarus, or Hell. The inclusion of demons was a way of explaining that part. (Interestingly enough, the Bible has God say during the Burning Bush story that he will harden pharaoh's heart. According to the story, he is the demon that hardens Pharaoh Ramses' heart in the Book of Exodus, causing him to not allow the Israelites to leave until the tenth plague. ![]() The actual imagery comes from the Apocryphal book the Testament of Solomon, where a one-winged demon with an unpronounceable name, Abezethibou, is one of the fallen angels that descends alongside Beelzebub, another name for the devil. I had intended to write a post on this thread, but it kept crashing.īut I was basically going to write what chevleclair did. As such, the idea of letting someone live when he doesn't have to will never even cross his mind.I'm sorry about that Matt. Nihilism: Sephiroth does not believe in anyone's right to live, after having seen the future of war through ZERO. Insanity: Sephiroth is quite insane and beyond reason, but he is high-functionning. ![]() ![]() It's used as the activation key for the Gundam Epyon. Gundam Epyon: Sephiroth's personal Mobile Suit, stolen from his days with the Saints of Ajora. This also allows him to detect Newtypes and their ilk. Quantum Brainwaves: Sephiroth is able to communicate with machines with QB receptors, as well as others with the same abilities. Even Coordinators do not have the physical acumen he does, and he knows how to use it perfectly. Swordsmanship Mobile Suit Piloting Military Leadership.Įnhanced Human: Literally everything about Sephiroth is beyond human.
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