#featherhead

[featherlumina]

Hey, do you reckon Zack kept this feather he caught after Genesis took off in Banora?

Maybe he stashes it in a drawer once he gets home, unsure how to feel about it or even if he wants to ever look at it again. And then, almost a year later, he happens across it again after returning from his trip to Modeoheim, having opened the draw to put another feather—this time, a white one—inside. He takes Genesis's feather, brows furrowed in angry sadness, and holds it along with Angeal's to his chest. He flops onto his bed, curls into a tight ball, and sobs, all while cradling what little he has of them left. A month later, Sephiroth enters his office to find a simple, plain envelope on his desk, addressed to him and written in Zack's typical scrawl. Confused yet intrigued, he opens it, finding a small note and two feathers—one from Genesis, the other from Angeal—tucked inside. These are what you think they are. Figured you deserved them more than me, since, you know...they were your best friends and all. Hope that's okay. - Zack Sephiroth is truly glad he's kept his office door shut. He certainly isn't ready to face anyone with tears streaking down his face. ~ Fin

I think I just broke my own heart oh my god- /gross sobbing

[rusty-du]

mayblade 5: wings

[asktheritochampion]

Tch. I don't need your pitiful compliments to know I'm the best at what I do. Of course, all of you flightless fools would be entirely lost without me. I am entirely offended that you seem to think I need your worthless approval.

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( @askthehylianchampion @askthegoronchampion @askthegerudochampion @ask-the-princess-of-hyrule)

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Because this bird is my life now I made a thing to gift the fan club.

@blmpff @mysterygrl20 @sparklyeyedhimbo @itslukalee @my-rose-tinted-glasses @callipigio @khunfeathers @troubled-mind and any others that I don't know about. This is for you!!!!

[blmpff]

GUYS WE GOT MORE PICS OF KHUN FEATHERS

MAJESTIC

[pickletrip]

Khun Feathers!

[shrikeseams]

Frustrated with my current glacial slow car* buying process (slowed by waiting to be able to buy cash and have a friend's help negotiating, both huge advantages, so worth it but I am impatient) because I am now at the stage where the research is all done, I'm just waiting for things to line up and spend a few hours signing paperwork to make the most expensive single purchase of my adult life so far...

...and I already know that actually getting the new car will not be as exciting (narratively satisfying) as my overexcitable nerves are building it up to be.

Because. It's a lot of money! If I drive my next car as long as I've driven my current car (16 years) it's also going to be a relationship that lasts longer than many marriages! The decision I make is important. But it's important in a long tail boring way. I am not a car person. I am not buying an exciting car, or a luxury car. I am buying the closest thing I can to my current car. It has new bells and whistles, but the kind that have stopped being exciting and becomes standard over 15 years. And I don't like change so I won't like. Enjoy the new stuff much. It's not even the season to enjoy heated seats.

So like a day or two after I make the purchase I'm probably going to have some kind of extravagant meltdown. :/

*yes, cars bad. No, public transportation or ride sharing or etc not even remotely practical in my current region or life situation.

[feathercreates]

I think I saw your genesis x cissnei work many years ago and I have you to thank for my shipping them until now hahaha yours was truly a vision ✨️

@another-dreamless-daze, oh my god??? really??? I have the biggest smile on my face now holy heck, I've been sailing alone in my little boat of Genesis/Cissnei for so long, it's delightful to know it's not just me! ;w;

There's just some feeling I get when imagining them together that just GETS me so damn bad, even though they don't ever truly interact... the nearest we get is this scene here, and that's a Genesis copy that tried to do her in, OTL.

I think Cissnei's appreciation for wings and what they mean to her personally (freedom from a life where she had minimal / difficult choices, having come from a ShinRa-run orphanage that sounded pretty brutal to the kids, to the point where she ended up being the youngest Turk ever) would definitely leave her with some sort of envy/longing/hurt over how Genesis (and Angeal by extension) appears to view his own.

Maybe she's jealous that Genesis managed to break free from otherwise being firmly in ShinRa's clutches (especially if she was aware of how he was made by the Jenova project). That he literally flew the coup, wings and all, and perhaps a hidden part of her wishes she could have the courage to do the same one day. (It's not like she chose ShinRa, it was the environment she was raised in, and her only path to a better life.)

And we also know she's got a little rebellious streak for helping others/doing the right thing (i.e. w/ Zack and Cloud on the run near CC's end). So I wonder, if she harboured any feelings for Genesis at any point, how she might act on them during CC, being a Turk and all.

