#Development of Final Fantasy VII

[schtinkybeanz]

ℤ𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕒𝕚𝕣 (mod)

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[umbrvx]

unleashing this from my files at long last

[thirtytwobeats]

Final Fantasy VII Sketches by Leandro Franci

[beeftendergroin]

inspired by that depressed red jester painting but make it cloud strife with his 6'7" psychological baggage

[moonilit]

Tifa’s doodles, with Cloud knowing full well she is an excited chief ✨

[nickysfacts]

Cloud was cross dressing and breaking masculinity stereotypes before it was cool!

🎀👗🎀

[protemporescitor]

Call me crazy, but love triangles don't usually involve one's siblings.

[bardic-tales]

Psychic Wounds and Sacred Fire : A character deep dive for Bianca Moore, a FWC / FF 7 OC

There comes a point in the trajectory of any tragic anti-hero where survival ceases to be enough. For Bianca Moore, an original character within the hybrid universe of Final Fantasy VII and Fantasy Worlds Collide (FWC), that moment arrived not when she was captured by Shinra, but when she was reshaped within the crucible of a psychic warzone known as the dreamscape, the mindscape that has always existed between Sephiroth and Bianca.

This article examines that defining trauma: not merely as a backdrop but as a transformational event that redefined Bianca’s identity, goals, and relationship to power. By situating her experience within the framework of internalized corruption, prophetic fate, and rebirth, we trace how her submission to Sephiroth’s vision became both an act of devotion and a calculated rebellion against the cosmic systems that failed her.

Possible Trigger Warnings: abduction, body horror, child loss, experimentation, gaslighting, grooming, manipulation, mental illness, obsession, religious trauma, self-harm, suicidal ideation, torture, trauma, violence

Bianca Moore’s defining crucible was not a single moment of pain, but an 18-month stretch of psychological degradation and spiritual fragmentation under Shinra’s control. Captured and experimented upon during “Project N,” she was infused with S-cells and Jenova matter. Her body was broken and reformed in Hojo’s sterile laboratory. However, it was not the physical torment that defined her, but the mindscape built around her suffering. Here, within a shared dream-world architected by Sephiroth’s fractured psyche and their shared soul-bond, Bianca faced the embodiment of her shame, loss, and buried desires which was twisted into weapons meant to either consume her or remake her. The dreamscape became her crucible. It is an unnatural womb where she was reborn.

Jenova’s corruption had, in fact, preceded the laboratory. From her second night in Gaia, Bianca was already being infected by the cosmic horror’s influence. The red string of fate binding her to Sephiroth had blackened long before Shinra’s intervention, subtly twisted by Jenova’s parasitic influence. This corruption granted the alien presence a foothold in her dreams during her vivisections and experiments, plaguing Bianca with visions that blurred past, present, and possible futures. These nightmares were not arbitrary. They were engineered, invasive hauntings designed to confuse her sense of identity and loyalty.

When the first S-cells entered her bloodstream, the psychic influence intensified, causing her visions to rupture into waking hallucinations and further unmoor her from Gaia’s reality.

The effect on Bianca was profound. She internalized the belief that her suffering was part of a larger design, that her trauma had purpose. Her loyalty to Sephiroth solidified not out of love alone, but because she interpreted their shared pain as divine alignment.

Project N didn’t just graft cells to her. It rewired her philosophy. To survive, she embraced her torment, folded it into her identity, and transformed it into resolve. This is why she later saw herself as an agent of cosmic reordering. The kilonova she seeks isn’t just destruction. It’s her warped version of liberation, purification by fire and collapse. Through the annihilation of the old world, she can finally transcend the systems that commodified her pain.

Yet, what makes this crucible so complex is Bianca’s lingering ambivalence. Even in godhood, she retains a sliver of resentment: not toward Sephiroth, but toward the systems that enabled his fall and her corruption. She blames Shinra, yes, but she also despises the divine hierarchy that allowed such suffering to persist. Her inner world is one of perpetual negotiation: between vengeance and rebirth and between submission and sovereignty. She no longer sees herself as a victim, but neither does she fully see herself as healed. The scars from Project N remain visible: some literal and others spiritual.

