#Aerith I won't let this happen to you bb because you're better than elves

[soularia]

I left the shitpost side of twitter where I usually hang out and wandered over to FFVII twitter.  I saw hilarious stuff, memes, fanarts...and cancer.  Because of the way twitter is, can't avoid it.  There’s fighting and salt in between every few tweet (minor spoilers for newcomers ahead).

1. According to some, Cloud's reaction when Tifa asked him about Aerith, was him trying to change the subject which is a confirmation of Cloud’s undying love for Aerith.  

Really Queen?  Cloud only met Aerith just hours ago (not decades) and Tifa’s hasn’t met Aerith at this point.  Tifa’s on a mission for AVALANCHE, she wants to know if Aerith can be trusted and she’s curious about the girl who put herself in harm’s way to help Cloud rescue a stranger.

2. “whenever cloud has emotional moments of confusion the reactions between aerith and tifa and completely different

tifa always keeps her distance, but aerith takes his hands and isn’t afraid of him, she asks him if he’s okay and tells him to keep it together, unlike tifa who is too confused or too scared to do either”

Tifa isn’t afraid of him, she’s afraid for him.  She was the one who found Cloud, she's aware that there's something wrong with him and doesn’t know how to bring it up without causing him to relapse.  She was the one who nursed him back to health.  I hope they show this in the remake.

3. Tifa forced Cloud into the promise

She didn’t need to ask Cloud to promise because that was part of his motivation. Young Tifa strikes me as a bit of a daydreamer and because she likes Cloud she probably has a fantasy where she’s the damsel in distress and he's the hero who saves her.  That’s the closest Tifa comes to telling Cloud that she likes him.

Tifa: promise me when you’re a SOLDIER, you’ll come and save me when I’m in trouble Cloud: 🤨 huh? Tifa: 😳 THATSWHATHEROESDOTHEYSAVEPEOPLE.  PLEASE? onlyonce.

In the Remake, when Cloud reminds her that he promised to help her,  she tells him that’s not what she had in mind back then.

4. The train graveyard bodyguard comment in the Japanese version:  Aerith says  いるから (irukara) which means “mine” in English and is literally claiming Cloud as hers.  Because Japanese language is sooo subtle and implicit.  Muh translations and stuffs.

Cloud is an object to be claimed apparently and someone’s going to have to explain this to me because I’m not fluent and idk how “here” means “mine” ... there’s something I’m missing here.  I'm pretty syre Aerith said “It’ll be alright, we’ve got a bodyguard here/with us” and that changes the context of the scene.  Using Japanese language and “translations” is a redundant tactic in this day and age.

This is why I once disliked Aerith, I hope she doesn’t get ruined for me this time around.  I’m used to it, the Dragon Age fandom ruined Elves for me to the point where I really hate them now 😭