Not pressing L2 & R2 when Sephiroth tries to control Cloud - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

What happens if you don't press L2 & R2 when Sephiroth tries to take control of Cloud and kill Aerith in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

All Gameplay in this video is played, recorded, and edited by me. The footage is edited in a synthetic manner for information purposes

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[kishimoaway]

"Your relationship with aerith has change"

[Chronamut]

I like to think that when cloud transitioned over to the other reality during the cetra temple incident that he ended up being able to "walk between worlds" aka exist and bounce back through timelines like aerith can

thus the ending is cloud saving aerith in one but not being able to exist in both at the same time, thus in the other timeline he saves her, but in this timeline he doesn't. But he sees both overlapped onto each other, which is why when he sees the sky there is the same tear as the "doomed" timeline, but the others don't see it, because they exist in only one world, but he exists in two - which is why red xiii can sense when she touches him, because he can sense other timelines, but the rest cannot.

The way I see it the realities, and the whispers actually represent the fandom - the one side that wants everything kept the way it was, and the other side that wanted all the dead characters to live.

Cloud's mind isn't broken - its stretched across multiple timelines.

[Raylight]

Just went I thought I was going to save her this time… 😢

[GrimoireIsGrimm]

I did the same thing! Just hovering over Clouds shoulder whispering, “do it, keep the masamune clean.”

[jaymout]

So if i understand well this is split into 3 dims ? The one who cloud blocked sephiroth sword and aerith continue praying . The one we know where sephiroth kills aerith and the last one where aerith is injured but survive ?

[pwnzormcduck]

I wonder how the end is going to play out in the third one or was the end of this one also showing the end of the third since the final fight was him in his final form.

[TheFixer_]

check the scene when it switches from having saved Aerith to the moment it changes. The colour around them is the same as it is when between worlds! I'm NOT 100% certain I think cloud DID save Aerith but then Sephiroth switched the reality. Its the same when Aerith pushes cloud between worlds in the church & for Zack... IT might be possible to save Aerith still but only when Sephiroth causes the REUNION of realities at the end of pt3.

[sergin]

So....there is a world where Cloud blocks Sephiroth attack and Aerith is alive, but the one in the game (at least from our party pov) Aerith died, but Cloud is somehow still connected or aware of this othre world where Aerith is still alive(???)
I dont think is something like "Cloud still can see her spirit" or something, i doubt is that simple...this game is anything but simple 😅

[geraldlgq]

Pefect spoiler on thumbnail... thanks a

[jihovannivelez]

What happens if you press it. I didn’t do it lol

[dariusjones]

Was it all in vain from the beginning was Airth supposed to die😢

[gcnealchristian.clarin]

still don't get it this whole timeline multiverse dementia thingy, it's too much but the outcome is still the same like why? why not just remade the whole franchise with just new graphics, it could have been better either way.

[josevitorcalfa]

Sephiroth is the ultimate cheater. He loses, what he does? Split reality in two.

[SrChr]

Ah yes, the Illusion of Choice. Clever, Square-Enix, clever indeed.

[TrailCamCaptures]

I wasn't sure if the buttons meant "resist" or "kill" since in the 1997 game, it meant "kill"

[rifakcaz]

"What is Fact and What is Fiction"

Remember this quote from the trailer.

[Validan]

They did that in the OG too, could mash and get him to try and stop but he would always keep going.

[synovelle]

It sad when you realize that there truly is that timeline where Cloud saved Aerith, where she continues her dedicated prayer peacefully, Sephiroth's blade still clean of blood feet away. Cloud got to see it for a brief second, the timeline where he succeeded, and Sephiroth made sure Cloud saw that, just to make it hurt more when he ripped that away and forced him to live in the "true" timeline. I'd like to believe that the timeline where Aerith lives could also be a timeline where they still save the world from the meteor, and she gets to continue life with her friends- but, we know Aerith is just glad that she's able to still help save everyone, by "returning to the planet". She's sad, it's very clear when she tells Cloud that she enjoyed their time together, but I think she always had that inkling that she would die young, she probably knew outright, honestly.

The fact that the player doesn't actually have to press the reaction commands here, to me, shows that Cloud, regardless of Sephiroth's influence or other intervention, was still able to control himself enough to not harm Aerith. He's had his moments where he's shoved his friends, said something cold, he knocked Tifa into the lifestream, but he's never truly hurt anyone, and it's definitely a fear he has because he knows he's easily manipulated by Sephiroth. But here, regardless of us, regardless of which timeline, Cloud will never be the reason Aerith dies, it will always be Sephiroth. Cloud might feel guilty, that he couldn't save her, but in truth he is at no fault.

[slaysomemore]

While the last scene is without voice...I could recite the whole monologue Cloud has over her.

Aerith...This can't be real. Aerith will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry or get angry. What about us, what are we supposed to do? What about my pain? My fingers are tingling. My mouth is dry. My eyes are burning.

[Kralamelo]

"Your ending in part 3 has changed"