How did you react to Aeris's death? I was really sad. I remember I first beat the game a long time ago, many, many years ago. I mean, I knew she was going to die because I accidently found it out, after that I made sure to not find anything that could accidently tell me a major event. I didn't know how she was going to die at first. I thought it was at the end and it was of some spell or illness. I didn't know she was going to be killed at the end of disc one. Later, when I got the strategy guide it had pictures and showed it. So I found out. When I was heading to Bone Village, I got really nervous. I knew what was coming. In the Sleeping Forest I felt even more nervous. By the time I had gone to the City of Ancients, I was all, oh no, oh no, this is it. Then when I saw Cloud with the sword moving it, I was really nervous. Then Sephiroth came down and my eyes got misty as she died. Then I didn't know about Cloud's speech and when I saw Cloud's speech holding Aeris in his arms I got really sad.

i remember it: by the time i firts played ff7 i didnt have a computer so i didnt know anything about ff7. anything. i didnt know aeris was going to die. I remember i liked aeris a lot...i always puted her in my party, i was friendly with her....

then i saw the scene of the sleeping forest and i thought: where she goes??

and then..it was a day in the morning...i was playing with it while i was putting my shoes because i was going to the restaurant with my family. I saw the sleeping wood...i saw the city of the ancients..and i saw aeris. When i saw cloud with his sword i couldnt believe it. AND THEN...SEFIROT KILLED AERIS!! i was really surpresed...i didnd believe it at first...i thought:

no..she is injured but she is ok..

and then...my mum said it was time to go to eat so...i didnt saw the scene of aeris in the lake...

in the restaurant i though about it: she is really dead??

that night, i arrived home, i was nervous..i saw the scene again...aeris was reaaly dead...i remember i even cry when cloud putted her in the lake..depresed, hating square i went to bed. :whistle:

Someone spoiled it for me. That's why, I think, I started to focus on Aeris more and see the game through her eyes and I grew to like her very much so when she died I was upset. I remember I saved and quit because I didn't feel like playing.

I didn't have her death spoiled for me, so I had no idea it was going to happen. I had grown to love Aerith as a character, and I always had her in my party. She was my favorite character besides Cloud. It was so obvious to me that she and Cloud were falling in love. When Cloud found her in the Forgotten City, I was sure he would tell her that he loved her once he climbed the steps. I was shocked when Cloud drew his blade over his head and cried out for him to stop along with the rest of his party. When Sephiroth killed her, I couldn't believe that she was actually dead. I kept expecting Cloud to give her a Phoenix Down or something - to heal her, to bring her back. I couldn't believe she was gone.

By the time Cloud said that she would never laugh or cry or get angry again, I was in tears. I'll never know how I killed Jenova-Life since I was crying so hard. After the funeral, I saved the game and didn't play again for several days afterward. I didn't want to go on with the game after losing Aerith.

When I did go back to it, I felt that her loss left a gaping hole. No other character could replace her charm, her cheerfulness, her sensitivity, her insight, and her responsiveness. Most especially, I missed her interactions with Cloud. I also missed her as a party member, since I loved her limits in battle as well as her ability as a mage. But most of all, I missed Aerith's interactions with Cloud. To me, none of Tifa's interactions with Cloud could even begin to compare with the wonderful love story I saw happening between Cloud and Aerith.

I just loved Aerith as a character. Seeing her and Cloud interact with each other was cute and sometimes funny, and it made my heart warm to se them together. She was always in my party, optional or not, and by the Temple of the Ancients, she was able to cause roughly equal damage (sometimes more) as Cloud with a normal attack.

Aerith's death? It was spoiled for me, mainly because I stumbled over a strategy guide (I always find one for every hardspot I get into... it was the Temple of the Ancients at that time...) and I was reading up to the Forgotten City, and then the game said that Aerith would die. I was so sad, I closed the window and didn't play FFVII for one year and a half.

When I actually decided to replay FFVII (I deleted the other one) I went up to the Forgotten City and got it over with. When Sephiroth killed her, I wasn't crying, mainly because I knew it would happen, but the tears were there. :sad: Afterwards, I ran up to my room and then cried.


