Why Tifa Lockhart is an Amazing Character

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

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  • @sergiophenix
    @sergiophenix 3 года назад +629

    She is the perfect woman, cute face, sexy body and a caring attitude. Her only flaw is that she is not real.

    • @OrbitalHUB
      @OrbitalHUB 2 года назад +42

      True since 1997.

    • @kiirothedriver8714
      @kiirothedriver8714 2 года назад +17

      not real.... but thinks and acts like a real person. irl. indeed.

    • @sammorgan31
      @sammorgan31 Год назад +27

      Don't forget the part where she's not a whore. Hell that's the most important part.

    • @roninjoey
      @roninjoey Год назад +12

      @@sammorgan31she’s the perfect example of being sexy and smart and brave

    • @AntiDoctor-cx2jd
      @AntiDoctor-cx2jd Год назад

      It's honestly retarded that some people like Aerith better. I don't want to be mean to Aerith because she's cool too, but seriously, vs Tifa?

  • @Rogun987
    @Rogun987 3 года назад +259

    "Her flaws and strifes she faces..."
    I see what you did there

    • @Dolphin47
      @Dolphin47 Год назад

      ?

    • @Santiago_Handle
      @Santiago_Handle Год назад +12

      @@Dolphin47 Cloud's last name is Strife, Cloud Strife. That's the pun.

    • @Dolphin47
      @Dolphin47 Год назад +3

      @@Santiago_Handle thanks for explaining

    • @liammcnicholas918
      @liammcnicholas918 9 месяцев назад

      @@Santiago_HandleFittingly, he has a lot of hardships in his life, his strife (OHHHH I GET IT NOW) is the impetus for the plot.

  • @BLa-lq2bs
    @BLa-lq2bs 3 года назад +253

    Definitely not shallow🙋🏽‍♀️. I’m a straight woman, so her looks never mattered to me. Tifa has always been my favorite since I was a kid. I just always related to her. She’s a great character, definitely one of the best.

    • @kaage8780
      @kaage8780 3 года назад +2

      I love her outfit, eyes and hair tho. She looks very good and it's nice since she has that amazing personality too. She's not like a bitch who knows exactly that she's hot, but has that nasty and arrogant behavior (Scarlet, lol). But ofc, they wouldnt make her ugly tho 😂

    • @DreamgirlBlue
      @DreamgirlBlue 2 года назад +30

      Right there with you girl ❤
      She's always been my hero since 97 and that has never changed!
      Never will, Tifa for the win🙌🏻

  • @cloudspigtails8076
    @cloudspigtails8076 3 года назад +217

    Man, i love Tifa so much.
    Whenever i tell people she's my favorite video game character of all time they tell me its cause of her looks right? Then i show them her OG Polygon design and say this is the Tifa i fell in love with. lol. Its her looks sure, naturally that's what most people gravitate too at first, but then you get to know her personlity, and her significance to the overall story. She's amazing.

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад +26

      A man of culture

    • @Chokoboh
      @Chokoboh 2 года назад +7

      I know your struggle, brother. Keep it up. 💪

    • @liammcnicholas918
      @liammcnicholas918 9 месяцев назад +2

      Her field design is so adorable

  • @devak45167
    @devak45167 8 месяцев назад +121

    In Rebirth she’s almost single handedly keeping Cloud from falling completely apart mentally by her constant support. She’s a superb character and probably the best possible friend you could ask for

    • @Nik-wj6zv
      @Nik-wj6zv 7 месяцев назад +9

      That's not just in Rebirth. In OG7, Cloud tells her that her support is what's kept him going the entire time. Then, when her doubts get the best of her and she can't reassure him, that's the moment when he can't keep it together anymore and loses faith in himself. She's the reason he wanted to be somebody, the reason he came apart, and the reason he came back together.
      Rebirth does absolutely show it better and more obviously, but it was all there in OG7, just required a little more attentiveness.

    • @dr.edwardrichtofen365
      @dr.edwardrichtofen365 6 месяцев назад +10

      Best possible friend, and best possible life partner as well

    • @LordMalice6d9
      @LordMalice6d9 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@Nik-wj6zvThe OG FF7 admittedly had a pretty terrible english translation, so a lot of the subtext in the game was literally lost in translation.

    • @Nik-wj6zv
      @Nik-wj6zv 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@LordMalice6d9 Fair enough - the sometimes clunky transliteration did make certain aspects of it harder to follow, but it is none the less all there, and what they've done with the compilation strongly suggests that it isn't there as a result of transliteration error, that it is intentional. We could say that we find the intent corroborated by other works that enjoyed better transliteration. It just could have read more clearly in some places.
      I always wanted to play the original game in Japanese, but learning Kanji is hard! Maybe someday, I still will.

    • @LordMalice6d9
      @LordMalice6d9 6 месяцев назад

      @@Nik-wj6zv Learning Kanji is hard?

  • @LordMalice6d9
    @LordMalice6d9 6 месяцев назад +36

    Cloud would still have been a catatonic mess stuck in a wheelchair without Tifa's support.

  • @DutchDread
    @DutchDread 3 года назад +161

    Tifa is amazing, I've always loved Garnet and Zidane, but honestly, Tifa and Cloud are probably the best FF couple. Their story and what they mean to each other is just *cheffs kiss.

