Aeris was supposed to live.

[Dr.Blue]

By this logic, there is no reason to stop Sephiroth since Aeris's pray for Holy would have worked. Aside from changing
a lot of Diolaouge, it would change the entire story, as well as several cut scenes. And, going by this, you obviously don't Squall very well do you?

Well actually it proubably wouldn't have changed it that much, I mean, all they'd have to do is write in another reason for Aeris's prayer being interupted. Aside from that, Aeris living really woudln't have made much of a difference.

eh. no one will have any solid proof until they talk directly to the makers in square, and i dont think thats happening any time soon. i reall dont care. i used her when i had to, and when i didnt i stripped her of her materia.

No. She was deffinitly meant to die once the game started to be prouduced through computers. Not a chance otherwise. There are numerous interviews stating this fact.

As to the original debate, Dr. Blue seems to have missed much of the point of Squall's piece. The matter was raised in the first place as a result of numerous individuals endorsing the so-called "unfinished game theory." A number of forum members had contended that Aeris had been intended to be resurrected, but that said revival had been left out the game due to time constraints. Squall's piece demonstrated that such was not the case; Aeris was never intended to be revived, and all "evidence" pointing to an incomplete resurrection event really showed nothing at all.

You know, I think I get what you mean. I didn't take into account that some people still thought there was a way to reserect her...I was just saying how in a small way, Squall was wrong.
But yes, now I know what he means.

[Rengori]

By this logic, there is no reason to stop Sephiroth since Aeris's pray for Holy would have worked. Aside from changing
a lot of Diolaouge, it would change the entire story, as well as several cut scenes. And, going by this, you obviously don't Squall very well do you?

Well actually it proubably wouldn't have changed it that much, I mean, all they'd have to do is write in another reason for Aeris's prayer being interupted. Aside from that, Aeris living really woudln't have made much of a difference.

Let's see, Aeris would have gotten Holy to work without Sephy dead, Meteor would not have been summoned, there would be no reason to go to the north crater, and the WEAPONs wouldn't have unleashed hell on FFVII's world. Little story change?

[Dr.Blue]

Let's see, Aeris would have gotten Holy to work without Sephy dead, Meteor would not have been summoned, there would be no reason to go to the north crater, and the WEAPONs wouldn't have unleashed hell on FFVII's world. Little story change?

I don't even understand the first part. "without Sephy dead"? What are you talking about? Meteor would have still been summoned. Why wouldn't it? Her prayer would have been interupted, so it would have eventually come in at the time it did.

[Rengori]

Her prayer only partially worked; when Sephiroth killed her, it interrupted the prayer, but it could still work. Sephiroth was the only thing stopping Holy.

[G SpOtZ]

sephiroth needed to kill aeris becuase she was still praying. with her a live, he couldn't just block the holy on his own so he had to kill her for the prayer to stop so sephy could block it

[Winter Nights]

Actually, the game says that her prayer DID work, but that Sephy's presence blocked it. Her dying was just a way to smurf with Cloud. The plot really wouldn't have changed that much, if they had decided to let her live.

[Rengori]

Damn.

[Mercen-X]

So far, the stupidest argument I've read is: Aeris was meant to die because I hate her / she's useless.

[Ageless_Bum]

What an interesting read that all was. To be honest i dont see why you all jumped on Blue so badly. He only made the statement to be cute. Anyone who read it could have realised that. Let him have his moment in the sun and let the thread die. I did think one good point was made, if you hate "Aeris was meant to live" threads then dont read them, and certainly dont post in them as its helping them stay alive.

In the end though there a few people posting that surprised me, but it was funny to see the replies. Keep the rumor threads and consequential flaming coming. They never get old ........

[Cloud Lionheart]

Its a game... but i almost cried when she snuffed it!

[Shoden]

she died she was meant to die if she didn't die FF7 would be smurfed up

[Vincentsinnerdemon]

i read that the reason that they had her die is because one of the designers mother died while the game was in developement and wrote it in as such. i personally think that no matter how much you dont want it to happen it was one of the reasons the story was so good.

[G SpOtZ]

AERIS DIED?!

[Masamune·1600]

i read that the reason that they had her die is because one of the designers mother died while the game was in developement and wrote it in as such. i personally think that no matter how much you dont want it to happen it was one of the reasons the story was so good.

This is an extremely common misconception concerning the development of FFVII. However, Hironobu Sakaguchi's mother actually died in 1988, during the production of FFIII. While Sakaguchi does suggest that her death led him to consider death in a kind of a mathematical way, and that this theme was explored in FFVII, "killing Aeris" wasn't actually even his idea. Rather, the concept can be credited to Tetsuya Nomura, who in turn passed it on to Director Yoshinori Kitase.

A more thorough exploration of this misconception can be found in this essay.

[G SpOtZ]

masamune makes us all look brainless.