Of course there were more characters with meanings to them, but I really enjoyed Aeris, and what's wrong with making it personal? There are many people who took this game personal after that happened.
I was one of those People
so there is nothing wrong in making it personal - I think that after the death FFVII became more serious and sinister - there was rarely any happy moments after it 
Hmmmmm... I was pissed!! I had liked her character alot!! She was a good character! I had played on hoping that maybe just maybe she would come back to life but she didn't!!
But then she did!! I mean if you think about it her and Cloud have been in a ton of other Games and so in the end I feel happy again cause obviously even though she died Square fans liked her so much that they had to give her a Pheonix Down!!!
j/k.

