since it's quote Cody Christian day, let us share his thoughts on Aerith too:
"I love her to death. I adore that character. I think Aerith is a pinnecle in this series. Nothing would be the same without her. I mean, look... I don't wanna spoil too much, but in the third game there's a lot that's... Big driving force, you know what I'm saying?"
pinnecle of the series? can't speak because spoilers? big driving force? guys.... she has always been EVERYTHING, the reason why this remake even exists
His memories weren’t replaced with Zack’s
There’s a lot that goes into Cloud’s identity issues, but Zack’s literal memories aren’t part of it. Cloud doesn’t have anything from Zack in his mind other than using his experiences as his own to keep up the identity of a SOLDIER ⬇️
The *whole point* of LSS is Cloud discovering he’s ALWAYS been himself. His memories are all real & his, the *only* thing off was taking Zack’s role in them bc of his insecurities.
Cloud doesn’t remember Aerith, Zack’s parents, Gongaga.
He doesn’t have Zack’s memories. Period.
Because they aren’t. This has never been established anywhere in canon.
Cloud isn’t a Zack clone. Didn’t get a Zack brain transplant. His memories have always been HIS.
This is such a huge part of his character, it’s insane we’re still hearing this BS 30 years later.