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silvergreenseraphim · 6 months

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Angeal and Sephiroth (And Genesis?)—Dissidia Opera Omnia—Part One

Alright, so this chapter was a lot, and it opened with Weiss quoting “Loveless” for a reason, it seems.

“When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end, the goddess descends from the sky! Wings of light and dark spread afar, she guides us to bliss…her gift everlasting!”

Weiss becomes our voice for Genesis, or his “brother,” in this chapter. When Seymour questions his quote, Weiss replies,

“It was a passage from a story our brother loved. He used to quote it for his best friend. That friend was Sephiroth, the hero and friend of the other “brother,” Angeal as well.”

This part was hard to translate into English, but Weiss essentially explains that Genesis used to quote Loveless for his close friend, Sephiroth, the hero, and Angeal was right there with them as the third friend in the trio.

Seymour is shocked and gasps, “Sephiroth and Angeal were best friends??”

Weiss replies, “It’s hard to believe of the now-evil “hero” that never reveals his heart. And yet, the exemplary First Class soldier that is a role model for everyone was his friend.”

I am on the fence about the translation of this part and may change it once my friend gets back to me, but for now, it seems like Weiss is pondering the friendship of Sephiroth and Angeal and how differently they turned out, because Seymour does make a comment like, “I suppose if you have dreams and honor, you can’t go wrong.”

But there is potentially more here that Weiss is saying about his own relationship to Sephiroth and Angeal—perhaps suggesting he is not their friend and doesn’t quite understand their past relationship himself. I will have to keep researching.

We cut to Sephiroth again, who is confused about his memory returning. He says he didn’t expect any memories to return from the Lifestream, but shakes his head and denial. He claims these memories Angeal brought back are unnecessary and that he most remove Angeal from the picture immediately. His motives are set.

Meanwhile, Zack and Angeal are talking about how Sephiroth changed. I translated this on Altocat’s blog and here is what they say:

Zack says,

“Angeal, I know you’re surprised…I can’t believe that Sephiroth changed like that…

Angeal replies,

“So, you were taken aback as well…”

Zack says,

“It was out of nowhere. We went to investigate Cloud and Tifa’s village…and I guess he discovered his origins. He killed everyone and burned down the village. He had always been the hero I strived to be…”

Zack and Angeal are both very crestfallen here, lamenting this knowledge. Angeal pulls himself together and says,

“I know…I’m disappointed too. Everything changed while I was gone, I guess.

Angeal further laments that he wasn’t there, and Zack reassures him that even though Angeal disappeared at the time and pushed everyone away, Zack would have stayed by his side and helped. Zack would have left Shinra, and he says he is sure Sephiroth felt the same way.

Angeal thanks his student but says that it was his choice and lonely path at the time—he had to carry the responsibility as a First Class soldier. Zack chastises him saying he shouldn’t think that way—after all, Zack is a First Class as well, and has enough experience. He could have helped Angeal. Angeal begins to reply, saying, “Zack…” but then they are interrupted by the others.

They say it’s time to make a decision about Sephiroth, and Cloud explains that the silver boi is planning to turn the world into an empty vessel that he may sail the cosmos with in order to find another world. An Advent Children reference, of course.

Rufus mentions that this goal is very similar to the desire of Jenova. He has to then explain what Jenova is to the other characters, as well as the Reunion theory.

This makes a lightbulb go off in Angeal’s head and he gasps, “So basically…Sephiroth is Jenova?”

He puts it together that Reunion implies that Jenova’s cells must be drawn back to their source, and since that source is currently Sephiroth, they must be the same.

However, the others simply say that Sephiroth/Jenova must be eliminated, and agree to hunt him down. Everyone nods and moves forward except Angeal, who lingers with hesitation.

In the next part, they are in the process of tracking Sephiroth, but the group notices Angeal’s troubled demeanor. They ask him if he’s okay and Kadaj says that he heard about Sephiroth being Angeal’s good friend. He says that it must be disheartening to see Sephiroth in his current state, since nothing is like it used to be.

Angeal notes Kadaj’s own tone of disappointment and Kadaj explains how Sephiroth used him as a puppet to find Jenova’s remains, which horrifies Kadaj because if Sephiroth and Jenova are the same, then his own “mother” used and betrayed him in such a way.

Angeal encourages Kadaj and gives him one of his classic pep talks, appealing to his usual “dreams and honor” code. Tifa notes that Zack often spoke the same way, prompting Angeal to recall teaching Zack all those things.

