Hahaha! No I'm not a script writer at all. I'm a 19 year old sophomore college student who loves the FF7 story so much that I see potential for it where others do not
. And who says this would be throwing the characters away? I thought Aeris was gone after she died, but lo and behold she "comes back" in FF7 AC to help address Cloud's guilt. Sephiroth is dead after the Nibelheim incident, yet that doesn't detract from him affecting the story in the game and the movie. The FF7 universe allows for people who have died to still affect the world even if only through memories. If Tifa died I think it would be very interesting as it would allow us to see Cloud's true feelings for her, which have been buried by guilt and fear of getting his friends killed. It might truly allow him to "feel", for lack of a better word. I think it has promise, although I'm not about to type a story and then submit it to the developers for suggestion (although I admit it is tempting). After all, only the game developers know Cloud's character to the bone, so I only present a scenario.