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Dude I can’t imagine being Tifa in AC.

I know it’s not confirmed that her and Cloud are in a serious romantic relationship, but if they are - she’s deserves better.

She knows that Cloud never got over Aerith and in his worst moments, he ghosts her for months so he can die alone and squat at the property of “the one who got away”.

Tifa knows that Cloud high key hopes for death/returning to the planet so he can be with Aerith.

I just cannot imagine being in a relationship with someone who still reminisces about the one who got away. There is no security in the relationship.

Even at the end of Advent Children, Cloud still plasters his wall and desk with printed photos of flower fields and grass. Not because he picked up a liking to photography, but because he still only connected flowers and landscapes to Aerith alone. This is even after everything. He can’t just see it for what it is because if he did, he would be on the right track to healing.

For those who experienced a breakup, maybe you don’t get over a person fully but you know you are on the right track when you don’t entirely connect one thing like an object to your ex and obsess over it. Again, you just see it for what it is. It’s a flower. They existed long before Aerith. Cloud only appreciates flowers now that Aerith died.

Going back to Tifa, I think she knows she’s second-best in Cloud’s mind. He put so much energy into a memory. Sometimes I feel like he’s written in a way that he’s never going to move on. If you’re in a relationship, you don’t talk about exs and unrequited loves with your partner. Not only that but have your partner be very aware about it too.

The moment Cloud ever tells Tifa that Aerith spiritually talks to him sometimes, it’s over lol. Imagine your current partner admits he’s still in contact with his ex.

and it sucks because Tifa and Aerith were really good friends. It’s honestly just Cloud. He loves both of them but I personally would not accept that because no one else does what he does so openly.

*at the cost of sacrificing the plot, world building and pacing*

I thought when they found his motive video, it would reveal that he lied about his talent too.

Confession: I find it wasn’t Angie or Ibuki with the biggest wastes of talents, but rather Kokichi. While music and art are subjective, leadership skills are NOT, yet Kokichi is explicitly standoffish and can barely get anyone to cooperate with him. I love Kokichi as a character but I wish they incorporated his talent into his personality more.

Link Click & AX

Was not able to go to AX but found this from someone who did on reddit.

This is one anecdote from the director regarding the show.

"...regarding the choice/dynamic of having 2 male MCs: having observed many other media, Haoling decided that splitting 1 protagonist into 2 characters would make for better storytelling. by giving the characters only half of what they need, their abilities are more grounded, they are forced to cooperate socially, it gives the audience more entertaining and dynamic banter, and they must build trust in order to effectively accomplish tasks."

Love this statement. When I would explain to my friends why people should watch LC, I would say its a time travel show with an unique premise. There are two main leads. Imagine both are trying to ace a midterm (you can pair up with a buddy lol). One person has the paper & pencil and the other has the answer key. They can't ace the midterm alone without the help of each other's resources - so they must to work together to ace the test because they can only do it once. What seems like a simple example gets applied to solving puzzles/mysteries and finding data.

The interesting part is that the main leads have very different approaches to accomplishing the tasks that they are given. Even though they were friends for a long time, when serious things happen like working a job together, they struggle with their different mindsets and it causes a lot of strife between them. Side note, don’t want to take sides here but I wouldn’t argue with the guy who has the literal answer key you know?

Anyway- Slowly, there became a lack of trust between the leads as both of them start to withhold info from the other. That makes it worse and it hits a boiling point.

Something so simple that happens all the time in real life yet is often never depicted in such a real sense, particularly in an animation format. I like the style of anime but I want my stories to be grounded. I want to see my struggles on the screen.

It's also kinda validating to see a friendship fall apart once you decide to become co workers with one another and realize that just because you two both like basketball, doesnt mean maybe you should run a high-stress somewhat illegal business together right after uni to pay off debt :/

Rewatching link click rn

I don’t really get how Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi are friends?

Lu Guang keeps things very business and treats Cheng Xiaoshi like his co worker (which they are). However, what makes these two men continue to hang out with each other outside of work? What do they have in common?

Other than the obvious obligation to their superpowers, they don’t seem to have chemistry with one another.

Lu Guang calls Qiao Ling big sister and seems close to her. Same with Cheng Xiaoshi.

This is like the weirdest non-anime post I’ll make but I recently cut ties with a long time friend because she prioritized her partner over her friendships.

For the longest time I would be so confused why someone who said they were scared to lose me, would fly me out to visit them and stay up at night talking to me would also leave me on delivered for 6-8 weeks at a time. And she was so strict about that being a non-negotiable about her. She was unemployed, didn’t go to school, and didn’t have a car. She would tell me that there would be nothing going on in her life because she can’t do much but play video games at home.

I would beg her to get back to me sooner because I didn’t want her to miss out on big celebrations in my life but she almost would. However, for some reason she was there for me for emergencies.

I confronted her about it because I no longer wanted to tell her anything because the being left on delivered hurt me.

We concluded that it was an incompatibility issue but she made a statement what brought so much closure. She genuinely believed and strictly followed the principle, that if you have a partner/dating someone, you don’t need to maintain friends the traditional way. You shouldn’t share anything more about yourself or make time for others because you’re not dating them. The majority of emotional intimacy would be with the partner. Like purposefully not put effort into a friendship anymore. That’s why she was so strict and even proud of leaving majority of her friends on delivered for weeks to months on end. She told me that she compromised with me by getting back to me within 6 weeks rather than 8 weeks like what she does with her friend group. Her comments made me feel like I was being too needy for being left on delivered for 6-8 weeks at a time. Doesn’t that just fuck you up? She believed it was abnormal to check up with friends once or twice a month. It was abnormal to know how they were on a day or week to week basis because she’s not dating them.

She got a little defensive when I responded back with that it sounds like you center your partner above all else.

People sure are interesting. She said it works for her other friends, despite her not knowing them very well. Also, all of her friends are dudes who she plays video games with. I wanted to tell her maybe the reason why they don’t say anything about it is because they know you refuse to change.

In all fairness, I guess I should have noticed I was her only female friend. Also she made a comment before about how her perfect friend is someone she sees for dinner twice a year. That’s not a friend, that’s a co worker.

Sephiroth really does care for Cloud at all times, so as a result, maybe he is always in danger.

I love gay dragoons 🏳️‍🌈

After reflecting on the Buddy daddies finale, the only loose thread was what Miri thought about her two dads.

Does she believe they’re just roommates who will platonically raise her for the rest of their lives? How are her dads seen by her classmates?

Why didn’t they animated a scene when some kid in pre school asks her why she has two dads? Im sorry but there is no way in the 11 years she has been with both Kazuki and Rei, did that question never come up. She lives in Japan, where everyone values conformity. Why is no one questioning her and her family?

I know my questions won’t be answered because of the show’ no homo status. I’m so sure that it’s an unspoken fact in the show that everyone in the show just believes Kazuki and Rei are Miri’s baby sitters - even if it means for life.

If Japanese people (who don’t leave their country) think anything similar to Chinese people (who don’t leave their country), gay people aren’t real so it will never cross their mind at all. Unironically no homo folks.