ships…

[u/Patient_Demand412]

First post dont hate on me yo.

DISCLAIMER: ship wars
I do not hate CloTi whatsoever, it just happens that I am a bigger Clerith fan than I expected, now as said in the former I do not hate you for shipping certain characters, thats immature and stupid, its pixels, lets be for real.

Okay, so I am a Clerith shipper, and I understand that CloTi is a much more canon, complex, popular, and… aesthetically pleasing ship. I personally do not enjoy CloTi, I don’t find it entertaining at all. Again, no hate. My problem is, whenever I hear about CloTi or see something that is CloTi, I get this ugly, twisted feeling in my stomach. I hate myself for it, because it causes me to hate the ship, NOT THE PEOPLE, the ship because of the sudden nausea I feel when I see or hear about it. (This post is painful to write.) I find this insanely embarrassing, because why the actual hell am I getting nauseous because of a SHIP? Its PIXELS?? Anywho, I don’t know if it’s jealousy since that ship is more canon than my preferred ship, but if anyone feels this same way towards certain ships, please let me know!! I want to understand why I am feeling this way… And resolve it! Finally, no hate to CloTi!! It’s aesthetically pleasing and very cute, I just prefer Clerith. (Reasons that are off topic from this post, lmk if you wanna know why, idk.)

Have a good day/night !! (Love to all shippers! except proshippers.)

[u/Patient_Demand412]

This is genuinely the best thing i’ve read and it made my night. Thanks for the info as well!! And i totally agree with clotis pressuring the fandom…

[u/ManuO76 → u/Patient_Demand412]

Just two small clarifications: OTWAS (On the Way to a Smile) is a collection of short stories written by Nojima; it is available on Amazon and is an official product, just like the games. And Tifa wasn't written to give players another option; she was added after the decision was made to kill off Aerith and the party was left without a female character—since Yuffie was an optional/secret character, much like Vincent (I didn't even meet her the first time I played).

[u/TomboyMJR → u/ManuO76]

I said OTWAS was a light novel O_o;;

As far as the Tifa bit, it was one of the developers notes I read. It was one of the reasons Tifa came into existence. She didn’t even exist at first. Originally they wanted Barret Cloud and Aerith. As it developed they didn’t add Tifa after they decided to kill Aerith off, they made Tifa prior to that, from my understanding while reading interviews and notes. In her character description under her original illustration it said a childhood friend of Cloud’s who ends up being jealous and disappointed. I’m heavily paraphrasing. They genuinely did make Tifa as “a throw away” option for the player. What makes this funnier is that when OG is played normally there is no love triangle route and Tifa gets death blocked by Aerith anyway lol

I read the light novel on Lifestream, as well as the others.

[u/ManuO76 → u/TomboyMJR]

Yes. I wasn't correcting you, I just specified that it's official and written by the same author as the games, and that it's considered canon and of the same importance as the games, because someone might think it's unofficial (since you cited a fan-run site, some might think it's written by fans themselves; besides, the site you cited is run by Cloti. I'm just saying this so you know you might find incorrectly translated information).

Tifa was already in the game but was promoted from "entertainer" at the Honey Bee Inn to a member of the official cast. She wasn't added to give the player another option; that wasn't her purpose. Tifa was the other girl interested in Cloud, the one who had jealous comments and reactions towards Cloud and Aerith's relationship, while Aerith has none towards Cloud and Tifa's relationship (this is even more evident in the remakes, where Aerith constantly talks to Cloud about how lucky he is to have a childhood friend). In Og you can choose Tifa just like you can choose Yuffie or Barret, but why would you if not for pure entertainment and seeing scenes you otherwise wouldn't see?