No, Aerith isn’t wearing the hair bow Zack gave her

In Crisis Core, we meet an Aerith who is conspicuously bow-less for the first time in her video game character career. Sure enough, Crisis Core has Zack buy Aerith a pink bow to wear. Origin story of Aeris wearing a hair bow? Not quite. First, Aeris may not be wearing a hair bow at the … Continue reading No, Aerith isn’t wearing the hair bow Zack gave her →

Dismantling the Zerith Myth: On Aeris’s First Love, Zack Fair

One aspect to Aeris's character, present since the original Final Fantasy VII, is that in the past, there was a young man she loved whom Cloud reminds her of present-day. While most of Aeris's dialogue and character drama is about her journey as an Ancient and her perceived duty as the last Cetra, this is … Continue reading Dismantling the Zerith Myth: On Aeris’s First Love, Zack Fair →