Neo Bahamut
Blue Mage
Puma: I wouldn't know. Your Random Caps Habit seriously turns Me Off Reading your Posts. Seriously, it's really annoying to Read An Entire Paragraph like this. The reason only some Things are capitalized is To Help The Reader Develop a spatial awareness of the Text so they can Read It Fluently. Same reason Punctuation & Other Grammatical Conventions Exist. No offense. But seriously.
That being said, I have to seriously disagree with this idea that the spin-offs somehow "screwed everyone up." Take Cloud, for instance. The stock phrase is that he "worked through his issues in VII," but that isn't in any way how real people's emotions work & art imitates life. He never had time to grieve for Aerith & Zack -&- he gets a deadly disease. It's perfectly natural for him to go into a depression. And his given motives were that he wanted to find a cure for Denzel & protect his new family from the grief associated with his own demise. Honestly, this depiction really matches both sides of Cloud: 1: Unconfident, misguided, & antisocial. 2: Courageous, has good intentions, & doesn't want to burden others with his problems.
As for what traits he takes from Zack & what come from himself, I think it's too hard to call, really. It's kind of like how horoscopes work: There are innumerable personality traits that can more-or-less fit for anyone. Zack & Cloud both had their moments of courage. Both had moments where they could be real assholes. Both had moments of cheeriness & both had moments of depression. Therefore, in my opinion, "hybrid personality" is a good enough answer. It needn't be any more specific than that.
That being said, I have to seriously disagree with this idea that the spin-offs somehow "screwed everyone up." Take Cloud, for instance. The stock phrase is that he "worked through his issues in VII," but that isn't in any way how real people's emotions work & art imitates life. He never had time to grieve for Aerith & Zack -&- he gets a deadly disease. It's perfectly natural for him to go into a depression. And his given motives were that he wanted to find a cure for Denzel & protect his new family from the grief associated with his own demise. Honestly, this depiction really matches both sides of Cloud: 1: Unconfident, misguided, & antisocial. 2: Courageous, has good intentions, & doesn't want to burden others with his problems.
As for what traits he takes from Zack & what come from himself, I think it's too hard to call, really. It's kind of like how horoscopes work: There are innumerable personality traits that can more-or-less fit for anyone. Zack & Cloud both had their moments of courage. Both had moments where they could be real assholes. Both had moments of cheeriness & both had moments of depression. Therefore, in my opinion, "hybrid personality" is a good enough answer. It needn't be any more specific than that.