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The rainbow effect is the creation of a different world. It's shown whenever someone travels to a different dimensions, like in the sequences with zack traveling to different dimensions and also Cloud when he's going through them with the the date sequence with Aerith etc. It's important to Sephiroth that Cloud develops this ability, and he's actually happy he deflects his sword because it has caused a split reality, which is what Sephiroth wants in the end to change the timeline of the original FF7 world and also shows Sephiroth that he's now strong enough (as he wasn't in the end of remake, which Sephiroth specifically states). He and Aerith have this ability as it's shown that she can travel and has knowledge of the different versions of the world and Sephiroth in Remake. Sephiroth knows Clouds perception of reality is skewed and he's easily controllable because of his connection to Cloud through his control of Jenova cells and Clouds own mental sickness and mistaken self identity. He wants to use both Clouds strength (ability to alter reality) and his confusion/easily manipulated mind to help him overcome Holy and control the lifestream so Meteor ends up finishing the job in this newer dimension/world. I believe the white whispers are simply another dimensions protectors of its relative lifestream. They bleed into the reality of remake/rebirth when an opening between worlds is created. They protect the version of history of their own world. Both the white and black are always at odds with Sephiroth, Aerith and Cloud because of their high potential to change history through their ability to alter reality and have knowledge of other realities. Clouds flashbacks of the og events before they happen, Aeriths very obvious knowledge and hiding of that knowledge all throughout both remakr and rebirth anf Sephiroths very obvious knowledge of other realities as hes spoken directly about it.

Awesome video! Is the "not a multiverse" one still coming?

this was amazing. and i’m glad more people agree this isn’t a multiverse. i don’t think this story would do something so lazy. subbed and waiting for the next one

I’m here because of Nockat.

That was amazing work I cannot wait for the next video!

I need that sephiroth reborn video

The main thing regarding the Aerith bubble that her and cloud seem to be in is that it is the same color that represents a divergence in worlds. It's seen many times throughout the game such as when Zack chooses whether to save biggs or go to hojos lab. His decision sparked a split in worlds. I believe that this is what happens when cloud "saves" aerith. Instead of her dying, the worlds split once again where aeirth dies in one and lives in the other. Cloud then gets moved to the world where he saved her whereas the rest of the party is in the world where she dies which is why they are all seen sad. Aerith, being heavily connected to the lifestream, knows about the world split which is why she doesnt bother trying to talk to anyone other than cloud. Red XIII also having heavy connections to the lifestream is also able to sense Aerith in the last scene even though she's "dead" in his world. But all of this doesnt explain what happened with her body since the game cuts that part out. Its possible the game doesnt show it because two totally different events occur. In the world she dies, she obviously gets the water burial. But in the world she lives, which seems to only manifest for cloud, she stays at the capitol to continue praying (idk why, but that's the only thing i can think of). Overall, it'd be cool if aerith is somehow able to live after all this, but we'll just have to wait 3-4 years to find out 🙃

More videos! More videos!

video opens with city of the ancients theme, I'll be staying a while

Aerith at the very end is clearly Jenova

Gonna make a bold guess about the Whispers and their identity. White Whispers: The spirit of the Cetra which coincides with the white materia that Ilfana and Aerith carried. Black Whispers: A mix of Jenova tainted Cetra and some of the Gi….The Gi want the black materia as does Sephiroth to propel his plan(s) further….

Damn that was S Tier. Can't wait for more

Thanks for this succinct and clear breakdown🎉

Felt like Aerith did more damage than good by subverting Cloud’s expectations if she is responsible for the alter scene. If it’s all Cloud than the he is way more mentally f**ked than he was in the OG

Thanks “No One Can Know About This”.

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My biggest question is whether Cloud really knows and understands that Aerith is dead. He seems very flippant and callous about moving along when the party is mourning, just after (perhaps) seeing Aerith beside him.

Anyone know the name of the remix of listen to the cries of the planet? The one that plays at 4:49?

This video and channel deserves more views. Great dissection.

