Generally not a good idea to bring up personal anecdotes during a debate.
Generally not a good idea to cite a source whose observations refute your claim when speaking for themselves, and to then ignore that source when they say you're wrong. =P
Let us not pretend you weren't trying to speak to a general notion of "how people actually work" when bringing up the three-weeks thing. I really am going to insist you practice good faith discussion.
Anyway, we all know that's what you were attempting to speak to: how people actually work. Yet here's a real person telling you that you got how I work wrong -- and I'm not nearly so vain as to think I'm unique in this way.
I'm not going to insist, though, that everyone works the same either. Perhaps we could all do that.
MM said:
Cloud was never Aerith's "koibito" in that sense, and Nojima probably didn't mean it as such.
So, the word doesn't mean Aerith had romantic feelings for Cloud (i.e. it doesn't mean ... what it means) in this particular instance ... because it would make you wrong? =|
Is it not a lot more likely a possibility that you're just wrong?
MM said:
All these things are worth debating.
I have no idea what this is in response to, but debating
any of this is probably as worthwhile as slamming one's own cock in a car door.
MM said:
Yes, Cloud cares for her safety. That's not being disputed.
That's not a point I was making either, so ...
MM said:
Would Cloud be wavering between them if he didn't have memory issues?
Who knows? More importantly, who cares? You suggested the developers may not have even intended a notion of wavering in the first place.
Again, I'm going to have to insist you start debating in good faith and practicing intellectual honesty.
MM said:
I'm sorry, but you can't compare what Cloud and Aerith have to all the history between Cloud and Tifa.
My list of "Points I Wasn't Making That You Insist On Responding To" is getting long.
MM said:
There's a lot of misunderstanding regarding Aerith's role in Cloud's story. Disregarding her role in the overarching story, her role in Cloud's story is simply to function as a source of guilt.
Really, that was her only intended purpose in Cloud's story?
A subject that didn't come up until the sequel released eight years later? A sequel the developers had no idea they would be making?