She is.
What? Did I phrase that wr-- oh.
Debatable.Pretty sure those cloaked grandpas aren't real ancients but some sort of guardians of the temple, warped by time.
Not sure why you bother, OP is not looking for this type of answer.Serious answer: the Ancients in FF7 were always human-looking. In fact, the non-Ancient humans were once Ancients themselves. They lost their ability to communicate with the planet, and thus use magic, after abandonning the search for the promised land and choosing to become sedantary. This is explained in the Nibelheim flashback by Sephiroth, but in the official translation, it's almost impossible to parse because of how garbage it is.
You'll also notice that in the Shinra minidoc on the Ancients in chapter 16 of Remake, the Ancients are all human-looking.
Reported for presumed intent.Not sure why you bother, OP is not looking for this type of answer.
Go ahead.
Close enough
While the party can find the spiritual manifestations of some Cetra in the Temple of the Ancients, which take the form of creatures with bulbous purple bodies and long beards, Aerith explains they are simply "spirit bodies" left aeons ago to protect the temple, having lost their true forms.
Same.I thought they were small elephants when I was little with the beard being the snout.
Oh wow they made a direct reference.