    • @kaage8780
      @kaage8780 3 года назад +24

      I always loved Garnet and Zidane too, but I have seen (especially with the remake) Cloud's and Tifa's interactions and chemistry and I fell in love with them all over again.
      I appreciate their slow burn relationship and I personally think it's interesting. I love that burning, quiet, tension between them. Like they could be passionately and hungrily kissing each other in any minute 😂

    • @shawnamiller191
      @shawnamiller191 Год назад +6

      My favorite confirmed couple is Squall and Rinoa but Tifa has always been my favorite lady from the franchise.

    • @shawnamiller191
      @shawnamiller191 Год назад +2

      My favorite confirmed couple is Squall and Rinoa but Tifa has always been my favorite lady from the franchise.

    • @thespicemasta
      @thespicemasta Год назад +3

      y'all are nuts. Locke and Celes takes the cake... Easily.

    • @gamblerfls
      @gamblerfls Год назад +2

      Tifa and Cloud aren't a couple, they weren't even that close as kids. Despite antisocial he had a crush on her because she was the prettiest girl in the town. The connection she has with him is more because of the tragedy in Nibelheim than anything else, as he's probably the only friend remaining in her life from that town.

  • @OldManSakaki
    @OldManSakaki 3 года назад +423

    I hate when people reduce her popularity to her sex appeal... she has far more depth and relevance than any FF character in the series.

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад +38

      Absolutely agree, she’s definitely my favorite

    • @OldManSakaki
      @OldManSakaki 3 года назад +8

      @@xanderscut really good character profile - I will share on Twitter

    • @kaage8780
      @kaage8780 3 года назад +34

      Tifa is one of the most realistic characters in the game.
      And it's funny how ppl say that she has no personality, like wtf?
      Tifa is a mystery in many ways since she's coy and doesn't make a noise about herself too much. She's like Cloud in a sense. But she's very relatable, has all emotions of a human kind. You can go and have a drink with her, have fun, flirt, have serious conversations. She's empathic, INTELLIGENT, Selfless,patient, loyal, fighter in many ways, holds her ground, keep the fort up high and going, runs her own business and handles her own business,takes care of everything and everyone. She's AMAZING and easily the best wife material. Ofc she has flaws, but when looking at the plusses, it doesn't matter.

    • @ChristianLanctot
      @ChristianLanctot 2 года назад

      To be fair: the creators over did it with her boobs. Cut those down a few cup sizes and she'd be perfect. Then you wouldn't be distracted by those things and could focus more on her personality. But hey.... you know... "sex sells". So they oversold her.... just a bit.

    • @element021993
      @element021993 Год назад

      Tifa is popular cuz she is hot, thats it. Her sex appeal is the only thing going for her.

  • @Agev_Cris
    @Agev_Cris 2 года назад +27

    Very good description of her character. Just a thing, when it is say that aerith support her with positivity and tifa take care of her, she also support her with positivity. The thing is that in that long train graveyard section tifa faces what it could possible be the same tragic again, to loose everything, every people she knew and made friends with, her house, marlene, her new "hometown". This affects her in a more personal level than aerith so is natural that she will be sometimes filled with troublesome thoughts, but even there when aerith get lost in a bad memory and start to cry, it is tifa who gives her words of encouragement and extend a had to her with a smile and it is the same when the party ends up in aeriths old bedroom in shinras facility, when aerith start to feel sad and talk about loosing parts of her, surrounded by whispers is tifa who pull her out and again with a smile and the words that they will find out another way.
    It bothers me a little that the attribute of being positive only belongs to aerith, this because, I see tifa as the only 100% human being in the story and if this story has to teach us something I'd like to be that you dont need a weapon in your arm, nor mako enhancement neither cetra blood to make it through, and even if things were, are, will be difficult you can still keep a good heart and go forward as human being. Tifa's positivity shines as much as aeriths.

  • @JasonGuitarHand
    @JasonGuitarHand 8 месяцев назад +28

    I always found Tifa to be one of the most beautiful characters in all of fiction. Not only did i have a massive crush on her as a kid... She was beautiful written, femine, friendly, polite, caring and knew how to kick ass. I found her bond with Cloud to be very much organic and well written, although i wouldn't say they have an active romantic relationship like Squall & Rinoa, or Tidus & Yuna as romance really wasn't st the heart of the original FF7. I still found it to be a beautiful bond that was well thought out and something beautifully crafted. I'll always love Tifa, and she'll always be one of my favourite characters in all of fiction. Her only flaw is that she's not real, but she's too good for reality.

    • @JodiendoLOL
      @JodiendoLOL 8 месяцев назад +4

      They have a romance now because they kiss in Rebirth! And in part 3 we still have the Lifestream and Under the Highwind for more romance between Cloud and Tifa!

  • @yaninaayalaherrera8956
    @yaninaayalaherrera8956 3 года назад +62

    She has been my favorite since I originally played OG over 20 years ago. She is relatable, strong, sensitive yet also flawed. In a world of supersoldiers, ancient mages, augmented powerful beings, she is the human one

    • @not2shabby
      @not2shabby 7 месяцев назад

      Not to mention being able to beat the crap out of said augmented beings with her bare hands, despite being only human.
      Like... wow.

