![]() Unlike Cloud’s dress-up miniquest, they just put on a school uniform, a wig, and some exaggerated makeup to cheer the girls on. Powder Puff sporting events are a similar situation, where in some locations boys dress as cheerleaders to cheer on girls competing in high school sports, but none of the participating men go through too much trouble. The only time gender is addressed is a significant event in the first disk: Tifa has been kidnapped, and in order to save her Cloud and Aerith must infiltrate the crimelord Don Corneo’s mansion! What should be simply breaking the door down is changed to an infiltration mission, where depending on player action can lead to Cloud spending waaaaay too much time on a simple disguise…for a cisgender man, at least. What could have been solved by just putting on any old wig, and any old dress, gets turned into a huge miniquest with right and wrong choices. While Cloud Strife was supposed to pander to American aesthetics with regards to a hero, he certainly is atypical of the American hero. But there’s so much that the story doesn’t outright say, and-while invoking Death of the Author-this article seeks to explore two such issues: Cloud Strife’s gender identity and sexuality! In no small part that could be attributed to Cloud Strife a former member of Shinra’s military, mercenary, and environmental activist, he was one of the first Final Fantasy characters to have the story of the game focus almost entirely upon him. Even with the improvements brought on by later games, Final Fantasy VII still remains a contender for Best Ever. ![]() ![]() Its characters, storyline, and concepts stayed with a generation and spawned numerous spinoffs. Final Fantasy VII is a milestone for the series, the first Final Fantasy in fully-rendered 3D, on a Sony console, and the first Final Fantasy on a CD-ROM. It featured some rather atypical elements to the Final Fantasy series, such as a more science-fiction setting and a narrative centered around a single character.
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