Midgar...The Promised Land?

[neo_rufus]

Ok so this theory isn't one of my best but I felt it was still worth sharing. You know just to keep the community alive, lol. So my friend asked me a very interesting question regarding the Red 13 scene at the end of the game. Notice how Midgar was full of tress and looked like a splendid jungle of some sort, surrounded by beautiful blue water.

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[neo_rufus]

Interesting theory. I've never heard of it, so I'm glad you posted it up. :)

Ok, I see were you are getting at. It does make allot of sense, now that you mention it. Then again, Rufus seemed to have hated Midgar, lol. So it would explain why he was more desperate to find "his" Promised Land, because he wanted to get out of Midgar and start over. Maybe that's another reason why he wasn't to upset about the loss of Midgar. That was his father's city, so building Edge gave Rufus the chance to do things his own way, including the creation of the new ShinRa Company. Now that I think of it, I guess you can say Edge is Rufus' Promised Land. :)

I still haven't read that yet. I'd love to, though. I hear so much about it. It sounds interesting.

I agree, Rufus has totally changed in AC, and he was sincere about his reformation. I'm still trying to figure out how he knows so much about the Lifestream. As crazy as it may sound, maybe during his healing time, he had a phone conversation with a member of AVALANCE or something. Not to spoil anything, but DoC give HUGE hints that some members of AVALANCHE knew of Rufus' survival, but I digress. But the way he stood up for his city in AC was very impressive. He relied on his own skills, not some giant cannon that could destroy almost anything, lol.

So even though I'll hold on tight to my theory, I still agree with yours. It's quite brilliant. Even the slums could have been loved and considered the Promised Land to some who lived there. Aerith seemed to have loved her home. Regarding Costa de Sol, didn't Rufus use to go there? I can't remember if it was a rumor or anything like that.

Thanks for sharing this, I loved reading it. :D

[mimi_sardinia]

I just went looking for the site that I knew of that had a translation of Maiden to find that it is down. Best bet I think will be to look on Advenchildren.net to see if translations are located there.

Don't guard me from spoilers, it annoys me because I'm a total spoiler whore. I can guess who you mean though, it the opening video which I've seen (and in the english version!).

I think the idea was that the villa one can buy in Costa Del Sol may have once been Shinra property. Makes me wonder why it was up for sale then - maybe Rufus was the one who didn't want it and put it up for sale after his father was killed.
I could see that because a villa in Costa sounds like one of those things rich people would buy which would fit in with Shinra Snr.