Oh, yes, they met in canon. Zack was in Nibelheim with Cloud and Sephiroth when Sephiroth burned down the town. Tifa got a picture taken with Zack and Tifa. Zack figured out that Cloud had something going on with Tifa. Zack was also the first one that came upon Tifa's body after Sephiroth stabbed her. He was like "Sephiroth did this to you, didn't he?" Tifa was in so much pain and so angry that she yelled at him about how she hated Shinra and SOLDIER and him...
I've seen it written before. One of my friends on my flist is writing an epic Zack/Tifa story--she's Fairheartstrife on ff.net and her story is "Shattered Dreams." I think done the right way, the pairing could work (and this coming from a diehard Cloud/Tifa shipper) but done the wrong way...it would suck, just like anything else done the wrong way sucks.
I personally think the characters are compatible, it's the canon that makes things difficult. But given that Zack has Aerith and Tifa has Cloud, it would have to be a gradual sort of thing, yes?
It is the canon that makes it difficult. Obviously, in canon, Aerith and Zack are dead, so anything you wrote would have to automatically be AU. And...this might sound weird, but I really, really have a hard time seeing Zack and Tifa together if Cloud is alive. I'm a Cloud/Tifa shipper all the way, but mostly...if Cloud's still around, I don't see him getting together with Aerith and Zack getting together with Tifa. Maybe someone could write it convincingly, but first of all, I don't think Aerith was ever really in love with Cloud. Not with CLOUD as he is, I mean. I think that she fell in love with the Zack IN Cloud. She never, ever got the chance to know Cloud without him being confused and stuck with Zack's persona in his head, and since Zack had been the guy she loved, obviously she saw the connection. Tifa, on the other hand, knew that something about Cloud was off, and that he wasn't really the Cloud she thought she knew. She fell in love with the dorky Cloud from Nibelheim, worked her ass off to help find him again, and
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It did, and thank you; the reason I asked for opinions was so that I'd know (some, at least) of the pitfalls I needed to avoid. This comment was very helpful, since I don't think you're alone in the opinion that Aerith was in love with the Zack-in-Cloud, instead of with Cloud himself. :)
Surefire way to make me do crazy things too... I think they are a pretty good couple. Actually I believe they would be really good for each other personality-wise (both caring but Tifa able to balance Zack's happy-go-lucky attitude) and currently I favor them above practically any other het pairing in the series.
Character-wise, I think they'd be great for each other. Tifa could keep Zack from getting into too many scrapes, and Zack could make Tifa laugh. Normally, I'm not a Tifa fan, but I think that writing her with Zack would be fun. Probably because no matter what I decide on for a plot, there is going to be a scene where she manhandles him out of her bar. :D
I'm with qwi and wheatear on this, have seen a bunch of Zack/Tifa stories on ffnet, and think they would be extremely compatible if not for the death/Cloud issues. Tifa even emailed Zack in Crisis Core, so she's not shy about emailing Soldiers she's just met, obviously!
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Yes, the definitely met. ;)
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