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Upd. He might hold his key?-blade backwards like Ventus? And given now also similar hairstyles, more Ventus/Noctis similarities to the list.

With FF13-themed event from Opera Omnia, where Bhunivelze told others that they forgot about "the brightest light", who was Warrior of Light, what in a roundabout way references Bhunivelze himself. And with Ravus having similarities to Bhunivelze even in FF15. Especiallly since WoL now has a modern-like outfit in new Dissidia, which is something Ravus might've wore. Making Ravus possibly one of the closest in design to WoL might've been a choice.

Crack name for it, but, just like in FF15, Noctis' schizophrenia of Stella remained in some way, while the most of Ravus got cut out.

The game has enough visual elements giving impression that there might've been something deeper, like similarities between Rose Archer boss from Mount Salvation and Zana's boss fight, but it doesn't seem to play on it, or maybe like with FF15 there was supposed to be more, but it would've taken another decade to make it.

Might that Sonny could've dropped dead any moment be inspired from Nico not being able to normally sleep and eat during their fight with Lewis for WDC?

Kate being inspired from Vivian Sibold. And Simone Ashley's cut character, who was supposed to be Joshua's love interest, from Nicole Scherzinger?

Although from characters and story F1 is closer to Cars 3, in some way it also feels like the whole Cars trilogy combined. Sonny and Ruben relationship somewhat reminds McQueen and Mater's in Cars 2 and from Cars 1 F1 takes music and overall entourage. I could've pictured "Lose My Mind" as something that might've played in the opening race in Cars 1 or in place of "Life Is a Highway."

F1 has flaws, but if to look at it as some kind of alternative Cars 3, what it might've been, F1 works well as sublimation movie.

From VS13 trailers there were theories about the man standing beside Regis being his brother, Noctis' uncle. While in FF16 Clive and Joshua do have an uncle.

Aside from existence of Noctis' uncle being supported by VS13 being to a degree based on Hamlet. Similarly to Somnus/Ardyn and Ezma/Kimya, it might've been in line with FNC myth, which FF15's duality stems from, about symbolical Pulse-sibling banishing symbolical Lindzei-sibling. Also Regis might've had minor/mostly to Noctis symbolism of being Bhunivelze, and it would've made sense since Bhunivelze is "double deity" that Noctis' father would've been "double" as well.

After Yozora stood up, first he looked away, like over the horizon for something specific or from his words about trials maybe waited for result of this trial to be revealed.

Then he turned to Sora in passing, as if something might've happened to him that would've given Yozora his answer. Or in acknowledgement that whatever he was seeing or not in that away was connected to Sora "that, bc of him [Sora]". Only to notice that he was fading away.

It seems like among those 3 actions, waiting for result, checking on Sora and realizing what was happening to him, Sora was of the least priority to Yozora. But when he guessed why he might've been fading, he softened to Sora. And in JP somewhat jockingly answered to Sora's "What do you mean?" question with "That's my line," what is a callback to the scene before the battle, where Yozora was the one who asked "What are you talking about?"

Given that Noctis=Clive, Ravus=Joshua.

Scenes of Ravus and Dion confronting Emperors being reminiscent of each other, and FF15's Ravus sharing similarities with FF13's Cid, but not being the character who might've shared them in VS13.

Make wonder if "Safay Roth" as a character might've been closer to Dion and his relationship with Ravus to Dion's with Joshua.

In FF16 each from Clive/Joshua/Dion-triangle is a foil in some way to others, while the same might've been in VS13 with Noctis/Ravus/Safay-triangle.

If Kingsglaive-part wasn't cut from the game into a movie, Noctis replaced with Nyx and Safay fused with Ravus. With the death of Glauca/Drautos who would've been a commander to both Noctis and Safay on different sides, they would've been put against each other as new commanders. Giving a possibilty that there might've been some kind of simultaneous events on both sides.

From poses, mostly right legs' placement, and that red part of Bhunivelze's scythe in this render coincidentally is the lower one, what isn't always the case, compositions of the pictures seem distantly similar.

Maelle is Alicia. Gustave and Sciel are like variants of Verso and Clea, since Painted versions of them already exist.

Neither of Dessendre's children seem to have themes similar to Luna's ones, to follow parents' footsteps, but her family is close to them. "Fiery" Clea and beloved "Sun" Verso. Her words about her being born to be a research helper for her parents, like she's the last hope out of all children. Replacing "researching" with "painting." Verso enjoyed music more than painting and Stella that's possibly Lune's "Clea" makes irl Clea, if there's no Verso, not keen into painting either? What leaves Lune to be a variant of Alicia.

If to look at her name, precisely that "w" in it and rotate it, her name becomes "mmynn." What now might explain what was going on, but at the same time add another question how many faces she had herself.

Especially with these 3 on Cocoon, while Bhunivelze coincidentally summons only 2 of them, black and white ones.