#im sorry but like FF is shockful of platonic soulmates too

[hollowingearth]

I'm trying so hard to stay positive but the amount of hate that Aerith gets on twitter is so disheartening, it's making me genuinely wish I had never gotten back into the fandom after Rebirth released and just quietly enjoyed my food the way I did during Remake. Like why would you even play a game where you hate the deuteragonist so much you're constantly making threads and posts about how she's throwing herself at Cloud and how much of a slut she is for moving on from a past love?

You do not have to ship Cloud and Aerith! The magic of FF7 was always that you could choose your favorites! Platonic Clerith interpretations are like some of the best out there too like it's legit top tier! But straight up denying their connection and, much worse, villanizing Aerith for it is not only disgustingly misogynistic, it just makes me question if that person even likes Final Fantasy in the first place.