Earth & Sky: A Cloud x Aeris Love Story
A website dedicated to Aerith ("Aeris") Gainsborough and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII Remake's soundtrack flaunted clever rearrangements and medleys of beloved tracks from the original game, but the game's end credits theme song was something completely new. Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu returned to compose the piece, which featured vocals performed by Yosh of Survive Said The Prophet. FF7 lead writer Kazushige Nojima … Continue reading HOLLOW: Cloud’s Ballad to Aerith
In Advent Children, we find out that many people have been infected with tainted Lifestream, which has caused them to become afflicted with a new disease termed "Geostigma." Those with Geostigma are weakened, with areas of their bodies bruised and bleeding black ichor. Of the main party, only Cloud Strife becomes infected with Geostigma. Why? … Continue reading Losing a Loved One: The Reason Cloud Suffers from Geostigma in Advent Children
Regardless of whether or not fans think Cloud loves Aeris, she dies. That leaves only one love interest left. So surely, the story concludes with Cloud and Tifa canonically becoming a couple, right? At first glance, it seems conclusive enough. After the events of Final Fantasy VII, and with the rival love interest deceased, Cloud's … Continue reading Do Cloud and Tifa Ever Get Together After Final Fantasy VII?
One aspect to Aeris's character, present since the original Final Fantasy VII, is that in the past, there was a young man she loved whom Cloud reminds her of present-day. While most of Aeris's dialogue and character drama is about her journey as an Ancient and her perceived duty as the last Cetra, this is … Continue reading Dismantling the Zerith Myth: On Aeris’s First Love, Zack Fair
Earth & Sky: A Cloud x Aeris Love Story 