Shy heroines

[Cybele]

Tifa has a HUGE fan base, way bigger than Aeris', since that's who she's usually put up against. I don't see where in the world you could ever get the idea that she is hated. I don't care for her much, but a lot of people really like her. I never cared for shy characters much because they annoy me with how long they take to say what they want to. In real life, I don't have a preferance as to what people are like, but in video games, I prefer them to be outgoing. I'll be more likely to remember characters like Yuffie and Selphie because they said what they wanted to when they wanted to. I never even noticed Tifa very much, to be honest, because most of the time, she remained toward the back without saying much until later when I had already grown attached to Aeris and Yuffie. Yuna however, is not hated because she is shy, she's hated because she's annoying. Rosa is not hated, most people tend to forget about her, that's all. I have never seen anyone hate Quistis' personality, a lot of people just say she's ugly, which is very untrue. Nobody bashes these girls anymore than they do any other character who isn't shy, if anyone gets bashed a lot, it's Rinoa and Rinoa is far from being shy. Rinoa has an equal size fan base as she does hate base. This is all just from what I've seen anyway.

The guys on the other hand...well, I can't really say much about that because I don't even like the shy males very much. My favorite FF guys are Zidane and Laguna...Laguna was shy, but he was funny. I think what you're referring to in guys is the "mysterious" feature that has fangirls all over them.