Hands down, this is the most insightful and comprehensive explanation of the Rebirth ending I've come across-an absolutely masterful video. The idea that Cloud creates his own 'desired reality' where Aerith survives is spot on. It perfectly ties in with the Aerith and Cloud date scene, which I now see as Aerith’s version of her own 'desired reality'-a world where everyone accepts their fate. This also explains why only Cloud sees the rapture in the sky. That rapture exists only in his desired reality and it is short-lived. Most likely will crumble when he finally realizes (or accepts?) Aerith's death. This potentially sets up the newest plot twist unique to the Remake trilogy: Zack may possibly exist only as part of Aerith's 'desired reality,' where Zack survives. We should ask why bring Zack to life to begin with? Because Zack would be the one who saves Cloud from his mental breakdown during the Lifestream sequence in Part 3.

Excellent breakdown and use of detail to show, not just tell. I played through the game 3 times and have watched a dozen or so other people play through some/all of the game, and really it took me going back through recording a chapter-by-chapter examination of the story beats (pulling in lore rom the other FF7 games, books, movies, etc) to reach my conclusions about the end of the game and beyond. The more I watch other people's theories, the more I tend to think they're off-base and that mine are closer to reality (though there's no way I'm right about everything), but you're the only other person I've seen use the "bubble" term for this section, and I think we ended up reasonably close. I don't think Cloud's just looking at a reality filter, though, but rather Aerith (post-OG7 Aerith in the Lifestream) using the moment to create a world that's so unstable it can't survive the moment - because Aerith MUST die. I think one of the biggest divergences in my conclusions from what I've seen anyone else talk about is that I think the world we've been in since the end of Remake is already a "doomed" world with a cracked sky that only Aerith could see the whole game through. I think any new "world" that diverges from the OG7 story is inherently doomed, and the bigger the divergence the less stable the world and thus the faster it fails. Aerith living is the biggest divergence of them all, and that possibility can't even fully manifest, but it's enough for Aerith to give Cloud the impression that he saved her, saving his psyche for the moment. Sephiroth was counting on the moment to break Cloud, knowing that any effort by Aerith to prevent her fate was doomed - but she never tried to save herself (S: "I underestimated you."), she's always been focused on Cloud, and so she was able to defeat Sephiroth and stave things off for the time being. Impossible to fully summarize everything here, but that's the highlight. I look forward to more videos, theories, and conversation on this game.

Incredible analysis. Thank you for all the work you put into this.

Make more videos please! This was an awesome explanation!

20:17 What I have never seen people talk about is how at the lake funeral scene, just before "Aerith" appears, is how we see flashes of the white materia. It's an interesting choice, as they just could have went with using scenes that show Aerith's death instead of the white materia plunging into the lake, if they really wanted to indicate that Cloud is just suppressing Aerith's passing. I don't think that post-death Aerith is Jenova, she is too much like her and nothing in her behavior seems to indicate that. Why would Jenova be sad about other characters mourning her death, or have a solemn look on her face when she looks at the plane leaving? I feel like that this is Aerith from the OG, one who might have different goals than all the other versions, and the one who might be responsible for Remake Aerith's knowledge of the future, as she might use the white materia as some form of communication with her other self/selves? And now Cloud is able to see her, as he is in possession of the clear (formerly white) materia. (Also, there seem to be two different Sephiroths as well?)

Is it just me or do these people not look real? They look like cgi or something. I’m starting to think that this isn’t real at all.

This is one of the best videos ive watched on the ending, it really cemented my own theory with the addition of the "bubble" outside of reality. I dont believe they are going with a multiverse angle either i just think they're eluding to it to create talking points and keep the series trending, they left it looking so uncertain on purpose for sure

so many great background tracks here, does anyone know the tracks and where they are from?

did you address the comment by cloud to not look at the sky, is this him imagining this (he had seen it in the dream sequence with Aerith) or is he seeing something others can't?