I agree with Aly - when I played FFVII after Aerith's death, there was always a big, gaping hole. Her limits saved me thousands of times, and with no MP cost, so my characters were almost always was in full-health. And I got her Great Gospel before she died, and I only used it five times. :sad:

Yet again, I agreed with Aly, I missed Cloud and Aerith's interactions, and the somewhat light atmosphere of FFVII had gone. There wasn't many funny or comforting scenes after Aerith's death. In fact, the game had a turn for the more solemn and plot-twisting events.

I knew she was going to die because my friend told me so... but I didn't realize how painful it is to watch the death scene until she let me play the game.

Speechless
Asked "WHY?!"
And then cried.
And then thought, "Damn Sephiroth!"
And then thought, "Poor Cloud!!!"
And then shrugged it off.

Weird. <_<

I really liked Aerith throughout the game. She somehow stood out for me the most. And I happen to dislike pink back then...

When she died, I really cried... and desperately I hope there's a sidequest to revive her like Crono in Chrono Trigger.

No such luck, damn.

I knew from the start that she was gonna die, because I played the game, I believe, more than 3 years after the game's release...?

But I didn't think it would happen that soon. So I was, like, watching the FMV and then I was like, "Aaaaw, Aerith smiled at Cloud!" and then the next thing I knew, Sephiroth appears and then....

Deyamn.

I just gaped at the screen for about 5 minutes before I continued playing the game.

And then I thought, "Man, I have to start writing about these two...."

I was watching my cousin play the game the first time I saw Aerith's death scene. He was saying "Watch this, it's a cool FMV" and my jaw dropped when Sephiroth swooped out of nowhere and stabbed her. And I couldn't believe it, I kept asking my cousin, "So she's dead??? Really dead?".
So of course her death was spoiled for me...but I was still sad the first time I played FF7 and got to know her as a character and all along, I knew she was going to die...I was on tenterhooks during disk one, I didn't know the exact moment when she would die....when I finally reached that part, I didn't cry but there was a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach all through the battle and during her burial.

My brother's friend told me before hand that she was gonna die, but that time I was already at the Wall Market with Aerith. He told me that it was gonna be in the first disc but it turned out to be in the first.

As soon as I saw the blade slice through her, I started crying as my time in the hospital had made me sensitive to others and their feelings (eventhough FFVII was a game I sort of knew that Cloud had a special bond with Aerith :D). :cleris: Even the flashback of Cloud laying her to rest in the lake in AC makes me feel sad it reminds me of the time Sephiroth killed her :sad: .

I was crying so much and no matter how many times I replayed that scene to hear the song, I always cried, but it cut down lately :P. But since then I have always been a fan of that pairing :lmao: . I thought that she could be revived but sadly she couldn't. :cry: .

:cry: I was speechless...and then I cry and cry. It was so sad and Aeris was my favorite character. It was also sad for me because then Cloud fell to his doom and without Aeris, I was like...." You need Aeris...Cloud, Aeris. WHY!?!"

Oh...that scene always make me cry and sad. The song is so sad too and makes me think of Aeris and my friend who died. :sad: :cry:

Actually that Aeris's death scene was the first one I saw in that game. My brother was playing it and just for the curiosity I sat on the couch and watched him playing. Then suddenly Sephiroth slashed Aeris and even my tough brother was like "oh no...he killed her!" and I was also shocked :sad: I was waiting for a romantic scene when I saw Cloud and Aeris looking at each other :unsure:
It was awful and very sad and somehow touched me deeply..especially Cloud's reaction to that and that burial thing. Might me unbelievable to believe but that game taught me a lot and changed me :cleris:
I played FF7 and that death part yesterday and I cried :sad:

you mean JENOVA .... :P damn Jenova :P

anyway I cried
then i said, well she helped save the planet, so think to her im still playing FF7

A friend of mine told me that Aeris will die but I didn't wanna believe him. I wanted to find out myself. So I played played and played and when i reached the sorrowful scene at the altar I was so so freaked out. I didn't want Aeris to die...she's totally my fave character. :cry:

:cleris:

i wasnt all that surprized cause my cousin ruined it for me tell me everything so u know when it came to those parts i wasnt all suprized...except when my cloudie got hurt in the lifestream *sobs* :sad:

Ughhh, you've just completly mirrored my feelings on everything I felt for Aeris and her relationship with Cloud.

