[QUOTE=Teh Lavos]I can't see how people can be upset that Aerith dies...
I mean, sure she can be useful in battle sometimes, but Sephiroth killing her is no different than Cloud and the group killing countless amounts of Monsters and soldiers. Just think how the families of the Soldiers are going to feel when they find out that some Spikey haired guy killed their Son/Husband/etc with his big sword.

And nobody thinks that its sad when You kill Heidegger and Scarlet?
Or when Reno kicks Don Corneo off the statue in Wutai.

Just because it doesn't have fancy music or a fancy FMV, you don't give two craps about other characters dying...QUOTE]

i've tried to explain that to Aeris fans for years! I just thought it would be pointless her, because no one has listed anywhere else! Anyway, thats besides the current point. I found Rufus's death worse for a few reasons.
1. I wasn't expecting it.
2. rufus was cool, one of the coolest in the game in my opinion.
3. At first, i didn't even realize it. You just see the explosion, but nothing really to say that Rufus DIED. It took me a while to figure out (the first time I played) that he was dead!