Viv's ramblings

A place for all my streams of consciousness, ramblings and personal notes.

[kiashieart]

When in need of a smile~

[hartofhearts]

Why Tifa is the only person, living or dead, who can resolve Cloud’s crisis

Alternate title: “What really happened in the Lifestream”

Of course the Lifestream scene has been discussed to death within the fandom. While some consider it one of the greatest triumphs of the Cloud/Tifa relationship and the game in general, others are quick to diminish its events and Tifa’s role. “Oh, any other childhood friend character who knew Cloud could do the job.” “Oh, Cloud only needed Tifa as moral support, he could have figured everything out himself.” “Oh, Aerith (maybe +Zack) could have done it by accessing her Cetra/time machine/empath/Planet powers.”

The Lifestream sequence is extraordinarily dense with many subtle visual cues, so there’s a lot to untangle and interpret. But no matter how you slice it, any take which downplays or eliminates Tifa is fundamentally missing the point of this scene, both for the plot and for Cloud’s character arc.

A lot of the confusion stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of what actually needs to happen in the Lifestream and why. Thus, using specific details from the sequence, I’d like to present my take on the following:

Part 1: What Cloud needs to accomplish in the Lifestream to advance the plot

Part 2: Why Tifa is the only person, living or dead, who can resolve Cloud’s crisis, where we will discuss fun things such as:

Why Tifa is the the focus of his greatest flaw

What Tifa’s presence in the Lifestream accomplishes

Part 3: Why those “Tifa-less” fan theories just can’t work

This is a very long ride so let’s get to it!

Continua a leggere

[vaguelyaperson]

still obsessed that a serious reputedly cold-hearted military captain like kudou is goin around wearing this pretty little purple ribbon in his hair all cause his wife made it for him. mans in war meetings in his cute purple hairtie because he loves his wife so so so much. lbr miyo could probably fix a seam in his uniform with a pink flowery design and he'd refuse to take it off.

[ishaslife]

just watched the extended dawntrailer and estinien has me on a chokehold.

[shanehollandered]

[kiashieart]

When in need of a smile~

[vivcouslandramblings]

screaming, crying, throwing up!!

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki Coming West as The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak

[vivcouslandramblings]

SQUEALING LIKE A PIG

[vivcouslandramblings]

Coping with the fact that the three girls I would like to marry in Rune Factory 3 Special are none other than the wolves that live inside me: a mad artist, a pink merchant and a lazy girl who does everything at her own pace. Now… Who will win?

[meme-templates]

I. I need all the alignment chart memes. All. All of them. My hands are shaking. Please.

AIGHT YALL RB THIS POST WITH YOUR ALIGNMENT CHART BLANKS FOR THIS ANON

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I’LL GO FIRST

[little-bullheaded-shit]

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[develop-your-oc]

[vivcouslandramblings]

[vivcouslandramblings]

Kimi ni Todoke is coming back???? REALLY?????

[olessan]

nobody:

the men of Final Fantasy XVI:

[vivcouslandramblings]

With mem'ries shared, yet all our own As one we brave frontiers unknown Thank you for ten years!

[edensania]

" I'm glad you're home safe."

[vivcouslandramblings]

…It can't be worse than Atelier Online, right? Nice trailer and all, but this is not what the Atelier fandom wanted. It's a mainline title; this is what scares all Atelier fans.

ll try it anyway if it will come to the West as it will also be released on Steam, but I'm quite disappointed with this announcement. So disappointed I'm telling this everywhere.

[vivcouslandramblings]

I still can't believe Atelier Marie is now available in the west! A big achievement for RPG fans ❤️

Go play the Atelier series!