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When I first played Final Fantasy 7, it was a shining moment in my friend group. They had played the game years previous and had loved it, and they were introducing me to it. This was the first turn-based strategy game I had ever played, and I was legit into it. I'd be playing when they got home from work or classes, and they'd just chill on the couch watching me play.
This had been going on for like a week or so, and I was nearing this tumultuous. pivotal moment in the game. My friends, knowing this would soon happen, had been watching more intently, asking probing questions about who I liked more, Tifa or Arith, among other little jabs, hinting at their foreknowledge without spoiling it.
And that's when it happened, a newer friend to the group walked in, shot a glance at the screen, looked at everyone and said "Oh, FF7. Arith died yet?"
The entire room went slackjawed, and I believe an assortment of random objects were thrown at him, but what was said had been heard, and when Arith died in-game just minutes later, I felt robbed.
Haven't really cared about getting engrossed into a single-player game since.