p/ntmrr6

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:32 AM

[ff7r] chapter 8, it's time to get bullied by a pink girl

Lea

@friedunicorn

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:33 AM

Flower Gremlin is Best Gremlin.

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:34 AM

the very best

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:36 AM

"Training grounds, barracks, battlefields - that's the world I know."
"(giggles) You sound proud of that."

the little noise he makes

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:36 AM

she takes him so off guard

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:37 AM

Cloud, internally: is that... NOT something to be proud of?? shit what if it isn't???

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:38 AM

time for Hurricane Aerith to blow Cloud off his feet

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:38 AM

GREMLIN!!!

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:39 AM

https://images.plurk.com/3FmlMHn48vh4Vz8jih21RZ.jpg

there's still fire extinguishers here in this fucked up abandoned building

Lea

@friedunicorn

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:39 AM

Safety First!

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:41 AM

"Station's there!"
"I can see that."
"Oh? Thought the world you knew didn't include stations."
"Hah hah."

HEY LADY

@somarysueme

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:42 AM

SHES GOOD FOLKS

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:43 AM

aerith Good

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:43 AM

she's so good

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:44 AM

she's here to have a good time and bully SOLDIER boys

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:45 AM

and keep all her secrets on government-level lockdown

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:49 AM

o hi rude

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:50 AM

just feedin birds

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:50 AM

like a good boy

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:51 AM

this whole sequence is such good character establishment for Aerith

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:52 AM

and so little of it is new, just expanded on and much easier to understand with tone and expressions

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:56 AM

in such a short period of time, we have learned:
- Aerith is extremely blase about being in danger
- She is also very resourceful in finding ways out of said danger
- Aerith has history with the Turks, and they want to apprehend her, unharmed, for some reason
- Aerith Will Not give a straight answer to questions about herself or why the Turks want her

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:57 AM

we already knew from her intro right after the reactor bombing that she's plucky and persistent

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:59 AM

small moment I like: the nonchalant "There will be monsters." as she point to the route she wants to take and waits expectantly for Cloud to take point

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 4:59 AM

get bodyguardin', boy

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:04 AM

ugh this music is so good

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:20 AM

I love how, aside from the church, Sector 5 is the first place where we've seen any greenery

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:21 AM

it's very striking to walk out of the labyrinth of abandoned industrial shit and into the slum proper and immediately see GREEN

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:23 AM

and at the same time as you're walking through and seeing plants growing everywhere, people are calling out to Aerith

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:24 AM

her presence is all over

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:26 AM

where Aerith is, there are plants. and where plants are, there is Aerith.

Lea

@friedunicorn

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:27 AM

Therefore she's a plant.

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:43 AM

pffft

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:47 AM

Cloud's sincere awe when they get to Aerith's house

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:48 AM

very relatable tbh, you come out of the tunnel and it's like you're not even in the same setting suddenly

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:49 AM

Aerith is SO BLASE ABOUT THE CONSTANT THREAT OF BEING ABDUCTED BY SHINRA BLACK OPS

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:50 AM

"It'd suck, but I've dealt with them before."

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:51 AM

also the way Elmyra casually greets her and is so nonchalant about "Rude came by--"

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:51 AM

also tells you so much

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:52 AM

Elmyra is also sufficiently accustomed to Turk visitations that she is barely fazed, and also expects Aerith to know who she's talking about with just a first name

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:54 AM

Aerith is fucking thriving with this emotionally constipated sword boy to bully

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 5:55 AM

"Do you know what I promised him? :3"
"I'LL DO IT"

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:05 AM

what is this theme... it reminds me of Crisis Core...

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:24 AM

"Oh... right."

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:24 AM

excuse me Aerith

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:24 AM

excuse me

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:24 AM

what about "I think Sephiroth might still be alive" is "Oh... right"????

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:26 AM

it's fine.

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:27 AM

perfectly fine. I'm sure.

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:29 AM

"You know, this is how I earn a living."
"Oh, really? I thought you were just doing it for fun!"
"I guess some people do."
"Hello! I'm some people. Nice to meet you!"

