Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > Final Fantasy: The Quickening > Final Fantasy VII > Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children > Materia in Advent Children

[Big D]

Originally Bespoken by Aerith's Knight

oh sry.. i meant debarrier.. i thought that was called destruct

De-Barrier, De-Spell and Death are the spells contained in Destruct materia

[The Crystal]

Hard to see the good guys using Materia:

-According to Nomura, the use of materia drains the planet's life energy, this being why the good guys don't use it anymore. There's not an explanation for why its use drains the planet's energy, but based on Sephiroth's explanation from the original game that materia links someone to the planet and allows them to use its powers, its most likely that the materia allows someone to tap into the Lifestream's energy and manifest it as a spell based on the specs of the materia they're using. This would, of course, drain the planet's energy, the same as turning it into electricity would.

[Aerith's Knight]

Originally Bespoken by Big D

Originally Bespoken by Aerith's Knight

oh sry.. i meant debarrier.. i thought that was called destruct

De-Barrier, De-Spell and Death are the spells contained in Destruct materia

the Death spell works on end-boss sephiroth in FFVII.. so if hed use barrier here, i dont see why Cloud couldnt use destruct.. anyway, it would just give some good special effects

it would be a lot better to explain then reflecting bullets with your sword -_-

[Soulforge]

Originally Bespoken by The Crystal

Hard to see the good guys using Materia:

-According to Nomura, the use of materia drains the planet's life energy, this being why the good guys don't use it anymore. There's not an explanation for why its use drains the planet's energy, but based on Sephiroth's explanation from the original game that materia links someone to the planet and allows them to use its powers, its most likely that the materia allows someone to tap into the Lifestream's energy and manifest it as a spell based on the specs of the materia they're using. This would, of course, drain the planet's energy, the same as turning it into electricity would.

Hypothetically speaking (since I can't really contradict Nomura...), I'd think that the manufacturing of materia would tend to drain more of the planet's energy than anything. I mean, what would happen to the energy after the materia was used? I'd think that consumption would happen in the refining to mako and/or electricity process instead of channeling the raw form. Didn't the Ancients use materia?

[Big D]

Originally Bespoken by Aerith's Knight

the Death spell works on end-boss sephiroth in FFVII.. so if hed use barrier here, i dont see why Cloud couldnt use destruct.. anyway, it would just give some good special effects

But you normally can't use Death in the final Sephiroth fight - unless you use hacks, I guess

it would be a lot better to explain then reflecting bullets with your sword -_-

That's entirely plausible, assuming that the characters have the enhanced strength and reflexes to see where their opponent is aiming, and put a sword in the way. It also depends on their swords being made of something much tougher than steel, but that seems likely since Cloud's sword can shatter reinforced concrete and doesn't break under its own weight.

[Skyblade]

It'd be a little anti-climactic. Cloud and Sephiroth prepare for epic battle again. Cloud casts death. Battle over...

[Tsukasa]

Dead Fantasy II already has shown us all the overwhelming ways anyone could use Materia xD

[Jessweeee♪]

The only thing that bothered me in the least bit was Kadaj using green materia to summon xD