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I'd like to hear comments about this particular character who I find very interesting.

When he was young, he was very shy and hesitant to hang around with other kids. He adored Tifa and wanted to be noticed by her, which is hard knowin the people she hangs around with are against him. When Tifa went to Mt. Nibel, he ended getting blamed for Tifa's accident when his only intention was to make sure she would be alright. He didn't get mad at the misunderstanding of him being responsible, but he blamed himself as well. Then he wanted to join SOLDIER to mainly get Tifa's attention.

His body rejected Jenova cells/Mako because he was in a weak state of mind (probably because he was very discouraged due to his very anxious childhood). With that, he didn't get into SOLDIER. I would not be surprised if his physical capabilities were equal+ to members of SOLDIER. Its was the rejection of the Jenova cells/Mako that was a sure reason he didn't get into SOLDIER.
So basically he was ashamed of who he was. When Sephiroth burned his home and almost killed Tifa, Cloud
just couldn't take it anymore. He went for Sephiroth (very suicidal in my opinion. Extremely strong man who is in rage= AAHHHH) and somehow... Overcame him. Then he was taken in as an experiment...

Cloud has gone through so much. He's been through hell worse than that most people have in their whole lifetime... He kept going for the goal that he would someday be able to get close to Tifa. That was unlikely to happen with him being so hesitant. He wanted to get into SOLDIER, which was probably the only thing he really wanted to go for. That opprtunity was taken from him. Then he loses his whole hometown and the only person he really cared about.

When he eventually ended up in Midgar, it was seeing Tifa that finally brought him to conciousness. He was being a person that wasn't really him, and couldn't understand many things about himself. (being a science experiment for 5 years can do that). When he got lost with himself, he did not know how to handle the situation... What did Sephiroth do? He used this to his advantage and got himself the Black Materia.

Generally Cloud's whole life is, in my opinion, very unfortunate. Even after interpreting his life as meaningless, he continued to search for himself...

After discovering himself, he still kept going on in the journey to prevent Sephiroth/Jenova from achieving their goal of destroying the planet. His past is full of regret, but he still keeps going. Through the rest of the game, he hardley shows any sign of depression over everything that has befallen him. He doesn't know what will happen, but he still keeps going. In my opinion, he is one of the most inspiring characters that show that it is not surprising to not want to get up after constantly falling down, but if you want to get up, you can.

Okay I think that's enough... I think Cloud is one of the best examples for someone who has taken a bunch of crap but still keeps living his life. Yeah....