Would be funny if in a couple days the Ultimania’s like “so yeah, all the dates are canon.”
They already are, they are meant to showcase Clouds relationship with every character.
So here again is my problem apparently the booklet for the soundtrack shows the CA scenes, why does marketing do this, wouldn't it be better to tell an honest story.
Forgive me if this is reaching, but it's probably because she just died. they're hardly going to market, for example, Tifa more than her because, well, Rebirth was supposed to be Aeriths time to shine, I guess?
We've talked before about the significance of the CT kiss, or that moment when Aerith admits to Cloud that she still loves Zack, as being clear and obvious evidence that the LTD is no more, but today I want to talk about the moment in Rebirth in which Clerith dies;
And then where exactly would they take it from there? Real Cloud would be apologetic and guilt-ridden about "playing SOLDIER" in the wake of Zack's death and Aerith would then be in a position of having to make Cloud feel better about all of that, which is pretty unfair to her. I don't see how their relationship could recover enough from all of that to enter a romantic relationship. Their friendship could bounce back, absolutely, but ... to be in a committed, loving relationship seems very unrealistic to me.
I feel like a Clerith relationship could never really work out because of this. Aerith still loves Zack, Cloud still loves Tifa, the only thing keeping Cloud and Aerith apart is the fact they love other people, and would have to work through A LOT of those feelings for a Clerith relationship to actually work out.
I 100% believe had the Nibelheim event not evented itself over everyone, Zack would have told Cloud to confess and reunite before everyone left.
He 100% would have! If I remember correctly Zack asks if Cloud has spoken to Tifa since they arrived at nibelheim, to which Cloud replies "No...." in a sad tone, to which Zack says "I'm sensing a lot of problems here".
There definitely was
some baiting done with Rebirths marketing, especially that one scene where Aerith falls into Cloud on the gondola and it looked like they were going to kiss. But then they gave the kiss to Tifa, it feels kind of mean in retrospect lmao.
Now personally I hate this, because I absolutely LOATHE how Aeriths death has been twisted and perverted into some sick spectacle these days
I actually couldn't agree more. It has strayed so far from the original intention, what was originally supposed to portray feelings of "reality not Hollywood" now does exactly the opposite, and has been turned into one of the biggest spectacles in gaming. The whole point was that Aerith was just a girl who was murdered, because, forgive me if wrong, what exactly would change in ff7 had Aerith not died?
Is the promised land not just the afterlife? when they return to the lifestream? I think that's what it means in a literal sense, but yeah I think it's also some sort of euphemism for a place or state of supreme happiness for a character. Especially Cloud, though, since the games like to remind you of both the "promised" land and also the fact that Cloud made a "promise" to Tifa, it's practically at the centre of his character.