Kingdom Hearts: A Clerith Story

Clerith fans looking for a canon, alternate dimension outlet where the lovers can be alive and happy together need look no further than the Kingdom Hearts series. Kingdom Hearts, released in 2004 and directed by Tetsuya Nomura, featured cameos from a number of Final Fantasy characters. For Final Fantasy VII, this included Cloud and Aerith, … Continue reading Kingdom Hearts: A Clerith Story →

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 →