Danseru-kun
Pro Adventurer
Disclaimer: I will not be saying that all Cleriths think like this, but many of their essays and analysis that they publish does. This is the Clerith perspective that a lot of people are having problem with:
On what true love is, I love Clerith in a way that it's a "red string of fate." Two people are fated to meet, they are perfect for each other but got torn apart by evil. Their suppesedly happy future together has been taken away from them. However, their love is eternal and will never be defeated by death. Though they might be apart, their hearts are close together. It's a beautiful romantic story, however someone gets in its way: Tifa.
Tifa is the real enemy of this love. She's clinging to Cloud even if he sees her as nothing but a friend. She forced him to make a promise and wants him to be the ideal man she wants. She's selfish and would not accept that Cloud loves Aerith. Though Cloud would never love Tifa, she is causing him pain because she nitpicks his weaknesses and ignores his mourning for his love Aerith. She's claiming that Denzel is their child when it's Aerith and Cloud's. Still, Cloud, being such a good man still takes care of Tifa and the kids because they need him. Tifa begin to slowly realize that she should just accept that she's just friend, in this way, she'll be happier.
What's worse is, a lot of people actually love this Tifa. And Cloti supporters are much more than Clerith? Why can't they see this? It's probably because Tifa is so busty and wears revealing clothing that guys want her to be with Cloud. They may look good together, but people aren't seeing past that. They don't see that both these people suffer in that dysfunctional and incompatible relationship. They should wish the best for both: Cloud with Aerith in his heart forever, and Tifa a single mom, or Barret's new wife.
Worst, one site with a good reputation as a source of information claims that Cloti is canon, and many agrees with this. It just shows how desperate Clotis are to defeat Clerith.
I honestly think that behind those politely written essays, a lot of people think like this.
Now I present my response to that pink paragraph.
Love is love no matter how young it is, how short it is. Teens experience love. Love at first sight exist. Short, passionate romances can exist. So Zerith, which they claim to be puppy is still love and Clerith which happened in a span of weeks can be called love. Those love are bright, sweet loving and wonderful.They're an ideal happily ever after until tragedy struck.
However, it's just the tip of the iceberg. There's a bigger part that we don't see sometimes. Love is made up of many things. Before that, all love start weak, fed by feelings or attraction alone, like a plant without fertilizer of sunlight. Love has to grow to become strong and bear fruit. It's not just the matter of the heart, but also the mind the soul. It needs time, understanding, knowledge of each other and memories. And love is not supposedly the master of a person, if it is, that person is blind. A person decides and chooses on who he will love, and how he would show this person this love. Determination and commitment comes as a support for love to grow.
But this person is not perfect, he can have the best love in the world, but it's too great for him. He can be burdened by past mistakes, haunted by old memories and feel insecure about his capability. He may feel undeserving of this wonderful woman and thinks that she can be as happy without him. He loves her, but wants her to be better off. Worse is when he knew he's going to die, he cannot bear to see the people her love worry and suffer in front of him. It's easier to escape than to confront, he's frightened, he isn't strong enough. The people he wasn't able to protect proves how worthless he is.
Now this is why It's unfair and baseless to call the Cloti relationship loveless and dysfunctional and this is why I loved Cloti. It's even more immature to blame the fault on Tifa alone. Cloti is a ship sailing on stormy seas unlike ships that does nothing but stay in calm waters, enjoying the sun and the singing mermaids.
Now, this might be harsh, but I believe that Cloud never fell in love with Aerith, it's possible and I'm open to the idea but there isn't simply anything that I can see that would prove that Clerith is two-way. Cloud had sweet moments with Aerith but I never saw exchanged feelings between them. Cloud was not himself.
Aerith knew it and she saw the real Cloud was hiding in a shell, but she never met with him. It's like looking through a glass, seeing but never touching. Tragically, this shell shattered, along with the person inside it when Aerith died and when Sephiroth told him that he's just a puppet. He was in pieces but it was Tifa who eventually brought him back together, now without the fake persona in the LS scene, the most touching part of the game for me (though I had never played it yet.)
So Aerith was a very important person in Cloud's life. She loved him, want to meet the real him, but she never had the chance. That's why I don't agree with many Clerith proofs that takes place after her death. I want evidence when she was still alive, when she still has the desire and hope to live her life with him.
So yeah, what a long post. I had planned to write an LTD commentary but it seems that I had already spilled everything. Let's see if I still have beans left.
I just made up the pink part, I didn't copy it from anywhere to be dissected here. But essays like that exist.
