Tifa Lockhart

ABOUT

ABILITIES

PERMISSIONS

MISC

WARNINGS

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Please note that anything marked with a ** is headcanon. I will use this sparingly and only when canon lacks details. Weaknesses are combined with Abilities for those looking to get a leg up.

Final Fantasy VII spans across several stories and mediums with the main focus being on the original game, Advent Children, and the Remake. In the order of continuity, it consists of Crisis Core, Final Fantasy VII Remake Trace of Two Pasts (which I'll link a summary to later), Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children, and Dirge of Cerebus. The Final Fantasy VIIR isn't a remake so much as time shenanigans and doesn't actually replace the original game. A link to Tifa's specific history is here.

Tifa is from the planet Gaia. She's born in Nibelheim and will be there until the age of 15 after which she moves to Sector 7 where Tifa will be taken if we're going precanon. Edge will play a bigger role from Final Fantasy VII onward.

Special elements of Final Fantasy VII include the existence of mako, the Lifestream, and SOLDIER, among other things. More information can be found under previous links.
After being attacked by Sephiroth at 15, Tifa has to undergo several procedures and takes several months to heal. However, there are no remaining signs of this, and she's back to perfect health. Thanks to skin grafting, she's also scar-free.

TDLR; kind, uncertain, hardworking, self-sufficient, easily swept along

First impressions paint Tifa as a strong woman with a rough background. She's a bartender on the wrong side of life's tracks, a place where the desolate and downtrodden often gather. This environment has strengthened her in a way only experience can and has given her independence. This can be seen in many ways: her ability to run the bar, her membership in the anti-Shinra faction known as Avalanche, and her plan to go against an enemy alone during the Don arc. When running into a problem, Tifa's first instinct is to try and solve it, even if it means reading and learning in order to grow. Her patience is impressive as even if it isn't a problem that can be solved immediately, she'll slowly chip away until the solution is achieved.

In addition to her strength, she's also someone who's able to be both practical and hopeful. Instead of giving up even in difficult situations, she works hard to improve her life. After her hometown is attacked and she nearly dies, Tifa acquires medical bills that take several years to pay off, leaving her living in a storage container and working from day and night to make the necessary payments. Instead of giving up hope or turning to a life at Wall Market, she plans and budgets, staying strong and gaining extra savings since she's able to see a time in which things are better.

It isn't a perfect strength. As a foil to Aerith, Tifa isn't able to express herself in all aspects of her life. Whereas the flower girl is preppy and almost flirty with Cloud, Tifa's not able to confess how she feels toward the spiky-haired hero. It inspires a sort of jealousy and admiration toward Aerith, depending on the situation. In both the remake and the original, it seems that Tifa is impressed with her boldness but has issues when it's expressed toward a man she loves. This can also be seen during her childhood when her friends grew old enough to think of her as a woman. Instead of earnestly expressing her feelings and rejecting them, Tifa feared the hurt rejection would bring them. This created a period of time that has her dancing around their confessions and intentionally misreading their cues.

This inability, to be honest, has even more serious consequences. Throughout the game, Cloud mentions the past and describes the events of Nibelheim (their hometown). However, he wasn't present in the way he claimed, a fact Tifa knows but never challenges. Instead of being honest, she keeps the real events to herself, not able to bring them up even when they're alone. This causes the team to be caught unaware of Cloud's past and allows Sephiroth a more successful attack on Cloud's weakened mind.

Notably, in Advent Children, Tifa is a bit more honest about the domestic desires she harbors toward him.

Additionally, there are moments when she gets swept away in a situation. AVALANCHE is the best example. While she does want to help the planet and has a sincere desire to make things better, Tifa doesn't like the violence that comes with the more drastic solutions. Often, she'll only go on jobs if there is little other choice in spite of her fighting ability. In the original, this much is hinted at but the remake has other members express Tifa's notable hesitation.

There are moments when she makes 'selfish' decisions and chooses a more personal goal over a larger initiative. While this section of the game hasn't made it to the remake as of yet, in the original game, Cloud becomes comatose. Instead of staying with the group and helping save the Planet, she chooses to stay by his side and care for him. If Meteor hits Gaia, the entire planet will be destroyed, but she can't bring herself to leave him behind.

