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Happy 25 years, Final Fantasy VII!

Thank you for the stories and characters that fill our hearts. Here's to many more years with Cloud Strife and the FFVII cast ☁️🤍

Please enjoy these previews and WIPs of some illustrations and stories from the Spirit & Strife Cloud zine!

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☁ Please welcome our invited contributors! ☁

The Cloud fanzine, Spirit & Strife, is excited to feature works by these artists and writers:

Page artist @crimson-sun (Twitter) Page artist @likovacs (Twitter | Insta) Cover artist @nikusenpai (Twitter | Insta | Twitch) Merch artist @seraphily (Twitter | Insta) Writer @aimeelouart (AO3)

Want to join this illustrious group as a part of the Cloud Strife fanzine team? Apply today!

☁ ARTIST ☁ ☁ WRITER ☁ ☁ MERCH ARTIST ☁

Applications close on October 31st, and find out more about Spirit & Strife here. Thank you for your support, we look forward to emailing out results on November 11th!

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The first of two images feature four artworks from our invited artists, surrounded by the Spirit & Strife darkened cloudy background with wisps of lifestream in the corners. First: Cloud in his Advent Children attire from @crimson-sun’s tarot card set, where he’s looking past the camera and ready to fight. Second: this study by  @likovacs is a close-up of Cloud's determined expression, based on his Remake design, with detailed highlights in his eyes. Third: this print sold in @nikusenpai​’s shop shows Cloud gazing directly forward with intensity despite the cuts on him, in his Remake attire and bathed in light from the lifestream. Fourth: this work from @seraphily’s portfolio shows Cloud floating in the lifestream with a calm but still wondering expression, wearing his Remake attire.

The second image contains an excerpt of writing from our invited writer, @aimeelouart (also found on AO3 as AimeeLouWrites). The text is set on the Spirit & Strife darkened cloudy background with wisps of lifestream in the corners. The excerpt reads:

"How would you have mako eyes if you're not a SOLDIER?" Cloud could hear the silent ‘idiot’ tacked onto the end of the question. For someone who hypothetically believed Cloud was a First, Genesis was being remarkably irreverent. Then again—it was Genesis. "I was bitten by a radioactive Sephiroth,” Cloud said, straight-faced. The look he got in return was absolutely priceless. He wished he had a PHS on hand to document it.

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Please meet our writer, AimeeLou! ☁️

Follow her on Tumblr & AO3

The @strifezine preorders begin March 25th, 2022.