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A group dedicated to the canon couple (at least in our opinion) of Final Fantasy VII: Cloud Strife and Aeris/Aerith Gainsborough.
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Founded 14 Years ago
Dec 24, 2009

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Fan Club

287 Members
239 Watchers
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Let's Mosey to 2016 by cleris4ever
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Happy Anniversary by cleris4ever
A New Cetra on its Way by cleris4ever
Our family - Cloud Aerith by FuriaeTheGoddess
Father's Day by roxasandnaminelove
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But, I'm here for you by cleris4ever
Interrupted by Fireworks by cleris4ever
flowers blooming in the church by Pan-kuzu
Rainy Date by cleris4ever
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FFVII - City without sky by AidaOtaku
Aerith by FuriaeTheGoddess
Gentle music - Aerith by FuriaeTheGoddess
Aerith's Decision by FinalFantasyCosplays
Crossovers and Groups
To Wine or not to Wine by cleris4ever
FFVII: Clerith Wedding by Kaleta
Make Me a Match, Marlene by cleris4ever
SOLDIER Boys and Pink Ladies by cleris4ever
Contest Entries
Cloud
Mako Eyes by cleris4ever
I think I can meet her...there... by cleris4ever
You're So Cute, Miss Cloud by cleris4ever
Wandering Swordsman by cleris4ever
Aeris
Returning to the Lifestream by Aquarian-Rose
Once You Find Your Light by cleris4ever
Queen of the Lifestream by cleris4ever

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Aeris Portrait by cosamo Aeris Portrait :iconcosamo:cosamo 6 0 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 19 3 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 56 14 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 12 0 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 11 1 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 33 2 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 15 1 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 33 6 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 14 0 Cloud Strife (Advent Children) by HairyAsHell Cloud Strife (Advent Children) :iconhairyashell:HairyAsHell 19 1 Cloud Strife by PerisIllustration Cloud Strife :iconperisillustration:PerisIllustration 13 2 take a walk~ by Curayukie take a walk~ :iconcurayukie:Curayukie 40 6 Cloud and Aeris by Curayukie Cloud and Aeris :iconcurayukie:Curayukie 83 16 Sephirath by DustinWalkerArt Sephirath :icondustinwalkerart:DustinWalkerArt 4 2 FFVII - Aerith Gainsborough by Ryn-Draws FFVII - Aerith Gainsborough :iconryn-draws:Ryn-Draws 16 4

Info

This group is dedicated to Cloud Strife and Aeris Gainsborough's love. So let's set out a few things.

Rules:
1.) No Anti Cleris
2.) No Hentai
3.) No bashing other members or characters.
4.) HAVE FUN!

Joining: Just request to join via the thingy up top.

Submitting Art:
Please place art/fics/photos in correct folders. The featured section is for contest winners only, so if you want your work featured just enter the contest and hope you win, even if you don't you'll still get a prize so it's worth it :).

Contests:
Contests will be held from time to time. When a contest is being held it will be announced on the club's journal. Prizes will be awarded to all who compete. If anybody wants to help with prizes please either comment on the club's main page, the club's journal, my personal journal, my profile or send a note to either cleris4ever or the club itself, and I'll get back to you ASAP.

Favorites:
If anybody should come across a picture, fanfic etc. of Cloud, Aeris or both of them you may suggest it to me, I'll add it ASAP.

Affiliates:
Just request one, I've never ran a club or a group before so I'm sort of a n00b.

Final Fantasy VII:
:iconanangelkiss: :iconff7-pairings-fanclub: :iconcloudstrifeclub: :iconaerithaeris: :iconaerith-lovers: :iconaerith-x-zack-club: :iconzack-x-aeris-club: :iconaervin: :iconchaosholder: :iconcid-shera-club: :iconxredleatherx: :iconseventhheavenfamily:

Final Fantasy VIII:
:iconff8fans: :iconbalamb-gardens-elite: :iconrinoa-heartilly-club: :iconsqualllionskingdom:

Final Fantasy X/X-2:
:icontidusxyunafc: :icongippalrikku:

