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Name: Chibi
Contact: plurk: litenviol, PM, or AIM: Princess of Yuri
Character
Name: Cloud Strife
Canon: FFVII: Crisis Core (AU)
Canon Point: The Nibelheim incident
Permissions: Should be fine, if you're really uncertain, talk to me. (And it's not as if Cloud has any abilities that would need a permissions post anyway.)
Age: 16
History: Wiki over here.
AU History: Everything happened as it otherwise did, up until the Nibelheim incident, where it changes - and ends, for Cloud. He's still the one to confront Sephiroth after Zack, and is still the one to throw him into the reactor, but after that the similarities end. Perhaps the angle Sephiroth used when spearing Cloud was just slightly different, perhaps it was just bad luck, but either way Cloud died before Hojo and ShinRa reached the reactor. He didn't have to die alone, though, as Zack regained conciousness long enough to sit with him until it was over.
Personality: Given that Cloud died in the Nibelheim incident, the largest difference when he's alive again is that, since for him it's basically no more than a few hours (at the most) since Nibelheim burned and his mother was killed, he's going to be dealing with that... or not, as the case may be. It's a big loss, after all, and not something Cloud has had to deal with before. It may mean he'll get even more quiet at times, considering how he tends to clam up when he's upset, at the least, as well as dealing with flashbacks.
Aside from that, Cloud's a quiet boy, both in the sense that he doesn't talk a lot, and doesn't do it loudly; for all that he wants to be noticed and be strong, he doesn't really take up much space. He's shy in addition to being quiet (probably partly why he's quiet in the first place aside from that just being part of his personality), something which really doesn't help him while growing up in Nibelheim. He was ignored (deliberately or unintentionally) by the other kids in favour of them gathering around each other and Tifa, and had he at least not been shy or not been as quiet, perhaps he would've had an easier time fitting in and taking space.
Said ignoring or not noticing, especially by Tifa (probably because she was the most popular in the small group of children in the village), left Cloud trying to cope with it by casting the other children as immature and childish compared to himself, no matter - or rather, particularly because - that he actually did want to play with them. He still tried to hang around the kids despite being overlooked and his own growing attitude towards the other children. He also tried to be there for Tifa (even though she didn't notice him at all), when the girl's mother died when
Tifa was eight and he was nine. He knew what that felt like, after all, since his own father had died when he was younger.
Cloud's attitude didn't exactly get better after Tifa's mother died, as an incident that left Tifa in coma for several days but Cloud barely injured had Tifa's father accusing him of causing her injuries and Cloud accusing himself of the same, of not being strong enough, or quick enough, to help her. He developed something of an anger problem from this, getting into constant fights for a while after.
Even when Cloud stopped getting into fights sometime prior to leaving for Midgar, his self-esteem issues and how he viewed himself as not good enough, not strong enough, didn't get any better at all. All of that, plus wanting to be noticed and his discarded attitude of being better than the other kids in Nibelheim probably all contributed to Cloud latching onto SOLDIER and specifically Sephiroth when he found out about these and the SOLDIER's feats of strength and heroism. He started to think that if he could just be like Sephiroth, be a hero, he'd be able to help people (help Tifa) and be worthy of being noticed. At least, that's how Cloud thought of it, given his abysmal sense of self-worth and such thoughts probably didn't get any better when, upon telling Tifa he was leaving, she made him promise to "be there should she ever need help".
Aside from Cloud's issues with his self-esteem and thinking he's not strong enough, he's over all determined and works hard. He worked hard to try and get into SOLDIER, and when that doesn't happen, works hard and takes his duties in the regular ShinRa army seriously in such a way that, even when faced with much stronger enemies during a mission escorting a ShinRa professor, doesn't give up or step aside, even when told to by the Turk agent there.
Cloud doesn't seem to have much of a temper or a short fuse, even with his anger issues and getting into fights when he was younger; pointing out failures merely make him depressed. What rather seems to get Cloud angry is behaving as if lives aren't important (he is not impressed by the Turk's initial behaviour during his mission to escort the professor), for one thing. The fights were more probably a deliberate acting out rather than letting loose a temper in response to his treatment (real or imagined).
He also reacts quickly in combat situations, being able to shoot down a griffon that surprises Zack while they are on a mission to Modeoheim, showing that even without any sort of enhancements and with basic military training, Cloud can react to a tense situation and respond in a way that ensures other people's safety, something Cloud cares a lot about. His escort mission (during Before Crisis) was to escort and protect the professor, but he does it in such a way that isn't quite reasonable for the situation or his own abilities or safety. He was also the only one of the kids who followed Tifa the whole way before she and then Cloud fell, having tried to help her when she misstep and fell.
And for all that Cloud's a shy, quiet boy with self-esteem issues, he's got a dry sense of humour (saying "maybe I'll come with you too" when Zack asked two other troopers if they thought Cloud would be up for food and they they took it as an invitation for them too and Zack turned it around into inviting them... if they would hang around Cloud later) and he can be drawn into smiling and being pretty relaxed. Especially if your name is Zack, because he manages to make Cloud relax from the start and laughing with him instead of feeling like he's being laughed at when they first meet during the mission to Modeoheim.
Anything else: N/A.
