And Garland wanted to "absorb" Gaia, because Terra was going to die othaerwise.
Yep. On the cusp of eternal prosperity with just the absorption of Gaia being the final piece.
Hardly dying.
I was talking about size and the living-beings on it, not about what it could do. Terra was smaller than Gaia(and other planets from FF series)
Please prove this.
and only inhabited by Genomes. From what we know, it had only Bran-Bal and Pandemonium.
You cannot compare that, with the big planets full of life from the other FFs.
Why not?
The population of a planet means like, nothing.
Garland used a spell with the purpose of merging two planets, not destroying them.
But Ultima is a destructive spell. It's purpose is to destroy. Therefore, If it blew-up Terra it would have exploded Gaia.
Except Terra is not directly connected to Gaia.
So, please prove to me that planets that can magically inhabit the cores of othr planets would destroy other planets when they themselves were destroyed.
And Kuja didn't blew-up a planet, simply because all evidences points otherwise. The FMV showing Kuja destroying only the city of Bran-Bal, Kuja in the Crystal World stating that the process of assimilation between the two planets was still happening(something impossible if Terra was totally gone), the fact that there is no FMV or cutscene of a planet exploding, etc.
Not exactly. The souls of Terra are already in Gaia. but Gaia still has enough of its own souls that is isn't completely Terra. this is why Kuja says
Hmph. You honestly think you can beat me? Even if you do, Gaia's already doomed. Its assimilation by Terra has begun, and the Iifa Tree will incite a cataclysmic destruction of Gaia.
And Garland
Garland: Even now, the Iifa Tree blocks the flow of Gaia's souls, while it lets those of Terra flow freely.
Even if Terra is destroyed, the souls of Gaia are stopped while the Terran souls already present flow freely. All life and souls of Gaia will be gone and the Terran souls already in Gaia will be all that's left. Gaia becomes Terra then.
There is no need for Terra to physically exist.
As for blowing up Terra
Amarant: Do you really think [Kuja] perished with Terra?
Now, examine that quote. If Kuja did nothing but strafe the world with magic, how would he perish along with it? I deduce, and I feel I’m definitely not going out on a limb here, that Amarant is saying Kuja did indeed blow up or cause some sort of cataclysm on Terra. How else would he “perish” along with it? When I hear that line, I have an image of a planet exploding and Kuja caught up in it. Does that seem too farfetched or reaching? I just don't see how merely strafing a planet would pose any danger to Kuja's life.