I had similar sentiments back when the game first came out — the Honeybee sequence is better in FF7R, but 1.) low bar and 2.) it’s very safe, controlled, theme park queer in a way cishet audiences had become used to in 2020
kotaku.com/final-fantas...
It’s 1997, and I’m sitting in my dorm room at the University of Wisconsin playing the newly-released Final Fantasy VII on my recently purchased
FF7 and FF7 Remake have some key differences in *that dress scene* -- but are they for the better? Namrah Jamal's Mothership debut explores:
www.mothership.blog/final-fantas...
By separating aesthetic presentation from player agency, Final Fantasy VII Remake reveals how queerness can be represented without being playable
