Well, it'll be natural of me to assume that we all like FFVII here and even more natural to assume that we all like Cloud and Aeriths deep and soulful love during FFVII but what about other pairing you like.

Personally, seeing as I'm more partial to the Shin-Ra guys than most others I love the RenoxRufus pairing, the two compliment each other quite wonderfully, neat and ordered etc, and yet both are like in many ways too, they both are dedicated to their jobs and both are laid back. Also, if they were involved it'd give Reno a little more depth to his character and put him in the same light as most of the others: Loved and Lost.

I'd like to see Tifa find her true love too. Her dream with Cloud was all that, a dream and well, she deserves happiness. Rude likes her and Barret too and both show her more affection than Cloud during the game, hell, Rude openly admits to liking her in a romantic way.

The only problem with this is that a lot of CloTis, ReTis, RuTis SephTis seem to think that Rude and Barret arn't pretty enough for her, pretty shallow really. Sephiroth tried to kill her, as did Rufus, Reno'd probably try, yet only for the thought of getting a free drink or many out of it and Cloud's heart belongs to another, heh.

So what pairings do you like and why?

Reno and Rufus?? Nah...I don't like yaoi, actually I'm totally against it (u may call me racist, I don't mind, cause at least I say what I really think).
I loved T_L idea of Tifa and Rufus, think they're perfect for each other. Tseng and Elena, Reno and Yuffie (childXchild XD), Zack and me... Oops, sorry! ^^' Forget that last one...
Oh, how bout Rude and Elmyra? XD lol, j/k...

I hate Tifa and Rufus because well, he tried to kill her the way the Nazi's tried to kill the Jews, not nice. I'm not keen on RenoXYuffie either because he's so much older than her (He's a fully fledged Turk, around 20 ish, when she's 9 or 10. Again Rude and Elmyra, she's much older than he is, heh.

I do like Tseng and Elena, to an extent. She's cool but not as cool as he is and again I like tragic love, so yeah I like this one. :D

Heeheehee, you should all know what I'll shout, BARRET AND TIFA! I think they're a totally sweet couple :D
I hate it when people only couple the pretty folks up. Like Tifa and Sephiroth, even though he's evil and they hate each other, and ignore Barret just because he isn't attractive. It's very frustrating.
I also ADORE Cid and Shera. You can just tell how much they care for one another.

Be prepared for some unorthodox pairings, people. =_=

Vincent/Lucrecia - although some people claim that Lucrecia never loved Vincent, I believe the "otherwise". Besides, I just can't see anybody else that Vincent could be completely happy with... well maybe Tifa, but only because they can suffer together.

Reno/Elena - I don't care what you say, I like these two. I just don't see Elena with Tseng because I think it's either a 'school-girl crush' or a newbie being impressed by her boss crush. They would be good for each other, in a sense that Reno can toughen up Elena, and Elena can stuff some morals into Reno's brain. Heheh.

Rufus/Tifa - I don't think they hated each other. Tifa hated ShinRa in general because of the destruction they wreaked in Nibelheim and into her life, but that was before Rufus' reign, right? And Rufus probably hated the world, but I don't think he had a particular hate for Tifa... he was just doing his job when he called for Tifa's execution. =_=' I got more reasons, but I'm not up to explaining anything now. Besides, it's not like I'm hoping for anything to happen between these two...

Zack/Yuffie - you might be screaming WTH?! at me... understandable. I can't explain this one either, I just think they look good together. :lol:

As for teaming up Tifa with 'pretty boys'... it's not because of the looks that I pair up Tifa with 'pretty boys'. I think Rude/Tifa is fine, actually. I just can't see Tifa/Barret because Barret is kind of like a dad to her. Especially when you consider the fact that Tifa was orphaned and that Barret was one of those people who took care of her in Midgar. (I think.)

........ =_= Okay, beat me with a bunch of boulders...

Hee... no boulders. :rolleyes: But I never liked Vincent/Lucrecia because she hurt him so deeply - she even told him to "stay back" under the waterfall. She turned Vincent down and kissed Hojo right in front of Vincent. That isn't love. I don't think Lucrecia could ever give Vincent the love and caring he deserves.

Can Vincent ever love anyone else? It's hard to say whether he can, due to the experimentation done on him and his deeply-ingrained feelings for Lucrecia. IF he were ever to get together with anyone, I see it happening more easily with Tifa than anyone. Their personalities are complimentary, and they've both been rejected by the ones they love. Tifa also has the patience necessary for a relationship with Vincent. I also think they look very good together. However, I admit that it's a long shot.

