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Re: Final Fantasy X-2.5 : The Truth
« Reply #135 on: February 08, 2015, 07:47:38 am »
Is this the chapter where Tidus gets his head blown off? :P

Not at all ! You'll see the great guardian Tidus ! :)

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« Reply #136 on: February 10, 2015, 01:23:58 pm »
I'm done with the chapter ! Fiiuuu...

I hope you're not eating right now !  ::)

Also, the next chapter is very long, don't expect it soon !  :-\ (But this chapter is soooo gooood !)

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« Reply #137 on: February 10, 2015, 02:17:41 pm »
...Oh my, Tidus.

Am I noticing parallels being drawn between these two and Valm and Kushu? :P
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« Reply #138 on: February 10, 2015, 02:51:46 pm »
...Oh my, Tidus.

Am I noticing parallels being drawn between these two and Valm and Kushu? :P

Yes, you are ! :)

In the next chapter, Valm's and Kush's story is about to come to an end... one of the best chapters of the book.

PS: COL, if you want, you can do the contractions in the first chapters during the conversations between the characters (but Kush).
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« Reply #139 on: February 18, 2015, 02:30:32 pm »
Hey guys ! I know everyone is waiting for the next chapter ! So I've planned to release it this week-end ! YEAH !  :D
This chapter is really oppressive, nothing good comes of it, always bad news...  ::)

Anyway, to keep up with the translation, I bought myself the necklace of Yuna in FFX-2 !  :D It's so pretty that I succumbed to temptation !  ;D


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« Reply #140 on: February 18, 2015, 08:11:17 pm »
Yay, depressing chapters! xD

But I've always loved Yuna's jewelry!! The necklace is so gorgeous. It's been sort of a headcanon of mine that it was a gift from her parents... and in a way sort of represents their family, with the 2 petals being them and her the large flower. Her name means hibiscus in Japanese, too, so I think it has a lot of symbolism, hehe. REGARDLESS, it's a beautiful necklace!! I want to get one, but I'm afraid I'd never wear it because it's so delicate, haha. I have Tidus' necklace which I wear sometimes if I feel particularly nerdy that day. xD

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« Reply #141 on: February 19, 2015, 11:55:30 am »
Furthermore, the aquamarine stone in its centre has a deep signification !

Anyway, maybe you'll have something to read tonight, I'm quite full of spirit right now...  ;D

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« Reply #142 on: February 19, 2015, 02:36:38 pm »
I'm done !  :D

I'm expecting some reactions from you guys you know, this chapter is like a bloodbath...

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« Reply #143 on: February 19, 2015, 05:34:01 pm »
Thanks again Chercheur! How many more chapters are there to go?

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« Reply #144 on: February 19, 2015, 06:12:02 pm »
Thanks again Chercheur! How many more chapters are there to go?

You're welcome ! Well, there are 34 chapters so something like 22 remaining chapters. But I think it's better to look at the number of remaining pages which is approximately 150. I translated 120 pages approximately until now.


CrystalOfLies : you fixed a sentence here : "  “Be quiet!” Valm intimidated them  " but I think you're wrong, I used initially the verb "intimate" which means "to tell with authority" like a call to order. the verb "intimidate" doesn't really have the same meaning, am I right ? And isn't it odd to use "intimidate" in this case ? I don't think it makes sense  in terms of grammar ?
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« Reply #145 on: February 20, 2015, 07:31:44 am »
Hiya!

I have been reading the translation since Chapter 1 and this last one left me so intrigued that I have to ask this!

Is the "Mage of Zanarkand" actually Yu Yevon?
It is mentioned in the book that "the Mage of Zanarkand, his daughter and his followers" are heretics and such... Does this mean the the Mage is Yu Yevon and his daughter Yunalesca? They were summoners, after all, and Yu Yevon was said to be peerless in that he was extremely powerful, moreso than the other summoners.

