Bonus Question: So what do YOU think of FFVII’s famous end of disc one spoiler? Do you like it? Hate it? Feel free to give your overall opinions of this moment!
Tragedy totally works for me, on the other hand, so long as it isn't too bombastic and repetitive that the whole piece becomes tragic to the point of absurdity. FFVII is punctuated by the tragedies of Biggs, Wedge and Jessie's deaths (although Wedge falling and somehow still talking, and Aerith alleging that she'll somehow find a way to save him, are really funny...) and, chiefly, Aerith's death. The former got me amped to kill Shinra mooks back in '97, whereas the latter genuinely awakened something in me. I felt the same way when one of the leads died in a vaguely similar way on DS9, and I often compare Aerith to that woman for good reason in retrospect.
Anyway, yes. I loved it. I still love it.
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