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Yeah, I think we’re ultimately building up to Aerith being a type of figure that, at the end of one’s life, she will appear as whoever that person needs to let go of their regret. For Cloud it will be his mother (at the end of FF7) and herself (ACC) even though he doesn’t really die. He kinda...

Godzilla Minus One managed to tell ACC’s emotional arc quite well in a monster movie, so ACC doesn’t get much excuses from me lol You don’t need much, but you do need pinpoint accuracy in your scenes between people.

At the end of the day, Aerith AND CLOUD have very little normal social experience leading to a level of unintelligence, even if I’d easily say Aerith has way more social grace than SOLDIER Cloud especially. ACC discourse will always get a very simple, “it’s not a very well executed film” from...

Because Cloud’s ultimate issue is thinking he’s better off presenting this fragment of a person instead of owning up to the truth of himself, his failures, and his flaws. But isn’t that the very root of Aerith and Tifa’s confusion? Aerith, who sees shades of Zack in Cloud, is confused because...

Not very many people do from what I’ve seen, or they disregard its significance since other games that let you pick can sometimes pull the same trick with no meta importance. It’s a common complaint for BioWare games, for example. How FF7 uses the optional mechanics to push/reinforce the story...

From what I’ve gathered, it’s a result of having player input in Cloud’s feelings in OG and ( less so imo ) Remake/Rebirth. Because he’s so cagey with his thoughts/emotions it’s easy to project onto him when before we had such direct influence on him. The curious thing is that people don’t make...

And the fact that ReTrilogy will render a lot of fanon and headcanon false is going to fuel a good bit of ire. It’s going to be interesting to try and parse genuine criticism of the narrative and execution from “this destroyed my headcanon and I took it personal”

I saw that thread. Some interesting observations and maybe my memory is just failing me, but it did stick out to me that Cloud assumed the Punisher stance when he typically assumes the more defensive Operator stance. It would also line up with him assuming Sephiroth’s stance in Gongaga. It’s...

Biggest one that comes to mind is mostly surrounding the resolution scenes from Remake that I believe originate from SilverW’s tumblr? Mainly to do with windows and possible symbolism in the setting, it’s been a bit since I’ve read it. Most of what I see from Rebirth are cut and dry references...

Tbf to half of that list, I’ve seen some Cloti “proof” that also seems just as much of a stretch ( mainly around Remake, not so much Rebirth ) but the blue alien baby will always take the cake for me.

That’s why I find it strange. It’s expanded but still vague, in fact there’s more holes where you didn’t need them. Why? Unless you’re hiding something, and if they save the real memory for the LS scene, then surely there’s significance to it.

I’d go as far to say they’ve very much turned Claudia’s death into an actual mystery. They really didn’t have to include Sephiroth describing stabbing her, the weird out of sequence part of Cloud’s house burning, and her final words being heard from Sephiroth mocking him in Remake, and then in...

Crazy thought. So we know the clear materia has the potential to be a white materia, and the Gi’s story says that non-Cetra can activate/fill it with a strong enough will/desire… what if Cloud is the starting point of the time loop tied to the White Materia? His hope and dream being that Zack...

If that were referring to Aerith, wouldn’t he say he lost “someone” important instead of “something”? It’s the Cait Sith fortune all over again

All this talk of COLW Aerith makes me suspect that one major goal of hers was to get Zack to the LS church, or her Promised Land. That’s why she pulls in a Cloud with the maximum amount of time spent with her and she goes on a replica of her date with Zack. Not only would this help put her own...

Each party member has something that can relate directly to Cloud. Aerith’s is that sense of loneliness, of wanting more connections but something being in the way. In her case, it was her circumstances and part of her lineage making her different/“weird” to other kids. In Cloud’s case, it was a...

You really don’t have to dedicate very much time to establish what Aerith is up to in the LS inbetween plot points. I can see it primarily being info and lore with a few combat sections to hold attention. “Following the flowers” at it were. I can see a ZA reunion by the time Weapons are...

Been replaying OG and I’m actually spotting very tiny hints that foresight has always been a part of this story but I just finished NC and… Boy did I forget how interesting it is that Tifa’s focus coincides with the game finally telling you the truth. That and taking Vincent through the...

I can see EC holding back on matching outfits for Cloud and Tifa until we hit Disc 2 content ( if it lives that long. No idea how EC is doing financially ). Same for SE’s marketing before Remake part 3. It’s Aerith’s moment, no shock they’ll keep her close to and on center stage. I still...

Is it bad that an evil Tifa ( or at least a mean girl one ) is very intriguing to me as a sane Sephiroth? See? This is what shipping and fanfiction is for, zany thought experiments that are all in good fun.