I find VincentxTifa more intriguing than BarretxTifa, but Barret obviously cares for Tifa. I like BarretxTifa, too, and I think it would work very well if Tifa would ever return his feelings. They get along very well, and Barret thinks highly of her - so it's always possible. I thought it was sweet how determined Barret was to rescue Tifa from the gas chamber in Junon, and he told her that she was "some kinda lady" after the Lifestream Event. So who knows? :rolleyes:

I've never been a big fan of the Turks, and I also can't see Tifa - with her strong feelings against Shinra - falling for a member of the opposition, especially after being chased by the Turks and confronted by them so many times. If the Turks end up helping Cloud's friends in AC, then perhaps things could work out for Tifa with Rude or Reno. As of now, though, I see it as very unlikely.

CidxShera is sweet, too. I really like them together - I hope we see something of Shera in AC, or that Cid at least mentions her. :rolleyes:

I like the usuals, like VincentxLucrecia and CidxShera. However, I like RenoxTifa. I think that, since Tifa needs a guy to depend on, someone strong and confident to lean on, Reno would be the perfect guy for her. She is so shy and withdrawn with her emotions. In a way, Reno is a lot like Zack, who would also be good for Tifa (if he weren't dead). Reno would be able to be the man Tifa has always needed, IMO. Tifa always described Cloud as "cocky", but, you know, he really wasn't all that cocky. In fact, he was rather dorky with that "let's mosey" business. :lol: LOL! So, I think Reno is that cocky punk that Tifa has always wanted Cloud to be. And, he is opposite of her, which helps. Two introverts cannot be all that happy, right? :rolleyes:

I totally forgot about Cid and Shera! I love them too, one of the best couples in the game.

I do hate Lucrecia and Vincent though, she lead him on, he propsed and then she marrys Hojo and mutates the growing baby inside her. She did inhumane things to both Vincent and Sephiroth and frankly, he deserves better though I hate pairing him up as whomever he end up with will break his heart when they die of old age.

As for Tifa/Reno, heh, well, he's certainly not to be depended upon. He's an alcholic murderer with no real regard for human life, he killed thousands of people be destroying sector seven and he really didn't care about it. He's certainly not what she wanted Cloud to be. He's not a 'hero' he's a cold blooded killer. Tifa didn't want Cloud to be cocky in any way either, she complimented on his improvement on it early on in the game.

Pairing Tifa up with anyone from Shin-Ra is unbelievable because she hates the Shin-Ra and has since she was very young, Rufus didn't try to kill her because of his job, well he kinda did but thats because his job meant a LOT to him. He tricked AVALANCHE and locked her in a gas chamber. Chosing to kill her first, though I doubt he cared much for the order of things. Rufus was a cold-hearted guy who needs councilling, heh. Love him and Reno though, even if they are murderers.

Tifa/Barret works and Tifa/Rude is more plausable than Reno or Rufus because he openly cares for her, he says he has a crush on her and he only hits girls in battle is he absolutely has to.

eh... I pretty open about pairings, but there are a few I favor.

For Tifa I've always liked the idea of Zack, but...err...I went to Stigmatized and read some of Zhakeena's and Tifa Lockheart's fanfics and err...yeah...TIFA/RUFUS FOREVER!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! err...yes. :D

Other pairings? I guess I have a soft spot for Reno/Elena, but that's about it.

Oh yes, I've never liked Vincent/Lucrecia because I think she was evil to break his heart like that so...err...yes. :)

Actually, I'm pretty sure Yuffie was either 15 or 16 during the game...

Hmm, I like Reno/Elena, and Reno/Tifa. I just can't think of any other guy who could really bring Tifa out of her shell, and I've always liked Elena and Reno for one reason or another. Zack and Tifa would have worked, if they'd really known each other, because their personalities would compliment each other similar to Garnet/Zidane. I Really would have liked to see Vincent with Lucrecia, but it wasn't to be ... It woulda been kinda cool, though, because then there woulda been no Sephiroth, at least not the Sephy we know ... I'm wierd, I admit, but I kinda like Vincent and Yuffie. I just would kinda like to see someone make Vincent happy, even if he thinks she's kinda wierd ... The reason I can't see Vincent x Tifa is that they're both introverted, so I don't know how they're talk all that much, although they did occasionally. :unsure:
Cid x Shera, obviously, and I also like Cloud and Aeris (gee, talk about unexpected responses!! :rolleyes: ) Barret and Elmyra would be kinda nice, hmm, let me get this worked out ... Marlene would be Aeris's adopted sister-in-law!!!

