[kupoartist]

Originally posted by Spank-A-Thon
but realise that Square would have to rewrite the entire story for that to work.

exactly. the whole point about FFVII was that Aeris had to die and essentially save the world doing so. Much of the second half of the game is reflections on Aeris' involvement, and having her alive would simply destroy the effect.

As for how good a character she was, she was a better one than all the other gals in FF7 ... but they were all irritatingly weak / unfunny / iritating / boring / shallow anyway. She was just about the only one who ever showed any mentionable "strength of character"... Its just as well that FF7 probably boasts the best Male cast that any of the FFs have.