Like Aly, I didn't have the game spoiled for me. I knew SOMEONE in the party was going to die because a game guide had told me so. I was sad when Jessie died, but I was completly heartbroken when Aeris died. I even remember how I reacted when it happened, I was in the den with my mother, she was watching the television whilst I was playing the game on a portable TV. When it happened, I was shaking like crazy and then the tears came, I stood up and threw my controller down on the floor and ran upstairs crying. Thankfully my mother showed only concern and attempted to make me feel better rather than laugh or tell me "it's only a dumb game".

I wouldn't play again for a few days, I was really upset about it. I even began to feel anger towards Aeris for dying on me so when I played the game a second-time around, I purposely replaced Aeris with Tifa and I knew I was simply doing so out of spite. Even when playing Tifa as Cloud's new interest, I felt sick to my stomach because I was purposely being mean to Aeris and I knew that deep down inside, I was forcing Tifa to be with Cloud and Cloud with Tifa, the romance wasn't natural... I can still never forgive myself for replacing Aeris, so the third time I played to game, I played with Aeris again and began to appreciate the love between her and Cloud for the short amount of time that she lived for. :cry:

When friends had learnt that Aeris was my favourite character, they were surprised because I'm not exactly the stereotypical female who likes pretty pink princesses and unicorns and faeries. I'm very much like Tifa in that sense, but the reason I love Aeris so much is because she REALLY enchanted me, underneath all that pink, she was just as tough and strong as Tifa, in fact, she was a lot more stronger and confident than Tifa was, she's wonderful and I love her dearly. :(

I had Aerith's death spoiled for me when I watched it at an uncle's house, but thankfully, I seemed to have forgotten it when I started the game myself a few months later.

When Aerith died, I didn't cry. I think I was too absorbed by Cloud's reaction immediately after. I still remember that scene so clearly to this day, even though I only played through the game once in '97 and have never replayed to that point since. I remember how Cloud held her, how Sephiroth gloated over them, Cloud's sorrowful words... I remember that part so clearly out of everything else in the game. It was Cloud as his most honest, most vulnerable; and to this day I truly believe that only Aerith was able to generate that sort of reaction from him.

I still remember the numbness during the battle with Jenova-LIFE. There was a huge lump in my throat, and all I could imagine was Aerith's still body gently left to one side, watching the battle through closed eyes. And how when Vincent used magic, a spattering of small rocks would miss her by a hair's breadth.

When I replayed FFVII, I'd actually wanted to try getting Tifa's date instead of Aerith's just to see how it went. I knew all I had to do was be nice to Tifa and horrible to Aerith. Yet when I handed Tifa the flower, it made me cringe. I didn't hate Tifa, but it all felt wrong. By the time Cloud met Aerith officially in the church, I'd broken down and Aerith ended up as the date. Again.

I would always stop playing after the dream sequence in Disc 1. I remember the dreariness in Disc 2, and I felt it had a lot to do with Aerith not being around. By the time the WEAPONs were released, I felt the sorrow had reached rock bottom-- and that it wouldn't have happened had Aerith been there.

I also missed her interactions with Cloud-- they were such precious moments in the game. Cloud reacted so well, and so differently, to her that it was wonderful to watch. He never reacted quite the same with everyone else, even after supposedly 'recovering' after the Lifestream. Those moments were reserved for him and Aerith, and them only.

I was in the pink-hating stage back then too, so it's still a wonder to me how Aerith ended up becoming the favourite. I think it spoke wonders for her character, really, that she could endear herself to someone like me, who usually preferred Tifa's character type in other mediums.

Unfortunately Aerith's death was spoiled for me. A group of people were talking about FFVII while we were waiting for class to start and then all of a sudden they mentioned it and I was a little upset to have such a HUGE spoiler ruined for me. Especially since Aerith is my favorite FFVII female character.

When I came to that point in the game I didn't cry but I was pretty upset that I lost my strongest character next to Cloud and my main healer, which I consider a very important role when playing RPGs. I don't think I was very sad because shortly before I came to the death scene a friend told me that she came back at the end. I guess she confused seeing Aerith's face at the end with her coming back. When I found out that she DOESN'T come back I was upset but over getting sad.

