• DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    2 months ago

    3: Irvine not saying anything about all his childhood friends not recognizing him

    Bro had a whole glow up and knows it, the first thing any real person would have said was “Hey dudes it’s me! I’m a hot cowboy now!”

    It’s been beaten to death before but it’s just so fundamentally stupid it must be said

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, I think the explanation is that none of them seemed to care that they were all childhood friends, so he didn’t bring it up either. He’s surprisingly impressionable, so it makes sense.

      Also, it makes way more sense than Tifa just letting Cloud make up lies about her hometown slaughter.

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          2 months ago

          Cid is low key a manipulative, morally gray character. Every one of the children were manipulated into the party by him, one unsuccessfully. I actually really, REALLY liked his character when I realized this. The only issue I have is that I wish it was more explicit.

          If they ever do a remake, I would love for that to be expanded on or given extra emphasis. Cid is basically Professor X from X-Men.

          However, it does add context that he was preparing for the literal end of the world. It’s never confirmed if Galbadia was in on the plan or if they just went along with it. But either way, Cid must have been surprised that everyone was kinda okay with teen mercenaries, trained through childhood.