#ff7 fandom crit
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what bothers me about fandom is that so often, it treats Tifa as Cloud's second choice. Not his friend, not the person who pieced his mind together, not a part of his family
no, she's his rebound, the couch he sleeps on when he has no where else to go, the next best thing
and this isn't just about Aerith (who quite frankly would be so pissed at Cloud if he treated Tifa like that), I've seen it with so many other ships, be it Zack or even fucking Sephiroth??
Tifa in canon is Cloud's center point, his home, the place he always returns to and I don't mean this in a singular romance sense, I mean this as an importance and yet every time when Tifa is not the main ship, Cloud just uses her as emotional labor until the person he """belongs""" with comes along and then what? Tifa just swallows her tears, nods, and tells him to go on
all it proves is that for all this fandoms goin 'oooooooo girl boss we love you queen' about Tifa, they still treat her like a wet rag for Cloud to use and toss at his emotional convenience
I almost prefer when the fandom was openly sexist, at least it was honest
#tifa lockhart#cloud strife#contain this is also insulting to Cloud who comes off as down right callous#like bro Cloud is depressed and maybe he is missing someone but he would at least respect Tifa enough to treat her as a second option#and this isn't even touching how the fandom treats Aerith like 1. she'd be okay with his and 2. as less a person he loved as well and more#a ever forgiving symbol that is like yeeeeessss mourn me forever please strip me down to being your virigin mary figure#and not your friend and a woman who was capable of being a beautiful asshole#fart noisee#you guys suck sometimes#ff7 fandom crit
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