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I find it morbidly ironic that SE has this ad campaign, "Seize the awkward" about raising awareness of mental illness, yet if you look at FF7 related material on Twitter or the like, you'll find the LTD leeches into many conversations and doesn't bring out the best in people.

It'll be more difficult for the devs to "not leave everyone out" if part 3 follows the OG story. It's going to make a lot of those tweets look strange in retrospect.

@Eerie I mean, they decided to completely change C and T's relationship at he beginning of Remake. These two didn't flirt like that in the OG. They also kiss on the skywheel. And also a lot of other moments where Tifa falls down and Cloud catches her and they look into each other's eyes. So...

Think of it from a logical perspective. If I was the leader of a massive game company currently remaking one of my most popular titles, would I: 1. Change the protagonists end-game ship, or 2. Portray the end-game ship in a more positive light. (<-----) I think it's clear which one makes...

I thought Cloud and Tifa ran an orphanage until I watched AC for a second time. I think I just made that association because protagonists in a lot of media from East Asian countries often start helping orphans when they're not fighting bad guys. Aerith does work at the orphanage in sector 5 in...

It's not the content of the Retrilogy I'm concerned about. Obviously the devs are developing the CT relationship in ways we haven't seen before. My concern is mainly about what the devs say in interviews and the messaging surrounding the games. I've never been in their position, perhaps it is...

In the whole scheme of things, the Cloud/Aerith optional scenes being in the credits seems a minor thing. But nonetheless, a decision was made. The credits in Rebirth has scenes taken out after Aerith's death. They want you to look at the credits, it's not an afterthought. I don't presume to...

I meant for optional scenes. They could have decided to just not put them in the credits at all, give all the options equal weight. But the way it is now, people think the Aerith resolution and the Aerith Gold saucer date have some precedence over the alternatives. Is this intentional? And...

Let me ask a question: Why do you think the devs decided to put the Cloud and Aerith moments in the credits?

So SE themselves treat Hollow like a CA focused song. They don't seem that concerned about people getting the "right" idea about it, as far as this forum is concerned. And the presentation of the dates seems lop-sided as well... I wonder why that is. And I understand there is a separation...

My issue is SE leaves too much room open for the BS interpretations. Whether you agree with it or not is beside the point. They decided to write a song with the lyrics "This time, I will never let you go." The notion of this being from the POV of a post-AC Cloud ruminating over Aerith's death...

@Eerie You might see it as a done deal since 1997 and a lot of people do. But here's the thing, SE could have done a lot more to make it clear as day. You don't see them putting out Tidus x Rikku merch, for example. And there was a lot of merch pushing CA before/around the compilation (I know...

That post has 13 comments as of writing and 0 upvotes. You can find posts like that everywhere, not that uncommon. FF7 just seems to attract theory-crafters.

I feel like the distinct contentiousness of the FF7 LTD is 99% the fault of SE. There is a sizeable chunk of people who played the OG, watched/played the compilation material, whose main source of enjoyment in the world of FF7 revolves around Cloud and Aerith. In the years after the OG...

I've observed a lot of complains toward the developers of the Remake series regarding how they handle the LTD. People will often say that certain sections felt forced or out-of-character. I can't help but wonder how much hindsight plays a role in this. To someone who has played the OG and is...

It's just wild that CAs would use hetero-normative when that same label to could apply to how they view Cloud and Aerith's relationship. Usually I see that accusation leveled at series where every single character ends up in a hetero relationship, or coming from lgbt critics of media.

The context is Clerith shippers

I've also seen several tweets/blog posts saying that thinking Cloud and Tifa are together post-OG is "hetero-normative"

The LSS is a moment in the OG where we see Cloud from the outside, apart from player input. And I think it's pretty odd that his "locked up secret wish" is rarely talked about. To me, this is the most solid piece of evidence that Cloud had a crush on Tifa. Furthermore, He's still acting on...

I didn't mean to start a conversation about tangential semantics. When I played the OG, I didn't see the LSS as a primarily romantic moment. That doesn't make it wrong if anyone else sees it that way. For most of the scene, Cloud's mind is in fragments. Tifa gets clues about Cloud's feelings...