#Veld Dragoon

[thediktatortot]

I'm writing out my overarching headcanon about VIncent's life and how Gaia and it's people looked pre-SOLDIER program because I want too:

I'm of the mind that in Vincent's era, there was a lot of growth like we have in our own day and age, much like the 50s-70s, Midgar would have been a work in progress. Maybe only one or two upper plates would be finished and livable, but a sizable undercity was already underway to growth.

I believe that this would be when the beginning of the science department of Shinra would truly begin, so Shinra would have been using the Turks as more of their heavy hitters as SOLDIER was still a small budding program being thought up by Shinra's defense department.

Seeing as the war between Wutai and Shinra didn't happen until 1985, I'm going to go under the assumption that they were in a cold war with each other ever since the power company began building reactors, so the Turks would be much more utilized than they are now.

I have the headcanon that Vincent and Veld were partners or at least worked with each other when they were in the Turks and their missions would have looked like those of spies and government agents (with different rankings and capabilities. Not everyone would have the same job just like a normal government job.)

I also love the idea of their world having similar clothing styles and music to ours during those years, so Vincent and Veld would have been young adults in the 60's and 70's.

I also think that with what happened to Vincent (getting shot and killed by Hojo), he did actually die physically (lurcrecia even talks about how she can't stop the decaying when talking about Vincent in the tank in DoC) so there would be a loss of memory that Vincent would have from actually dying and being dead for however long.

Like sure, his memory loss could have been slowed by the Mako and experiments, but there would be SOME memory loss. So I think that the man we know now is not the whole Vincent he would have been. The reason I say that is because a lot of the memories he does have are from times at Shinra Manor and nothing really else. It's mostly from Shelke's POV that we get the remaining memories about Vincent's past, and that is from Lucrecia's POV of how she saw Vincent. So my HC is that Vincent has a lot more to him than he remembers about himself.

Anyway long-winded explanation of why I think Vincent Valentine has more than meets the eye and I can justify my more fun version of him XD

Back to it. Here's where my headcanons come in heavy:

I think Vincent's mother is a Wutainese woman, Grimiore having met her in his early years of exploration as a scientist, before things with Shinra started to get more competitive. I believe that when Vincent was a teenager, his mother left for Wutai due to the simmering tensions between the two powers, unable to take him with her as he had no citizenship there and I do not see him wanting to leave his home.

Vincent and Grimiore don't get a long for a while because Vincent thinks his father should have convinced her to stay. He joins the Turks at a young age, having met Veld (who I think is at least a decade older than Vincent) who worked with his father, not really knowing about the ins and outs of what a cold war meant or even who was the aggressor in the conflict. He knew his father worked for Shinra and they were bringing progress to their city and home, wanting to help any way he could.

#Vincent Valentine #Veld Dragoon #headcanon #ff7 #final fantasy 7 #final fantasy vii #ffvii #Always feel free to be inspired by anything I write #I would literally read five million words about the same shit over and over again

[sonnynewts]

mmmslow day. post vinveld birds

#vinveld #vincent valentine #veld dragoon #final fantasy 7 #ff7 #veld of the turks #made a bunch of ff stickers as Christmas gifts and figured i should free the birdies #newt arts

[reneethegreatandpowerful]

Could I please get Veld, preferably with some "coffee"? :)

Nothing like a nice cup of "coffee" to help you forget your problems- er, get to work in the morning!

Thank you "anon", XD I needed this! I've never posted a picture of my man on here before, and it was about time that changed!

#Final Fantasy #Final Fantasy 7 #FF7 #Before Crisis #Veld #Veld Dragoon #Doodle Requests #My Art #Thank you so much for kicking off this drawing spree anon! #And also thank you to GetValentined for clarifying things for me and teaching me the lore of old :)

[allthingsturk]

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I’m having problems with my Veld and Elfe trade places fic.

I mean Veld’s plan to take down shinra is going to be completely different then his daughters. They're two completely different people with wildly different skill sets and morals. Any advice?

I mean Veld would probably go about it more subtly the Elfe would. 

She had a large almost army like group and often tried for big targets. Like the reactors and the Sister Ray.

Veld would probably have a smaller but specialty trained, tight knit group. A terrorist cell more inclined to espionage or sneaky assassinations, rather then bombs. He'd probably collect people with relevant skill sets and train them up like he did his Turks.

Also it's kinda hard to imagine Veld taking up eco terrorism? He doesn't come across as a for the planet kinda guy?

#fic problems #veld dragoon #Elfe

[moostelid]

FFVII prompt:

Veld was always told Turk partners are like a marriage contract: til death do us part, in sickness and health.

Vincent was Veld’s partner. Vincent has been MIA for twenty years, assumed dead.

While looking into another case, Veld comes across one of Hojo’s notes about Vincent.

Veld decides wasn’t ready for a divorce, even if he has to drag Vincent back kicking and screaming, with Chaos (and all three other demons) as his witness.

Vincent’s headmates are more than happy to kick back and be a witness to the hilarity that ensues.

