However, it is also up to every individual to deal with what it means to be such a powerful individual in a world shared by everyone else with the same power. In existentialism, it is up to every individual to give meaning to life, rather than the concrete morality or value prescriped by society, religion, or other organizations. People want to see themsleves as heroes, and so the fact that other people may see them as something else threatens their very sense of self. Peoples’ actions and experiences are what define them, and the disconnect between what they do and what they think or feel also causes them this painful dread. People want the world to make sense, and so the reality of an absurd world without inherent meaning fills them with dread. One shared idea is that the central virtue of the movement is “authenticity.” An idividual suffers pain because of the disconnect between authenticity and their desires. Final Fantasy VII is the existential identity crisis Final Fantasy.ĭespite their shared label, there’s actually quite a diverse range of differing doctrines by existential philosophers. How can you that NOT be the environmentalism Final Fantasy? Well, just as V’s themes of responsibility, environmental collapse and hope within nihilism are supported by the game’s characters, world and mechanics, VII’s characters, world and mechanics quickly leave the “materia as peak oil” window dressing behind to focus on a different theme. After all, VII is the one where you start out as the member of an eco-terrorist group, and your primary villains for most of the game are an evil corporation unsustainably monetizing the lifeblood of the planet to power their machines.
When I wrote about Final Fantasy V being the secret environmentalism Final Fantasy, I knew the elephant in the room with that claim would be Final Fantasy VII.
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