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fishytasty) wrote2009-01-22 12:36 am
fishytasty) wrote2009-01-22 12:36 am
Thoughts about Symphonia 2...
Hmm...well, it wasn't really explained in the game how Emil had parents since he technically came into existance only after Marta woke up Ratatosk's core. Looking back on the intro scene, I guess it could've been that Emil really was the name of a person in Palmacosta, just not the form that Ratatosk took. Seeing as the point of view when Emil's mom and dad is in first person, chances are that the true Emil was a random NPC type character that had died.
And then when it shows Ratatosk's core awakening, that's when we see him (Ratatosk-Emil) first, when he's sorta dazed and fuzzy. Seeing as Ratatosk needed some kind of personality, I think that the first name that he heard himself addressed as imprinted in his mind that he was actually that person. Because looking back on the intro, Emil's mom does address Ratatosk as Emil...however, this does not prove as much as a plothole anymore because of one critical detail: she said she couldn't even see his face anymore. So if she merely made the mistake of assuming that Ratatosk was her Emil, then that means that the plothole of Emil having parents is actually not there because he was mistaken for someone else. Of course, with Ratatosk being almost a blank slate, hearing someone else's name triggered something in him to make a history for himself while taking up the name of "Emil".
Also, with the distance between Luin and Palmacosta, it's a fair amount of distance to travel, so assuming that the aunt and uncle have only heard of Emil by name in letters or something, then it would explain how they could assume their role as a guardian. (Because obviously if they've seen Emil before, there's that plothole again, but whatever.)
I'll have to play the game again to see if anything else confirms this theory, because something lame like "everyone recogized Emil because Ratatosk altered people's memories to accomodate him" seems like a really lame excuse.
And then when it shows Ratatosk's core awakening, that's when we see him (Ratatosk-Emil) first, when he's sorta dazed and fuzzy. Seeing as Ratatosk needed some kind of personality, I think that the first name that he heard himself addressed as imprinted in his mind that he was actually that person. Because looking back on the intro, Emil's mom does address Ratatosk as Emil...however, this does not prove as much as a plothole anymore because of one critical detail: she said she couldn't even see his face anymore. So if she merely made the mistake of assuming that Ratatosk was her Emil, then that means that the plothole of Emil having parents is actually not there because he was mistaken for someone else. Of course, with Ratatosk being almost a blank slate, hearing someone else's name triggered something in him to make a history for himself while taking up the name of "Emil".
Also, with the distance between Luin and Palmacosta, it's a fair amount of distance to travel, so assuming that the aunt and uncle have only heard of Emil by name in letters or something, then it would explain how they could assume their role as a guardian. (Because obviously if they've seen Emil before, there's that plothole again, but whatever.)
I'll have to play the game again to see if anything else confirms this theory, because something lame like "everyone recogized Emil because Ratatosk altered people's memories to accomodate him" seems like a really lame excuse.