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Hoping 2025 is grand!
There is 30 characters in this. (not sure if the cat counts). The character count was a fun challenge. Some may confuse people.
Base: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1006484216725225071/
For the ask game 4, 8, 12, 18 and 25 for any fandom
This is part of this ask game :3 Mostly seven with some general and one intentionally unspecified fandom
4) What was the last straw for finally blocking that annoying person?
I’m very bad at actually blocking people, I tend to cause my own problems that way, but the last time I blocked someone it was because they sent me an unsolicited DM basically trying to guilt me into commissioning them right after an artist I’d just recently commissioned posted the piece. I love getting DM’s and interaction in general even if I’m not super active myself because of anxiety so I was really upset about it when I saw the message.
On one hand I get it, I do- I’m also a commercial artist and I’m lucky enough to have a decently stable W2 Job right now. On the other hand though: maybe make your sales pitch at least more enticing than a Jehovah's Witness knocking on your door.
8) Common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about?
This one got WELL out of hand length wise so I'll be posting my full thoughts on why later today or tomorrow.
The apple game in CC (from the Silver Elite fan club letter) is bs, and it baffles me that people trust what Hojo says as much as they do.
Honestly, most of the fan mail in the game is bs or has the truth heavily muddied but this example is especially egregious in my opinion. It's not an activity that Genesis, Angeal, or Sephiroth would actually enjoy much. Sephiroth himself would be bored to tears since he has such an unfair advantage since his sword is much slimmer than Rapier and Angeal's standard issue broadsword. There is also the issue of the fact that all of them likely have some element of food trauma (or in Angeal's case are confirmed as such) but the expanded post later today will expand on that.
Disclaimer that you can enjoy and write what you want or believe in the story of AGS playing with apples and swords. Make content you feel inspired to, consume content you enjoy, and don’t let me stop you from having fun.
12) The unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them
I don’t know how unpopular he is anymore but Denzel is great- if you can find the ‘on the way to a smile’ anthology and read ‘episode Denzel’ or the OVA from 2010 his character gets a lot better. He’s a complex little guy with layers and plenty of regret already trying to go forward with life. Post AC he starts working with Reeve as a protege of sorts iirc after Reeve blocks him from joining the WRO’s militia. (Which would not have gone over well with anyone if it went through, Denzel is 10ish at that point.)
He wants to save people like Cloud saved him, somewhat so he can feel worthy of having been saved. There is also still a lingering of the unintentional toxic positivity his mom instilled in him and it is delightful.
The book mentioned above was finally released in English around a decade after Japan got it but it was $35 USD last I checked. I think there are some readings of it on YouTube but I can’t vouch for the quality of any since I don’t do well with audio books.
The OVA can be really hard to find because it was only on the AC complete Blu-Ray discs of a certain edition- I’m pretty sure it was the first run of them but I may be wrong. Because of this and the fact that I’ve seen take-downs happen continuously each time I went back to reference it last year it’s to the point where some people are incorrectly assuming it’s just totally lost media. Either way I have a so-so quality copy I saved, I won’t put it on the post directly just to be cautious but if you’re interested DM me or contact me through discord (rivkae) if you have that and I’ll shoot you the drive link.
18) It’s absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on…
In og CC Gillian dies with a smile on her face. In reunion it’s blocked by a vignette.
I’ve never seen it mentioned in a fic dealing with her death yet, the few that there are, so eventually I’m just going to have to do it myself.
This answer is almost pathetically short because every time I start thinking about this I get the urge to write. Since I can't really sit down to write prose right now so I'm not going to get to into it.
25) Common fandom complaint that you’re sick of hearing?
(Slightly dramatized for effect, I’m not saying the fandom because I’m mostly out of it writing wise right now but iykyk feel free to send me your guesses)
‘Ewww I hate y and z version of [media]!!! X version of [media] is the only good one- anyone who interacts with y and z supporting posts will be blocked!’
‘I hate this version of my favorite character from x in y and z [complaint that could be very easily interpreted as racism] anyone with art of this design will be blocked! DNI if you have [bastardized version of the characters name to show distaste] content!’
Except then they don’t block you after you DNI, they start following your blog posting stuff for y and z version of [media]
Now obviously blocking is a core part of the tumblr experience, really the entire social media experience but it’s taken more seriously other places. Here though? If they breathe annoyingly it is perfectly fine and normal to block them- encouraged even! I have no issues with a DNI, BYF, etc as concepts I just get a little irked when people don’t practice what they preach while still loudly complaining about [media].
