Let me say something quick here, Reno. It is Aerith's fans that have made her so hated.

The mary sue makers.

The little miss do no wrong preachers.

The "ZOMFG CLOUDXAERIS TWUE WUV" mindless morons.

The folks who couldn't let it go.

The people who get up in arms over a nearly ten year old plot point that's rather COMMON in the series, especially when much more plot important spoilers are treated without any gorram kid's gloves.

That is the reason such a backlash against her exists, because the otherwise neutral parties are SICK of hearing the [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img] from her supporters day in and day out.

THAT is why people exist who will point out that she's insensitive. That's she's snarky. That she latched onto the first thing that resembled her first boyfriend. That she did stupid things. That she wasn't a gorram saint. Not because they hate her. Because they hate the smegheads who won't shut up about her.