But we always know, that the true love story of Final Fantasy VII was that of the Don and Cloud-in-drag!! So tragic!!! *fake tears*

I wasn't thinking of FFVII, more along the lines of AC, and the events after FFVII. Reno and Rude are probably not bad guys anymore, as they seem to be helping Cloud with the SHM. If he turned around and changed, he would be perfect for Tifa, IMO. Perhaps I should have made that more clear. :rolleyes:

TifaxBarret= ICK. The guy is so much like a father or brother to Tifa, it is nauseating. I just don't see it. It disturbs me just as much as CloudxTifa.

TifaxRude= No. To me, it wouldn't work. Tifa cannot express herself openly. And, heck, Rude never speaks. That relationship would go nowhere really fast, IMO.

True, I doubt it would work but let's not forget that Rude does say in the game at one point that he likes Tifa. That's at least something to begin with. ^_^
I think little Tifa would go well with any of the Turks, even Elena and Tseng! But that's me, I have no problem with unusual pairings. :P

If he changed, basically, if he became something that he's not already, if his character changed and became someone different, not Reno. Reno is always going to be someone who tried to kill her, he's always going to be a Turk, heck it's two years after and he's still wearing the uniform. Reno needs someone more like himself, more aggressive and assertive than Tifa. He's not someone who would sit down and talk compassionately about his or her feelings, he's vulgar, an alcholic and a killer who's probably only fighting because of vengeance. He has nothing in common with Tifa at all, she's far to insecure with him.

Barret might work. They live together and work together and the coments she'll say to Cloud, she'll often say something similar to Barret. He's a father to Marlene, not Tifa. You don't see him hoisting Tifa onto his shoulders or anything. He's good with children too and she obviously likes them (I wouldn't let Reno, near a child... He'd probably teach it how to drink)

Rude too would be a good fit for the man she's always dreamed of, a stong soldier-type who will protect her and support her like she made Cloud promise at the well. Unlike Reno and Rufus, Rude has never directly tried to kill her either and we know he likes her and we know that she likes his type.

Reno would always be Reno, even if he changed for the better. All I am saying is that, if he changed for the better, he would be more like the person Tifa always wanted Cloud to be. It might start out as a love-hate relationship, but I really think Reno would be the guy to goad Tifa out of her shell. Anyways... I didn't mean for it to turn into a debate. This is my opinion. Take it or leave it. :rolleyes:

*Shudders* BarretxTifa just gives me the heebie-jeebies. :unsure: When I was a senior in high school, I had a guy ask me out that I had been friends with since the first grade. I felt VERY awkward and strange. I can see the same thing with Barret and Tifa.

Rude would be my second choice for Tifa, I guess, since I cannot see her with anyone else. However, I can see things being like this between them:

Tifa: "Nice night, huh...?"

Rude: "........"

Tifa: "Um....."

Rude: "..........."

Tifa: "Er....."

Rude: ".........."

LOL... :lol:

Truly, I think Tifa will be alone. To me, she has always been portrayed as a tragic character. If I HAD to pick someone, it would be Reno. And that, as they say, is that.

I like the Reno Tifa pairing--they look hott together. Plus, she owns a bar...he drinks beer. But that's not the reason. They both seem to know what to fit in with the down in the ditch ghettos...I don't know why. Way better than Barret and Tifa. :shudders: NO.
The Lucretia and Vincent couple makes me sad. I'm going to believe that she was persuaded by Hojo. I think that him living in regret of Lucretia's death and stuff is...noble? Or something along those lines.
I've heard of a Vincent and Yuffie pairing. Meh, I'm not too much of a fan of huge age gaps between couples. But, like FF_Goddess stated earlier, it's fandom, so let it be.
I love CidXShera. He's so funny and she evens it out with her smartness.

Yeah... whatever...

I still like Tifa and Rufus among all other Tifa pairings (aside from CloudxAerith) except for TifaxCloud. I don't care what any of you will say... >=) Don't care if he's a ShinRa; I have my own reasons for liking them together which I don't think will interest you because some people are just plain closed-minded and all they know is to contradict and disrespect other people's opinions!!! B)

Mwahahahaha! *coz I know some of you are trying to contradict and disrespect my opinion which I really don't appreciate! BAH!* :angry:

He's a lot older than her, about 10 or so years by the looks of it and I thought that you didn't like age gaps? Personally, it's the fact that he wouldn't fit into her lifestyle and he wouldn't want to that turns me off this pairing. He's cocky, arrogant and and alcoholic whereas Tifa owns a bar but we've never actually seen her drink and she's surely not as bad as Reno if she does. Reno doesn't seem like a guy who's want to settle down a bunch of kids, or one who'd help the world. Rude and himself are assaulted by Kadaj at the start, before then they stand by Rufus.

