Worst Final Fantasy protagonist

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Darc Requiem said:

forevercloud3000 said:
And as the Reverse of this question and reference to what qualities I appreciate the most.

Yuna: appears to be meek from her outward appearance but is probably the best protaganist in the entire series due to the way she evolves as a character thru the plot.

Vivi: is one of the most endearing figures in the series. Something about his design and personality shines bright. He is the best part about FFIX.

Cloud: You saw this coming, I'm sure. His narcissistic personality in the outset of the game was just a cover to hide his deep sense of self loathing as well as insecurity (also Mako poisoning). I think Cloud is a very good rendition of the avg person. He is proof that our only true hindrance life is our belief that we "Can't" or that we just are not good enough. How the biggest failure of the Shinra Militia took down their most exalted warrior.....its poetry really.

Cloud doesn't have a personality. He's a fraud. He's pretending to be Zack. He assumes his identity. He's wearng his clothes, carrying his sword, goes after his girlfriend and his biggest "memory" is Zack's visit to is in Nibelheim with Sephiroth. It's part of the reason I dislike FFVII so much. He's a phony for a bulk to game. Tifa knows this. Yet she doesn't inform Barrett. It's not like they were close as kids. She barely knew he existed. It makes no damned sense. If wasn't for Emil Castagnier, he'd probably still be my least favorite protaginist in any JRPG I played.

Its not like what you are saying isn't true. I just think the fact Cloud loathed his own life so much that he would pilfer it from someone else is a great character flaw to expound upon. Cloud most definitely has a personality. Its unfortunate that the melancholy version of him in Advent Children is all that ppl really remember at this point.

Cloud was a young man with dilusions of grandeur. He wanted the girl(Tifa), the fame (Sephiroth), and the Honor(Zack). He had none of it, and he seemingly never would. He makes a promise to Tifa that he would become somebody. Cloud was that underdog in all of us. We start out with big dreams and when life starts sending us curve balls, it sometimes falls to pieces.

As far as Tifa's blatent disregard for Cloud's lie of a life? Well I find that easily explainable and understand it. Tifa, was that hot girl that all the guys wanted when her and Cloud were younger. Cloud was the one who always had her back but she never gave him the attention he deserved. In relative terms she put him in the "Friend Zone". Yet like most ppl, she didn't realize what she had till it was gone. So when Cloud came back as this Hot Shot soldier....even with his inconsistancies.....she didn't want to burst his bubble. Its like when guys talk about how great they are in bed to other guys and how they laid it "down" or whatever. The girl will let them have their moment because men's pride is so very fragile.

And in the end, we find that Cloud is every bit of hero that he pretended to be before, him being the only one to ever truly defeat Sephiroth and all.