In response to Kadaj, he then says he was indeed surprised by hearing what Sephiroth did, but he says that,

“Sephiroth had his honor once too…and he has a tendency to hold onto things, so even if I am surprised, I can’t abandon him…”

The others say that they aren’t sure if Angeal’s words can reach Sephiroth, who was cruel enough to destroy Tifa and Cloud’s village. Tifa agrees as she recalls how she begged Sephiroth to explain why he did what he did, but she does say to Angeal that she believes he could have a better chance.

She kindly compliments him on how his “dreams and honor” philosophy had helped her as well. :,)

She encourages Angeal, saying that his words will surely be a beacon and that he should try to speak with Sephiroth again. Angeal hangs his head sorrowfully and agrees, saying,

“I don’t want to give up on him….so I’ll try as hard as I can…”

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This is a good place to stop because the next chapters are where everything gets chaotic, but for now, we have some build-up for what Angeal wants to do, and for Weiss being a stand-in for Genesis later.

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Some little notes:

The Zack and Angeal scenes were very sweet, as Zack wants to convince his old mentor to stop shouldering everything alone. Angeal’s absolute refusal to give up on Seph tugs at the heartstrings too, and I find it so sweet that Tifa actually encouraged him.

The “Sephiroth is Jenova” point is fascinating, but I believe we will soon find that Seph’s own will is blended into Jenova’s, as they are aligned, and this might be what reveals to Angeal that there may not be much hope for his old friend. :(

I am struggling with the Weiss and Seymour discussion, and this has been one of the parts that has slowed me down, because the context is hard to decipher, but I suspect that Weiss is comparing Sephiroth and Angeal to the figures in Loveless, which also becomes relevant later. I will update as soon as I can get an explanation from my Japanese friend. I am not skilled enough to decipher everything yet on my own, you see. 😅

But enjoy this for now, and I will be back with more soon! <3

#dissidia opera omnia #japanese translation #my translations #ff7 #ffvii #final fantasy vii #final fantasy 7 #crisis core #sephiroth #angeal hewley #genesis rhapsodos #weiss #kadaj #zack fair #tifa lockhart #cloud strife #jenova #rufus shinra

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gummysungshine · 8 months

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✨ The gang's all here ✨

I would be lying if I said there wasn't a pattern among my FF faves 😅 One of these things is not like the others lmao

The more I look at this, the more it seems like Cor and his harem of bishies 🤣

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little-black-dress-zack-fair · 1 year

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Kadaj: *rubbing his temples* Come on idiots, pick up...

Rufus: What are you doing?

Kadaj: Calling my brothers.

Rufus: But you don't have phone.

Kadaj: I mean telepathically.

Rufus: Ha, there's no way that's going to—

Yazoo: *coming out of the elevator* Hey, sorry we missed your call.

Loz: *nodding*

Rufus: What the fuck—

#incorrect quotes #rufus shinra #kadaj ff7 #yazoo ff7 #loz ff7 #ff7 #ffvii #ffviir #final fantasy vii #final fantasy vii remake #ff7r #final fantasy vii before crisis #final fantasy vii advent children

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owarinaki · 3 months

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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) -Rufus Shinra recap 4 gifs

part 1 // part 2 // part3 //part4 //part5

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izunias-meme-hole · 5 months

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#sephiroth #Hojo #professor hojo #jenova #rufus shinra #president shinra #kadaj #nero the sable #genesis rhapsodos #final fantasy vii #ff7 #ffvii #advent children #crisis core #ffvii remake #ffvii rebirth #final fantasy #Polls

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altocat · 4 months

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I think that the certain scene in the Advent Children movie where Kadaj gives the wheelchair bound Rufus a glimpse of Sephiroth really fits in your headcanon about Sephiroth's hatred towards Rufus and everyone. Not gonna lie, that is the most angriest and wrathful glare that Sephiroth has ever made at anyone. And it's only just his eye!

It's a really good shot, and good at conveying the very obvious fact that Kadaj and Seph are the same. I'd like to think that Rufus is inches away from pissing himself in fear. Or maybe not. Rufus has a lot of guts just going toe to toe with Kadaj and pulling one over him.

#asks #ff7 #ffvii #final fantasy 7 #sephcanons #advent children #rufus shinra #kadaj

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poipoigurl · 5 months

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The baby Larvae take a tour of Shinra! They even got their signature haircuts.

