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Maybe I need to see the rest of Catherine's supports (I didn't use her in my Silver Snow run), but I really don't read her as a bottom. To me, Catherine and Shamir are a textbook switch couple. I really don't see either dominating the other because their personality types are too evenly matched. If I had to pick, though, I'd say Shamir is the bottom. She's a major tsundere who talks a big game.
Here's a fun one: https://youtu.be/SiSDk4AT3dc
It's the only Tales game I've played so I wasn't too put-off by the gameplay. After spending 3485394 years grinding for 1-2 bosses in EVERY OTHER JRPG EVER, this was a nice change of pace. Yuri's a fairly unique protagonist, especially in Japanese media, Estelle is an absolute sweetheart who is the exact opposite of street smart, and Rita is the introverted cave goblin we all know we are. I think the world's fairly interesting with lots of different locales and story beats that make sense. There's commentary on the flaws of justice systems and laws.
And I cannot stress this enough how insanely healthy and charming the relationship between Rita and Estelle is. It's subtext, but like barely. If it was made today, they'd be gay. One of the unique things about Vesperia is that the two opposite-sex leads are only platonic. Estelle has the most chemistry with Rita and Yuri has the most chemistry with Judith, who is honestly more on his intellectual level than Estelle. The dynamics between the characters is really great, especially when you start unlocking each of the dialogue sequences. It's long-ish, but I burned through my first run of it in less than a week because I couldn't put it down. I loved it so much. Even years later, Ristelle is in my top 5 pairings of all time because their dynamic is unbeatable. I'd seriously recommend this game to anyone, especially any yuri (pun intended) fan. You might need a guide for certain sequences, though, to unlock all the dialogue scenes.
this makes me happy and sad. I read the shamir s rank and it's so clear that she's bi af. Her supports with fem/m byleth are identical and her s rank reveals that she's at least been attracted to them since her B rank. The line where it's suggested that she's attracted to them is in both B ranks. And the s rank has no indication of gender (i.e. "i'm so lucky to be with a big strong man"). So seeing thing makes be sad because it should absolutely be canon. There shouldn't be a need to make a fan version. This is like Jack from ME2 all over again.
@Megumiaki
I mean, there's plenty of dedicated yuri anime that are just plain gay, so I assume you mean "things that are made for general audiences but happen to have a primary same-sex couple." Kill la Kill kinda did, The 100 did until they killed one of them (spoilers but honestly i'm just saving you hurt), and um... yeah I can't think of anything else lol. Gays are usually side pairs.
I think I watched most of the first season. Their friendship is really sweet and my yuri-trained brain saw their narrative going one direction. Turns out, heteronormativity is not only overtly prevalent, but also very nonsensical. Nana and Nana are literally straight for the sake of straightness. They have a lot of chemistry together. If their writer was just writing with a compelling story in mind, they would have ended up together. But they weren't, they were writing with straightness in mind and it shows. I gave up on the show and it rests as one of the most disappointing anime I have ever seen. Lovely pairing, though, and this picture is great.
The devs have talked about how they want the remake to more fully represent the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, those being the spin-offs like Advent Children, Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus, and the short stories. Aerith's fate is rather set-in-stone in the sequels, and necessary within the narrative. They're adding stuff, but only for padding and to create more ties to the compilation, which didn't exist when the original game was out.
A similar case would be when the Hobbit films added Legolas. He's from Murkwood, as stated in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but because the Hobbit was written first, he didn't appear in it since he didn't exist yet. But the creators of the Hobbit films had no such excuse, and had to add Legolas by the necessity of continuity. If Aerith's fate is changed, it will throw the entire continuity out of whack, the exact opposite of what the remake is trying to do.
