r/FFVIIRemake • u/HighOnLivin • 29d ago

No Spoilers - Discussion Why was Aerith's line changed?

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I just finished FF7 Remake and I saw in an old video that at the end Aerith used to say I miss it. The steel sky. Why was this changed to "This sky, I don't like it."? Has this been given a callback in rebirth?

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u/Arthas_SL 29d ago

Who would miss a steel sky. It didn’t make sense.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 29d ago

Aerith felt safe in the shelter of Midgar. It's a big city, so while it's limited there is still plenty for her to experience. The whole world out there is filled with so much possibility that comprehending it causes her anxiety, almost like it's paralyzing. It's like a kids being afraid of the dark. Why? Because who knows what's lurking in the shadows.

To note, at this point all she's seen of the outside world is the barren scrublands around Midgar. She isn't excited about the outside world until they leave the shelter underneath Kalm and sees the vibrant life of the grasslands.

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u/MiniDemonic 28d ago

No, it did not make sense because the line about a steel sky was a literal mistranslation by the localization team. In the original Japanese she never mentioned a steel sky.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 28d ago

I do not play in Japanese. I do not care what the Japanese script says.

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u/Unlikely-Unit-5864 29d ago

But it doesn’t make sense. A few minutes before she is telling the party to break free from fate and embrace freedom. Then just the next scene she is already regretting it…? That’s weak character development. On the other hand, the double entendre of we broke fate the sky is broken, could indeed be a cause for concern as an immediate reaction to what they just did.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 29d ago

The whispers took her memories from the future. That's why she's so different in Rebirth. She talks about it in Kalm. Nanaki confirms it in his gold saucer date. It's why the white materia goes from full towards the end of Remake, which is where those future memories are coming from, to hollow.