finally got around to redrawing at least my cloud-through-other-people's-eyes comparisons i mentioned here
these perceptions can fluctuate which is particularly common with aerith's and occasionally with tifa. aerith gets flashes that are a mix of multiple perceptions, differing colors and particularly hair length due to how in-tune with everything she is but despite that she's more susceptible to the 'hunter's draw' per se of jenova due to being half cetra. she does over time start seeing something closer to the 'real cloud', but that itself is being used as a lure by jenova. tifa occasionally sees aspects that people with negative perceptions to SOLDIERs will see - brighter eyes, scars that should be healed over, generally just a little bit freakier at times, but its usually very brief. also bonus.
i wanted to wait to upload this with other art but i'm bad at waiting and god knows if my art strength will linger after this but continuation of my au insanities. known levels of faux-wyverians ft. genesis who is having a normal, fun time. text transcript + further rambles:
none (or very little): the base level for low rank KNIGHTs. senses are sharpened but often no monster-related attributes are visible.
average: the level for high rank KNIGHTs. monster traits show in things such as scaling, hair coloring, small tail, etc. the use of sleeveless uniforms is standard to show off one's traits.
advancement: the level for master rank KNIGHTs. heavier scaling as well as more unique external traits. master rank KNIGHTs will have their uniform modified to compliment their traits.
advancement-degradation: phenomenon found in nova-type KNIGHTs. caused by the unexpected maturation of the sapphire calamity and further exasperated by a mismatch with the main host. extremely painful.
not shown: advancement-stable, further monster traits achieved through any method where the subject does not experience the mutation caused by a main host nova mismatch. examples would be vincent and zack.
++ this will come with a uniform change since before i had sleeveless be MR standard when it should be HR standard :') there is also another level but it's not "officially documented" - i'll get to that whenever i draw it smiles. irt genesis' (main!) monster assignment, since it's so typical, i need to clarify,
++ i've suddenly thrown a lot of words at the handful of people who have glanced over at this au (hi! i love you! sorry i'm insane!) but you can think of the "nova mismatch" phenomenon as akin to the situation of chaotic gore magala. i might elaborate on that sometime if someone needs me to or on my own if the brain demons don't get me about it. bye <3
ν-εγλ ████ SHIN-RA Electric Power Company Holiday Party picture featuring SEPC ████ Nikolitsa Avtomann and his wife - theatre star & director Zahra Avtomann.
‟ low quality, recovered from an archived article. edit: added a high-quality version! it's a little damaged, but this scan is probably the highest quality we'll ever see. plus, its signed! from an anonymous submitter - their mom was apparently a big fan of the avtomanns and managed to get their signatures. understandably they didn't want any reminders of shinra after meteorfall, so they were kind enough to send it to me for archival purposes! thanks :-)! „
yes it 100% originated from this. my horrible little psuedo celebrity couple that needs to get a divorce ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + extra oc bonus
