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Filler Couples in FF7R

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(Warning: LTD Fuckery. Get lost if you can’t stand shipping-talk.)

I have seen a lot of commentary regarding the most recent content being released for FF7R, both official & unofficial. The most bold and aggravating comments come from the shipping fandoms, of course. The Clerith fandom, in particular, are going menacingly hard - whether they’re gloating over some scenes or downright downplaying others, their comments and feelings regarding the game seem to fluctuate the hardest out of everyone else’s.

It’s a literal emotional rollercoaster reading their opinions. Quite fascinating. It ranges from thinking that Cloud’s English VA is far too crude towards Aerith to them being sure that Cloud and Aerith had a valiant hero & heroine moment at the end of the game. Interesting.

But I would like to gage in on one of many aspects that they’ve been raving about: they seem to think that all ships BUT Clerith are simple fan service. They’re insisting that Clerith is going to be the flagship pairing, and that the developers/creators are using Clessie (Cloud x Jessie) and Cloti (Cloud x Tifa) as a fan service component. Although they may be using this technique, I think they have the flagship pairing incorrect.

After studying the game’s romance interactions, it became more and more obvious that Cloud and Aerith have extremely similar “romantic” scenes as Cloud and Jessie. Even more interesting is that these scenes are just as shallow, cliche, corny, and mundane. Whereas Cloud and Tifa’s scenes are always much more deep, thoughtful, and somehow always bring up their tragic past. Cloud and Tifa have an apparent neuronal & emotional link that literally no other character could replace nor understand.

Of course, to back up my statement, I do have SEVERAL instances where Cloud and Jessie have almost IDENTICAL scenes as Cloud and Aerith. If Cloud and Aerith were the intended romantic couple that will be slowly “burned” into the game’s plot, why do they have the same generic, light-hearted, bantered flirting as Cloud and Jessie? Again, it’s rather interesting. Personally, I don’t think it makes sense to follow this logic, but to each their own!

But without further ado, here are the interactions! I won’t go into details since the body language/dialogue literally do all of the work:

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Clessie Interaction 1:

Clerith Interaction 1:

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Clessie Interaction 2:

Clerith Interaction 2:

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Clessie Interaction 3:

Clerith Interaction 3:

(BONUS Clessie Moment):

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Clessie Interaction 4 (Both exceptionally curious about Tifa’s role):

Clerith Interaction 4:

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Clessie Interaction 5:

Clerith Interaction 5:

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Clessie Interaction 6(Ft. Wedge, Heeding a Warning):

Clerith Interaction 6:

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Clessie Interaction 7:

Clerith Interaction 7:

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Clessie Interaction 8:

Clerith Interaction 8:

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BONUS CLODGE (CLOUD x WEDGE) & CLERITH COMPARISONS!

Clodge Interaction 1:

Clerith Interaction 1:

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Clodge Interaction 2:

Clerith Interaction 2:

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And there ya have it! Pretty hilarious!

I would imagine if the canon & intended flagship pairing was Clerith, the developers would at least TRY to make their moments much more unique, NOT make them totally identical to Clessie moments. Although both Clessie and Clerith have very sweet moments, there are no parallels that can be compared to Cloud and Tifa’s intimate moments - Cloud & Tifa have unique moments that are character-specific. Tifa and Cloud know things about each others that others couldn’t emulate, something Aerith nor Jessie could relate to (possibly why both Aerith & Jessie eagerly ask about Tifa’s standing with Cloud).

But alas, this is just an opinion based on obviously stated evidence. We’ll see how the development team treats the romance component of this game.

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You know, I low key picked up on all these parallels, but they breezed by my brain at the same time. I think that might have been intended that way, too. You’re not meant to see how these interactions are the same until you compare them to the original ones Tifa has with Cloud.

Unless I missed a trick, there isn’t a single moment during the game between them that’s echoed with another pairing. In fact, the only echoes are to their own history with each other.

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Reblogging cause another one is sneaking into Jessie’s house and sneaking out of Aerith’s.

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@currobs just reminded me of another one where both Jessie and Aerith give Cloud materia

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And another one, with pics this time!

Cloud’s face after Jessie kisses him during the bike scene (best result).

Cloud’s face when he sees Aerith’s best dress

Bonus: both scenes have 3 remixes of the girls’ theme music.

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Just wanna add one more,

Both of them get their faces to be really close to Cloud’s

And Cloud seems to be awkward with it

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And another one

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So. Many. Parallels.

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Today’s non unique moment for yall.

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I’m not looking for these I swear! They’re just so damn obvious after 6 playthroughs 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Time for your daily dose of non-uniqueness.

This time it’s the OST.

RUN RUN RUN contains synth instrument melodies just like A Certain Gaudiness. And as yall will know both scenes they play feature our pretty boi hero. They’re also both the “best result” for the girls’ events - Jessie’s bike and Aerith’s dress.

But there’s another song with synth notes and it’s Smash ‘em, rip ‘em. But oh, who’s absent from that scene? Yeah. Cloud. So not only do the above two songs have him present, the only one that involves Tifa that could be compared to them, very obviously doesn’t, since ykno, he’s busy calling Corneo a depraved bastard at that point. There’s also no minigame or alternate scenes that come with that song - which fucking slays btw.

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I think what’s going on here is that both Jesse and Cloud are playing to his desire to be a hero. They’re both associated with his SOLDIER! Persona. And his interactions with them is him trying his best to live up to that SOLDIER Persona.

This Persona was born out of his desire to be a hero to Tifa but UNLIKE both Jesse and Aerith Tifa doesn’t play up Cloud’s hero aspect. She also unlike Jesse and Aerith keeps him at arm’s length. His true self is still trying to impress Tifa but who he is actually impressing are Jessie and Aerith. And SOLDIER Cloud livesss for that. Pretty girl is impressed because he’s their hero. It’s what he’s always wanted.

But he’s unaware as SOLDIER Cloud that that’s what he’s always wanted from Tifa.

True Cloud knows which is why True Cloud screams for Tifa basically in every scene they’re together. His True self comes out when he’s with Tifa as does that need to impress her as SOLDIER Cloud. But notice how he never actually does. Because it’s not SOLDIER Cloud she’s into.