I have a weird theory & I haven't seen anyone mention it so...When Τifa looks at Cloud & Aerith, there's interference. Two scenes are shown, one with blood, one without. But in the one with...it looks to me like the blood is dripping from Cloud's hand.
Did anyone else find the Τifa scar/no scar storyline absolutely ridiculous? If Jenova or whoever bothered to create a perfect double of T (hair, eyes, physique, etc), do you really think they'd have any difficulty faking a scar, too? It was so deeply unserious, I'm sorry 😭
Just got to chapter 11 and I must say, Cosmo Canyon was the biggest disappointment. The mystical atmosphere? Gone. Planetologists and Bugenhagen being kind and wise? Gone. Aerith studying her heritage? Gone. Intimate convos around the fire? Gone. Annoying minigames? YEP.
I believe she thinks that Cloud was the one who killed Aerith, under Sephiroth's infuence. This is why I think she is so wary of Cloud and doesn't say a word to him during the entire ending sequence. I mean, Cloud also tried to kill *her* under his influence so I can't blame her.
I'm replaying Rebirth and focusing on anything I might have missed on my first playthrough and look, there's a cute dialogue about a Shinra trooper getting a brooch for his girlfriend! Reminds me a bit of the dream date
#Clerith
I can't wait to pick flowers with Aerith.
I can't wait to go to the clocktower with Aerith.
I can't wait to see Bugenhagen explain how the LS works with Aerith.
I can't wait to sit around the bonfire with Aerith.
I can't wait to go on a date with Aerith.
TWO MONTHS! 🩷
"Not all c/ts!" at this point sounds like "not all men!" and it's pissing me off. Yes, not all, but enough (with big followings) to cause problems, and yes, CAs also have bad apples, but they are not equally bad. Only one side is that unhinged, and it's not CAs and I'm tired.
So. Aerith sings during the Loveless musical. She met Cloud on Loveless St. The lyrics mention cobblestone streets & people rushing by, essentially describing the intro of OG/R. The intro takes place the night she met Cloud. The singer only names 2 characters she studied while ⬇️
Holy shit, the Life is Strange comic is so fcking raw 😭
Loving each other beyond death and searching for each other in different timelines, this trope has me by the throat, I love it, I love it, I love them 😭❤️❤️
Mint deserves this. Srel doesn't. And it has nothing to do with ships. It's because mint is talented and a sweetheart while Srel is an AI using, racist art thief!
Look at that, I CAN enjoy Zack when his dialogue is not insufferable and he's better written. I also think his VA did an EXCELLENT job. He sounded much, MUCH better than he did in CCR.
I found this funny, ngl. Because at this point, Aerith has ruined his plans two times before. It's a good thing his pecs are hot because boy is he slow 😆
Removing part of Sephiroth's arc to give it to Genesis. Removing part of Aerith's character to have Ζack give it to her. CC is badly written because it undermines the OG characters to make the new ones (more) relevant.
Where are they? Is this the Terrier timeline, where they got hurt in the highway? But Cloud is there. Does Cloud get erased when Z enters the timeline with comatose Cloud? Or are there three Clouds?? HOW MANY CLOUDS ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
Yeeees, God forbid female characters have big roles and are fun loving. Simple girls whose role is to act as moral support to the male protagonist and dutifully staying at home writing letters like war widows is where it's at.
People who think "Hollow" is about anyone but Aerith will never stop being hilarious to me 😂😂
Y'all know who it is about. It's extremely obvious. Denial ain't healthy.
I mean... Aerith canonically wins a contest named "Thou art Rosa". Rosa uses a staff, like her. Rosa's attack is reminiscent of Great Gospel. In the end, Rosa stays behind while Alpheid leaves to end the evil, exactly like Aerith at Rebirth's ending. What else does one need?
@aellea96
@MargotXCloud
@TifaTheMonk
Oh, lol.. we can ascertain that, lol.
Who is Rosa if you date Barret, or Nanaki, or the guys?
You realize this means, inescapably, that Aerith is the "default" Rosa, right? Like, I can present this to you in code or in propositional logic. Lol.
Do people now realise Hollow is about Aerith now? I mean, her loss broke him to pieces. While when it comes to Ζack, he remembered his existence, that they were friends, and that he's dead (albeit not in the way he thought) and it took him 30'' to recover from the whole thing 😩
FF7 developers:
"Let's reveal that Aerith likes Cloud to Zack, also let's make Loveless a parallel to Cloud and Aerith. Let's have Aerith sing a love song about Cloud, no! She writes it! And it's the theme song of the entire game."
Yep, nothing intentional there whatsoever.
Yes, the "winning" (lol) side that had photoshopped p0rn of minors to harass said minors is definitely the not unhinged one.