Final Fantasy XIII:
:iconnoctis-fan-club: :iconhope-estheim-fanclub: :iconnoctellafans:

Final Fantasy IV:
:iconanna-x-edward-club:

Multiple Final Fantasies:
:iconzack-x-quistis: :iconcloud-x-leon-club:

Kingdom Hearts:
:iconkingdom-sanctuary: :iconkh-unlimiteduniverse: :iconclub-demyx: :iconnamine-club: :iconwalkingbesideyou: :iconlarxel-luvers:

Other:
:iconblossom-x-brick-club: :iconbubbles-club: :iconyoh-asakura-fans: :iconalice-cullen-club: :iconwatercolor-fanart: :iconnarutoxhinata-club: :iconanime-yuri-group: :iconharpiefansforever:

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Thankies :blowkiss:
cleris4ever

Affiliates

Our Wonderful Affiliates
:iconfinalfantasyviilover: FinalFantasyVIILover :iconoriginal-ff7: Original-FF7 FFVII: Original Game Fans :iconmariaxshadow-fanclub: mariaXshadow-fanclub :iconlightningxcaius: LightningxCaius Forbidden Lust :iconkurasame-x-sice: Kurasame-x-Sice Sweetest Crush on Sensei
:icondansantcaparet:DansantCaparet asked if I would post his new essay here.

Cloud Strife:

Here I met a Flower Girl.

She’s a girl with impressive eyes.
She’s around my age, or elder by one or two years.
But the innocent radiance in her eyes simply makes her suddenly look younger.

Aerith Gainsborough: ”Excuse me, what happened?”

She asked me the question, and then I bought a flower from her, which is rare in Midgar.

Maybe she’s pleased that the flower was sold, because the worried look on her face had vanished.

If this smile costs only one gil, it is a good purchase.

—Final Fantasy VII Dismantled; Square Enix

Shortly after this, Cloud agrees to become Aerith’s bodyguard for the price of a romantic date. This is the typical beginning of a love story: love at first sight and the hero protecting his heroine (in exchange for a romantic date, nonetheless!)

Afterwards, Cloud and Aerith start developing chemistry together, with Cloud laughing for the first and only time in the game with Aerith. She even convinces Cloud to dress up like a girl!

Cloud then canonly tells Marlene that he "hopes" Aerith likes him, showing his romantic attraction to Aerith even further.

“Marlene is a sharp girl - Even though she’s only 4 years old, Marlene is perceptive and well attuned to the woman mind. The scene where she ascertains that Aerith has favor for Cloud and tells him so, then says, “I won’t tell Tifa!” demonstrates this grownup behavior.”

—Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimania; Square Enix

In order for Marlene to say "I won’t tell Tifa" Cloud is required to say he"hopes" Aerith likes him. Therefore, this is the canon version of this scene:

Marlene: ”Guess what? Guess what? Aeris was asking me lots of questions. Like what kind of person Cloud is. I bet she likes you, Cloud!”

Cloud: "Let’s hope so.”

Marlene: "I won’t tell Tifa."

After this, Cloud vows to save Aerith from the Shinra headquarters "by all means".

Once inside, Cloud and Aerith share a romantic exchange. Aerith, very flirtatiously says, "I knew that Cloud would come for me." Cloud responds with, "Hey, I’m your bodyguard, right?"




Cloud references back to the conversation he and Aerith had in her Church, when Aerith promised Cloud a romantic date in return for his protection.

Aerith picks up on Cloud’s flirtation and responds with, "The deal was for one date, right?"

Cloud and Aerith were very obviously flirting back-and-forth. If Tifa hadn’t been in the jail cell with Cloud, the flirtatious banter between Cloud and Aerith would have most certainly continued. However, because Tifa was in the same room as Cloud, she picks up on this flirtation, which is why she interrupts with, "…………oh, I get it." The mutual romance in this scene is so obvious, even Tifa can’t deny it.

