Aeris or Aerith?

[Skyblade]

I heard that originally Aeris was supposed to be a male. They thought a gay love interest was pushing boundaries a little too soon. The name was going to be Aeric.

C'mon, like we couldn't all tell that Zack swung that way anyway.

I will destroy you.

Final call
Aeris sounds nicer
Aerith looks nicer.

It was meant to be meaner to Aeris than Zack. I was just pointing out that Aeris was not Cloud's love interest (Tifa is), she's Zack's.

The fact that it was mean to Zack was more a happy coincidence.

I don't really have anything against FFVII's Zack (or Zack as he appears for about the first half of Crisis Core). He's a fun character.