The base: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1006484216712900903/

#advent children #loz ff7 #kadaj ff7 #yazoo ff7 #rufus shinra #elena of the turks #tseng of the turks #reno of the turks #rude of the turks

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tigertoramaru · 2 years

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Powers forged in the Lifestream...

#non i11 #Final Fantasy Advent Children #screencap #Kadaj #kadaj ff7 #tora q #rufus shinra

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sapphire-weapon · 2 months

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So. Here's my thing.

In OG, Cloud couldn't have killed Sephiroth without Rufus. Rufus's call to move the cannon from Junon to Midgar -- as well as his relentless fight against Sephiroth and the Weapons -- resulted in the destruction of the barrier around the North Crater.

And in Advent Children, even though there is no more Shinra, Rufus still has the Turks recover Jenova's head -- which Rufus himself keeps safe on his person, until he personally destroys it.

In the novella The Kids Are Alright (written by Kazushige Nojima, who's writing the remake series), Rufus says:

"My father [...] invested most of [the immense fortune and power he'd gained] into new fields – on a massive scale, and without ethics. And one of those was the research of, and experimentation on, Jenova. Eventually this gave birth to a monster named Sephiroth. [...] My father took his leave from this stage early on, abandoning those of us left behind to suffer the nightmares in his wake. I am not my father. I will bring it to an end, once and for all."

Rufus is a real threat to Sephiroth.

That's why, at the end of Remake, the Whispers make it a point to draw Rufus's attention to the highway so that he can see the bullshittery going on around Sephiroth so that he focuses on that instead of getting lost in the political sauce.

And so when Rufus says during the ending of Rebirth: "I'm onto you. This war's nothing but a ploy to distract me from Sephiroth." and Sephiroth cops to it, this is an acknowledgement of that threat.

So, like. Rufus's motivations are not unclear to me. He used the name Sarruf, funded the Wutai resistance in order to depose his father, and then, once he was in office, saw the existential threat that Sephiroth posed and shifted his attention to that -- partially because he feels a responsibility to as the president of the fucking world, and partially just as a "fuck you" to his dad.

So why not just kill him? Why distract him with a war when you could just fucking kill him?

It made sense why Kadaj never killed Rufus in AC -- he wanted Jenova's head, and Rufus was the only one who knew where it was, so Kadaj couldn't just kill him outright.

But that's not an issue here. So why doesn't Sephiroth just kill him?

This is where the whole "multiverse" meta aspect of the plot completely fucking breaks down, because like -- it's framed, during that ending scene, that Sephiroth is keeping Rufus alive because he believes that Rufus will actually lead him to the promised land, but like

Not only is that weird because, in OG, it's the other way around, and Rufus follows Sephiroth thinking that he'll lead him to the promised land -- but it's weird because Sephiroth's clearly been peeking at the OG script, and he follows Aeris through realities and tells her to accept her fate because he knows she has to die because that's what the OG script says, but like

In that case, wouldn't he also know that the promised land doesn't really exist and/or is either the North Crater or Midgar it's not really clear?

And how the fuck is a war with Wutai going to allow Rufus to stumble on the promised land? He'll be busy fighting a war.

And how the fuck is he going to fight that war in the first place?! HE'S THE HEAD OF THE ARMY OF BOTH SIDES

AND SEPHIROTH KNOWS THIS

Like, I don't understand Sephiroth's motivations here at all. They don't make any fucking sense when you actually sit down and think about them a little bit (as opposed to not at all).

Is he trolling? Is that it? Is Sephiroth just being a big old fucking troll? Doing it for the lulz? Got a nice taste of Rufus's despair when he got infected with Geostigma and was like "mmm delicious daddy issues I wanna go back in time and taste that again"???

It's very stupid. It's very dumb.

#ff7 rebirth #final fantasy vii #rufus shinra #sephiroth #rebirth spoilers

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dark-elf-writes · 1 month

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Kid 1: vote for Barret. Wants their dad to be with someone he 100% trusts and that fought with him for a long time. Places a lot of value on trust and shared experiences. The most rode or die kid of the bunch which is really saying something.

Kid 2: vote for Genesis. Is really invested in the idea of cloud having something resembling an equal when it comes to combat. The fact gen would appreciate their dad’s (far too often overlooked) materia selection just as much as his swords is a plus.

