The ending - Spoiler warning

[Arma]

While it confused me a ton it seems really interesting. FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME STOP READING AND GO PLAY




So from what I can kind of understand we have two timelines going on now? We have the one we play in that is roughly playing out how the original FF7 did and the other timeline where Zack is alive. My only major confusion is the Aerith being alive and not alive at the same time. Because from what I understood that in Zack's timeline Tifa, Barrett ect never escaped the city and were captured and / or killed. So how could Cloud be there to save her at the temple?

We see both Aerith and Cloud in their respective comas until they "wake up" in I'm assuming Zack's timeline but of course he's not around having gone to.. Well who knows since the whole "Multiple worlds / timelines" thing aka take your pick. But that Cloud is "our" one right? As we return to our own timeline and I'm assuming we either, magically vanish from the other timeline or it's coma time again.

So the Aerith we see at the end of the game is that in Zack's timeline or a different one? If it's his timeline does that they might FINALLY meet? As she's done saying goodbye to us in our timeline.

I'm assuming the whole Black materia and clear materia will be explained in the 3rd game when it comes out in the distant future.

Finally the whole "Cloud can see the messed up sky" thing confuses me as well because as far as I could tell we're still following along with the original game. Abit with a few changes. I thought the whole sky thing was for doomed timelines / worlds?

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

Originally posted by Arma:

Originally posted by (Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr:

Aerith and Cloud woke up in a different timeline, one created by “Omni-Aerith” specifically to have a sort of last date/goodbye with Cloud and give him a working Holy Materia. The ending actually shows many different timelines of Zack being killed different ways based on his choices. As for where he ends up at the very end is unknown.

Aerith’s fate is also unclear. It could be that Aerith is alive in one timeline and Cloud is aware of this to some degree, Aerith being alive could entirely be a delusion Cloud has created, or some combination of the two. The point here is just to make the player question what is reality and what isn’t, same as Cloud.

Sorry if I'm being dumb so. Cloud gets the working Holy and then gives it to Aerith who then prays at the temple before being killed and Holy vanishing into the water just like the original game right? But that also leaves Cloud with the... Shall we call it unpowered holy materia? As well right?

Yes he still had the hollow white materia from his original timeline as we see at the end.

[Arma]

Originally posted by (Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr:

Originally posted by Sevrojin:

all il say to the Aerith life sentiment is we know that wispers can render things invisible even to people that can see them.

The biggest case of this was in the Shinra presidents office a couple of drones and a chunk of janova was waiting in his office till the fight starts

I think it’s more like Cloud is physically in a timeline where she died, but he’s perceiving a reality where he saved her.

My personal theory is that Cloud did save her, but Sephiroth immediately pulled him into another timeline that follows the original game where she died and he has the black materia. So basically Aerith is alive in the Remake timeline, but Cloud is no longer in that timeline at the end. I also think Zack is now in the Remake timeline as we see the yellow flowers in the Church, potentially indicating Aerith as still alive.

So I think Part 3 will start with one timeline where Zack is trying to reach the rest of the party, and another following the og events up to Northern Crater. These two timeline will converge during the actual Reunion event at the Crater. What happens thereafter though, I have no idea where they will go with it.

That makes a ton of sense and I shall now assume this is correct until the third game comes out. (If Cloud was pulled into another timeline would that explain why he can see the scar in the sky?)

[Tiberius]

About the sky,

https://youtu.be/A53Xc_0HA-M?si=8AQunS2v9exLyO78

Pay attention to the background when they're inside the lifestream

[Arma]

Originally posted by Tiberius:

About the sky,

https://youtu.be/A53Xc_0HA-M?si=8AQunS2v9exLyO78

Pay attention to the background when they're inside the lifestream

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH that's very interesting