I also think, if the opportunity of her being close to Genesis ever presented itself somehow during CC, she'd be really fascinated by/in awe of his feathers, and that might throw him off guard. (:< (I drop a few little fun tidbits of both of them in my fic, Thing With Feathers, that basically covers this XD)

Basically the potential for angst and drama and romantic/sexual tension lives in my head rent free lmao

And let's be honest they would just be such an aesthetic pair, especially now we've seen Cissnei's FF7: Rebirth outfit, hnngg. and she'd also be able to dish back whatever snarky/cheeky attitude Genesis could throw at her, too. oh, the trouble they could cause...

Now my brain is going off on a potential post-DoC Genesis/Cissnei thing, oh my god...

ack sorry I started rambling, thank you so much for popping this gem in my inbox! <3

[pixelpaladin24]

|| So ever wondered what was it like to have ADHD and obsess about a book? Ever wondered what it feels like to finish said book? Knowing it's over? Done? No more pages to turn, no more knowledge to consume? No more words from your favourite characters? Ever felt that sudden drop in dopamine when you remember "oh, I know it all"?

What a hateful feeling.

In the past few years, I've developed a habit of not being able to finish books.

Then Dune happened this year and I finished not only one book of the series but two during the course of like, three weeks, and I absolutely hate this feeling.

I am gutted. I am an empty shell. A hollow husk. Wow.

I should've put it down when I was in the middle of book two and leave it at that.

Gods. This shit fucking hurts.

I hate it.

I'm restarting book one tomorrow.

[theafictionados]

Every Afictionados Best Line Award (Blanche)

Riverdale Episode 716: Stag by the Afictionados Podcast Network

[featherlumina]

What’s your favorite quirk/habit you give the cc cast when you write them?

(Glad you’re back in this mess :D, also yes everything behind gen SHOULD be on fire)

Thank you so much for the ask! :D I'm going to stick to who I've written so far, but that's still quite a few to think about! I hope you enjoy my silly/angsty/cute snippets. :3 Genesis He annotates the crap out of any book he owns. Don't get me wrong, he's got pristine copies of all editions of LOVELESS reserved for viewing only, but he's also got versions exclusively for scribbling notes and interpretations in the margins. In one particular copy, though, the notes start to get choppier, rougher, more...unhinged, as the degradation drags from months into years and his desperation for a cure deepens, particularly after the Nibelheim incident. Angeal This man can take a nap anywhere. Up a tree, in a rock crevice, in a military truck that's careening into every pothole by a careless driver... Angeal is the king of shuteye in unlikely places. It's very handy on rough missions. Sephiroth Likes to exercise his authority as a First to refuse any SOLDIER missions that even vaguely assist Hojo's research out of sheer spite. Genesis is incredibly proud of him. Zack This guy is a chaos cook, and by that I mean he just throws whatever crap he has available into a pan and just vibes. The 'throw anything together' habit he picked up from Angeal, yes, but he missed the 'think about sensible flavour combinations' part. Cloud He's a nervous fidgeter and has a lot of anxious energy that needs to escape. Drumming his fingers, leg bouncing, fiddling with his earring, picking skin, you name it. This behaviour is more prominent in his infantry days, too. Cissnei She's a collector, and by that I mean a collector of small keepsakes and trinkets found on missions around the world. Being raised in a orphanage meant that she barely had any possessions growing up, so she treasured anything that was hers and hers alone. Sometimes it's silly things from gift shops, or interesting rocks, feathers, scales, etc.

(She definitely kept a feather from that Genesis copy in Sector 8, for example.) Lazard You think this bloke only started embezzling money from ShinRa when Genesis defected? Not a chance. A lot of it gets funnelled to his non-ShinRa relatives, but also gets channelled into charitable projects around Midgar supporting people of the slums.

[erb23]

Finally getting around to watching the *specials*.

How is it that "He who shan't be named" always writes au/personality swapped versions of the mc always having accurate reads on how self centered and selfish the deuter is.

[densewentz]

Update: Nilla still lords over her flock, unrepentant 💕

goddddd guys we got the last of our little flock today (finally) and my older girls are playing very nice with my new babies but Nilla just. Lords over them all, unrepentant.

she's a menace.

(The rest of my new girls are a mix of Olive Eggers and Ameraucanas)

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

@slayerkitty @blmpff bringing this back to manifest Khun Feathers return to us this year.

[blmpff]

Third time is the charm lol, how do we like it?

[pickletrip]

Khun Feathers playing a vital role, as usual.