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Clone of Sephiroth, or his brother? Son? Or a part of him? Possession? The theories about Kadaj (and the SHM) and his connection to Sephiroth are MANY and CONFUSING (for me, but that's because I'm slow :P).
The most common theory is about them being clones of Sephiroth, and controlled by him. The fact that they all have silver hair, and carry their weapon with their left hand, proves this fact even more. But if that's true, when were they cloned?
Another interesting theory is that the SHM are three different parts of Sephiroth. I guess that means they could be parts of Sephiroth just like all who have been injected with Jenova cells are parts of Jenova.
Rumour #1 - The SHM are clones of Sephiroth.
+ They are all left-handed, just like Sephiroth (he IS left-handed, right?).
+ The looks: the silver hair and the blue/green-ish cat-eyes.
+ Yazoo says he can "feel" a Reunion, which means he has Jenova cells inside his body, and so does probably Kadaj and Loz.
+ Someone is referred to as their "Big Brother". Could this someone be Sephiroth?
+ Can the quote "Will he welcome me there?" be translated into "Will Sephiroth welcome me at the Reunion?" ?
- They are almost TOO alike. It makes it too obvious, and since S-E always likes to add a few twists, I'm not so sure about this whole Seph-clones idea... :P
Rumour #2 - The SHM are three different parts of Sephiroth.
No + or - here, but a little theory... Maybe Sephiroth wasn't killed in the end of the game, but badly hurt. He was found and his cells were injected into the SHM in an attempt to recreate Sephiroth (since Seph himself was too weak at the moment). Maybe it's a new Reunion taking place, since Yazoo is actually referring to A Reunion, not THE Reunion. Does that sound far-fetched? It probably is ^^; And WHO would actually want to recreate Sephiroth? Hojo, of course, but he's supposed to be dead... Honestly, every time I read this it makes less and less sense :P
Rumour #3 - The SHM are Sephiroth's children.
+ The looks.
- Sephiroth is way too young. Yazoo and Loz are both in their 20's. Kadaj is the only one who could possibly be his son, but since the SHM are all brothers, Sephiroth can't be their father.
Rumour #4 - The SHM are Sephiroth's brothers.
+ Once again, the looks.
-/+ Lucrecia had only one child, but you never know what Hojo might have been up to... :/
Rumour #5 - The SHM are not connected to Sephiroth. They are just 'normal' people.
+ Look at the previous rumours.
+/- Kadaj's eyes look different when fighting Cloud in Midgar, as if he's possessed by something/someone at the time. Sephiroth? Or maybe even Jenova?
- The person in the wheelchair is probably Sephiroth (or I will be very disappointed...), and we've seen Kadaj in the same scenes as him more than once.
Rumour #6 - The SHM are the "Advent Children".
The word 'advent' means 'second coming', so "Advent Children" can be translated to "children who comes next".
+ The word 'Children' appears twice in one of the trailers, and both times we get a shot of the SHM.
+ The SHM have taken Sephiroth's place in the figthing with Cloud (because Seph is still too weak), therefore the ones who "come next."
- Parts of the story takes place at an orphanage, so maybe the kids there are the Advent Children.
- Children in general are the first to suffer, because of what the people who lived before them did to the planet.
Other confusing things
Question #1 - Why does Kadaj fall forward in the E3 trailer? Are we witnessing his death?
This has been discussed so much around the net. Most people think he's running forward to attack Cloud, but it doesn't look like that to me. You use your arms when you're running, and Kadaj's arms are just hanging slack.
If he's really falling, why is he not using his hands to moderate the fall? Is he unconscious? If so, how did it happen?
Maybe he got shot in the back by Vincent (since he's falling forward, and Cloud doesn't use a gun)? Vincent IS in the forest, after all, so it's not impossible. Plus, we've all read that Vincent saves the day during the forest scenes. Although, Kadaj is still alive later on, so maybe he just got hurt.
His
eyes are closed, and is it just me or does it look like he's in terrible pain?
Either that, or he's concentrating really hard! Though, I must add, that when my sister watched the trailer for the first time she
shouted "somebody died...!" in that scene...But to support the running-forward-to-attack-Cloud-theory, I'd say that smart people would not put death-scenes in a trailer. It's too spoiler-ish. No fun.
Question #2 - Why does Kadaj's eyes look different when he's fighting Cloud?
You have probably noticed that Kadaj's eyes look very different in the fight with Cloud in the Midgar ruins. They have turned completely white, and even his eyebrows have changed. Basically, Kadaj looks very, very scary and almost unrecognizable in these scenes. What's the reason behind this? Is he perhaps possessed by something? By someone?? By Sephiroth??? Sephiroth did say he wanted to manipulate the clones himself (if the SHM are clones, that is). But how come we haven't seen the other SHM looking like this during their fights?
Question #3 - Why does Kadaj call Cloud a traitor?
Just like Sephiroth once did, Kadaj calls Cloud a "traitor" in one of the articles from adventchildren.net. Why? If he calls him that for the same reason as Seph did, does that mean Kadaj and his brothers also believe they are Ancients? Or have they just been so badly brainwashed by Sephiroth? Is Sephiroth acting through Kadaj?? The last suggestion is probably the most believable, since Kadaj seems to be possessed in some scenes. Just take a look at the pictures above. Scary.
Question #4 - "Then perhaps you tricked me?"
Or "So you lied to me?" This one's interesting! Who is he talking to? It seems obvious to me though that Kadaj is talking to someone he thought he could trust. The article which the image comes from also says he's raising his voice, as if he is upset. Could it be Sephiroth he's talking to? (can the WCM handle a phone? :P)?? Maybe Kadaj somehow found out he was just a puppet (if that's the case), and is now accusing Sephiroth of lying to him. Or did someone else betray him?? I'm dying to know!!!
Question #5 - Why are the SHM calling Cloud their "brother"?
The reason Cloud is called "big brother" by th SHM is because he is also part of the "Jenova-Injected Family." Since he joined it before they did (assumingly) then it would make sense for him to be the older brother (Thanks to Schala-Kitty!).
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