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:29 AM

Aerith is so... so good

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:29 AM

she's just such a goblin creature, she's ideal

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:32 AM

this is a woman who is determined to enjoy her life as hard as she possibly can

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:34 AM

life goals

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 6:53 AM

offering a special discount right now on toad king jobs

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 7:27 AM

I AM the whack-a-box master

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 7:34 AM

Cloud why are you being an asshole to this poor old guy

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 7:35 AM

like seriously where did that even come from

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 7:41 AM

unclear, i thought that was weird and out of place too

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜

@iceyly

Wed, May 13, 2020 7:48 AM

You mean the thing where he tells the old guy to bring back the key? I think it’s so the old guy stops making excuses about why he can’t get exercise. (And maybe to get him to meet the kids and give him motivation to like not waste away or so?)

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:07 AM

That would be nicer than just being an asshole for no reason

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:07 AM

yeah he leaned a little too hard into the tsun on that one

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:08 AM

bless him he's.....trying

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:08 AM

it's weird that there's no hint of a reason for it, and that Aerith doesn't call him on it even a little

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:08 AM

-oh hi again rude

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:09 AM

god I hate that "ree-no" is the canon English pronunciation

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:10 AM

I know it's how the city is pronounced but it's an unnecessary change and it hits my brain wrong

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:11 AM

is it not supposed to be, i can't remember how it sounded when i was a young weeb watching ac subbed

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:12 AM

and I'd never even heard of the city before people pronounced the Turk's name wrong and then Squenix canonized the wrong pronunciation >:[

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:12 AM

yeah no in Japanese it was "reh-no"

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:13 AM

which was how I automatically read it when I was playing OG

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:14 AM

and it's STILL how I read it, my brain just really hates there being a long E there and refuses

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:14 AM

huh

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:15 AM

(even when talking about Reno, Nevada I have to remind myself. brain HATES that long E.)

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:18 AM

I love Rude's spare sunglasses gimmick :'D

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:21 AM

"Go home and stay there!"
"You know I can't do that. :3"

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:21 AM

she is SO

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:21 AM

GOOD

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:21 AM

backsass the Turk why the fuck not

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:30 AM

omg that whole side bit with talking to the flowers was... adorable........

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:31 AM

Aerith is Not Saying like a thousand different things even as she's trying to open up a little, and Cloud is just... being so soft and earnest

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:32 AM

but also

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:33 AM

"What's so special about [today]?"
/Aerith stares at him, cracks up laughing, and doesn't answer

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:33 AM

please... Aerith... can you front like 1% less

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:38 AM

people pegging Cloud as a SOLDIER because of his eyes and not the SOLDIER UNIFORM HE IS WEARING is on a similar level to everybody in DMMD describing Ryuuhou as "wearing a blue kimono"

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:39 AM

(for those unfamiliar with DMMD, the blue kimono is the LEAST MEMORABLE THING about that particular character's design)

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:40 AM

oh my god Cloud's mother gets a name and IT'S CLAUDIA?

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:41 AM

cries about her lil mini spikes

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:43 AM

oh no.

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:43 AM

this mini game. I don't like it.

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:48 AM

okay at least after a couple of failures it took pity on me by removing the fucking buckets that were directly in my way

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:48 AM

yeah it takes pity on you

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:48 AM

also aren't the Turk fights fun?

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:48 AM

THEY ARE

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:48 AM

I'm so glad they made them legitimately badass fighters in this

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:49 AM

yesss

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:50 AM

(did you notice that Rude won't attack Aerith until Cloud goes down? and even then he uses disabling attacks, nothing that would do serious damage)

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:50 AM

it really sells them as a threat when they can go toe-to-toe with Cloud, who has been mowing down mooks basically unhindered

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:50 AM

yeah!

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:50 AM

oh I didn't notice that!