Kid 3: team Rufus. Really wants cloud to be a widower because no one living is worthy of their dad, but the bag needs to be secured before they kill Rufus off. Has high hopes that cloud would be a better president shinra than Rufus ever could be. Practically a shoe in for the Turks. Will hiss at the mention of prenups.

Kid 4 (he/him?): originally voted Sephiroth. Probably thought his eyes looked like an endangered lizard’s and decided that meant the rest of him could be fixed. He is of the opinion cloud is very good at fixing people (others used to say he was weird and broken before cloud, but now they don’t so he must be okay now). Besties with a dragon summon and dreams of giving someone a self fulfilling prophecy because those are his favorite ones.

Kid 1 Lily 11 (She/her): Leader of their group. Brown hair and eyes. Lost her parents when the plate fell and got displaced again after meteorfall. Was brought to Cloud by Marlene who is her best friend to this day. May have alternative motives for wanting Barret to marry Cloud. Will kill for her siblings and friends no questions asked. Has nightmares about the plate falling all the time and takes the longest warm up to the Turks as a result. Future mechanic/gunsmith. Has definitely had more than one experiment explode on her.

Kid 2 Ky 12 (He/they): The Nerd™️ of the group. Red hair brown/red eyes. Got kicked out when he caught geostigma and never bothered to check if his parents wanted him back after he was cured or if they even lived. Was brought in by Denzel after the church along with a few other geostigma kids who had nowhere else to go. Always more comfortable with books rather than people. Looks for symbolism in everything. Has made all of them go see Loveless a dozen times. Materia gremlin. Could probably outcast Cloud if given a few years.

Kid 3 Jayden 10? No one is sure (they/them): The most mysterious/murder gremlin of the group. Could be Cloud’s pre-mako clone with the blond hair and blue eyes. No one really knows anything about them pre Geostigma and didn’t ask for fear of making them sad/bitey. Will settle for Tseng or Elena for Cloud if Rufus is not an option/as a second marriage. Has mutual beef with Reno and no one knows why. Will be scouted for the Turks if they can just stop plotting Rufus’ death.

Kid 4 Seraph 10 (he/him): The Weird Kid™️. White/blond hair green eyes. Ran away from an abusive/neglectful home before everything and kept running after. Only went with Kadaj and co because they looked so similar to him. Most people that meet him swear that he was a Shinra experiment but no one will say so out loud for fear of Cloud and his other kids bodying them on the spot. Likes fortune telling, lizards, and magic (non materia). Has a hard time with social situations and crowds but so does cloud so he feels better about it now than he did before.

#the elf talks #ff7 #names subject to change but I like these for now #the gremlins are named and I love all of them #also there are more kids running around but these are the squad rb #no one knows if sareph is actually an experiment or if his parents were just Seph fans tbh #it could in fact be both #clouds clutch au

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crisiscutie · 3 months

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FF Materlist V

Most recent Masterlist containing most of my listed works. Since I write a lot, I won't be listing everything. This list will contain most major works of mine for personal and future references. For every single work done for specific AUs, go to the end of the list and select the AU’s FAQ/Tag. This Masterlist (18+) contains both NSFW and SFW works, some that may be DDNE. Read at your own risk.

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PROMPTS

🐊7R Sephiroth/Dissidia Darling🦋

Dissidia Safer Sephiroth Musings

Dissidia Sephiroth Musings

Yandere 7R Sephiroth Musings

Yandere AC Sephiroth Musings

Dissidia Darling's Pheromones

Dissidia Aerith/Dissidia Darling Headcanons

Seymour and Sephiroth Fighting Over Darling

Dissidia Sephiroth Teasing Darling

Seymour and Sephiroth Having a Discussion About Darling

Dissidia Sephiroth/JENOVA!Dissidia (EVA) Darling Musings

Dollhouse

Fluffy Sephy and Fembot/Android Darling

Safer Sephiroth Reclaiming His Darling

Rufus Shinra With A Sleepy Smol Darling

Fluffy Sephiroth and His Triplet Sons

Dissidia Darling And Dissidia Kadaj

Dissidia Safer Sephiroth Headcanons

Darling Stealing Sephiroth's Jacket

AC Sephiroth Sending His Remnants After Darling

7R/EC Sephiroth And Nee-San Darling Headcanons

FICS, DRABBLES, SCENARIOS

rest well, princess,

For Those Who Have None Chapter 1

DOMestic Darling/Fluffy Sephy Scenarios, 1 and 2.

