I'm a little embarrased to say it. But nonetheless I will anyway

[darkchrono]

I just started playing ff7 a little bit again for the first time in probably 3-4 years. And while playing it again I was kind of recollecting back to how it was the very first time I played the game.


FF7 was the very first RPG I ever tried to play so at the time I played it I was not familiar with the way rpg's worked. I was amazed with how intriguing some of the characters were and how much development they received (as up to that point I thought all video game rpg's were basically all like the nintendo mario brother games. Where there is basically no character development or no plot and all you do is take your character through a level until you reach the end). I had no idea that the characters actually had conversations with eachother in some of the current games.

I especially was drawn in to Aeris's character for some reason. For some reason she had alot of the qualities that I liked for girls to have in real life (i.e. a fun spirit, flirtatious, playful, friendly, etc..etc..) . I had to look at internet walkthroughs alot because I had absolutely no idea how to play rpg's at that point. And in the walk through I read the guy actually did not say Aeris died. He just said that when the group was getting there forturne read to them that when it said Cloud would gain alot but at the same time would lose someone dear to him. When they said that line the guy who made the walkthrough said that he was talking about the future of Aeris.

So I wasn't sure rather that line meant she would die or rather or not for some reason she would just leave the group. But I remember putting Aeris in my party during most parts of the game after I read that so just in case she did die or leave the group I would have more time to spend with her. And when the time of her death scene did come I don't really know if that scene was more emotional because I was afraid she might die and didn't want her to. Or if it would have been even more emotional if it came to me by a complete shock.

But though I am kind of ashamed to admit it but I think I might have had an iddy bitty bit of a crush on a video game character over the course of that very first time I played ff7 . For some reason about every single quality that I like in real live girls were all put together in one package in this made up video game character named Aeris.

[Levian]

Get a gameshark. :cool:

[Khimbar2775]

thats ok, i felt the same way... well almost :D, but i do completely understand the aspect of having an appreciation for a game utterly. If you can find one, pick up a copy of Xenogears. When i played it, i thought it could be a blockbuster smash hit movie. i thought it was the s**t by all means. and if youd read my sig, id appreciate it:D

[Saiyan Knight]

I'd have to agree with your sig about Square-Enix.Since the merge they have lost the plot totally.

[Mirage]

Idiots. What do you think, that Enix people started to mess with the Final Fantasy development teams, and said "hay let's remove this good piece of plot!"? Besides, it's not like Enix haven't made good games anyway.

[The Man]

I remember a piece by BOU about reviving Aeris with a GameShark and how it ruined everything about her because she was a cold, heartless zombie :skull::skull::skull::skull::skull:. Unfortunately, I can't find it now, but it was hilarious.

[Khimbar2775]

Besides, it's not like Enix haven't made good games anyway.
Exactly. When they merged, they were all, "Graphics! yes, graphics are good! lets make all of the game memory graphics!" And thus, X-2 came out and it sucked, majorly. The only games i actually play for PS2 is the ones my friends have that are multiplayer. I would only play myself like Armored Core games and probably the GTA games, and little more.

So all in all, old school is better quality than new school, which is old school on "graphics crack."

[Teek]

I remember a piece by BOU about reviving Aeris with a GameShark and how it ruined everything about her because she was a cold, heartless zombie :skull::skull::skull::skull::skull:. Unfortunately, I can't find it now, but it was hilarious.That was the first thing I thought. xD

I'm going to find Mikey's masterpiece.


My 2nd time playing through Final Fantasy 7 was going very nicely. I had gotten to the 2nd disc... when I thought I might try some ressurection.

I popped open the little hatch on the back of the Playstation, exposing the raw Parallel port, and inserted the Game Rapist. I wasn't concerned with unlimited Master Materia, or having everyone on Lev. 99.... I was into something a little more.... occult.

I had chosen to enter the dark side. To use all the unholy power of the GameRapist to bring back my best character. She was beautiful.... she had nice smelling hair.... she had these..... amazing green eyes. I think I was in love with her. If you know nothing else as you read the horror story that you are about to go into, then know this: What I did for her, I did out of love.

My woman's name was Aeris. When that bastard Sephiroth ran her through with the powerful Masamune, a sword that had once helped the Light Warriors destroy Chaos, and a newer, braver group of Light Warriors take X-Death down.... I felt like I had been driven mad.

I knew it was going to happen. That is the horrible thing. I knew that Aeris was going to die. I had played through the game before. The horrifying thing about video games (RPGs especially) is that even knowing the future doesn't help you prevent it.

