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Yeah, it seems to be a popular one to throw in there. I get the logic but I’m not subscribing to it. I do think it’ll be more of a gameplay section than a long info dump ( for example, I think you’ll fight beside a memory of false Cloud/Zack in the Nibelheim Incident section, but Tifa still...

I mean, his mom nailed it, Cloud needs someone mature who will tell him when he’s being a dumbass er a “silly goose”.

This right here is why I say it’s much more plausible to assume the “canon” of the story is that all sidequests got done and all affinity was maxed out by the end. Part 3 will be written with that mentality without going into too much detail about the rebirth sidequests. That all sounded like...

I dunno, Cloud had to earn back his 2000 Gil somehow… I guess what really confuses me about the whole “you can remove Tifa” angle is that all of Cloud’s “why’s” vanish with her. Why did he want to be a SOLDIER, why did he have a complex about being weak, etc That’s what makes the water tower...

It’s definitely a small group of bias players who push that line of thought, regardless of Disc 2 and 3 completely disagreeing with them. I dunno. I think Rebirth goes out of its way to bring Aerith back down to earth and underscore Tifa’s importance in this middle section. You need both for...

It really does, and I just don’t get it. Cloud minus Tifa = him being a black cloak stumbling around the train station in Midgar. Both characters can be important without taking something from the other, and it’s odd some people don’t understand that?

At this point, I want two things by the time this is all wrapped up: 1) I want to be personally satisfied in the depictions and payoffs of everything set up in Remake and Rebirth ( ZA/CT included, but also whatever they’re cooking for Sephiroth ) 2) I want anyone who tries to claim Tifa is a...

FF Tactics also comes to mind. Main character is technically a mercenary before he decides to do things beyond just money ( but he really wasn’t profit driven to begin with so… ) Speaking of which, I wonder if Remake Part 3 will wink at Cloud’s cameo in Tactics at all. Maybe in what he’s...

Just to have the full thought here, and correct me if I’m wrong @Eerie Tifa expresses doubts in Cosmo Canyon that Cloud is really Cloud, and in Gongaga her reaction to Zack being brought up is similar ( not sure if this is true for Gongaga in EC, so anyone playing it can verify ) That then is...

It’s one of, if not the most intimate scene in the entire franchise, to date. Everything good and bad about Cloud is on full display, and Tifa still accepts him regardless. Doesn’t get any more unconditional than that. That said, after watching the end to Rebirth again… I’m really suspecting...

Absurdly high, to the point of on one hand claiming to know tropes inside and out while also having the other hand deny the simplest implications of Cloud and Tifa’s living situation. Nojima strikes me as the type of writer who tries to avoid characters saying “I love you” in those exact terms...

This is why, at least as far as I’m concerned, it’s reasonable to assume all side content got done and the HA of every date is the actual version. From there, slot in whichever you see fit because they don’t derail the story at all. Doesn’t really matter to me if people’s preferred path is the...

I think some old fans who maybe didn’t care for the compilation just don’t want any part of it influencing the original game. I get it, especially since the compilation is a mixed bag in terms of quality. Crisis Core, however, took those little hints about Aerith and made them much more plain...

The level of character assassination to try and downplay a simple kiss ( that in some cases, they were sure was going to CA ) is fascinating. Doesn’t matter that it ruins these characters we’re supposed be rooting for, nope victory at any cost.

They’re fanservice to the extent that they take the opportunity to lovingly craft each date to be sweet, funny, informative, or some combination of the three. I’d call it that under the most glowing of terms vs it being empty as most people have come to use it. The GS dates strike me as a “in...

From what I can tell, it’s the same sort of compromise that Cloud likes both girls but Tifa wins because Aerith dies. That and the belief is that Aerith’s GS date ( in both games ) is more in line with the plot thus it must be canon.

“Complicated feelings” is one area where I think they could spare some time to clear up, especially between Tifa and Cloud about Aerith and Zack and Aerith about Cloud. Originally, I don’t think the creators thought these things mattered all that much since, perhaps in their eyes, a few...

Because it’s still part of the plot twist, even if people are aware of it. This is the tightrope that’s unique to FF7 because so much of it plays with your genre knowledge in the first half before it flips the table on you on the second half. Ambiguity is baked into it because that’s the nature...

Aerith doesn’t come on nearly as strong as Jessie did, but by the time Cloud fully meets Aerith, he’s had time to lighten up. I saw a lot of similarities to OG Aerith and how they expanded on Jessie, so I suspect it was deliberate to keep the flirty atmosphere around Cloud, but take a slightly...

I think there’s something here that’s worth looking at now that you’ve mentioned it: Cloud may be socially awkward but he’s not really an idiot. Similar to how Cloud catches Tifa “testing” him under Junon, I think he also catches Aerith in a similar way by the time Gongaga rolls around. It...