#ffvii is dead

[xdevilrushx]

Here's what FFVII media looked like pre-Crisis Core and Kingdom Hearts:

Here's what it looks like after:

Can you spot the difference?

Imagine a movie or a game with Advent Children's aesthetic, a focus on the story's more serious elements, and stronger writing. Square could have made something truly special. Instead, we got Crisis Core and Rebirth. A woeful misstep in this story's evolutionary path, never to be amended.

So the next time someone tries to gaslight me by saying things like "FF has always been this cringe", my reaction is simply