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:50 AM

that's a nice touch

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:50 AM

he has specific attacks that he uses -- one's a chop to the back of the neck that stuns, and one's a sleep powder

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:51 AM

he never uses those against Cloud and the most he'll do to Aerith is throw Cloud at her

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:51 AM

... okay the WTF factor of Aerith intercepting Cloud is in no way lessened in the remake I gotta say

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:52 AM

rather, it raises even more questions

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:52 AM

how did she even fucking get there

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:52 AM

where did she come from????

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:52 AM

when did you notice he was gone and how the FUCK did you get ahead of him??

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:52 AM

secret gremlin powers, clearly

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:53 AM

her troll levels are just too powerful

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:54 AM

(also, one of my genuine favorite remake moments is "Had enough yet?" [equips second pair of sunglasses] "No, I don't believe that I have.")

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:54 AM

(just something about the delivery rude's VA has is so good there.)

★ тяу-нαя∂уи

@lollichop

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:56 AM

i love rude. he’s having so much fun.

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:57 AM

both the turks are living their best lives

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:57 AM

at least so far

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:58 AM

(it's so good)

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:58 AM

man also

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:58 AM

while I take a quick break for food

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 8:59 AM

I really wonder why Aerith makes that self-deprecating joke about giving up being what she does best

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:00 AM

it seems like the most emotionally honest thing she's said since... maybe literally since her into

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:00 AM

so where is it coming from?

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:02 AM

what makes her think that about herself?

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:06 AM

CHAPTER 9

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:06 AM

that sure was a Moment Cloud just had

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:08 AM

I like how the game didn't even have to show us what he was flashing forward to

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:08 AM

we Know

Sword Logic

@vikarmic

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:12 AM

We Know

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:12 AM

the tender music playing during this bit is so good

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:13 AM

OH THIS MUSIC IN THE TUNNEL

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:16 AM

GIANT ARM

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:38 AM

were these three chucklefucks strictly necessary

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:38 AM

WEH AERITH TRYING TO WORK UP TO ASKING ABOUT ZACK

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:52 AM

I am emotionally invested in the saga of "will Cloud Strife successfully perform a high five"

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:54 AM

THE TRIANGLE HOLD PROMPT

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:54 AM

oh shit it's the playground

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:56 AM

oh no it hurts so good

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:57 AM

the melancholy arrangement of Aerith's theme

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:59 AM

the fact that you can see her mouth moving to actually say Zack's name, and Cloud's brain violently deletes it

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:59 AM

god

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 9:59 AM

that's SO good

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:00 AM

I like it better than her bringing him up and then NOT saying his name while insisting they weren't really serious, for one thing

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:01 AM

not that I didn't also like that in OG, it was clearly her trying to convince herself

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:01 AM

but I like this too

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:02 AM

and I like how it lays that plot hook a little more clearly for the new folks

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:02 AM

'pay attention, this is important: Aerith's old flame is somehow related to Cloud's brain problems'

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:04 AM

also you know what? the usage of Aerith's theme in this game is VERY good

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:04 AM

iirc, in OG you never heard it before her death

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:06 AM

and then it just kept playing over the Jenova:LIFE battle, like a requiem

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:07 AM

whereas here, it's actually playing a lot - during the rooftop sequence, during this scene, I think a couple other scenes so far

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:08 AM

and the thing is, it's the correct approach for both games

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:08 AM

OG made that theme ICONIC

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:09 AM

it made sure you would never, ever forget that melody, or Aerith

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:09 AM

and using it so sparingly then was absolutely the right approach to make it hit you like a truck

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:11 AM

but Remake using it like any other character theme is also correct, because of how much - again - this game is in conversation with the original

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:11 AM

it aches to hear her theme, every time, because you REMEMBER what OG did with it, and the remake is drawing on that

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:13 AM

it feels like the game exhorting you to cherish this precious time with Aerith

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:15 AM

it was the most effective approach for OG to hold it back until she was gone, and it's the most effective approach for Remake to use it in just about every significant Aerith scene

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:16 AM

and it's because of what OG did that what Remake does is working so well

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:16 AM

this game is really good you guys

skerple

@songofkeys

Wed, May 13, 2020 10:19 AM

god