After this moment in the Shinra headquarters, Cloud subtly lets slip his romantic feelings for Aerith in Cosmo Canyon:



After Cloud’s romantic confession, Cloud and Aerith share a canon date at Golden Saucer:

"In Aerith’s case, if you play the game normally, the partner that generally comes will be Aerith."
—Final Fantasy VII Dismantled; Square Enix

“#111: The Planet’s largest amusement park is run by Dio. Cloud and company visit this place many times in their battle. They meet Cait Sith here.A promised date [there is only one promised date in the game] that ends in a magical night. In the city of desire that floats above the sands, the light memory of the two people is asleep even now…Aerith: “I think I must have seen him again, in you… But you’re different. Things are different… No, Cloud… I’m searching for you…”
—Final Fantasy Art Collection; Square Enix

“Oh, Cloud…I enjoyed our date at the Gold Saucer. The view from the gondola that night was really beautiful. I’ll never forget it. I’ll never forget you, Cloud…”
—Aerith, Final Fantasy VII Dismantled, Square Enix
Cloud and Aerith’s canon date is pictured on Square Enix’s "For the One I Love" page:



"…the love of the protagonists develop."

"…the two’s value to one another."

—Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania; “For the One I Love” page; Square Enix

Only the *canon* Cloud x Aerith date can be applied to the “For the One I Love” page.

Afterwards, Cait Sith gives Cloud and Aerith a romantic wedding prediction:

“Looks good. You are perfect for each other!”
“Aerith’s star and Cloud’s star! They show a great future!” "Poor Tifa!”
—Cait Sith, Final Fantasy VII

“After solving the puzzle about Cait Sith’s replaceable body, he tells one last fortune of Cloud and Aerith’s affinity. Cait Sith’s lines, which seem to expectCloud and Aerith’s wedding, now makes it more painful.”
—Final Fantasy VII Dismantled, Square Enix

Cait Sith’s wedding prediction becomes “more painful” after Aerith’s death. The only way Aerith’s death would make a wedding prediction “more painful”is if Cloud and Aerith had a mutual romance that would have led to a marriage had she not died.

Despite Aerith’s eventual death, their love transcends traditional boundaries. Cloud associates his Promised Land (his supreme happiness) with Aerith at the end of Final Fantasy VII, and they will one day reunite in the lifestream.

"I think I’m beginning to understand. An answer from the planet…the Promised Land…I think I can meet her… there…"

—Cloud Strife; Final Fantasy VII



JAPANESE: クラウドは女の友人であり、恋人であり
FRENCH: “Cloud avait ete son ami, et son amant.”
ENGLISH: “Cloud was the woman’s friend, and lover”

—Case of Lifestream: White; Square Enix

The essay originally had pictures, but when I was copy pasting the essay to this journal they didn't show up. If you want to see the pictures, you can look at his journal here: dansantcaparet.deviantart.com/…

Thankies :blowkiss:,
cleris4ever
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:icondansantcaparet:
DansantCaparet Featured By Owner Jun 8, 2012
No problem! I'll be sure to comment if you get around to posting it!

Clerith forever!
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cleris4ever Featured By Owner Jun 8, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:3

Agreed <3
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:iconfantasyyitan:
FantasyYitan Featured By Owner Aug 20, 2011  Student Filmographer
can I join please?
and... is required to contribute something?
because right now I have no drawing CloudxAeris.
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:iconcleris4ever:
cleris4ever Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I'll send you an invite

A CloudxAeris drawing is not required, but it's appreciated :).
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:iconfantasyyitan:
FantasyYitan Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2011  Student Filmographer
oh ok ^^
thanks for letting me join this group. :3
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:iconcleris4ever:
cleris4ever Featured By Owner Aug 21, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:aww:
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KuraiDraws Featured By Owner Jun 15, 2011
accidentally submitted the wrong one, sorry D:
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cleris4ever Featured By Owner Jun 15, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
It's fine :)
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TheTrueDarkness Featured By Owner Mar 22, 2011
hello, there, I recently created a fanclub dedicated Vaan from ff12 since noone else bothered to do so

here is said group :iconvaan-fc:

so may we please affiliate?

also, is it all right if you could mention this fanclub in your next blog?

Vaan doesn't get that much attention like cloud and squall you see so i want to spread this around

please and thank you!
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cleris4ever Featured By Owner Mar 23, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Okay :)
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