#i'll just say that even beyond the surface level of rosa being a magic/staff user... there are lots of little things in aerith's favor | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

my-current-obsession · 6 months

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To be fair, the whole, “I’ll come back to you even if you don’t promise to wait,” is a line pulled directly from OG FFVII. It’s mentioned late game by Cid (who hilariously went to see a showing of loveless in Midgar but fell asleep then woke up just in time to view this ending scene 😂). But if you wanna deep dive on the meaning of this line, it’s worth noting that a version of the line is used in FFVIII in reference to the main ship of that installment — Rinoa and Squall — who also happen to be another mage/swordsman pair. And if you wanna go big brain square enix energy, there’s also the famous, “I’ll come back to you; I promise…I know you will,” between Sora and Kairi in Kingdom Hearts when he goes off on another journey while she awaits his return. If you go down those rabbit holes, it seems square really has a type for their main pairs, no?

I don't remember that line in OG FF7, but it's been years since I played it so I'll take your word for it. But you're right that similar lines/sentiments pop up frequently in other FF and KH games, so yeah, Square has a type. I still think the conversation between Cloud and Aerith in KH2 is the quickest and easiest parallel to make here though, considering the same pair can have basically the same interaction, in an entirely different game. Yes, Cloud could also have this conversation in the play with T or Y. But only Aerith's would have the added depth of being a potential callback/reference to another moment the pair shared.

And considering this game liked to callback to several moments between Cloud and Aerith in the previous game (him remembering their first meeting being what snaps him out of Sephiroth's control, the "will you be okay getting back", "if I said I wasn't" in the ending...) I think it's totally reasonable to assume that Square might have subtly referenced at least one Clerith moment from outside the compilation.

#clerith #final fantasy #final fantasy vii #i had to restrain myself from going on about how clearly aerith is meant to be rosa and she's absolutely the canon date #which. is true but is a bit of an unrelated tangent is this case and also i don't want to get dragged into ship wars #i'll just say that even beyond the surface level of rosa being a magic/staff user... there are lots of little things in aerith's favor #(specifically certain lines and physical gestures)#and those things add up. anyone paying attention (& knows the OG 7 plot) should know. it's OBVIOUS she's meant to be rosa #which is a huge contributing factor to why she's canon. just from a narrative perspective...#it makes WAY more sense to have the plot focus on aerith from just before the date (the battle square convo with dio. her writing NPTK)...#and STAY on her for the literal rest of the game... than it does to focus heavily on her before & after a sudden interlude with someone ELS #(hell and DURING. considering she ALWAYS sings after the play. and cloud ALWAYS gets a closeup looking enamored)#especially if half of that interlude - the play - has that someone else playing a role CLEARLY meant for aerith

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