From: GuessMyUserName | #048
Celes's part actually had meaning to it pertaining to the two specific characters. Celes and Kefka's rivalry is much more than that scene, the scene just deepens the connection brought up in the Magitek Facility.
I really disagree with that. I don't really think the Celes/Kefka thing on the Floating Continent is a "Personal grudge between the two of them" moment. It's more Celes picking her side and doing the opposite of what Gestahl wanted her to do. I think you're overrating how big of a deal it was to their rivalry because Celes doesn't stab Kefka because she hates him. She does it to show once and for all whose side she's on.
And I didn't say Kefka/Shadow was more important. It's just cooler.
And yes, Celes starts gathering everybody up, but that doesn't make her Kefka's rival. I honestly don't think she has more hatred for Kefka than anybody else or that Kefka hates Celes more than anybody else in the party. Kefka shows no specific caring for any one character in the ending, and if he DOES, it's Terra more than anybody else.
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