The relationship between Cloud and Tifa

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Why does Cloud hide things from Tifa?
Like his fenrir, delivery jobs, visiting the church?
Incompatibility began when Cloud loved doing the above stuff but he hid them from Tifa, suggesting Cloud sensed that Tifa wouldn't like what he love.

Well, I do not see these things as incompatibility. I have things, that I do not tell my girlfriend, because everyone has their private factor. And I do not think, that we're incompatible with my girlfriend.

And when Cloud "hided" something from Tifa, it was nothing that made them separate. It started when Cloud fell in depression.

What I don't understand is, what do you mean by letting go of Aerith romantically?

If you truly believe that Cloud love Aerith from the bottom of his heart in the game and pre-AC, how does receiving forgiveness from Aerith and then saying "I know I'm not alone" suggest that he is letting go of her romantically?[/QUOTE]
Actually, I do not think it's only forgiveness.
Cloud knows at the end, that he belongs to the "upper world" (it was stated that he do not belong to the "dead world"), and with the "I'm not alone" statement, he indicates, that his friends are there for him, thus he's not alone.
Don't forget, that he felt alone the whole movie, although his friends were there.
If he would feel that Aerith will be there for him forever, and he would love her romantically, then it would be much logical for me, that he goes back living in the church, and not with Tifa and the children, but at the end, he goes back to 7th Heaven.

And don't forget how Cloud answers Tifa's loving look with a smile, before he sees Aerith. That's really much indicates for me, that he don't have to separate himself from her anymore (and note that I do not write anything like eternal love here ).

Isn't it more rational to think that Cloud is enlightened with the knowledge that Aerith was actually always by his side, something which he didn't realised until then, and it was this enlightenment that made him smile and said "I'm not alone". To me, it is more like a reinforcement of how much Cloud cherished the thought of Aerith being there by his side, and not that he was letting go of her romantically.

Well, not for me.

Oh I think it's cute, and startling accurate. It analyses indepth from both Cleris and Cloti pov, which is a good thing. Unless someone can do a good rebuttal to it, I wouldn't brush it aside as something merely comical myself. The neutral in me made me appreciate the effort put in by the author. The rabid in me giggled

Well, I do not see that this page is truly neutral, but anyway, what does it have to do with Advent Children...?

If you claim Cloud let go of Aerith romantically, please explain the significance of the flowerfield to Cloud that prolongs even after AC.

There are photos of gold, scattered all over his desk, tacked on the walls, simply everywhere. There are flowers in the vase. There are flowers on the desk. Cloud was seen riding out to the flower field during Calling. Reminiscence shows he is somewhere in the flowerfields during Tifa's call. Why does the flower field have so much significance to Cloud if he has let go of her? Why did the producers choose to show him riding out to the flowerfields instead of riding home to Seventh Heaven as indication he has let go of her?

Well, in the first hand, I think Cloud do not want to forget Aerith. Letting go of her romantically does not mean that he wants to forget her. This is why he keeps a flower in front of the group picture of his desk.
But the flower field photos are nothing romantical for me, I think he made them for the children (they asked him if he can describe the places where he were, but he couldn't, so hes taking photos for them).
It's very unlogical for me that the photos shows romantical love.

And the flower fields were shown that Aerith is still watching over them as a motherly figure. It shows nothing that she's waiting for Cloud (don't forget that she gave her blessings to Tifa and Cloud in Maiden over the Planet).