Hardly noble, he's punishing himself for Hojo and her own mistakes. He propsed to her and she sakes her head and run off, then she dates Hojo, making out infront of Vincent, she experiments on with her newborns son and only when she is born does she regret it and her guilt over that is what gets Vincent killed. Lucrecia and Hojo were the sinners.

I do hate VincentxYuffie, they have nothing in common but I hate Vincent with anybody because the loss would break him.

I love CidxShera too. It's so funny :lol:

I read stigmatized and nothing seemed to fit with me nothing seemed right with the pairing. Tifa isn't Scarlet, she's not agressive or business aware and she's not extroverted like Reno and those are the two types of people Rufus would suit most in a relationship. He's calm, cool and collected and he needs someone agressive to break that wall down. Tifa's too meak and timid and he simply doesn't care for people like that which is probably why he chose to kill Tifa first instead of Barret. Barret had spirit. Naturally I'm insterested in hearing your reasons but I'll probably try and conradict them because I'm allowed that opinion arn't I.

On a small note of my own: I hate, truly hate people who pair Tifa up with Cloud, Reno, Vincent or Rufus because 'it's hot' Tifa doesn't strike me as someone to start a relationship because she looks good standing next to them. She's not that shallow. With Rufus, she looks out of place, with Reno he looks out of place and with Vincent the two look bleeding related!

I like Cloti sometimes, but only post-FFVII because in FFVII his love, his true love is Aerith and when he dies I'll believe that he'll go back to Aerith. :D

Pardon me, ma'am/sir whatever you are (because I don't know...)
Did that strike you? B)
I'm pertaining to lurkers... y'know... but I won't specify it here...;)

touché.

No, merely formal, in that post anyway and it's Miss, because I'm female and English, or Ma'am, though that's not very common here.

Most call me 'Cat' or 'DSC' anyway so what does it matter, heh.

Well other then Cloud/Aeris.

I also like Cid/Sheera, Tifa/Rufus (no matter what anyone else says and yes I did go to Stigmatized), Reno/Elena (just kinda cute not as cute as Cleris but still cute) Vincent/Yuffie, and Vincent/Lucretia.

Yes I like both Yuffentine and Lucreia/Vincent. They're different pairings for different moods you can say.

Most (key word most) of the time Yuffie/Vincent fics are humor fics while a Vincent/Lucreia fic is usually (key word usually) serious and/or an angst story.

I'm interested to hear your reasons! ;) I've never thought about them as a couple before, but Im surely not against it, it just never struck my mind before.

As for me, I like the idea of TifaxBarret, because they know each other well, they care about each other, and Tifa is good with kids, like Marlene. I sort of like TifaxVincent, just because of their personalities.

I'll think of more, in a while... My mind is blank at the moment. ;)

Ah... did I mention Cid/Shera? Oh, those two are just so cute! :lol:

Reno isn't that old... is he? :blink: I supposed he and Tifa are both 'twenty-somethings'. Anyways, I think that Reno and Tifa are kinda compatible, because of what has been said already--Tifa owns a bar and Reno drinks. :D Even though Tifa doesn't drink a lot, I'm sure she knows how to handle her alcohol, and drunk people like Reno. :lol: Even though alcohol isn't considered as a good basis for a relationship, well, in that sense they have something in common. Looking at their personalities, the two of them will make good friends, if ShinRa wasn't in the way.

Sure Tifa's business-aware! She owns a bar, she's an entrepreneur, she has an establishment that makes money. :D She might not be good at it, we'll never know, but yes, she must know a thing or two with business if she has to run a business.
As for aggressiveness... well, I *think* I remember in some points of the game that Tifa turned aggressive, but I'll have to check on that. In any case, I don't think that the one who will break down Rufus' so-called walls should necessarily be 'aggressive'... :unsure: Tifa's 'meekness' and 'timidness' could intrigue him. ShinRa's full of violence as it is, so Tifa will be a breath of fresh air for him--which I think Rufus will appreciate, poor kid. :rolleyes: I think he's had enough violence, that's why in (spoiler) Advent Children, he mentioned that he wants to 'change the world' or something like that. (/spoiler)
And I think he chose to kill Tifa first because Barret was clearly agitated about the whole thing, and Barret showed that losing Tifa would be a great big blow on him. So it's more of annoying Barret than hating Tifa. :P Besides, I think it was probably Scarlet who suggested to get rid of Tifa first, seeing as how much she hates her. (Of course, this part is just speculation, heheh)