I wished that I could have gone under that sword for her. So that she could put an end to the madness that the villian had put on the world. I wished that I could just... just read her words one more time. But all the love and all the foreknowledge in the world couldn't have saved Aeris in the Ancient City that day. I knew that, and it pained me, but I went on anyway. I was strong. I defeated the enemies at the end of the first disc, and went on to the 2nd.

I could no longer take it. Why had the game designers done this to me? I knew what was going to happen! Why couldn't I change it? I loved her, dammit!! We... we had a date at the Gold Saucer together. Well... not me and her.... her and that BASTARD Cloud. God, she never loved me. She loved HIM. But.... but I controled him. Every step he took was really my step. I used my Playstation controller to.... to become Cloud Strife. If she loved him, and I controled him... then that means that she... she really loved me, right? Well.... I loved her and that was all that mattered!

But none of it mattered anymore, anyway. She was dead. I was alone. Sure, there was Tifa. Cloud would fall in love with her eventually. But she was different. Cloud was obligated to love her. Sakaguchi told him to. I never wanted him to love her! But that meant that my control over Cloud wasn't complete. I could never.... become Cloud and save Aeris. No matter how I tried. It would never be.

I played bitterly on the 2nd disc. I was coming to grips with the fact that I really didn't have complete control over Cloud. I could tell him who to attack... could even make him turn against his own friends. I could tell him where to walk..... make him look right at a piece of shining Materia, but never pick it up. He would just leave it there if I didn't make him do it. If I put the controler down, he would just stand there. Blinking. Not breathing. Just... blinking.

I could do all that. But I couldn't make him not love Tifa. I couldn't make him save Aeris. It was all Sakaguchi's fault. I thought about killing him. But I knew I never would. He lived far. I wouldn't make it there. My love for Aeris and her absense from the game were together burning a huge hole in my heart.

Maybe I did what I did next because I never had a real girlfriend. Oh sure there was the occasional girl, but nothing that ever struck me as real. I never.... I've never been in love. Not... REAL love. I didn't think I had. But... Aeris to me was like... like REAL love. Maybe it wasn't real love for ME, but she loved Cloud. They were in.... they were in love SO much.

I started to come to grips with what was happening. I started caring about what it was like for Aeris more than what it was like for me. I knew I would never be with Aeris. I'd never hold her, or kiss her, or make love to her. That was an impossibility. But if... if I could find a way to bring her back..... then she could do all those things with Cloud. I would never see them or hear of them, but Cloud would. And, more importantly, Aeris would. That's all I cared about. Her happiness. I would lay down my life for her to be happy at that point.

With all this in mind, I hope you don't put too harsh a judgement on me for what I did next. I inserted the GameRapist into the open slot of the Playstation. It made an audible creaking sound. I always wondered if that creak was one of pain, or one of pleasure. Maybe it was both. Maybe the Playstation liked to be violated every once in a while. Maybe it liked to walk on the wild side. Cheat on the game designers a little bit. Maybe it made the Playstation feel more alive. More..... human.

At any rate, the GameRapist was now in the Parallel port. I stuck in the game CD. It was just a piece of plastic. It never occured to be that Aeris only existed on that little piece of plastic. Her entire history and life were contained on just.... just some bumps and code created in some factory in the middle of nowhere. I wonder if I would have cared if that had occured to me.

I already had the code installed. I entered it absently the week before. I didn't even know I was doing it. I put all the codes I got from the website. I had over 60 Game Rapist codes for Final Fantasy 7, ranging from Ultimate Weapons to Unlimited Gil.

I only selected one.

As I followed the (fairly complicated) procedure for bringing back my beloved, I remembered a book I once read. It was called..... Pet Sematary. I don't know why I thought of it then, but it crossed my mind nonetheless.

Then the moment came. I simply had to switch an empty slot for the third slot in the PHS, and.... THERE SHE WAS!!! The only girl I ever loved... my heart skipped a beat. I went and saved the game, as the instructions told me to. I thought about making a backup of the old game, but why would I need to? I stared at her beauty for a moment, enjoying every pixel of her face portrait, thanking the character designer (who, despite being someone other than Yo/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gifaka Amano, did more than a wonderful job), and everyone in the world. There was the beauty that had won me over. There was the wit and the charm. There was-- wait. Wit and charm? Would those still be there?

