1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. I'm welcome to Stefan 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: Never Told You, a production of iHeartRadio, and welcome to 3 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: another segment, sub sub sub segment of fictional women around 4 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: the world. Today's gonna be fun for a lot of reasons. 5 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: Samantha has no idea what we're talking about. That's great. 6 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: I have no idea. Yes, this one's gonna be really 7 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: fun for people who do know what I'm talking about. Like, 8 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: I think you'll still enjoy it even if you don't. 9 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: But if you do, you're gonna enjoy this one, I think, 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: although not if you're not my friend who's really heartbroken 11 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: right now. Oh no, So today we are talking about 12 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: Final Fantasy n the character Eric Gainsborough, So spoilers. I 13 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: put a question on that. Because this game came out 14 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety seven, I'm mostly going to be talking 15 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: about the original, but I will be talking on some 16 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: of the stuff going on with a new one. So 17 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: if you don't know, I believe in twenty twenty because 18 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: I was playing it during the pandemic with my friends, 19 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: they released a remake and it doesn't follow the original game. 20 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: That's why it's called a remake. But it has a 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: lot of stuff that's similar. They just released a new game, 22 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: the second part of their remake trilogy, Rebirth, and I 23 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: listeners have been sucked in. It's such a long game 24 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: and I don't have time to play it. I have 25 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: all those other things to do, but I want to 26 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: play it. And at the heart, you know well that 27 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: part of the heart of this game is a love triangle. Samantha. 28 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,919 Speaker 1: You play as the character Cloud, and there are two women, 29 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: Tifa and Rath, who are your main choices. I got Tifa, 30 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: that is all I will say. I really cannot wait 31 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: to come back and do an episode on Tifa and Una, 32 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: who is from a different Final Fantasy, but still again, 33 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: some of these episodes, I'm like, oh, we have to 34 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: talk about this too. This character has been in a 35 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: lot of media Earth, including a movie that was a 36 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: very odd film, but she was in there. She's also 37 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: in Kingdom Hearts. She is voiced by Mandy Moore. You 38 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: can see the episode we did on Tara Branford. He 39 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: was from Final Fantasy three slash six, depending on your 40 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: translation copy. I do you know. I have to say it. 41 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: I love all the Star Wars references in it. It's 42 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: a very there's a lot of Star Wars references in 43 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: this game. Also, my D and D campaign is based 44 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: on Final Fans seven, on Final Fantasy seven and Star Wars, 45 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: but mostly I guess that like overt puns are Star Wars. 46 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: But the game is based on Final Fantasy seven. And 47 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: that's why I was like, oh, no, Dylan knows he's 48 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: played File Fancy seven. It's ruined. I hope it's clear 49 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: this is not a sponsor. Every time we talk about 50 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: games and movies and stuff, unless we specifically say that 51 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: that's why we're doing the episode, it is not a 52 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: sponsor at the current moment, or not why we're talking 53 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: about them. Yes, all right, so who is this character? Again? 54 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: I one of the reasons I want to talk about 55 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: this is that I'm seeing so many wild conversations play 56 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: out about her. I am seeing a shipping devastate my friends. 57 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: Because again, there's two main characters that you could end 58 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: up with, and I thought, why not talk about one 59 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: of the main ones, one of the most pivotal characters. 60 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna argue later at the end that 61 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: perhaps the most pivotal character Erith Gaines. Real all right, 62 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: So first thing, if you like me and you grew 63 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: up with the PlayStation one version, her name was mistranslated 64 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: to Aris in the American version. It's meant to sound 65 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: close to Earth, but it's Rith Now. I say Earth 66 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: now is and that's what it is in even English games. 67 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: But in the original PS one it was Aris. As 68 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: I've mentioned, the first Dragon Con cosplay I ever did 69 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: was of Tifa, my good friend did Rith, who is 70 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: the yes, the other character in the love Jungle with Cloud. 71 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: I will be talking about her some too, but she's 72 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: definitely gonna get her own episode. And Yes, your choices 73 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: throughout the game influence who you end up with, and 74 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: Earth and Teeth aure to two mains, but they're not 75 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: the only ones, though I will say there your only 76 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: serious ones. I did play it every time to get 77 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: the different person right one of them was really difficult. 