#ff7 ccr

[theghostavocadoe]

I love AUs that are like this and I think there should be more of them

[stairway-to-camaraderie]

Rufus: Now that I know Lazard is my half-brother, I want full intelligence on him, Tseng. Infiltrate, observe, extract. Whatever it takes. I'm trusting you.

Tseng: Understood, sir.

*A few hours later*

Tseng: I've gathered several insights, sir.

Rufus: Excellent. What was your method? Blackmail? Surveillance? Coercion? Lethal force?

Tseng: Lethal force? We had a candlelight dinner.

Rufus:

Tseng:

Rufus: What the fuck kind of intelligence did you get??

Tseng: He uses strawberry lip balm.

Rufus: TSENG—

oh my GOD I LOVE YOU/POS

this made my entire day oh my gosh

[dendrite-blues]

A few Genesis headcanons based on absolutely nothing:

He’s an attention hog, but he’s actually an introvert.

He is very picky about food and always orders the same thing at restaurants

At meetings, he sits at the end of the table looking very stern and taking notes (but he’s actually not listening and doodling on his print outs.)

When it inevitably comes up that he doesn’t know something about the mission that was covered i. the meeting, he just quotes Loveless until everyone is too confused to call him out.

Not many people know this, but Genesis actually waters the plants in Sephiroth’s office because Sephiroth killed too many of them. (Not from neglect! He was too worried about them and watered them until the roots rotted!)

Despite being a careless asshole most of the time, Genesis is very considerate of service workers. He grew up in the farmlands and learned very early how hard minimum wage jobs are. Mistreating a waitress or cashier is the fastest way to make him hate you.

Conversely, Genesis considers middle managers to be a complete waste of resources and gives them hell for his own amusement.

Sometimes he hides cute socks under his knee high boots so Sephiroth will sigh when he takes them off.

He gives really good foot rubs, but he’ll only do it if you shower first.

[okaeylah]

congraluations CISSNEI FOR BEING THE CUTEST GIRL IN FINAL FANTASY!!

[theghostavocadoe]

i have save points before each Genesis boss fight as separate saves specifically so I can do this

[theghostavocadoe]

Angeal: How do you deal with trauma?

Genesis: I will call my mama

Angeal: That's beautiful, man-

Genesis: Call my mama a BITCH

Angeal: oh

[theghostavocadoe]

11, 18, and 49 for both Yazoo and Genesis?

11. How did you “fall in love” with this character?

Yazoo: HE'S JUST SO FUCKING PRETTY MAN. literally love at first sight. holy shit

Genesis: I saw a trailer for crisis core reunion and went "hot damn?? okay" and then he entered my brain and lives here rent free

18. Do you prefer to see this character suffer or know peace? Angst or comfort? Both?

Yazoo: Both. Though he'd probably enjoy both either way because he's a giant sadomaso.

Genesis: Please give this boy peace he needs it so badly. Fate just keeps kicking him while he's down and he needs a goddamn BREAK

49. What’s your favorite personality trait in this character?

Yazoo: A lot of people tend to overlook his sadism but I love it. I adore that he's just a lil bit insane. And he's smug about it. He knows it. I love his lil insane giggles when he's fighting 💕

Genesis: This is more of a fandom-made personality trait but I love it when he's genuinely kind to people. I like that, deep down, he truly loves and cares for those close to him. Idk I'm a softie for Genesis being... a softie lmao

[dendrite-blues]

In a really fucked up way, Zack/Cloud is just a really vivid illustration of men self-destructing under patriarchy and the utter ruin that it wreaks on the people who love/loved them.

Nobody wanted Zack to run into that fight. Cloud reached out for him, Aerith was patiently waiting and hoping for him to come back and had never given up on him, Tseng was rushing his Turks to intercept Zack at the fastest possible speed, and he only got that close to Midgar because Cissnei had aided his escape (and in the case of Gongaga physically blocked him from walking into a trap).

There was no pressing reason that Zack needed to see Aerith right that second. She wasn’t going anywhere, she wasn’t in danger, she wasn’t giving up on him. All he had to do was pick up his cell phone and call motherfucking Tseng. Tseng would have told him in no uncertain terms that Aerith was safe and loyal to him.

But he didn’t. Fucking bone-headed himbo there just got it in his head that he was the hero and heroes charge in against all odds and risk their lives for love, and he died for it. Not for heroism or a great cause, but for the idea of it. For the conception he had of himself as a hero who couldn’t be beaten.

And who suffered for that choice? Fuckin everybody who ever cared about him. Absolute emotional ruin all around. Because brother couldn’t bear to run away from a fight, or to pick up a phone and ask a friend for help.

CCR is such a flawed game, but then it goes and stumbles into a message that I’m not even sure Square intended, but that is so fucked up and so real.

I’ve literally been thinking about this all day. I’m pissed off at a fictional person’s fictional death because there’s so much real tragedy baked into it and I can’t deal.

Thanks for listening I just needed to get that out of my head