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Cloud telling Sephiroth to shut up is poingant to me for 4 reasons: 1. It goes against the Trope of JRPG's, Animes and Cartoons etc. Characters are always allowed their bit in the limelight...taking turns speaking and delivering their grand speeches. 2. It breaks Clouds cool and collective facade. He doesnt care how he appears to others as he is consumed by emotion. 3. Its one of the only times he speaks positivley about someone else, him saying 'she will no longer cry, get angry...' etc, hes exclaiming that even he will miss her when shes displaying negative emotions. 4. He stands up to Sephiroth despite knowing Sephiroth could cut him down in an instant. It always struck a chord with me.

I put Aerith in the party every playthrough. It's silly to say, but I'm sentimental and knowing she does just makes me want to spend more time with her.

Gotta say that this video made me appreciate Areith's character so much more. Shes so subtly brilliant and I think the remake handles her perfectly.

Aerith's death does not closes the chapter of the love triangle at all. Even after her death we still get 2 versions of HW scenes. Everything is still left for interpretation, at least until now.

Good show, Redcoat. I do include Aerith in my playthroughs. In fact, in my current game, I've obtained her umbrella and leveled her to the point where I defeated the entire battle square sequence with her. Easily my favorite fictional character ever.

Even though I was spoiled by the Aeris death scene in the original FF7, I was completely blown away how well they did it. The camera angles, the sad music, among other things took my breath away.

Of all of the FF content creators, I have to say you are my favourite. You give information instead of opinions for the most part, you are not condescending, and you are not loud and brash. Thank you.

I love ❤️ Aerith. She is the best character of Final Fantasy VII and all FF. Team Clerith. Aerith deserves a Happy ending in the Remake. Hear me once more. This time I will never let you go Aerith. 🌸🎀☁️ PS: Second best Lighting ⚡️😉

Dude you’re incredible. I don’t know how you don’t have more subscribers. Your content is so well thought out and eloquently presented. I absolutely love all of your final fantasy videos, along with all of your others!

I read somewhere that an early concept for final fantasy 7 was to have Sephiroth and Aerith be siblings, hinted at in their similar character designs and hair styles. But I like your idea more of them as polar opposites- protector and destroyer, generic experimentation/abomination vs deep connection to the natural world etc but it’s interesting that Sephiroth believes himself to be an ancient at one point too 🤔. I also like the ethereal aspects of Aerith that other games play on like in Kingdom Hearts she’s the only person besides Maleficent who knows they’re just a projection of memory in Chain of Memories. I know you don’t cover other titles and stick to the games themselves but I just find those aspects of her character interesting

Man...I go back and forth between being a cloti or being a clerith depending on the day and the weather. They're both great characters. I do the opposite of excluding aerith from my playthrough, I actually grind out leveling harder while she's in the party to get her final limit break. It's only right

Great video, I’m loving these more in depth analysis of the VII characters. I think another interesting thing to note about Aerith is the fact that in a lot of media she is portrayed as almost saint like, when reality she is such a sassy and spunky character which I think made her more believable. I especially like the juxtaposition between her and Tifa in the sense that stereotypically their personalities match the other’s appearance and “job class” rather than their own. I’m also really interested to see how they elaborate on their friendship in the remake as I always got the vibe that they developed a bond in the original, they would hang out together when the group split up etc. In answer to your question, I still use her on playthroughs even knowing that she’ll be gone halfway through, which I think is testament to Square that they did such an effective job of her character creation.

I said this on other videos, but Aeris is like Jack from Titanic. Her death is what the made the story. She had to die. It wouldn't have had a deep impact if it had been someone else. As for her death, I remember back in the 90s I actually didn't cry but was shocked. Now, 20 something tears later, I'm replaying this on the Switch with my 7 year old son. I had to rename all the characters except cloud to represent family members to make him happy. According to him, I looked like Aeris which was strange because I look more like tifa 🤣, so I had to rename her mom.😅 Well, when it came to her death, my son was completely shocked, mouth hanging open, and immediately said that cloud needs to do a quest to rescue mommy. And then at the end of the game, he yelled 'she's alive!!' My point is, her death still has an impact today for the story.

