Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > Final Fantasy: The Quickening > Final Fantasy X > I Never Understood Why Tidus Kept Believing That He Could Return To Zanarkand.

[Bakamut]

I mean, wasn't Zanarkand destroyed by Sin? If he returned, he'd just be returning to a city of rubble and he'd be seeing the beginning of Sin's long reign of tyranny. People would have been confused and a hell of a lot less calm than they are 1000 years later. I think he probably would have been a lot worse off than he is in Spira. And it's not like he can return to being a big Blitzball star right away, I mean, come on, Zanarkand remained in ruins. I might have missed something in the storyline but this really confused me throughout the game.

[Tallulah]

I guess he thought he had been catapulted forward in time 1000 years, and upon seeing Auron, who took him from his Zanarkand to Spira, in Spira, he believed that he could just travel back somehow.

[Ichimonji]

Zanarkand is a huge place. Sin definitely did not destroy the whole city, nor did it kill everybody. It's not like he wouldn't have a home to return to, and since he's a star; I'm sure he could find somewhere to stay until his home gets rebuilt. I'm sure with their technology, they could rebuild faster than normal.

This is, of course, in the context of Dream Zanarkand where Tidus actually lived. The real Zanarkand that took place a thousand years ago is in ruins now because of the massive war that took place between Zanarkand and Bevelle.

[Vyk]

Yeah I always just figured he assumed since Auron seemed to travel in time, he thought he could somehow too

[Bakamut]

Originally Posted by Ichimonji ^

Zanarkand is a huge place. Sin definitely did not destroy the whole city, nor did it kill everybody. It's not like he wouldn't have a home to return to, and since he's a star; I'm sure he could find somewhere to stay until his home gets rebuilt. I'm sure with their technology, they could rebuild faster than normal.

This is, of course, in the context of Dream Zanarkand where Tidus actually lived. The real Zanarkand that took place a thousand years ago is in ruins now because of the massive war that took place between Zanarkand and Bevelle.

Ah, thanks for that, it makes a bit more sense. I was unaware that there was a war between Zanarkand and Bevelle though. Is it mentioned in X or X-2? If it's mentioned in X I must have missed that bit of the story from not concentrating or something.

[leejihoon]

I don't remember all of the places, but one place that mentions the war is while crossing the Moonflow.

[Ichimonji]

Yeah, it's mentioned a few times in FFX, moreso near the end I believe. However, the war is touched upon in greater detail in X-2.

[Chewy]

He couldnt accept that Zanarkand was gone (even though its only somewhere else on Spira, so in theory he could have gone back) so he kept beliving, until he found the first Jecht sphere