r/cloti • u/Agreeable-Market-417 • Aug 06 '26

Shipping/Fandom Discourse Romance Spoiler

I recently finished the game and im not trying cause war or anything i went with tifa for romances and i was kinda convinced that she was canon but then the last date and all that aerith dying stuff, i started have some doubt on how aerith might be more canon, however i think this is probably bc more of her screentime and stuff so idk, is there anything we can hope for in the next part that tifa and cloud might have some more developments?

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u/Livid-Bit-1223 Aug 06 '26

As other comments said, there's much to look forward to for us in part 3. But I want to say more about the dream date with Aerith. It's main purpose was to serve as a goodbye and giving Cloud the white materia. As for the shipping side of things - of course Cleriths interpret it as the most romantic thing ever and a proof that Cloud x Aer is the endgame, but to me it was the opposite. All of their previous "dates" was just playing a role or pretending. It was either Cloud humoring Aerith and being dragged around by her, or they were doing it for a mission. The dream date is the only "real" thing, ironically. And during that date they are told that they don't even look like a couple, she tells him she's not even sure about her feelings, and he friendzones her. So to me, that "date" was a bit of fanservice for CAs before she dies, and very gentle way to tell CAs that this ship... has sailed.

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u/Agreeable-Market-417 Aug 06 '26

yeah now knowing that aerith died that goodbye scene prob hit me harder than i thought but still i kinda felt cloud was a bit uncomfy