I guess that is in the realm of possibilities but my problem with this is that if we have two Aeriths (alive and dead) then we must also have two Clouds aswell (one that breached the fate and second from this new altered world who actually saved Aerith)
No disagreement there. Your wording made it sound like it was active and continual on Cloud's part.
My point is more that Sephiroth is the one instigating, trying to keep himself fresh in Cloud's mind, because he does require Cloud to keep going. That's why I say it's Sephiroth's hate rather than Cloud's. Not that Cloud likes Sephiroth, but he would rather forget and move on if he could. Sephiroth is doing his damndest to stop that.
Yeah, my working hypothesis is that For a time, Our Cloud was both of those Clouds before fully splitting off into Our Cloud and alternate Cloud. Thus both of those Clouds would have memories of Aerith both alive and Dead. Our Aerith (or maybe Omni Aerith) might actually be aware of this fact, given the pink brain pain regarding her death in the ending.
For sure! You countering my initial statement made me go back to check why I thought it was Cloud's hatred. I knew I was thinking of Case of Lifestream. I just misremembered exactly what was said in there.
Yeah, Sephiroth is definitely instigating things. Buuutttt, as long as Cloud doesn't waver and give in to temptation, Sephiroth won't be able to return.
That is actually pretty good theory!
One doesn't need to be a robot or have a lobotomy in order to let go of anger and hatred for someone though. Yes it takes a lot of forgiveness and care, but it's 100 percent possible. People do it in real life.
Yes, but this was because Cloud hadn't forgiven himself for Aerith's death. The ending of AC implies he finally had, and he was moving back towards having a happy life with Tifa and the kids.
It's fine if you disagree, but the logic definitely works. As I said, it happens in real life. Not everyone stays hating people forever.
Sephiroth BELIEVES he can come back if Cloud remembers him. There's nothing that I've seen that implies he can come back without Cloud doing that. If Re trilogy ends before AC like I think it will, that won't change
For sure!
Post AC ending, there isn't evidence of him still being in the Lifestream though. Plus, as long as Cloud continues on the path he was after AC, Sephiroth won't be able to return. I think the devs can choose to have a more definitive ending if they WANT. I just don't think it's necessary.
As far as I know Remake and Rebirth aren't post AC though. Nor is Sephiroth. Sure, he has knowledge of the future, but that doesn't mean he's actually from the future.
But where else would he be? If he's not in the LS then he's like the Gi, existing for eternity without being able to return. But we know that's not the case otherwise he'd still be wreaking havoc physically. We didn't see him get sealed off, he just "disappears". Yazoo, Loz and Kadaj go back to the LS, too, and they are apart of Sephiroth himself.
I get what you mean. Cause in AC, Sephiroth says: "I will never be a memory" which implies that he is not gone forever. So if remake project leads into AC, it means Sephiroth has technically won. If remake project wants to destroy Sephiroth once and for all, I can see why remake project would have to end after AC.
This has never been the case for the remake project though. When it comes down to it, it's still a remake of ff7. It's not going to end wildly different.
I have heard discrepancies with the translation regarding "leading up" VS "linking to" AC. So its hard to say what that actually means because linking can also imply being relevant to AC. So I am not attached to the idea that remake will directly lead into AC.
I'm the opposite. They've spent 9+ years saying the trilogy is a remake of ff7. At this point, I'd be very surprised if the ending of the trilogy, didn't lead into AC in the manner ff7 did.
Sure, but isn't that what remakes inherently do? We already knew what the ending is going to be like before even playing the game.
