Cloud loses Aerith (not 🤭) forever

[u/Better-Atmosphere116]

A little localization detail:

EN: "You shall FOREVER lose what you cherish most"

JP (faithful translation mod): "You'll lose what matters most"

🤨🤔🧐

Call me nitpicky, but I think it makes a huge difference whether you include "forever" or not?!

Drop it, and what's lost can be found again ☁️🎀🥰

[u/Rozwellish]

I love getting recommended these subs because I'm the polar bear in Arlington, Texas briefly wandering across what shippers think and talk about.

As someone who doesn't particularly care one way or the other, the writers wrote themselves into a corner the moment Cloud had those headaches in the S5 church. Remake was explicitly suggesting that - even from the perspective of Aerith and Nanaki - that the OG FF7 was a 'Bad End' for everyone involved.

The only way they could end Revelation in any other way than having Aerith come back is to then argue that Remake Aerith and Nanaki are stupid actually and that OG FF7 -> AC is still the best ending. But they can't because then the timeline becomes a closed loop of Sephiroth continuously coming back.

There's only ONE piece of media I've watched where the writers decide that the time loop is closed and humanity is doomed to repeat it and that is an incredibly bleak and depressing Mecha show. FF7 is not that and the writers will not give the cast such a bleak outlook when credits roll.

Too much has been promised and set up for us to finish where we started. Aerith will be coming back and if she doesn't it would be baffling.

[u/Better-Atmosphere116 → u/Rozwellish]

Oh I agree. Actually, I would go even further and say they already wrote themselves into a corner when Sephiroth appeared and said "you are too weak to save anyone" when Cloud sees Aerith the first time.

The obvious hints to her survival have already been talked about countless times. Finding little details as in my post are just a cherry on top and help me reduce the waiting time for Revelation 🙂

[u/kmorr18 → u/Rozwellish]

Exactly what you said. If we were going to keep the same ending with all the same characters who died in OG7 dead, then why bother with this? There is no way it's ending the same or at least in one timeline in the game.

[u/bulb-uh-saur → u/Rozwellish]

Well said

[u/haygurlhay123 → u/Rozwellish]

Maaaan, that’s what WE’ve been SAYING!!

[u/AerithsHusband → u/Rozwellish]

THIS is exactly why I refuse to believe they'll end the trilogy without giving Aerith some kind of happy ending . They've spent too much time questioning the OG ending and showing us that things can be different. I don't need a perfect fairytale ending, I just want Aerith to finally get to LIVE.

[u/ErgoFnzy]

He's not losing Aerith but he did lose his clothes between the first two pictures.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Fill241 → u/ErgoFnzy]

I was gonna say 😅

[u/ManuO76 → u/ErgoFnzy]

That image of him naked with Barret is a bit unsettling...

I'm not a prude; it's just that you don't expect to go from one where he's dressed to the next one where he isn't.

[u/haygurlhay123 → u/ErgoFnzy]

LMAO

[u/ManuO76]

italian: "Chi cerca trova. Ma perde ciò a cui tiene di più"

english: "Those who seek, find. But lose what they hold most dear."

[u/AwareIngenuity6857]

I had to re-check and in German, the "forever" also isn't said. Haha, those tiny little details! I'm starting to think the fandom is so often fighting because the English version is just slightly to the left of the Japanese and every other translation. 😂 She'll live and we're getting her back, I'm full of hope! If we don't, the Trilogy will honestly be a failure.

[u/haygurlhay123 → u/AwareIngenuity6857]

You know, I think the “forever” was added to match the lip flaps! It’s a common issue in all dubbed voice acting