  • @karlas4446
    @karlas4446 Год назад +21

    Tifa reminds me of my mom ❤ She’s such a great, real and complex character ❤ i like aerith too but she doesn’t feel real to me, she feels like a fantasy (no pun intended) or a manic pixie girl

  • @Digital_David
    @Digital_David 2 года назад +52

    I truly feel that Tifa is not only my favorite Final Fantasy character, but my favorite video game character of all time.
    All of the reasons provided in this video were spot-on for me.
    Tifa is beautiful, sexy, caring, selfless, kind and full of heart.
    ***Spoiler Warning. Stop now if you haven't played FF7.....
    The paramount reason why I love Tifa is because she is such a good friend to Cloud. It's obvious that Tifa loves Cloud - I think that she is fully in love with him and it shows more as the game progresses, at least in the Ps1 FF7. The way that she doesn't correct Cloud when he talks about his memories of he and Tifa, especially their childhood memories...it speaks volumes to her sweet and selfless disposition. She sees that her friend is not well physically, emotionally and mentally, but she doesn't point out when he is wrong or give him grief. She is simply there to check on him and to ask if he is okay.
    Yes, she relies a lot on Cloud, at first, but we later come to find out that she asked Cloud to work with Avalanche in order to keep a close watch on him.
    She keeps all of her questions and concerns to herself - likely because there is already enough around her to cause both of them enough emotional turmoil. I feel she doesn't correct Cloud's memory of the past both because she doesn't want to hurt him further and also because she is afraid that those conversations are too devastating to her psyche to allow herself to consider them. It's a bit of vulnerability through strength and courage.
    Wow, that was a diary of a comment. I sure love an underdog story and I love this game!!!

    • @GLUFSAREN
      @GLUFSAREN 8 месяцев назад +1

      She didn't correct his memories because she didn't even know he was there until they go together in to the lifestream and she finds out he was.

    • @makedate9338
      @makedate9338 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@GLUFSAREN that's the point. In her eyes he wasn't there (helmet) but still she didn't ask etc she just let him talk about his version of what happened. And later when she knew the truth he was there, it was still concerning to her because he thought he was interacting with them when he wasn't.

  • @MEWMEWDENSETSU
    @MEWMEWDENSETSU 11 месяцев назад +13

    I love Tifa because she can be a mother, a sister, a friend, a lover.

  • @clevernamehere1
    @clevernamehere1 Год назад +17

    I think people who assume that others like a character only for how they look tell a lot more about themselves with that comment than the person they’re commenting on LOL. We love well-written and engaging women in video games! This made me want to try FF, I’ve never played!

  • @coxfire
    @coxfire 2 года назад +22

    Great piece! I've seen many people criticize Tifa for lying to Cloud (or not telling him he wasn't there in Nibelheim), but i always thought she doubted herself. One, Sephiroth stabbed her and she was in a coma after that, so, murky memories. Two: Cloud recounts the incident 100% how it happened (because he was actually there but hid from her). If someone recounted to me events to a T while ibm though they weren't there, then I would doubt my own memories too. In OG FFVII, Tifa learns to finallly speak up and express herself. She finally tells Cloud he "wasn't there", but mostly she finally shares her feelings. Great character as you say.
    In truth, all characters are superbly written in FFVII, but I would say Remake made Barrett my MVP. Aerith is also super loveable, but her "Choses One" status makes her less relatable (although tifa/aerith friendship is one of my favorite aspect of the Remake)

    • @liammcnicholas918
      @liammcnicholas918 9 месяцев назад +2

      “Suppressing her real feelings for Cloud” I guess you could say she LOCKS her true feelings in her HEART, almost like that’s her last name or something idk

  • @randalshilcutt4622
    @randalshilcutt4622 8 месяцев назад +4

    Absolutely 100% agree and thank you for focusing on more than just her looks. She has fans because of her character, and personality. She is tough, caring, intelligent, and an all around good person making her a phenomenal woman. Her being hot is fanservice. The combo makes her the perfect woman.

  • @roninjoey
    @roninjoey 7 месяцев назад +49

    She is legit the hero of the game. You can trace all the plot motivations to her.

    • @AgntFL
      @AgntFL 6 месяцев назад +9

      Even the devs have stated she is the heroine

  • @tankeyuan7582
    @tankeyuan7582 5 месяцев назад +4

    adorable, motherly, perfect balance of cute and mature. and that voice and those eyes oh mah gawd

  • @RealHyperHedgehog
    @RealHyperHedgehog 2 года назад +44

    Saying Tifa fans only like her because of looks (basically calling them simps) is like saying people only like Princess Leia or Black Widow because of looks. Tifa is my favorite Final Fantasy character too.

    • @princessofthecape2078
      @princessofthecape2078 6 месяцев назад +1

      I frankly believe that 95 percent of Tifa fans do not understand the character's massive flaws and do, in fact, only like her for her looks. And, honestly, the video did not convince me to the contrary.

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 6 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@princessofthecape2078 What proof do you have that "95% of Tifa fans only like her for her looks"? I'm certainly NOT one of them because I'M A WOMAN. She could be flat-chested and I'd still care about her. And I do not dismiss her flaws like her crazy stans do. She's NOT perfect, that's the whole freaking point! She's MESSED UP just like the rest of the FF7 characters!

    • @princessofthecape2078
      @princessofthecape2078 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@EvelynL.1112 Wow, so you're in the 5 percent that are deluded for some other reason. Congratulations.

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@princessofthecape2078 Resorting to insults just because I disagree with you? That just exposes you as a toxic shipper.

    • @AgntFL
      @AgntFL 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@princessofthecape2078 100% of clerith shippers fail to understand the plot and hate on Tifa because they are idiots that can’t figure out she never met the real cloud and only loved the facade of Zack he was putting on

  • @talmanes4589
    @talmanes4589 7 месяцев назад +3

    It was her undying devotion to Cloud in the OG that won my heart. The scene of her breaking down when you find Cloud in Mideel is going to be heartbreaking in the remake.

