Having just finished the remake recently, I gotta say I’m quite pleasantly surprised how they handled Cloud and Tifa here. This the most physical they’ve been ever (granted majority of the time their lives are in danger lol). And I think the flower being non optional, Cloud lying about it to Aerith and Aerith seeing the flower in the bar is very significant
Dare I say, Nojima has planted the seeds of what’s to come next. I don’t even want to bother to look at the LTD thread now (been keeping an eye on it every now and then since 2005 lmao) but to me at least, it feels like storytelling has evolved so much that they could possibly put the nail in the coffin in the final installment. We’ll see