#IM LOOKING AT YOU ZACK

[wowa-bublord]

Does your Zack ever get to his true breaking point where everything is just too much to push away and he can't help but show his true vulnerability? And if so, what or who is the catalyst?

OMG I RRRRR I LOVED DRAWING 4 THIS ONE OKAY SO. with the au, zack will reach a breaking point with the way he's handling his emotions by blocking them off/bottling them up. It's inevitable. The question of what/who is the catalyst and not when or if it happens hehehe AND IM SO EXCITED TO ANSWER. Through out the au story, zack is stuck in this sorta mentality.

he's so reliant on Cloud being okay, that he can't focus on anything else (for reasons i can discuss another time). My instinctive reaction, it to think that Cloud waking up would give him enough emotional relief to let down some of those walls. But, then I thought that if Zack bases his emotional wellbeing so heavily on cloud...

then theres not going to be a point where Cloud is suddenly 'okay' enough in Zacks brain to let it out. Life has its ups and downs, recovery from physical/mental trauma like cloud went through especially has its ups and downs. Theres always going to be some excuse for Zack to close up even further, particularly since he chooses to be in a caretaker role for Clouds early recovery when he needs it.

So then my mind hopped over to Tifa and Barret, his two closest friends in this au. But I thought that also could only go so far, Zack wants to appear strong for the people he cares for, and in his mind, he's somehow 'tricked' Barret and Tifa into thinking he's stable and tough enough to be their friend, he doesn't want to risk suddenly being too much. (IMPOSTER SYNDROME GANG RISE UP) And since Zack is so numb to violence and battle, I think it'd take a lot to push him out of that even in physically violent scenarios (u could still try though. whump writers i am on ur side 4ever) And not only that, but Tifa and Barret have only known Zack as he is now. They know that he's definitely a bit weird, but they don't know how far that goes, as this is the only version of Zack they've ever met.

BUT HE OBVIOUSLY will still have his own explosion. It's necessary, it's inevitable. Just look at that guy. So I thought, who else?

and who else could it be if not her?

#...After she gets to yell at him a bit for disappearing on her ofc #zack lives au #zack fair #cloud strife #tifa lockhart #barret wallace #aerith gainsborough fanart #zerith #zack x aerith #zack x cloud #IM OBSESSED WITH ZERITH GUYS I LOVE THEM SO MUCH #zack cloud aerith tifa polycule guys listen to me guys im going crazy guys i #ffvii #final fantasy crisis core #idk if its a breaking point as much as it is a tipping point. emotional catharsis. #Aerith saying he looks nice. Aerith loved him as he once was and still sees the puppy zack in him. #you can kill your past self but he's still in there and you're still loved for being you like you were for being him. do u get it #i havent stopped thinking abt him for three days

[mifithemuffin]

THEM in more decent quality at last!!!!!

#posting it mostly because i need them on my blog #angels of death #satsuriku no tenshi #rachel gardner #isaac foster #love is stored in zack and ray!! #gotta finish my drawing.......... they're giving me strength again.............. #by the looks of it Ray doesn't wear high heels!! good for her good for her #zack has some basic ass shoes ((im glad because that's what I've been using references for this whole time)) #do you know what'd kudan do if it wasn't really for the merch on such a large scale #she'd put zacks scythe in front of ray #because that's what she loooooves doing in manga #inderect protectiveness etc etc #why does zack look so good in auits every. single. time. #suits* #him and his lanky body!!!!

[isabelguerra]

finished chapter 5. zack is the strongest person alive for All That

#look i have my opinions. we all know this. but im understanding them a lot more recently. with the whole story you wrote as a teen thing #and wanting to expand your stuff more and grow #ever since i started working in comics ive started to view zack as like. a weird coworker. who is mildly older than me. #rather than Comics Lord Supreme (14yo vision) #like paranatural changing has become like. a friend dropping a fanfic of theirs you really loved. but ultimately you love your friend more. #am i going to always miss it Yes. am i going to always love it Yes. am i going to wonder what could have happened Yes. but like. #are you enjoying being alive? does this hurt to make? does this different way you make it... feel better? #who cares if i have a graphic novel coming out. comics is people. if i could make a paranatural guest comic someday. that'd be enough for me

[ryanthel0ser]

yeah i did cry and sob like a baby during Promises to Keep, you didn't?