I think it kind of sucks that I wasn't able to experience her death the way I was supposed to. -_-

It was very, VERY spoiled for me. My sister and I were both playing FF7 and were stuck at the same point, so we consulted an online FAQ. My sister had gotten the info already, and was scribbling it down, when I scrolled down the screen and saw the line 'After Aeris' death.....' I shrieked! My sister heard and of course she saw and read it too. We were just looking at each other for about a minute because of the shock! It didn't lessen the impact of the death scene when I reached it, though... it still brought tears to my eyes. :(

So, when I replayed FF7, I was extra-nice to Aeris, leveled her up, got all her limit breaks, squeed at all the Cleris dialogue and treasured all the scenes with her in her church and in her home. Until now those two background songs ('Flowers in the Church and 'Aerith's Theme') have the power to really tug at my heart. :cry:

when Aeris died I embarked on a 3 weeks research to try and find ways to revive her. I absolutely refuse to play the game until I've found a way to bring her back. As days gone by, it became apparent that the only way to bring her back was through using the Gameshark. I reluctantly return to the game with out Aeris. It was difficult to play, but I wanted to finish it because I wanted to see the infamous "hand reaching" fmv at the very end. Eventually I was able to accomplish this goal and I welled up in tears listening to Aeris theme and watching the ending. I gain new hope when Cloud said he'll go searching for her, and here I am today. Cloud and Aeris still my favorite FF couple.

Like Aly and DH, I didn't have her death spoiled for me. I was quite shocked when Aerith just suddenly left the party after the Temple of the Ancients and I was really eager to get her back in.

I think it took me two bloody weeks to find that stupid Lunar Harp, I was really excited that I could finally get through the Sleeping Forest and that I would get Aerith back in my party and get her back with Cloud, I knew that he truly did miss her and was extremely worried about her.

When the evening arrived in the City of the Ancients, when Cloud said he could feel Aerith and Sephiroth near, I was thinking. "So, I'm actually going to fight Sephiroth now?" Then came the Water Alter, I thought that Cloud was truly going to tell his feelings for Aerith since he signalled the others not to come (I had Yuffie and Red XIII in my party).

I was completely shocked when Cloud took out his Buster Sword. You wouldn't believe how many times I tried not to get him to point it at her, and I was pissed off when he was raising it every time I pressed the Circle button. When he snapped out of it, I was so glad that he had come to his senses and stopped himself.

But then, the FMV started and I was like "Cool!" Then his lordship Sephiroth was falling from the sky. I didn't know what the hell he was doing but then it happened. I was speechless, just seeing her falling lifelessly like that, I couldn't say a word as he looked up at Cloud with that smirk. I still didn't believe that Aerith was dead, even as Holy fell out of her ribbon.

But then, "Aerith's Theme" started to play, and hence the piano notes at the beginning, I knew that was dead. I had a lump in my throat and my eyes were watering up. After Holy fell into the water, when Cloud grabbed her and shook her body I was in tears. Cloud saying that she would never talk or laugh truly hit my heart.

And yes, I did take the "us" to him and Aerith, because he just said that Sephiroth's stupid plan didn't mean a thing. The music was getting higher and more emotional and I was crying more. I don't know how the hell I was able to beat Jenova LIFE as I knew that Aerith was dead and I hated it.

Then at her burial, I was still crying, as Cloud let go of her body, when the scene changed to her sinking from a bird's eye view it was then at that moment that I truly realised I would never see her again.

I refused to play the game for two weeks, I couldn't believe that Square had actually killed off my favourite character like that, it was so cruel. When I eventually returned to playing it, it wasn't the same.

Sure I still enjoyed playing the game but without Aerith, it just was never the same at all. Hence why Disc 1 is my favourite part of the game.

Well, the death was spolied for me. Buuut, even so, as soon as I saw Sephiroth jump down, sword in hand...I jumped up out of my seat and just...stared. And when he finally got to her...my jaw dropped as well as my controller. I loved Aeris from the start, and I always had her in my party. Of course I cried. My friend was with me, he laughed, but...it was horrible! And I KNEW it was gonna happen, and I was still affected by it! I started crying when Cloud laid her to rest...meh. So yeah, Aeris'd death got a huge reaction out of me.

I already knew that she was going to die because I read a strategy guide off GameFAQs, and boy, do I wish I hadn't. Still, it didn't hit me that she was truly dead because it had all been so abrupt. Aeris was a main character, and she didn't even have last words! It only really sunk in after her funeral and all when Cloud actually said the words 'killed Aeris'. The second time I watched it was the time where I teared up when her theme started to play. It's strange since I never considered Aeris' theme sad.

