Recent content by Enthralled

Reminder that this is all about if we can say the writers use Cloud's relationships as narrative devices to draw the player's attention to someone (unless it's about Tifa specifically I imagine). Even though it applies to all his relationships, not just the romantic ones. Though it is a much...

Someone asked for the Clerith interpretation of the Flower? Well it's pretty simple. And none of this really precludes it having an ulterior or double meaning for Tifa. The Buster Sword has significance to both Zack and Cloud after all. But above all, I feel comfortable giving it greater weight...

Well I think, thanks to Looneymoon @looneymoon doing such a stellar job explaining how Aerith is framed as the secondary protagonist in a way others are not, we can move on to the honey-dipped point of it all: If Aerith is important you should expect Square won't treat her relationships as...

for a shitposter you are so serious. I never singled you out as claiming that. At most I might have said something you said is similar, expecting you to maybe re-evaluate or tell me what I got wrong. If I wanted to make that case I would say you only thought I was singling you out because you...

"nah this is all subjective lmao" why even have forums if ^ is gonna be your response? You made me think though, even if unknowingly, that many of the people who argue making Aerith the main love interest diminishes Tifa's arc are the same people unwilling to admit Aerith is more important to...

I can explain where it began. There was some commentary on how writing out the relationship Cloud and Aerith had would be bad because Aerith is important to the plot so her role to the other characters should not be arbitrarily reduced or given a lot of pointless scenes of her and Cloud getting...

This is a decent comparison. But the problem is that Yoda (OG trilogy only to be fair to Han) is only important as an extension of Luke or Luke's journey. Aerith is not "just lore", lore is just a way we know she is important. Nor is she just an extension of Cloud. In fact like Han she has...

And someone finally made that case ("plot armor") and I find it wanting. I'm not being literal, I am replying to what you say. And your response is something I could not have possibly known(?)

Also how does Aerith have plot armor when she famously dies? Tifa is the one with the "near fatalities" which is what plot armor usually is. In Nibelheim, with Loz, and Bahamut-sin(?) I actually do agree with this. Both handle different parts of the heroine role. But it's just not outlandish to...

Me saying someone saying I said something I did not, or did not say something I did, is "wrong" is not unfair. Also the most common fandom joke is at the expense of Aerith. Like I said, you know this place is biased when the number 1 complaint about the fanbase is "Tifa gets no respect" Also...

where? Where have they. TifaxCloud is the first and even that is just pretending there's something wrong with a supernaturally gifted character in a story where a bartender hurls tanks. Then the issue isn't people shading her a whore, the issue is people lewding her? They're related but not the...

Tifa being Cloud's childhood friend is also convenience. The fact it isn't magic doesn't change that, and this is a fantasy setting anyway. All stories are contrivances. It's impossible not to have a deus ex machina ending when a meteor is about to destroy the planet. Tying it to Aerith at least...

It is not common to see people actually shade Tifa for not dressing modestly. In fact it seems like a lot of people like that aspect. The most common fandom joke is referential humor at Aerith dying. And I know you can't prove anything to me. It's not a matter of you not having to prove it...

I understand that but I feel it would have been presented by now and it hasn't. Literally I've just been re-explaining what I mean over and over. Sometimes because I am unclear, other times because you can tell people are not used to being disagreed with here. Point proven. The most anodyne...

Correct, but if everybody fucked up their individual contribution the party would never have beaten Sephiroth. So unless we're gonna argue everyone is as important as one another there are other ways to determine "importance." Aerith having the fantasy lore of the world surround her character...