Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s Cloud Actor Addresses ‘Shippers’, Says Not Every Relationship Needs to Be ‘Overtly’ Sexualized and Can ‘Ruin a Great Story Development’
Cody Christian, the actor behind Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth‘s Cloud Strife, has addressed fandom “shippers” and said he believes “overtly” sexualized relationships can “ruin” the development of a story.
Like GamesRadar+ reportsChristian recently got involved in a discussion on Twitter/X na to post a Final fantasy 7 meme where Cloud shows that he is more worried about Tifa than Barret or Aerith.
The post received some attention from fans, with some fans believing the post means the actor favors the ship between Cloud and Tifa, while another user asked the actor if he was “trying to start a war in your comments” between different senders.
“Shipping,” if you’re not familiar, is a common term used in fandom spaces to describe the desired romantic pairing of two characters. In case of Final fantasy 7, there are some like Cloud and Tifa together, while others like Cloud and Aerith love. There are also people who like Tifa and Aerith or Zack and Aerith, each with their own “ship name”.
In response, Christian said, “Everyone is entitled to their opinion,” before further explaining his stance on “shippers” later in the thread. The voice actor does not believe that all relationships should be “overtly” sexualized and believes that characters should have more than one significant relationship in a story.
I appreciate you fr. here’s the problem.. “shippers” crumble under the idea that a character is allowed to have significant relationships with MULTIPLE characters. This provides overarching depth. The need to overtly sexualize any relationship can ruin great story developmentJanuary 15, 2024
“Here’s the problem…” Christian said: “’Shippers’ crumbles under the idea that a character can have significant relationships with MULTIPLE characters. This creates overarching depth.
“The need to overtly sexualize any relationship can ruin great story development.”
In the same conversation, Christian also said that he is not concerned about the release of Rebirth next month, say that with the release of Final Fantasy 7 Remake“A majority of people” wanted him fired or replaced in 2020.
“To do what we did and make sure it succeeds and means so much to the core demo, I’m not afraid of that Rebirth,” he said.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth launches on February 29 exclusively for PS5.
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