Do You Think They Will Explain This?

[Odysseus]

Are you talking about a different flashback? Because the one with Tifa’s father occurs wheh they are in Reactor 5, not when they are in the Shinra building before the Jenova chamber.

Remake shows a part of it again just before Sephiroth appears.

 

[S.L.Kerrigan]

It wasn't post-Nibelheim that @a_apple 2.0 was referring to

That's right we see it in CC. But anyway I think the fact that Tifa doesn't talk to a stranger about Cloud doesn't indicate that she is suppressing her feelings or thoughts.

Tifa is not and has never been Jenova (except for arguably that scene at the Reunion when Sephiroth tricks the person Cloud safeguarded with the Black Materia into bringing it back to Cloud). I don't know where you get some of your notions about the story, but this is as outlandish as they've ever been.

I'm not saying that Tifa is Jenova, just that there is a possibility that she is the same kind of entity Jenova used against the Cetras long ago. But I understand how absurd this idea might sound.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

What do you mean by "there's a possibility"? Do you mean, "it's possible the people who made the game wanted us to understand that Tifa is such an entity, and therefore left some very subtle hints?" Or do you mean, "Canon hasn't categorically and specifically stated she isn't such an entity, so it's possible she is?" Rather as in the Bible no one specifically states that Jesus is NOT a racoon, so it's possible he might be.

 

[Odysseus]

Spoiler

 

[S.L.Kerrigan]

What do you mean by "there's a possibility"? Do you mean, "it's possible the people who made the game wanted us to understand that Tifa is such an entity, and therefore left some very subtle hints?"

Yes I think they left hints but perhaps more to play with the insight of the players than to allow them to discover the truth. I say "there's a possibility" to convey the idea that I'm not sure there isn't. In any case for me this potential discovery would not be the ultimate revelation but an important piece of evidence necessary to solve the investigation.

It was said that the initial concept of this game was to revolve around the investigation of a detective in New York and that the concept was recycled for the development of Parasite Eve. However, I strongly feel the atmosphere of a film noir movie when I walk through the streets of Midgar (sector 8). I think that maybe some other elements of the basic concept remained like the possibility to investigate and discover something interesting/subversive.
I have already expressed on this forum my intuition that the Planet (Lifestream) is responsible for the tragic events we are witnessing.

Or do you mean, "Canon hasn't categorically and specifically stated she isn't such an entity, so it's possible she is?"

According to my hypothesis, the Canon would be to the player the equivalent of the shadow theater that animates the wall in the Allegory of the cave (Plato).

Rather as in the Bible no one specifically states that Jesus is NOT a racoon, so it's possible he might be.

If someone suspects Jesus of being a racoon I might advise him to go investigate in Racoon City (Please take this last proposition as a simple humor)

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

"Yes I think they left hints but perhaps more to play with the insight of the players than to allow them to discover the truth."
I can't figure out what this sentence is trying to say. The game's makers dropped false clues to mess with players' heads?

 

[Makoeyes987]

I have no idea what's even being argued at this point. This is wild and making no sense.

Is Tifa an imposter? Is she sus?

Or are the writers sus?

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

The correct response to that entire post is just "No, moving on now."

 

[Tetsujin]

Is Tifa an imposter? Is she sus?

*calls in an emergency meeting*

I SAW CLOUD AND TIFA USE THE VENTS