TeamRocketElite posted... What your favourite fan theory that you've read so far?
XB3, draws heavily on Xenogears parallels:
Basically it extends the "Noah and Mio draw heavily from Fei and Elly" thing even further and equates Noah with a role similar to that of Xenogears' Antitype to Mio's Contact with Origin playing the role of the Wave Existence. Essentially, Mio - all but stated to be Nia's daughter - had some contact with Origin as it was built on the Alrest side. The Antitype is basically Origin's means of interacting with the Contact and is intrinsically connected to it. Noah's seemingly unique awareness of frozen time in the intro cutscene is because of this tie to Origin.The theory as I saw it proposed suggested that in the stinger that since Origin has now completed its purpose is why Noah vanishes there with that being the sequel DLC hook to kind of seperate Noah's existence from Origin so he can permanently remain. Personally I highly doubt Takahashi implemented a retread so literally but I like the parallels and just cut short the theory there and headcanon that Noah gets sent to Alrest once Origin's purpose is done because of the Antitype/Contact thing.Though like I said, I very much doubt the parallels were intended to be that strong but it gives me some comfort and just more generally I choose to believe the lyrics to "Where We Belong" mean they do reunite. The above is just a convenient way for me to navigate the practical issues with how it happens.As for Riku, yeah lol. Not to mention he and Melia share a nod right before she teleports out of Origin once freed suggesting a connection there that has absolutely no followup lol. Still think my "Riku is the mystery Seventh Founder described by the City's Ouroboros Stone plaque" theory is live but if so I fear that might lean towards prequel story DLC of the City's rebuilding after N trashed it and like I said I desperately want my sequel/epilogue DLC lol.Consul A yeah idk. Seems like obvious DLC material but that could be one of the Hero Quests for all we know. I've also seen it theorized that it's literally Aionios itself.