It is rumored that civilization fades after the events of OG 500 years later. Sephiroth’s motive is to be immortal and to rule over every world and every living thing when a player assesses Sephiroth. He cannot do this if this holds true. “Seven seconds…” Because of the whispers and what has been warned to Cloud over the course of both games by other characters to save Aerith, I do not believe that Aerith is completely gone and it’s game over for her. This video does not explain the holy materia that refills or the comatose bodies/empty vessels of Cloud and Aerith in a separate world. Aerith relies on Cloud’s strength regarding the white materia. I preach this all of the time but why add arbiters of fate that change destiny if we get the same outcome? That would be pointless. This is not OG. Everyone expects Aerith to die. For a story to be epic, there has to be an unexpected change. CC- Zack’s dream was to be a hero. His dream was fulfilled by rescuing Cloud. In turn, Cloud will rescue Aerith since Zack literally tells him to in the end. I would hope that a happier ending is to give players a choice of the outcome. But, FF7 is about life, love, and death. I believe that the only way to stop Sephiroth is Cloud, not Aerith, since Cloud is the only one who possesses S-genes of Sephiroth/Jenova from Hojo’s experiments. Zack has G-genes, therefore uncontrolled by Sephiroth. IMO, Cloud will die in the finale to finally end Sephiroth. Based on the LOVELESS poem and performance, my theory aligns: Act V Even if the morrow is barren of promises Nothing shall forestall my return To become the dew that quenches the land To spare the sands, the seas, the skies I offer thee this silent sacrifice Cloud’s is miserable after OG and he is constantly searching for Aerith (AC, Mobius, WoFF, Dissidia, Nojima’s OtWtaS). To sacrifice your life to save someone you love would be the ultimate sacrifice. It would still be a tragic love story: “A LOVE that can never be.” -the narrator says in the original 1997 FF7 trailer.

Excellent analysis of this final scene and choice of music. Where is it from? If it's from rebirth I don't think i remember, ha!

I really like the analysis made here. I'd like to add that - I consider the white whispers get depicted doing many things but most of the time they act in order to help or protect the party (Tifa in Gongaga, Cloud when fighting Sephiroth, healing the party after fighting Jenova Lifeclinger, guiding Zack to Cloud). This lines up with Aerith's prayer, like you mentioned. - Cloud being the only one to be able to cross the whisper wall and reach the altar first, isolated from the rest of the party, feels intentional. The only thing that happens with the whisper wall active is the parry of the sword and the bubble. Aerith gets killed when the whisper wall falls down, so what was the point of isolating Cloud in those events anyways? To me there was something Sephiroth needed from Cloud in that moment.

Very good analysis. My current read is that the Aerith at the ending scene of the sanctuary is different than the one who shows up next to the Tiny Bronco. Their actions and the musical motifs feel way too different for them to be one and the same to me.

really good video

This theory of yours is absolutely spot on with mine and I think you're the first one whose theory I've seen to have practically 1:1 theory with mine. I've read almost everything the devs had to say about this game and especially the ending and I think this lines up perfectly with their vision for the narrative, especially going into part 3. Plus, what is most important, that it still stays true to OG and doesn't bring any multiverse crap. I've got sick of this "M word" seeing it in every major theory/discussion from the playerbase, whereas it's pretty clear it's not a multiverse. Looking forward to your next video! Btw, I've got a point to bring up about ending CGI cinematic. I've noticed a difference in Aerith's behavior and I can't seem to make any definitive sense for it. I think there might be even more versions of Aerith, including spirit one and hallucination one created by Cloud's mind defence mechanism to protect itself from the trauma of the truth. I've tried to ask people about it in this post: www.reddit.com/r/FFVIIRemake/s/yswdAknNR6 Tl;Dr: Aerith who's sensed by Red doesn't react to the environment, whereas the one that talks to Cloud does. Check Aerith's dress/hair movement during the CGI scene. I'd really like to hear your input on this.

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Fantastic video, looking forward to the next one.

Excellent video. Yorcia has a perfect shorts video of the Cosmo Canyon npc Lifestream conversation on her page as well.

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Basically we saw things from Cloud's perspective, and only Cloud's perspective during the part where the temple collapsed and the Black Materia obviously falling into the crater, and then Cloud's perspective again just before Sephiroth stabbed Aerith. It's almost certain that those scenes that were from Cloud's own delusions, will be fleshed out as in the OG once he regain his true memories. My guess is a second visit to the Forgotten Capitol we see what actually happened to Aerith plays out, the part where Buganhagen was there at the Capitol.

Amazing breakdown, hope to see more!

