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#1  Quick Question about Geostigma right... I don't know if this has already been discussed... But, as we all may know, there are lots of kids who contracted Geostigma, and so did Cloud. We've seen that there are those who got Geostigma ending up dying, hence, the guy in the wheelchair. Since Geostigma is so serious even to the point of being fatal, does that mean that Denzel and Cloud are eventually gonna be paralyzed or perhaps die very young? |
11-27-2005, 03:58 PM
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 | Actually.. I don't think the guy in the wheelchair is just in there from Geostigma Spoiler: he did kinda get blown up in FFVII so that might have contributed to it |
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11-27-2005, 05:42 PM
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 | **unmarked Advent Children and On the Way to a Smile Spoilers** Geostigma is invariably fatal, and Cloud and Denzel would have eventually died, had the condition not been cured. That being said, however, Geostigma does not lend itself to paralysis. Rather, it manifests itself with paroxysms of intense pain, extended fatigue, and discoloration of the afflicted area. A sticky black substance is also often expelled by the victim. In Advent Children, we never actually see anyone die from Geostigma, although it is made very clear that the condition will, inevitably, lead eventually to death. In Kazushige Nojima's novella On the Way to a Smile, however, we see several notable individuals, including Mrs. Levy, die from Geostigma. However, it becomes obvious that the interval between contact with the tainted Lifestream and actually exhibiting Geostigma is random, as is the time period between manifesting it and actually dying. In On the Way to a Smile, Mrs. Levy displays the condition immediately after coming into contact with the corrupted Lifestream, and dies within a few minutes. However, other characters take months, even years, to show signs of Geostigma, and the time prior to death also ranges widely. The WCM has Geostigma; this is why he is seen at the end being healed by the rain. However, he is not paralyzed (note that he stands up when he reveals the "head of JENOVA"). Rather, his staying wheelchair-bound was part of an moderately elaborate farce intended to keep the SHM from accomplishing their goal. How Rufus survived Diamond Weapon's attack on Midgar in FFVII is never fully explained. Rufus attempts to tell Cloud, but is cut off, leaving us to make our own guesses. Having said that, however, any injuries he may have sustained as a result of the attack are certainly healed, as he was able to stand, in spite of having Geostigma. |
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11-28-2005, 07:18 AM
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 | i heard somewhere that Rufus had been injected with Jenova cells after the Weapon attack, so he could heal quickly or something... Can anyone contract geostigma? or did cloud and rufus have it because they had been injected with Jenova cells? Why is it that all the kids get it - except marlene, and the only adults that get it (in the movie - i havnt read the novella) are rufus and cloud? |
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11-28-2005, 12:10 PM
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| | But we never see him stand up for very long. He stands up briefly when he's with Kadaj, before jumping off the building. I'm not saying it paralysed him, I'm saying he could be in a wheelchair due to injuries he did substain from that. Though as Cloud never let him explain..  Its anyone's guess.I think that Geostigma is infectious. In On A Way to a Smile Spoiler: I seem to remember Denzel contracting it after helping a small boy who was dying of the disease |
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11-29-2005, 12:06 AM
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