78 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: But what's interesting to me about it is that Eric 79 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: and Tifa are friends. No matter what happens. There's no 80 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: cat fighting. They're both to me legitimate choices as an 81 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: even if they're both in love with Cloud, it might 82 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: be a big part of their motivations, but they are 83 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: their own, separate, different people. They're complex characters with lives 84 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: outside of a dude what pretty much. Apparently Robert Pattison 85 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: has said that this love triangle is how quote every 86 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,559 Speaker 1: guy figures out what love is. That he loved both 87 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: character interesting. Also, I was telling Samantha before this, I 88 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: had to cut a lot of this episode. I think 89 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: at least two pages because I was just going off 90 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: on tangents that aren't about Earth. But one of them 91 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: is Tifa's boobs. I've talked about this before, but there's 92 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: a scene. If you know it, you know it. And 93 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: they really put in those animation books, those nineteen ninety 94 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: seven animation books to animating her booths bounds. Oh my gosh. 95 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's very I won't forget it. But okay, 96 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: all least tangents aside. Final Fantasy seven is a role 97 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: playing video game that first came out in nineteen ninety seven, 98 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: and yes, it's now getting a remake. It was hugely popular. 99 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: It was critically acclaimed. Some argued it altered the gaming 100 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: landscape at large. It is considered as one of the 101 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: best video games of all time. I loved it. It's 102 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: one of my favorites. It was an epic story. Over 103 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: three discs that had a compelling main story all about 104 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: a planet being poisoned from pollution, but with a ton 105 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: of side quest that the player could seek out if 106 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: they wanted them. As I mentioned in the episode we 107 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: did on Tara, Final Fancy games are not generally connected, 108 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: but there are similar elements in each edition. One would 109 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: be like magic and summoning things like that. Another they're 110 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: complicated as to explain, but extremely briefly. The plot of 111 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: Final Fancy seven follows the mercenary named Cloud Strife who 112 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: takes a job with quote eco terrorist group Avalanche, and 113 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: a lot of the members are from his hometown. This 114 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: group believes that Shinra, who is they're the controlling power 115 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: kind of a company government entity, is killing the planet 116 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: by draining its life force of Maco just kind of like, 117 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, the green magic that keeps the planet going, 118 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: but it's useful for a bunch of other stuff. Basically, 119 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: they're overmining the planet of its soul. So Cloud sort 120 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: of gets wrapped up in this group in part because 121 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: of his childhood friend and girl next door type teeth. 122 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: Through all of this, he meets a flower girl later 123 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: falling through the roof of her church named Erith Gainsborough, 124 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: who is immediately mysterious and flirty, but she's also presented 125 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: as like very innocent. She wears pink and reds that 126 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: cover her whole body. She's very sweet. She is the 127 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: foil to our closed off leading man, and she needs 128 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: a bodyguard because some of the big wigs at Shinra 129 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: are hunting her down. You later learned she's the last 130 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: of her race, the Ceta, who wielded powerful magical abilities 131 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: and our protectors of the planet. Aris's mother tries to 132 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: convince Cloud to leave, and he attempts to sneak out, 133 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: basically like he's hiding out at her house, at Ara's house, 134 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: and her mom's like no, so he tries to sneak out, 135 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: but he's caught by Rith, who demands to come with 136 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 1: him on their hunt for the mysterious and deadly Sepheral 137 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: powerful soldier and Soldiers like a title in these games 138 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: that has connections to Cloud. Antifa's passed and they believe 139 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: it's at the heart of all the bad stuff going on. 140 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: Erith is a playable character and she fights. She's kind 141 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: of the magic person healer, but she's really powerful. More history. 142 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 1: She is actually half Cetera, born to her mother of Fauna, 143 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: who was full Cetera and her father, Professor gast Farmis. However, 144 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 1: within weeks of being born, a scientist working for Shinra 145 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: named Hojo kills her father and captures her and her 146 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: mother and brings them to his lab where he performs 147 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: a lot of experiments on them, pretty cruel to her mom. 148 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: Erith was very isolated during this time. At one point, 149 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: her drawings were interpreted as showing the promised lands where 150 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: Maco was plentiful, and they really want to know where 151 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: this was. With the help of someone on the inside 152 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: of Fauna, A escaped with Earth, leaving her on the 153 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: streets of the sector five slums in mid Garlic on 154 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: the church steps and Midguards like the main city, and 155 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: it's very divided by class and socioeconomic status. It's very polluted. 