I already knew THAT was coming, because when I looked at the 'Aerith Death Scene' and played it back in slow-motion and that BLADE actually PIERCED THROUGH AERITH IN THE BACK {even if we couldn't see it} and when Sephiroth took it out of her and the blade had blood coated on it, yeah, I knew that Aerith was already dead. I mean a blade cutting through you like that will kill you instantly. Sephiroth actually succeeded to kill Aerith {Remake Aerith}! 😲 {I actually yelled the other night, 'HE KILLED HER!'}. Dang, you'd think ALL of the times he actually FAILED in trying to do that. He made his MARK this time around {evidenced by the blood on the blade}. I'm more scared about Cloud in Part 3! I think our boy Cloud needs a REALLY big and I mean BIG hug! All that is left is that other Aerith in the other timeline. Cloud is NOT going to be okay come the finale. I think he was losing it back in Remake. He''s BLOCKING OUT what had actually taken place, thinking that he did save Aerith. He really didn't. I STRONGLY believe that Remake Sephiroth, the one who we met in Edge of Creation in Remake AND at the end of Rebirth, however, WANTS AERITH ALIVE! BUT...that other NEW Sephiroth {Edge of Creation Sephiroth}, I think him coming back is HIM COMMUNICATING from the Northern Cave! I mean how did he return to Rebirth at the end to mess with Rufus? And if he dies in Part 3, {1000% REAL and I am NOT ready for that part!}, I'm going to CRY MY EYES OUT. Part 3 in 2027 IS going to BREAK ME. The EOC fight is EERILY similar to how Sephiroth would train pre-Crisis Core with Angeal, Genesis, & Zack. He doesn’t really attack Cloud, instead just doing some parrying. I actually prefer Remake/Edge of Creation Sephiroth more than the Rebirth one. The Rebirth one during that speech at the Temple put me to sleep! 🥱😴Not gonna lie. .

This is was a fantastic video. Great work in explaining things based on analyzing the scene itself.

Dude i knew it since remake it's all inside of Clouds head , this boy somehow has the ability to unwillingly be connected to the life stream and use white materia , also he has the ability to absorb others and create certain memories ans feelings of them inside his head , like he did to Sephiroth and Zack . all this multiverses theories " Zack's timelines" don't really exist , litterally in a scene zack came out of cloud body as a black whisper for a milli second first then as zack and they fought together . it is all inside of clouds mind where zack lives as a memory and what Seph did in remake the portal is all to make his remember zack and cloud's real past , it is not a coinsidence that cloud remembers zack in part 2 of the game not in part 3 like og its because of the what hapening to zack in clouds head everytime fate comes to zack so he dies as clouds remembers he triesto defy iit so a new " miltiverse" is created till he actually remembers him . Sephirothis also indside of cloud as a memory but he has genova abiltites thats how he can all this stuff , and now he even absorbed Aerith so the good angel and the bad angel conflict inside of clouds head begins

Fantastic video. I’ve seen so many videos on this ending, but you brought up some details others hadn’t before like absolute dark detail of Sephiroth’s sword struggling with some resistance as he pulls it out of Aerith.

There is a multiverse. Already confirmed. Aerith was saved in one by cloud and died in the other. How can it be cloud suppressing his memory of aeriths death if he was also seeing those same visions in remake way before her death. Also why does tifa see the 2 aeriths. I think the party went into an alternate reality when Aerith created the portal at the end of remake because the party never came back from it. So now they have the power to change the original story and that is what is happening. Since it is conflicting with happened in the original story the two timelines as well as others sometimes glitch and converge also because sephiroth is trying to make one timeline. Eventually there will be one universe and it will depend on who’s will is stronger between cloud and party or sephiroth to determine if the story will end differently

This is almost exactly the theory I had of this scene. The rainbow circle is Cloud's perception. The lack of rainbow is reality. To me it was seeing the white materia flying over the edge. Why would they show the same thing with rainbow, then no rainbow? Why would Aerith fall foward if Cloud had deflected the blade? There is one reality, one Aerith in this scene.

Saw this pop up in my feed when you uploaded - thought "not watching yet another dribbler talking absolute bs...". Popped up again and watched just now. Jokes on me. Strong video. Thank you! The friction/resistance ("judder") you caught is an absolute spot! Would have been good to have included the absence of videos in the credits where the water funeral took place 🤓 For your next video - and I'm sure you undoubtedly will - please address that Seph BAITS Cloud into striking him, in front of a portal whereby Seph gives his blessing... where does Cloud actually return to? Thanks again! 😁

Very good video and analysis :D excited for the next video! Good to see a theory and not an speculation.