  • @laautaro11
    @laautaro11 2 года назад +10

    Absolutely great video, thanks for the content! So nice to see a video about tifa about her personality and the character itself

  • @LegendaryGlasses
    @LegendaryGlasses 2 года назад +24

    THANK YOU. You bring back this characters dignity when the whole world just sees her as mere fanservice. It pains me to no end watching brilliant characters like her or Pyra and Mythra be treated like there’s nothing to them aside of their looks. This is much more than a video. It’s a love letter to the true meaning of the word beauty.

    • @marinewalkers9400
      @marinewalkers9400 3 месяца назад

      Only Clerith see Tifa as fanservice. I'm sure Tifa is very world popular and she's so popular in my country

  • @lennethomega6731
    @lennethomega6731 2 года назад +126

    Cloud and Tifa should get their true happy ending at the end of the trilogy. They deserve to be together.

    • @sammorgan31
      @sammorgan31 Год назад +12

      They did.

    • @georocks3810
      @georocks3810 Год назад +10

      Yeah dude I hope they do too. FF7Rebirth comes out February 2024 and I need more ship content with these two. This is definitely a ship that doesn’t seem so forced like Squall/Rinoa (FF8) or irrelevant like Noctis and Luna Freya (FFX also did a phenomenal job with Tidus and Yuna)

    • @Traigame2cervezas
      @Traigame2cervezas 11 месяцев назад

      Cloud has Aerith, Tifa isn't with Cloud, never has, never will. Eat your heart out.

    • @Traigame2cervezas
      @Traigame2cervezas 11 месяцев назад

      Didn't @@sammorgan31

    • @Traigame2cervezas
      @Traigame2cervezas 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@georocks3810 You think of every official couple as forced? That's your issue, Cloud and Aerith main and only true couple. Eat your heart out.

  • @BknMoonStudios
    @BknMoonStudios 2 года назад +14

    The whole sequence inside Cloud's memories cements her as one of the best female characters in Final Fantasy alongside Yuna, and one of the best female characters of all fiction.
    Not just that, but the segments before where she functions as the team leader showcase how emotionally strong she is, while still dealing with some tremendous pain inside.

  • @MEWMEWDENSETSU
    @MEWMEWDENSETSU Год назад +30

    I think we all need a Tifa in are lives.

    • @kraigshall
      @kraigshall 7 месяцев назад +7

      we do but how many of us are worthy of such a person?

    • @kraigshall
      @kraigshall 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@justvid366 We all should be trying to be worthy of such a person. So good on you for doing the work.

  • @jakecustodio8038
    @jakecustodio8038 3 года назад +21

    Your style and writing has been improving a lot. This is a big step up from your past work, which was already very good. I'm excited to see you hone your craft even further.

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад +2

      Much appreciated kind sir

  • @CyborgNinja86
    @CyborgNinja86 Год назад +22

    What I always loved about Tifa was while her friends use all kinds of weapons to fight, Tifa just uses her fists. She will never hesitate to rush a 40 foot tall monster and punch it in the face repeatedly and I always thought that was one of the coolest things about her

    • @not2shabby
      @not2shabby 7 месяцев назад +3

      Rebirth really made me think 'Well holy shit' because the way she moves - her speed, her combos, her raw damage potential, is comparable to and even exceeds most members of the party. Even Cloud doesn't do too much more damage than she does.
      Now consider the fact that Cloud is basically Captain America, while Tifa is a normal person with no special powers (except if you count her Zangan-style martial arts). She's comparable to a super soldier.

    • @dr.edwardrichtofen365
      @dr.edwardrichtofen365 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@not2shabbyif you know how to play Tifa and equip her with the right materia she becomes a GOD in Rebirth with how devastating her attacks are. I love her fighting style so much; it’s fun and keeps you on your toes.
      I also love the combat dynamic Cloud and Tifa show together throughout the game. They trust each other mutually in combat and flow together so well. It all goes back to this idea that the two of them are always somehow in sync with each other - whether it’s slaughtering foes, or falling in love

    • @not2shabby
      @not2shabby 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@dr.edwardrichtofen365 If you think about it, the combat synergies between the entire party are uncanny. Like I think Red and Cait Sith had a moment where they did a combo move in a cutscene which was super crazy.
      And yes, I am aware of Tifa the Stagger Goddess. xD 9999 damage when staggered is utterly bananas.

  • @PSIUser658
    @PSIUser658 3 года назад +11

    Honestly, I wasn't sure if to watch this video before, cause I didn't want to get spoiled, but I'm glad I did. From your descriptions alone, I can definitely see why Tifa is a favorite among many players. Hopefully I'm able to give FFVII or FFVII Remake a try and experience for myself the intricancies of these characters and more.

  • @Gaby000999
    @Gaby000999 8 месяцев назад +4

    Tifa has always been my favorite FFVII charachter, and on my top 3 of FF characters overall. One thing that is almost never mentioned is the friendship between Aerith and Tifa. Sadly most of the times it is reduced to "love" rivals. However, in On a Way to a Smile, which are.the direct aftermath events of the game, you can finally notice all her pain and sorrow regarding loosing Aerith. Aertith was her best friend, and it always saddens me how she had to face and overcome that sadness on her own, being the strong pillar and understanding friend and motherly figurebfor everyone. So overlooked this part of her.
    So after reading OAWTAS, I really loved her even more.
    That's all I'll add since this explanation was 👌🏻🤌🏻

  • @rayvaul3539
    @rayvaul3539 2 года назад +16

    That was really well explained! This is the main reason why Tifa is one of my favorite characters, not just because that she is pretty which is the least important, it's just the way she was written and how well-thought out she was, not some lazily written Mary Sue like Marinette Dupain-Cheng from Miraculous Ladybug. Also the chemistry between her and Cloud is just perfect, which is a reason why I ship them together, they're perfect for each other. It's a crap shame that a lot of people shamelessly only look at her body and only care about it alone, than her actual character, and the connection that she has with real people. She truly feels like she is one of us even though she is only a fictional character.
    Also, I noticed this video is incredibly underrated, this DESERVES more views! Let's share this with as many people as we can!
    And you just earned yourself another subscriber Spyro! 😄

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  2 года назад +1

      Such a nice comment! Thank you, I’m so happy you enjoyed it. ❤️

    • @rayvaul3539
      @rayvaul3539 2 года назад +2

      No problem Spyro! Keep it up! And God bless!

