[EbeneezerAl]

I like Tifa. I always chose her for the date in gold Saucer. Sure, she survives, but that's not the main reason. Aerith and Cloud never seemed to really be a true couple. She seemed a little bit flirty with him, but they never seemed to really be a pair. Tifa may have lied to him, at the beginning, but by the end, everything came around better. She truly did care for him, more I think than Aerith did. At least form a romantic perspective. In fact, I think Tifa was lying to herself as much as she was lying to Cloud. By the time you got to the end of the game, she was living in the same false reality as Cloud almost, though more by her own reluctance to admit it than by an inability to realize it.

And besides, I like the fact that she's slightly bitchy.

At the same time though, I think that Cloud cared more for Aerith than he did Tifa. I think he certainly cares for Tifa, but not as much as she cares for him. And Aerith doesn't care for Cloud as much as he cares for her. Either way, this relationship is really messed up.