I get a lot of feelings about kid Reeve because he is literally the only Inspire in the FF7 universe. Can you imagine how crazy that is?? Imagine how he must have felt when he one day accidentally brought something to life?? Like maybe a toy? How freaked out he must have been??
“MUM- DAD– MISS FLOPPY IS TALKING–”
And at first his parents would just brush it off. “Oh? That’s nice Reeve. We’re eating in five minutes. Do wash up love.” But then when they saw Reeve toddle in with his little stuffed rabbit walking after him they’d probably scream—
Reeve has so much cool plot potential, its a shame the games never went into his backstory, or even a clear explanation of how his powers work >_< I don’t know if the Inspire thing is even meant to be canon to the final version, wasn’t that mentioned in development stuff in the Ultimania? Before I read fansites I just assumed Cait Sith was an AI, or Reeve controlled him using some robotic technology instead of being an ordinary doll brought to life through magic. The game really wasn’t clear about that! (Then again the english translation sucked, lol)
What is or is not canon in ff7 is - complex, so, really, whatever version you like best.
I agree he’s criminally underused, though.
I read the tags and wanted to say I agree on the AI part. I really feel he’s best as a mechanic engineer, especially in the creation of animatronics. If he wasn’t just your average electrician/architect for Shinra I imagine he would have been the guy that grew up to invent robots to help disabled people or something of the like. He probably doesn’t think he can do it, and is afraid of not having a steady stream of employment, so treats his gifts as a sort of hobby or pastime. I do like to think that the ‘magic’ (I use the term lightly) of being an Inspire is one that eventually fades, and he’s not bringing things to life as much more as he’s giving them little parts of his own personality.











