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Just finished with my first playthrough yesterday! I really enjoyed this game. I was aware of some poor reception to this DA game, but I made sure to avoid reading too much into why. I originally wanted to wait longer to get this game. I had thought of upgrading my PC first, or looking for the...

Maybe... the real koibitos were the nakamas we made along the way.

Oooh, I was initially a bit dismissive of a remaster as I thought it would require a brand new purchase, but the upgrade price they announced for the PS4 version is really tempting.

From what I've seen, I think some of this insistence is from the old statement describing Cloud as a hero who was "wavering between two heroines", which some have taken to mean that his feelings have to be romantic in order to waver between them. Frankly, there've been a lot of...

Man, some of them have been trying to pair Tifa off with Barret for ages. They don't even ship the two together, but act like they think that it'll get rid of Tifa and clear the way for Clerith to happen. This so-called ceasefire proposal looks like just another try at it. They've been that...

I think it was from here: LTD, round 3: This time, we settle it with Jello Wrestling

One of the reasons why I don't like the take that Cloud was pining for Aerith and longing to be with her in AC -- especially the way that some Cleriths have been portraying it -- is that it throws a really skeevy light on lot of his decisions and actions pre-movie. Like, why would he live with...

I wouldn't be surprised if this is how some think. I've seen this kind of mindset in other fandoms too. ATLA has a sizable fandom that ships Zuko and Katara together and they regularly rant that their ship would totally have happened in the cartoon except that the writers wanted Katara to be...

I found this bit funny too, as it came across to me as Elmyra giving off big mother-in-law energy.

I'm pretty sure that they're not all unaware. However, their priority is on Cloud loving Aerith, no matter what. I find myself wondering if that might be why some extreme Cleriths don't care that they headcanon Cloud as the worst liar, deadbeat, and cheater, as long as they can claim Cloud loves...

There was a hilarious moment in that same debate thread where someone asserted the 'neutral' position that Cloud loves both women equally. Then added that since Aerith died halfway through the game, Cloud has less interactions with her compared to Tifa. And for him to love both equally means...

Yeah. That's something a lot of early Clerith arguments essentially went: To determine whether Cloud loves Aerith we must first assume that he loves Aerith, so everything Cloud does is because he loves Aerith, and this is irrefutable proof that he loves Aerith.

It was the list they made up of Cloud's in-game behaviour towards the women with points assigned to each so that once all the scores were tallied up, there'd be quantitative proof of who he likes/loves more. Like, when Cloud greets the woman it's worth 1 point each time; when he mentions her...

Oh, I just had flashbacks to the many debates where responses were essentially copy/pasted whole passages from that bible, or from clerith.com. At the very least, I'm relieved that their affection scoresheet doesn't seem to be in use anymore.

I've been going on another stroll through the Eurythmics' discography, and was reminded yet again of one of my favourite songs, "Don't Ask Me Why":