What argument? Social Media wasn't around back then, not that that's a bad thing. If you mean who was it between the love triangle then, yeah I have my reservations, but I always went with Cloud and Aerith, it made for a better love story to me, and the idea of Tifa or Cloud waiting for one another after all that time makes no sense to me, all the boys in town were jocking for Tifa but it was always and only Cloud? Tifa said all the boys around Cloud's age were leaving town to find work, but she only cared about the one who said he'd join soldier and become a hero?
Playing Cloud Strife and running around Midgar with a pack of wild lesbians has been one hell of an experience for the psyche. Currently, the ‘pack’ only refers to Aerith and Tifa, but don’t let that stop you, because the has said Aerith/Tifa rights a thousand times over.
Gamers probably know that Tifa and Aerith have, unfortunately, been pushed by both fandom and the game itself to be Cloud’s love interests. This wouldn’t really be such a problem if it wasn’t so blatant in almost every conversation they have with him. You can, of course, choose to be with neither and set your loving gaze onto the ridiculously hot Barret Wallace, your fellow Avalanche member, but that’s an article for another time. The point is, Tifa and Aerith have often been pitted against one another for no real reason, even when the original game has never supported that narrative.
The FF7 Remake has also told this perspective , instead adding in more scenes so that Tifa and Aerith can get their own time together without necessarily having to talk about Cloud 24/7. Music to my gay ears.
While this game is still drowning in as much heteronormativity as physically possible, the chemistry of Aerith and Tifa’s friendship borders on homoerotic at times and while my eyes detect queer subtext everywhere, it does seem I’m not alone in noticing that Aerith and Tifa have a crazy amount of chemistry and are 100% here for it.