Now obviously adaptations make a lot of people angry for good reasons sometimes, I understand that. I dislike many adaptations myself, but it’s the incessant complaining when you aren’t even following your own rules that it gets under my skin a bit. That’s not even mentioning the drama that happens in discord servers with areas about said alternate versions of [media] where most community spaces to discuss said versions die quickly due to the toxicity of comparison and the group norm to conform to being putting x version, the original version, over the other version. You can like y and z but you should like x more- you should agree that x is objectively better. Even if x is also offensive in several ways and dated in others and isn’t as easy to consume story wise- which is how y and z brought new fans to the fandom.
I’m going to cut myself off there but… Yeah. I hate adaptations too sometimes but it shouldn’t be used to backhandedly bully others into silence. Let people enjoy what makes them happy.
Maybe you could call that family Tifa and the people who love her. [ DAY 6 ]
Where’s my fucking Denzel content internet I know you have it
Final Fantasy 7 prompts # 60
1. Sephiroth can speak to Cloud telepathically, even though he's dead. Cloud tells no one
Sephiroth is mostly sassy, but also tends to praise his "Precious puppet"
2. Sephiroth and Cloud were fighting in an abandoned mall in the Midgar ruins when a stray Thundaga activated the old speakers/radio. It started playing the chocobo theme and Sephiroth is greatly amused.
3. Cloud got badly wounded by a monster and the wound refused to heal.
After a week of Tifa fussing over him he wakes up fully healed...with a little ball of purple goo staring at him adoringly.
"Mother!" It called out to him, raising its little goo arms as if asking him to lift it up.
"Tifa!" He yelled, "I'm hallucinating again!"
"On it!"
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Aka Cloud "gave birth" to an eldrich goo child the size of his fist and isn't sure what to do.
Also
Vincent: Do you"hallucinate" being a mother often?"
Cloud: Fuck you.
Vincent: :)
4. Zack Fair collecting all the dog pokemon
5. Chaos said something rude about Strife.
Cloud punched to the left of him instinctively, causing a little blue black cloud to appear, followed by a smack and Chaos cursing.
Aka Chaos was talking crap and Cloud somehow used his eldrich power to reach into Vincints subconscious just to punch the demon in the face...while not even knowing how or why he did it.
6. Genesis makes a bet with Sephiroth.
If the general can seduce a curtain mysterious spikey haired blond, then he'll eat an entire copy of LOVELESS.
If Sephiroth losses he has to call an emergency assembly for SOLDIER and do a 6 hour long speech about how LOVELESS is the greatest thing ever
Sephiroth gladly accepts.
Post time travel AU
7.
"Who enhanced you and why?" Tseng asked calmly, staring the blond in the face
"More importantly, how?" Professor Hojo asked, never taking his eyes off of the newest specimen.
"I was created by Jenova for Sephiroth. The how is unimportant."
The atmosphere in the interrogation room was tense for a few moments, the silence only broken by the mad scientists sudden laughter. "Perfect! This is perfect! When would you like to meet him?!"
"Immediately." Was the blonds reply. Tseng had an awful feeling in his gut, telling him they shouldn't let the man with the blue cat eyes near thier General.
You could go with psyco Cloud teaming up with Sephiroth. Or...
Cloud was given access to Shinras most vulnerable and important elites just by stating the truth.
He falls back on his Reunion instincts, proving what he said to be true. He always knows what Sephiroth wants or needs and brings it too him without prompting. He appears by his side whenever the silverette thinks of him, startling the poor man too many times to count. He even fought side by side with him, letting the instinct take over so that thier fighting styles blended together fluidly.
He didn't realize until it was too late. Until the instinct became too hard to fight. Until Sephiroth fell in love with the one person who became his everything.
8. Elderich-ified Soldiers. Like Safer Sephiroth, but its Every. Single. SOLDIER. All in thier own unique forms.
9. You know how Sephiroth can kinda possess anyone who holds enough of his cells?
Cloud has a lot of Sephiroths cells.
These cells can be transferred via biological components.
Cloud has kissed Tifa at some point, right?
And its likely that the cells are capable of making copies of themselves like normal cells.
So yeah.
Aka Sephiroth overtaking Tifa and forcing Cloud to kill her.
I'm only slightly sorry.
