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Time of the Bonus 10: The Gazel Ministry
🕑 Added 2020-08-09 20:21:58 +0000 UTCOne of the sacrifices we made with Retrograde Amnesia was to deliberately not spoil elements of Xenogears as we produced the fifty-five episode run of our first season. This made it approachable for listeners who wanted to play along for the first time, but not optimal for Xenogears veterans who may have wanted a master’s thesis level dissemination of its plot machinations, and the influence of Xenogears’ lore book Perfect Works, in real time. The goal of this bonus episode is to examine the fifteen Gazel Ministry’s sequences, beat-by-beat, and determine what in the exact hell they’re talking about, and how it influences events that unfold over the course of Xenogears. We’re looking for meaning inside of dialogue that either seemed overloaded with gobbledygook or appeared to projectile vomit into Xenogears’ labyrinthine narrative in the form of aimless lore fodder. We’re trying to find truth.
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Seth Who Talks Too Much
"An orgasm composed of multiple generations" is the best outtake I think...
Seth Who Talks Too Much
2:16:00 I always thought the "he is no longer with us" was about Citan and his convincing Cain to protect Fei. It would have made the most sense, because the Gazel seemed so proud of him for capturing Fei and assumed his loyalty - and then realized he was completely on Fei's side rather than their own...
