Fantasy and Speculation

Fantasy

Fantasy noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.

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Speculation and fantasy are semantically related. in imagination topic. In some cases you can use "Speculation" instead a noun "Fantasy".

Speculation noun - A risky undertaking.

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Fantasy and speculation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fantasy" instead a noun "Speculation".

pure	pure fantasy	pure speculation
common	common fantasy	common speculation
brief	brief fantasy	brief speculation
many	many fantasy	many speculation
Other adjectives: romantic, popular, real, personal, outright, bizarre, modern, historical, ongoing.

Seifer uses it because it matches his fantasy, and there's some in-universe speculation that Squall uses it because it's difficult to master, reflecting his stubborn nature.

Source: Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age
Tends to traditionally come with complementary fan speculation how people in a fantasy setting would even know what x-rays are, but it does let its user see through walls and such.

Source: X-Ray Vision
Final Fantasy VII famously ended with a sequence so ambiguous that for years it was a subject of much speculation whether or not humanity was wiped out by Holy.

Source: Ambiguous Ending

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