Chrono Trigger: An Existentialist Reading (Part V)

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The Zeal story arc is the heart of Chrono Trigger's game world, despite taking place so late in the game itself. The events of 12,000 are not only central to the game's plot but to its themes; the Zeal era contains by far the most overt symbols and themes in Chrono Trigger. Despite the spike in authorial intention, though, a lot of the good stuff

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[ollen70]

I'm glad you wrote this. It's definitely an interesting, very deep look at the game, but I think I'd have to disagree slightly on a couple points. You mention that the tower of Babel was an affront to god even in its very idea, and that Zeal isn't the same. I agree in part, but it feels like you left out the fact that Zeal's hubris *destroys* Zeal, just as humanity's hubris, in thinking they could reach and surpass God, scattered and destroyed their ambitions. I think it's a fairly close parallel. Yes, there may have been nothing inherently wrong with Zeal itself, but I always took the Enlightened kingdom to be a strong statement to the fact that beauty does not imply righteousness, and Zeal's unrighteous divisiveness and divergence from life, time, and reason, eventually damned it, as you eluded

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Thanks for the comment

[ollen70]

I'd say you're not necessarily wrong, in that the storyline of Chrono trigger doesn't follow the tried and truisms of immediate Judeo-Christianity, but I think it appeals directly to some of the aspects of Kierkegaard's Neo-orthodoxy, in that God is glorified through the struggle toward self-realization and the discovery that each soul bears a responsibility to the greater good, an idea reinforced not only by the character's actions, but also by the fact (as you mentioned in your original post) that both the Epoch and Lavos draw their power from the soul itself. Robo says as much, during its first activation. Epoch amplifies the longings of the soul, whereas Lavos preys on it, making him akin to Lucifer in promising glory (i.e. the queen and the advancements of Zeal) while only delivering ruin

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