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forrest's avatar

in my mind, one of the core themes of FF7 (original) is identity; consider the Cloud-Zack confusion; Cloud's idolization of Sephiroth, wanting to be just like him, only for that image to be shattered; Cloud being a (failed) clone; and how ultimately none of this shit matters in the end: Cloud is just Cloud, whoever he wants to be. so, what I'm trying to say is, this analysis was super cool to read, as it jived with that a bit.

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Anon's avatar

Loved this! Especially found the analysis between Cloud's characterization in FF7 compared to his appearances in other games to be super interesting. Don't listen to the other commenters, they're just idiots that saw a screenshot of the first sentence and were too lazy to actually give your essay a read.

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Ani Robinson's avatar

thanks a lot! honestly didn’t know this ended up on another platform so i’m kinda surprised there’s all this animosity even though i haven’t posted anything in years lol but i appreciate you being kind in sea of angry video game incels

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