explain certain parts of FF7 to me please (possible spoilers?)

[Wounded Melody]

Thanks for all the replies! I'll try to sort this all out *lol*
Now one more question for everyone to ponder: which Sephiroth appears in Dissidia? XD

 

[Reg5879]

OK, so I never fully played FF7, just watched my boyfriend play some of it, yet still like most of the characters and the story, etc.
However, there is one thing that confuses me, even after reading several people's thoughts on the story and AC, etc.
I'm not sure if these are really spoilers anymore, since the game has been out so long and so has AC, so if you still haven't touched anything FF7 related you should probably leave this topic now...
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First, I'm assuming the real Sephiroth was killed at Nibelheim? Does the "real" one ever return? If not, who is the Sephiroth at the end of FF7 and in Advent Children (no I didn't watch that yet either)? Were there any Sephiroth "clones" that were actually clones i.e. looked like him? If the real one never comes back, is he up in the lifestream somewhere?
Thanks for any and all answers, and I appreciate no belittling of my lack of FF7 knowledge.

It was Sephiroths spirit roaming the world, his real self didn't come back alive until Cloud gave him the Black Materia. Sephiroth was encased in frozen Mako while his spirit roamed the world.

 

[GloatingSwine]

This all sounds to me like fanwank rationalisation for the fact that Sephiroth is a rubbish villain with no coherent post-apotheosis gameplan.

I mean at least Kefka was presented as a petty sadist before achieving godhood, so it's no surprise he remained one afterwards.