Nice in depht analysis as always I may be wrong but contrary to what most of people are thinking it's not Sephiroth who kills Aerith - reason being he is stuck in the northern crater. The one who did it is Jenova who from the shinra tower incident has taken the appereance of Sephiroth (as the game states Jenova has the power to change form) - reason why we are fighting Jenova parts each time we thought we had catch up with Sephiroth. This is interesting cause the true (or first at least) ennemy of the planet is Jenova and the last protector of the planet (ancient) is Aerith. The duality is maybe there too, Jenova killing Aerith is a powerfull symbolic act. Jenova hates the ancients cause they emprisonned her thousands years ago, preventing her from taking control of the planet. Sephiroth could be seen as Jenova's puppet, from his deep loneliness, not being as the others, he found "his mother", something he could grab (after all he talks about him not having known his mother at Nibelheim) and almost instantly take part for her feeling betrayed by a humanity that made him an experimental monster. A fanatic son. But in the end i don't think he is just a puppet, maybe just a part of him, but for the most i think he acts on free will cause after all he IS Jenova's son - so half Alien - as the character design resemblance shows too, he has the same evil, domination will upon the planet. Otherwise on Aerith I think there is something to dig about the Christ analogy - sacrificing herself to save the world despite humanity has contribute to destroy it (shinra etc...) Can't wait to here your thoughts on the remake"s new content coming soon!

I maxed out aerith 99 and best equipment and sent her off in disc 1 feels sad man it's what she deserved

happy birthday aerith!!! :3 i really love her & tifa in remake and my biggest wish for the remake with how different it's take on the story will be is being given the option of saving her(just make it difficult to do with conditions for it.) as i remember once hearing her fate was going to be different originally,would be cool to see how the story would go with her in the events past it which i think they could do and just love what has been done/what was always originally there with her character and relationship with tifa & cloud so much.

Loved the video Redcoat :D Aerith is my second favorite FF character just slightly behind Laguna

To. This. Day. I still tear up at Aries Dying.

Great video, man! I love these character analysis videos

Lol - I thought the guy from from 4-8 Productions was the only one that called her "Aries". Learn something every day

When I first played the game, I had no clue that Aeris will ***. I so liked her that I always made sure shes in the party, I kept grinding to keep her level up. equipping things to Increase her strength. I was so glad when new Staff/Rod is obtained. I was curious about her Limit Breaks.. then before the end of Disc 1, watching the scene, I was devastated, shocked, and I cried (I was 12 or 13 that time). So yeah, I must say I felt the Legit emotions that people behind this amazing game would like players to feel that time. (Lucky that I didnt have Nihilist friend)

Keep up the content 👍

The great and beautiful Aerith. The one who saved us all. I am doing my umpteenth playthrough currently, and she just helped me kaibosh Demon’s Gate with her awesome limit breaks. I don’t dare load up the game again and do the Forgotten City, because I know exactly what is coming!!! :(( My favourite Final Fantasy character.

First of all, I've never understood the big pronunciation debate. We all originally read these names/places etc. with no frame of reference, as well as many fans were young enough that they were just learning how to read as well. And honestly, I think that everyone having different pronunciations actually adds to the legacy of these great games. It drives home that everyone who played them had a personal experience and read the names and heard the voices they thought matched the scenario. One aspect I deeply miss ever since voice acting replaced text dialogue, is the sense of personality I projected onto the characters just from hearing them in my mind. (Play FFX on mute, and you might not think Tidus is that annoying 😉, or in FFIX, I think Zidane would have come off much less likeable with a voice actor) (Slight spoilers ahead) It's hard to remember my first playthrough and how frequently I used Aeris, but ever since I knew her fate, I very rarely have her in my party. It's a combination of impending doom/loss, as well as it seems a waste of time to level her up or anything. Not only that, but to me she's the least useful character in combat, white mage or no. There's one other, less tangible, idea that I can't explain properly but I always get the feeling that Aeris being around perpetuates and aggravates Clouds already severely damaged psyche. Her love for Zach(k) doesn't allow her to let him go, and she definitely sees aspects of Zach(k) in the way Cloud behaves and his personality. She (subconsciously) could be keeping Zach(k)s memory alive in Cloud, not allowing Cloud to fully be himself. And if I remember correctly, it's after the Aeris event, that Cloud finally snaps and begins his arduous road to recovery. There are of course other circumstances at play, but I believe these events are of great significance. Sorry for the long comment. Great video, as usual! 😺

