History Fridge / FinalFantasyX2

* Paine fits very well into the astronomical theme of the original party and their Celestial Weapons. Tidus and Yuna represent the Sun and Moon, while the rest of the party represent the five planets that have been known since antiquity. Paine continues the theme by representing Uranus. She has existed in the world but didn't become known to the rest of the party until later, just as Uranus is sometimes visible with the naked eye but escaped notice prior to the telescope.

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* Why did the creators of Vegnagun never use it against Sin? It would seem to me that using the continent-destroying superweapon against the local equivalent of Godzilla would be the smart thing to do in order to prevent all the mass destruction and chaos that Sin was causing. We see in one of the flashbacks that Vegnagun's main weapon is unbelievably powerful and capable of planetary-level destruction, so it would seem ideal for taking out Sin and Yevon.
** Several reasons. First of all, it is highly unpredictable. Once it is activated it can't distinguish between its enemies. So they might make it go after Sin but it could turn around and destroy the rest of Spira. Also it's been hidden underneath Bevelle for over a thousand years so very few people knew about it. And also Yevon have been spouting the "machina are bad" laws for years. If Sin doesn't get destroyed then they're exposed as hypocrites.
** Not to mention that by the time the religion of Yevon was established, they didn't really want Sin to be killed forever.
** Because Vegnagun could easily prove to be worse than Sin. Sure, they could destroy Sin with it, but they might destroy the whole world in the process. CrossingTheStreams is something you simply do not attempt- Sin may kill a lot of people, but at least there will be survivors, which there might not be after Vegnagun's rampage is over.
*** Putting it another way: Sin is manageable. Send Summoners to be a form of sacrifice; bam, a few years of peace. Vegnagun could theoretically permakill Sin, but especially for people like those of Yevon, they'd rather deal with a practical natural disaster on-off and force summoners to sacrifice themselves for peace than unleash what is essentially a potential nuke: if it doesn't go how you want it, well... the world ends.
* Why is Shuyin's spirit stuck in the Den of Woe? Initial theories pretty much came down to 'he was buried/killed there.' No, Vegnagun was in Bevelle, and he and Lenne were shot right in front of it. Why would they bury the guy in a cave that's nearly 3/4 of the entire map of Spira away?
** The Bevelle authorities knew Shuyin's enormous [[ThePowerOfHate hatred-based willpower]] (that it can resist even the most elaborate sending ceremony) can haunt Spira for a very long time, so they were CrazyPrepared to contain his body and unsent soul in an obscure place instead of simply sending it to the Farplane.

* Many NPCs from the original game are affiliated with either New Yevon or the Youth League. Lucil and Elma are part of the latter group, and most nameless Youth League NPCs reuse stock Crusader character models. Nobody says so explicitly, but this is just as natural as most New Yevon randos using warrior monk and cleric models. ''No'' Crusader who made it through Operation Mi'ihen alive would join a group still using Yevon's name.

* Let's go over a few facts; Tidus is a dream of the fayth, he looks identical to Shuyin, Shuyin sneaked behind [[TrappedBehindEnemyLines enemy lines]] to get a WMD so he could save Lenne proving that he'll do anything to keep her safe, Lenne was a Summoner (ergo she was powerful) so she would be sent to the front lines in the war (with no guarantee of her safety), Yuna looks a lot like her and was in a similar scenario...Tidus pulled out all the stops to save her when he learned the truth about [[HeroicSacrifice the Final Summoning]], Sounds a lot like Shuyin...doesn't he? The ''brilliance'' here is the possibility that Tidus may have been the dream version of Shuyin. However it ''really'' hits you when you remember that Tidus was basically a [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb plan the fayth came up with to end Sin's cycle]], could the fayth really have planned out Tidus meeting Yuna (who is ''again'' Lenne's look alike...or is it the other way around), falling in love with her, and finally giving up his life so she would live, cuz lets face it; saving Yuna was his driving force --Ryuki

** After thinking about it some more I came up with another idea; what if the faith didn't just plan out the first game, but the second one too? Think about; Yuna see ''one'' sphere about a guy who kinda looks and sounds like (but as we find out later he doesn't just ''kinda'' look like Tidus) saying he wanted to save the "summoner"...really...just what are the chances that seeing that ''one'' sphere would lead her to save the world ''again'', now can anyone say this adventure would have happened had she never met Tidus. Now i'm not sold on the idea, but come on, if they really did plan out that far ahead it would be pretty badass. --Ryuki

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* The possibility that [[spoiler: Chaumi from the bonus audio drama is Auron's illegitimate daughter really does add some perspective to Auron turning down his arranged marriage]].

* An interpretation for Baralai becoming the New Yevon praetor. He seems to want New Yevon to atone for the mistakes the old one made. Possibly clinging to his faith in the hope that Nooj can somehow atone for what he did. [[spoiler: Which he thankfully does]].

** I'm skeptical. It's pretty much outright stated that [[spoiler:the Black Mage dressphere is a sphere of Maechen's memories from before the Machina War.]] In this case, it's more likely that they're very similar to recording spheres, but convey abilities and probably feelings of the person whose memories the sphere contains.

*** Which means that not only did the fayth plan everything to save Spira (twice!), but in the process they managed to reward Shuyin and Lenne after their sacrifice by both reuniting them ''and'' allowing their dreamworld/descendant [[{{Expy}} Expies]] to be together too. CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming as well as badass, and a fitting gesture of gratitude for being freed to finally rest.

* Baralai's attitude towards Nooj's apparent betrayal makes even more sense if you realise that it happened around the same time Yevon as a whole got exposed as {{Hypocrites}}. Baralai had to go through two separate traumas one after the other, resulting in serious BreakTheCutie.

** After thinking about it some more I came up with another idea; what if the faith didn't just plan out the first game, but the second one too? Think about; Yuna see ''one'' sphere about a guy who kinda looks and sounds like (but as we find out later he doesn't just ''kinda'' look like Tidus) saying he wanted to save the "summoner"...really...just what are the chances that seeing that ''one'' sphere would lead her to save the world ''again'', now can anyone say this adventure would have happened had she never met Tidus. Now i'm not sold on the idea, but come on, if they really did plan out that far ahead it would be pretty BadAss. --Ryuki
*** Which means that not only did the fayth plan everything to save Spira (twice!), but in the process they managed to reward Shuyin and Lenne after their sacrifice by both reuniting them ''and'' allowing their dreamworld/descendant [[{{Expy}} Expies]] to be together too. CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming as well as BadAss, and a fitting gesture of gratitude for being freed to finally rest.