I actually think he manipulated our Aerith into doing it unintentionally when he showed her Zack's death at the end of the Midgar highway. So, Zack isn't really wrong when he believes the wind was Aerith but he's also not wrong about it having being Sephiroth all along either.
Ultimately, even if the possibility of Aerith surviving exists. It will be in a reality that’s in the Lifestream that Cloud and the party will be forced to let go off.
This is why I think the only way to truly beat Sephiroth is to break his will. How do you do that? I dunno, but I kind of like the idea that no matter how much he pushes, the force countering his efforts will exceed him.
I have no idea some people think its a confession some people don't. Whatever this even means though considering its a different Aerith entirely
I think we basically agree here. You think he's tuning 'existing' tuning potential worlds to his liking, rather than making them whole cloth., basically?
That's basically what I think is gonna happen anyways with her and Zack.
You let him know there's no escape, no reality where Cloud and Co are not there to fight and defeat him, that he can at best delay defeat, not postpone it. Like in Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fate or JoJo's Bizarre adventure part 7.
Yeah, it’s confusing. That’s why I think there can’t be ambiguity in Part 3. Regardless of CA or CT, the writers need to plainly tell us what these characters feel.
The fact there is even a variation in this scene when they said nothing but the gold saucer would be affected by the relationship bonds?,
As in they’ll both exist together in one world? Or that they’ll be separated again in different worlds?
I don’t like these mixed signals though. I just hope what they said for Part 3 holds true, just tell me now. I don’t want to wonder what such and such line means.
I think the two of them will exist together on a new world
That's why I said he manipulated her into doing it unintentionally. I don't think she meant to change it or go against the planet, but her desire was too strong and thats why there's a version of her that calls the chihuahua offshoot of Zack's world 'her dream'.
i just hope they commit to whatever they decide and stop making these variations or reveal what a character was actually thinking. In a guidebook but only in the second edition of the guidebook 1 year later that has to translated from Japanese. Butchering your storytelling because we want to have a crappy and poorly designed affinity system so players can replay the game aka (watch it on YouTube)
if it doesn't i will forever question every decision in this remake trilogy and wonder what the point of trace of two pasts book delving into the relationship will be. That book will age terribly, advent children will forever be ambigious and unfinished, and il wonder what was the point in investing our time into learning these characters if they aren't confident in their own story decisions so keep making choices.
To be honest, I think it’s a misstep to do those things if it’s meant to be ambiguous. The better option would have been to downplay Tifa and Cloud’s relationship if Aerith is meant to be the love interest. But… they keep doing the opposite.
This. If Sephiroth is nodding when you say “we should do X”, then maybe don’t do X
Everyone was basically slapped together at the very end as per usual with shounens. No real deep developments or anything.
Thankfully with the games so far apart from this weird variation in dialogue has been making it clear at least to me in the relationships. Zack and Aerith need a reunion or them bringing Zack back was the worst possible thing.
(Though, I forget if it was in OG or ACC where he wanted to gather the Lifestream and travel the cosmos.)This is kind of late (this thread moves fast when it moves!) but you could say that romance was significant in Naruto in the way that it did drive character motivations. But insignificant in the way that the author basically didn't bother with it at all, lol.
Yeah, it’s especially cruel to bring him back and make him aware that Aerith and Cloud might be a thing. When before that he was dead and just never knew, so it was never weird.
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