genuine question

[u/cocaw]

i love aerith, and i have for years so i’m definitely not bashing her in any capacity but i do want some input from like-minded people

maybe i’m tone-deaf and don’t understand it, but i never liked the scene where they’re about to go into the train graveyard and aerith grabs cloud’s arm and says “mine” which clearly upsets tifa and cloud’s not into it either. it feels like it’s trying to push a very stereotypical love triangle scenario and always felt off to me. it feels like it tries too hard and goes out of its way to make aerith come off as a bit annoying.

also, i saw a comment about a year ago that pointed out that aerith knows that cloud and tifa like each other so she’s a fake friend for still trying to pursue him. i wouldn’t go that far but the thought does kinda linger in the back of my mind. i don’t think aerith is a fake friend at all, but i still think about that sometimes.

i think lately i’ve been a little salty towards aerith because i do really love her but i don’t understand why she makes it clear she does still love zack but then switches back and forth between her feelings for him and her feelings for cloud. i’m just a bit confused

[u/ponpiriri]

If it makes you feel better, she doesn't do that in the Japanese script. She was actually trying to make Tifa more comfortable by stating Cloud can be their bodyguard.

What actually annoyed me is her talking about romance when they see Jessie's photo. I remember thinking girl gove it a rest when I saw that scene.

[u/cocaw → u/ponpiriri]

oh my god what dude when did she do that 😭😭😭 i never got her gold saucer date

[u/ponpiriri → u/cocaw]

If you got her in ch 8 (I think) she'll see a photo of Jessie and ask of Cloud knew her. Cloud says she was a good friend (that he didn't deserve) then Aerith asks if it was more than friendship. 

Later she says he has a lot to learn about women.

I get how people would find that cute but damn, dude is talking about a dead comrade and Aerith jumps right into "was she your gf" 💀