Just realized that Jenova is portrayed here with two wings. Jenova, which I'm not sure but I think originally came from "Jehovah," the Hebrew name of God.
The Sefirot are the ten emanations of God, the energies through which god reveals itself. Much like Jenova is revealed through multiple Sefirot (Sephiroth clones/copies).
Anyway, I believe in Revelation, it's God (Jehovah/Jenova, two wings) who states "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end" (one, split into two).
I'm sure this will be clarified when the game actually comes out, but...the trailer opening:
Long ago, a shadow fell upon our planet. Guided by Calamity, one man sought dominion through Reunion. By his will, a star fell: a meteor, called forth to bring ruin to all. But our planet answered...awakening mighty weapons to stand against the celestial threat. (extreme past tense...this all happened long ago. Trailer shows Sephiroth and meteor.)
Now, hope endures in those who fight. (Present tense: occurring now. Trailer shows Cloud & co. on the Highwind.)
This could very well just be Nanaki telling the story five hundred years later, referencing Sephiroth and Cloud's fight against him as having happened in the distant past, and the "now hope endures" line simply meaning that they won and the present world of 500 years in the future is hopeful.
Or it could support peoples' theories that this is a post-Advent Children Sephiroth coming around to try again in a new timeline.
The funniest part of this stream is when the dead silent audience remembers they're not watching this on their home computer and they're supposed to react.
âOr defective, or sick, or something,â he persisted, and nudged the tank toward Angealâs chest in a feeble attempt to hand it over. âI mean, look at it.â
âI am looking.â
âAnd what is it that you see?â
âA hermit crab,â Angeal answered plainly, and returned to his pot of brewing coffee as the device let out a beep. He was pretty certain there was a âNo Pets Allowedâ sign plastered somewhere outside the SOLDIER lounge, but who was he to enforce the company rules? He was just here to grab a cup of coffee, fuel himself with much-needed caffeine, and set out to train whichever Thirds felt like showing up today.
Adopting a friendâs pet was, unfortunately, not on the agenda.
Not that Genesis was feeling very acquiescent. âThatâs what I believed it to be,â he continued to protest, following Angeal to the array of creams and sweeteners. âI think that blasted snake sold me a phony.â
Angeal peeled the lid off a creamer. âAnd why would you say that?â
âW-why?! Look at it!â Genesis exclaimed, referring once more to the helix-shaped shell amid the otherwise desolate tank. âThis darn thing hasnât come out since Iâve bought it!â
âWell, why did you go and buy a hermit crab from the Wall Market anyway?â Angeal wanted to know, plunking his empty creamer in the trash can. âWhy not go to a pet store?â
âAre we really going to stand here and talk shoulda-coulda-woulda, or are you going to take it off my hands?â
âNo, Iâm not taking it off your hands!â
âWell, why not?â Genesis frowned. âIâm sure itâs a great pet.â
âYou just said it was sick.â
âSo? Canât you cure it?â
âWith what?â Angeal laughed, bringing the fixed coffee cup to his lips. âA Curaga?â
âYou can try.â
Just as Angeal was about to kindly tell Genesis to clam up, the door to the lounge slid openâGaia blessâand in glided their younger friend, his expression so unequivocally unbothered that not even the sight of Genesis cradling a two-gallon tank was enough to ruffle those calm, reptilian eyes.
Angeal could practically hear the inspiration coming alight in Genesisâs mind.
âSephiroth! My friendâoâchum!â Genesis met his companion halfway across the lounge, a vulpine gleam in the mako-blue eyes. âHow are you? Did you sleep well? My, oh, my, is it nice to see you today~!â
Wooden, Sephiroth glanced past Genesis and toward the silent Angeal.
âIs he drunk?â
âHe wants you to have his hermit crab,â Angeal explained through a sip of coffee. âItâs apparently 'broken.'"
âThereâs nothing apparent about it!â Genesis insisted, then immediately slapped a smile back on as he coaxed the tank toward Sephirothâs arms, adding in good spirits, âSo, what do you say? You want a pet shell? I hear theyâre easy to take care of.â
âGenesis, come onââ
âNo, no.â Sephiroth stopped Angeal mid-sigh, much to the surprise of both him and Genesis. âItâs all right; Iâll take him.â
Genesis needed a moment to blink. ââŚYou will?â
âYou will?â Angeal echoed.
âOf course,â Sephiroth answered, and smiled quietly at the shell as he bent down to examine it. âI love arthropods.â
Truthfully, it didnât matter if Sephiroth said he enjoyed its phylum or if he was going to steam it laterâGenesis was just glad to have willing arms to transfer the tank into, and he wasted not a second plunking said tank into them.
âWell,â he said, watching with a smile as Sephiroth accepted the enclosure and peered curiously into it, âenjoy your pet shell, my friend! Iâm sure it will make a greatâŚâ
âOh,â Sephiroth hummed, and his smile broadened as a small, ember-orange bulb poked out of the shell, a splay of spidery legs skittering across the tank to meet the kind eyes gazing into its tank. "Hello there, little one.â
ââŚâŚâŚ.pet.â
âNow, letâs get you some decor for your enclosure, shall we? It must be quite lonely in there, no? âŚ"
Genesis watched as Sephiroth sailed through the exit, murmuring pleasantries to his new companion, until the cascade of silver hair disappeared from view.
you need to understand that i have two sets of headcanons. there's the set of realistic headcanons based on my genuine reading of the show, and then there's me playing pretend with my dolls.