I had absolutely no idea she was going to die, as i had no idea what FFVII was about, never read up on it. I think thats another reason why i like it so much more than the others cause i read up on the others.

But yea, as i said before, a total shock! I found it so unexpected! In a way i thought she'd come back. but as i was playing it all through disk 2 i realised she wasn't, and thats when i started to get upset, cause i was really hoping that she'd come back. ( i think i was about 7 or 8 when i played this, just letting you know)

But then i was mega happy when i saw her again!

I knew before i even knew that the main characters name was Cloud.

I was at an (ex)friend of mines house, and her brother was showing me FF7 and FF8, he told me earlier on this girl named Aeris died and it sucked because you cant have her in your party or anything anymore. So I distanced myself from Aeris's character, but I still grew close. But I denied the truth, I told myself I hated Aeris, and that Cloud didnt care about her. I filled myself with Cloti lies.

When it happened....I cried so hard...I had seen pictures before in the strategy guide but...just seeing her ..die..it hurt. I read the part where it said "And what Sephiroth considers his greatest victory, may be his greatest mistake" I agreed until 1 AM. It was his biggest mistake, and he took away the love of Cloud's life.

I dont fill myself with lies anymore.

But it also affected my opinion on Tifa...because she and Yuffie were in my party. Yufie cried on Cloud's chest and Tifa put her hand to her face and ran off crying.

Aeris gave me courage to go to places in the game I couldnt before...now I cant get anywhere on disc two because my antural fear of the water prevents me form doing anything....I miss you Aeris..

I too knew that someone was going to die, but I didn't know who. Someone had already told me that Jessie was going to die, I was okay with that, but I still did miss her. When Aerith died... I was heartbroken. I also thought that Cloud and Aerith were ment to be together, but I guess that fate was written differently. I want to see Cloud tell her that he loved her, but he never did. I guess that you could kinda tell when he was putting her in the water. He was crying. If you think about it, she was the only one that made him happy.

Before I even played the game, I was searching for images of game characters
and I remember finding a picture of Cloud putting Aerith to rest in the lake. At
this time, I only thought of it as a pretty image.

When I played the game, and saw Aerith and Cloud, I was like...they look
familiar. Of course, I never remembered until I reached the Forgotten City
scene. At this time, Aerith and Cloud was my favorite characters, and was even
a big Clerith supporter already. I was shocked to see Sephiroth's blade stabbing
through her, and couldn't even blink an eye. I didn't start crying until I heard
'Aerith's Theme' playing when the White Materia came off from her ribbon.

I was like, " Oh gods, no, no, no...this is not happening!"

I continued to cry, even when I was fighting Jenova...and then the lake scene
comes. That's when my memory came back. I said, " Hey! I've seen this before!"
I never thought I'd see it again like this though.

Anyways, that was my reaction to her death. After that, I didn't play for about
two months...but continued to play because I had a feeling she might come
back in the end. I never used those stragety guides or whatever you call those so
it took me a while to get to the end.

When I saw the FMV, and when Aerith's face appeared in the end, I was like
"That's it!!? You made me go all through that just for this!!?"....I was disappointed.
But then a year or so, I continued to replay the game cause I just couldn't forget about her. And still play again once I finish it. :D

Her death was very emotional for me. :cry: She was one of my favorite characters and so it was a pretty big loss. I thought it wasn't fair but, Aeris is most powerful when she is dead, as shown in AC, definetely. :)

I remember skimming through a walkthrough at some point while on Disc 1, and I read somewhere that Aerith wasn't going to be in the next two discs, but I didn't want to believe it. I thought atleast, if something happened to her, that she'd come back eventually. After all, I spent lots of time levelling her up and being extra nice to her.

