What Cloud thinks about the heroes in the FFVII world (soo like Sephiroth, erm, Zack, and himself being a 'hero' etc blah blah) :? or does it not even factor in |D
Think about them as in, like... his opinion? Because he worshiped Sephiroth as a kid and wanted to join SOLDIER because of him, and when Zack was awesome he completely hero-worshiped him. Sephiroth he still has an underlying current of respect for, but it's not a good respect; more like he doesn't underestimate how powerful and dangerous he is. Since he has his memories all arranged again, he doesn't have any personal ties to Sephiroth, save for the fact that Zack adored him. It's Zack's adoration that's the only thing keeping him from just completely hating him, because it had to come from somewhere. It doesn't matter anymore, though. Zack, however, was a hero through and through.
If you're talking about the whole, I WANT TO BE A HERO!! Complex that Zack has... Cloud doesn't have that. He respects it, but Zack was his hero, and Zack is. Dead. It's not romanticized to Cloud anymore. It used to be; he wanted to be Tifa's hero, so much so that failure meant he couldn't even show his face to her. Now, he doesn't think of himself as a hero at all - what kind of hero lets Zack and Aeris die in front of him? He just wants to protect what he can, and if his hand-me-down self has the strength to do so, then that's what he'll do. He has very little concept of himself as a strong person, since all of his strength comes from his weaknesses - Zack and Aeris dying for him, for example, and the fact that Jenova took to him so well. He doesn't think he's a hero. The heroes he knew are all dead. He's just a survivor, and he's going to make sure everyone else is too.
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If you're talking about the whole, I WANT TO BE A HERO!! Complex that Zack has... Cloud doesn't have that. He respects it, but Zack was his hero, and Zack is. Dead. It's not romanticized to Cloud anymore. It used to be; he wanted to be Tifa's hero, so much so that failure meant he couldn't even show his face to her. Now, he doesn't think of himself as a hero at all - what kind of hero lets Zack and Aeris die in front of him? He just wants to protect what he can, and if his hand-me-down self has the strength to do so, then that's what he'll do. He has very little concept of himself as a strong person, since all of his strength comes from his weaknesses - Zack and Aeris dying for him, for example, and the fact that Jenova took to him so well. He doesn't think he's a hero. The heroes he knew are all dead. He's just a survivor, and he's going to make sure everyone else is too.
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God my typing is horrid tonight.
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O. WAIT.
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