Aerith does not want to see your fanfic – Final Fantasy 7 Remake actor reminds fans "the meaning of the word inappropriate," asks them to stop tagging her in "smut"

Final Fantasy 7 Remake screenshot showing Aerith staring ahead, a concerned expression on the young woman's face
(Image credit: Square Enix)

Think of it this way, if you wouldn't feel comfortable showing what's currently open on your browser to an ancient mage who could easily blast you out of existence, then you shouldn't show it to Final Fantasy's English Aerith actress Briana White.

In a series of posts on Twitter, White reacts to shocked K-Pop Demon Hunters actor Rei Ami learning about "spicy" fanfiction, which she's having a hard time accepting. White says, "Maybe let's normalize not tagging voice actors in smut of their characters..... Some of y'all have forgotten the meaning of the word inappropriate."

"Unfortunately this is how the algo works too," she writes in another post. "Even though I don't seek out FF7 ship war stuff – I actively avoid it – but I'm so associated with FF7 that it gets shown to me every single day anyway."

"It is a matter of consent," White concludes, acknowledging the fact that some actors may not mind being embroiled in fanfiction – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr, for example, would like you to feed him Verstave in bed, please. But White emphasizes that "it can be almost impossible to know what exactly is acceptable or not to an individual just from knowing their social media persona."

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director isn't weighing in on the OG JRPG's infamous Tifa vs Aerith shipping debate, but after 10 years of looking at Cloud, "I just want what makes him happy."

Ashley Bardhan
Senior Writer

Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.

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