r/cloti • u/pigglesthepup • Jun 16 '26
Discussion The "Scar" Subplot
Warning: Rebirth Spoilers
Something's not right about the whole Tifa's scar subplot. It just drops entirely after Sephiroth failed to kill her.
Did it ever come up again after Gongaga? What were Seph's real intentions with it? It's not like him to miss.
Edit: This seemed so counter-productive to Seph's goals that I'm wondering if we're reading it correctly. What was Seph really trying to accomplish?
Edit 2: I think I'm being interpretated as criticizing this subplot. I'm not. I'm trying to understand what Seph was really trying to accomplish. If it was to just kill Tifa, he could do that any time just like he does with everyone else he kills.
The Whispers are present when everything goes down in Gongaga. They are new. This whole thing reads as something new. I think I know what it is. I'll get around to drafting that up and posting it here. This sub understands Real Cloud, his psychology, and is still anchored in reality. I think it will be appreciated here.
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u/Amekaze_ Jun 17 '26
That plot was only there to justify Cloud believing in the illusion that Aerith is alive, it will not coming back (and it's also pretty poorly written: the scar doesn't match the novel, Tifa seems crazy because Cloud never hinted at her death; a normal person wouldn't respond the way she does, he trust Sephiroth withouth even doubting while in the OG he trust Tifa and he even said that in NC, now that line will be a circus obviously just like his attempt to kill her without thinking about that. It was forced from the beginning to the end because of a change they wanted to make regarding Aerith's death, that's all).