Name: Chibi
Contact: plurk: litenviol, PM, or AIM: Princess of Yuri
Character
Name: Cloud Strife
Canon: FFVII: Crisis Core (AU)
Canon Point: The Nibelheim incident
Permissions: Should be fine, if you're really uncertain, talk to me. (And it's not as if Cloud has any abilities that would need a permissions post anyway.)
Age: 16
History: Wiki over here.
AU History: Everything happened as it otherwise did, up until the Nibelheim incident, where it changes - and ends, for Cloud. He's still the one to confront Sephiroth after Zack, and is still the one to throw him into the reactor, but after that the similarities end. Perhaps the angle Sephiroth used when spearing Cloud was just slightly different, perhaps it was just bad luck, but either way Cloud died before Hojo and ShinRa reached the reactor. He didn't have to die alone, though, as Zack regained conciousness long enough to sit with him until it was over.
Personality: Given that Cloud died in the Nibelheim incident, the largest difference when he's alive again is that, since for him it's basically no more than a few hours (at the most) since Nibelheim burned and his mother was killed, he's going to be dealing with that... or not, as the case may be. It's a big loss, after all, and not something Cloud has had to deal with before. It may mean he'll get even more quiet at times, considering how he tends to clam up when he's upset, at the least, as well as dealing with flashbacks.
Aside from that, Cloud's a quiet boy, both in the sense that he doesn't talk a lot, and doesn't do it loudly; for all that he wants to be noticed and be strong, he doesn't really take up much space. He's shy in addition to being quiet (probably partly why he's quiet in the first place aside from that just being part of his personality), something which really doesn't help him while growing up in Nibelheim. He was ignored (deliberately or unintentionally) by the other kids in favour of them gathering around each other and Tifa, and had he at least not been shy or not been as quiet, perhaps he would've had an easier time fitting in and taking space.
Said ignoring or not noticing, especially by Tifa (probably because she was the most popular in the small group of children in the village), left Cloud trying to cope with it by casting the other children as immature and childish compared to himself, no matter - or rather, particularly because - that he actually did want to play with them. He still tried to hang around the kids despite being overlooked and his own growing attitude towards the other children. He also tried to be there for Tifa (even though she didn't notice him at all), when the girl's mother died when
Tifa was eight and he was nine. He knew what that felt like, after all, since his own father had died when he was younger.
Cloud's attitude didn't exactly get better after Tifa's mother died, as an incident that left Tifa in coma for several days but Cloud barely injured had Tifa's father accusing him of causing her injuries and Cloud accusing himself of the same, of not being strong enough, or quick enough, to help her. He developed something of an anger problem from this, getting into constant fights for a while after.
Even when Cloud stopped getting into fights sometime prior to leaving for Midgar, his self-esteem issues and how he viewed himself as not good enough, not strong enough, didn't get any better at all. All of that, plus wanting to be noticed and his discarded attitude of being better than the other kids in Nibelheim probably all contributed to Cloud latching onto SOLDIER and specifically Sephiroth when he found out about these and the SOLDIER's feats of strength and heroism. He started to think that if he could just be like Sephiroth, be a hero, he'd be able to help people (help Tifa) and be worthy of being noticed. At least, that's how Cloud thought of it, given his abysmal sense of self-worth and such thoughts probably didn't get any better when, upon telling Tifa he was leaving, she made him promise to "be there should she ever need help".
Aside from Cloud's issues with his self-esteem and thinking he's not strong enough, he's over all determined and works hard. He worked hard to try and get into SOLDIER, and when that doesn't happen, works hard and takes his duties in the regular ShinRa army seriously in such a way that, even when faced with much stronger enemies during a mission escorting a ShinRa professor, doesn't give up or step aside, even when told to by the Turk agent there.
Cloud doesn't seem to have much of a temper or a short fuse, even with his anger issues and getting into fights when he was younger; pointing out failures merely make him depressed. What rather seems to get Cloud angry is behaving as if lives aren't important (he is not impressed by the Turk's initial behaviour during his mission to escort the professor), for one thing. The fights were more probably a deliberate acting out rather than letting loose a temper in response to his treatment (real or imagined).
He also reacts quickly in combat situations, being able to shoot down a griffon that surprises Zack while they are on a mission to Modeoheim, showing that even without any sort of enhancements and with basic military training, Cloud can react to a tense situation and respond in a way that ensures other people's safety, something Cloud cares a lot about. His escort mission (during Before Crisis) was to escort and protect the professor, but he does it in such a way that isn't quite reasonable for the situation or his own abilities or safety. He was also the only one of the kids who followed Tifa the whole way before she and then Cloud fell, having tried to help her when she misstep and fell.
And for all that Cloud's a shy, quiet boy with self-esteem issues, he's got a dry sense of humour (saying "maybe I'll come with you too" when Zack asked two other troopers if they thought Cloud would be up for food and they they took it as an invitation for them too and Zack turned it around into inviting them... if they would hang around Cloud later) and he can be drawn into smiling and being pretty relaxed. Especially if your name is Zack, because he manages to make Cloud relax from the start and laughing with him instead of feeling like he's being laughed at when they first meet during the mission to Modeoheim.
Anything else: N/A.
