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Cloud Strife's Origins Explained (Birth to Hero) ► Final Fantasy 7 Lore

1.2M views · Nov 20, 2017 · Gaming

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  • @FinalFantasyUnion · 8 years ago · pinned

    Hey guys! You asked for us to look at the lore of Cloud Strife, so here it is...! We hope you guys enjoy! He's a pretty complex character, with many, many layers - hopefully we did the guy justice :) ~Darryl

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  • @epicurusstan3223 · 7 years ago

    you forgot the part where cloud obsessively breeds and races chocobos on his hunt for the legendary golden chocobo.

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  • @RellekEarth · 8 years ago

    Cloud&apos;s struggle with identity is probably the most influential factor in FF7s success. He constantly struggled with self identity and despised himself so much that he subconsciously became someone else. It really speaks to humanity as a whole that self love is a powerful force that, in Cloud&apos;s case, led him to saving the world and fixing his mistakes. <br><br>So next time you feel like shite for something you did or are feeling like you are worthless, give yourself some love and find it in yourself to forgive. Own your weaknesses and find strength in the acceptance of that. Be you with all your goofed up splendor and just do it. Thats what cloud symbolizes.

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  • @SupErMasSiVepancake · 7 years ago

    Such an interesting character with his development and yet so many people simply label him as &quot;emo&quot;<br>I sometimes forget that the whole part with Cloud being impaled and proceeding to lift Sephiroth up and throw his ass into the reactor happened BEFORE he was infused with Mako. That&apos;s how you know he&apos;s a fucking beast.

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  • @SSangsen · 8 years ago

    &quot;I am Cloud - a master of my own illusionary world&quot;. After all these years I still remember this quote.

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  • @yuinurahilyon5711 · 6 years ago (edited)

    Cloud is a depressed badass. That’s the short detail.

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  • @athfcoz · 8 years ago

    Cloud seems to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, and dissociative identity disorder.

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  • @afkmh2392 · 7 years ago

    Cloud literally came back from being brain dead twice

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  • @jimbozinho · 8 years ago (edited)

    You forgot one vital piece of information about his back story.<br><br>Cloud’s memories were not entirely distorted by trauma. His state of mind was the culmination of the Jenova cells inside of him, along with his trauma.<br><br>As quoted by Cloud in the Highwind (after recovering from mako poisoning in Mideel):<br><br>‘The combination of Jenova Cells, Sephiroth’s strong will, and my own weakness are what created me.’

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  • @jemy_chen · 6 years ago

    I played this game and almost beat it at 7. Watching this video now made me realized Cloud is legit an actual hero. Watching his friends and family die, then watching Zack die in front of him, mako poisoning, and then Sephiroth&apos;s torment? Jesus this guy can win the mental illness olympics

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  • @YoungMachette · 8 years ago

    It gives me chills that Square is going to tell this story again, and plan to flesh it out further.

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  • @RaGadaWave · 6 years ago

    Despite all of the shit Cloud went through , people in the mid 2000&apos;s still wrote him off as simply being an emo character.

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