#first off the song is beautfiul #second aerith looks beautiful during that whole sequence #third the lyrics broke my heart #fourth im not ready to see her go (im not done with the game) #the remake series has made me love her more than i did during the original #now i really dont want to lose her #ff7 rebirth #ffvii rebirth #ff7 #ffvii #final fantasy 7 #final fantasy vii #final fantasy 7 rebirth #final fantasy vii rebirth #aerith gainsborough #ff7 aerith #ffvii aerith #if you think she's singing about Zack it makes me cry 500% more

[skyburger]

"fnaf is the scariest game ever" "no its silent hill" "well i think its resident evil" everyone shut up!!!!!! youre all wrong. its actually zack & wiki quest for barbaros' treasure (on the nintendo wii) but only the level "keeper of the ice". that level scared me so bad as a kid and you can tell because its the only individual level i remember the name of off the top of my head. like there is nothing scarier than a) being chased and b) being on a time limit. and you know what this level has? BOTH OF THOSE. this level is still scary to me im like AHHHHH!!!! and then i die

#i had to google horror games after i thought really hard for silent hill and fnaf #because like. resident evil is just not a horror game in my mind... its just cool zombie game... #to be fair though. the only one i actually played a portion of was re6 which is probably the least scary one in the whole series #anyway do the kids still find silent hill and fnaf scary. i dont know. #well the former id say yes given how prevalent ps1 horror has been in recent years #fnaf i have no idea. im a massive wuss so its scary when i play it for myself #but watching someone else play them especially when i know them well isnt scary #and ive watched fnaf videos for YEARS #so i dont know. (old man voice) these damn kids... back in my day we watched markiplier scream at freddy fazbear and we LIKED it! #anyway its objectively a horror game and thata literally fine thats all i needed for this post #MY POINT HERE. my point here #IS THAT HIT ZACK AND WIKI LEVEL KEEPER OF THE ICE. IS SOOOOO SCARY #its not that scary but i see tjat level and im like 3 years old making my mom play this level for me again #and for the record yes me and my sister really did make our mom help us with z&w #she remembers helping us with frost breath the most because we like did notttttt get that one at all #and she could never remember how to do the mirrors based on what combination of stands is there (because tjeres like a few variations) #so she always had to look up a guide 😭😭 #my poor mother on fucking gamefaqs or something in like 2010... legends only #anyway if you have no idea what level im talking about (any of my oomfs reading this that isnt end) (hi end) PLEASE look up this level #and i need you to think of like a 5(?) year old making her mom play this game. #this aforementioned child is still a massive wuss as an adult btw. some things never change #anyway watch that level and think about how someone like me. whos already a scaredy cat! #imagine how someone like me felt at age 5 possibly younger playing this level #I WISH I COULD LIKE CONVEY EMOTIONS OVER TUMBLR. why cant i attach a .emotion file to this post #anyway ramble over <- hes said that like a million times today #scariest level in a game ever...!!!!! FUCK that keeper of the ice bitch im GLAD he died #muffin mumbles

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

Anyway rewatching the angels of death anime and I just noticed both of Danny's eyes dilate even though he has one glass eye