156 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: After her mother collapsed, Ereth searched for a doctor and 157 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: instead was found by her adoptive mother, Elmira Gainsborough. Elmira 158 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: soon learns that Earth has power she cannot explain. When 159 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: Earth correctly predicts the death of Elmira's husband on Erith's 160 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: eighth birthday, Shinra shows up in forming Elmira that Erith 161 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: is et cetera, and they regretted how cruelly a fauna 162 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: had been treated, and then they would leave her alone 163 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: if Ereth told them the location of the promised land. 164 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: Elmira was able to convince them to let them be 165 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: if she kept a close watch on Earth, and Ereth 166 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: told Emira she was in fact et cetera. This meant 167 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: that Elmira was very strict with Erith where she could go, 168 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: what she could do. No television, so she didn't really 169 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: know what was going on in the outside world. Eventually, 170 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: Erith ran away in protest. She was found by the 171 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,719 Speaker 1: man who helped her and her mother escape, but he 172 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: told her that he was in love with her and 173 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: had been in love with her mother and wanted to 174 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: be with her. Elmira found them and chased him off 175 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: at the broom and a pistol. Despite all the pollution 176 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: and the difficulty of growing things, Earth starts planting flowers 177 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: near her home and a nearby church, where they grow 178 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: well due to her and the magical qualities of the water. 179 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: Earth was very compassionate and caring. She was very joyful 180 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: and upbeat when it came to her view on life, 181 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: how she behaved flowers and people. She sees violence as 182 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: the last resort, but she can absolutely fight and she will. 183 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: To her work at the church, she meets a soldier 184 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: named Zach who fell through the roof while she was 185 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: sending flowers. He called Earth an angel and asked her out, 186 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: and she laughed off this request. He then suggested that 187 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: she sell her flowers for money. She gave him a 188 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: tour of the slums, and he'd brought her her signature 189 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: pink ribbon. She admitted to him that she was afraid 190 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: of soldiers, who, in her mind, were experiments that were 191 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: created for violence. But oh no, she learns Zach as 192 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: a soldier, and she's embarrassed. They aren't. They're like clones essentially. 193 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: Oh star wars. Then there's much flirting. She phraises his eyes, 194 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: but alas Zach is called away, but he promises to 195 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 1: come back and visit her when he can. He does 196 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: come back, and he builds her cart to sell her flowers, 197 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: and they did a bunch of cute like dainty things, 198 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: including Rath promising she'd wear pink every time they went 199 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: on a date. But Zach was called away again on 200 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: a job with sephyr Wool and he never returned. I 201 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: don't know, uh huh. Erith kept selling flowers, though she 202 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: did it out of a basket because the cart had broken, 203 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: which I assume is a symbol. She spoke of hearing 204 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: the wind and an old voice speaking to her and 205 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: wanting to see the world. And yes, she later tells 206 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: Cloud if this story is like, wait a minute, did 207 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: you already say that? Yeah, she later tells Cloud he 208 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,599 Speaker 1: reminds her of Zach. Both fell through the roof of 209 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: the church and that is a whole mess that I'm 210 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: not sure we have time for today, because like Cloud 211 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: is Zach fun with clone and memories, He's not, but 212 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: he thinks he is, but he doesn't know. It's confusing. 213 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 1: He thinks he's Cloud, but he has Zach's memories in 214 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:47,359 Speaker 1: life in his head. Anyway, back to the main storyline. 215 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: So this epic journey ensues all across the planet and 216 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: you really get to see that Earth. Despite her quote innocent, 217 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: exterior is an instigator, like she's flirtatious. She's the one 218 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: that convinces Cloud to cross dra to infiltrate an enemy layer. 219 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 1: She's often the one that argues they should help people 220 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: or animals or the planet or what have you. She's 221 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: great at reading people and figuring out what they want, 222 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: and this often puts her in situations where a great threat. 