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Cloud's most prominent character trait is the fact that he's highly introverted and tends to do his best to keep himself to himself as much as he can under the circumstances he's given. Around unfamiliar people, Cloud can be called a closed book. Cloud tends to be standoffish from the off, and, in the cases of people around him being irritating, even abrasive. He's a straight shooter- if someone irritates him, he'll deliver them a snide remark or tell someone point-blank that he wants nothing to do with them. He'll speak his mind with no reservations.
It's completely understandable to think Cloud an asshole. Most do! Cloud doesn't give characters much opportunity to think anything different about him, but an interesting fact is Cloud's standoffishness isn't really that. Cloud tends to act out in order to work around people's shortcomings and have them act in their own best interests when they can't see it. (Example: charging an old man a large amount of currency to buy a key to the graveyard his dead wife is buried in. Cloud knows the man can't afford it, and only offers it him for that much so the old guy doesn't get killed while visiting.)
Most of the time, Cloud's standoffish nature works and characters either call him a dick or get upset enough to pull back. However, this isn't what always happens. In cases of a character clapping back (Particularly characters that beat Cloud out in terms of wit, such as Barret) Cloud... doesn't know what to do. He gets awkward, and he clams up because he simply doesn't know how to retort when someone fires back.
Cloud's attitude is how his mind tells him he should be as an ex-SOLDIER First Class rather than how he is, as a person. In Cloud's mind, coming from a military background and being the best of the best means you have to act a certain way. You have to be confident, you have to be cool, and essentially, you have to know you're better than everyone else around you. The twist (which is briefly alluded to rather than covered in 7r as, obviously, Cloud has a massive plot arc throughout OG which isn't touched on in the parts of the story 7r covers) is that it's not arrogance. Cloud actually genuinely believes that he's a grizzled, world-weary and apathetic ex-SOLDIER First Class, but 7r, to its credit, does vary from OG in showing off some parts of Cloud in the Midgar section which make him far more rounded than he is in OG at this point.
Cloud's real personality is awkward. He doesn't pick up on social cues well and tends to miss things, not for lack of trying. He's an outsider, pretty much- but he's not a misanthrope. Cloud doesn't hate people- he just simply doesn't get them all that well. An excellent example is Aerith- a series of Working Together events lead to her attempting to highfive him. He doesn't realize what she's trying to do and leaves her hanging, but he senses he did something wrong. At the end of a few more cooperative sequences, he attempts to highfive her, for her to be very confused, and him to be embarrassed to the point of avoidance when she realizes what he was trying to do. When Jessie dies in 7r, Cloud's last words to her, tragically, are "You owe me a pizza." This isn't because he is actually holding her to it. It's because he can't process anything better to tell her she can't die.
Cloud very clearly Gives A Damn about people he knows. Example: dealing with Tifa's landlady, Marle. Cloud knows that this woman means a great deal to Tifa, and he holds his tongue when she shows her distrust of him. Interestingly, this side of Cloud comes into conflict with his facade in further remake scenes. When Tifa tells Cloud they need to shut Johnny up, Cloud takes it as a go-ahead to kill him. Horrified, Tifa stops Cloud, and remarks on how he's changed, mentioning that his eyes scare her. Cloud takes it obtusely, assuming she means the shade of his eyes, even if it's clear that Tifa meant the look in them frightens her.
Early-game Cloud originally starts with an unfeeling and uncaring front, but softens significantly as he starts to know people. It must be stated that his front is still not gone. He still takes himself far too seriously and he's still very messed up besides, but he's a little more honest with his feelings and a little more approachable. Of the point of which I'm taking him, he does care for other people but just has a terrible way of showing it due to his poor social skills.
Cloud's most prominent character trait is the fact that he's highly introverted and tends to do his best to keep himself to himself as much as he can under the circumstances he's given. Around unfamiliar people, Cloud can be called a closed book. Cloud tends to be standoffish from the off, and, in the cases of people around him being irritating, even abrasive. He's a straight shooter- if someone irritates him, he'll deliver them a snide remark or tell someone point-blank that he wants nothing to do with them. He'll speak his mind with no reservations.
It's completely understandable to think Cloud an asshole. Most do! Cloud doesn't give characters much opportunity to think anything different about him, but an interesting fact is Cloud's standoffishness isn't really that. Cloud tends to act out in order to work around people's shortcomings and have them act in their own best interests when they can't see it. (Example: charging an old man a large amount of currency to buy a key to the graveyard his dead wife is buried in. Cloud knows the man can't afford it, and only offers it him for that much so the old guy doesn't get killed while visiting.)
Most of the time, Cloud's standoffish nature works and characters either call him a dick or get upset enough to pull back. However, this isn't what always happens. In cases of a character clapping back (Particularly characters that beat Cloud out in terms of wit, such as Barret) Cloud... doesn't know what to do. He gets awkward, and he clams up because he simply doesn't know how to retort when someone fires back.
Cloud's attitude is how his mind tells him he should be as an ex-SOLDIER First Class rather than how he is, as a person. In Cloud's mind, coming from a military background and being the best of the best means you have to act a certain way. You have to be confident, you have to be cool, and essentially, you have to know you're better than everyone else around you. The twist (which is briefly alluded to rather than covered in 7r as, obviously, Cloud has a massive plot arc throughout OG which isn't touched on in the parts of the story 7r covers) is that it's not arrogance. Cloud actually genuinely believes that he's a grizzled, world-weary and apathetic ex-SOLDIER First Class, but 7r, to its credit, does vary from OG in showing off some parts of Cloud in the Midgar section which make him far more rounded than he is in OG at this point.
Cloud's real personality is awkward. He doesn't pick up on social cues well and tends to miss things, not for lack of trying. He's an outsider, pretty much- but he's not a misanthrope. Cloud doesn't hate people- he just simply doesn't get them all that well. An excellent example is Aerith- a series of Working Together events lead to her attempting to highfive him. He doesn't realize what she's trying to do and leaves her hanging, but he senses he did something wrong. At the end of a few more cooperative sequences, he attempts to highfive her, for her to be very confused, and him to be embarrassed to the point of avoidance when she realizes what he was trying to do. When Jessie dies in 7r, Cloud's last words to her, tragically, are "You owe me a pizza." This isn't because he is actually holding her to it. It's because he can't process anything better to tell her she can't die.
Cloud very clearly Gives A Damn about people he knows. Example: dealing with Tifa's landlady, Marle. Cloud knows that this woman means a great deal to Tifa, and he holds his tongue when she shows her distrust of him. Interestingly, this side of Cloud comes into conflict with his facade in further remake scenes. When Tifa tells Cloud they need to shut Johnny up, Cloud takes it as a go-ahead to kill him. Horrified, Tifa stops Cloud, and remarks on how he's changed, mentioning that his eyes scare her. Cloud takes it obtusely, assuming she means the shade of his eyes, even if it's clear that Tifa meant the look in them frightens her.
Early-game Cloud originally starts with an unfeeling and uncaring front, but softens significantly as he starts to know people. It must be stated that his front is still not gone. He still takes himself far too seriously and he's still very messed up besides, but he's a little more honest with his feelings and a little more approachable. Of the point of which I'm taking him, he does care for other people but just has a terrible way of showing it due to his poor social skills.