#random thoughts #angels of death #i wonder if it's a stylistic thing or if it was just an oversight by the animators #do characters with glass eyes in other animes also have their eye dilate? #idk i think it'd be cool if he just had one dilated eye. now he looks like a bad guy (bad guy) (bad guy) cuz he has just one dilated eye #he looks like a supervillain it DOES impair his visison and now he questions his life #but anyway i like the light glare on his glasses only affecting one eye at a time it's cool #also. forgive me if im being dumb. did they ever explain how zack got up to the second floor by himself? #also like. why did he do that. #they've had people down there before and he's killed basically no one since he's been an angel so ray escaping isn't like. new for him #like we can just assume it's either because of ray not crying out when zack stabbed the box (which he discovered after finding her hair) #OR because of the sewn-up bird #which like. if it was the bird it'd be a neat little bit to look back on when ray's freaking out about telling zack about her parents #like zack knew the whole time and he pursued you for it :-) because you're a little freak #but honestly i dont think it was the bird. i think it was probably because ray didn't cry out when he stabbed the box #the whole box-stabbing thing looked like a practiced move. he had done that before to drawn people out and to great success #he's IMPRESSED!!! HE WANTS TO MURDER HER MORE NOW #also how tf did he get to the second floor. did he fucking wedge the door open and climb the wires #anyway the whole reason he went after ray was because the chase left him overstimulated like a cat #and he needed to bite the proverbial owner's leg so to speak (kill kill kill)

[emilynightshade89]

You know what I've had this on my phone since I first saw the movie so before the special day is up y'all can have it bc HOLY SHIT willem dafoe in this version of Vulko FUCKS

#this is literally the most gorgeous wardrobe ive ever seen him in #this takes the cake #LOOK AT HIM LOOK ALL MAJESTIC AND GORGEOUS AND POWERFUL #idk if we don't get long hair vulko in aquaman 2 i have THIS BEAUTY #(james wan um im kidding pls give him his beautiful long hair back pls im begging you buddy cmon...) #willem dafoe #nuidis vulko #dc comics #zack snyder's justice league #zsjl #aquaman #shut yer face moony

[macaroni-rascal]

Ok I just watched Hubbell/Donohue’s 2021 RD at worlds to Burlesque and I’m obsessed with this music for the Finnstep having really only watched VM’s Finnstep. Have you seen the performance? Do you like it? And if you’re so inclined to do this, how would you compare their technique to VM in Dream a Little Dream (which I love so much)? Thanks!

Hello! Thanks for the ask!

I have seen that performance. I love the finnstep, it's probably one of my favourite ice dance patterns, along with the golden waltz and the tango romantica.

I enjoyed it a lot that season because I thought Hubbell and Donohue had one of the better finnsteps. I'm sad to say you could really see a decline in quality in the level of steps since 2014, and most team really struggled with the quick, detailed, and intricate movements required for that pattern.

Everyone, Madi included really struggled with the twizzle at the beginning of the pattern, the women were putting their foot down, they were falling out of it, not actually doing a twizzle at all, it was rough out here. Tessa's twizzle was wonderful, she was sure, quick and her and Scott stayed in character. I also think Tessa and Scott skated closer together, which they were known for and experts at. By the time the finnstep came back around, the open hold trend had been en vogue for more than 6 years, and you could tell. H/B had solid speed and kept up their speed, but they could get a little messy in their feet/legs and didn't have quick snap that I think V/M excelled at.

To quote the iconic Tracy Wilson: "They say a finnstep should be like sparkling champagne. Bubbly, light, and crisp."

She compared Tessa and Scott to Dom Perignon, and I think Madi and Zack were just didn't have the level of effervescence and ease that was required for the steps to really flourish, but they did a solid job.

#welcome to konner cleans out her inbox #this is SO old #nonny im so sorry #konner talks skating #went back and watched both back to back a couple times #you can see madi and zack thinking #tessa and scott looked effortless

[bergselise]

#im 13 and making a char #oc moment #drawing #art #artwork #not very original of a character but hes my boy and i made him when i was 13 have mercy on me #i havent drawn thia guy since i was 15 #it was time #his hair looks blue here #its supposed to be green #original character #OC #oc artwork #holy shit #you know whats also fucking hilarious? his name. #its the most generic name #its fucking Zack #im changing it to Zachary and hes still fucking edgy #gotta keep the 13 yr old creepypasta phase vibe yaknow #hes not a creepypasta char it was just around 12-13 that i got into creepypasta and the spoopa #so he has always been and will always be edgy x10 #mwah

[lecliss]

OO has me in a fucking vice grip with the urge to lunge at Seph's throat!!!!!!! I can't fucking believe he convinced Kadaj to join him!!!!!! I'm gonna go fucking feral!!!! Leave my sonboy alone!!!!! He has no free will!!! He keeps being used for what Jenova wants cuz of the cells and he keeps being used by Seph as a remnant!!! Daj can never truly have something of his own accord cuz of the very meaning of his existence!!!!! He can never be an individual cuz of them, but without them he wouldn't exist!!!! LET HIM BE HIS OWN PERSON!!!!