    • @liammcnicholas918
      @liammcnicholas918 8 месяцев назад +2

      Bro compared FF7 to Miraculous Ladybug 💀

  • @colonelradec5956
    @colonelradec5956 8 месяцев назад +5

    I feel like most people assume people like her for her looks. Maybe at first but its her personality i think that most people fall for eventually. Shes withheld and polite and wants love and security. Its pretty evident. Shes the most real character to me. She feels things out and is never quite sure so she dont say much. People say vincent is quiet. Tifa nearly is as quiet. And when she speaks it has gravity cause its not often she shows her feels.

  • @venomousteam1732
    @venomousteam1732 Год назад +9

    I like Tifa too. Not just her beauty, but her personality and her story. If it wasn't for Tifa and, of course, the others (mostly Tifa) Cloud wouldn't regain his true memories, and Cloud wouldn't be able to fight Sephiroth in one on one final match

  • @FleetofFeet
    @FleetofFeet 3 года назад +7

    Brilliant video once again, praise the saviour TIFA!!! can't wait to see more of your videos

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад +1

      Thanks dude! Hope I did her justice haha

  • @akupocoffee
    @akupocoffee 8 месяцев назад +5

    can't wait till you do a video on remake tifa

  • @countquackula8539
    @countquackula8539 3 года назад +11

    Tifa is my favorite character. 😍

  • @GameSharc0210
    @GameSharc0210 6 месяцев назад +2

    Tifa has such a motherly presence to her, she keeps the group together, she fights for them, and cares for all of them. Yes she’s beautiful but her personality is perfect and just one of the best written characters in the game

  • @Chokoboh
    @Chokoboh 2 года назад +16

    Tifa isn't just waifu material. She is THE waifu. The ultimate one.
    She goes to unspeakable lengths and endures incredible pressure and pain in order to support the man that she loves and everyone else around them in the exact way that they need.
    Tifa is incredibly strong, not just physical, but much more emotionally. She is a beacon of light for everyone else to rely on. She's upholding positivity in the face of absolute terror and darkness.
    Tifa is 130% selfless. She never asks anyone for help but always provides help to everyone, without expecting the same from them.
    She always hides her true feelings in order to not drag anyone else around her down, but sometimes, she lets it shine through.
    Just a little bit, so people know she is for real and not just a perfect human being roboter.
    People like her are bound to succeed in life, no matter what the circumstances and are probably already taken at an early age. :/
    She's the kind of person I'd need in my life, but never got. I'm almost 31 now.
    I was strong enough to survive on my own but the damage is already done and will never fully heal.
    My Depression was extremely harsh and long and almost got me dead on multiple occasions.
    Wouldn't have happened with a Tifa on my side.

  • @firebodybuilder
    @firebodybuilder 5 месяцев назад +1

    When I firstly played the original FF7 in 1997, I liked Aerith more (yet no mean disliked Tifa). When I replayed the game numerous times and I gradually grow older, I learn appreciate Tifa more and more, for the reasons you mentioned in this video
    Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and express them in a way I couldn't

  • @loreofmetalenthusiast
    @loreofmetalenthusiast 3 года назад +5

    Very well put together video!
    Nicely done! 👍
    Tifa has been one of my all time favorite characters since I was a kid 😊

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад +1

      Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed it, she’s one of my favorites as well.

  • @NP-Channel
    @NP-Channel 9 месяцев назад +2

    she is the very example of what is called PERFECTION.

  • @z.z.1638
    @z.z.1638 Год назад +14

    One of the best written character ever. Tifa❤

  • @not2shabby
    @not2shabby 7 месяцев назад +5

    The way I see it is Tifa's physical beauty is like the icing on a cake or the wrapping paper on a gift box: The outer shell that conceals the actual goodness within.
    I would argue she's gone through more than even Cloud at this point, despite both having to endure the Nibelheim massacre and the Sector 7 Plate collapse. She lost her mom due to illness even prior to Nibelheim's destruction, and almost died herself even before that fateful day.
    And THEN Nibelheim happened.
    Then Traces of Two Pasts gets released, and we get to find out more about her early days in Midgar, as well as the surgery that repaired her after Nibelheim.
    And then Rebirth added yet MORE stuff!
    Like... Square, please. Stop making this poor girl suffer. I wanna give her such a big hug. She deserves it for being so patient and kind for so long. If I were her, I'd have lost my freaking mind.

  • @LygarZeroX
    @LygarZeroX 8 месяцев назад +4

    she has the best combat. I get chills when she uses starshower. that speed and kicking the air in mid air faster than the eye can see.

  • @roninjoey
    @roninjoey Год назад +88

    If you think about it, Tifa is actually the main character. Almost all of the plot points happen because of her actions or in relation to her. She’s the one who led Sephiroth to his true identity, Sephiroth destroyed her town, and then tried to brainwash her man.

