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redrocket posted...

That would be stupid as fuck. If Sephiroth killed Clouds dad theres no way in hell he wouldnt have mentioned that in FFVII as just one more way to fuck with him.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Nomura's "Compilation of FFVII" writing. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Vincent's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Tetsuya Nomura truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Cloud's existential catchphrase "Let's Mosey," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Nomura's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them.

(ok reappropriating that copypasta sounded like a better idea in my head, I apologize)