Bianca’s perception of this trauma remains paradoxical. She loathes the girl she once was. She was fragile, confused, and desperate to belong. She also guards that memory like a sacred wound. That younger self, tormented and discarded, is the root of her resolve. She honors it through destruction, by ensuring that the world which permitted such violence is never rebuilt in the same shape again. Her crucible taught her not just who she was but what she would never again allow herself to be. In this way, the trauma became her religion, the dreamscape her altar, and rebirth through fire her gospel.

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[demynom]

Why does everyone to feel the need to prove Their Girl is the canon ship in ffvii. I think the narrative is a lot richer if you acknowledge cloud has deep feelings for both Aerith and Tifa, just like they have for him and each other.

[sephirthoughts]

look i've watched every playthrough and cutscene of every FF7 game but standing there in Zack's shoes and watching Sephiroth's mind break in person hits different man. i love to joke around and say he did nothing wrong for funsies but now i seriously think it's just dead-ass wrong to call him evil, or even culpable for his actions after that.

he had a psychotic break and got mindfucked by a millennia-old alien whose literal talent is mindfucking people into destroying each other. the things he did were 'evil' in the deeply diluted sense of the word, meaning that they were destructive and harmful and caused the deaths of innocent people. but to even suggest that a deeply mentally ill person suffering from an actual psychotic break [an episode of psychosis in which an individual loses touch with reality, characterized by disruptions in thoughts and perception, making it difficult to distinguish what's real and what isn't (National Alliance on Mental Illness)] is ontologically evil or irredeemable because their actions while psychotic were bad is kind of fucked up. like a lot fucked up.

and yeah people love to say that if he weren't the most beautiful person to ever exist in a video game, i wouldn't be defending him but that's literally because the game studio itself wouldn't have realized he's a selling point and started giving him a deeply empathetic backstory. they know what they're doing. i would happily defend an unattractive villain in the same exact position except there isn't one.

also sephiroth being physically beautiful is part of his tragedy. it's not his fault any more than being unattractive would be his fault. it's a thing that was done to him. it was a thing that was done to sell him to the public by shinra (and ironically also by the game devs). they didn't put him in that leather coat and bare-chested titty harness accidentally. and ironically his superior physicality stops people seeing past the surface into the absolute mess inside. he looks perfect he must be perfect. he's an abused child who looks like a sexy superhero.

ps. i don't mean he should get a free pass to forgiveness-ville and be allowed to oopsie-doopsie his way out of mass-murder just because he's unwell, i'm just saying it makes me sad to hear him called evil just because he's deeply mentally ill and really really powerful and wants to destroy the world with fire. i feel that way like three days a week i just don't have superpowers and a wing and a nine-foot long sword

[trialnumbergamma]

turns out his birthday's tomorrow so if I don't end up drawing anything for it happy birthday king

[zorostitties]

ok but serious question. why is the ff7 fandom on twitter so fucking stupid. like fr. why is everyone so STUPID. i feel like all of them played the game with their asses given the amount of SHIT they say. everyday i open that goddamn app and see the most vague, superficial, DUMB take on the story/characters. ships got their brains rotten istg

[rocktis]

fanon my beloved vs. fanon my beloathed

beloved - zack's nicknames for cloud (spikey, sunshine, cloudy, etc) - kunsel has hacked into shinra's database and could cause massive damage to the company on a whim by tapping a few keys beloathed - "zack's so stupid lol he's such a himbo" - "cloud's just a cocky asshole who doesn't care about anything but money and himself"

[wandringaesthetic]

Of the many things I appreciate about FFVII Remake/Rebirth/Reunion (and I know this is in part because it has many of the same people working on it as the original) is that they didn't take this worshipful tone with it. This game and this setting are weird and goofy and campy. You are going to play this minigame where you ride a dolphin, you are going to play the piano to a bunch of cats if you want Tifa's limit break, you are going to fight this whackjob on a motorcycle. And you are going to like it.

[thelunadiviner]

i'm thinking about making a pinned post but for now, hiii i've gained enough confidence to write and post said writing so here's a link to my first ever post on AO3 (its a valenwind fic for my fellow VW warriors).

i'd like to use tumblr to connect more with fellow squeenix fans because i lowkey miss having mutuals/people to talk to </3

[incorrectshinraquotes]

Rufus Shinra: So, Martial Arts and Rod. Rufus: According to this, you two are being accused of: Armed Robbery, Vandalism, Drug Abuse, Grand Theft Auto… Martial Arts (F): We had a bad day. Rufus: And… Murder?! Rod: It was a pretty bad day…