That wasn't mere ugliness and someone being mean on the internet. That was a whole ass crime. Be fr
Lord have mercy. Bringing up the ugliness of the past shipping wars won’t change the fact that Rebirth made things even clearer and it is now the losing side that’s being unhinged.
Not gonna pay any money for a game with 10 minutes of Aerith, true. They better give her a huge role in part 3 and explain those multiple worlds shenanigans and the white Whispers.
NGL I would have much preferred it if we’d stayed in the Aerith Lives timeline and not the Aerith Died timeline. If they’re gonna spend 50h rehashing OG they can count me out for Part 3
#FF7R
Not only it's possible to fall in love fast, but imo people who derisively say "he only knew her for 2 weeks!" conveniently ignore what kind of weeks they were. They didn't go for dinner & a movie once or twice, they were together 24/7, traveled the world, fought side by side⬇️
@QueenLolipopo
@darkspike00
I think the idea is that sometimes it takes years for people to fall in love, sometimes it's almost love at first sight.
I don't think it would matter how much time has taken place.. personally. I've fallen for a girl in a matter of weeks. It ~definitely~ happens.
Νomura: Τifa feels a maternal bond to Cloud
Νojima: Τifa feels maternal emotions towards Cloud and she's happy, they also have different rooms and Marlene sleeps in her bed every night.
ff7twt: C/T 100% fcking every night
I don't think a single CA thinks it's bad to be friends first, lol. People are just making jokes because they were harassed and called delusional for years for saying CA is more than friends/siblings coded.
The same people who are trying to tell us "it's complicated" after we got a 2nd CA theme song, a hug & an almost kiss are also the ones who tried to tell us that the "LTD is over" cause of some posters who didn't even have their ships in the same picture & I find this hilarious.
My controversial take of the day is that if you don't realise that Cloud genuinely loved and tragically lost Aerith, a loss that affected him tremendously, you will never understand FF7.
I remember when a D00d said something dumb, people mocked him & the fandom (including VAs) went up in arms to defend him. A woman streamer was harassed for YEARS cuz she prefers a different character & one of her harassers gets a commission from a VA & praises from the fandom.
So... cts recreated a site that was identical to the cxa site in order to hack cleriths? That's... I have no words. This is not normal. I don't think therapy could fix it either.
@MsSaiFox
This is an aside, but just want to add that they literally set up a site to phish CxA credentials because they were OBSESSED with trying to get into the Cetra or private forums that only certain members were vetted to access... because of the unrelenting harassment.
Ttm does that constantly btw, at least from what I've seen. Says something awful -> doubles down -> apologizes after backlash. I don't think her apologies are worth shit but if Bre wants to accepts them for her own peace, more power to her. Still, people should be careful of her.
Now that she’s finally realizing the fujin and gen fans weren’t fucking lying about Ciml/Tana, TtM has jumped ship.
When the worst of you realizes how toxic you are, you’re done.
One of the most legendary scenes in video game history doesn't actually matter, apparently. Please stop pretending you care about or understand FF7 and go obsess over a game you like fr 🙄
Guys, I still can't believe Clerith got a love song and it's also the theme song, and Aerith sings it and omg, I'm in love with it, been hearing it on repeat on Spotify for the past two hours 😭🩷
"TAKE MY HAAAAAAND, AND BELIEEEEVE, WE CAN BEEEEE, TOGETHER EVERMOOOOOORE"
@KenMastersUSA
See, Cleriths lose nothing because the things that happen in her HA date, happen canonically in the game either way. Aerith searching the real Cloud? Sleeping forest. Confession? Dream date. Handhold? Dream date and ending. 😌
Huh. It's nowhere in my social media/yt/whatever. It's always the dream date or people trying to understand what the ending means.
Are they aware that their experience is not universal?
Which is bonkers actually, imagine kissing a girl, practically ignore her after that and go on a date with another, effortlessly hold her hand and do couple-y things together and talk about the next date? Isn't this narratively a mess?
Found someone that somehow got Tifa in GS and also HA dream date, really curious to how the system works because I’ve seen people with very high Aerith affection get LA but this person got HA with the same circle as them.
@MsSaiFox
It's amazing that in this fandom, you could be shot for a scene that has been practically identical to the 1997 one. Nothing here is new, ffs 😆
@Schrodingersba4
@Sector_6_
For me, it's extremely obvious that it's about Aerith. Not only the lyrics suit her to a t, this interview with Kitase practically cinches it.
Preparing for the song, Cloud and Aerith. The song plays in many scenes but mainly during Clerith scenes. And finally, SE has THIS background picture on their website for the song.
If you deny this song is about Clerith atp, you're either incredibly stupid or a liar, imo.
I'm going on a semi-hiatus because of real life stuff (exams, moving etc)! So don't worry if you don't see me being very active! I'll definitely be back in full force in March, after I've finished Rebirth ♥️