    • @Mukation
      @Mukation 7 месяцев назад +6

      She's also the reason Cloud left to join SOLDIER: To becomr the kind of man he thought she deserved. Had he not, he might have still been in Ninelheim as a dumb kid with no training and would died with everyone else during Sephiroths rampage. (I know he was there but he had training and it allowed him to survive and kill Sephiroth).

    • @haridojamaru829
      @haridojamaru829 6 месяцев назад

      Like Aot

    • @haridojamaru829
      @haridojamaru829 6 месяцев назад

      Even the ending for both FF7 and AOT are similar

    • @princessofthecape2078
      @princessofthecape2078 6 месяцев назад

      Tifa is a significantly less important character than Cloud, Aerith, Sephiroth, and - arguably - Barret. Her entire 'arc' consists of "I am too weak to confront Cloud, so bad stuff will continue to happen."
      [[[Bad stuff happens.]]]
      "Okay, I now have the strength to confront Cloud."

    • @princessofthecape2078
      @princessofthecape2078 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@Mukation I've played the OG dozens of times. Tifa's actions in the third act are simply the intervention she could have made in the first.
      I realize that 'we wouldn't have a story, then,' but that doesn't somehow exonerate her behavior: she knew that there weren't just big gaps in Cloud's background, but that he was enormously confused about huge portions of his history *that she herself witnessed and participated in.* She knew he wasn't a SOLDIER First Class; she knew that he wasn't present (he was, but he was hiding himself from her) at Nibelheim. When Cloud finally sits down in Kalm and is like "here's what happened five years ago," that was Tifa's moment to say "no, Cloud, something is very wrong with you. The person you're describing with is Zack, who I met and who was seriously injured defending me in the reactor. You (as far as I was aware) weren't there."
      All Tifa did in Act 3 was to finally confront Cloud (now with mako poisoning) about what she knew was wrong in Act 1. All three games - OG, Remake, and Rebirth - show Tifa on multiple occasions 'almost' correcting Cloud, but failing to speak up. She prioritized her own well-being over his sanity and the safety of the team. That's not cool.

  • @shinjikobra1150
    @shinjikobra1150 5 месяцев назад +2

    Tifa was most the realistic character you can relate with her you actually feel her emotions in the game she isn’t real tho but she feels real

  • @Flm04
    @Flm04 6 месяцев назад +2

    nice and thorough analysis! you should continue this analysis with a chunk of things from Rebirth . Sincerely cloti since 1997

  • @JT-ll9sg
    @JT-ll9sg 3 года назад +10

    I really love how you presented this whole video and I agree with everything said 100%.

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад

      Much thanks my guy! So glad to hear that

  • @Theunspoiledprincess
    @Theunspoiledprincess Год назад +2

    Been a Tifa fan girl since I was 11, loved her personality ❤

  • @lukejones7164
    @lukejones7164 4 месяца назад +2

    Tifa Lockhart is one of the best written characters in all of video games, though this can also be said about FF7 in general.

  • @junewhales
    @junewhales 3 года назад +4

    Definitely subscribing. I love this video and agree with everything in it. The quality of the writing is also awesome! Keep it up!!

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад

      Much appreciated! Really glad you liked it, thank you.

  • @TayeTalks
    @TayeTalks 3 года назад +3

    Knew you were working on soemthing big!
    Let's go 🔥

  • @riftoaster
    @riftoaster 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great analysis breakdown! 👍🏻

  • @kodymcnodywody
    @kodymcnodywody 7 месяцев назад +4

    She’s so cutie I love her

  • @keroleena1
    @keroleena1 Месяц назад

    Her theme is what drew me to final fantasy many years ago.

  • @ShadowDante7
    @ShadowDante7 Год назад +3

    I love Tifa so much! 😍😍😍

  • @amronfaro9728
    @amronfaro9728 2 года назад +4

    Tifa Lockhart is absolutely my favorite character in FF7 and she's very relatable when it comes to her writing, personality and designs. And of course "love" is the only word that you can describe easily and Tifa is the perfect example that can be descirbed as a lovable fictional character. Most of all, Tifa Lockhart is 100% popular due to her fighting styles, beauty and sex appeal.

  • @damianmccormick
    @damianmccormick Месяц назад

    sick video my dude, this is well written

  • @jandeiification
    @jandeiification 8 месяцев назад +2

    Yes she's realistic... Grounded... Strong... She will be there when you need her.

  • @TG_Geek
    @TG_Geek 3 года назад +9

    You just keep on hitting us with some great script writing man, bravo🎉

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for coming through as always my guy. I think I’m slowly but surely getting better!

    • @TG_Geek
      @TG_Geek 3 года назад

      @@xanderscut For sure my man, keep it up!

  • @Khanzafar8
    @Khanzafar8 2 года назад +2

    Thanks so much for this.

  • @divinesoul1987
    @divinesoul1987 3 года назад +3

    I really like your analysis, your video, and your voice, so I subscribed!

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад +2

      Wow thanks! That means the world to me.

  • @joyc1408
    @joyc1408 3 года назад +4

    She is, indeed!☺️👍🏻👍🏻

  • @JeffUK
    @JeffUK 2 года назад +6

    Tifa is the best female character of all time.

  • @Taijj
    @Taijj Год назад +1

    Nicely told Video! Thank you!

