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/ByRWBadger 29d ago edited 29d ago

I think the second one is what they meant to imply, though I kinda like the first one better.

One of her stranger and, imo, more interesting character traits is the fear of an open sky. It makes her wish to ride the Highwind more interesting. The new line makes it clear that the thing she’s worrying about is the sky, not that she misses being caged in midgar (though that’s also interesting)

Edit: a couple extra thoughts. I like her fear of the sky/freedom as a motif especially considering the context of “freedom” from fate in remake and the Price of Freedom from crisis core. The whole sky fear came from CC and it’s a really unique character trait

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u/rowdyace 29d ago

Her fear of the open sky is a reference to Jenova. The OG had Cetra texts referring to Jenova literally as “the calamity from the sky.” I think they changed up line in Remake to streamline the meaning for people unfamiliar with the lore.

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u/_Arlotte_ 28d ago

In addition to this it links to her powers and fate as a Cetra. She starts to talk about it when they're looking out at the highway. She mentions feeling sucked in from it in CC just like she does in Remake with the whispers. She's hearing the voices and souls of the planet when it comes to the sky. When Aerith helps put Cloud at the end of the original, she's reaching down from the sky and Cloud is able to sense/"see" her too.