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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Nadia's Ancestry, Nu, Entity, Cats, and Names

« on: February 24, 2006, 01:35:01 pm »

It couldn't have happened in the original timeline since Magus died, so it didn't happen. And I wouldn't think it'd happen it all. He's  abit to lonerish. Even celebate?

*thinks* Original timeline... He was shipped off to 600 A.D. ... Went on with being Magus (as opposed to Janus) and then summoned Lavos for the sake of revenge. I could put it this way, that we don't know what could've happened had Crono and co. not interjected, whether he lived or died. (Think Ozzy's Fort, and the cat. Unlikely, but it DID happen.)

To come up with some random theory of potential bs, and ignoring allegations of him being celebate, let's say he impregnated a woman BEFORE his suggested destruction. That way, after being born, the kid could've randomly been warped back to 12,000 B.C., bringing things together.

... Yeah, I know. I got nothin'.

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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Nadia's Ancestry, Nu, Entity, Cats, and Names

« on: February 15, 2006, 02:03:09 pm »

Ayla got sucked into the End of Time or whenever till long after Marle's birth, yet during the ending Lucca still states that Kino and Ayla are Marle's ancestors. During the whole game Guardia and Marle shouldn't exist because Ayla didn't return to 65,000,000BC "yet".

But Schala never returns to Zeal and we god well know that Magus is too badass to have a brat around the dark fortress. And Ayla could be written off as Time Traveler's Immunity. Maybe the Entity gave her a free pass to leave without mucking up the timeline.

Another semi-unlikely possibility is that Magus impregnated a woman, without ever becoming the father figure. It could have happened many places, as I don't remember any mention as to which life Magus went back to after the adventure. A couple of variations may include:

Having a woman give birth to a son/daughter in 600AD and then send it off to 12,000BC. (Rating this as uber-unlikely)

He may have 'visited' 12,000BC, causing a woman surviving the Zeal incident to give birth to a child. (Rating this as somewhat-less-than-uber-unlikely)

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Site Updates / Saturday Update -- New Fanart

« on: October 13, 2005, 05:20:30 pm »

Exciting news. Makes me want to get a GBA. I've never felt the need to own any variety of game boy device, but I do now.

The picture is pretty nice. this being stated from one artist to another, I'm really jealous of the computer colouring. I can't do that. YET.

Any other observations or comments I'd be likely to make have been made before. I'd like to see some of the female characters too, (Lucca is my favorite! More Lucca!) but so far as I can tell, he's supremely good at drawing guys with bulgey muscles. Guys, in general, even.

Perhaps it's a gender thing. I'm more comfortable drawing girls, after all.

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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Epoch and the Cenozoic Era

« on: September 18, 2005, 12:20:25 pm »

OMG! None of the posts in this thread w/"OMG" in it are funny! >_>

Memories of the fall of Zeal were probably what Belthasar considered when naming his achievement. It's a thought, anyway.

Don't Crono & Co. name the Epoch? Belthasar seemed to just call it his Wings of Time...

Wow. A point well taken. But I suppose it might be something someone considered in the creation of the game when thinking of the character who made it...

My assumption was made of the thought that all things had an original name, but as they come up, you can change it. Heh... ^_^`

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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Epoch and the Cenozoic Era

« on: September 15, 2005, 06:50:34 pm »

OMG!  'Chrono' means 'time' in latin!  

I was always so sure that 'Chrono' was the Greek root for time.

Now that I have more time, I may be able to express this a little better.

In the dictionary, it is stated that an 'epoch' is a period of time. I knew that much. But I find the real life applications for the word to be more interesting. The part I'm getting at is the different water levels associated with the deciding and naming of each Epoch.

Memories of the fall of Zeal were probably what Belthasar considered when naming his achievement. It's a thought, anyway.

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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Epoch and the Cenozoic Era

« on: September 13, 2005, 07:00:36 pm »

Alright, I'd just like to make a quick note on something I found to be interesting.

In science, we've been studying evolution and the history of the Earth. A topic that is, needless to say, entwined with just about every bit of the Chrono series.

Through the Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic eras, there are sections called 'periods'. However, during the Cenozoic era, the time periods are actually entitled 'Epochs,' which, instead of showing distinction between Flora and Fauna, show distinctions in the water level.

Just a neat thing between ancient times and the ties between the Epoch and Zeal that I thought needed mentioning. And now I must go ^_^`

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Reality, Real-World Connections, and the Supernatural / Real World Influences

« on: June 27, 2005, 01:03:41 pm »

I don't think that's the point exactly, because it's not really the gurus that give Lucca access to her childhood...The 7 time periods are accessable through the Epoch...Although I think the jewel makes more sense as The Pendant...So perhaps the Time Egg could count as the 8th "face"...

And in reply, I quote the part from my previous post that I presume you didn't read.

Of course, if you feel more comfortable not including it, just cause there is no considerable time spent there (a fragment of one night isn't much, I'll admit), you could always think about it this way. The time periods Chrono and co. were able to travel to were the ones in which they could take actions to change major events. That is also so in 1020 AD, the time period that Chrono Cross takes place in. The group made great effort to, for the most part, create a better outcome.

