based off a discord convo with a friend
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Dear Squeenix: I have rewritten your god-awful flashback.
It's hard to fathom the level of disrespect required to think it was appropriate to include multiple fat jokes in the lead up to his death scene. Not that they're ever appropriate, but what the actual fuck?
[Image Description: A greyscale digital comic in 3 panels, reframing a flashback in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Panel 1 shows Polk and Wedge seated in the truck. Polk looks worried, and Wedge is smiling encouragingly with a hand on his shoulder as he says, "Hey. We're gonna make it through this. Just remember what you're fighting for."
Panel 2 shows Wedge and Billy Bob climbing the stairwell together. Wedge grips the railing with one hand while his other arm is slung across Billy Bob's shoulders, letting Billy Bob support him. Billy Bob is saying, "I can't believe you signed on for this mission when you're still recovering from Sector 7!" Wedge replies, "My friends need help. I can't let them down."
Panel 3 shows the exterior of the Shinra Building. A window on one of the upper floors has blasted open, and a small figure is silhouetted flying back. /end ID]
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More Rebirth doodles. I am now at Cosmo Canyon so please don’t spoil things for me beyond that point
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one of my favorite minor character details of the original FFVII is that Wedge is one of the only members of Avalanche to see through Cloud's SOLDIER tough guy act to the person underneath, and to subsequently clock the ego wound that Cloud's worked so hard to bury: he's painfully lonely, and doesn't know how to remedy that. it's not explored much in the OG- just barely touched upon, really, to a degree that might be considered a minor form of foreshadowing more than anything. but it's there, and it's a moment that really sticks with me
i like that Remake dug into this a little bit by making Wedge one of the only members of the team who actually does seem to know how to reach Cloud. there's a certain level of empathy, and a certain keenness of ability to judge character, that comes from growing up low on the social ladder. essentially, when you've been outside the bubble, you learn to spot your own. Wedge knew Cloud for a fellow lonely heart from the first moment they spoke
some lonely hearts are able to parlay their perceptiveness into the kind of charm, warmth, and general good humor that wins friends. others turn further inward, letting that perceptiveness fuel bitter feelings and jealousy that manifests as further attempts at self-isolation. Wedge has clearly been successful at the former- and clearly recognizes that Cloud has been employing the latter, and suffering for it. he knows that Cloud would treasure his friends, if he could only make any, so Wedge is bridging the gap Cloud doesn't know how to cross
or maybe i'm giving the writing of both games more credit than they deserve
i don't think i am, though
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wedge!!
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@femmemetalezine is OUT and the leftover sale is happening right now until February 28th!! This is such a wonderful zine so don’t miss your chance to grab one!
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Work has failed to distract me, even this meeting about a new trade partner has yet to capture my attention. Talk about the ledgers, even late nights poring over my books, have offered me little to no reprieve from the thoughts that have plagued my waking hours.
Two suns have been spent with a stranger in our paradise, taking in the architecture and history of our port city with such enthusiasm that I have yet to see when she is with another. Twelve, he even has a dog that has ensnared her attention, a weakness I thought I was privy only to.
That skin-tight leather hugging his form, stretched across his chest with the ties struggling to keep it together, I admit it tempts my own gaze, but perhaps I can draw her eye back.. surely I can pull this off too.
..And I think I have the perfect person who may be able to help me. I can already hear my coffers empty at the thought of her charge for this, on top of her laughter thinking this was a costume for one of my schemes. I would gamble, however, that she is the only one who could make a replica suited for my less-than-impressive build.
( continued from here! )
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them <3
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FFVII Rare Pair Week - Day 2: Unexpected Challenges
...cats.
[Image Description: A textless digital comic in 3 panels, featuring Biggs and Wedge. In the first, Biggs is presenting Wedge with a bouquet of yellow lilies, but leaning back in surprise as Wedge pulls back to keep his cat away from them. Wedge wears an apologetic grin.
In panel 2, Biggs and Wedge are seated side-by-side with an open box of chocolates across their knees. Wedge is holding up a hand to block one cat from getting to the chocolates, smiling fondly. Biggs looks at Wedge fondly, unaware of a second cat peering around behind his arm.
In panel 3, Biggs and Wedge are eating dinner together. They both look on with wry smiles as a cat approaches Biggs' glass of wine, peering curiously down into it. /end ID]
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The Fighter Ace
Wedge Antilles
Star Wars
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My sweet baby boy Wedge who just wants to sit on his front porch with a coffee and yet never gets to because he's always got to go do important junk. I love him
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Medix: Ominous positivity!
Whirl: You will be okay. You have no choice.
Hoist: Everything will turn out fine. You cannot stop it.
Wedge: You will succeed. It is inevitable.
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Hate the fat characters who are treated as comedy relief but my sister and I do have a running joke for ffvii remake that Wedge only survived so long bc the fates let a comedy relief guy have like a bit of extra plot armor, so as long as wedge keeps making jokes about food and getting his ass bit by dogs he was fine
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