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what I dislike — and this originates in part with Crisis Core itself — is things which were originally exclusively and iconically character traits of Aerith herself (her theme music, her style of dress, her ribbon, her profession) being attributed to Zack

the reason? because, like you said, i’m spreading clerith facts/news around the internet. they also do it to @dansantcaparet​, too. it’s not just me that suffers this, i just happen to be the only target around right now. if i vanished from the fandom tomorrow, and someone else took over and started writing essays and stuff, they’d find ways to demonize them, too.

these clowns don’t want anyone to ship clerith, they take it as a personal affront whenever they find out that not everyone ships their waifu with cloud. they used to do this to every clerith that wrote essays or dedicated their online time to the LTD. 

 but even that has changed. these clowns are attacking any “normie” clerith fans, too. basically anyone that dares to even say they like cloud x aerith. even if they don’t actively participate in fandoms, anyone that makes a passing clerith comment is attacked. these clowns think that if they can bully our fandom into submission that will make clowti canon somehow. it won’t, it hasn’t, and it never will.

but, you know what? i don’t care. they can piss and moan all they want. whenever i hear that i’ve managed to spread clerith facts that would otherwise have gone unheard of, it makes all of these smears and all of the harassment worth it. i started this blog so i could do exactly that. spread clerith facts to those that have been misled and have no way to access the information. i didn’t know it would garner so much hate then, but i would have opened my blog regardless just because of all the support from the clerith fandom.

Yes, they’re official. They’re from the FF30th anniversary celebration that Nojima participated in, the one where they made a special FF7R gallery themed around Cloud and Aerith. He wrote new lines for Aerith and everything. And this quote comes from the official books for that event. So he supervised these quotes, but also may have even written them himself. At any rate, they’re just as canon as the Ultimanias so if Clowtis dismiss this, they dismiss all of them. But yes, it does nuke a lot of CT misconceptions. It was always in the original game. It was Aerith that made Cloud even care about the planet, it was Aerith that constantly hinted at his “true” self, it was Aerith that tried to get Cloud to fix himself instead of focusing on the fight for the planet, and it was Aerith that Cloud said “I know Aerith saw the real me that night on the Gondola.” about (Itadaki Street FF30th game). Clowtis just misunderstood T*fa’s presence/purpose during the Lifestream scene.

For one, that was T*fa’s redemption arc. It’s when she (sort of) realizes her own mistakes and tries to make up for them by *finally* staying by Cloud’s side and *trying* to help aid him during the Lifestream event. However, just as T*fa says herself, she didn’t actually do anything to help Cloud, it was all because of Cloud’s own self that he regained his true memories.

Another thing people don’t understand is that T*fa is literally our only option. T*fa was there to act as the POV for the players. That’s it. Who else could it have been at that time? Any other teammate would make no sense. T*fa was literally the last option. Had Aerith lived, none of that would have happened, but if it did, Aerith could have done it herself. T*fa was merely there by chance, and because the devs needed a POV for players to follow so we could actually *see* the scene. She wasn’t there because she was needed or because she had any effect on Cloud regaining his true self. 

Aerith Gainsborough moves on from Zack Fair and loves Cloud Strife more than Zack. Zack is Aerith’s first love, Cloud is Aerith’s second love. People have more than one love in a lifetime. 

Official Square Enix Statements:

“Although in the beginning Aerith felt close to Cloud because he behaves like Zack, her interest in Cloud himself grows and she is attracted to him.” –page 31, Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega, Square Enix

“At first when I met Cloud, I believed he was similar to Zack. Little actions, the way he spoke… his kindness. But Cloud is Cloud. I, now undoubtedly, love Cloud much more than Zack.” –Aerith’s monologue in Gongaga, Final Fantasy VII Dismantled, Square Enix

On Cloud and Aerith’s canon Gold Saucer date, Aerith expresses these same sentiments to Cloud directly:

Aerith: “It’s so pretty.” “It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” “………first off, it bothered me how you looked exactly alike.” “Two completely different people, but look exactly the same.” “The way you walk, gesture…” “I think I must have seen him again, in you…" “But you’re different.”   “Things are different…" “Cloud…” “I’m searching for you…” Cloud: “…………?” Aerith: “I want to meet you.” Cloud: “But I’m right here.” Aerith: (I know, I know… what I mean is…) “I want to meet….. you.”

Cloud x Aerith Resources:

9 non-optional and 2 canon Cloud x Aerith Moments

Highwind Scene Variability

Debunking Cloti Propaganda

Common misconceptions about Zack Fair

Cloud x Aerith: A Love Story

Dispelling the myth Cloud and Tifa are in a relationship post-FFVII

50 Reasons for Cloud x Aerith

Common Criticisms of Cloud x Aerith debunked

Aerith Gainsborough: The Ultimate Heroine

Aerith’s Blessing?

Jenova’s Cells and Zack’s Memories Makes the Case Even More Compelling for Cloud x Aerith

Aerith, the non-optional girl

aerith: 

She’s a psychologist folks, assuming things about people, assuming people are depressed with nothing else to live for... do psychologists do that ?

I have nothing else to live for! 💬

She feels superior intellectually, because she has some psychologist title. 🎊

She’s a psychologist. BRO, what kind of psychologist are you? though really? Are Institutions really out here handing out psychologist titles to just about anyone? I mean, I guess seems that way. I say this because you’d think psychologists real psychologists would act umm I dunno? More professional? With that being said that’s really sad. @cloudxaerith

Im not here to gain anything, I really don’t anything to lose. 💯

Since you can’t really do much else, you took out the I’m a psychologist card, therefore I’m better, and smarter than you. Lmfao, shit only a teenager would do. You should go back to school..

Yes I’m far superior than you but not because I’m a psychologist, just because that’s not very difficult, 99.9% of the people here are, if you wants to know what kind of psychologist I am I can answer, I’m a work/social psychologist but I don’t assume you know exactly what it is so whatever. 

I told you I was a psychologist because you assume you knew better than me what’s a depression and you clearly don’t that’s all, you’re acting like a depressed toddler with no meaning in your life, but that’s ok since a 4 YO doesn’t live for anything else than eating, playing and sleeping and I suppose if you ad social media it would look like a lot like your life. But that’s ok dw. People like you are going to grew one day and realise how you were stupid back then and that’s ok too, maturity can come a bit later for some people that’s pretty normal.