Sure, I had Aeris' body back. Her body is a very wonderful part of her. But... did I have her mind? Her cute ways? Her funny dialogue? Would all the things that I loved about her besides her good looks gone? The game writers certainly didn't write anything for Aeris to say after she was DEAD, did they? When they were done with her, they threw her away. Aeris was there, fighting along with Cloud. They were RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, but... would that make him love Tifa any less on Disc 3? What was this thing that I brought to life? Was it a woman? Was it a character in a video game? Was it... was it a shell? Yes, that's what it was. It was a shell. Nothing more. Just half a thing which I used to love. She was still beautiful.... oh god she was beautiful.. but she was no more. She was just a lovely...... zombie. I could look into her eyes and see all the life that was there before (even though it never occured to me that there never WAS any life in that polygonal temptress), and it would all be the same at that little moment.... but none of it mattered because even though her BODY was here, nothing else was.

I realized then that I kind of hated her. At least this incarnation of her. I hated her for not making Cloud love her instead of Tifa. I hated her for making me love her instead. I wanted her to go away.

If I could just take her out of the party... and never put her back in... then it would all be alright. I could just ignore her every time I went into the PHS. It would.... all be fine. I could forget about the love I once had for her. I could try to believe that I didn't still love her.

But, unfortunately, that's not what they had in mind. THEY being the evil psychotics who dictate what someone's fate it. My world was torn. I couldn't think straight. And on top of it all, GameRapist had made Aeris as stuck in the party as that BASTARD Cloud. I felt a dull pain in my stomache when I remembered that I had saved over my pure game.

So I played on. My heart felt like it had been ripped out of my chest and eaten by Mason Verger's wild evil pigs (excuse the obscure reference. Twas added to make one person laugh). I felt worse than I ever had in my life. I wanted to die. Not only to die, but to kill. There she was, no more alive than a Zombie. Just as mindless. Sure she could use magic, and she had her lev. 4 Limit. She would certainly be more than useful in battle... but she'll never love again. She'll be there when Cloud and Tifa realize they're in love. She'll be watching when the game camera fades out and she'll be there in between that time, and when the game camera fades back in. It'll be hell for her. She'll hate every second. I feel bad for her, but I can't do anything. There's..... nothing. I should have let the evil zombie psycho b*tch stay dead. My head hurt. I wanted to die. I thought maybe then I could be with Aeris' soul. Her body sure wasn't using it. Her soul was truly the most beautiful part of her.

I loved her.

But now I wish she were more dead.

Thank our very own BOU.

Heh, Yo"/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif"aka Amano.

[The Man]

excellent, I knew someone would come through for me. :love:

[Dreddz]

meh, tifa was very hotter

[MuseSamurai]

after allll that reading....i love how he ^ says
meh, tifa was hotter...
freakin' brilliant.

[Mirage]

Besides, it's not like Enix haven't made good games anyway.
Exactly. When they merged, they were all, "Graphics! yes, graphics are good! lets make all of the game memory graphics!" And thus, X-2 came out and it sucked, majorly. The only games i actually play for PS2 is the ones my friends have that are multiplayer. I would only play myself like Armored Core games and probably the GTA games, and little more.

So all in all, old school is better quality than new school, which is old school on "graphics crack."
You made it sound like they stopped giving out games because they merged with Enix, that's what I think is bull/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif. They share the same name, but internally, they are still pretty much split. I also happened to like FFX-2, probably for reasons you can not understand.

[Ravenmorghane]

But though I am kind of ashamed to admit it but I think I might have had an iddy bitty bit of a crush on a video game character over the course of that very first time I played ff7 .


Don't worry when i started playing back when i was about 13 (about 5 years ago i guess) i had a huge crush on Sephiroth. its something to do with the bad-boy image just really makes me notice a guy

Unfortunately going for the badboys in real life is a bad idea! I'm sticking to the nice ones from now on!

[Ultima Shadow]

But though I am kind of ashamed to admit it but I think I might have had an iddy bitty bit of a crush on a video game character over the course of that very first time I played ff7 . For some reason about every single quality that I like in real live girls were all put together in one package in this made up video game character named Aeris.
How romantic! :love:

...but I guess you absolutely HATE the fact that she don't exist in the real world, right? :smash:

To be honest, I've got some intressts in Rydia from FFIV, myself. :joey:

[Winter Nights]

Okay... While I have nothing against oggling a game character, despite the oddity of drooling over pixels, Aerith wasn't that great. I found her quite an annoying character to ruled as the "selfless sacrifice". She was openly pining for Cloud, despite knowing that Tifa wanted him, and for what reason? Because he reminded her of an ex that she was still pining for.. As for her "sacrifice".. Even Tifa states that she didn't believe Aerith knew she was gonna die. All-in-all she just seemed to be a perky as fuck, selfish twat.. that died cause she was too fucking stupid to stay near the people that could protect her.

*shakes head* I'm not meaning to be offensive, so don't take it that way.. But, I can't for the life of me figure out how you could develop a crush on someone like that.

