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Early Material Files; From the FFVII Ultimania Omega
Topic Started: May 29 2009, 06:35 PM (525 Views)
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The Lifestream.net has been posting translations of the Early Material Files found in the FFVII Ultimania Omega. These files contain many early ideas from the creators which never made it into the final version of FFVII, such as Aerith's first love being Sephiroth and Tifa having a scar on her back from Cloud! :lol:

These files are many pages long, so links to the info are given below:

Characters
- Early character files for Cloud, Barret, and Tifa
- Early character files for Aerith, Red XIII, and Cait Sith
- Early character files for Yuffie
- Early character files for Cid
- Early character files for Vincent

Scenarios and Scripts
- Early material files for the Game's Opening, the Cargo Ship, the Temple of the Ancients, the Forgotten City, the Promised Land, the Seventh Heaven, and Conversation with Johnny
- Early material files for the Kalm flashback, Tifa's diary, a Fabricated Past, Tifa's house, and Conversation with Zangan
- Early material files for the Truth about Cloud, and In the Train.
- Early material files for Cloud's Return (from the Lifestream), and an Omission

Source: The Lifestream.net

These links will be updated when more info is provided.
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Ooh... LOVE that line art of Red XIII! O_O

Anyways, I think I've already read most of this. :P
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I love it that Cloud was originally supposed to be Sephiroth's alter ego! :yes: That's talked about in these sections:

- Early material files for the Truth about Cloud, and In the Train.
- Early material files for Cloud's Return (from the Lifestream), and an Omission

That explains what Rufus says in Junon after Cloud gives Sephiroth the black materia in the Northern Crater:

(The door to the room slides open with a hiss and President Rufus walks in.)
Rufus "I thought Cloud would show up to save you all..."
"Professor Hojo wanted to check up on Cloud, too."
Tifa "What are you going to do to Cloud?"
Rufus "Sephiroth's alter ego..."


I've always wondered about that line! :lol: I guess it didn't get deleted from the final version of the game. ^_^
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She is, in fact, a ‘late bloomer’ and hasn’t ever dated a man. There are some rather naive parts to her. (The following is still undecided) Aerith had an unrequited love once. Because he always bought flowers from her, she soon found herself taking a liking to him. Aerith speaks about these many memories. Cloud tries comparing her memories with Sephiroth’s actions, and starts to feel certain that Aerith’s unrequited love is Sephiroth. On their journey when situations occur that look like Aerith will realize that Sephiroth was that man, Cloud tries to keep from spoiling her image of him, as he ends up hiding it or trying to follow up afterwords

"him" in "tries to keep from spoiling her image of him" is Sephiroth or Cloud? :unsure:
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Cloud: “Want to rest a bit?”

Aerith: “Yeah.”

Cloud: “So why are you being so nice to me, anyway?”

Aerith: “You bought a flower, didn’t you? I’ve been selling flowers for a long time now… but they’re not exactly in demand. I guess people just don’t have the time to enjoy flowers in this world.”

Cloud: “That’s it?”

Aerith: “I like men who buy flowers from me. That’s how I met the first man I feel in love with.”

Cloud: “Your first love…?”

Aerith: “No, nothing like that. But I adored him. He always used to buy a flower every time he saw me. When you bought one, it just sort of reminded me of that. Ah, but forget about it. That’s all in the past now. Come on, let’s go.”


"That’s all in the past now" => Just like how she said "my ex-boyfriend" in FFVII original. :fangirl:

Hey! Sephiroth and Aerith could have a sweet relationship, don't you think so? :D
For a Cloud x Aerith x Sephiroth like me, I'll try to draw a doujinshi about the the Green Park scence. :D
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"him" in "tries to keep from spoiling her image of him" is Sephiroth or Cloud?

Sephiroth. Aerith never knew Sephiroth's name when he bought flowers from her. When Cloud realizes that this man she fell in love with must be Sephiroth, Cloud didn't want to ruin Aerith's idea of the man who bought flowers from her. Note that the early version of the game had Avalanche chasing Jenova shrouded in a cloak instead of Sephiroth, so they never saw Sephiroth before Disk Two.

hikarukaze
 
"That’s all in the past now" => Just like how she said "my ex-boyfriend" in FFVII original.

Yep. That part of it didn't change. :yes:

hikarukaze
 
Hey! Sephiroth and Aerith could have a sweet relationship, don't you think so?

Maybe *before* Sephiroth went nuts... but it's specifically stated that Aerith's attraction to Sephiroth was unrequited. So there never was an actual relationship between them.
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Zack. You had me at "Oh yeah!". <3
CRACK PAIRINGS, YAY! Lol, Sepirth could work, no?

Alter ego? Wow.

You'd think Aerith would know Sephiroth's name though. Not many long silver haired blokes in the world, and he's a "hero".
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Sephiroth. Aerith never knew Sephiroth's name when he bought flowers from her. When Cloud realizes that this man she fell in love with must be Sephiroth, Cloud didn't want to ruin Aerith's idea of the man who bought flowers from her.


I think was jealous of Sephiroth. When I read "Cloud tries to keep from spoiling her image of him, as he ends up hiding it or trying to follow up afterwords", I though "when Cloud knew the one Aerith was in love with is Sephiroth, maybe he want to spoilher image of Sephiroth, huh?"

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You'd think Aerith would know Sephiroth's name though. Not many long silver haired blokes in the world, and he's a "hero".


Yes, I think so. But maybe she didn't think the "Sephiroth" they were going after is the "sweet Sephiroth" who "buy a flower every time he saw me (Aerith)"
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You'd think Aerith would know Sephiroth's name though. Not many long silver haired blokes in the world, and he's a "hero".

:lol: Maybe that's exactly why they dropped the idea? ^_^

hikarukaze
 
I think was jealous of Sephiroth. When I read "Cloud tries to keep from spoiling her image of him, as he ends up hiding it or trying to follow up afterwords", I though "when Cloud knew the one Aerith was in love with is Sephiroth, maybe he want to spoilher image of Sephiroth, huh?"

Or Cloud simply loved her enough that he didn't want to ruin one of her precious memories. ^_^ After all, Aerith also told him that it was "all in the past now", and Cloud would also know that Sephiroth had changed. So it's not like Sephiroth would be competition for Aerith's affection.
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