Anyway. I think the scene is overly used in AMVs. Especially because Aeris has a weird way of dying, and there being no blood at all… It is odd. ๐
*looks at the piccie*
Must have hurt.
Dammit, and I thought Final Fantasy 7 was really realistic as well… Even Squall bled a bit in Final Fantasy 8…
A "look behind you" shout from Cloud would’ve added a panto theme to it too.
…..staring….
You see Cloud pause, stare at Aeris. You see Sephiroth. You watch him descend. I suspect Cloud watches him descend…
….staring…..
Cloud watches Sephiroth jump from the ceiling with his Masamune raised. He stares. Probably thinking: Right, now’s the scene when Sephiroth kills Aeris. Important scene, let’s watch closely.
And he stares.
Oh, but then, when it’s too late, he’s like "Oh my god, what have you done, you killed Aeris?!" and Sephiroth looks at him coolly and shakes his head and says: Well, how was I supposed to know you’d just stand there and let her be killed? There I was trying to give you a dramatic scene where you rescue the girl and she admits that she needs your help… And you just stand there twiddling your thumbs! A fine hero you are."
I mean, you could tell she really wasn’t expecting it… Him not trying to save her, that is…
Damn, no blood…
Cloud was going to kill Aeris, remember, he came at her with his word. then backed away. Sephiroth was prolly some how controlling or preventing him to stop it. No blood means Square was able to release it as ‘E’ for everyone, bringing in more sales due to a younger audience. If they had blood, game becomes a ‘T’ teen, causing parents to not buy it because they think there child can’t handle it.
I think the ranking system changed a bit to allow low levels of blood to be rated as ‘E’.