Ack wrote:Kefka does have a reason why he is the way he is. He was the guinea pig for gaining magic enhancement via surgical insertion. He's so strange and seemingly one note because his mind has completely snapped as a result of the botched experiment. In fact he and Celes are pretty much two sides of the same depressed coin, with Kefka inhabiting all of the rage and hate while Celes takes much of the despairing.
When it becomes too much and Kefka absolutely gives into his hate to try to murder Celes, Gestahl tries to kill him...and so Kefka murders Gestahl. In fact the only instance in which we ever see Kefka experience any form of empathy is when he murders the emperor. He allows himself a moment to mutter, "Poor old..." and then immediately snaps back and berates him. Kefka then successfully remakes the world in the spirit of his own mentally ill mind, one sliding away into inevitable ruin where life is cheap and he is king but locked away in a tower built out of trash. It then comes down to Celes, the despairing side of the coin, to overcome her own depression as a result of her surgery and rebuild the only team that can stop Kefka.
Duality is a relatively common theme in FF6, and it's represented in quite a few ways:
Kefka/Celes, the two magically-infused generals
Edgar/Sabin, the brothers who chose their opposing life paths based on a coin toss
The World of Balance/The World of Ruin
The Human World/The Esper World
Two species coming together to form a hybrid offspring, Terra
Locke experiences a quasi-love triangle with two women, Terra and Celes(both of which represent duality in their own manner) while not actually recovered from the loss of his love, while Edgar masquerades as a different person, thus inhabiting two different costumes and personas. There are two airships in this world, owned by Setzer and Daryl. Cyan is forced to face the loss of his family twice, contending with anger and grief for the first run and then learning acceptance after the second. Two also gets represented in numerous minor ways: two major continents in the World of Balance, two monster characters(Mog and Umaro), two children characters(Realm and Gau), two relic slots, two choices for Ragnarok, two options for Shadow, two fights with Phunbaba, etc.
Also note that confrontation between the dual sides is inevitable. Setzer is forced to take on the second airship by reliving his memories of Daryl and her death. Edgar and Sabin are forced to examine the courses of their lives together. Celes, as the first of the World of Ruin characters, is inevitably forced to take on Kefka, her counterpart. Locke's love-triangle falls through and he later has to contend with the loss of his real love. Terra has to face her heritage to learn to understand herself before discovering she can love. Cyan faces the loss of his family twice.
Funny enough, the most mysterious character in the game is Gogo, who has no known gender and simply is. There is no personal progression for Gogo whatsoever. The other most mysterious character is Shadow, but the other state of his life is hinted at in his dreams.
Uuuuuggghhhh. SO many flashbacks of how I love FFVI a lot
Seriously though, this was a really cool read. Where does it mention the stuff in the first paragraph though? I just don't remember coming across it the last time I played though it (a few months ago). It's fairly believable and compelling either way.
Gogo is actually a character from Final Fantasy V (I think) of the same name. On one hand, he could just be in the game because they needed a Mime character. Alternatively, with the theory of a focus on "two," being a mime, he could essentially be the universal two who can be the parallel to any other being.
I identify everyone via avatar, so if you change your avatar, I genuinely might completely forget who you are. -- Me
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