I am sooooo bad at this. Oh well, contradict away. :lol:

Lucrecia x Vincent

Cid x Shera

Tseng x Elena

Denzel x Marlene ( in advent children)

Yuffie x Red 3 ( just fun) :P

Aeris x Sefirot ( i like it too)


Ruda or Reeve x Tifa

<_<;;" posting about 10 months after the last poster..oh well! ^^

I've only had 1 couple that I really like now (besides teh ever so wonderful Cloud x Aeris :cleris: ), which would be:

RenoxTifa (T_T I don't care what you say. -hides in corner- I adore this couple.) <_<;; doesn't seem to be like there are alot of fanfics about them on fanfiction.net though..

:woot: :woot: :woot:

WELCOME TO RETINESS LAND!!! :woot: :tifa: Another person who has discovered the beauty of Reti! :lol: Won't Seii be thrilled! :lol:

Hehe, thank you! :D 'Tis a very lovely pairing. <333 very quickly becoming a fav!
O.O did you write a ReTi fic on ff.net? I recall seeing a 'yin-chan' somewhere around there?
XD -has already read all the ReTi fics there- T_T and now..no more to read..

eee, how many ReTi fans are there? T_T

Heee yup I have one fic on ff.net :lol:

Most of us Reti fans congengrate in ACF in the ReTi club there! :lol: There are lots of fanart and fanfics in the ReTi dierectory there! Seii is an avid Reti as well! :wub: *Seii is responsible for converting me* :woot:

Cool, Meikyo, always great to see new ReTi fans!! :D

:huggle:

There's an FF.net ReTi community with tons of fics in it, I'll get you the link for it if ACF ever decides to LOAD properly. <_<

ACF finally loaded for me >_< so here's the link for the ReTi directory! :lol:

http://forums.adventchildren.net/showpost....&postcount=3025

Aside from Cloud+Aeris, I like Cid+Shera. I'm not quite sure about Yuffie+Vincent (i really don't understand that pairing). Rufus+Tifa seems okay too.

Well, apart from Cloud x Aerith, the only het pairing I really care (and read) about is Zack x Aerith. Sometimes, I entertain the idea of Sephiroth x Aerith , too but usually, it's just CloAe and ZackAe for me. :cleris: [insert zack smilie]

Shounen ai pairings on the otherhand...*stares at her list* :whistle:

It's so sad. I have little rabid fangirl-like interest in anything other than Cleris!

Although there was a time when I followed Seph/Cloud religiously. But only for teh pretty doujinshi :whistle:

My secret little one-person fandom is Rufus/Aerith, because I really like the sin-surrounded little rich boy/innocent, pure, ethereal flower girl dynamic. I like to believe they met when Aerith was a wee little girl in Shinra, and forgot about it soon after. :fangirl:

XD -waves- HEY!! DON'T FORGET ME!! I'm another ReTi!! Only a fresh one. =]

Hehe.. Rufus/Aeris.. that would also be very kewl, now that I think about it. ^_^ I oh so lovers the Yuffentine {Vincent/Yuffie}. It's so adorable. *gaaaze* Well, other than ReTi, I also have a lil side fandom of Barret/Tifa..

Went under this stage too. I liked the said pairing first before CloAe. I was such a shounen ai fangirl back then (well, okay, I still am but I'm now more tame. :D )

:lmao: You too, eh, murasame? There was a time when I rabidly searched out online yaoi doujinshi for hours, and it was tough as the biggest site I knew was Aesthethism and you had to pay to view them or something...

And now that yaoi doujin is everywhere (freaking entire LJ communities dedicated to it) I've calmed down. :lol:

Yes yes, it is very kewl! *support!*

My Aerith in RPs (whether she's played by me or by my friend) tends to like blondes. Cloud, Rufus, Zell. Mwahaha. The only exception was Zack, probably, but his spiky hair made up for it! :lol:

I used to go to Aesthethism a lot too. It's a heaven for Boy Love fans, I must say. :lmao:

:fangirl: thank you!!! -attacks the directory/you/Seii with love- :wub:
._. and there are websites for ReTi too!? XDD I thought none existed..

I like the Aeris+Vincent pairing...and I find the Leon+Aeris pairing for KH a bit interesting too...

You should look int the fanfiction.net

*le gasp!* My inner KH Cloud died a little from those words.

...Although I can't be certain if it's because of Leon or Aerith. :whistle: *is smacked*