Twin Sephiroths Breed Darling,

"Fluffy" Sephiroth and Pregnant Darling In Shower

Fluffy Sephiroth Comforting His Darling

Battle Of Wills

RAMBLINGS

Sephiroth With A Little Sister Darling

Which Sephiroth Cares Most And Least About Sick Darling

C.C. Ramble/Analysis/Rant about JENOVA

Dissidia Sephiroth Analysis/Ramble

Does Sephiroth Have An Oedipus Complex?

Sephiroth Really Loves JENOVA

Why C.C. Loves EVA So Much

Dissidia Darling and JENOVA

Female Sephiroth in HoS.

Brief Musing on Sephiroth's Madness

AC Sephy Collecting Darlings

How C.C. Would Write Sephiroth's Character in Rebirth

Dissidia Sephiroth and Darling Analysis

C.C's Unpopular Opinion About Sephiroth

C.C's thoughts on Sephiroth in Before Crisis

The Miracle Cutie Didn't Need To DIE!

Safer Sephiroth and His Darling's Oneness

Vincent And Sephiroth's Connection

Yes, Sephiroth Is Meant To Be Attractive

Sephiroth's Perspective On Normality?

Fluffy Sephiroth's Feelings About Hojo Creeping Around His Darling

How To Request From C.C.

Sephy's Favorite Sex Positions

Why Vincent Isn't (And Shouldn't Be) Sephiroth's Dad

AC Sephy Analysis

ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSES

Fluffy Sephiroth/Domestic Darling (Domestic AU)

Sephiroth’s Angel (Darling as Angeal’s Sister)

One Winged Masquerade (Dissidia Sephiroth/Dissidia Darling)

House of Sephiroth AU (Multi Yandere Sephiroth/Darling)

OTHERS

Sephthoughts - a collection of random shitposts thoughts about Sephiroth.

Sephology 101 - A basic course offered by Shinra University, focusing on the study of Sephiroth. (Academia AU and Analysis of everything about Sephiroth)

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raunchybanana69 · 10 months

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KH1-KH2 parallels to FF7 (pt. 2)

If you haven't already seen Part 1, go check it out here

Anyways continuing on the parallel train. CoM and BbS parallels to FF7 original and Advent Children

Good day if you're a SoRiku that believes in the necklace theory

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The necklace theory implies that one made a promise to protect the other under the stars (or meteor shower). This parallel gets reestablished in BbS with Terra and Aqua coming across the two.

Another interesting thing is ummm....

Besides the joke about Kadaj and Riku kinda looking similar, This small visual parallel is more about an outside person seeing what they will become

Riku wanting to leave the islands like "that kid" to become strong to protect "the things that matter", similar to how Cloud wants to leave Nibelheim and become strong "like Sephiroth" to protect "Tifa".

Going back to CoM

This one is kinda funny dialogue but anyways Tifa being like "Not until he gets a lecture" and Riku being like "When this slacker wakes up i'll tell him off. Here he is taking a nap. But I can't chew him out like he deserves if I've been asleep"

Riku parallels Cloud (and Sephiroth) and Repliku parallels Kadaj. Kadaj is basically a remnant (or puppet) of Sephiroth and throughout the movie expresses his insecurities of being nothing but a remnant. Similar to how Repliku is constantly expressing his insecurities of being "a fake" to the original Riku.

As Kadaj says to Rufus Shinra in the video above "I've never known Sephiroth. I just sense him there. It's unbearable to think that Mother might want Sephiroth more than..." "It doesn't matter who she picks. You're all going to meet the same end!"

The death scenes are visually a bit different but yeah...

It gets paralleled again in 358/2 Days. Xion being the "Puppet (or fake)"

I mean Riku and Kadaj do look quite similar...

To the point of Nomura's art mirroring.

Another interesting thing is Ansem SoD

Anyone who grew up with FF7 is aware how Sephiroth most of the time uses 私(watashi) and the only times he used a different pronoun 俺(Ore) was before his descent to insanity from the Nibelheim incident. Looking into CoM, Ansem SoD uses the Watashi pronoun as well which solidifies the parallels between the two.

Basically Ansem SoD to Riku telling him that he'll always be there in the darkness paralleling Sephiroth to Cloud "I will keep coming back as long as you are who you are"

Part 3

#soriku #riku kingdom hearts #sora kingdom hearts #sephiroth #cloud strife #kadaj #final fantasy #analysis #just pointing out obvious parallels #Youtube

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little-black-dress-zack-fair · 2 years

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Kadaj: There's no need to be afraid of me. I don't bite.