Oh my god, your friend sucks. I was shocked when she died, and actually cried!

Excited to watch! Definitely consider Jenova as well

I did not know that there was a choice between. Aerith and Barret between who would die. That kind of makes one particular scene in the remake much more interesting

I never really payed much attention to the date mechanics in the OG until recently where I'm going for the platinum trophy on it. Never realized how complicated it is to get Barrett, I just always thought that if you were just negative to both(all three counting Yuffie) you would get Barrett - now I know better. I have to follow a guide after speed running up to the date scene and failing both times.

Great video! For the remake, I wonder if they considered the option of rather than just Aerith dying, have either Tifa or Aerith die. Depending on what choices you make in the game, would depend on who lives.

Forget the translation mistakes...... How does she look like the divine incarnation of war to you?

I watched the FF7 movie cutscenes a few months ago, I had no idea what the story line was or anything about or the characters. At first I didn't like Aerith but then I changed my mind. I questioned why things happened. The first time I see Aerith she is communicating with the life stream in the alley, she then runs to the plaza and waits for Cloud. Their meeting is NOT by chance and he is NOT attracted to her, he just wants to go home and get paid. She forces him to *ahem* "take her flower". Yup. He refuses it. Why would a kind, altruistic person like Aerith be attracted to a mercenary anyways? (he kills people and destroys property for money) because she needs him to get her out of Midgar and to the Forgotten City- that's why. The truth is that Aerith is the REAL hero of this story, she chooses the planet (over Cloud) and is willing to die for it. He sacrifices NOTHING for her. She deserved better.

9:50 isnt demon's gate regarded as one of the toughest bosses in the game? you're forced to have aerith in the party for that dungeon/fight, and she learns stuff like limit breaks... quite a bit quicker compared to other party members. the only grinding i had to do for great gospel was to get pulse of life

When cloud cutting off sephiroth monologue, restating that she's gone forever..., It's like the second emotional attack from the game.

5:48 I too have a friend like that. He told me what happened at the end of RDR1...a week after it came out 😑

I think she should die in the remake, and here are two reasons. 1. She needs to die so that she can save the planet by entering the life-stream and controlling it do that it can push back meteor so that holy can destroy it, even though certain events could (and probably will) change in the remake 2. It teaches the player about loss and how to manage it. 3. It shows Aerith's personality and how she would throw her life away for the sake of others and the planet alongside the fact that she would do this so that she can complete her role as the last remaining ancient. Don't get me wrong I love Aerith and their is a part of me that wants Aerith to live in the remake, but in my opinion it would be better that she dies so that she can save the planet. (sorry for my typo's last time I wrote this)

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Aerith stays in the party till the last minute on every playthrough. She has always been dear to my heart from the moment I was introduced to the game at 4 years old and that has always prompted me to cherish every moment with her

Cloud is with tifa by default but its always been aerith

Air-ree's like the god of war? I don't think that the spelling even suggests that E sound at the end. IRIS / EYE-RIS is the sound I see from the spelling.

They weren't even friends when they were younger ugh

Epitome is pronounced ep-it-oh-me not ep-ee-tome fyi Great vids sir

Did Aerith really love Cloud or was she still wanting to be with Zack?

I for sure stopped using Aerith as much after my first play thru and she died lol

find better friends.

Dear CLERITH shippers.. It won't happen It CAN'T happen.. -from a Zack Fair devotee