![]() ![]() The novella Hoshi o Meguru Otome expands on the purpose of the lifestream, equating it to an afterlife with a concept of Heaven and Hell. Those who die and hold a resilient will and attachment to the living world in a place of negative disposition can return as ghosts and evil spirits. Certain souls remain sentient after having returned to the planet, and gain control of the lifestream, becoming able to affect the physical plane from within it, and even able to communicate with those still living. Lifestream acts as an afterlife for the conscious spirits of the planet's inhabitants. While in the Train Graveyard, the party can witness the wandering souls as floating white lights, akin to the hitodama of the Japanese folklore. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, defeated monsters and humans disappear into the air in green wisps, as do the ghost children of the Train Graveyard. In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children entities constructed of lifestream disperse into threads of it upon death, and this matter flows into the sky rather than directly returning to the inside of the planet. Depictions of how this happens vary: in Final Fantasy VII the dead remain on the physical plane, and the existence of cemeteries in places like Gongaga further suggests the bodies do not simply vanish when the soul returns to the planet however, in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- the dead disappear by dispersing into light, although it is implied they were "called" by a spirit already in the lifestream. Portions of the lifestream are believed to be used to create new life on the planet, and the energy of a person returns to the planet when they die, bringing with it the emotions, memories, and knowledge they obtained during life. The lifestream contains the essence of the planet and the memories, emotions, and knowledge of all who have lived on it. The spirits of children are freed and transform into wisps of light in Final Fantasy VII Remake. ![]() What you will see will eventually become part of the life's dream. It will teach you more, than staying here in the valley. Look always to the eternal flow of time which is far greater than the span of human life. Lifestream is referred to as the life of the planet itself, and it may be sentient in that an entity known as Minerva appears to represent the will of the lifestream. The Cetra called being in communion with the lifestream as "talking to the Planet". The Cetra were a race of people who had a special affinity with the lifestream and were able to control it to an extent, and thus became the ones to cultivate the life on the planet. Shinra Electric Power Company's envision of Cetra manipulating the lifestream. Coming into direct contact with pure lifestream is hazardous for living beings, however, as one's mind can collapse in a phenomenon known as mako poisoning. Areas abundant in this type of energy are known as being especially verdant. In places where the lifestream is close to the surface it may rarely erupt from fountains that become known as mako springs, and coalesce into materia. The exact structure of the inside of the planet is unknown, as it appears in places like Cave of the Gi that aside from the lifestream, the planet also holds within itself magma. Earthquakes may reveal large deposits of pure lifestream. When active, lifestream appears in waves or threads and can erupt through the ground. ![]() In liquid form it is mainly stagnant, and forms pools of mako. The lifestream is green or blue effervescent and luminescent liquid substance that exists on the inside of the planet. Other instances include Mist, pyreflies, aether, phantoma, chaos and miasma. The lifestream is an early part of the trend to use a supernatural substance to explain magic and other phenomena in the Final Fantasy series. Sakaguchi has noted the game's central theme of "life" dating back to when his mother passed away while he was working on Final Fantasy III (uncertain whether the interview is referring to Final Fantasy III or Final Fantasy VI), after which he always wanted to explore the theme of "life" in a "mathematical and logical way to overcome the mental shock." The concept of lifestream was one of the earliest ideas envisioned for Final Fantasy VII, as it was already in place in Hironobu Sakaguchi's first story draft, which was drastically different from the final story eventually completed mainly by Yoshinori Kitase and Kazushige Nojima. Nibel and Mideel, mako springs shoot out of the ground, creating a local spectacle. When within the planet, it is shown as many separate bands of green-white fluid flowing as a whole. The lifestream ( ライフストリーム, Raifusutorīmu ?), also known as spirit energy, is an ethereal substance that streams beneath the surface of the planet of Gaia introduced in Final Fantasy VII. Marlene, in the prologue to Advent Children ![]()
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