What is Time Compression?

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Ultimecia: I am Ultimecia. Time shall compress... ...All existence denied

Time Compression

A complete mystery. Various states of "present" are believed to become


compressed. Sorceress' power from many generations may cross over to give 1


sorceress great strength. No one knows what effect this may have on regular


human beings.

Time Compression is something quite elusive and perhaps beyond our imagination but let's try to imagine it anyway.
let's try to explain what is time compression based on what we see in the game.


Time Compression in reality itself can actually exist according to Laws of Physics.
Like how gravity can bend time and space,time slows down the faster you move,Black hole ect.
Let's try to imagine what it's like to be in a reality/world like that.
What happen to matter and energy in a world like that?



What can Ultimecia accomplished in a world like that?
She said I will reign, and you will be my slaves for eternity
In order to become a slave you(squall) have to exist.
It contradicts to what Rinoa said "She's the only one who would be able to exist in such a world. She, and no other".
So how can we interpret these two notions.
Should we take Ultimecia's words as fact (because She is the who creates Time Compression) and discard Rinoa's words as her own understand of what Time Compression is (Rinoa failed to understand Ultimecia's Mind)
Or should we corroborate them to make a new interpretation.(Let's hear what your opinions about this).


All the events of Time Compression can be seen in disc 4.
From How Ellone Send Ultimecia to the past for Ultimecia to achieved Time Compression - Squall and others go to the future and arrived at Ultimecia Castle(time Travel) -Ultimecia Ultimecia's Final Battle(How time and space being absorbed unto Ultimecia - Rinoa,Quistis,Selphie,Zell,Irvine end up in white void but Squall ends up in dark void, Rinoa's voice can be heard by Squall here (Rinoa:"Squall! Let's go home! Where are you!?") - Squall somehow travel to the past with Ultimecia - Back to dark void again - into nowhere(Final FMV) - Rinoa somehow found Squall and back to their own world again.


What happens to Time Compression after this? Is it over or is it still exist?

If It's over after Squall defeated Ultimecia there's no way Squall and Ultimecia can go back to the past. And there's no way Rinoa can bring Squall Back to their own world.

Perhaps The Power Ellone possessed is part of Time Compression's Existence.
Ellone's Power Exist For Time Compression. Ultimecia is The Catalyst

So I think Time Compression "persists to exist" to become part of Everything Itself.
It's existence cannot be denied - Time Shall Compress - All Existence Denied
 
Hm, I was under the impression that Time Compression was more a merging of past, present and future. I never looked too into it, as around that point in the game I lost much of my interest in the story as it got too farfetched for my liking. :hmmm: I guess it's one of those things that the developers left open for interpretation, which to be honest, I think of as just lazy writing.

Welcome to the forums, by the way! :monster:
 
You experience time compression on this site. Instead of traveling great distances to tell me the things you have presented on this thread, it was automatically presented in a second.
We are essentially having a conversation in the speedier realm, where time is more compressed. By extension, we are interpreting a compressed time over the uncompressed time our physical bodies are in.

FFVIII attempts to venture through a realm of time which has been condensed. When you fall through bubbles of events as you travel through the void to fight Ultimecia, you are essentially falling through a rift formed by seamless time which compressed and separated.
 
Okay, I'm thinking Ultimecia is trying to merge every "present time" in the past and future into one "present time" In essence, create a state of eternity where no time actually flows. Heaven and Hell are usually thought of like this, but it's difficult to imagine. And with everyone gathered in the "present" (or at least their life essences) Ultimecia would be in the middle of it all and rule over the souls of all who lived (Not unlike what Sephiroth was thinking with summoning meteor in Final Fantasy 7).

At least, that's my take on it. I wasn't really paying a lot of attention.
 
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