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Has anybody else noticed that Aerith is only famous for being killed ? Nobody really mentions how much of a impact she made on the gaming world and Final Fantasy while she was alive. She's basically famous for being stabbed in the back by Seph.
And that's it.
Could be worse. Tifa is only famous for having giant boobs.
None of the girls are famous for the right reasons.
Her death was thematically important but was unnecessary. She'd summoned Holy and at that very moment chose to screw over every single player who'd used her. Not bad.
So she was a Troll before Trolling became poplaur ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
Oh Aerith you little Hipster you ! :jess:
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Originally Posted by maybeeSo she was a Troll before Trolling became poplaur ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
Oh Aerith you little Hipster you ! :jess:
"Oh hey guys! I'm totally an awesome character. Look at my amazing limit breaks and magic stats!"
*Dies*
Oh damn it.
I never felt she added much to the game. Her whole purpose was to die. It's apparent.
Her purpose was to be a hugely overpowered White Mage. If she hadn't died, she would likely feature on many people's "Best FFVII Team" and would be known for that.
Also, in what way is having a massive impact on gamers and gaming as a whole not "the right reason"? Nobody talks about Vincent because he had no impact on the gaming world, nobody talks about Amarant for the same reason. Most characters from most FF games don't get talked about because they never affected anything. Aerith gets talked about because she did. :D
I thought here death was part of the process necessary to summon holy. It is mentioned that holy will be summoned when a soul seeking it reaches the planet. That seems kind of like a reference to death to me. That and they all would have been f***ed if she didn't die because Holy proved useless.
Vincent got his own game and got a good showing in Advent Children. It's the only game I remember where the joint least important character (besides Yuffie) ends up getting more popular afterwardsQuote:
Originally Posted by Quinter Wonderland
I dunno, man. Yuffie's pretty popular.
His games, much like his character, had no impact on FF or gaming as a whole. xD
Aeris was also important to the story because of the Gold Saucer date. This was an example of real player choice in a JRPG, where over the course of a game, a player's dialogue options eventually culminated in a scene that could be quite different. It also had an impact on the romantic situation of the rest of the game. If Aeris goes on the date, the rest of Cloud and Tifa's relationship looks like that of close friends. If Tifa was on the date, it seems like much more.
That was one of the beauties of FFVII's writing. Cloud and Tifa's relationship was sufficiently ambiguous to seem differently in the player's minds depending on the choices they made up to that point.
I'm pretty sure Vincents game only made him less popular...Quote:
Originally Posted by FormalhautVincent got his own game and got a good showing in Advent Children. It's the only game I remember where the joint least important character (besides Yuffie) ends up getting more popular afterwardsQuote:
Originally Posted by Quinter Wonderland
A lot of people forget that killing the cute character was very unexpected at the time. Many times Square has said that if any character were to die had they gone the usual character death route, Barrett would have been the way to go. All that was going on was Square trying to subvert a trope, and for it's time they accomplished that with flying colors, obviously.
Still should have been optional. Dialogue choices could have resulted in either Aeris dying or (GASP) NO ONE DYING!
Personally, I liked Vincent better for the sequels than the original.
Agree. It seems like Aerith's job was to only make a emotional impact on the player and then die. She was designed to be the sweet, innocent but courageous Flower Girl that got sadly murdered. So Sephiroth could look more evil and make the player emotional and keep playing forward to CD 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
Because nobody really mentions or raves about what impact she made while she was alive.