[kupoartist]

Originally posted by Spank-A-Thon
I actually think Tifa is a great character - her turning point for me was during the Lifestream when she helped piece Cloud's past together. Bear in mind also, that for a lot of the game she was carrying the burden of knowing about Cloud's true past, but was unwilling to say anything for fear of tipping the balance in his already fragile mind.

In a way, i think the flaws evident in the FF7 girls can be seen in many of the females.... theres always 3 nowadays and the first two are always a selections of "Strong willed / love-sick / forelorn" etc. and the Third is always "Spunky / Young / Small / Amusing" ... I really think that Square should start putting a little more effort into creating a few more viable Females, instead of having an excellent Male cast only. Only Freya has recently managed to be different (and apparently excellent) , and I'll complement Relm as well because the "Loud-mouthed kid / Pictomancer" combination is the only one that has never truely been copied... i'll add Terra in there as well because she did Tifa's thing a little better (ie. the reasoning behind her sorrow was not based entirely on the sterotypical "love-sick" teen route. She actually felt like an alien to the others because she was different, and not because she happned to be Female!)

Tifa was a step in the right direction, as it's always refreshing to see a "Tough" Girl... but It just irritates me that if a girl is over 10 in these games, that she has to be primarlily concerned with finding love and moaning about it the whole time. Plus, her "strength" was rendered rather obsolete given the fact that her stongest attack would not always be excuted 100% of the time - even if it was only as strong as any of the rest of the supporting cast.

eap! now thats what I call waffle