  • @josephtattum6365
    @josephtattum6365 6 месяцев назад +3

    I NEVER admired Tifa because she was hot even back in 1997. there are plenty of hot women in video games. Tifa is A GOOD PERSON and she stuck by her friends til the bitter end. She exhibits motherly traits, and is empathic. EVERYTHING A GOOD WOMAN SHOULD BE. Tifa is awesome. I even remember back when I was young and being like "This dude has a sword, this dude has a machine gun for an arm, this chick is just fighting with her bare hands!?!?!?!?!"

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 6 месяцев назад

      I agree, I never found her to be a hot, sexy, supermodel kind of character. I always thought of her as this tough-looking martial artist with a feminine streak as soon as I first saw her. She also has a nice down-to-earth look to her to contrast with Aerith's fairy-tale look.

  • @lucianoemmanuelramirez1304
    @lucianoemmanuelramirez1304 2 года назад +3

    Tifa its actually my first love.. no real woman can compare.. so i dont compare.. no contest.. I do love woman w long dark hair.. but thats about it.. The body its just a bonus, Tifa´s smile its just enough.

  • @Snugboy
    @Snugboy 3 года назад +7

    Tifa is pretty and smart :)

  • @CJusticeHappen21
    @CJusticeHappen21 Год назад +5

    My favorite Italian Senator

  • @nonamewasalreadytaken
    @nonamewasalreadytaken 11 месяцев назад +3

    Tifa's BEST girl, no doubt!

  • @marinewalkers9400
    @marinewalkers9400 3 месяца назад +2

    Everyone knows Tifa is one of the heroines and she's also important to the plot. Only crybabies form the ship war try to deny or downplay her role

  • @colonelradec5956
    @colonelradec5956 8 месяцев назад +4

    Anybody who thinks tifa is famous for her bobs either hasnt played the games or isnt paying attention. Tifas loved because shes lovable. She wants to be loved and secure and is to me the most relatable and realistic character in ff7. Other than maybe cloud? I relate to cloud cause?? I didnt know myself. And cloud doesnt either and he had find his true self with might i add... the help of tifa 🥰 shes wonderful. Clouds a lucky lucky man. Tifas looks 10/10 easily. Her personality 20/10 easily.

  • @menghao737
    @menghao737 2 года назад +3

    Especially in the Remake, her altruistic, empathetic, motherly side comes through. She only became an eco-terrorist because Shinra figuratively and literally took almost everything from her and people she cares about multiple times. She would do anything for the one's she loves, including sacrifice her life. That makes her equal best girl to Aerith.

    • @menghao737
      @menghao737 2 года назад

      By the way, I wrote this comment before the video really started, so I wrote those character traits before you spoke them. We are one hundred percent in agreement with why Tifa is an incredible character all around, and why she'd be an amazing human being if she existed at all. If anything, she's too perfect, with even her flaws making her all the more beautiful. She should be absolutely broken by what has been done to her, but she's also incredibly resilient, forever willing to battle on into that uncertain future because she is utterly courageous when necessary. Tifa is indeed the third most important character to the events of FF7 as Cloud could not have recovered without her help so that they together could stop Sephiroth from preventing Aerith from using Holy to stop the Meteor he had summoned. Even if Cloud dealt the deathblow, she made it possible, every person on Gaia owes the party a debt of gratitude for their lives, but especially Aerith, Cloud, and Tifa most of all, though she would never admit it because she probably doesn't believe in doing heroic things for recognition. If anything she would more likely be preoccupied with all the lives she failed to save along the way, always wishing to do and be better. And did I mention that on top of being a super awesome human being she can suplex a WEAPON? That's the total package right there, even Aerith couldn't manage that one.

  • @colonelradec5956
    @colonelradec5956 8 месяцев назад +6

    Dont ban me for being vulgur 😂 but im 2000% convinced tifa coulda been A cup and been just as popular. People who think otherwise have not played the game. Shes loved almost entirely on personality alone. She is so sweet and so realisticly portrayed and lovable. I almost feel like they made her attractive on purpose just to throw people off. Like a red hearing or like a trick.
    I also think those fighting to make sure she dont get... nerfed. I think its far farrrr more to do with people loving tifa as a character. Thats a part of who she is even if its not a big part... i mean not a big part of her personailty 🤣 im sorry im joking and trying to be serious at the same time lol.
    She could be faceless and not even be able to be seen and i think people would fall for her. Honestly. Go play ff7 she is like so well written.

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 8 месяцев назад +5

      THIS. I don't care about Tifa's boobs at all. It's her personality and her role in the story that endeared me. I'm really sick of anti-Tifa people trashing her character and acting like EVERY SINGLE ONE of us only like Tifa for her sex appeal. I don't find her that sexy anyways, given her rather shy and demure personality.

    • @naufalnoorizan1763
      @naufalnoorizan1763 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@EvelynL.1112 same, being brave while scared inside is sexy by itself

    • @UndeadSlayer5
      @UndeadSlayer5 6 месяцев назад +2

      It’s her voice that attracts me to her especially when she’s begging cloud for something

  • @Senshitengu
    @Senshitengu 7 месяцев назад +1

    I wonder if the kiss will be canon in the last game, would be mindblowing

    • @lucasmissalia632
      @lucasmissalia632 7 месяцев назад +1

      Maybe in some optional dialog between tifa and cloud in part 3, the gold saurce date can be mentioned. But with mideel and higwind events, they can make something greater with their relationship

  • @romainramel1919
    @romainramel1919 2 года назад

    Tifa is part of my holy trinity of characters.
    i have Tifa, strong but sweet and caring like no one else.
    Sol Badguy which is a reverse Tifa, he is powerfull and act though but hide the fact that he is the most caring and emotionally damaged in the game.
    And... Daniel from the french movie taxi... one of the most realistic french character even written i swear.

