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FF7 cast, et al!
As we all know, the FFVII canon is notoriously inconsistent. For example, there are about three ways to write 'Shin-Ra', all of which have been used within the context of the games in some way or another. While it's entirely possible that I'm the one who actually cares about this, I feel the need to bring it up in the light of the recent application cycle.
Disclaimer/s:
Most of what I'll be citing here comes directly from the Compilation, especially Crisis Core and the Ultimanias. I will endeavour to use as little fanon as possible, but if I do so, I'll label it as such.
Also, just to make sure it's totally clear, I'm not saying we have to use one or the other. I may state my preference, but the power is in your hands; I'll leave final decisions to you guys. "You guys" being canon mates, future canon mates, and people else with knowledge of the series. Furthermore, if anybody has anything they'd like to add to the agenda, feel free!
1) We're absolutely, definitely using the 'Aerith' spelling, Y/Y/N/M?
2) Hands up if you mind my usage of "Wutaian" over "Wutai"!
3) "ShinRa", "Shinra", and "Shin-Ra". The latter two are definitely used in CC; "Shinra" when talking or writing about the company in general, and "Shin-Ra" on the logo. In ACC, "Shin-Ra" is used on the news channel logo.Randomly, apparently Gaia has a channel called TNN. Random fact ahoy.
4) "Mako" or "mako". The latter is used in CC. Not sure about the rest of the compilation.
5) "Materia" or "materia". The latter is used in CC. However, it becomes capitalized when talking about things like specific summon materia (Choco/Mog Materia, Ur Mom Materia, etc.), and the special snowflakes; the Black Materia and the White Materia.
6) The exact nature of summon attacks. One of the Ultimania books state that the summons literally do pull their victims into some parallel space, and then spit whatever's left back out afterwards. Bahamut Sin is, apparently, an exception. Buuuuut, what do you guys think?
7) The world itself is divided into the three main continents (East, West, and North), with Mideel and Wutai as large islands (unless they're continents as well). Reeve refers to "regions" in Case of Denzel (he tells Denzel to go speak to the region leader), so I'm assuming that… aside from Wutai as a possible exception, they're not separate countries, so much as city-states. Of a sort. This world map calls them 'areas', but they're pretty much the same thing. So… opinions on this?
7b) Also, languages. What would the name of the standard language be?
7c) The size of the planet. It's large enough to have timezones (Midgar Standard Time being the major example), but Cloud could get from Edge to the Forgotten city in four and a half hours (he left at 5pm and arrived at 9:30pm) on a motorcycle. Apparently he took his time along the way. AND WHAT ABOUT THAT, Y'KNOW. BODY OF WATER. And all of FF7 took place in about a month, including the seven days that Tifa was unconscious.
... Not really sure why I'm including this one, but, yeah.
Also, does anybody know what was going on with the bridge/highway scene in Crisis Core? It looked huge. There was a sign saying "86 miles to Cosmo Canyon", too, but I can't figure out where the bridge/highway thing was actually supposed to be located.
8) Date format. It is strange. For instance, according to ACC, Meteorfall occured on 0008 0121 (January 21st, 2008). The date of Jenova's discovery (I think it's the discovery date?) is written 19591010. And, in the spirit of FF7: Compilation, I have also seen things written in a date format more similar to ours, up to and including "2000" instead of "0000". EDIT Found one instance of this! Crisis Core's opening sequence puts the date as [μ]–εуλ 2000.
NOT TO MENTION THE WEIRD [μ]–εуλ 1999 vs. [ν]–εуλ 0001 date marker thingies used in the Ultimanies, as well as AC/ACC.
EDIT FOR THE WORD OF GOD, a.k.a Crisis Core Ultimania Keyword Collection tranlations
[ μ ] -εуλ is a symbol used to indicate the name of the era. [ μ ] indicates the name of the era, and the numbers following εуλ show the year. During the game, after [ μ ] -εуλ the era name changes to [ ν ] and the year is written [ ν ] -εуλ 0000.
The starting time of this game is [ μ ] -εуλ 2000, and for the other titles in the FFVII series the dates are as follows: [ ν ] -εуλ0001 for BC; [ ν ] -εуλ0007 for FFVII; [ ν ] -εуλ0009 for AC; and [ ν ] -εуλ0010 for DC.
9) Holidays and stuff. Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's, etc.?
10) The Early Materials file suggests that Midgar is big enough to encompass all 23 of Tokyo's wards. This kind of goes hand in hand with the idea that there are more towns and suchlike that we don't get to see during gameplay. Y/N/M?
