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Xenogears15 posted...

To be fair, the reason that he was a moody emo in Advent Children was because he blamed himself and himself only for Aerith's death. She even chided him for it in the movie, telling him he needed to forgive himself.

That's a fair reason in my mind, even if he needs to learn not to hate himself.

While that is a reason, was there a point in the story where Cloud WASN'T dwelling on his past?

The man is basically permanently stuck there, and any time he's looking forwards is because something dragged him kicking and screaming that way until he settles in temporarily.