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Cloud's Last Name
Topic Started: Sep 24 2011, 05:44 PM (510 Views)
myfinalfantasy
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Cloud Strife

Strife
noun
1. vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
2. a quarrel, struggle, or clash: armed strife.
3. competition or rivalry: the strife of the marketplace.
4. Archaic . strenuous effort.


(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/strife)


I just think it's funny how the creators chose this word as his last name.

Ironic, isn't it? :lol:
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Jon Snow
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yeah, lol, it is very ironic :lmao:
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Ultimavara
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Hmm, I don't know if I would call it ironic. I think appropriate might be a better word. It always seemed to me that his name was a conscious choice meant to represent him and his issues. But yes, I agree that it does fit him.
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Jon Snow
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^Yeah.


It's odd... all of their names seems to match their story. What could Gainsborough mean? :unsure:
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Materia Thief
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Strife isn't ironic, imo. Strife would be ironic if it was given to someone like Elmayra, I think.

Gainsborough is either a reference to any # of locations named it or is a horse, a ship, a studio or it's a reference to Thomas Gainsborough, a famous English landscape/portrait painter.

I do think the location or the painter options (he's famous for painting beautiful portraits, particularly his portraits of royalty/nobility--"Blue Boy" is one of the prized pieces of the Huntington Library in California) are the most likely choices, but they could've picked it for any number of reasons?
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myfinalfantasy
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*** Oops! I was being sarcastic when I said it was ironic. :P

Of course the creators purposely gave him the last name Strife.

Sorry. :lmao:
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Ultimavara
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No worries, myfinalfantasy. It's still an interesting point to think about. Thanks for reminding us of it.
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Another interesting note is that "Eris" is the Greek "goddess of strife". :lol:
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Ultimavara
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Wow, that really is an interesting point. Soo, does this mean Aeris is Cloud Strife's goddess? :whistle:
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Sep 27 2011, 07:32 PM
Wow, that really is an interesting point. Soo, does this mean Aeris is Cloud Strife's goddess? :whistle:

I think so... :plot:
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