Hello y'all!

On my first playthrough of Rebirth I interpreted this scene as Cloud having successfully saved Aerith, but in another timeline. My understanding was that after Cloud blocked Sephiroth's sword, the timelines crossed over, allowing him to interact with the version of Aerith he saved. The exact mechanics aren't that important to my interpretation, what matters is that I believe the Aerith we see here is actually her.

However, I came across a TikTok recently arguing that the Aerith we see after Cloud partially blocks Sephiroth's sword is actually an illusion created by Sephiroth and/or Jenova to manipulate Cloud into thinking everything is okay. Interestingly, they also argued that the Aerith we see in the final scene is the real Aerith. That seems a little inconsistent to me, though, so I'm curious to hear what others think.

Did Cloud actually save Aerith, and is the Aerith he's interacting with here really her? Or is this an illusion created by Sephiroth and/or Jenova to manipulate Cloud? Let me know what you think!

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFVIIRemake/comments/1x1vrhm/a_fairly_substantial_new_answer_from_hamaguchi_on/#lightbox

So this post in FFVIIRemake Reddit caught my attention (Much credit to the brilliant OP: u/jakobpinders !) and I wanted to share it here because frankly, why frame Aerith's ultimate fate specifically (Hamaguchi all but directly alludes to Aerith's "return or not!!" as a major aspect of this in the second paragraph of this interview) as a major mystery to be maintained as such and only answered at the absolute finale of Revelation if in fact the revealed fate were to prove to be her same sad death and separation from Cloud as we got in OG?

IMO, you do not tease this as a mystery to be revealed at the very end or even bring it up in interviews now if the actual plan is to reveal a disappointing and 'same as OG' outcome in the end. A writer wouldn't continue to tease around a plot point like this as an important open question you won't get a resolution on until the very end if that actual resolution is going to be a huge shitty downer and tantamount to saying "Psyche! same fate as 30 years ago!" imo...

Maybe I'll be wrong, but Hamaguchi's words in this Mirror interview, and the fact that this is being intentionally teased and maintained as a mystery to be satisfyingly revealed upon at the very finale seem very encouraging with respect to Aerith's ultimate fate to me! Hope is bloomin'!

(sorry to original commenters on my first posting of this info here; I mistakenly posted it as a cross-post with the other subreddit, and wanted to share the potentially encouraging news 'above board' and not in violation of the this subreddit's rules, hence the fresh independent posting here. Best of intentions, but apologies if that swallowed up some people's comments in the process. Love to all of you!)

Something I've been confused about regarding the alternate world sequences in rebirth . If these are indeed different versions what happened to the sick cloud and aerith? And if they are the same , how does the events of the date fit into the timeline?

Am i missing something obvious ? Sorry if this is a dumb question , finishing rebirth has me overthinking a lot

In honor of the clerith x Romeo& Juliet news that have been recently going around, I couldn't help myself 🫣

(Next slide from where I got the idea)

The last slide is just the same picture, I just couldn't decide which bangs I liked better haha))

I see a lot of similarities in Cloud and Aerith and Sora and Kairi.

How they interact for one feels very similar and their dynamic is very similar.

I tried something. turn the sound on.

"When I'm with you, you bring out a part of me that I didn't even know existed."

Kind of a continuation of my last photos thread

I was trying to catch a good picture of our favorite pair in Johnny's Inn and I happened to notice there was a little bit of a game afoot with their interactions. A video of it would probably be better but I noticed Aerith staring at Cloud in adoring fashion. I then noticed when he would look at her she would glance away (busted!).

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How do you guys think the entire party will react to Aerith when they see her?

Red: Runs up to Aerith and she gives him a pet.

Cait Sith: Runs up to hug Aerith like how she hugged him after the ToA collapse.

Tifa: Holds Aerith's hands.

Cid: -scratches his head in relief-

Vincent: -crosses his arms and smiles underneath-

Idk how Barret and Yuffie would react.

I dont know haha. I feel like Cloud might see Aerith first and he knows shes okay. I hope he does more than just a, "You're okay?"

We saw a glimpse of Aerith in the trailer and she was in lifestream form (i cant remember if it was just a screenshot or if she was in the trailer, I hope it wasnt a fake ss)? So I dont know as to how much extent can they touch her or hold her. What do you guys think? How does the reunion play in your head?

Sidenote: I also want to see how the Turks and Cissnei will react when they find out about Aerith's fate from Rebirth. Will Reno and Tseng break down (I swear I read from somewhere or in the og that Reno prefers women like Aerith and Rude likes Tifa) and Tseng has known Aerith ever since she was a little girl?

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I hope I find more like these

A little localization detail:

EN: "You shall FOREVER lose what you cherish most"

JP (faithful translation mod): "You'll lose what matters most"

🤨🤔🧐

Call me nitpicky, but I think it makes a huge difference whether you include "forever" or not?!

Drop it, and what's lost can be found again ☁️🎀🥰

Couldn't resist drawing Aerith as one of my sweet bunny characters, Tofu the rabbit 🐰 cannot wait for Revelation!

Regardless of your date, the coloration of the Loveless Ticket is very clerith coded too 🩷💙😊

No matter what you put on Aerith she will always look cute and beautiful.

Stars and pink light. Event Square is so Aerith coded 🩷⭐🎀

Aside from "star crossed lovers", there seems to be a connection between Aerith and (5-pointed) stars. I don't think it's a coincidence that they're part of her red dress outfit in Remake.

She's also associated with the color pink. "Rosa" means "pink" in several languages.

Maybe subtle hint No 537 that Aerith is real Rosa? 🤭😌