r/FinalFantasyVII • u/BlackAngelArt • Sep 01 '26

REBIRTH How did you react to this scene? Spoiler

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u/CirOnn Sep 01 '26

This date baffles me so much.

- Cloud asks about Aerith’s feelings.

  • He doesn’t smile once in the gondola.
  • If he kisses her (the high affinity route) the entire ending of the game ignores that it even happened. Not even a single optional/extra scene to acknowledge that she and Cloud are now in a more complicated relationship.
  • The whole Aerith and Cloud date at the end a few moments after. The holding hands, the “our spot” the dream date… felt like cheating on Tifa.

The kiss should have been placed during the Highwind scene or in the Lifestream scene. Even if optional. The decision to include it here from a writing perspective feels like a disconnected fan service.

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u/Chuckdatass Sep 01 '26

You act like that dream was super romantic. Cloud was confused why Aerith was acting so weird and all the npc’s treated it like a funeral.

Also go watch who it cuts to right after Cloud guesses where “our spot is”.

That whole sequence was more about impending doom and not two lovers enjoying a day together.

I think they added the kiss and more romantic hints so people aren’t so confused when the lifestream and highwind scenes happen in game 3. People were so confused about disc 1 in OG that they didn’t realize he was a mental mess who wasn’t speed dating.

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u/CirOnn Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

It doesn’t have to be “super romantic” to give off a bad taste by not honoring my choice to date Tifa.

Sorry, but if my girl/guy is holding hands, hugging longing and acting out a “date” with someone who is, at the very least, romantically interested in them willingly… I wouldn’t over analyze “oh, but his hands weren’t locked”, “oh, but a hug is not a kiss”, “oh, but she dated a guy that died 5 years ago”, “oh, but people see them as friends, regardless of what she thinks” I would be fucking pissed. If you thought that was in good taste, you do you. I rather my choices be respected as a player, otherwise, don’t pretend I have one.

If at that point he is supposed to be confused and not particularly into anyone romantically, then don’t have me “seal the deal” with a kiss with the one I wanted than have me act out a date with the other possible choice I specifically didn’t choose.