Trace of Two Pasts novel discussion

[Maidenofwar]

There's another bit with Barret and him looking worried when Tifa goes quiet. Yeah I guess everyone is there for story time?

 

[Odysseus]

So is Cloud just listening to Tifa gush about her crush on him?

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Apparently it's a real operation that is done for caved in breastbones etc....

 

[Maidenofwar]

Yeah I wonder. It's possible Tifa was just standing there lost in thought the whole time after the she viewed Midgar as her rival part but that seems a long time for nobody to say anything.

 

[Odysseus]

So I'm guessing the book skips the Nibelheim incident since Cloud will be explaining that in the next game anyway?

 

[Torrie]

If Cloud wasn't playing with the other kids, I wonder what his childhood self did all day.

I hc that he (a loner as he is) just walked everywhere, explored the surrounding territory, picked berries and herbs for mom, patted the Nibel wolves on the head, played an abandoned piano somewhere until he was able to repeat the melody he'd heard Tifa play again and again...

So is Cloud just listening to Tifa gush about her crush on him?

I bet he is dragging his flat ass behind, still a loner, and isn't really listening

 

[eleamaya]

Oh this thread finally exist.
I've shared a little about Aerith part here:
https://thelifestream.net/forums/th...l-ultimania-plus-discussion.23073/post-910112

So I'm guessing the book skips the Nibelheim incident since Cloud will be explaining that in the next game anyway?

The timeline in novel is Tifa & Aerith share their story on the ship from Junon to Costa del Sol. So assume Cloud has told them about the incident in Kalm

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Everything that comes out of Nojima's novels, I always love.

 

[KindOfBlue]

Googled "ffvii recruitment ad" and found this

If this ad was any more 90s, it’d have “Got Milk?” on it

 

[Eerie]

I'm intrigued that Tifa appears to be telling Aerith the whole story of the water tower promise.

She doesn't, actually. She's lost in her thoughts since Barret tells her "So Midgar is the rival?".

 

[Odysseus]

The timeline in novel is Tifa & Aerith share their story on the ship from Junon to Costa del Sol. So assume Cloud has told them about the incident in Kalm

Oh okay, that makes more sense. Interesting Nojima would skip ahead a bit like that.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

She doesn't, actually. She's lost in her thoughts since Barret tells her "So Midgar is the rival?".

Yes, I realised that after Audrey had posted more of her summary.
So it seems Tifa isn't confiding her long-standing love for Cloud to Aerith? Only telling her more generally about her relationships with the boys back in the village?
I'm really looking forward to reading the official translation of the whole thing and getting a feel for the nuances of what's said and what's left unsaid.

 

[Maidenofwar]

Apparently Aerith's part is a bit longer than people thought coming in at 141 pages!

Edit- Aerith's part of the novella starts off with the party already on the boat to Costa Del Sol with their Shinra uniforms!

 

[Eerie]

If people want to follow Audrey's twttier thread that talks about it, it starts here lol:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1416352967674896392

Thanks Maiden, I hadn't caught that she had updated

 

[Odysseus]

Spoiler: ;_;

My crack paranoia research finds that the material ultimania was released on October 29 in Japan, and the English edition was announced on March 13. 5-ish months between. Might be in the dark about the novel until December or January T__T

 

[eleamaya]

Apparently Aerith's part is a bit longer than people thought coming in at 141 pages!

I heard it's because "Picturing The Past: Investigation Unit" from "FF7R World Preview Book" is also inserted there. Meanwhile, the rest of Aerith's part is just 80 pages.

Edit- Aerith's part of the novella starts off with the party already on the boat to Costa Del Sol with their Shinra uniforms!

Oh? Then in which location does Tifa tells Aerith her past? I thought it's on the ship too.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Audrey has clarified that the Tifa section takes place on the road to Kalm, and the Aerith section takes place on the boat from Junon.

 

[Humming]

Do you think they will adress the novel in part 2? Even if it's offscreen during their journeys, it adds a lot of depth to both characters so maybe they will adress to it in cutscenes or something. After all, they are going all in into characterization this time so cutting out this kind of content and ignoring it in part2 would feel... underwhelming?

 

[Phantasia]

This book feels like the script of the lifestream sequense (memories we are piecing together), and on Aerith's part, her expanded backstory, which we might be able to before you know when (maybe in the temple of the ancients?)

 

[Eerie]

Ohh Aerith baby

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1416360848574935042

 

[Odysseus]

Gonna give it to the floor

 

[Humming]

Why did I check the comments on the tweet lol.

 

[Eerie]

Interestingly though, that shows that even if she knows about her future death, she knows nothing about it. Somehow that reassures me.

 

[cold_spirit]

I want this novel so bad.

Really curious to know what Aerith's chapter is about.

Gonna give it to the floor

rofl

 

[Odysseus]

I want this novel so bad.

Like, I wanted OTWTaS and TKAA pretty bad too, but this is on a whole other level man.

You can join me in making books out of ancient fan fics in the meantime lol.