Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't Kitase said in an interview the only reason he doesn't want to bring Aerith Back from the Dead is that it would take away the impact of her death?
Growing up, it's like a civil war, don't turn away, it's something you can't ignore...So, perhaps showing off Shinra hunting down the Cetra and trying to convince them to lead them to the Promised Land, but Ifalna going into hiding? And then Gast stumbles upon her and agrees to keep her a secret, since all he wants to do is study her, but then Hojo finds out or something?
The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.I am wondering if the Cetra were Human Aliens or some fantasy version of that. Or just humans who had special abilities.
edited 25th Jun '18 11:08:56 AM by firewriter
They were humans with a very close link to the planet,so yeah humans with special abilities and advanced technology if the ruins are anything to go by
Suddenly really tempted to reinstall 7 and do another playthrough,though the lack of mouse support is a put off
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverWell, recall that originally, Sephiroth and Aerith were lovers, then siblings, and then completely unrelated.
I kinda like the lovers angle idea, personally. It could have given some extra weight to the Aerith's death scene, but alas...
The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.Well, it would add some extra weight to her death, for one, give murderous love triangles a whole new gold standard, and maybe give them a chance to reshape Sephiroth's character a bit from just being an insane super soldier with an oedipus complex.
I think I would have liked to see the angle of the guy who thinks he's a Cetra/Ancient, and doesn't want to kill any/everyone, but sees it as the only way to save the planet, while Aerith's arc would have been her trying to find a peaceful way to stop it by empowering Earth with the Holy materia or something. But of course, Sephy kills her because he thinks it is the only way.
The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

Is Aerith being the one to summon the Lifestream at the end from something the Compilation? Because nothing about that is brought up in FFVII's ending scene.