Genesis Rhapsodos is a mysterious first Class SOLDIER, said to have rebelled against Shinra and disappeared during the Wutai war. His birth is similar to Sephiroth, though he was infused with G-cells. He became best friends with Angeal when they were young, both joining SOLDIER together. It was only until after a sparring match with Sephiroth that Genesis started to show signs of having white hair and became weaker than he ever was. It was during the Wutai war that Genesis abandoned Shinra and kidnapped Dr. Hollander to help him stop his degeneration, creating copies of Genesis using his DNA on people. He carried a book on his person called Loveless, quoting lines of the Goddess Minerva. Eventually, Genesis saw his chance of survival in Jenova's cells to stop his degeneration. However, the Nibelhiem incident removed any chance until he learned of Cloud and Zack being injected with Jenova's cells, recovering a few strands of Zack's hair. Though he might to stop the degeneration, Genesis was defeated by Zack, weaken to the point of being taken by Weiss. Soon after, records of Genesis' existence are erased and his fate unknown other that his genetic makeup was emulated in the creation of the Deepground organization seen in Dirge of Cerberus, led by Weiss himself. In the epilogue of Dirge of Cerberus, Genesis appears to carry Weiss away while saying "its not time for slumber, we still have much work to do, my brother". Genesis' appearance was modelled after that of the Japanese singer Gackt, who voiced him also in the Japanese versions of Dirge of Cerberus and Crisis Core.
Crisis Core
Childhood friend of Angeal Hewley, and product of Jenova Project G (Gillian). He was, either at birth or during his childhood, given Jenova "G" Cells by Dr. Hollander, in an attempt to create the ultimate lifeform before Hojo. The attempt was a failure, resulting in Genesis' constant degeneration, unless periodically exposed to Stagnant Mako. He's always been good friends with Sephiroth, though ultimately became jealous of him and his status of a hero. In the scene famously seen across the internet and trailers, the three of them, Genesis, Sephiroth and Angeal, trained together. During this battle, Genesis called of Angeal and asked to Sephiroth alone, desperate to prove that he, too, could be a hero. The battle continually increased in scale, with Sephiroth seeming to easily dominate and Genesis becoming more and more aggresive, until Angeal stepped between the two, stopping both their weapons. Genesis, enraged, summoned a Thundaga spell to his hand and destroyed Angeal's sword in an attempt to strike past him, at Sephiroth. The destroyed sword managed to pierce his shoulder deeply, wounding him. He left the room ashamed at his loss of self-control, both Sephiroth and Angeal refusing to look at him as he left.
Unable to accept that he was both inhuman and a failure, he set out to accomplish the goals of a monster, which are, according to Angeal, "Revenge and world conquest."
Soon after Zack strikes down Genesis, he suddenly appears in a place what seems to be the lifestream. As he looks around, he sees a statue in the distance. Suddenly, it begins to glow, and so Genesis walks towards it. The statue begin to morph into a female figure who is named Minerva, the goddess of Gaia, who bears a resemblance to Safer Sephiroth. She bears the rings on her back, has a wing above her head, and carries a lance. As Genesis stands in front of her, she disappears, and everything turns black. Genesis begins to fall into the darkness, and the lifestream follows and gathers with him.
He did not die, however. Zack takes him out of the cave they fought in and sets him next to Cloud and Lazard, now an Angeal copy, before eating a Banola White, the "Stupid Apple" that Genesis managed to create as a child, and accepted it as his Gift from the Goddess. Zack begs him not to die, as Angeal and (as far as he knew) Sephiroth did after becoming monsters. He is abandoned there as Zack and Cloud leave. Shortly thereafter, a helicopter arrives and both Nero and Weiss arrive, in full black SOLDIER 1st Class uniforms, bearing the insignia of Deep Ground. They airlift him away from the scene.
Genesis Powers & Abilites
Genesis had a special sword, that appears to be able to be activated to achieve it's true power. He also can use fire balls that can lock on the the target, exploding on impact. Genesis appears to be a very skilled swordsman, but is no match for Sephiroth in their Training match
Last edited by EvilAngel on Oct 15th, 2007 at 09:57 PM
Looks like you forgot to, you called them Jenova G cells, never specifying they aren't cells from Jenovam, but cells from a woman injected with Jenova cells.
Also, Genesis has never been exposed to stagnant mako. Nero the Sable is the only successful experiment resulting from giving stagnant mako to a human, the only one that survived.
But because they were the cells of a previous Jenova experiment they are referred to as Jenova "G" cells
I may aswell say he could stop the degeneration by being cryogenically frozen, because it would only stop the degeneration while he would be in it, I thought that much was obvious to be honest. (Though Jenova cells are unaffected by the cold, so the frozen thing wouldn't actually work, i was just making a point)
Have you played Crisis Core? They are called G cells, nothing else. Jenova G cells is improper because it implies they are cells from Jenova, which they are not.
Or you could just say what we're told in Crisis Core, that Hollander can temporairly stop G's degradation and that Genesis needs to visit him periodically to keep from degenerating. That is better than presenting a false theory as fact.
No, they are not Jenova cells at all. They are the cells of a human woman named Gillian Hewley. Its confusing people when you call them Jenova cells, since they don't comw from Jenova.
And Hollander only had a temporary fix, which is why Genesis satrted looking for Jenova cells to stop it permanenetly. Hollander says at one point "If you kill me who will stop your degeneration?" To which G replies "Jenova's cells." Hollander was only doing a temp solution to G's problem, but it didn't last forever.
That pic would drive so many FF fangirls insane. You should've picked a different pic. That does indeed look gay, not discriminating against anyone though.
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