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NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#76: Oct 9th 2015 at 6:50:49 PM

And Tifa's meant to be the calm Team Mom yet she's a psychopathic bitch who threatens to shove her fist shoulder deep up Cloud's ass and has abused his friendship since they were 12.
The difference is that Tifa channeling Revy from Black Lagoon is funny (and arguably just an exaggeration of her actual characterization — the fact is that she does drag Cloud into her own personal mission in life against his will, and has imposed upon him for her own benefit since they were kids). Aeris as a vapid moron, on the other hand, is just ugh.

edited 9th Oct '15 6:51:13 PM by NativeJovian

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#77: Oct 10th 2015 at 6:42:46 AM

[up]It was her first appearance so I would give it time. Too me, Aerith is coming off a Parody of the Purity Sue she's been Flanderized into after the original game. The ending of episode 4 showed that there are cracks to her facade and we'll probably see more of it going forward, especially with the Don Corneo scene.

edited 10th Oct '15 6:43:05 AM by Lionheart0

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#78: Oct 13th 2015 at 8:32:12 AM

I really don't think it's a crack in her façade. That would imply that it's all an act.

Aerith is a deconstruction of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl; a magical Chosen One pixie girl who's too perfect for this world who was ostensibly supposed to pull the male protagonist out of his issues and teach him to cope with the world - but instead, abandons him to fulfill her more important objectives instead, having bigger and more pressing matters to attend to than fixing the protagonist's life. This ultimately leaves him to spiral deeper into his emotional quagmire until someone more grounded in reality can help give him the kick in the ass needed to pull his life together.

Team Four Star is playing up the initial Manic Pixie Dream Girl impression. Her response to Tifa is part of that; she is immediately possessive of the protagonist she's known for maybe five minutes and will fight to the death to defend her claim because she is every female lead in every male-aimed anime ever written.

That, "Oh my god, this character is obnoxious," reaction is exactly how the rest of us feel when anime buffs go on about their favorite Tsundere.

edited 13th Oct '15 8:35:01 AM by TobiasDrake

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#79: Oct 13th 2015 at 8:36:35 AM

Really they should have played the opposite, Tifa be the extreme manipulative girly girl while Aeris be the closet tomboy who will beat the crap out of you. Basically extreme up already present characteristics.

Right now as it stands everyone is played strictly to their stereotype.

edited 13th Oct '15 8:38:00 AM by Memers

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#80: Oct 13th 2015 at 9:33:17 AM

[up]Aeris is certainly sticking to the Purity Sue stereotype (which I'm complaining about precisely because the original character didn't fit the stereotype, regardless of how the fandom thinks of her or later works have Flanderized that aspect of her), but do people actually see Tifa as a crass, manipulative, emotionally abusive Lad-ette? I mean, you can make the argument that she's manipulative and emotionally abusive, given her and Cloud's shared history and how she treats him (knowing what she does) in the first disc or so of the game, but she's always been the proper, polite, demure one, compared to Aeris's more outgoing personality (and Yuffie's outright aggressive rudeness, if you want to count her).

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#81: Oct 15th 2015 at 4:01:19 PM

The Crossdressing Saga Begins

They actually handle the subject matter surprisingly well actually.

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#82: Oct 15th 2015 at 4:39:04 PM

This is actually getting funnier. I enjoyed that episode.

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32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#83: Oct 15th 2015 at 10:38:19 PM

That was excellent. I liked Aerith a lot in this episode again. I also liked Squatcles as well.

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#84: Oct 15th 2015 at 10:39:10 PM

I remember they talked about how they wanted to handle it with care not to offend anybody. But damn that was funny.

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Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#85: Oct 16th 2015 at 5:29:23 AM

Though now I'm wondering what Tifa's reaction will be when she sees Cloud.

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#86: Oct 16th 2015 at 6:35:22 PM

Didn't have a problem with the start, (and I feel the complaints about them changing characters is as pointless as complaining that they changed Dodoria to a woman, made Zarbon campy instead of just a pretty boy, gave the Ginyu Force more character/sympathy, made King Kai a much bigger badass, etc. It's their adaptation, let them handle the characters as they wish as long as it's handled well and makes sense in the adaptation) but I do feel the quality is picking up. The first couple of videos were ok, the last two are showing improvement.

