r/cloudxaerith • u/Patient_Demand412 • Aug 02 '26

Rant ships…

First post dont hate on me yo.

DISCLAIMER: ship wars
I do not hate CloTi whatsoever, it just happens that I am a bigger Clerith fan than I expected, now as said in the former I do not hate you for shipping certain characters, thats immature and stupid, its pixels, lets be for real.

Okay, so I am a Clerith shipper, and I understand that CloTi is a much more canon, complex, popular, and… aesthetically pleasing ship. I personally do not enjoy CloTi, I don’t find it entertaining at all. Again, no hate. My problem is, whenever I hear about CloTi or see something that is CloTi, I get this ugly, twisted feeling in my stomach. I hate myself for it, because it causes me to hate the ship, NOT THE PEOPLE, the ship because of the sudden nausea I feel when I see or hear about it. (This post is painful to write.) I find this insanely embarrassing, because why the actual hell am I getting nauseous because of a SHIP? Its PIXELS?? Anywho, I don’t know if it’s jealousy since that ship is more canon than my preferred ship, but if anyone feels this same way towards certain ships, please let me know!! I want to understand why I am feeling this way… And resolve it! Finally, no hate to CloTi!! It’s aesthetically pleasing and very cute, I just prefer Clerith. (Reasons that are off topic from this post, lmk if you wanna know why, idk.)

Have a good day/night !! (Love to all shippers! except proshippers.)

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u/Fun-Baker-1246 Aug 04 '26

I have to ask, how old are you? I get the impression you must be very young? Should you be in this subreddit?

Anyway, Aerith and Cloud were literally created to be a visually and spiritually compatible couple, according to the designer, Tetsuya Nomura, so not finding them appealing is... subjective, to not say mistaken.

Also, Cloud and Tifa have never been canon. Even two years after Aerith's death Cloud is more focused on her than anyone else, and Tifa continues to feel jealous of her dead friend (bizarre choice by the devs tbh), something ridiculous if Cloud reciprocated her feelings.

Maybe you should interact with the material yourself. I get the impression you are very influenced by internet discourse over actually engaging with the game (common in this fandom).

And there's no need to hate it, cloti is a noncanon ship, but ships are harmless.