And to top it off, Team Ninja dangles a Loz and Yazoo tease in my face after I just said I need Kadaj to have his real brothers back!!!! FUCK!!!! I FUCKING HATE FINAL FANTASY!!!!!!!

#i love kaien trying to help even tho this has nothing to do with him. thank you grandpa 🥺 #kadaj and repliku would be a match made in heaven. i want them to talk and go on a murder spree for funsies together #im gonna kill seph so fucking hard. i hate it here!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #at least now i know why kadaj and seymour team up to be ducklings to weiss. tho im not caught up to know how/why they leave seph yet #im just. im gonna die man. im so happy OO added kadaj and gave him so much development and i love that the game takes characters seriously #but god. do they have to keep tormenting MY FUCKING SON!?!?!?! #LET HIM RETURN TO HIS NEW MOM AND DAD (zack and aerith)!!!! GIVE HIM HIS LITTLE BROTHERS BACK!!!! GIVE HIM FUCKING FREE WILL!!!! FUCK!!!!! #its such a good time to be so abnormal about a 2005 one off sequel movie villain. genuinely. it just hurts at the same time #i also like how everyone's fine with kadaj and is even trying to help him cuz despite being morally gray. at least hes against seph. #so hes a good kid in their books 🥺 #brb gonna go speedrun the og 7 real quick so i can beat seph's ass in the name of my best boy #also when we get loz and yazoo i wonder if theyll be a joint unit like in brave exvius of if theyll be seperate but released back to back #like reno and rude 🤔 #i was expecting sonon or nero next but i do think they wont come until after part 2. while i want genesis most then. i would actually rather #have the baby bro duo if it means they have a real chance of getting in. i didnt actually believe it would be possible. but no it looks real

[nikkiswiki]

Featuring all my fav panels of Zack via the newest chapter of episode zero

Feat. Cathy, all of you go and appreciate my queen

#satsuriku no tenshi #isaac foster #aod #catherine ward #going to be discussing spoilers in these tags so you probably should stop reading now #but it looks like eddie is trying to connect with Zack after hearing his backstory #im using a really crappy translator program #but maybe he thought that since he used to bury kids in the past he was new best friend material #like no eddie thats a sore spot for him lmao #gonna also put a trigger warning jic cause looking back at one of the pictures its a little yeah #gore tw #edward mason #angels of death episode 0

[isabelguerra]

okay yeah sorry i am Eternally gonna make fun of johnny ‘i didn’t getta good peep at any of em sides max an the ginger’ jhonny:

looking Directly At the last remaining photo member while the car passes by AS SHE SITS lNBETWEEN MAX AND THE GINGER

proceeding to be her rival hitball captain for literally 80 pages

noticing her trying suspiciously hard to end the hitball game against suspiciously-acting jeff

but ed is STILL the first one he recognizes

#paranatural #i love pnat but im not gonna lie this area of zacks writing falls so flat for me. its not even a ‘boo my faves aren’t interacting’ situation #disclaimer. this time it 100% is a dunking on pnat post. i still mean it in a fun lighthearted way but like come on. cringe #its just like. he saw isabels whole entire face. shouldnt that be relevant somehow. shouldnt that be something i should worry about plotwise #‘i disnt get a good look at them’ YOU LOOKED DIRECTLY AT HER SHE WAS RIGHT THERE…. AND THEN YOU PLYED HITBALL AGAINST HER FOR TWO YEARS #YOU ARE A LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK AT ISABELno im gonna save that for a post thats too funny to leave in tags #WRITE ISABEL BACK INTO THE NARRATIVE GET HER KN THERE!!!!! #i dont WANT a ‘happy ch5 ending everything is ok’ scenario i want to be thinking ‘UH OHHHH ISABEL WATCH OUT GIRL!!!!’ i have to do everythin #g around here smh… anyway new fic dropping this week

