Bahamut ZERO
02-19-2003, 12:46 PM
Yeah, lame thread title, I couldn't think of anything better. Remember, there are SPOILERS in this post and thread that will spoil your enjoyment of the game if you haven't completed it and continue reading on... With that dealt with.
I remember vaguely, during my one and only play-through of Final Fantasy IX, that Zidane and Kuja are brothers (kind of) in the way they were created, but where Kuja was made to die at a specific point, seemingly to be replaced by Zidane, Zidane was to live for an unspecified period of time (forever, even.)
Now, I can't remember the full details behind the story, but the knowledge that he was going to die was what sent Kuja over the edge, and that combined with becoming Trance Kuja, bought about the destruction of Terra and the very close destruction of the entire universe.
My question is this: If Zidane had been the Genome who was to die, to be replaced by Kuja, the eternal Genome and better model, so to speak, would Zidane have done exactly the same thing Kuja tried to do? Would the circumstance of knowing that you were created only to die and be replaced send you down the road of madness that Kuja took, to the point of not letting anyone live because you were to die? Or is it Kuja entirely that bought about the near destruction of the universe?
(Note:- My memory, as I've said, as fuzzy of the exact events, but that's my best recollection of it. If you want to correct me, feel free.)
I remember vaguely, during my one and only play-through of Final Fantasy IX, that Zidane and Kuja are brothers (kind of) in the way they were created, but where Kuja was made to die at a specific point, seemingly to be replaced by Zidane, Zidane was to live for an unspecified period of time (forever, even.)
Now, I can't remember the full details behind the story, but the knowledge that he was going to die was what sent Kuja over the edge, and that combined with becoming Trance Kuja, bought about the destruction of Terra and the very close destruction of the entire universe.
My question is this: If Zidane had been the Genome who was to die, to be replaced by Kuja, the eternal Genome and better model, so to speak, would Zidane have done exactly the same thing Kuja tried to do? Would the circumstance of knowing that you were created only to die and be replaced send you down the road of madness that Kuja took, to the point of not letting anyone live because you were to die? Or is it Kuja entirely that bought about the near destruction of the universe?
(Note:- My memory, as I've said, as fuzzy of the exact events, but that's my best recollection of it. If you want to correct me, feel free.)