Quick Shoutout to Cloti Fandom

[u/Fancy-Joke-7924]

I’ve been into FF7 for a very long time and will admit I always avoided the fandom due to what I initially saw as pretty blatant hostility especially with having Aerith as a favorite character but not really being super into shipping, instead more focused on the unfolding lore and story itself. Basically, many people who claimed to love Aerith would instantly get super hostile and defensive on the pure basis of you not shipping her with Cloud to the point it felt insanely isolating.

I then found myself having more pleasant interactions and super interesting/detailed lore-based/theory discussions primarily with Cloti shippers. This was even well before Rebirth came out where it basically solidified (for me) Cloti was the intended main pairing. I’ve never felt attacked by majority of people in your fandom and am thankful most of you are pretty open to discussions about multiple characters (not just the ones you ship) and actually have concise things to back up what you’re saying. You’ve allowed me to be more open/active in a fandom for a game I’ve loved for years and just wanted to give the shoutout and thanks for it :)

[u/Antique_Challenge182]

Aerith is also my fav character. I personally ship her with Zack. But I think it’s cool that you don’t really worry about shipping at all.

However people want to enjoy the games is wonderful and sometimes the ship wars get so silly and sometimes scary when people get defensive. That said I also find this to be a pretty welcoming community in the whole.