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Unfortunately the story puts her in this position which is why I hate LTD narratives, even red herring ones. On an intrinsic level, the player sees as Cloud and Tifa as an ongoing situation when the gsme begins bc it is, it's complicated. Not just friends but not yet lovers, and Sephiroth trying to tear them apart. Aerith due to her longing for Zack develops misplaced feelings for Cloud and her behavior is not malicious but clearly does not read well to a lot of people especially in 4K. Obviously she is not a homewrecker, they aren't together, but that is where the sentiment comes from. Even the team treats them as a couple a lot of times lol. But yeah this is why LTD narratives are completely toxic and especially terrible when it's two women bc it foments hatred of both. CAs think we are unfairly claiming Cloud for Tifa bc they have the history and a love story interrupted so to speak, and CTs are annoyed that just bc Cloud didn't lie and claim Tifa as his girlfriend, that means it's all bets off. He clearly didn't just label her a friend either, which Aerith definitely picked up on. It's also hard for a lot of ppl to get past the fact that were it not for Zack disappearing and Cloud imitating his behavior, Aerith almost certainly would not give Cloud a second glance as she hadn't any man for five years. It's a complicated situation with a lot of layers that often gets boiled down to simplistic talking points.