223 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: And she is captured after rescuing one of the party's 224 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: daughter who is a single father. And I also read 225 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: a whole bunch about how interesting that was to be 226 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: in this game. But anyway, and Hojo is back, Oh no, 227 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: and he wants to oh yes, Odo because he wants 228 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: to breed Erith with Red thirteen, who is a sentient 229 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: dog cat. There's a huge argument on the internet right 230 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: now about this Samantha because of the game. They keep 231 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: calling him a dog kind looks like a cat. Anyway, 232 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: apparently people are still still weigh in but whatever the species, 233 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: they live over one hundred years, so Hojo wanted to 234 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: make a longer lasting hybrid. The group arrives to rescue 235 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: earth In and read thirteen before this can happen. But 236 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: then they get captured too, and they all wake up 237 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: and they're in cells. But then they wake up and 238 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: cell doors are open and everyone, including the president of Shinra, 239 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: has been killed. Oh no, Yeah, well they're bad guys. 240 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: But yeah, ok, presumably by Severov, who has a great 241 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: theme song by the way, one winged Angel. Erith, now 242 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: with some evidence that Sephiroth was related to the Cetera, 243 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: was more determined to find him, although spoiler alert, he's 244 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: not and he's kind of a liar. But whatever are 245 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: they all liars? Yes, more stuff happens. They've run into 246 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: Hojo again, but he's on vacation. It's like leave maybe. 247 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: Erith starts thinking about being the last of her kind, 248 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: like potentially, and learns more about her heritage. She meets 249 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: Zach's parents and confides to Cloud that Zach was her 250 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: first love. If you played your cards right, I guess 251 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: if you want to get a date with Earth, perhaps 252 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: Cloud and Earth go on a date. A confrontation with 253 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: Cepharoth takes place, where he reveals his plan to basically 254 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: destroy the planet. Earth harnesses her Cetera powers, but Cepharroth 255 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: takes control of Cloud to attack her, because again he's 256 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: a clone and cephra can kind of control all the clones. 257 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: Cloud doesn't know he's a clone. That was like one 258 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: of the big shock of the game. It's like, because 259 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: you keep trying to find out who are all these 260 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: guys in robes and then you're like, oh no, I'm 261 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: a clone too anyway, So he's knocked out, but he 262 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: hears Earth promising that she'll take care of it, and 263 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: then she's gone. Erith locates the city of the Ancients, 264 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: slash et cetera, and praise for the holy White Magic 265 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: to combat the dark magic the media or that Cepharoth 266 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: has summoned. While she's summoning it, the party finds her 267 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: and Cepharroth once again takes control of Cloud to try 268 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: and murder her, but Cloud resists. However, Sephiroth descends from 269 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 1: the sky and impales her with his sword, killing her. 270 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: As Cloud is holding her, her ribbon comes loose and 271 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: a white materia, which materia is kind of a maco 272 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: infused or abuse for magic, falls out. This is known 273 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: as one of the most shocking traumatic video game moments ever. 274 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 1: I wasn't expecting it, No one was expecting it. I'm 275 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: pretty sure it happens at the end of disc one, 276 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: so it's not like it's pretty late. It's early, but 277 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: it's late, I don't know, and people were determined to 278 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: find out if you could prevent it somehow with your choices. 279 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: And remember this was when we were all one, old 280 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: slow internet connections and trying to figure all all of 281 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: this out. Here's a quote from the wiki fandom about 282 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: Ari's death. The death of Earth in Final Fantasy seven 283 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: has been seen as a monumental moment in gaming history 284 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: due to the impact it had on fans. In two 285 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: thousand and seven, games by Staff listed it as the 286 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: tenth top cinematic moment in gaming history, calling it dramatic 287 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: as it is beautiful and comparing it to the death 288 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: of Gwynn Stacy from the Spiderman comic books. Emma Boys, 289 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: writing for IGN in twenty twelve, described the death of 290 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: Earth as a genuinely shocking moment, saying her death stays 291 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: with players and allows them to sympathize with Cloud's quest 292 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: for vengeance against Severalth. Several players, in response, created numerous 293 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: fan theories on message boards and dissected the game's code 294 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: to explore the possibility of reviving Erath or preventing her death. 