Earth & Sky: A Cloud x Aeris Love Story
A website dedicated to Aerith ("Aeris") Gainsborough and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII
Excuse the incendiary topic - most of these "myths" are so absurd, no normal fan will ever have even considered them, regardless of who they personally ship Cloud with (if anyone). Even so, some of these silly claims have circulated around the fandom as of late. Ever Crisis, which released its beta in early July, … Continue reading Ever Crisis Beta Busts a Few Anti-Clerith Myths
The Lifestream sequence refers to an event late in Final Fantasy VII's story that, after much disarray in Cloud Strife's alleged background, serves to untaggle the truth of his past. Prior to this, Cloud leaves the party for the first time after he suffered a mental breakdown in Northern Crater and subsequently fell into the … Continue reading Romanticizing a Mental Health Crisis? Revisiting the Lifestream Sequence
Clerith fans looking for a canon, alternate dimension outlet where the lovers can be alive and happy together need look no further than the Kingdom Hearts series. Kingdom Hearts, released in 2004 and directed by Tetsuya Nomura, featured cameos from a number of Final Fantasy characters. For Final Fantasy VII, this included Cloud and Aerith, … Continue reading Kingdom Hearts: A Clerith Story
At the end of disc 2 in Final Fantasy VII, Cloud asks his party members to leave, go home, and find out what it is they are really fighting for prior to the final showdown with Sephiroth. With a Meteor tearing through the sky, and a demi-god of an enemy at the helm, they all … Continue reading On Canon Vs. Fanon: Love, Sex, and Cloud and Tifa Under the Highwind
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?
I'm a Clerith fan through and through, but plenty of players saw a different love story than me - they saw a romance story between Cloud and Tifa instead in the original game and subsequent Compilation. The game never spelled out who Cloud "ends up with" or has feelings for present-day, which has led to … Continue reading What the Devs Say About Final Fantasy VII’s Love Triangle: It’s Open-Ended (duh!)
Earth & Sky: A Cloud x Aeris Love Story 