[ SECRET POST #3049 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3049 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Final Fantasy VII

[(Anonymous)]

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Yeah I pretty much hate Zack in the compilation myself and all the retcon/bad storytelling in what he's involved in. I always wondered how well Cloud and Zack actually knew one another before the labs. I assume they were at least on friendly speaking terms, judging by Cloud's flashback where he makes conversation with the nameless guard that's actually him. I do think that Cloud probably aspired to be Zack, but mostly becomes of his admiration for Sephiroth and how Zack got the role he wanted - which is why Cloud's craziness caused him to mentally replace Zack with himself.

But anyway I could definitely see them not becoming really close until the labs. At any rate surely that strengthened their relationship.

Re: Final Fantasy VII

[ketita]

I think that one of the mistakes they make is trying to tighten the parallels too far. Having Cloud have a lot of parallels to Zack makes sense, given that Cloud adopted his personality and memories to some extent (though I do think that some of his interest in Aeris was genuine, and I think she did feel for him as himself and not just as reminiscent of Zack).
But it's okay to have some things that don't tie in! Like the sword - Cloud inheriting the Buster is one thing, but did Zack have to inherit it too?
And in AC - I would really have liked to see Cloud work a bit more past his connection to Zack, and win under his own power and personality (that was one of the few additions in AC:C that I hated).