[Khimbar2775]

You got to just have a very depressing life and have a strong inclination to lose all other ties to life while playing a game. that usually helps :D

[squareSOFT]

Though I despise Aeris, I know how you feel. When Yuna said she'd marry Semour I swear I was mad enough to snap my controller.

[Winter Nights]

Though I despise Aeris, I know how you feel. When Yuna said she'd marry Semour I swear I was mad enough to snap my controller.

There is a difference between "crush" and "obsession", my friend. :p

[Ultima Shadow]

If you are going to bash Aeris... then atleast don't do it in THIS thread. XD :p

Seriously... I think Aeris is a great character... and I actually like her more than Tifa. :cool:

[Winter Nights]

Bashing Aerith in a thread designed to praise her.. OH NOES!! I HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS! I R TEH EVILS!!!1111one11!!

Seriously, I disagreed with his thoughts on Aerith and stated so and why. If everyone up and agreed with him, that wouldn't be much of a conversation, now would it?

[MuseSamurai]

Wow, someone's angry.
Anyhoo, i also beleive that Aeris was not the most attractive to me either. Acutally, I think that Cait sith was the hottest...
what...why are you looking at me like that?

[Kakashi509]

As much as i utterly hate Aerith I can see your point there since people have thought weirder things that than liking videogame characters like when I thought squall was a porn star...

[Ultima Shadow]

Bashing Aerith in a thread designed to praise her.. OH NOES!! I HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS! I R TEH EVILS!!!1111one11!!

Seriously, I disagreed with his thoughts on Aerith and stated so and why. If everyone up and agreed with him, that wouldn't be much of a conversation, now would it?
This thread is not about praising her, it's about being in love with her! :p

And you seriously need to calm down a bit. :greenie:

Oh, and MuseSamurai... I agree that Caith Sith is pretty attractive, but I personally prefere Ruby Weapon. SHE IS HOT! :cool:

[squareSOFT]

Though I despise Aeris, I know how you feel. When Yuna said she'd marry Semour I swear I was mad enough to snap my controller.

There is a difference between "crush" and "obsession", my friend. :p

And there is a difference between "obsession" and "passionate" as well. :p

[Kakashi509]

I personally prefere Ruby Weapon. SHE IS HOT! :cool:oh yea i'll second that!

[Winter Nights]

Bashing Aerith in a thread designed to praise her.. OH NOES!! I HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS! I R TEH EVILS!!!1111one11!!

Seriously, I disagreed with his thoughts on Aerith and stated so and why. If everyone up and agreed with him, that wouldn't be much of a conversation, now would it?
This thread is not about praising her, it's about being in love with her! :p

And you seriously need to calm down a bit. :greenie:

One thing you'll learn quick... I'm a sarcastic mofo, though you really shouldn't take anything posted on an FF board so seriously.

As for being in love with her.. I think my post was pretty valid in that aspect too. :rolleyes2

[Kakashi509]

Ok there is something more embarrising than having a crush on aeris... I thought squall was a girl for the last 2 years :D... oh man I better delete the post saying he was hot

[Winter Nights]

Yes.. Yes, you do... Though now I really want an FF that features lesbians.

[Saiyan Knight]

Yes.. Yes, you do... Though now I really want an FF that features lesbians.

Now, there is an idea.

[Christmas]

Yes.. Yes, you do... Though now I really want an FF that features lesbians.

FFX-2?(I am just kidding...)

[Kakashi509]

woah lesbian FF that sounds like a good idea I'm inspired it might make X-2 better

[-N-]

You should talk to RSL on how he copes with his pixelated love interest. :p

[Terran]

When Aeris died I smiled and laughed. It was cool to watch that sword go through her. But I felt sorry for Cloud cuz he was sad. Therfore, Aeris dieing rocked but Cloud being sad sucked.

[Rye]

That piece by BOU made my day. GameRapist. xD

I didn't particularly like Aeris, she was annoying to me, so I didn't mind when she died.

[Sephitachi7]

Very weird thread, but also very funny. BOU's piece is funny.

"If I put the controler down, he would just stand there. Blinking. Not breathing. Just... blinking."

LOL hilarious

[Rengori]

Yes.. Yes, you do... Though now I really want an FF that features lesbians.

FFX-2?(I am just kidding...)I know she isn't, but they sure as hell made Rikku look like a lesbian.

