The death of Aeris affected loads of people around the world that played the game Final Fantasy VII.
It affected everyone in different ways, some cried over Aeris, some laughed and cheered on Sephiroth and some just said "what the hell, its only a game".
But for many of us that visit this site, we were, are and still up set by her death.
If anyone out there has an Heart Ache story to tell me about Aeris then please email me on this page and I will put the best one on this page crediting you for your contribution to Aeris Online (UK).

Your Pain

Joanie, AKA Aeris
::sigh:: Who would of thought that a video game got to me so much?
When Aeris died, I couldn't believe it, I was heart broken( Yes I cried x3.. for over an hour xD). I felt sad for over a week.
Before I even played FF7, my best friend Jenny ( Who is like my Tifa... We cosplay xD), told me that I should play FF7 because the character, Aeris, looked almost just like me, if not like me. I looked more into FF7 and my brother even had played it.
When I finally got it I quickly fell in love with Aeris, I felt as if we had a connection, she really did act like me ( I was even called the flower girl when I was little xD and talked to nature etc...) I never had such a strong connection with a character before. People even gave me the nick name Aeris <3.
Aeris is my all time favorite character and her story has helped me understand things about me, life, and good video games xD
I love Aeris <3 <3 Her role is one that I will always remember and hold dear.

P.S.
Nice site :)
Although it was Aeris's Mommy who wanted to name her Aeris ^_^

Eliana Oda
I never really liked Aerith, y'know? Actually, I never even played FFVII. The first time I heard about her was in a Digimon site (people say that she is like Mimi... I don't think so). I hate Mimi, and so, in the first moment, I hated Aerith. Until the day when I was looking for the music My Immortal (Evanescence) in Kazaa and found a clip of FFVII.
I saw Aerith praying in the church. She looked at Cloud and smiled. And, man, she was so happy to see him there... He was looking for her, he cared about her, and that made her so happy. And then came Sephiroth, and his sword took her life from her. I guess she didn't even realized that she had died. I mean, she died smiling. I cried, even though I didn't know her well. I looked about her in the web, and I came to love Final Fantasy.
I wonder if she was happy. She was always being chased by Shinra, she didn't know her biological mother in person, the man she loved left her... She probably thought she would be happy with Cloud, but there was no chance, since she died. It's just not fair. She was always smiling to everyone, but who knows? Maybe she was crying inside, and there was no one to comfort her. In the end, she was always the one who comforted others. That's why I wrote this message. I'm not good in english, but I don't care. All that matters is that I was able to express my pain about her death.

"Happiness is for everyone, but just few can reach it".

"A felicidade é para todos, mas poucos podem alcançá-la"