10. Cat eye au where time traveler Cloud began raising the toddler remnants after giving Vincent a book containing everything he knew about the events of BC, CC, OG, AC, and DoC and sending him on his way.
Cloud raised the three little imps in a cabin, far from civilization. Sadly, this didn't seem to be enough to keep people away.
"Leave."
The silver General simply stared at them. "Are they..." He took a moment to steady himself, his eyes filled with hope as he stared at the three silvered haired children peeking out from behind the blonds legs, "Are they mine?"
11. DoC Cloud wandering through the remains of a mansion in Midgar that was once owned by a deceased SOLDIER named Genesis Rhapsodos. He quickly discovered the redhead was once friends with the Silver General and the man who origanally wielded the buster sword.
The best part? He found a collection of diaries. One of which lead to a secret stash of blackmail material against the Silverette. Who knew Seph looked so good in a dress?
Cloud is cackling.
12. Cloud got turned into a frog. It wasn't so bad until he realized he couldn't turn back.
The trip to Aeriths church was long and embarrassing, even though no one really noticed him.
He didn't expect to see two frogs waiting for him on Lilly pads, "Hey buddy!" Said the purple frog wielding a mini buster sword, "You're late!"
13. Cloud was supposed to go back in time to before Gast found Jenova and stopped everything from happening. How did he end up back under the Nebilheim mansion?
Fortunately, he gets to break out Zack and his past self. He even has the added bonus of adding Vincent to his team early on.
Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to explain his likeness to the cadet in his arms to the suspicious Turk and SOLDIER.
14. An accident occurs that leaves Tifa and Denzel temporarily blind. Cloud becomes incredibly overprotective and all but becomes a seeing eye dog for them.
Unfortunately, this is also when Genesis inflicts catastrophe apon Gaia
(Damn it Gen! You will finish your character arc!)
15. Hojo was in the process of trying to create human/animal hybrids when Time traveler Cloud and Cadet Cloud fell through the roof into the vat of chemicals and mako that was being used for the expirament.
The older blond swam over to the side, before throwing the unconscious cadet that he had been fighting mere moments before onto dry ground.
The time traveler had enough sense left to GTFO with his past self. Slicing through the walls of the lab before Hojo could activate security protocols.
The only problem is that they both had blond cat ears and a matching tail. So much for stealth
“Face it, Cloud... all you are is an empty puppet...”
⚡ Control - lyrics by Halsey⚡
In AC, C has the Fenrir earring, Tifa wears a Fenrir ring, Denzel has a F ring on a necklace. I heard Barret has the wolf somewhere too? But what about Marlene? I can't remember seeing it on her. Anyway. CT married and staking their claim, we been knew. "A brought him to us" yes indeed, yes indeed.
AC ring symbolism
Barret and Marlene have a slightly different style to Tifa, Cloud and Denzel's rings. It's saying they're part of the family, but extended. Not sure we get a good enough look at hers or Barret's and the only reason we know they have them is because other media tells us they do. Tifa, Cloud and Denzel's are identical and it's saying they're a family unit.
Let's look at the dynamics between our wolf pack 😉
Barret is a father to Marlene and Tifa, and a father/father in law to Cloud and an uncle to Denzel.
Tifa is a wife to Cloud, daughter to Barret, mother and sister to Marlene and a mother to Denzel.
Cloud is a husband to Tifa, son/son in law to Barret and father to Marlene and Denzel.
Denzel is a son to Tifa and Cloud, brother to Marlene and nephew to Barret.
And that's not including the friendship bonds or brothers-in-arms the triple A trio share too.
It's no wonder Nojima says their family is unconventional. It's a perfect example of crossover bonds between found family ❤️
ACC Tifa and Denzel
Have you ever thought about how Tifa always referred to Marlene as her daughter (canon in Case of Tifa), but how she might refrain from doing the same for Denzel at first out of respect for his birth parents (one of Denzel’s most cherished possessions is the photo he had of himself and his parents), and how that might have caused Denzel and Tifa to be a bit distant and formal in the beginning (when Denzel isn’t busy coughing up black goo), but then he sees Tifa willingly shielding him with her own body and he’s like “Tifa!!!” and then immediately gets SUPER ANGERY at Bahamut, like “THAT’S MY MOM” and super ready to FITE IT with his little fists, and anyway that’s the story of how Denzel hugs Tifa first after he’s healed of Geostigma and calls her okaasan, and Tifa hugs back super tightly and crying happy tears.
(brb going to go cry in a corner now)