No, Cloud and Aerith Don’t Have a Brother-Sister Relationship

It's a tale as old as love triangles in pop culture media: one side's superfans will try anything to try to disprove and invalidate the other. Fandom veterans might've heard this one before: the ship you like is actually sibling-coded and therefore wrong. That feeling when your sis asks you not to fall in love … Continue reading No, Cloud and Aerith Don’t Have a Brother-Sister Relationship →

Myths and Misconceptions: Does Player Choice End at the Lifestream?

The myth of the "myth" of player choice and its repercussions on the Love Triangle Debate.

“Underneath the Rotting Pizza” – Cities in the Sky and a Desolate Earth Beneath

The cities of Final Fantasy VII operate somewhere within the aesthetic realm between cyberpunk and 80's grunge. Sci-fi but not quite, we see a human population with flying airships but no successful human launch into space, chunky computers and PHS phones and a distinct lack of high-speed travel. While Final Fantasy VII: Remake injects a … Continue reading “Underneath the Rotting Pizza” – Cities in the Sky and a Desolate Earth Beneath →