Derek Collins’s Reviews > Final Fantasy VII Remake: Traces of Two Pasts > Status Update
Derek Collins
is 68% done
Finished Tifa's story and dusted Aerith's.
Glad that Rakesh was held accountable and it felt a little like an indictment of incel behavior which is just *chefs kiss*
Aerith's story delivers a lot of details that are fascinating leading to the events that are covered in the games. Almost all very very sad.
— 20 hours, 40 min ago
Glad that Rakesh was held accountable and it felt a little like an indictment of incel behavior which is just *chefs kiss*
Aerith's story delivers a lot of details that are fascinating leading to the events that are covered in the games. Almost all very very sad.
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Derek Collins
is 51% done
This is incredibly well written and I'm deeply engaged with it. It doesn't help that there are no chapters, the book is divided into two sections, Tifa and Aerith. There isn't any traditional "good stopping points" but it's so well done that you don't want to stop anyway.
Fucking hate Rakesh and can tell he's slimy, glad that Jessie and Barrett are getting their debut also The origin of 7th Heaven and Tifa's life
— Jun 25, 2026 12:18AM
Fucking hate Rakesh and can tell he's slimy, glad that Jessie and Barrett are getting their debut also The origin of 7th Heaven and Tifa's life
Derek Collins
is 23% done
It's crazy how much recovery was needed for tifa after the nibelheim incident
— Jun 23, 2026 11:20PM
Derek Collins
is 9% done
I took a break from the netheril trilogy because while I like it, it's just not grabbing me.
This did almost instantly. It helps that I'm doing a full series run of the games but this is incredibly well written and provides a lot of unexplored backstory and detail for my snaps favorite character and first childhood video game crush.
— Jun 22, 2026 11:14PM
This did almost instantly. It helps that I'm doing a full series run of the games but this is incredibly well written and provides a lot of unexplored backstory and detail for my snaps favorite character and first childhood video game crush.
