Crystal Tower: idle speculation on the future

[Fenral]

On that note, I'm not so sure how I feel about Koh Rabntah playing host to the spirit of Archmagus Noah. For one thing, it seems like a cruel satire of G'raha's (seemingly) ultimate fate, not to mention I couldn't help but wonder, "where the hell were you when we needed to talk him off that ledge?" That they set out to make a "happy" ending out of one of Final Fantasy III's saddest scenes seems like a terrible idea, especially after that brief Elia homage in the post-Cloud of Darkness scene, and having a new NPC show up just to reinforce that this is a "good" ending only serves the purpose of making those of us who didn't like it feel bad for not liking it. A bit heavy-handed, isn't it?

Going to wax philosophical for a bit:

S/he talks like s/he wants the people of today to be free from the "shadows if the past," but I honestly can't see how G'raha throwing away his own identity for the sake of a wish made by an ancient people, who we already established were cripplingly dependent on technology, can be anything but a "shadow of the past." However it is used, the tower is nothing more or less than the tool of those who use it, and any man-made object, no matter how powerful, can be made again. Especially if the current tower can only be used by people who would logically be more than capable of building their own. Especially if the "cost" is G'raha's right to make his own future.

It seems like what s/he should want is for the people of Eorzea to build their own future, one not bound to the technology of Allag, nor the will of it's now long-gone people, no matter how pure the intent. S/he has a vaguley condescending manner, though, so I can't be sure if s/he's entirely genuine. S/he's also standing right where Nero was at the start of the whole thing, so I can't help but wonder if s/he's waiting around to do more than just hand out upgrade items.

As it stands to me, the scoreboard reads: Shadows of Allag - 1, Free Will of Eorzea - 0. A subjective interpretation, to be sure, but it's the one I've been left with.