I think we have to talk about this $730 twerking Tifa statue

pcgamer.com:

It's Friday afternoon, which means I was so close to ending the week without seeing a horny statue of Final Fantasy 7's Tifa Lockhart on the internet. But thanks to a viral tweet from VTuber D Piddy, I have now seen a horny statue of Final Fantasy 7's Tifa Lockhart—from several angles—and it's so absurd I have to share this cursed knowledge with the world before it fully consumes me. 

First off, you may be asking: What is with that pose? Is that a thing Tifa does in Final Fantasy 7 Remake? If you are terminally online, you probably already know that no, that is not an attack from the game or a striptease sequence you somehow didn't hear about. It's the Jack-O pose, named after a character from the Guilty Gear fighting game series. Jack-O does that pose, see, and it's so damn ridiculous that now tons of other characters do that pose because fan artists are an unstoppable force. (Personally I like this one starring Invincible's Omni-Man).

The Jack-O was briefly a big meme in 2021, and given the history of Tifa fandom it was perhaps inevitable that we would arrive at this moment. A moment where anyone can own a $730 statue of Tifa, painstakingly rendered to match her look in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, grinding on the Buster sword Jack-O style.

If you want to ponder Final Fantasy lore for a moment, consider whether Tifa is in fact twerking on Zack's grave. We all grieve in our own ways.

I have to admit, the quality here looks really good. Whoever sculpted it is clearly passionate about their art. The funniest thing about this statue—and there are a lot of funny things about it—is how every promotional image of it is plastered with the Final Fantasy 7 Remake logo, even though this is definitely not an officially licensed