#vincent was veld’s turk partner #vincent valentine #vincent x veld #vincent #veld #veld verdot #verdot #veld j dragoon #ff7 #ffvii #turks ff7 #turks ffvii #turks #veld of the turks #vincent of the turks #final fantasy 7 remake #final fantasy vii #final fantasy 7 #final fantasy vii before crisis #final fantasy series #prompt #ff7 prompt #dirge of cerberus #cerberus #Chaos is amused #galian beast #vincent’s headmates

[getvalentined]

Oh wise and ancient elder of Veld fandom, I have a question for you. Do you know where the last name Dragoon came from? (I want to post a picture of Veld and that's his last name to me, but I don't want to be using it publicly if the OG inventor wants to keep it for themselves.)

AHAHAHA UHH YEAH ACTUALLY I DO

I DEFINITELY DO

I don't know precisely which of us it was, but it's from my first online RP group. I think Liz (crankyoldman on AO3) was the first to use it, as I'm like 99.999% sure she's the first person in western fandom to write him at all, but it might have been Drak (drakonlily on AO3), who is now Liz's spouse but was not at the time we were initially RPing together. Neither of them are really in the fandom anymore (they both fell out of public fandom in general for quite a while during college/university/grad school, came back to jump into FF15 with both feet, and are now pretty exclusively in the FF14 scene), but none of us ever really cared about the proliferation of that particular headcanon.

What's funny is that I actually use a different surname for Veld (Augustine!) to differentiate between work relating back to that group and work that's strictly my own, but at this point it's kind of irrelevant because the "Dragoon" surname is so ubiquitous. I tend to tag my work featuring the character with "Veld of the Turks" at this point.

You're absolutely welcome to use it, and people will presumably know what you're talking about, but it is utterly and completely nonexistent in the source material! It came entirely from a bunch of queer folks in their late teens and early twenties RPing/writing/drawing a sad old man online in the mid-aughts, but because we were the only ones doing anything with the character it just kinda became accepted as "correct."

(tmk Drak is also largely responsible for "Sinclair" being Reno's accepted fanon surname, but there's no canon on that either and she kinda regrets its proliferation; I originally used it as Zack's surname in like 2003, before I even knew Drak, but when Zack got a canon surname she fleetingly snagged it for use on Reno and it just...spread through the fandom from there by vectors unknown.)

#ff7 #old guard ff7 fandom #veld of the turks #headcanon warning

[ceaselxss]

Verses

Verse | Main | 7/7r Set within the main game. Essentially this covers from Zack’s death until Meteorfall. This verse is a mix of OG and Remake, using expanded world building and lore from the Remake continuity.

Verse | Another | 7r For anything distinctly set in the Remake continuity that clashes with my main lore.

Verse | Second | Crisis Core/Before Crisis Covers almost everything prior to the first verse. While Tseng was still Second in command, while there were far more Turks and while Veld was still around - and also the few years while Tseng was the head of the Turks but also Veld was still around. For ease this is simply labelled as a Crisis Core verse. Tseng in this verse is more childish, more playful and generally happier. Most of his significant trauma happens at the end of this verse, so he’s unshaped by that throughout the earlier parts of the timeline.

Verse | Thereafter | Advent Children/Post Advent Children Everything post Meteorfall, including the novel. Will be labelled Advent Children but also covers the timeline of Dirge of Cerberus. This verse covers a range of change in Tseng, from the initial conflict within the Turks as the truth about Veld comes to light, to the slowly recovering mental health in the years that follow; alongside the stresses of Rufus's illness, and a deep depression post Advent Children due to the loss of his arm as a result of his torture at the hands of the Remnants. For the most part, he avoids the former Turks but does occasionally work with them or find time for drinks. He's no less busy now that barely nothing remains of ShinRa, sadly.

Verse | A Lifetime Ago | Rookie Covers from about the age of 17 to 22 A Tseng that doesn't know yet what it means to be a Turk; may also be referred to as Gun. This is an angry bastard.

Verse | Imperial | XIV (This verse presumes an Imperial Rufus, in a position of nobility or royalty, and is preferably set before the current Garlean civil war) Tseng Goe Zhao (Censor, Primus Frumentarius) Doman conscript to Garlean Citizen, Tseng’s job is one of subterfuge and intelligence. He is able to be stationed throughout Eorzea and Othard and blend in seamlessly, posing as whatever is necessary. He is an Au Ra by birth, but his work requires a certain amount of disguise and so he leans upon glamours and fantasia to keep his cover. (I’m not assigning him a specific job, as I don’t like either of the gun jobs for him and my Tseng’s other battle skills lend to both Dragoon and Ninja. He’s just good at weapons, as with his canon)

Verse | Unrest | XV Beneath General Glauca, Tseng is stationed in Lucis as part of the Kingsglaive. He struggles with the gifted power, but as an expert marksman he makes up for the shortcoming. While his loyalty to the Empire is… Strained, he dislikes Lucis more and his time as a Glaive only worsened that. With Insomnia’s fall and Glauca’s death, there was no longer much use for Tseng’s skills as a spy and he was reassigned back into the Imperial Military - which is something he is particularly annoyed about.

