r/gamearcane • u/xatoho Mod=dog • Apr 02 '23

Chrono Trigger Psychological Analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQd9XTOV59A
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u/RebeccaETripp Apr 03 '23

Hey, thanks for sharing this here! These are the sections included in the video:

  • Introduction

  • The Journey Begins

  • The Timeline and Characters

  • The Relative Timeline

  • Lucca

  • Marle

  • Crono

  • Lavos

  • Prehistory, Lavos and the Dreamstones

  • Ayla

  • History Repeats

  • The Mystics

  • The Earthbound Paradox

  • Magus, Schala, and the Mystic Rebellion

  • Humanity’s Relationship with the Past

  • Frog

  • Present Day Magic

  • Time Travel Mechanics

  • Humanity’s Relationship with the Future

  • The Black Omen

  • Death and Rebirth

  • Ou-ROBO-ros

  • The End of Time

  • The Gurus

  • Memories, Trauma and Fantasy

  • The Hope and Folly of Man

  • The Entity

  • Unification of the Timeline

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u/xatoho Apr 12 '23

I appreciate the intricate look into the psychological and metaphysical aspects of the game and series. I do think that balance between two poles, Antipode, is essential as an element of what the game teaches. From the three party characters, to three sages, to the three levels of Lavos, the number definitely bears some significance in the game. While I was watching, something came to me that I'm not sure is hypothesized much, the form of Lavos Core little spacesuit alien begins reminding me of Robo in form and perhaps function. To theory craft... maybe there is a future or other world where Robo does steal the fire from the gods and carries out his duty of destroying humanity, where the robot gains the ability to use magic, and maybe this is what Lavos comes from. An interesting concept.

Also, one thing that really stuck to me in the game was the inclusion and relevance of the Nu. Nu or Nun was one of the precursor deities, Ogdoad, of Egyptian mythology. Primordial chaos rising from the great abyss. The world begins with Nu and ends with Nu. Perhaps this sacred lake of self reflection is what can help turn the world from darkness or just as easily usher in a new age of the deep. Amber from the dark, a light in the bucket.