1. Multiple people in the topic complained about Janus predicted (felt the Black Wind around Crono or the party) a death, but not being able to predict the Ocean Palace disaster. This is completely off. Janus and Schala were sick worried about feeling the Black Wind, and so Schala wanted to avoid at all costs to summon Lavos.
Indeed. Both Schala
and Janus were worried sick about what was about to go down 'down' at the Ocean Palace. Now, they do happen to actually mention the Black Wind in that scene... coincidence? I think not.
2. Belthasar's prophetic abilities are out of record, it's something much greater than the Black Wind. While the Black Wind seems to give me a reading of "bad energy" or "death chill" or "bad presentiment", Belthasar's prophecy is exact. By Chrono Cross Belthasar called himself the Prophet of Time, we never saw anyone else call him that before. I think speculation is great but it really could be anything: the Nu, contact with the Planet, contact with Lavos, the Black Wind, or any mixture or relation of any.
Yeah, it's true, Belthasar does indeed posses some kind of 'super' ability to be able to predict with
absolute certainty every single event that was 'fated' to transpire in order for Serge to be able to free Schala. I mean, the Neo-Epoch and FATE are both excellent tools for carrying out such a project... but, would that have helped him predict the timing of Starky's crashing into the El Nido Triangle, Norris' sudden appearance at the exact precise moment in which Kid needed the Hydra Humour to avoid death, etc., etc.?
3. Lavos reigns from IN the planet, that's all that is really said. "Atop Death Peak" is Woosley's invention. Lavos could nest inside the planet NOWHERE near Death Peak. But probably close, since the Black Omen is pretty close to Death Peak in 2300 AD, and his spawns are in Death Peak, after all.
Actually, if you had been paying attention, what Woolsay said in his translation was that Lavos was indeed
reigning from atop Death Peak, at the moment at which he decided to erupt from the planet; as in, in 1999 AD, and
not at all at the time of despair in which the world was at during 2300 AD. There are 301 years in between those two stated 'quotes', for which some people, apparently, don't find it that it should make that much of a difference.
4. Now, here's what you're forgetting, Mother Brain is the one who talks about Lavos leaving the planet:
I don't know if I would go as far as saying that the she actually mentions that he left the planet. Although it is extremely odd that she would neglect to mention him at all, seeing as how she's all worked up about its 'offspring' interfering with her actual plans for the future of the planet. One would think, if Lavos was still around, that he would've been at the very least considered as a potential 'nuisance' to at least be mentioned by her in the first place.
Yup, she's talking about Lavos children only, as if not minding Lavos at all, as if Lavos had already left the Planet. So:
Yeah, pretty much... I would think. Why else would she neglect to mention him? Either that, or he did, in fact, divided itself (like a virus) into three separate organisms.
a) Either Belthasar didn't knew/was delirating/didn't care/didn't have time to check if Lavos had already left the Planet when you can first talk to him, or when he was writing his shiny notes that declared that Lavos nests IN the Planet.
b) Lavos left the Planet in 2300 AD somewhere during the game (anytime since when you leave 2300 AD till when you visit Mother Brain), this would be possible with no crater or other evidence if he came out from the ground under the sea, and not on a continent. So, Lavos sufraced, went WHEEE I R A ROCKET, and its spawns will LIIIIIIIIKEEELYY do the same.
a) Doesn't matter. The point is that the game doesn't give us enough information to even begin guess at which point (there are 301 years inbetween) he would've left the planet. The game, however, does certainly
heavily imply it.
b) That would be my interpretation, as well. As he does actually mention that he was resarching Lavos at some point. He probably stuck around until he knew for a fact, that his little 'baby' spawns would be appropiately taken care of (whatever that implies). As for the crater, I don't think that should even be considered an issue; since we did actually see where he would 'erupt' in the Lavos Day video in Arris Dome, didn't we? In any case, that supposedly always happens then (in 1999 AD) and not at all during 2300.
Anyway, as for some of the other points raised, namely concerning the pendant:
Aren't we forgetting that we do actually get to see what it looks like in the opening FMV? If it was actually meant to be that pendant, wouldn't it look the same there in that other FMV?
I think it's actually suppsed to be his soul or something. As in: Janus' prophecy is actually being fulfilled right then and there, and there was
absolutely nothing at all that anyone could've ever done to prevent it from happening.
That's what I get from that cutsecene. Anyway, I
highly doubt that was supposed to represent the 'pendant', for any number of reasons:
1) Aren't all items supposed to be 'hold' at inside the party's Item Bag, where
all their other items are supposedly held?
2) Why would Crono be holding something that isn't even his, in the first place? Because we never see him returning it to Marle? Phfff... please.
As far as the Pocket Dimension theory is concerned.... I think that it has been
heavily implied many times now that it is, in fact, a flawed theory; and that it was under revision at the moment or something.