295 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,479 Speaker 1: In describing this, Brian Taylor, writing for Kills Scream, compared 296 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: this to the campaigns of writing letters to Charles Dickens 297 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: to urge him not to kill the endearing protagonist of 298 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: the old Curiosity Shop. And here's a quote after Sephyral 299 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: kills Earth from Cloud. The cycle of nature and your 300 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: stupid plans don't mean a thing. Earth is gone. Earth 301 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: will no longer talk, no longer laugh or cry or 302 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,360 Speaker 1: get angry? What about us? So what are we supposed 303 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: to do? What is this pain? My fingers are tingling, 304 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: my mouth is dry, my eyes are burning. It's a 305 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: really upsetting scene. It's really like it stuck with me. 306 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: I've found an article that was like a traumatized the 307 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: whole generation because we weren't expecting it. It was that's 308 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: how they do it, that's how they do it. And again, 309 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: I'm not going to go into the remake, but I 310 00:19:53,400 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: want to so badly. Okay, So Erith joins after she's murdered, 311 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: She joins the life stream, which is sort of like 312 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: the planet's soul, and she reaches out to Cloud when 313 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: his mind is broken, and essentially there's a whole section 314 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: of the game where you're in his head and he's 315 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: just reliving the worst moments, and she it's and she 316 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: reaches out to him. So does Tifa again separate episode, 317 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: but she's able to help harness the life stream and 318 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: the summon that she died for to block Metior and 319 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: stop sephyr Off. Like I said, yeah, I'm not going 320 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: to go into the remake, but it is one of 321 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: my favorite video game endings ever. And I believe the 322 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: rebirth is the same. But basically they're like, we're not 323 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: going to do exactly the same thing, but yes, basically 324 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: in the in the remake, they are these things called whispers, 325 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: and there's sort of fate and you can change some 326 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: of it, but some of it, the whispers are like, no, 327 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: this has to happen. So all I'll say about that. 328 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: She is a hugely popular character. She came in third 329 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: in a twenty twenty pole about all time most popular 330 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: Final Fancy characters, behind Cloud and Una. And I do, 331 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: like I said, I want to come back and do 332 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: episode on Una. I did a whole art project on Una. 333 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: I love her. But Okay, there are a lot of 334 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: things to talk about here. People have written a lot 335 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: about her. One thing is there's a very interesting juxtaposition 336 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: with her with the Madonna and the Horre, wherein she 337 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: is very presented as very innocent. She wears pink, she 338 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: sells flowers. She's very upbeat, she's very like outgoing emotionally, 339 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: she's very flirtatious, but she is not slut shamed, not 340 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: at all. She's definitely the one that is flirting with Cloud. 341 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: She has moments of like teasing him in particular about 342 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: him feeling like she has to protect her even though 343 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: she's proven herself time and time again. But she also 344 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: has her moments of vulnerability. And this was really interesting 345 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: to me because when I was reading about it, a 346 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: lot of people didn't like her because she was too forward. 347 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: But to me, when you she doesn't seem that forward. 348 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: It's just she's a woman in kind of an innocent 349 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: guys who's firtatious, and people are like, whoa, or she 350 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: got in the way of their ship if they're a 351 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: tifa Cloud, oh yeah, Or that she was weak because 352 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: she was too feminine and more pink and sold flowers. 353 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: But again she kick yous uh. This is a quote 354 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: from Sam Rowitt. As such as dual rola savior antidectress 355 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: can seem strange to us as Western players who are 356 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: generally more familiar with those traditions, despite the source of 357 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: its inspiration However, seven makes no effort to undermine Airth's 358 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: benevolent image through its narrative. She isn't one to sit 359 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: on her behind waiting for Prince Charming to save the day, 360 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: especially not if she thinks she can do better. Eric 361 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: was never an innocent little child. She was a bold 362 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: young woman with the will and determination required to save 363 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 1: the world. In many regards, She's more of an ideal 364 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: hero than Cloud himself could ever hope to be. That's 365 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: why her death still reduces fans to tears after twenty years, 366 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: and why it has such a visible impact on the 367 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: rest of the party. I also found a theory that 368 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 1: wasn't looking down at all, but that she's sex worker. 