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The Lifestream
Topic Started: Jun 17 2006, 05:51 PM (338 Views)
SilverLirin
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Okay, I've been playing and playing and playing and (With a little help) I finally got Cloud back in my party. My brother said the Lifestream proves Cloud loves Tifa. I don't get it, though, because even though he did all that other stuff for her, it was the little Cloud who said it, as in a child, not the adult Cloud.

So, doesn't that mean he might have cared for her once, but no longer?
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Hades' Daughter
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Personally, I think the little Cloud said it 'cos SE wanted to emphasize how important it was for him, as a child back then, to be noticed by Tifa (and the others). Afterall, that sequence showed us his past, and in a sense, the "child" that's still in him. To answer your question, I'm sure he cared about her and still does. However, given the many facts about her popularity etc., I just think that "a crush/romantic feelings" is something that's quite questionable as to WHY he'd wanted her attention. That's just me though...
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cloud_n_aerith_strife
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well in that particular scene I would agree that he had a crush on her at one point in time. He wanted to impress her and her friends, but feelings he had for her as a child I believe just don't exist anymore. I know he cares about her but not in that way. Aerith was there in the lifestream scene as well as told in MOTP. You don't see her in the scene but she was helping Tifa along to help Cloud.
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I just replayed that scene a while back when I have the sudden urge to replay FF7 again.

I agree that the acknowledgement that child Cloud seeks is important to him, as with Tifa being popular and all. I mean, who wouldn't want to be notice by the popular girl of the town?

But I still believe this scene disproved the 'childhood sweethearts' some of the Clotis like to claimed. Though Cloud having a crush on her then is somewhat understandable, since she's the only girl in Nibelheim we've seen so far at the time.

Then he leave for SOLDIER and those 'romantic' feelings he may have slowly faded off...
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I don't see how they could have been sweet on one another, I mean Tifa said she really didn't know him.

Maybe he had a crush on her, I don't know, but it dosn't mean he stll does, right?
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I think Tifa got caught in the illusion of Cloud being a hero which made her fall for the illusion of Cloud. People say Aerith never knew Cloud but neither did Tifa, all she knew of him was her fantasy of him. She didn't really know Cloud well and didn't even really talk to him he left right after the "promise" scene so she didn't know him well at all. I always say that Aerith was the first person who tried to dig down and bring out the real Cloud and get to know who the real Cloud was and not just the image of Cloud. I mean now Tifa knows Cloud well and probably loves him for who he is eventhough I think she admitted at one time that there are things about Cloud that she still doesn't know after knowing him all this time.
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cloud_n_aerith_strife
Jun 20 2006, 01:46 AM
I think Tifa got caught in the illusion of Cloud being a hero which made her fall for the illusion of Cloud. People say Aerith never knew Cloud but neither did Tifa, all she knew of him was her fantasy of him. She didn't really know Cloud well and didn't even really talk to him he left right after the "promise" scene so she didn't know him well at all. I always say that Aerith was the first person who tried to dig down and bring out the real Cloud and get to know who the real Cloud was and not just the image of Cloud. I mean now Tifa knows Cloud well and probably loves him for who he is eventhough I think she admitted at one time that there are things about Cloud that she still doesn't know after knowing him all this time.

Agreed 100%. A lot of Clotis will argue that Cloud didn't know Aerith long enough to fall in love with her. But he didn't know Tifa long enough either. By the end of Disc 1, he knew both girls for the same amount of time. Therefore, by the time Aerith dies, who he's known longer has nothing to do with who he chooses.

And even if Cloud had a crush on Tifa "back then," who's to say he still feels the same about her? It's been a long time since then. Aerith once loved Zack as a child, but she got over that and moved on to Cloud. Some CxT shippers will say that even if Cloud did love Aerith, people move on. And he will most likely move onto Tifa. But that works against them as well. He might've cared about her as a child, but people move on. :whistle:
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Thanks everybody. I never thought of it like that, Cloud_and_Aerith_Strife. I guess it's because I have a brother who's telling me what's gonna happen. Spoils all the fun. Oh well. :cleris:
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