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Do you love Clerith or Aerith?; I don't know!
Topic Started: Jan 8 2016, 02:05 AM (811 Views)
Sohtak
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Sorry if this isn't the place for this, but I couldn't find anywhere else where it seemed appropriate :p

So, this is something I've been thinking of asking for a while and I'm curious of the results that will come out of it...but I'm curious and I might add a strawpoll for those lurkers who don't want to talk.

But who here loves Clerith? Aerith herself, Or both? What do I mean by that?

Well I mean exactly what it sounds like. Obviously we all love Clerith if we're here but do you enjoy the couple itself? Or do you enjoy just Aerith? Or do you like both the same?

Because for me personally I'd say it's that I adore the couple itself but for me? I definitely love Aerith herself...she's very cute,pure and beautiful. She's perfect. Honestly I'm expecting some people to call her their Waifu and she's a good choice :p

But I'm merely curious what the spread is around here! I'll link the strawpoll below for the lurker

http://strawpoll.me/6477989
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thisonewillworkforsure
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I guess I would say both. I like Clerith because of it's idealistic qualities. You have two people that bring the best out of each other and the game depicts them as happy together. They are worlds apart but are still together. It's inspirational to me, it's something I admire.

And to like a shipping, you have to like the characters of course. And naturally Aerith is a very important half to the shipping. So both it is :D!
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I like Clerith because I'm a Cloud fangirl over anything else. Start insulting Tifa in a debate and watch how fast clotis attack Cloud out of nowhere. :fish:

So yeah, I love Cloud so I want what he wants—which is Aerith.
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aeroud
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This is kind of hard for me to answer since I do love both. But I like Cloud more than Aerith. I mean I also love Aerith as a character. I really enjoyed her interactions with Cloud. Her personality was very refreshing in the world of FF7 and I also like the unique look/design Nomura gave her. I find that we see a different side of Cloud because of her. She made everything more interesting and less boring.

Like Stray, I'm a Cloud fangirl as well. So I'm Clerith because I believe that Cloud is happier with Aerith and seems to prefer Aerith if you play the game normally like how it should be. It's not that I even dislike Tifa. Actually, I like Tifa too. But for me, the OG and other cameo appearance of Cloud seems to show Clerith a lot more. Even though she's gone, he still thinks about her and seems to be searching for a way to meet her even outside of FF7 OG. Their personalities seem to work well together and their story just fits so well to the theme of FF7. I just find the storytelling a lot better as Clerith.
cloudparfait aerisparfait

Edited by aeroud, Jan 8 2016, 10:33 AM.
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I love both! I really love Aeris's personality. I like how she really tries to understand someone and likes them for who they are. This is also why I like Clerith as a couple! Cloud is really insecure about himself and I feel like if he was with Aeris, she wouldn't yell at him for his inability to express himself like some other girl character does :razz:
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I love both. But tbh I'm not all that against Zerith or ZaClerith either. I also like Aerti. I'm a terrible multi shipper. I may prefer Clerith long term, and it is my top, but I suppose I love Aerith slightly more than Clerith, but I do love Cloud and especially love Cloud and Aerith together the most.
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GreyGardens
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Aerith is my Queen and I'll never deny it :aeris:

However, I love Clerith because of the Bodyguard x Flower Girl aspect. I remember always wanting to protect Aerith as a kid because Cloud wanted to protect her. That's what proved unequivocally that Aerith was truly special. Something I knew the moment I saw her during the opening scene immersed in Mako. Or when I was able to buy a flower from her in a dreary city. Or when I learned she hid in a Church to escape Shinra because of her special Cetra abilities. Or when I learned of the materia in her hair. Or that she could grow flowers in her Church -- a ray of light in a city of despair.

Cloud knew Aerith was special. That's why he rescued her from the Shinra headquarters. That's why in Final Fantasy Tactics Cloud is shown protecting her. Cloud will forever be Aerith's bodyguard no matter what universe they are in. That's inherently romantic to me, especially because the bodyguard agreement is romantic in nature due to a 'promised' date :cleris:

I guess what I'm saying is that Cloud's inherent desire to always want to protect Aerith throughout the entire compilation and in cameos proves, without-a-doubt, that my favorite character is, indeed, special. One-of-a-kind. Aerith the Ancient :aeris:

The hero of Final Fantasy VII wants to protect the heroine of Final Fantasy VII. Like... duh! :cleris:
Edited by GreyGardens, Jan 9 2016, 01:16 PM.
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Sohtak
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Some very interesting answers so far! And I'm glad people seem to enjoy the discussion a bit!

I'll put in my own...input and it's something I said in my very first introduction post here on the forums...

When my friend streamed FF7 to me he went out of his way to get the date with Tifa and made me very CloudxTifa. But as time went on I started feeling more...attracted to the idea of CloudxAerith?

I felt sorry for Aerith, I felt upset for her, I felt that it wasn't fair what happened to her and that she deserves to be happy and when I looked at pictures of CloudxAerith together I felt they looked more...natural? If that makes any sense? They seemed like a natural couple and so from that point on I became a Clerith member :D!

However I do love Aerith by herself (Granted I love most everyone in FF7) but for Aerith? She certainly takes the cake. Even though I knew of her fate beforehand? When it happened it hit me like a wall of bricks and depressed me for a few weeks , I got in a big slump. I basically become Cloud in a sense...because shortly after FF7, I saw Crisis Core and then Advent Children and it only made it worse.

