-> ->      Are you sure?  It looked to me as if all the humans died and
-> -> only
-> -> animals survived.  Knowing that the planet will decide what races
-> -> will go on, I thought humans caused more trouble than solve.  I
-> -> thought all the humans died.  After the credits it showed Red XIII
-> -> with his children or grand children and showed them what humans ha
-> -> done to the planet.  What does everyone else think happened?
->
-> I am absolutely sure.
->
-> For one; If Red was around then we can be sure that everyone else
-> probably survived too.
-> Two; If Meteor did destroy all humanity then that mean's that
-> Aerith's Holy spell, her death, and all of the spirits of the Earth
-> that came to her call was in vain.
-> Three; there was also the sound of human children laughter in that
-> ending with Red's decendants.
-> Four; It was lamented and remarked in the game by the main characters
-> that the world should not rely on Mako energy, so the abandonment of
-> Midgar was probably testiment to humanity's return to relying on more
-> Earth-friendly energy resources.
-> Five; the full impact of Meteor was necessary to destroy the Earth.
-> The fact that it was heavily damaged on two instances removed the
-> threat of total destruction of the human race.
-> Six; the planet wanted the human race to prove itself. I think that
-> Cloud and Aerith did that beyond any doubt. If not then the planet
-> would not have responded.
->
-> But my main belief comes with Aerith herself, and the fact that she
-> materialized at the last moment, along with the spirits of all who
-> had gone before, and what they did to Meteor is what saved the
-> world. If Meteor *had* struck then there wouldn't have even *been* a
-> Midgar that we saw abandoned. That, and I prefer to think that all
-> of the work that we did in the game didn't go for naught. :)
good thinking. :)
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