A quick visual guide to the progress of Cloud and Tifa’s relationship through out Rebirth.
Based off that cute meme from twitter.
The Chocobo he gave her. The Chocobo she gave him.
Pencil on paper.
Tifa: Don’t put me on a pedestal!
Cloud: …how else am I supposed to worship you?
Tifa: …*face contorting between being really frustrated and really happy*
Someone on twitter made a post about Tifa laughing at a lot of Cloud’s snark and actions. Then I remember an article saying you laugh more around people you are attracted to.
Madam, could you be more obvious?
More Cloud and Tifa stuff because I knocked back an energy drink and can see forever. (For anyone over thirty this is actually a Dangerous, Forbidden Technique)
A reimagining of the Lifestream sequence. Well, maybe a prediction seeing how Sephiroth’s meta knowledge fucked with the story in the last two games.
Cloud sits in his subconscious inside the Lifestream. His form shifts from young to adult constantly. He pulls his legs up to his chest and buries his face behind his knee’s.
Behind him, Sephiroth floats. His single wing casting a large shadow over Cloud’s mutable form.
Sephiroth: You’ve never been real, Cloud. All you’ve done. All you’ve seen. An illusion.
Sephiroth reaches for Cloud’s shoulder.
Sephiroth: Give up…end it…submit…all you—
Tifa: Ahem.
Sephiroth: *eyes bulging and brow furrowing. He turns around to see Tifa standing behind him*
Tifa: *waving happily* Hey.
Sephiroth: Wha-what are you doing here?
Tifa: This is Cloud’s inner most mind, right?
Sephiroth: *turning fully to face her* Yes.
Tifa: Yeah. I live here rent free.
Sephiroth: *eyes darting side to side as he try’s to understand what the fuck is going on*
Tifa: And you, sir, are trespassing.
Sephiroth summons his sword and makes a blindingly fast horizontal slash. It is stopped short by Tifa’s index finger.
Tifa: You see, I’m kinda of a pillar here. He’s been using me as kinda of a safety net. Kinda flattering really. Knowing I’ve been saving him so much. So that means my strength here is *grabs hold of the blade and stares at Sephiroth menacingly* far beyond what you can hope to match.
Sephiroth: *sweating* This not gonna end well for me.
Tifa: *low, dangerous voice* This is not gonna end well for you.
I have a feeling there’s gonna be a boss fight with a specter of Jenova or Sephiroth at the end of the Lifestream sequence. I’d put money in it. It would be cool if Tifa got to fight him.
I am looking forward to Remake Part 3 so I made an interpretation of the final battle I believe we’re gonna get.
Inspired by that recent stream from Square Enix and the new Tifa’s Boyfriend tag.
Hey, hey, hey, HHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY!!!
I finally did a wholesome Cloud and Tifa smut fic! I hope you enjoy.
Tifa: *sighs sadly*
Meanwhile, Cloud is halfway across the planet, in the middle of a fight with a giant monster. He freezes while holding the monsters jaw open with his sword.
Cloud: Tifa is in distress.
I’ve been watching a lot of video’s on how Cloud is almost instinctively aware of all of Tifa’s little mannerisms. Especially her gasps and sighs. I’m not saying he’s a simp…wait, I think I am.
Aerith: Truth or Dare?
Cloud: Dare.
Aerith: I dare you to kiss the hottest person on the planet!
Cloud: Sephiroth?
Sephiroth: *smugly* Yes, Cloud?
Cloud: Can you move? I need to get to Tifa.
This how the battle at the center of Cloud’s mind went, right? I’m remembering this correctly, right?
Gold Saucer.
Cloud and Tifa exit the Skywheel.
The two try to look at each other but shyness overwhelms them as they catch each other’s eyes. They quickly look away from each other. The pair stand around like awkward ducks for a moment before Tifa breaks the silence.
Tifa: We should probably head back to our rooms.
Cloud: Yeah…prob’ly.
Suddenly, Aerith bursts out from behind a moogle. Eyes crazed.
Aerith: So, did you two f-
Cait Sith: FORTUNES!!! Get your fortunes here.
So, I’ve been watching Team Four Star’s Final Fantasy VII Abridged series and I just finished Rebirth.
It inspired me.