Rufus: Yeah, but do you stab?

Kadaj:

Kadaj: I don't bite.

#incorrect quotes #kadaj ff7 #rufus shinra #ff7 #ffvii #ffviir #final fantasy vii #final fantasy vii remake #ff7r #final fantasy vii before crisis #final fantasy vii advent children

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rpersearch · 2 months

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21+, she/they, fixating on various final fantasy characters and would love to stretch a few muses for ship-based rp (m/m, f/f, m/f, just no OCs please) i have a few "popular" ones listed as well as a crossover ship ideas, and am very open to other ones as well!!! my preferred muse is in bold. and * indicates i REALLY want it: - cloud strife from ff7 (would love to write against a *zack fair, *sephiroth, reno, kadaj, *rufus shinra, squall leonhart [ff8], noctis [ff15]) - tifa lockhart from ff7 (would love to write against an aerith, *cloud, *lightning [ff13]) - kadaj from ff7:ac (would love to write against a *rufus shinra, cloud strife) - rufus shinra from ff7 (would love to write against a kadaj*, tseng, reno) - cid highwind from ff7 (would love to write against a *vincent) - lightning from ff13 (would love to write against a *fang, *tifa lockhart [ff7], *aerith [ff7], noctis [ff15]) - noctis from ff15 (would love to write against a *prompto, ignis, *poly chocobros, cloud [ff7], squall [ff8], lightning [ff13]) open to canon plots, full on AUs, kingdom hearts/dissidia based, whatever works! and please feel free to suggest characters to play against these muses as well!!! like/interact if interested, and i'll reach out! thank you. : )

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#18+ rp #final fantasy #final fantasy rp #final fantasy roleplay

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altocat · 2 months

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I hate Rufus Shinra now. Bro shot a man in the back and that man was amigos with Sephiroth.

Honestly, I love their portrayal of Rufus in this game. They've really fleshed him out. And now the obvious tension between him and Kadaj in Advent Children is starting to make perfect sense.

Imagine if Sephiroth was there to watch when Rufus shot Glenn in that brief flashback. And assume the real Glenn actually died here. Sephiroth's words to Rufus through the image of Glenn suddenly carry a lot more bitterness and resentment, and not just because Seph is pissed at what Shinra did to him. Sephiroth HATES Rufus. Hates him for what he took away. Hates him for adding to the pile of lost loved ones Sephiroth will never see again.

Hates him for being the living legacy of EVERYTHING that made Sephiroth a monster.

#asks #ff7 #ffvii #final fantasy 7 #sephcanons #sephiroth #glenn lodbrok #rufus shinra #ffvii rebirth spoilers #ffvii rebirth #ff7 rebirth #first soldier #ffvii first soldier

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finallyfantasy7 · 1 year

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"Final Fantasy VII - The Kids are Alright: A Turks Side Story" a book by Kazushige Nojima, same writer who wrote FF7, Crisis Core, Advent Children, etc.

It was a lot better than I expected for a game fill-in novel.

It focuses on two new characters Evan Townshend and Kyrie Canaan (thanks to this novel she had a brief appearance in Final Fantasy VII Remake, and thanks to the Remake this novel finally got translated into English 😁)

and takes place after the main game and mostly before the events of Advent Children.

The two of them in their late teens and run a detective agency with Leslie and Fabio in the new city of Edge. Due to a mix-up they get embroiled in Turks' business which is never pretty but quite funny. Especially Reno and Rude (Elena is a bloodthirsty menace!).

Rufus Shinra and Tseng also make an appearance, as does poor Johnny (but who cares 🤭), and so many other characters have cameos: Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Denzel and Marlene, Don Corneo, Red XIII (Nanaki), and there's a surprise appearance. We even get a tiny glimpse into how lonely Aerith was. Known locations are used: Costa del Sol, Nibelhem, Icicle Lodge, Lifestream,...

The book is not perfect but *a lot* better than I expected for what it is, and it was a nice prequel to Advent Children. It explained more about where Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz came from and why Rufus is looking for Jenova again, etc. but still the main story stayed focused on Evan and Kyrie.

So I am definitely going to read the other two other Final Fantasy 7 books by Nojima: On The Way to a Smile and Trace of Two Pasts.

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