I became obssesed with Aerith, her fate, who she is....just...everything about her was my focus (much like Clouds was)

And I suppose that's really cemented my opinion! So I love both CloudxAerith AND Aerith herself.
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I loved Aerith as a character before I knew about Clerith. But Clerith is a major reason why Aerith is my favourite video game character and why Final Fantasy VII is my favourite game of all time.

So I'll have to choose both! :cleris:
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Initially, I liked the girls over Cloud. In fact, I didn't like Cloud much at first because he came across as a silent character to me (and Square admitted they got inspired by silent characters from previous RPGs for Cloud... so it wasn't just my imagination after all). I used to call him my "way of transport from point A to point B" (yes, I know, harsh)... so as you can imagine, I didn't find him very compelling back then. I still rarely feel anything for avatar characters these days. The exception goes to Persona maybe because of the social links and really appealing chara-designs. That said, my perception of Cloud changed with each replay and he is now also part of my favorite characters from FF7.

In general, my first impression of FF7 was one of mild disappointment... born probably because :
- I played FF9 first (and this game was pretty polished, amazing direction imo)
- then FF8 which had more character interactions than 7 (but with poorly developped main characters except for Squall... I feel the same about FF13, I adore the bonding between the 6 characters *everyone has a defined relationship with the others... in some other FFs, there were characters who almost never talked to each other and/or could stay in the party backrow until the end* but the characters themselves weren't well developed for the most part... especially the villains... what a disapointment)
- I read a really good fanmade novelization of the game before and the original material was naturally nowhere near as rich when it came to character interactions (this novelization even had a Clerith kiss in the gondola)
- FF7 is a pretty rough game (I skipped most mini-games because of this at first)... this includes the atrocious translation (and since I have the french version, it's even worse).
- the entire "player influenced" stuff (which involve Cloud's choices) that made the game feel more gamey for me at first than a greatly told narrative. Now, I embrace this part of the game and have more fun (I even ended up doing the mini games I neglected for so long after a while... even this shooting game in Gold Saucer that drove me crazy... but which I mastered eventually... and anything involving the chocobos). Even if I still regret a few stuff (in my current replay for example, I took the most likely characters storywise to watch BugenHagen's space show... and while I was pleased to see that Aerith is majorly favored as the speaking character... I was disappointed to notice that the other character I brought along *either Barret or Tifa, the most obvious choices after Aerith* didn't speak at all... there are really moments in the game where I wish I could see everyone at once reacting to scenes... especially this Bugenhagen scene, it's so beautiful).

I didn't hate the game back in the days but I was disappointed in some areas (made worse considering how hyped/popular FF7 was/is). But I did love the atmosphere, basic plot and some characters... which included Aerith. I liked Cloti and Clerith on the same level but didn't think much about it.

It's when I read the essays on the Cloud/Aerith forums that I began to pay more attention to FF7 in general and the Clerith ship. And because I discovered that the FF7 fandom could be real jerks about Aerith and Clerith... I think this is a big reason why I decided to root for Clerith and defend Aerith (I was also a firm defender of FF9 back in the days... now, I don't really need to anymore... the game gets more love nowadays).

Initially, I think Cloti gave me more "feels" as a duo... while Clerith hit a particular spot for me : the tragic romance (and spiritual connection). Now, I'm more conflicted about Cloti seeing the flaws of the pairing and how boring/miserable they are post FF7. But I'm still touched somehow in the OG (maybe because Tifa is so nice and adorable and Cloud values her trust/opinion *which makes the lying from Tifa pretty hurtful... even if it's not entirely her fault*... and because I like the melancholy of two lost children who need companionship).

I'm not saying I don't really like Clerith and secretly just like Cloti... it's just that I'm generally more attracted to the shy couple dynamic/UST pairings than pairings that are easy going or/and bickering ("like a married couple"... you know the type) from the start. I think what makes me like Clerith the most is the tragedy of it and how well it serves the story of FF7 (it's no wonder that my favorite parts of Advent Children were all the Clerith scenes... they gave me the feels for sure). Additionally, I learned to love how Aerith accepts Cloud for who he is, how she tried to help and save him, the stuff that bond them together (searching about themselves, being former test subjects *that one Aerith couldn't know while she was alive but it's a fact, they share this similitary together*). And what makes me defend it/support it as much as I do over Cloti is caused by the nasty Clerith dismissal and/or bashing in fandom.

I'm not sure what I love the most : Aerith's character or the Clerith ship. Maybe both ? Aerith because she's free spirited, spunky/funny, generally nice, frank/confrontational when she needs to be (even if it may part of her flaws too... her behavior with Barret showed that she did a mistake on that one *and I'm pretty sure this is why she gets the most points if you pick her to go see Dyne and why the Maiden novella makes her accompanying Cloud and Barret canon... I think this moment was her apology to Barret*), strong willed, flirty, much more than she appears to be and a true hero(ine). And Clerith for what I said above.
Edited by Beatrix, Jan 22 2016, 08:43 PM.
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I love both.
Clerith well, it is my OTP, just the right about of beauty and pain.
Aerith mostly cause I'm bias towards mages/healers. Always had her in my group. other than that, she grew on me, she's a cutie!
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