Cloud X Tifa - Blog Posts
NEW ANIMATION SHORT OUT NOW!!!
NEW ANIMATION SHORT OUT NOOOOOOOW!!!!
First episode of me experiencing FF7 Rebirth is up NOOW!!!
I don’t know how many times I have to say this BUT folks I PROMISE YOU WILL ENJOY THE FINAL FANTASY 7 EXPERIENCE MORE WHEN YOU ACCEPT THE EXISTENCE OF THE VERY OBVIOUS LOVE TRIANGLE.
This is more so directed towards newer fans but girlies, the love triangle in that game is literally the video game equivalent of the rei vs asuka debate in anime.
Life is so much easier when you play or experience the game for what it is. I get that many of you identify with the characters, but god are there more important things to focus on 😭
Anyways, best of luck with the Rufus fight!
Dude I can’t imagine being Tifa in AC.
I know it’s not confirmed that her and Cloud are in a serious romantic relationship, but if they are - she’s deserves better.
She knows that Cloud never got over Aerith and in his worst moments, he ghosts her for months so he can die alone and squat at the property of “the one who got away”.
Tifa knows that Cloud high key hopes for death/returning to the planet so he can be with Aerith.
I just cannot imagine being in a relationship with someone who still reminisces about the one who got away. There is no security in the relationship.
Even at the end of Advent Children, Cloud still plasters his wall and desk with printed photos of flower fields and grass. Not because he picked up a liking to photography, but because he still only connected flowers and landscapes to Aerith alone. This is even after everything. He can’t just see it for what it is because if he did, he would be on the right track to healing.
For those who experienced a breakup, maybe you don’t get over a person fully but you know you are on the right track when you don’t entirely connect one thing like an object to your ex and obsess over it. Again, you just see it for what it is. It’s a flower. They existed long before Aerith. Cloud only appreciates flowers now that Aerith died.
Going back to Tifa, I think she knows she’s second-best in Cloud’s mind. He put so much energy into a memory. Sometimes I feel like he’s written in a way that he’s never going to move on. If you’re in a relationship, you don’t talk about exs and unrequited loves with your partner. Not only that but have your partner be very aware about it too.
The moment Cloud ever tells Tifa that Aerith spiritually talks to him sometimes, it’s over lol. Imagine your current partner admits he’s still in contact with his ex.
and it sucks because Tifa and Aerith were really good friends. It’s honestly just Cloud. He loves both of them but I personally would not accept that because no one else does what he does so openly.
I want to express just a quick and superficial thought about the impact of Zack on SOLDIER-Cloud's personality since I've recently had a discussion about it.
Some months ago I stated that in this scene (not only here btw)...
... Cloud is mimicking Zack's attitude.
The person I was discussing with mentioned the quote from the Ultimania according to which "Cloud puts up a cool facade with Aerith and shows his real self when he's with Tifa", so what I had written had to be nothing but a great nonsense. Probably they thought I was trying to invalidate any romance between Cloud and Tifa in favour of Aerith, even if it would be a total contradiction since the fiercest CA fans spent more than two decades trying to loosen the connection between Zack and SOLDIER-Cloud... But I wouldn't be surprised to hear these kind of theories since the upcoming Ultimania Plus is seemingly going to show the same concept...
ANYWAY, no time for digressions.
I'd like to add a comparison with one of Cloud's DMW sequences from Crisis Core
I think it's hard not to notice the similarity with Tifa's resolution and the scene in Cloud's room in Chapter 4
But let it be clear, this doesn't mean - and I've never meant to say it - that Cloud is acting through Zack's intentions. As long as the devs don't provide further info, all we know is that Cloud didn't inherit Zack's memories, let alone his feelings. If so probably he would be much more devoted to Aerith.
Zack knew Cloud liked Tifa, he would have never flirted with her. Never.
Cloud's always been socially awkward, insecure, uncapable to approach Tifa in any way. Now I don't want to go too much into SOLDIER-Cloud's convoluted personality but he acts through his own intentions - confused intentions at this point of the story, but still his own. Only the way he expresses himself mimics Zack's.
That quote from the developers says that "when he talks to Tifa his real self briefly emerges". BRIEFLY. Stating that Cloud with Tifa is always his real self goes totally against this story and the dynamics behind the creation of his alter ego. His feelings for her are sealed deep into his subconscious, Cloud himself says "I don't know how to explain" when he's asked about what Tifa means for him.
That line has to be contextualized to make sense. I think this concept just shows something that was already in the OG: the player could choose to be rude with Aerith, even during her date (probably to show his conflicted feelings), but never with Tifa, he's always been istinctively soft with her. He gets jealous, he lets her into his personal space, he touches her and lets her touch him, and when they're in dangerous situations he's istinctively protective.
And not because Tifa is better than Aerith but because real-Cloud's character arc revolves around Tifa, like it or not. There's no need to twist a simple line from the devs nor to diminish the impact of Zack on SOLDIER-Cloud to prove it.
Talk about a coincidence!
(Find the previous post here)
Tiny beautiful details: little CloTi hint
Final Fantasy universes are populated by all kind of fantastic creatures and monsters, like Moogles, Chocobos, Bahamuts, etc..
Cloud has always been compared to Chocobos by fans because of his hairstyle. In the OG Tifa points out this resemblance.
In Chapter 9 of the Remake Chocobo Sam compares Tifa to a Bomb. The name of the side quest is A dynamite body so we can guess the reason of his comment.
Interestingly enough, in the OG Tifa compares Cloud to a Chocobo when the group finds the bird’s nest on the way to Mt Corel, and the “Bombs” could be fought for the first time on the bridge in Mt. Corel.
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The following picture is Tifa’s key art for Final Fantasy VII Remake. She is wearing her default weapon, the Leather Gloves. Their description is: Well-worn leather gloves that have seen their fair share of fights. It implies that she’s had them for a long time.
...Now let’s take a closer look at her bracelets
Do I need to add anything else?
EDIT:
Sure I do!!! In Chapter 10, when Aerith and Tifa talk about going shopping together, Aerith sais Cloud will be their pack-Chocobo!
...What a coincidence!
Midgar Blues ♥
Oh Midgar, Midgar, city that's always on my mind For Midgar, Midgar, I left my one true love behind Snuck outta the town before the sun could rise — when I knew you'd be sleeping Could barely read the words on my carriage ticket — non-stop to Midgar Our parting words never said, only to be washed away Swept up and lost in the stream of life I can't see the stars no more — but they still fall In the plate's reflection, that night summer sky from our youth You and me girl — watching and wishing We both burned so very bright — brighter than the sun Yet we played it too cool, never making a move How our hearts raced so fast, we could hear them beat Electricity — oh how the sparks would fly Oh Midgar, Midgar, city that's always on my mind For Midgar, Midgar, I left my one true love behind