Beneath the strong exterior and unsure interior, she has a nurturing soul. Aside from being the heart of Avalanche, she's often seen being the caretaker of children and adults alike, and Advent Children brings this to the spotlight. She and Cloud 'adopt' two orphan children. In Remake, we see her trying to urge Shinra personnel off a train that's being attacked when most other people who live below the plates think that anyone who works for the company should die Even when she's in a bad situation herself, Tifa urges Barrett to get Marlene help when they first meet. Even as a young girl she taught classes to the elderly and got into a habit of listening to their stories.

Though she may come off as a mature, grounded personality in contrast to Aerith's fun, free attitude, Tifa does enjoy having fun as well. She does think about outfits and wants to look cute for the right occasion. The remake expands her scenes, allowing us to see more of her personality, and we even see Tifa trying to impress Cloud with her bartending skills and mentioning the fact that they should go into town on occasion.

Speech patterns: Tifa's speech leans a bit more polite. In spite of spending a few years in Sector 7, her speech hasn't become rough. Both her tone and wording are friendly though a little reserved when speaking to strangers while not working. Due to having a job in sales, we can relate, she does have a good customer service presence. Once she gets closer to someone, Tifa becomes more prone to a lightly, friendlier, more encouraging tone. This can even happen quickly as it does with Aerith in the remake.

Tifa wears her brown hair long enough to reach past her waist. In the original game, her hair splits at the end into two sides to mimic a dolphin's tail though in the remake, she has it sectioned off at the end but avoids the split. In Advent Children, her hair is still long but shorter than in the game. Though her eyes change from red to brown depending on the medium, I choose to stick with her red color. There have been some translation issues, the original Japanese game seems to have her at roughly between 5'5 and 5'6 and her measurements are 92-60-88 cm (37-24-35 inches) with a bust size of 32DDD. Though no weight is given, Tifa is a very slender yet defined woman with a small waist and occasionally visible abs. Notably, in comparison to the other female characters, her arms also have definition.

As with most video game characters, Tifa wears the same outfit for most of the game though it does change with new releases.

I'll include some canon reference images. Clicking on a picture will take you to a larger version.

ABILITY

Martial Arts

While I will eventually make a page that details her fighting abilities, Tifa is especially strong and fast, serving as a lightning bruiser in the game. It's important to note that while her defense is lower than most other party members, she's still seen surviving many things that would kill a normal human being.

More details can be found here.

Domestics/Bartending

Tifa was raised in a village with traditional gender roles. With her mother dying at such a younger age, she took over the care of the house even as a child. This has led her to become a proficient cook with an ability to sew as well. Later, she also learns mixology which helps her serve as the bartender for Seventh Heaven.

Research/Reading

Though reading is usually considered more of a hobby than a skill, Tifa has learned many of her skills through reading and memorization. Her master didn't spend a lot of time in the village leaving her to learn much of her fighting style through manuals. Her skills as a bartender have also developed thanks to a personalized mixology book left to her by a prior bartender.

WEAKNESSES : defense; speaking her feelings;

ooc backtagging ✓ fourth-walling ✓ threading jacking ? kidnapping ✓ injury ✓ killing ? physical contact ✓

MISCELLANEOUS

Family: Father (Brian Lockhart, deceased), Mother (Thea Lochart, deceased), Cat (Mal, ran away when the town burnt**)

Tifa owns and runs a bar called Seventh Heaven. Information can be found here.

We get to see some of Tifa's childhood home in the original game. Until the Remake catches up with the story, I will consider this the layout for all games. Examples of her home are: outside, entrance, kitchen, kitchen 2, upstairs, parent's room, Tifa's room.

Tifa's current situation is shown in a bit more detail in the Remake. An example of her room can be seen here. The other side basically only consists of a closet, bathroom, and sink.

WARNINGS

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OVER-SEXUALIZATION/DANGEROUS SEXUAL SITUATIONS FOR WOMEN - Though Tifa isn't directly attacked, there are numerous people who urge her to go to Wall Market to earn her money through sex work including a man who seems a bit more willing to use physical force. In the game proper, we're introduced to Don Corneo who frequently takes 'brides' for short periods of times for sexual purposes. It's made obvious that should a bride change her mind, she's already lost the ability to say no. The women who don't win the audition for given to his men for pleasure.

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