Eerie
Fire and Blood
I've said it already, but to me parts of why the LTD exists, and even why people thought clerith was canon at first, was because cloti lacked the foundations to be credible once the Lifestream scene kicked in. People refused to believe in it because the game itself pushed clerith so much. So when you see that, you think it's not possible that Cloud loved Tifa, that he's over it, and anyway look at the end of the game, he wants to search for Aerith. Which is... well, why not? It's possible. The game had bad translations, but also lacked the nuances FFVIIR has, because of its blocky characters, one would be able to insert whatever he wanted there.
To me, this is something that Remake erases. Yes, you can favour one or the other girl, but in the end, all the shipping scenes are non-optional (except if you really don't want to beat 3 drones... lol). This puts cloti in such a favourable light, when we know what's coming up. Because with such realistic graphics, people can't hide behind "that's not how I envisioned things" because things are crudely described. This reminds me of what Nojima has said, that he needed to be much more precise, to adhere to the precise graphics. This, amongst other things, is exactly what he was talking about. This removes shipping goggles to an extent. People can't do anything but see what's happening. There is only such extent to which they can distort and push their own interpretation.
And, I have already noticed it here, but one of the things you could do to favour Tifa in the OG was to make Cloud her personal guard during fights. You'd subdue Cloud to Tifa, and gained LTD points towards Tifa when you'd block monsters' attack towards Tifa. And it's something I can't help but think when there is Cloud who very obviously saves her from a monster's attack (in a cinematic). It's like they incorporated this stuff into the game - the most visible one is during the Whisper Harbinger fight by the end, when Cloud saves Tifa. Oddly enough, the attack was only directed at Tifa, when Aerith was nearby and Cloud could have saved both. People will say "yeah, but Cloud saves everybody", which is true, but this one especially sticks out to me because of the way it plays out, and because I do remember this game mechanic from the OG.
Speaking of Cloud saving Tifa, I'll also note that when the plate falls and he picks up Tifa, literally saving her, up until he hugged her, which saved her mentally, giving her the strength that she needed. He's been her clutch way more than what this FC gives him credit for
To me, this is something that Remake erases. Yes, you can favour one or the other girl, but in the end, all the shipping scenes are non-optional (except if you really don't want to beat 3 drones... lol). This puts cloti in such a favourable light, when we know what's coming up. Because with such realistic graphics, people can't hide behind "that's not how I envisioned things" because things are crudely described. This reminds me of what Nojima has said, that he needed to be much more precise, to adhere to the precise graphics. This, amongst other things, is exactly what he was talking about. This removes shipping goggles to an extent. People can't do anything but see what's happening. There is only such extent to which they can distort and push their own interpretation.
And, I have already noticed it here, but one of the things you could do to favour Tifa in the OG was to make Cloud her personal guard during fights. You'd subdue Cloud to Tifa, and gained LTD points towards Tifa when you'd block monsters' attack towards Tifa. And it's something I can't help but think when there is Cloud who very obviously saves her from a monster's attack (in a cinematic). It's like they incorporated this stuff into the game - the most visible one is during the Whisper Harbinger fight by the end, when Cloud saves Tifa. Oddly enough, the attack was only directed at Tifa, when Aerith was nearby and Cloud could have saved both. People will say "yeah, but Cloud saves everybody", which is true, but this one especially sticks out to me because of the way it plays out, and because I do remember this game mechanic from the OG.
Speaking of Cloud saving Tifa, I'll also note that when the plate falls and he picks up Tifa, literally saving her, up until he hugged her, which saved her mentally, giving her the strength that she needed. He's been her clutch way more than what this FC gives him credit for