Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Aeris / Aerith Ending Scene Comparison (Original CD 1 vs Rebirth)

I just realized that Tifa didn’t speak for the rest of the game after this, yet I felt her reaction the most.😢😭 Damnit, Nomura.

THEORY: 11:53 - He is saying his lines from 2:40. They are muted, the scene scrambled between him talking and him saying nothing, because Cloud's mind, thanks to Sephiroth and Jenova's tampering, is blocking out what actually happened. We WILL be seeing a runback of this scene in the final game. It will be added to the lifestream sequence of Cloud getting his mind put back together. Tifa will restore his memory of what he said to Sephiroth when Aerith died, and we will also see Cloud burying Aerith in the river.

...man. I really wanted to see Cloud carry Aerith out into that lake and put her to rest. I loved that part of the original.

its been more than 20 years, why does it still hurts?

In my opinion it is a point against because it was expected to generate an impact equal to or greater than the original, but it only generated more confusion.

Poor Tifa she is always suffering the most and no one in the party acknowledges that, only Aerith knows and still she goes and checks on Cloud.

I have no idea how it must feel if you've never played the original first and then you watch this.

11:46 Sephiroth's "You actually thought you saved her? SIKE" laugh.

To this point, Aerith could matches characters like Krilin, Kung Lao, Lancer, Inmortal and Kenny; for be killed several times.

If you're asking why they didn't use Phoenix Down to Aerith, it's because they forgot to turn off the HARDCORE MODE (permanent death). It was too late for them to switch the difficulty. Even if they used Phoenix Down, she's permanently dead already.

2:19, Sephiroth just casually t-posing on Cloud.

Notice how both Whispers are pushing him away. She's both or neither a fate worse than death or a blessing in disguise?

I think both Cloud and Aerith are now in a timeline limbo. The only reason why Aerith is still around and only Cloud can see her is because she's waiting for Cloud to "find himself". Once he's in that state, both Cloud and Aerith can wake up in the other timeline.

Original: Abrupt, decisive and final Rebirth: Shroedinger's Aerith

I'm sure rebirth death scene was exactly one from OG. Cloud is shown saying something and though we don't hear what I bet it's his line "Aerith won't laugh again". OG Aerith who was hiding between worlds from OG Sephiroth ("so here's where you've been hiding") definitely planned something by dragging Cloud to her place and exposing herself like that. I don't think Cloud is hallucinating, he just sees two timelines at time, and probably they tricking Sephiroth into thinking he's winning or something. Anyway, it's not as simple as it looks like, we just wait and see.

10:49 100%, that scene is OG FF7. It’s at this moment that the timelines crash into one another. Remake Cloud is experiencing the events of the OG here. While also experiencing the event where he successfully blocks Sephiroth

I understand a lot of the criticism at the ending... it is more convoluted than it needs to be, however, I think it makes sense that it is. The last death Cloud faced caused him to create an entire warped reality for himself to live in because he couldn't handle it, especially with mako poisoning. Now, faced with another death while having his mind manipulated by Jenova, it makes sense for Cloud to do something similar and I think that's what we're seeing in the ending

Am i the only one who understood this as showing two different timelines? I mean. They show her survive and they show her die.

just caught myself wheeping

The first one just hit different but they both had me crying so WELL DONE!!!!