aeris haters?

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Tifa never tells her, but Aerith clearly knows. Aerith references that Tifa likes him a few times.

Good point. I remember that now. Yeah if the player takes Tifa to the temple of the ancients Aeris will still ask Cait Sith to predict how compatible she and Cloud are which is quite a bitchy thing to do. However I personally don't think that obliterates the good points that Aeris has and I think it ceases to be as bitchy an action if Tifa isn't taken to the temple of the ancients with Cloud and Aeris. Besides Tifa was bitchy/mean at times too, for example if the player takes the stairs at the Shinra Headquarters she calls Barret a retard which isn’t very nice However that doesn't obliterate the good points that Tifa has.

I like Aeris, but I like Tifa more. Aeris is HIGHLY overrated. I say this not because of her good deeds (that's a good reason to like her), but she's overrated because of her personality. Everyone thinks she an all-pure, all-perfect, goddess-type character who's very sweet,

Not everyone thinks that. I'm an Aeris fan and I don't think she was a completely pure and perfect character *^_^* However I do think she is sweet at times. She has her flaws but she has her good points too. Same goes for Tifa in my opinion *^_^*

I agree with what aeris2001x2 said about Aeris being an ancient but also very human In fact that's one of the things that I like about her

but she's NOT PERFECT. She acts like a brat from time to time. She's got a bad temper, and there were a few times (if you put her in your party, and choose not to do a certain thing in the game), where she wants things HER way and pouts when you don't do it. Aeris is a great character, but again SHE'S NOT PERFECT.

I thought those scenes where she seemed angry were funny They added characterisation I think.

Plus, she had no right to throw herself on Cloud just because he reminded her of her lost boyfriend-whom she cared for deeply. As I think about that, it's possible that she just saw Cloud as Zak's replacement. Kind of a dumb way to get a new boyfriend...

I believe Aeris didn't care deeply for Zack. She liked him but it wasn’t serious. She even states so.

Cloud and Aeris in the Sector Six playground :

Aeris "My first boyfriend."
Cloud "You were... serious?"
Aeris "No. But I liked him for a while."

Another quote:

Cloud "I probably knew him. What was his name?"
Aeris "It doesn't really matter."

She doesn’t seem to care that Cloud might know Zack. Perhaps Cloud could have even known Zack’s location. Of course we as players can later find out that (SPOILER) Zack is dead but Aeris doesn’t know what has happened to him. Wouldn’t she have wanted to know more about Zack if she still a lot cared for him?

Aeris’s relationship with Zack was in the past. She realizes this. In Gongaga she evens states that it’s all in the past now and that she doesn’t really mind that she hasn’t heard from him but she does feel for his parents. His parents are worrying over his being missing and Aeris feels bad about that but she doesn’t feel bad about not being able to be with him because he is missing.

Aeris spends time trying to find out about Cloud's own personality.

Marlene "Guess what? Guess what? Aeris was asking me lots of questions. Like what kind of person Cloud is. I bet she likes you, Cloud!"

Aeris comes to realise that Cloud is a different person from Zack. She might have been drawn to Cloud initially because his appearance looked similar to Zack’s but as she spent time with him as well as others that knew him and as she got to know him I think she started to become interested in him for who he was and not for who he reminded her of.

Aeris ".........first off, it bothered me how you looked exactly alike. Two completely different people, but look exactly the same. The way you walk, gesture...I think I must have seen him again, in you..."
Aeris "But you're different."
Aeris "Things are different..."
Aeris "Cloud...I'm searching for you..."
Cloud "............?"
Aeris "I want to meet you."
Cloud "But I'm right here."
Aeris (I know, I know... what I mean is...) "I want to meet..... you."

I'm also so sick of the anti-Tifa's flames on her. Sure, everyone has their own thoughts on characters, but there's a point where it crosses the line. It irks me when they (not only when ignorantly call her a slut), but when they call her weak and/or pointless just because she's shy. People who hate shy people are down right cruel. I say this, because I'm a pretty quiet person offline. I'm quiet, but I'm not weak.

I agree with you but it irks me just as much when people call Aeris a slut because she was open and honest about her feelings and because she flirted with Cloud. A flirter is not the same thing as a slut.~