Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This topic will always be a complaint to some people.
// Are you guys going to look at me straight in the eye and say that this outfit or shot combination isn't just sexualizing fan-service?
Yes. It is not sexualizing fan-service, and if you think it is, so what? It's a video game. Tifa is an attractive female character, and Cloud is appreciating it, way too much in this clip.
// Can someone explain to me how this is crucial to the FF7 plot?
I'd argue that the whole Remake is not crucial to the FF7 plot and so is Rebirth for that matter, but the side quests aren't crucial either. There are so much stuff in the game that aren't "crucial." Not every aspect of the plot needs to be.
// Just because a scene isn't serious, authors can take the liberties to show whatever they want in it?
Yes. It's their work. They can do whatever they want with it. You're saying this as if they have a moral obligation to follow.
// What I'm arguing is that the framing of that specific scene did serve to feed into the stereotype of sexualization of female characters rather than challenge it.
What are you talking about? She's wearing a swimsuit on the beach. She's obviously going to wear clothing that are more revealing than her normal outfit. If you say that it can be challenged, how? By have her not wear a swimsuit? By not have Cloud appreciate her in a swimsuit? That'd be incredibly rude for Tifa who has been seeking for his attention. God forbid women want to look attractive to dudes, right?
// I feel like girls and women deserve better representation in video games.
Dude. You are implying that Tifa Lockhart is not a good representation of women in video games. Tifa Lockhart, one of the most iconic and most beloved video game characters of all time, and you're saying that she's not good enough because she wore a sexy swimsuit at one point and being ogled at. I think female game characters deserve to be discussed as actual characters with personalities and flaws than just as sexual objects by pretend progressives.
This topic will always be a complaint to some people.
// Are you guys going to look at me straight in the eye and say that this outfit or shot combination isn't just sexualizing fan-service?
Yes. It is not sexualizing fan-service, and if you think it is, so what? It's a video game. Tifa is an attractive female character, and Cloud is appreciating it, way too much in this clip.
// Can someone explain to me how this is crucial to the FF7 plot?
I'd argue that the whole Remake is not crucial to the FF7 plot and so is Rebirth for that matter, but the side quests aren't crucial either. There are so much stuff in the game that aren't "crucial." Not every aspect of the plot needs to be.
// Just because a scene isn't serious, authors can take the liberties to show whatever they want in it?
Yes. It's their work. They can do whatever they want with it. You're saying this as if they have a moral obligation to follow.
// What I'm arguing is that the framing of that specific scene did serve to feed into the stereotype of sexualization of female characters rather than challenge it.
What are you talking about? She's wearing a swimsuit on the beach. She's obviously going to wear clothing that are more revealing than her normal outfit. If you say that it can be challenged, how? By have her not wear a swimsuit? By not have Cloud appreciate her in a swimsuit? That'd be incredibly rude for Tifa who has been seeking for his attention. God forbid women want to look attractive to dudes, right?
// I feel like girls and women deserve better representation in video games.
Dude. You are implying that Tifa Lockhart is not a good representation of women in video games. Tifa Lockhart, one of the most iconic and most beloved video game characters of all time, and you're saying that she's not good enough because she wore a sexy swimsuit at one point and being ogled at. I think female game characters deserve to be discussed as actual characters with personalities and flaws than just as sexual objects by pretend progressives.