On what true love is, I love Clerith in a way that it's a "red string of fate." Two people are fated to meet, they are perfect for each other but got torn apart by evil. Their suppesedly happy future together has been taken away from them. However, their love is eternal and will never be defeated by death. Though they might be apart, their hearts are close together. It's a beautiful romantic story, however someone gets in its way: Tifa.
Tifa is the real enemy of this love. She's clinging to Cloud even if he sees her as nothing but a friend. She forced him to make a promise and wants him to be the ideal man she wants. She's selfish and would not accept that Cloud loves Aerith. Though Cloud would never love Tifa, she is causing him pain because she nitpicks his weaknesses and ignores his mourning for his love Aerith. She's claiming that Denzel is their child when it's Aerith and Cloud's. Still, Cloud, being such a good man still takes care of Tifa and the kids because they need him. Tifa begin to slowly realize that she should just accept that she's just friend, in this way, she'll be happier.
What's worse is, a lot of people actually love this Tifa. And Cloti supporters are much more than Clerith? Why can't they see this? It's probably because Tifa is so busty and wears revealing clothing that guys want her to be with Cloud. They may look good together, but people aren't seeing past that. They don't see that both these people suffer in that dysfunctional and incompatible relationship. They should wish the best for both: Cloud with Aerith in his heart forever, and Tifa a single mom, or Barret's new wife.
Worst, one site with a good reputation as a source of information claims that Cloti is canon, and many agrees with this. It just shows how desperate Clotis are to defeat Clerith.
I honestly think that behind those politely written essays, a lot of people think like this.
Now I present my response to that pink paragraph.
Love is love no matter how young it is, how short it is. Teens experience love. Love at first sight exist. Short, passionate romances can exist. So Zerith, which they claim to be puppy is still love and Clerith which happened in a span of weeks can be called love. Those love are bright, sweet loving and wonderful.They're an ideal happily ever after until tragedy struck.
However, it's just the tip of the iceberg. There's a bigger part that we don't see sometimes. Love is made up of many things. Before that, all love start weak, fed by feelings or attraction alone, like a plant without fertilizer of sunlight. Love has to grow to become strong and bear fruit. It's not just the matter of the heart, but also the mind the soul. It needs time, understanding, knowledge of each other and memories. And love is not supposedly the master of a person, if it is, that person is blind. A person decides and chooses on who he will love, and how he would show this person this love. Determination and commitment comes as a support for love to grow.
But this person is not perfect, he can have the best love in the world, but it's too great for him. He can be burdened by past mistakes, haunted by old memories and feel insecure about his capability. He may feel undeserving of this wonderful woman and thinks that she can be as happy without him. He loves her, but wants her to be better off. Worse is when he knew he's going to die, he cannot bear to see the people her love worry and suffer in front of him. It's easier to escape than to confront, he's frightened, he isn't strong enough. The people he wasn't able to protect proves how worthless he is.
Now this is why It's unfair and baseless to call the Cloti relationship loveless and dysfunctional and this is why I loved Cloti. It's even more immature to blame the fault on Tifa alone. Cloti is a ship sailing on stormy seas unlike ships that does nothing but stay in calm waters, enjoying the sun and the singing mermaids.
Now, this might be harsh, but I believe that Cloud never fell in love with Aerith, it's possible and I'm open to the idea but there isn't simply anything that I can see that would prove that Clerith is two-way. Cloud had sweet moments with Aerith but I never saw exchanged feelings between them. Cloud was not himself.
Aerith knew it and she saw the real Cloud was hiding in a shell, but she never met with him. It's like looking through a glass, seeing but never touching. Tragically, this shell shattered, along with the person inside it when Aerith died and when Sephiroth told him that he's just a puppet. He was in pieces but it was Tifa who eventually brought him back together, now without the fake persona in the LS scene, the most touching part of the game for me (though I had never played it yet.)
So Aerith was a very important person in Cloud's life. She loved him, want to meet the real him, but she never had the chance. That's why I don't agree with many Clerith proofs that takes place after her death. I want evidence when she was still alive, when she still has the desire and hope to live her life with him.
So yeah, what a long post. I had planned to write an LTD commentary but it seems that I had already spilled everything. Let's see if I still have beans left.
I just made up the pink part, I didn't copy it from anywhere to be dissected here. But essays like that exist.
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However, I can give you a hint to figure it out. They are the ones who dubbed FFVII AC Final Fantasy VII Aerith+CloudandnothingelseTifaisanannoyingwhore.
