How was Sol a scientist?

[Kyle G]

He seems more interested in fighing than science. I was watching the Rev 2 story and took note on how Sol, upon immediately visiting Ky's house, prioritizes his focus on Ky's terrifying fighing skills he demonstrated during the Crusades. As if that's all he had on his mind.

As to how he approaches conflicts, Sol's main mantra is to charge into things head on, but this attitude doesn't make sense to me, since he has a background of being an extremely knowledgable and educated person. I mean you can be a fighter while approaching things scientifically, but from what I've seen of Sol he sees fighting from more of an emotional perspective rather than a logical one. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm still new to the story and am just curious as to how Sol became more interested in fighing than thinking scientifically. Unless somehow those two subjects are tied together concerning his character?

[Rikkore]

He became a gear that's why

[Vassago Rain]

He's a theorist and a problem solver, and he's all about emotions and causing ripple effects.

When Sol says he doesn't care, that means he does. The memetical stereotype applied to Sol is the opposite of Ky, where he has connections to the world as it is, was, and forever will be, since he's very old and pretty much indestructible, while Ky's the war orphan with a merely theoretical tie to the world as his teachers assure him it will be 'eventually.' He claims great piety and understanding, but the viewer calls his bluff as they do Sol's claim that he doesn't care.

Sol's an inventor who had to learn how to survive in a hostile environment, and made himself into an improvised weapon, while Ky's a master-crafted weapon that doesn't have much purpose now that the great enemy's been defeated. Both characters grow out of their stereotypes over the course of almost 20 years of story, but you get a flashpoint return to their origins in Rev 2's after story.

Basically, it's all archetypes and themes that were very popular with 80s animes. It's interesting to note that while Sol's mellowed of signicantly, and actually developed some character, Ky's managed to stick to his basic 101 'bad christian' stereotype regardless of the story's twists and turns. Even in the contemporary king Ky storyline, he shamelessly breaks whatever rule or law he feels like.

[Vassago Rain]

Guys, I can't be getting away with instant-explanations like this. Seriously getting away with murder here.

[MrPawnch]

Originally posted by Vassago Rain:

Guys, I can't be getting away with instant-explanations like this. Seriously getting away with murder here.

Sadly not many people here care about the classic GG lore stuff because most of them came in contact with GG by playing Xrd first (and I do not think that many people read through the ingame wiki stuff).

I was actually quite dissapointed with the Xrd story arc, mostly because it felt kinda like a sidestory and it concentrated way too much on the new and rather boring villains like Bedman and Ariels with them doing quite little to accomplish anything imo.

*spoilers ahead*

(the Ariels VS Sol/Ky/Sin fight was awesome though, I hope she becomes playable as the next newcomer char)

*spoilers end*

and most of the neutral or kind of evil characters from previous GG entries (like possessed Zato, Raven, That Man, I-No etc) were turned into 'good' / hero characters in Xrd and most rivalries were finished or not present anymore (like Sol VS Ky, Millia VS Zato etc) which is understandable because of story progression but I liked that a lot in previous GG games and Xrd kinda lacks now in the 'evil' char department.

Until After Story happened with the Sol and Ky event, my jaw literally dropped and I was left in awe. They did not forget their roots after all and it was like a little present for people who actually played the old games and I do hope that future After Story parts (or the next Xrd entry) concentrates more on those old rivalries again.


*story spoilers ahead*


I am happy to see that the plot actually goes back to the X2 stuff now with the way that Rev ended, with I-no being kind of evil again after knowing the truth about herself, Justice being alive and selfaware inside of Jacko / Aria (which you can see for yourself if you watch Ravens Episode Mode intro in Rev2), so I have hope that original Justice makes a comeback, and Sol VS Ky being not finished yet and lastly the Sol VS That Man encounter.

[JohnnySalami]

because fighting is cool

[D'style]

he's too old for that science mombo jombo

[Cpt. Moist Panties]

I really wanna get into the XRD story; gotta make time someday for it.

[Wellborn Warrior]

Originally posted by MrPawnch:

...

You got the feeling this is a side story? :D Dude, the story made quantum leaps and is nearly over. The main villain of the entire series was defeated and we finally got That Mans real name.

There is not much left in the main story that needs to be explored. Basically the only things we dont know about are who the Original is and what exactly went wrong with Justices and Sols creation (which is hopefully explored in the next After Story with Sol and That Man).

I also would like to know the exact timeline and details of how Dizzy came to be since it confuses me but I think thats a bit too delicate...

[RolandOfGilead]

Originally posted by MrPawnch:

and most of the neutral or kind of evil characters from previous GG entries (like possessed Zato, Raven, That Man, I-No etc) were turned into 'good' / hero characters in Xrd and most rivalries were finished or not present anymore (like Sol VS Ky, Millia VS Zato etc) which is understandable because of story progression but I liked that a lot in previous GG games and Xrd kinda lacks now in the 'evil' char department.

I was super surprised when playing +R and saw a reference to Millia wanting to kill Zato. I was like, 'But they're friends!'