Character Battle Final: Cloud vs Tifa
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I have to go Tifa.
If it were just from the OG it would be much closer in my mind. It might even slide over to Cloud. But with the way both of them were portrayed in the "Case of" stories and ACC? It swings heavily to Tifa. I think the ACC Profile explains it best.
"Unlike Cloud, who is dragging on the past and unable to move forward, Tifa has the strength to accept reality and try to move forward."
Not that I dislike Cloud. But his "that's the way we remember him" regression holds him back here. Despite the fact that he bounced back. Again.
If it were just from the OG it would be much closer in my mind. It might even slide over to Cloud. But with the way both of them were portrayed in the "Case of" stories and ACC? It swings heavily to Tifa. I think the ACC Profile explains it best.
"Unlike Cloud, who is dragging on the past and unable to move forward, Tifa has the strength to accept reality and try to move forward."
Not that I dislike Cloud. But his "that's the way we remember him" regression holds him back here. Despite the fact that he bounced back. Again.
Oh boy. I didn't actually think I'd have as hard of a time deciding between these two as I am.
On the one hand, I agree with OWD's stance that Cloud is a more fleshed out character, but as far as a "side kick" character goes, Tifa's story is really in depth and tragic as well. They both have strengths that appeal to me, and weaknesses that irk me. It is hard to try to take only the impressions they made on my from the OG into consideration without taking the rest of the Compilation into consideration, but I think if I'm just thinking about the OG, I might have to go with Cloud.
On the one hand, I agree with OWD's stance that Cloud is a more fleshed out character, but as far as a "side kick" character goes, Tifa's story is really in depth and tragic as well. They both have strengths that appeal to me, and weaknesses that irk me. It is hard to try to take only the impressions they made on my from the OG into consideration without taking the rest of the Compilation into consideration, but I think if I'm just thinking about the OG, I might have to go with Cloud.
I voted for Cloud.
Based solely on the original game, he's one of my favorite characters. Through-out the complication, not so much, I'm just judging him off the OG, though.
I'm surprised the poll is fairly close so far. Since Tifa had so many more votes than Aerith, and Cloud and Vivi were really close, I thought she would cream him.
Based solely on the original game, he's one of my favorite characters. Through-out the complication, not so much, I'm just judging him off the OG, though.
I'm surprised the poll is fairly close so far. Since Tifa had so many more votes than Aerith, and Cloud and Vivi were really close, I thought she would cream him.
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Maybe it's just me but I kind of like what they did with Tifa. It made sense to me. Cloud went from interesting to kind of... frustrating as a character. I understand the problems he went through but it wasn't a great downgrade.
I might be more accepting if they hadn't taken ACC Cloud and used it as a blanket characterization. Even in noncanon shows like Kingdom Hearts and Dissidia, they took the uninteresting part of him and emphasized it and them tried to sell it as cool, instead of really exploring what made Cloud great- all those dynamics and his mental issues without necessarily being personality-less. They made the brooding the overwhelming part, it's all people remember. And a nice, maternal character generates more sympathy from a constant brooder.
I don't really want to put down Cloud to build Tifa up. I think most of us like/respect both characters and don't have to bash one to legitimatize being fans of the other. Just my two cents
I might be more accepting if they hadn't taken ACC Cloud and used it as a blanket characterization. Even in noncanon shows like Kingdom Hearts and Dissidia, they took the uninteresting part of him and emphasized it and them tried to sell it as cool, instead of really exploring what made Cloud great- all those dynamics and his mental issues without necessarily being personality-less. They made the brooding the overwhelming part, it's all people remember. And a nice, maternal character generates more sympathy from a constant brooder.
I don't really want to put down Cloud to build Tifa up. I think most of us like/respect both characters and don't have to bash one to legitimatize being fans of the other. Just my two cents
