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Rampant speculation
IN THIS POST: total geeking out over a rushed fighting game storyline.
So there's this fan theory going around that Graf Dumas/Nightmare is actually Raphael (or at least, his body consumed by Soul Edge) which is one of those things that is like, 'wat' when you first hear it but has become slightly more plausible as peopleoveranalyze uncover more stuff.
Examples: Nightmare's base model is the same as Raphael's, (it's not possible to take off most of Nightmare's armor, but enough can be removed to make the model obvious) Nightmare's physical stats have changed so that they are more inline with Raphael's than Siegfried's, Nightmare's profile mentions using a 'spare host underneath Ostrheinsburg,' Graf Dumas looks and acts similar to Raphael, etc, etc. Apparently there is also a Japanese light novel that hints pretty heavily at Raphael-as-Nightmare's-host without actually committing to the idea? @_@ finding information on the light novel itself is kind of hard.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS. Well okay I guess it's a pretty awesome dramatic development, but I sort of hate the idea of Raphael just being, like, the Newest Nightmare, because Nightmare is super-boring. But! The idea that Raphael's actual soul/spirit/whatever is wandering around while Nightmare uses his body as a host isoddly arousing is a lot more appealing because it feels truer to his character. (in that he's always been willing to use Soul Edge's powers but refuses to become just another ~minion.) But then there's the problem of whether or not the Raphael in SCV and Nightmare/Graf Dumas are operating/existing at the same time, like - maybe Raphael's story, such as it is, is supposed to take place after the events in the main story mode? Nightmare/Dumas isn't killed there iirc, Z.W.E.I.'s stopped by Pyrrah Omega and Tira before that, right? Anyway that would mean Raphael is totally boring New Nightmare most of the time, and only his much cooler self in a plot that kind of doesn't exist yet-
WHY DO I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THESE THINGS :/
Have also been spoiling FFXIII-2 since I don't really feel like buying or playing it any time soon, and after seeing the main game + extra endings I feel confident in saying: "Well, that's a huge fucking mess."
Also Goddess Etro is an amazingly incompetent higher power.
So there's this fan theory going around that Graf Dumas/Nightmare is actually Raphael (or at least, his body consumed by Soul Edge) which is one of those things that is like, 'wat' when you first hear it but has become slightly more plausible as people
Examples: Nightmare's base model is the same as Raphael's, (it's not possible to take off most of Nightmare's armor, but enough can be removed to make the model obvious) Nightmare's physical stats have changed so that they are more inline with Raphael's than Siegfried's, Nightmare's profile mentions using a 'spare host underneath Ostrheinsburg,' Graf Dumas looks and acts similar to Raphael, etc, etc. Apparently there is also a Japanese light novel that hints pretty heavily at Raphael-as-Nightmare's-host without actually committing to the idea? @_@ finding information on the light novel itself is kind of hard.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS. Well okay I guess it's a pretty awesome dramatic development, but I sort of hate the idea of Raphael just being, like, the Newest Nightmare, because Nightmare is super-boring. But! The idea that Raphael's actual soul/spirit/whatever is wandering around while Nightmare uses his body as a host is
WHY DO I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THESE THINGS :/
Have also been spoiling FFXIII-2 since I don't really feel like buying or playing it any time soon, and after seeing the main game + extra endings I feel confident in saying: "Well, that's a huge fucking mess."
Also Goddess Etro is an amazingly incompetent higher power.