Meme Historian Explains How FF7 Revelation Is The Internet's Collective Scream Over A 27-Year-Old Plot Twist Nobody Saw Coming
The internet is currently losing its collective mind over what scholars are calling the "FF7 Revelation"—not because anyone discovered new source code, but because a generation of gamers just realized that Cloud Strife has been lying to them since 1997. The irony? The twist was right there in the manual. One historian noted, "We spent decades arguing about whether Aerith had to die, only to find out the true revelation is that everyone's favorite edgy protagonist is basically an unreliable narrator cosplaying as a SOLDIER." The viral moment is a perfect storm of nostalgia-induced amnesia and the internet's favorite pastime: pretending a 27-year-old plot point is brand new. Cue the endless reaction memes of players slapping their foreheads while muttering "Wait, he was a grunt?!" The real winner here is Square Enix, who just got free marketing for the next remaster.