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Cloud self inserting himself in Zack's place due to his false persona makes sense cause who wouldn't want Sephiroth to look at you like that
the entire false flashback scene is just Cloud's self insert fanfiction.
"They always say that humans want a piece of heaven"
Cloud could feel his chin being lifted coming face to face with the seraph in front of him. His six black wings wrapped around Cloud's body, so aggressive yet also gentle to the touch.
Sephiroth smiled, looking at the blonde mercenary with a tempting look in his eyes. He unfurled his palm, revealing something red inside of it.
"So how about I give you this?"
Cloud looked at Sephiroth's right hand as a familiar red fruit suddenly appeared into midair.
"An apple?"
"Yes, Cloud, an apple. But this is no ordinary apple. "
"So what is it then?" Cloud looked at the red fruit in front of him. It looked like an ordinary apple, but upon looking closer, Cloud could see that it shone brightly like the sun.
"A fruit from the tree of knowledge, humans are forbidden to eat it, but I managed to sneak in and get it just for you~"
Oh boy, was Cloud in for it now. Here, he was tangled up in the wings of a fallen seraph being handed a divine fruit from the godly garden.
Cloud didn't want to admit it, but it wasn't the apple he found tempting.
I cannot stop thinking about Cloud and Sephiroth jian bird symbolism.
A Jian bird is a mythical bird that possesses only one eye and one wing. We already see this in both Cloud and Sephiroth's Kingdom Hearts designs.
Another thing about Jian birds are that they are two halves of a whole, dark and light, yin and yang.
"These creatures are born imperfect, and they need to lean against each other and act as one in order to be able to fly. Their mutual dependence is eternal, lasting through death and rebirth."
This symbolism just SCREAMS Sefikura to me, like imagine the possibilities this has in store for the FF7R Trilogy.
And you know what they say, without their other half, someone is left feeling empty or should I say...hollow π