Y-Yeah. Please indulge me on this one, guys, and I apologize for the unecessary nitpicking.
Disclaimer/s:
Most of what I'll be citing here comes directly from the Compilation, especially Crisis Core and the Ultimanias. I will endeavour to use as little fanon as possible, but if I do so, I'll label it as such.
Also, just to make sure it's totally clear, I'm not saying we have to use one or the other. I may state my preference, but the power is in your hands; I'll leave final decisions to you guys. "You guys" being canon mates, future canon mates, and people else with knowledge of the series. Furthermore, if anybody has anything they'd like to add to the agenda, feel free!
1) We're absolutely, definitely using the 'Aerith' spelling, Y/Y/N/M?
2) Hands up if you mind my usage of "Wutaian" over "Wutai"!
3) "ShinRa", "Shinra", and "Shin-Ra". The latter two are definitely used in CC; "Shinra" when talking or writing about the company in general, and "Shin-Ra" on the logo. In ACC, "Shin-Ra" is used on the news channel logo.
4) "Mako" or "mako". The latter is used in CC. Not sure about the rest of the compilation.
5) "Materia" or "materia". The latter is used in CC. However, it becomes capitalized when talking about things like specific summon materia (Choco/Mog Materia, Ur Mom Materia, etc.), and the special snowflakes; the Black Materia and the White Materia.
6) The exact nature of summon attacks. One of the Ultimania books state that the summons literally do pull their victims into some parallel space, and then spit whatever's left back out afterwards. Bahamut Sin is, apparently, an exception. Buuuuut, what do you guys think?
7) The world itself is divided into the three main continents (East, West, and North), with Mideel and Wutai as large islands (unless they're continents as well). Reeve refers to "regions" in Case of Denzel (he tells Denzel to go speak to the region leader), so I'm assuming that… aside from Wutai as a possible exception, they're not separate countries, so much as city-states. Of a sort. This world map calls them 'areas', but they're pretty much the same thing. So… opinions on this?
7b) Also, languages. What would the name of the standard language be?
7c) The size of the planet. It's large enough to have timezones (Midgar Standard Time being the major example), but Cloud could get from Edge to the Forgotten city in four and a half hours (he left at 5pm and arrived at 9:30pm) on a motorcycle. Apparently he took his time along the way. AND WHAT ABOUT THAT, Y'KNOW. BODY OF WATER. And all of FF7 took place in about a month, including the seven days that Tifa was unconscious.
... Not really sure why I'm including this one, but, yeah.
Also, does anybody know what was going on with the bridge/highway scene in Crisis Core? It looked huge. There was a sign saying "86 miles to Cosmo Canyon", too, but I can't figure out where the bridge/highway thing was actually supposed to be located.
8) Date format. It is strange. For instance, according to ACC, Meteorfall occured on 0008 0121 (January 21st, 2008). The date of Jenova's discovery (I think it's the discovery date?) is written 19591010. And, in the spirit of FF7: Compilation, I have also seen things written in a date format more similar to ours, up to and including "2000" instead of "0000". EDIT Found one instance of this! Crisis Core's opening sequence puts the date as [μ]–εуλ 2000.
NOT TO MENTION THE WEIRD [μ]–εуλ 1999 vs. [ν]–εуλ 0001 date marker thingies used in the Ultimanies, as well as AC/ACC.
EDIT FOR THE WORD OF GOD, a.k.a Crisis Core Ultimania Keyword Collection tranlations
[ μ ] -εуλ is a symbol used to indicate the name of the era. [ μ ] indicates the name of the era, and the numbers following εуλ show the year. During the game, after [ μ ] -εуλ the era name changes to [ ν ] and the year is written [ ν ] -εуλ 0000.
The starting time of this game is [ μ ] -εуλ 2000, and for the other titles in the FFVII series the dates are as follows: [ ν ] -εуλ0001 for BC; [ ν ] -εуλ0007 for FFVII; [ ν ] -εуλ0009 for AC; and [ ν ] -εуλ0010 for DC.
9) Holidays and stuff. Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine's, etc.?
10) The Early Materials file suggests that Midgar is big enough to encompass all 23 of Tokyo's wards. This kind of goes hand in hand with the idea that there are more towns and suchlike that we don't get to see during gameplay. Y/N/M?
Y-Yeah. Please indulge me on this one, guys, and I apologize for the unecessary nitpicking.
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♥ Thank you for your input, though!
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