Aerith & Sephiroth - A closer look

April 13, 2007, 11:33 PM

ok after snooping around the internet (like ya do) i found out some interesting things about FFVII - Namely about Aerith and Sephiroth - in the FFVII Ultimania Omega it says that there were a few early ideas regarding Aeris and Sephiroth (the main female and the Villain)

One is that they would be siblings - this would have added FAR more depth to Sephiroth killing Aerith and would explain their similarities IE the hair and the green eyes

Another is that they were lovers - which is wrong on so many levels

However the ideas were dropped because SE thought that Sephiroth killing his Sibling/lover would be TOO extreme.

I guess in the end they ended up as parallelism of each other (darkness vs. light/ corruption vs. purity/ evil vs. good)

what do you think?

April 13, 2007, 11:39 PM

Aw.. I was hoping for an Aerith x Sephiroth club

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Nah... I think Seph killing someone who I trained so hard the first time through was extreme enough. I would've liked to know they were siblings.

April 14, 2007, 12:04 AM

I don´t really see a point of making Aeris love Sephiroth and he probably would not kill his ex i believe...

Plus if Aeris had an afair with Sephiroth, Zack and was flirting with Cloud i suppose we all now what she should be called...not the main female character but the main **** character!

I´m guessing people just did not want to see it happening!

April 14, 2007, 1:30 AM

I think that would've been weird. Siblings or lovers? That's just plain weird.

April 14, 2007, 1:35 AM

Siblings would have been interesting. I don't know if I'd call it too extreme. What about XII? Mucho slaying of one's own family in that game. I think lovers would have been a little too weird, but not extreme. Killing an ex lover is one thing, but Aeris actually loving Sephiroth, Zack, and *ahem* Cloud? I'm gonna agree with Jimmy on that point. And Aeris is the last person I'd want to see portrayed as slutty.

April 14, 2007, 1:40 AM

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Originally Posted by OmniscientOnus

Siblings would have been interesting. I don't know if I'd call it too extreme. What about XII? Mucho slaying of one's own family in that game. I think lovers would have been a little too weird, but not extreme. Killing an ex lover is one thing, but Aeris actually loving Sephiroth, Zack, and *ahem* Cloud? I'm gonna agree with Jimmy on that point. And Aeris is the last person I'd want to see portrayed as slutty.

It seems ive been slightly lax with the information in the first post. Sephiroth was meant to be Aerths first love - Zack wasnt meant to be in the game - however they decided eventually to make Sephiroth the complete villain and incorporate zack.

I think it would have been Interesting to make Aerith and Sephiroth siblings - would have added far more depth to each character and made their relationship far more interesting and complex

Talk about sibling rivalry

April 14, 2007, 2:44 AM

0_0.......that's still weird though. If you don't get how I think, try thinking like you've got a half warped mind.

April 14, 2007, 1:48 PM

i also think its weird. i just cant see it. them being siblings? thats just weird how would they make the storyline to fit lucrecia, Hojo as sephiroths father, Jenova as Mother AND the story of Professor Gast and Aeris Mother.
(if you dont know what im talking about its the secret cutscene in icicle)

April 14, 2007, 1:55 PM

Yeah and then Aeris would have to call Jenova momma i mean...although it might have worked if it would be Aeris who sets Jenova free and then became the main female villain!

And in the end you would have to fight Aeris transformed into some kind of fiend as one of the final bosses that would be nice!