Another thing that ground my gears is the fact that, in this book, Bevelle seems to be using summoners whilst Zanarkand is using weapons. Wasn't it the other way around as stated in the games? Bahamut's fayth said that the summoners of Zanarkand didn't stand a chance against Bevelle's weapons, that's why Yu Yevon created that multitude of the fayth and summoned Zanarkand anew before creating Sin, destroying the original Zanarkand and browbeating Bevelle into spreading his teachings. Unless the Bedohls created weapons so powerful that they overpowered Zanarkand's? It's so confusing.  :-\

Does this also mean that Zanarkand created fayth the way we see them in FFX, since Yunalesca used Zaon to create his fayth that way, whilst Bevelle used aeon cores, like Ifarnal, Kush and the other summoners? Is that why the aeon core method practically vanished from history after the Machina War?

I liked this book! :)
Until now, it has nothing of the BS people had been saying, and it has raised a few questions that I'm making now!
Unfortunately, we're not having FFX-3 so soon.. :( Bummer.

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« Reply #146 on: February 20, 2015, 10:59:29 am »
I believe realistically, both Bevelle and Zanarkand would have weapons, since Zanarkand was a flourishing machina city; it wouldn't make sense for them to just use magic and summoners when they are also very technologically advanced.

However, Bevelle had the Bedohls, which could potentially be very dangerous suits of armour. They probably had the power to fight and create even more dangerous weapons, since these are pretty much the ancestors of the Al Bhed, which are machina whizzes.
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« Reply #147 on: February 20, 2015, 03:12:22 pm »
Does this mean that Bevelle's weapons were similar to those used on Operation Mi'ihen and Home?
The Bedohls' creator, Alb, didn't seem to have any qualms on how they were used as tools of war; it seems really unfair that they apparently took the blame for the war and were considered outcasts, thus all the preconception regarding the Al Bhed seen on FFX.
It also seemed for me that Alb tricked everyone into thinking they were robots, when they were actually genetically-engineered (right?) humans operating machines. Why was this? Just because he was a sadist? Or did he have any ulterior motives?

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« Reply #148 on: February 20, 2015, 06:49:33 pm »
Know that Alb is just the name of a divinity. In fact, Alb is the divinity of workers. So the Alb who lived in the base is not the creator of the Bedohls. He just took on its name as others could do. The Bedohls are a race which "developped" in society thanks to their gift in the field of mechanics (explosive for example. Bria says it to Tidus at the end of the novel).

But they were forced to do that else they were killed. So Zanarkand or any government could use them to build machines or weapons for example.

In the case of the base in Besaid, the Alb there was apparently the one forced. He had to create mechanical Bedohls but for a reason I don't know, he couldn't do it and tried to run away. But you have a point about the fact that Alb could have tricked the Bedohls in a weird way because they were moving on their own very strangely just before Alb ran away...

Also, I think some of you have misunderstood the origin of the name "Al Bhed". It comes from the DIVINITY "Alb" and the race "Bedohl". I might have said something wrong in the file "1000 years ago" about this point... sorry.
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« Reply #149 on: February 21, 2015, 11:55:36 am »
Oh, I see.
But Valm seemed to think the Bedohls were just robots, when they were in fact humans. It's shown when he cuts a Bedohl's hand off and it starts gushing blood, he says it's "too realistic" and asked him to remove the blood or change its color. So, since Alb couldn't create mechanical Bedohls properly, he just spread the word that the human Bedohls were mechanical and was just teaching them how to fight and sent them to the front lines. So when Valm entered Alb's workshop and saw the Bedohls helping their injured comrades, he realized that they were actually human and that there were actually much fewer robots than Alb claimed there were. This could explain why Valm pitied them, even though he hated their guts.

EDIT: May I translate the novel to Portuguese? I own a FF Facebook page for my fellow Brazilian fans and, considering I'm responsible for lore and theory content, I feel like bringing this sort of content to them is constructive to the fanbase. I'll give due credit, of course. :)
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