[zackcollins]

via Instagram

#jays lb #LETS FUCKING GOOOOO #kevin gausman my beloved <3 #but mom i love him #if i have a thing for rat ass looking men whats it to you? #thats between me and god #spoiler alert: i lie rat ass looking men #kevin teeks zack soupy #oh! and matt and brady tkachuk #i just like ratbois #rip me lmfao #anyways #rock on kev im proud of you ratboy #keep it up!! #kevin gausman #toronto blue jays #baseball #mlb #major league baseball #mlb regular season 2022 #not hockey #not mash #robin talks #oh! #thanks ryan for sending me this again #he always comes in clutch lol #robin posts screenshots #screenshots #robin posts game pictures #game pictures

[venturebroes]

something i did during school likeeeee a week ago

#i dont do a lot in art class this only took like... 2 class periods #can you tell idk how to use oil pastels LOL #even tho i dont know hoe to use them i do enjoy how this came out #if uou cant tell i have a problem making characters look like me #wait uall dont know what i look like. no context #uhhhmmm im a white boy with an eyebrow pierfing and had that exact hair cut at least 4 times #who has a round face #and eyebags #and green eyes. i gotta branch out man #AND I HAVE KIND OF GAUGED EARS LIKE THIS MF I GITTS STOP DOING THUS #zack draws

[endlesscacophony]

CRISIS CORE!!!!!!?????????? REUNION??????? REBIRTH??????????

#gUYS #GUYS IM SO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #i never actually got to play the original CC game?????? #IM SO EXCITED #ZACK FAIR YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN LOOK AT YOU #GAH!!!!!!!! #IM SO EXCITEDDDDDDDDDDDDD #wanna continue my replay of ffviir again fuck #AAAAAAAAAA #◣ 𝘗𝘈𝘜𝘚𝘌𝘋 (𝘰𝘰𝘤)

[dangoulains-devotion]

every time I have to wade through inane ship wars where people are willfully ignorant to the depth and facets of cloud strife's character, circumstance, and story just so I can find some cool screenshots or fanart my 'cloud is ace' agenda simply grows more potent out of spite

#rebirth literally said in bold letters he has multiple feelings. like humans do #and yet in the year 2024 i am still forced to see 'this ship was canon since 1997 unlike the other one' #do you have a brain that you use #are you capable of actually delving into the details of a character #without reducing them to barbie dolls that get smacked off one another #i just want to look at cool fanart man #dont even get me STARTED on how zack slots into all this #my boy has not haunted the narrative for you to go and ignore character developments like this #this is all coming out more blunt than i would normally try to write things #but brother i am so tired #i could write a whole post on how it is very real and normal for humans to feel affection for more than 1 person #and how it manifests in cloud and the whys #if the game itself is somehow not clear enough to you then you are simply choosing to close your eyes at that point #trying to act superior and objective about your ship while ignoring the material you claim to have gotten your Objective Facts™ from... #good gravy. #shipping is supposed to be a fun thing secondary to enjoying the content #not a primary objective to use it to argue with people #i would say peace and love on planet gaia but im sure some people would read it as peace and you can only love one person at a time forever #on planet gaia. haha. #anyway...... now that that's out my system i can be at peace again #shout out 2 my fellow multishippers who take this bountiful wealth of content and have fun with it #i think im gonna replay rebirth's story soon #want to see how much more i can pick out about new/updated approaches to characterization #rocket town will be very interesting in part 3 i think #yuffie too with wutai supposedly becoming a much more fleshed out thing #if this post somehow breaches containment: #if your first thought is to um actually me and whip out 'evidence'. i am not going to give you rhe time of day #because my rambling clearly went over your head and im not interested in 1sided discussion where i am being talked at rather than to #anyway have fun stop wasting time arguing and pls look forward to remake part 3 where i lose my mind over vincents waist. again #look what you did you raised my blood pressure enough to hit the tag limit. anyway peace and love on planet g-