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Reality, Real-World Connections, and the Supernatural / Real World Influences

« on: June 26, 2005, 03:10:05 pm »

Chrono'99: About the 3 gurus giving Chrono's party 3 gifts like the Mages, I always though these 3 gifts were more in relation with the japanese mythology :
the japanese Emperor got 3 gifts from the gods :
- a sword taken from a devil's body
- a magical jewel (time egg?)
- a mirror with 8 faces (ok there is only 7 time periods in CT but...)

The time periods that Crono and co. were capable of traveling to were as follows:
- 65,000,000 BC
- 12,000 BC
- 600 AD
- 1000 AD
- 1999 AD
- 2300 AD
- The end of time.

And also, with the addition of the Fiona sidequest, back to Lucca's childhood. I'm not sure if it was said what year that was, but it was accessable.

Of course, if you feel more comfortable not including it, just cause there is no considerable time spent there (a fragment of one night isn't much, I'll admit), you could always think about it this way. The time periods Chrono and co. were able to travel to were the ones in which they could take actions to change major events. That is also so in 1020 AD, the time period that Chrono Cross takes place in. The group made great effort to, for the most part, create a better outcome.

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Polling / 1/8/05 - Which games have you played and in what order?

« on: June 26, 2005, 02:37:37 pm »

For me, it was Chrono Trigger, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Chrono Cross, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and then Chrono Cross. I really need to get a life.

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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Lavos Spawn shells on Death Peak

« on: June 25, 2005, 06:59:17 am »

It was stated, "A fragment of Lavos' shell," by Belthasar. That seems rather clear to me.

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Polling / 7/2/05 - Which Gurus' invention has had the most impact?

« on: June 24, 2005, 01:53:47 pm »

Ultimately, I think the Pendant was perhaps not the most useful, but the most important, according to the storyline. Think about it this way. Chrono Trigger started when a young girl (aka. Marle) was accidentally sent back in time via, the pendant. This caused a series of events that lead to the saving of the world on that groups' behalf. Take away the pendant, and what do you have? A normal, fun-filled day at the fair. Possibly with the conviction of Chrono being a kidnapper, but this time, I doubt there'd be any saving him, cause... well... They wouldn't know how to escape through that time gate in the forest.

So, in essence, the pendant was the first thing that made room for a plot, and brighter future, and a sequal. And the hinge upon which every other item relied.

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Polling / 7/2/05 - Which Gurus' invention has had the most impact?

« on: June 24, 2005, 01:52:38 pm »

Ultimately, I think the Pendant was perhaps not the most useful, but the most important, according to the storyline. Think about it this way. Chrono Trigger started when a young girl (aka. Marle) was accidentally sent back in time via, the pendant. This caused a series of events that lead to the saving of the world on that groups' behalf. Take away the pendant, and what do you have? A normal, fun-filled day at the fair. Possibly with the conviction of Chrono being a kidnapper, but this time, I doubt there'd be any saving him, cause... well... They wouldn't know how to escape through that time gate in the forest.

So, in essence, the pendant was the first thing that made room for a plot, and brighter future, and a sequal.

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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Lavos Spawn shells on Death Peak

« on: June 23, 2005, 05:52:30 pm »

See, my thought was that their shells might, in themselves, be a form of 'frozen flame' on their own, if not a weaker version. (might be the whole shell, but the power/hatred/whatever of a full sized Lavoid wouldn't have had time to fully manifest in the younger ones, resulting in decreased power.

This brings up many questions, like, "How would that have affected Crono and co.'s climb on death peak, the conditions on death peak, themselves, and the future of that future of the planet?"

I'm sorry if any of this is confusing. Really.

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Characters, Plot, and Themes / About Starky

« on: June 23, 2005, 05:35:25 pm »

An observation I made shortly after my first run in with Starky:

"Wait a second.... Is it just me, or does this thing look like a more childish version of the Lavos core (Lavos' true form)?"

I hold that, Lavos was one of the species that they had altered to be a supreme biological weapon, with the basic desire to achieve 'ultimate evolution.' If he had escaped from them in an unfinished state, (to be incomplete in the way of 'training' so that it may obey rather than run wild, or otherwise be uncontrollable by its creators), then it would obviously go all crazy like it did, with the whole "killing the planet" and "destroying the future" and "consuming all space and time," and all that jazz.

It's also possible, as a slight variation, that he was created from scratch, rather than mutated. The alien species would have long accepted their form as 'normal' and would have most likely created Lavos to look similar.

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History, Locations, and Artifacts / Lavos Spawn shells on Death Peak

« on: June 22, 2005, 02:57:17 pm »

An idea to throw in here for debate. It was said in Chrono Cross that the Frozen Flame is a fragment of Lavos' shell. That just recently brought up the question: What about the shells of the Lavos Spawn from Death Peak?

I think it's an interesting idea. Discuss, if you please.

Edit: And yes, I am fully aware that by killing Lavos, Crono and co. had stopped the creation of the Lavos Spawn. Doesn't ruin the idea, though.