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EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#87: Oct 18th 2015 at 1:38:59 AM

I feel the opposite. First two were amazing for me, the next couple seemed kinda meh. Haven't seen the most recent, though, so maybe it'll get back to form by then.

Update: watched episode 5. Started out meh (Aerith is still incredibly grating), got better with every next person team Cloud talked to. Swolceptance from the swol lord. I dunno what it means, but I think it's fantastic.

edited 24th Oct '15 6:50:34 AM by EndlessSea

but HOW?
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#88: Oct 29th 2015 at 5:30:10 PM

Episode 6 is out on the website and it is hilarious, they handled it really well.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#89: Oct 29th 2015 at 5:42:37 PM

That was absolutely hilarious.

Also, fun fact: The receptionist is voiced by YamatoSFX who also voiced Kirito in SAO Abridged (which also features Taka as Kayaba).

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#90: Oct 29th 2015 at 7:22:53 PM

[up]I was expecting the receptions to ask Cloud to donate to the "Kirito is always right" Foundation. [lol]

32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#91: Oct 31st 2015 at 5:10:24 PM

Yeah same.

I liked Aerith in this again. I also found Tifa more enjoyable as well. Maybe because she's doing stuff other than just abusing Cloud by being proactive with Avalanche.

edited 31st Oct '15 5:10:35 PM by 32ndfreeze

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#92: Nov 6th 2015 at 6:50:51 AM

Okay, yeah, episode six is fun. Still chuckling about "One drugs, please!". Also, nice bait and switch about Tifa giving a shit about Cloud's well-being. At least there's some compassion in there, buried under about fifty dozen layers of jackass. xP

but HOW?
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#93: Nov 6th 2015 at 8:19:44 AM

I loved Tifa in this episode. This is about what I was expecting once the plot started kicking off: now that she's got more to do than browbeat Cloud into joining their terrorist group and gets to be Tifa towards more characters, she's more entertaining.

A Jerk with a Heart of Gold is more fun at war than at peace because at peace they have nobody to take out their Jerkness on except the other people at peace. They really shine once the journey's on and they can turn their dickishness from antagonizing other protagonists to stylishly ripping on antagonists.

Tifa only got to do a little bit of that during this episode but she also got to rip on Aerith too. Which isn't to say Aerith deserved it, but it's a matter of variety. She has more people to rip on than just Cloud.

Also, "Grape is high in VITAMIN D!" That was clever. Two points to Tifa, even if Cloud did beat her to the punch.

edited 6th Nov '15 8:22:29 AM by TobiasDrake

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#94: Nov 6th 2015 at 12:26:45 PM

I put a comment last night about Don Corneo paying his receptionist with donations to the Kirito is Always Right Foundation, and I was surprised to find that as of this morning, it was the top comment with 436 upvotes. I'm not sure why my "Lol Kirito is the receptionist" comment blew up like that when there were dozens of other people saying something similar, but getting the top comment on a Team Four Star video is something, I guess.

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#96: Nov 12th 2015 at 1:44:06 PM

Really?

I thought it wasn't until Christmas!

...

Oh wait, you're not talking about Star Wars. :P

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EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#97: Nov 12th 2015 at 2:24:07 PM

Gotta say, I kinda sympathized with Tifa being a bitch this time around. Cloud wasn't taking dropping Sector 7 nearly as seriously as he ought to have been, and Aerith still makes me want to toss her off a building. >_>

Also, Tseng as Hans Gruber is an interesting choice. I don't think Kaiser's quite able to pull it off, but he does a good job trying.

but HOW?
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#98: Nov 12th 2015 at 3:03:43 PM

[up][up]I think that may be Hellsing Abridged. With FFVII, they've been releasing it bi-weekly.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#99: Nov 12th 2015 at 3:04:42 PM

No, it was an "Episode VII" joke.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#100: Nov 12th 2015 at 3:05:53 PM

[up][up] Or once every fortnight.

I really enjoyed this episode. They've been getting better and better. Them doing a Mortal Kombat X-style x-ray shot for Tifa punching Reno in the dick was great. I wonder if we're actually going to see some serious character development as the series goes on since Tifa needs to give a shit about Cloud eventually.

[up] It worked regardless.

edited 12th Nov '15 3:06:14 PM by Zelenal

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