Full disclosure, the chapter 12 date my first go around, I got Red XIII.
To quote Abridged Barret: I fucked up.
So after the shock wore off and I reloaded my save and literally did two Synergy Attacks, I got the Tifa date. The high affection one. And we all know what happens on that date.
And my headcanon Aerith would spy on them.
So, I headcanon Aerith as a Cloti shipper. One who has become slightly unhinged about the subject due to the subjects at hand being…really shy. Like frustratingly demure and hesitant.
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…Yeah, it’s more Cloud and Tifa…
Tifa: So when are going to date me?
Cloud: …I dunno, when are you going to ask me out?
Tifa: *panics*
Sometime later…
Aerith: …AND YOU JUST RAN AWAY?!
Tifa: I didn’t think he’d flirt back!
They live rent free in my head, next to my family and random medieval military history.
Edit:
Barret: …AND YOU DIDN’T GO AFTER HER?!
Cloud: I didn’t think I’d flirt back!
I swear to God, I do other stuff other than shill Cloud and Tifa but when you find inspiration, you use it!
Also, I just finished Chapter 13 or as I like to call it: THE FUCKING TRAUMA CHAPTER!!!
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
FUCKING SPOILERS
Barret and Aerith’s trials legit had me tearing up.
Barret begging not to lose his wife again. Aerith crying and apologizing to her mother. These scenes did so much to add to their characters.
Shit, Watching Nanaki get fucking branded. Tifa and Yuffie reliving their trauma’s was hard as hell.
As a husband and father, Aerith and Barret scenes hit me raw. John Eric Bentley and Brianna White and whoever voiced young Aerith did such good job.
Suddenly remembered this comic and if this ain’t Cloud and Tifa coded I don’t know what is.
Credit to Sarah Anderson of Sarah’s Scribbles for the original comic.
Cloud and Tifa work so well in a relationship because they are flawed. They have fears. And they let those fears dictate their actions from time to time. They, eventually, work through those feelings. Watching them grow as characters is so fulfilling.
They are the perfect losers in love.
So I thought of another funny.
Full disclosure, I ain’t at Cosmo Canyon in Rebirth yet but I can imagine. Imagine hilarious awkwardness!
Cosmo Canyon. The group treks on under the burning sun. Red XIII leads the group. Cloud carries Tifa, who is delirious from the sun, on his back.
Tifa: I’m really sorry you have carry me like this.
Cloud: Don’t worry about it. All you do for me, this is like the bare minimum.
Tifa: *chuckling* You’re so nice, Cloud. I’d love to suck on your face.
Time stops for everyone. With the exception of Red, the group stops dead in their tracks. Oblivious, Tifa continues.
Tifa: Not just your face, I’d love to suck your c-
Red XIII: CAUTION!!! I smell fiends in the air.
Using the timely interruption, Yuffie runs up to Tifa and starts whispering to her.
Yuffie: Tifa! Tifa!
Tifa: *looks are Yuffie, a dreamy smile on her face*
Yuffie: You said that out loud.
Tifa: Huh?
Yuffie: *cringing* You said you wanted to suck Cloud’s w-
Red XIII: WATCH OUT!!! Wait, that was just a rock…
Tifa: *the realization of what she had done hitting her like a tidal wave* Cloud?
Cloud: *gulps* Yeah?
Tifa: There’s a nice cliff over there. Can you throw me off of it?
Cloud: Tifa, you don’t have to be embarrassed. I wouldn’t mind you sucking my face.
Everyone else is almost crushed by second hand embarrassment. Cloud, the sun frying his brain too, goes on.
Cloud: And I would really like it if you sucked my d-
Red XIII: DANGER!!! Oh, it’s just a plant.
Yuffie and Cait Sith try their best to get Cloud and Tifa to shut up. In the back of the group, Aerith and Barret stand. Faces solemn. Sunglasses on. Wills united.
Barret: Can we save them?
Aerith: We must try.
Barret: It’s gonna be hard.
Aerith: *pulling out a flask and taking a swig before handing it to Barret* I’ve long since abandoned the notion of this being an easy road to walk.
They made it to Cosmo Canyon. Cloud and Tifa’s brain’s were so fried they forgot the whole conversation. It was for the best.