[Kakashi509]

when I was...13 I too played FFVII but even though i was a guy when I saw Sephiroth I screamed like a fangirl and the neverytime I saw him i'd go into a nervous breakdown and started yelling Sephy at the top of my lungs, thenI got some sence and male hormones and it stopped. So the point of my story is don't fall for any of the falling
same sex as you
slut
whore
cloud
or
sephiroth
because it ain't gonna work

[Winter Nights]

Yes.. Yes, you do... Though now I really want an FF that features lesbians.

FFX-2?(I am just kidding...)I know she isn't, but they sure as hell made Rikku look like a lesbian.

Really? I thought they made her look like a monkey.









Lesbian... monkeys?? :eek:

[Mercen-X]

When Aeris offered to go on a date with Cloud as payment for his services, I was thinking: "Who the hell do you think you are? Elizabeth Hurley? I want money, baby."
Then she "overheard" Cloud and Tifa's convo at Corneo's place.
"Don't butt into other people's affairs. Mind your own damn business." Sheesh.

Other than that, I thought she was alright.

Tifa, Quistis, Beatrix, Rikku (X), uh . . . Paine had all the sexiest outfits in my opinion. Especially her Lady Luck. It looked like most of it was spray-on. Owoo!


PS - I will totally make the "gay main" Fantasy title. I'm just not currently equipped to make games at the moment.

[Constantino]

Get a gameshark. :cool:

NO!

you must be a preety sh*ty gamer than levian

[Winter Nights]

Get a gameshark. :cool:

NO!

you must be a preety sh*ty gamer than levian

Considering he was talking about reviving Aerith, that was quite a pointless remark.

[Cruise Control]

*cough*Yuna*cough What are you looking at, I don't like anybody froim games?

[Levian]

Get a gameshark. :cool:

NO!

you must be a preety sh*ty gamer than levian

Well, why don't you try finding another way to play the game with Aeris there? Gameshark is the only way. :p And for your information, I've never owned a Gameshark.

SPARKY SPARK! :grinpink:

[Ohhh]

FF7 got me into the PS! was my first game eva!! and (v embarrassin 2 say) i had a huge crush on Cloud ^_^ (well hu can deny he looks gawd damn sexy in advent children :P)
But the only fault about the game is that Aeris died :( she was such a great character it rly hurt 2 c her go...
AND i was abit confused about hu cloud liked? Did he love tifa or aeris? opinions pleeeezz

[sephiroth the dark angel]

FF7 got me into the PS! was my first game eva!! and (v embarrassin 2 say) i had a huge crush on Cloud ^_^ (well hu can deny he looks gawd damn sexy in advent children :P)
But the only fault about the game is that Aeris died :( she was such a great character it rly hurt 2 c her go...
AND i was abit confused about hu cloud liked? Did he love tifa or aeris? opinions pleeeezz

u had a crush on a machine :eek: geez was u desesparate lol

[Rengori]

FF7 got me into the PS! was my first game eva!! and (v embarrassin 2 say) i had a huge crush on Cloud ^_^ (well hu can deny he looks gawd damn sexy in advent children :P)
But the only fault about the game is that Aeris died :( she was such a great character it rly hurt 2 c her go...
AND i was abit confused about hu cloud liked? Did he love tifa or aeris? opinions pleeeezz

u had a crush on a machine :eek: geez was u desesparate lol
Cloud is not a machine, he's a bunch of cylinders, sheres, cubes, and triangular prisms. And you sound like a machine yourself. "geez was u desesparete." What's de-ses-par-ete mean?

[Ohhh]

FF7 got me into the PS! was my first game eva!! and (v embarrassin 2 say) i had a huge crush on Cloud ^_^ (well hu can deny he looks gawd damn sexy in advent children :P)
But the only fault about the game is that Aeris died :( she was such a great character it rly hurt 2 c her go...
AND i was abit confused about hu cloud liked? Did he love tifa or aeris? opinions pleeeezz

u had a crush on a machine :eek: geez was u desesparate lol
Cloud is not a machine, he's a bunch of cylinders, sheres, cubes, and triangular prisms. And you sound like a machine yourself. "geez was u desesparete." What's de-ses-par-ete mean?
YEAH!! hes not a machine!! and desparate? me? the cheek!... you cant tell me he dont look hott in AC :love:

[G SpOtZ]

Yes.. Yes, you do... Though now I really want an FF that features lesbians.

FFX-2?(I am just kidding...)
no, she wasn't kidding XD

[Aidan]

hahahaha.

[fantasyjunkie]

Wow, was this BOU guy serious? :eek:
When I was playing Ultima Online a few years ago I met this dude that thought it was real. Sad. :rolleyes2

[The Man]

BOU? Serious? Hahahahaha.

[eestlinc]

Mikey's really crying on the inside.