Verse | Traitor | Wutai Spy When Tseng initially joined ShinRa, it was at the behest of his Father. He was to infiltrate the company and send information back to the Wutai military - which he did well enough. He spent years as a double agent but… Wutai lost. And with Tseng in a precarious position with a lot of access to company secrets, it was incredibly unsafe for him to withdraw - fully aware of how ShinRa treats threats to their security. And so he stays, attempting to undermine ShinRa where he can. This Tseng still cares for the Turks very deeply, but is far less loyal to Rufus. His dislike for the company is far deeper. (Note - While Tseng is aware of the existence of other traitors within the company, he does not attempt to connect with them. They are a liability and extra risk)

[theultimate-hope]

The turks apologizing for failing a mission. Tseng is overthinking it again

Based on this:

#final fantasy 7 #final fantasy 7 remake #final fantasy 7 before crisis #ff7 #ff7r #ff7 bc #Reno ff7 #Reno #rude #rude ff7 #Elena #Elena ff7 #Tseng #Tseng ff7 #veld dragoon

[askvincentvalentine]

Questions taken and extras posted on Patreon.

#vincent valentine #veld dragoon #reeve tuesti #final fantasy vii #FF7 #veld #answer

[thediktatortot]

I need to find more Final Fantasy 7 friends, it's been YEARS since I participated in that fandom at all.

Any Vincent Valentine lovers? Reno lovers? What about Turk enjoyers? I love anything of the following:

Vincent Valentine, Reno (Sinclair), Veld Dragoon, Hojo.

Vincent / Reno, Veld or Hojo

#vincent valentine #reno sinclair #veld dragoon #the turks #ff7

[evertomorrowart]

Every single Before Crisis Turk, part 1

Veld Dragoon, Tseng, Reno, Rude, Shotgun (Freyra), Rod (Alvis), Shuriken (Cissnei), Legend (Claude), Martial Arts (F)(Judet), Katana (Balto)

Part 2

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#veld dragoon #before crisis #bc turks #before crisis turks #veld #tseng #tseng of the turks #reno #reno of the turks #rude #rude of the turks #shotgun #rod #shuriken #legend #martial arts female #katana #alivis #cissnei #claude #judet #balto #ff7 #Final Fantasy 7 #final fantasy vii #ffvii

[exsiliumductoris]

Veld reviewing possible Turk candidates and rookies. 

#Turk Things #Veld Dragoon

[allthingsturk]

Elfe: Happy Father’s Day to the man who called the Turks on me when he didn’t find me in my room, sleeping in the middle of the night and thought I snuck out of the house.

Elfe: I was downstairs in the kitchen eating cereal, and also 22.

#veld of the turks #Elfe #veld dragoon #ff7 turks #Veld

[blackshadow54-artblog]

hey mom - jack stauber

#beasely draws #art #blackshadow54 #ffvii #ffvii vincent valentine #professor hojo #lucrecia crescent #veld dragoon #grimoire valentine

[getvalentined]

This was originally gonna be part of a sorta tutorial showing the differences between Art Nouveau vs Art Deco as portrayed (dumbed down) in modern fanart, but I gave up when I remembered I'm really bad at Art Deco. Which gave me more freedom in shading and coloring techniques on the "Art Nouveau" example, which is this. Veld survived because hot dads always survive.

#FF7 #final fantasy vii #before crisis #veld #veld dragoon #art tag #director hot dad #veld of the turks

[animus-inspire-archive]

📩 - Does your muse prefer to physically write letters or send them online? What is their reasoning?

Headcanon Meme||Communication 

For work, Reeve has a preference for online communications, largely for their efficiency and convenience for getting things done. 

 And whilst they are potentially more open to unauthorised access, with the right precautions, they are far more easily controlled. 

 On a personal level however he does still appreciate written letters or messages from people he knows closely, or is intimate with. 

It demonstrates time and effort, alongside that personal touch. Reeve highly values both acts of service and quality time, as he knows just how precious they actually are. 

On a side note, Reeve generally prefers written communication to the spoken word, especially at work (which is what, basically his life?) There is less room for error. 

 When it comes to public speaking, he has had to make significant efforts in the past to become at least comfortably competent enough to express himself, first in the board meetings at Shinra, then when he took on the role of heading up the W.R.O. (not to mention the negotiations in between...) 

Veld played a hand in this, he understood that Reeve was more than capable mentally, but required some nudging and guidance when he was still a young man, to build upon his natural gifts for guile towards the skills required for politicking.

And perhaps even Rufus Shinra himself may have played some part. If nothing else, he gives Reeve an example, or at least the opportunity to practice cutting his teeth against/with one of the best players of this game.

#headcanon meme #veld #go a ways back #veld verdot #veld dragoon #rufus shinra