    • @liammcnicholas918
      @liammcnicholas918 9 месяцев назад

      Funny how his last name is Badguy. You’d think he’d be evil, but he’s ironically the hero of the franchise.

  • @Ted63826
    @Ted63826 7 месяцев назад

    I absolutely love Tifa she's beautiful inside and out. Not to mention a badass.

  • @myodeeper147
    @myodeeper147 4 месяца назад +1

    Hello. I absolutly love your videos. Thank you for sharing your pov. I subscribe instantly and big 👍🏻 for you.

  • @liammcnicholas918
    @liammcnicholas918 9 месяцев назад +5

    You like Tifa because she’s hot, I like Tifa because she’s a great character. We are not the same

    • @balkanbaroque
      @balkanbaroque 9 месяцев назад +2

      Exactly

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 8 месяцев назад +3

      I don't care about how Tifa looks, to be honest. It's her backstory and personality that won me over.

  • @Leondragon06
    @Leondragon06 2 месяца назад

    Outside of helping Cloud with his mako poison in original did not feel like as much stuck out about her in original love how the Remake & Rebirth have fleshed out her character more! =)

  • @KingdomKey-ik4xk
    @KingdomKey-ik4xk Год назад +8

    Top 10 reasons why Tifa is better than Aerith. Number one: Tifa doesn't fucken DIE.

  • @RainbowKaraokeJunk-vt9pu
    @RainbowKaraokeJunk-vt9pu 10 месяцев назад

    I love Tifa. I hope they continue exploring her trauma with Sephiroth as well in rebirth. I think why Cloud and Tifa work well with people is because they are both damaged people who went through the same accident and found themselves years later and I’m not denying cloud doesn’t have great love for Aerith lots of people ship him with her and I found her an incredibly well balanced character too with the trauma of losing her mother to Shinra and growing up because she thought she was alone in terms of being the last Cetra. I just think if what cloud and Tifa don’t have is romantic love they have a balance of living with that scarred trauma of what happened in Nibelheim and being survivors themselves of what that terrible man did. I hope rebirth explores this more. Tifa and Cloud sharing their trauma and find out the truth is what will most likely be as interesting as it was in the original game but in the context of this remake it can be more emotional with the voice acting talents who are so incredible at their jobs.

  • @parlor3115
    @parlor3115 2 года назад +3

    I like Tifa for her design and the fact that her character is well written makes it even better

  • @simoncss1
    @simoncss1 7 месяцев назад +1

    Tifa’s big fan service, undeniabl. & tat’s how I came to look in 1st place. But those who think tat’s all to her person, after seein her character play out, r truly the shallow 1s

  • @michaelbrent1536
    @michaelbrent1536 2 года назад

    I like her and Aqua(Kingdom Heart)characters ! Characters that need work are Lightning(Final Fantasy), Pit(Kid icarus Uprising) and Corrin(Fire Emblem)!

  • @jayden8027
    @jayden8027 27 дней назад +2

    Should I play ff7? I've never played a ff game before.

  • @shadowmomochiuchiha6839
    @shadowmomochiuchiha6839 8 месяцев назад +1

    Tifa is the GOAT of ff7

  • @KingDDDuke
    @KingDDDuke 3 года назад +2

    Good video!

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад

      Thank you, I appreciate the comment!

  • @bandarsalh1338
    @bandarsalh1338 3 месяца назад

    I like how her personality isn't what you expect when you first look at her

  • @beeebeee
    @beeebeee 3 года назад +3

    Love her💜

  • @FuIIDiveVR
    @FuIIDiveVR 3 месяца назад +2

    I really miss Remake

    • @Tooncesthecatwhodrives
      @Tooncesthecatwhodrives 4 дня назад

      I do too. I feel like I’ve been watching it a lot as of late. In some ways, we are like Aerith, we miss the steel sky.
      Edit: I accidentally deleted the original comment from October 8th, so the comment information was from then.😢 So I re-typed the comment back out, because it meant that much to me. But, it’s still true, I’m still watching so much Remake stuff.

  • @angel_in-black
    @angel_in-black 6 месяцев назад

    Tifa is without a doubt the girl I want and dream about!

  • @krisl2838
    @krisl2838 7 месяцев назад

    Real depiction of a real woman. Feminine, but incredibly strong spirit.

  • @jonnytech_
    @jonnytech_ 2 года назад

    My face character in the series and squall is a close second!

  • @mollyjayhedgehog6276
    @mollyjayhedgehog6276 10 месяцев назад

    She kind and pretty knows how to kiss she understood cloud better than any one

  • @PhilosophersCallingToManga
    @PhilosophersCallingToManga Месяц назад

    Love. Priceless. Just love.🌸🐦‍🔥

  • @Orochi97Jr
    @Orochi97Jr 22 дня назад

    Tifa Lockhart is an angel.
    😇😍🤤😘

  • @grimtwin5581
    @grimtwin5581 3 года назад +1

    Very well said

    • @xanderscut
      @xanderscut  3 года назад

      Thanks for the feedback!

  • @mohammadalhusaini810
    @mohammadalhusaini810 6 месяцев назад

    Rebirth expanded on every single character in a positive way but MY GOD did they COOK with cloud tifa barret and sephiroth holy shit.

  • @easteryeko9742
    @easteryeko9742 7 месяцев назад

    Im a girl and i have a crush on her lmao. She is one of the most relatable character in the game.