369 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 1: I thought that was fascinating, but I had never heard 370 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: of that. That was new to me. She was looked 371 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: down on as a girly girl, and I found a 372 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: lot of articles from women who grew up with this 373 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: game who have played it again as adults, kind of 374 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: coming to terms with how much they judge her for 375 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: being a girly girl. She's kind of like outwardly a 376 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: girly girl, but I get I think both her and 377 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: Teafa are more nuanced than the tropes they represent. Here's 378 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: the vote from XP show. The whole deal with Tifa 379 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: and Erath is that none of them act like how 380 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: they look. They switch the character archetypes. A major theme 381 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: of Final Fantasy seven is subverting archetypes. Tifa the fighter 382 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: is the carrying motherly type and Erath, frail magic user 383 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: is the bold, outgoing one. Yep, costumes, there are a 384 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: lot of sexualized costumes, but I would say I mean 385 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: not generally Like I said, Erith's main costume isn't. But 386 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: there are a lot of costume changes, but I say 387 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: she leans into them as not slut shame for them. 388 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: She kind of weaponizes them and convinces Cloud to wear one. Two. Also, 389 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: the perils of pink. I found a whole article about this, 390 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: just the fact that she wears pink and how a 391 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: lot of people judged her for it. She is friends 392 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: with all the other women in the party. Everyone really, 393 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: but she's friends with the women. That unfortunately is kind 394 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: of rare. Recent quotes from developers about wanting her in 395 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: Tifa to have a better relationship have come up. They 396 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: wanted them to have more fun, and there was a 397 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: lot of backlash from mainly gamer dudes about how she's 398 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: too mean. It's a cloud the main guy. She's definitely 399 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: not one. She is like a really incredibly optimistic character 400 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: in the face of a lifetime of tragedy. Some have 401 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: argued that she is the main hero Fantasy seven. She 402 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: is the foil to suffer Off, who's the main villain, 403 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: but also a sympathetic villain for sure. But yes, she 404 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: was still killed to move along the plot, but it 405 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 1: didn't feel empty like it often does when they do 406 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: that to women characters. But she was still killed to 407 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: the plot. She was the heart of the party. She 408 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: feels like she could have easily been the main character. 409 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: I'm cloud the sport like when you play it, especially 410 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: for me. Now, I'm like, she feels like the main character, 411 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: and I'm playing the side character to her. From Alana 412 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: Haiggs at RPG fan As a child, I let society 413 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: and the world cloud my opinion of Earth. To me, 414 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 1: she wasn't Tifa. She was physically weak, and her playful 415 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: attitude rubbed me the wrong way. I imprinted horriful gender 416 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: stereotypes on Earth because of other people's perceptions of what 417 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: a quote strong female character should be like. But now 418 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: I think Ereth is one of the strongest female characters 419 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: I've ever seen. Thrust with the burden of saving the planet, 420 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: she travels the world with a smile on her face. 421 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 1: She's got attitude, but her vulnerability shows that even she 422 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: is scared of her own destiny. By re experiencing Final 423 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: Fantasy seven that second time, I often realized how unfairly 424 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: I treated other female characters for similar reasons, because I 425 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: believed them to be weak, because they were too nice, 426 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: because they weren't strong. Seeing Earth in a new light 427 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: taught me to recognize the good in everyone and to 428 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: celebrate female characters for who they are. Yeah, I get 429 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: I want to come back and talk about Tifa, because 430 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: it really is interesting that kind of they're outward. What 431 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: they would have you believe is not the case of 432 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: their character. It's really interesting. But yeah, I hope this 433 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: made some sense for you who don't know about this, 434 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: for those that for those that doo, I hope that 435 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: this was a fun one for you. And Oh, I 436 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: desperately want to talk about the shipping stuff that's coming 437 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: on with the new one, but I'll wait. Oh, but 438 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 1: my heart goes out to everyone's sad. There are broken 439 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: Oh yes, it's gonna be okay. Well, I hope. So 440 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: I haven't gotten to the end yet, So I'm pretty 441 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: sure I know what happens, but I haven't gotten to 442 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: the end. Well. 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