Lifestream White/Black

(List of prior entries on this topic at the bottom)

 

Lifestream Black:
I:
A man in the Lifestream was being absorbed into it by force. He was able to hold on to only a part of himself: his memories, thoughts, emotions. These were all that remained of him. But still, he knew it was only a matter of time until the grand order of things took its course. It was an act he could never let happen. The Planet was to be his to rule, not the other way around.

He then felt another presence in the stream. Cloud. The man knew that if he could attach himself to Cloud, he could live.

II:
The Lifestream broke though, but the man had given away his thoughts to it. The useless memories of his youth and friends meant nothing to him. It was the hate and power that made him who he is and was all that he needed. What was left traveled around the world and enveloped those who were done moving forward and gave up on life.  He made them sick. Cloud would know what the sickness was, and it would make him think of his enemy. As long as Cloud knew what it was, the man would never die.

III:
Life had gone on as normal for the Planet, but the Lifestream became filled with energy. Many of which were tainted. The man cherished this darkness. He eventually came to want more. He wanted people to know it his doing. He wanted to speak with his voice. He wanted to kill with his hands. For that, he would need a body. If he used the power and body of his mother, he could gain one. He had no memory of his physical form, but he knew memories of it were here somewhere.

He created one near image of himself. And then two more. They were sent to find his mother’s body and memories of himself. All they needed was Cloud. “ That will be the beginning, the man thought.”

The man is clearly Sephiroth, and I don’t really get why they didn’t just say his name. I suppose because his name isn’t a part of what gives him power. But is this true? When people say Sephiroth in Advent Children, everyone reacts with fear and trepidation. Clearly, his name means something. Regardless, this is us learning about how the wannabes came to be and shows a little more of their backstory and goal. They really are Lifestream formed clones made from the Jenova cells that fell into the Lifestream. We also learn the Geostigma is Sephiroth. Makes me wonder what would happen if enough people got sick and gathered together. Makes sense why they kidnapped all those kids.

Lifestream White:
I:
The final Ancient had fallen into the Lifestream. Being an Ancient, she was able to retain her personality. But she sensed a second presence. The spirit of a man who wanted to, and could exert himself on the Planet, even while dead. It was also the man who killed her. The man remained by making Cloud, her friend, the very core of his existence.

II:
The energy of the Lifestream became filled with people who couldn’t be absorbed into it. All of them hated the Planet. She assumed it was the result of something the man had done.

She tried to heal them as best she could by trying to relive their joyful memories. But the deluge of them was too much for her. She then began to search for more spirits like her: Cetra and friends. She found a few, but even still, it was all too much.

She thought of Cloud and then thought she’d have to help at the source. She’d have to contact Cloud, but could his heart withstand it?

III:
While thinking of how and what to say to Cloud. She then felt the evil presence. She was afraid to do anything and learn at first, but she eventually worked up her courage and tried to get close. And then he saw her, and she fled. The man laughed at her, but she learned of his plan to make copies. She thought about doing the same to talk to Cloud but decided against it, wanting to meet him as herself, “the way he knows me.”

I would have loved to see an army of Aerith’s, personally, but I understand why she didn’t. Shadow cloning is a little sketchy, ya? But White tells us of Aerith’s point of view of Sephiroth’s re-rise to power. It doesn’t go into much detail, which is a shame, but Sephiroth’s plan would have been hard to stop before it became a problem. This could have been a great way to really tie things together and be a post-movie epilogue. Sadly, Kazushige Nojima wanted to keep everything in one timeframe, I suppose. Understandable.There is one more piece of Final Fantasy VII literature out there, The Turks: The Kids are All Right, but I don't know if I'm going to read it. At least not any time soon. Legend of Dragoon on Monday!

 

Maiden Who Travels the Lifestream pt.1

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/lets-make-temporary-change.html

2/3

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-maiden-who-travels-lifestream-pt-23.html

4/5

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-maiden-who-travels-lifestream-45.html

6/Fin

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-maiden-who-travels-planet-6fin.html

Denzel p1.1

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/case-of-denzel-pt-1.html

Pt.2

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/case-of-denzel-pt-2.html

Tifa pt.1

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/case-of-tifa-pt-1.html

pt. 2

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/09/case-of-tifa-pt-2.html

Barrett pt. 1

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-barrett-pt-1.html

pt. 2

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-barrett-pt-w.html

Nanaki pt. 1

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-nanaki-pt-1.html

pt. 2

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-nanaki-pt-2.html

Yuffie pt. 1

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-yuffie-pt-1.html

pt. 2

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-yuffie-pt-2.html

Shinra pt. 1

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-shinra-pt-1-before-meteor.html

pt. 2

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-shinra-pt-2-rufus-is-missing.html

pt. 3

https://deadaghram.blogspot.com/2020/10/case-of-shinra-fin.html