Ive Been Thinking About That Since The Game Came Out, Got A Theory About It

I’ve been thinking about that since the game came out, got a theory about it

I think Zack’s Cloud overwrote that worlds Cloud, kinda like saving 2 files with the same name in the same place.

Zack would be fine since that worlds him already died, so there's nothing to overwrite there. Cloud on the other hand was still alive and spent about a week running around in Midgar.

Maybe only 1 of each person can exist at the same time, so Cloud just vanished? He wasn't with the rest of Avalanche (+ Local Florist & Lab Rat Dog) at the start of Rebirth, but his actions & people's memory of him weren't erased.

TL:DR: I think Zack's Cloud / Cloud #2 overwrote that universe's Cloud File Explorer style

Actually, where is Cloud Strife #1? Who we’re following in Rebirth is (I’m guessing) Cloud Strife #2 (#3 or #4, etc. depending on your perspective, who keeps count anymore?). Cloud Strife #1 is currently missing. And we know they’re not talking about Zack in this scenario.

Some people say that he’s with Sephiroth at “The Edge” or wherever they were fighting at the end of Remake. Some say that missing!Cloud is the one we’re following in Rebirth. Some say he was displaced in another “timeline” (again there are other theories that say that there are no timelines or time travel involved, instead these “timelines” are “manifestations of dreams and thoughts from the Lifestream,” which I would love to get into but I don’t want this post to be that long).

But again, where did Cloud go???