Well, when Aerith went missing and Cloud had to follow her through the Sleeping Forest, I thought "oh damn, she's going to die." But I had no idea how yet. Well, when I saw her praying at the altar, and Cloud went psycho I was freaking out and trying not to stab her even though the game insisted I "try." When Sephiroth jumped out of the sky and impaled her I started crying like a baby and didn't know what to do, forget how I managed beat Jenova LIFE with tears streaming down my face, I was just pissed beyond belief. Aerith is my favorite female game character of all time and it was awful that she had to die. Especially since I named Cloud after me, and Aerith after my girlfriend. (I named Tifa and Yuffie after ex-girlfriends!) XD

I found it very hard to play past Disc 1, but I did. My party then consisted of Cloud, Nanaki and Yuffie. Yes, Yuffie, because I couldn't stand Tifa and wanted nothing to do with her from that moment on. I also stayed up all morning trying to get past Disc 1, and found it very hard to sleep after that disturbing scene. So yeah, quite dramatic for me also. :cry:

Thats what I did when I played the game,and yes like you I was spoiled too (but by a fansite :K)
It's funny because I never appreciated aeris untill she DIED than I was like man what have I been doing CLOUD LOVES AERIS HE DOES NOT LOVE TIFA ugh
the love even after death thing is very powerfull gets to me, i started to cry when he buried her.

BTW YES like alot of you I did stop playing ff for about a week because i was EXTREMELY depresed and felt the hole, so right after she died I turned it off listened to aeris theme on the ipod and sniffled to sleep.

o WOW that is EXACTLY like me......

*sigh* I've ben a tomboy all my life...so none of my friends (nor I 4 that matter ) could inderstand why I liked Aerith so much...I just did I guess Aerith is just meant to B liked :P

Well here's my story...

like many I NEVER use such things as strategy guides or anything so no one spoiled this 4 me... So after the Temple of the Ancients she left and bladdety blah...well I missed her I mean I always had her in my party...(next to Cloud Always :huggle: ) and I understood that she and Cloud had ovbiously something going on ( I mean COME ON!!!)

this part embarrasses me the most <_<

I was in the bone village and I friggin couldn't find the Lunar HArp :mad: it took me a friggin MONTH to find it!!! :mad:
(The problm was that I changed my controls so that "X" could B OK and "O" cancel.... and in case you don't know..... it doesn't really matter if you changed them...you still need "O" to climb the damned stairs!!!! I didin't know this and well since I pressed "X" and couldn't climb...so I said....maybe I'm just supposed to dig in the lower floor ? THAT"S WHY IT TOOK ME SO DAMN LONG!!!)

WEll I finally found it!!!! My heart was pounding....I was gonna finally find Aeris!!! :woot:

I looked everywhere...nothing....I was like WTF? :/
So I decided to let my party rest....I had barret and red with me

THEN!!! Cloud wakes up....he says that he can feel Aeris :woot:
...and Sephiroth :no: ...uh oh....I better hurry and find her before Sephiroth does

and when I finally found her I was like ......something's wrong....that's not Aeris..or at least I thought so...it was well too quiet... and I knew getting her back was not gonna B that easy...so when Cloud grabbed his sword .(Aeris still not moving) I said...well maybe it's Sephiroth again trying to fool Cloud into thinking that he's Aeris? :/ still....I just couldn't bear to hit Aeris :sad: so I tried as much as I could to move his sword away!! and then he finally stops...phew!!

FMV starts I'm jumping up and down in my seat .....she's sooo pretty...she looks up at Cloud...smiles maybe theyre gonna hug or...aaahhhh.... kiss... finally!!!! and then.........that BASTARD!!! SEPHIROTH....I'm yellling move!!!!! Cloud!!! TAKE AERIS AAAAAHHHH!!!!!


...........then he stabs her........I drop the controller......fall to my knees...and cry....

I watch the rest in between sobs and tears....when Cloud holds her in his Arms...and says what he feels it just makes me cry even more....I just can't stand it (BTW I was glad that no one was in the house at the moment....I just don't cry...and if I do they freak out...something bad must've happenned :sweat:)

When the battle started it was almost automatic....Cloud was the first and he just used his Omnislash....yeah..I bet he was even more pissed than I was...the only person he ever loved...ripped away from him...just like that.... :cry:

and when he drops her into the lake....I just can't stop crying...I almost jumed into the screen and get a phoenix down from Cloud's pocket and give it to her....*sigh* then I realized...I can't

