Hmm. I think Cloud probably would have crushed on anyone who gave him the time of day, if my reading of his childhood is accurate - but yeah, it could go either way, but no way is that child straight.
Hah, okay. What I meant was that the part of Cloud that was attracted to Aeris was probably Zack, if that makes sense. Not that Aeris was seeing Zack in Cloud, but rather that the Zack in Cloud was seeing her.
Cloud's brainmeats are complicated.
Yeah, I haven't played through CC - though I've started to be fond of some of the characters through fic, and any development of Sephiroth is good in my book - but yes, Zack does seem to be kind of.... a bit of a brain damaged puppy, really.
Vincent/Lucrecia has been my otp since I was fucking 12. You have no idea how much I fucking hate Yuffentine. When I first played it the game was all about Vincent, mind. I don't think half of the other characters even registered until I wandered back towards the fandom later. You wanted to be Aeris, I wanted to be the creepy psudo-vampire dude who spouted poetry at random moments.
I almost think the whole Cloud/Sephiroth dynamic is more poignant if Cloud was never actually in contact with Sephiroth more than once or twice until Nibelhiem. - while the lovers torn apart storyline has its own appeal, I feel like Cloud's heartbreak was the death of innocence and dreams. If he had any time to get to know Sephiroth as a real human being and not as a hero, it would change the experience completely. It wouldn't hurt as much - Cloud's cry isn't "I loved you!" as much as "You were supposed to be perfect!"
Hah, I'll look around. See how much Compilation you can tolerate - I threw one cc timetravel one at you, but I'll look around. I have to wade through all the messy "You're my true master Sephiroth please let me be yours!" fics, because they made my inner Domme want to hurt things. (Stockholm's syndrome is not love. How many times do I have to tell you idiots.)
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Date: 2011-08-15 07:14 pm (UTC)Hah, okay. What I meant was that the part of Cloud that was attracted to Aeris was probably Zack, if that makes sense. Not that Aeris was seeing Zack in Cloud, but rather that the Zack in Cloud was seeing her.
Cloud's brainmeats are complicated.
Yeah, I haven't played through CC - though I've started to be fond of some of the characters through fic, and any development of Sephiroth is good in my book - but yes, Zack does seem to be kind of.... a bit of a brain damaged puppy, really.
Vincent/Lucrecia has been my otp since I was fucking 12. You have no idea how much I fucking hate Yuffentine. When I first played it the game was all about Vincent, mind. I don't think half of the other characters even registered until I wandered back towards the fandom later. You wanted to be Aeris, I wanted to be the creepy psudo-vampire dude who spouted poetry at random moments.
I almost think the whole Cloud/Sephiroth dynamic is more poignant if Cloud was never actually in contact with Sephiroth more than once or twice until Nibelhiem. - while the lovers torn apart storyline has its own appeal, I feel like Cloud's heartbreak was the death of innocence and dreams. If he had any time to get to know Sephiroth as a real human being and not as a hero, it would change the experience completely. It wouldn't hurt as much - Cloud's cry isn't "I loved you!" as much as "You were supposed to be perfect!"
Hah, I'll look around. See how much Compilation you can tolerate - I threw one cc timetravel one at you, but I'll look around. I have to wade through all the messy "You're my true master Sephiroth please let me be yours!" fics, because they made my inner Domme want to hurt things. (Stockholm's syndrome is not love. How many times do I have to tell you idiots.)