I've just started playing the FFVII port on my PS3, and I can't help but notice how un-emo Cloud really is. For must of the game he just comes off as a huge jerk, may not be your cup of tea as a character, but certainly not emo.

Then look to the most recent iterations of Cloud in AC and KH. He is a little emo b****. It almost seems like he has been completely re-invented. I can't help but think his characterization as emo is something invented completely after the fact, imo making him a far less appealing character,