I hoped that somehow I could get her back....however the thing that kept me going was revenge against Sephiroth...now it was personal...he had killed off my favorite character EVER!!! so I got through disc 2 in that same day ( yeah I didn't sleep that night ) I know I'm sounding psycho...but hey this thing does that to you!!! >_<

then Cloud dissappears... In my mind I'm like "oh great now Cloud is gone...." and I get to play as Tifa and I'm like :puke: I've been slutified....I stopped playing after that for like 2 weeks and started a new game...trying to prevent Aeris from dying....I dunno...I said to myself maybe I should have done things differently...
but it wouldn't help...no matter what I did she still died :sad:

I guess that's just like her....selfless....she sacrificed her future ...Cloud... to save everything and everyone on that planet of theirs ( I had bought the Villa in Costa del Sol 4 them two after the game :blush: )


but hey enough with my gamelife story lol sorry I got carried away :sweat:

I already knew it was coming, because my cousin had already played it. But when Aerith's death scene came, I still had to cover my mouth in shock. :o

I (being the seeker of spoilers that I am) found out that Aeris would die before I had played the game so I knew it was coming, but that didn't make it any easier to watch. :sad:
After that scene I couldn't play VII for almost 2 weeks because I was so depressed.
I barely managed to finish it after that and to this day I've started at least 2 dozen new games, but only actually finished 2 of them because I give up after the first disk and start over so I have Aeris back.

yeah...me too.....

Some one said that you can ACTUALLy revive her on the japanese version... :o

is it true? :/

Sorry, C_A, but it's not true. There wasn't a revival plan and SE has repeatedly stated that there never was. Don't know how true that part is, but there definitely isn't a way to revive Aerith in any version of FFVII. :hug:

@Cetra_Aerith: :cry: That's so sad... :(

My brother bought FFVII because I wasn't into computer games back then but FFVII changed that... I started playing after him so he went to her death first and warned me. We bought a guide and promised each other not to read further than the very next palace so we wouldn'T be spoiled about what happened. He called me the same day, telling me that he couldn't help it and read through the whole thing and that she was going to die - she already was my favourite character then.
At this time I was already suspecting it because all characters I like die, it doesn'T matter if they're in games, films or books, they always die. It's been this way for 10 years now, so I knew something would happen to her from the moment I liked her.
After my brother had seen the scene he insisted on showing me because it was so absolutely heartbreaking. I wasn'T shocked because I already knew but I wasn't expecting the scene to be this sad and dramatic. I was crying the whole day...
I never thought of stopping to play there, dunno why it was just not an option. I've played it 21 times since then and I've forgotten how I felt, when I saw her for the first time or how I grew to like her (-sadly) but disc 2 and 3 still fell cold compared to disc 1 when she was still around.
I asked my brother, who got to the ending first, if there was anything Aeris related and he said "no", because his PC screwed and he wasn't shown the whole ending. When I was watching it for the first time he said "Hhm, I haven't seen this" and my hopes got up again. I was in tears in seconds when I saw her face.

Since then I have been searching for answers of the ending, the hand reaching scene and the promised land - that's why I played it that much. I tried to tell myself that she was just and ultimately dead for 3 years afterwards but in the end I came to the conclusion that she came back as promised. My desperation made me learn how to deal with the pc and the net so I could talk with others about the game, it made me learn english because I needed fanfiction, because I needed more of her...
Around that time I started writing, naming my main character after the summon "Shiva". I gave this materia to Aeris and when she dies I'm giving it to Yuffie, carrying it around the whole game, even summoning it in the final battle as some kind of revenge even though it doesn't deal lots of damage. It's like a gift to Aeris. I still believe that I started writing because her death hurt me so and I couldn't deal with it other than that. I'm still writing, trying to get some of it published... So Aeris dead forced some talent of me to the surface I never dreamt of having before. I like to say that she changed my life, because so many things changed due to the impression she made on me.

You may find this melodramatic and you would be right but that's what I feel...

I klnow exactly how you feel don't worry I kinda do that stuff to...I know it sounds kinda cheesy and all but hey....I'm not that kinda person so I get it all out in CloudXAerith :gift:

I do that too...exept all the stuff that was Aerith's goes to Cloud....kinda like treasured memories that he keeps I know lol cheesy :blush: :cleris:

Thanks. So lets be cheesy together. :D
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I just played and beat this game last year and Aeris death,being such a popular event, was spoiled by the media for me, but it was still very sad. :sad: :bye:

*sigh* it was....and nopw...if it's remade...they're gonna make us all cry again.... :cray: :bye: