#he hasn't eaten or had water in 30 years. he hasn't really moved in decades. he's legally dead and was actually dead for a time.

[mediumsizedpidegon]

i know that Vincent Valentine is pretty much immortal. i know the specifics of how he managed to survive sleeping for 30 years in a coffin don't truly matter. i know that he canonically doesn't need to eat or sleep.

but still– how the fuck did he not starve to death????

if you EXPEND ENERGY (which happens naturally just by. existing) then you need to REGAIN ENERGY (eating). Vincent not needing to eat is fucking stupid!!!!!

It's so easy to fix this!!! All you need to do is say that Hojo's experiments gave him the ability to go into a state of extreme energy preservation like hibernation or brumation!!! that's all you need to do!!! You can just change things a little and then it makes More Sense!!

The timeline goes: Hojo experiments on Vincent -> the life support Vincent is on (so that Hojo doesn't lose his subject too soon for his liking) stops being enough to sustain him due to his enhancements -> Vincent's body shuts down -> Lucrecia puts the Proto Materia in Vincent's chest –> Vincent doesn't die and instead goes into a hibernation-like state –> Hojo gets bored, takes Vincent off life support and throws him in the coffin -> Vincent hibernates for 20-30 years while both Hojo and Lucrecia think he's dead

just. let it be hibernation. it gives me less of a headache than the idea that Vincent doesn't need to eat anymore.