Cloud and Tifa
There are so many relationships within the Final Fantasy franchise, and fans become fixated on just about all of them. However, the mysterious past of Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII (1997) becomes poignant when we observe one night beneath the stars in the company of childhood sweetheart Tifa Lockhart. We feel that Cloud would move mountains for her.
Zelda and Link
While this originated as a simplistic ‘damsel in distress’ device in The Legend of Zelda (1986) for NES, Nintendo has pursued increasingly more empowering ways for this relationship to manifest. In Ocarina of Time, for example, the Princess Zelda disguises herself as enigmatic, male warrior Sheik, who mentors the comparatively weak and inexperienced hero Link.
Jackie and Jenny
To ignore this gem from The Darkness (2007) would be a crime because the story of Jackie Estacado and long-term partner Jenny Romano is so powerful. They grow up together in an orphanage, where they fall in love. The venue is later cruelly chosen to be the site of Jenny’s execution at the hands of Jackie’s mobster boss, fuelling the revenge scene grand finale.
