Is It Realistic?

[The Seer of Shadows]

i suppose Aeris/Aerith could work

Dang it!  Aeris/Aerith is twelve characters long!  It doesn't fit in the 9-character limit for custom names in FF7!!

Do excuse me.  I occasionally experience these bursts of randomness

Edit: My list looks something more like this:
Aeris/Aerith
The Turks (especially Rufus, though he doesn't really count as a Turk...)
Tifa
Cloud
Yuffie <----- sorry, but I've yet to forgive that materia freak for depriving me of my magic.
That was just in case you cared to know

[guitar_dudester91]

Oh well just do a wuick Aeris/th! that should fix it 

Hmm yes.

[V]

Which character did you do it to then? I'm just curious, don't tell me it was Cloud or Barret

It wasn't, and this line of discussion has been followed as far as it's going to go.

And Seifer started the slut debate by claiming that clothing choices reflected personality.

[The Seer of Shadows]

And Seifer started the slut debate by claiming that clothing choices reflected personality.

Choice of clothing do reflect personality to some extent in real life.  Not so much in fiction, because strictly speaking, the characters themselves are not the ones that chose their clothing.

[Izban]

people forget that that ist a game but on the side of realism the shorter the skirt the more mobility expecial if said skirt is leather as leather is slightly more constricting then just about any cloth i can think of, why leather for the skirt well leather doenst ride as much, hotpants mini skirt which do you think bends easier

as to tifa being a slut well thats just not right she's a country chick as reflected by the cowboy hat in the flashback as a country person you have a tendancy to dress for comfort and mobility. style really has nothing to do with it the fact that she wear the suspender to keep her skirt up and shirt down also point to the fact that shes slightly more conservative then initail impression implys

as for the hooker comment well if shes a hooker WTF are her transparant platform heels I ask you this

[V]

And Seifer started the slut debate by claiming that clothing choices reflected personality.

Choice of clothing do reflect personality to some extent in real life.  Not so much in fiction, because strictly speaking, the characters themselves are not the ones that chose their clothing.

Personality? Really? Choice of clothing is a choice, often influenced by aesthetic or sociological concerns. For example, a person concerned about the more unfair aspects of globalisation might care less about the appearance of their clothing than whether it were fair trade. Similarly, there are all kinds of t-shirts that may reflect various interests people may have. By contrast personality is pretty much ingrained, though there are some conscious choices that affect it - one's choice to use or not use various illicit substances, for example. I don't really see how such traits as how outgoing someone is would affect their choices in clothing. Maybe you meant something else by "personality."

But yeah, implying sexual promiscuity from choices of clothing, which is what the thread quickly devolved into, is pretty absurd. In this case, it's quite plausible that Tifa shows skin because it gets her better tips as a barmaid. That'd be pretty plausible in the real world too.

[The Seer of Shadows]

The only point I meant to make by that post was that one's choice of clothing is affected by personality.  Say that I am a typical male teenager who thinks death is cool, and I wear t-shirts with skulls and blood on them everywhere I go.  My choice of clothing would reflect that aspect of my character - I think death rocks!

The above is merely an example that happens to be untowardly stereotypical of teenagers, and I am nothing like that.

[Prince Lex]

MrAdults - in his previous 2 posts - has basically said exactly what I wanted to say on the subject, though for some reason I wasn't able to articulate it quite as well.

[guitar_dudester91]

It's a fucking video game character. A video game character. Her personality doesn't mean shit. She was programmed, i don't think the developers thought she was a slut.

This has gone a little over the edge.

[The Seer of Shadows]

...

I guess we'll just leave that to conclude the thread, then.

[Chocobo]

Final Fantasy has the word 'Fantasy' in it... But it is like the futuristic? Real world.

Why are we going on about Tifa being a slut/sex model when this topic is about how can Tifa do that limit break in the game with a mini skirt. (I thought she was wearing shorts, too.)

Put it this way:
People who think Tifa is 'hot' are people who don't have a girlfriend IRL, and therefore consult to pixels, cyber flirting, and the like. Cyber flirting by saying they have huge muscles, etc etc, and going 'HEY HONEY!!!11'. Or shit.


Anyway, I dunno if Tifa can do really do it... Her skirt still looks like a pair of shorts.

[The Seer of Shadows]

Yeah, I always thought she was wearing shorts and I prefer that idea over the mini skirt.  However, people who think Tifa is "hot"... don't you think they should be allowed to think that without being judged as single guys who cyber flirt?

But as guitar_dudester91 said, this is all quite unimportant.

[Chocobo]

It's just my opinion about people who think Tifa is hot. Yes, she may be in Advent Children (because of the CGI graphics, or whatever.) But in the game? I must now result to those weird smileys... Uhh... This one will do... -.-

Well, I guess you have a point there, Seer. Quite a lot of guys could think Tifa is 'hot' whilst having a life and a GF (etc etc.) . I just think most people who think that Tifa is 'hot' are nerds who cyber flirt on the internet.

[The Seer of Shadows]

You're free to think that.  I was actually taking into account her AC appearance, because she is undeniably quite good looking in that film... but if people are falling in love with her FF7 lego-like field model... I must admit, that is worrying.

[Jari]

Hey, I thought that "&" was pretty darn hot!

That would be a succubus (or any other demon, for that matter) in NetHack, which uses entirely ASCII-based presentation. Its kinda sad that I have to explain this, but somehow I doubt that even half of you kids have ever played it.

Point being; it's called imagination. Either you have it, or you don't.

[Opine]

Just to throw in my own comment on the Tifa's Skirt Issue: It could be a skort. In that case she could wear something that is a skirt - without flashing anything - because it just might have shorts attached to it.

Also, for some reason whenever I played it, I always pictured that like she just got called out to help Avalanche right in the middle of changing for work after having left training at the gym.
Short skirt - bartending in a slum, gotta make tips somehow.
Sports bra - Zangan-Ryu doesn't train itself.

[ultima espio]

I'm quite offended that someone would call Tifa a slut. It is actually a bit sad to call a video game character a slut, unless that character was designed to be one. Tifa was not, she was a contrast to the lady like Aerith.

Slut in the dictionary:

slut
–noun
1.    a dirty, slovenly woman.
2.    an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute.

I dont think Tifa fits that. Do you?

Thats my 2 cents on this I'm not gonna argue with it, think what you want really.