#legacydriven

[sociallym]

Eight years ago today, I took this photo as I was leaving Dublin airport after my Dad’s funeral. I’d never felt loss like it and it took a long time for me to process. Without quite realising it at the time, I also lost something else. I lost the fire behind my business, Socially-M.

My Dad was always my biggest supporter. The founder of several businesses and self-employed himself for the majority of his life, he believed in me before I believed in myself. When he died, the drive that powered everything I was building quietly faded too. I kept going for a while, but the heart had gone. For a business focused on being social, I found I just couldn’t ‘people’ anymore.

Grief has a way of reshaping you. It quietly rewires your spirit and forces you to pause. To reflect. To change. Today, on the anniversary of this photo and my Dad’s passing, something finally feels different. Maybe it’s apt that it’s also #MensMentalHealthMonth, but I feel ready to change, to do something different.

I’m relaunching Socially-M, but not because I’m trying to go back to where I was. But because I finally understand where I want to go. This is a new chapter, built not from pressure or pace, but from purpose. From clarity. And yes, from finally being able to ‘people’ again.

So here’s to the next part of the journey, to building a brand with soul, with courage, and with the values my Dad lived by; honesty, hard work, and a bloody good sense of humour.

Here’s to anyone else who’s had to take time to heal before they could move forward.

It’s never too late to begin again.

#SociallyM #NewChapter #GriefToGrowth #InspiredByDad #EntrepreneurLife #StartAgainStrong #LegacyDriven #PurposePowered

[honorisen]

◈ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴏᴍʙᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴅᴇ — height starters. ▮ @legacydriven​

“I’m not short! I’m fun sized!”

And the amused hair ruffle that’d followed the smaller’s lowkey outburst would be Zack’s reply, too. He couldn’t really relate, but Shayan was also still a kid -- a kid with plenty of growing left to do, so Zack’s light chuckle would come with nothing but the purest of intentions. 

“And there’s nothing wrong with that! But being short’s not such a bad thing either. I mean, who else would’ve been able to crawl inside that cave we found the other day just to check out what was inside?” It wasn’t the 6′1 former SOLDIER, that was for sure. 

[sheridonna]

S.D and @sheridonna came along way. We believe that good design is not just about creating clothing it’s a blend of custom style, form, and functionality. It is also a form of storytelling. Our goal is to do business with people who believe In what we believe in. We are consistently challenging society’s definition of beautiful. Sheridonna Designs work with Kings amd Queens to create a masterpiece Exclusively for them. Our tag line is “it’s Done” 👑Quote of the day Every seam, every thread, every design has a part in the story. They contribute to the narrative of the empire. “ Sheridonna Enjoy ✨✨✨✨💯📚 #fashiondesigner #design #fashionistas #custommadedress #fashionempire #sheridonnadesignsllc #millionaremindset #sheridonnatheoneandonly #nonprofitlife #launchparty #2022 #favor #grace #legacydriven (at Silver Spring, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYkjz1NLgdQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[originalclassy]

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[shawneeharkins]

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[kalepwa]

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[sakurarisen]

Who are you?

Send ‘who are you’ to meet one of my other muses!

Small hands lifted the stuffed chocobo from the floor, quick to pull it to an equally as small chest for a tight hug. He couldn’t believe he’d forgotten to grab it - no stack of books was worth leaving his toy behind like that! “Sorry- I didn’t mean t’ forget Choco-” Or to get so wrapped up in his books he’d forgotten to head home before the sun set, but... At the very least, Gongaga wasn’t that big of a town. The worst thing that could cause him trouble was getting distracted on the way back!

Soft, almost glowing mako blue eyed peeked up at the librarian over the top of his toy’s head. “Don’t tell mom I was here s’ late? She’ll get mad-” Not that she’d be any too pleased he’d been reading about Shinra, but that was something he could hide on his own, books tucked safely into his stack between others on animals and Gongaga’s history. Still, she worried enough; why would he ever make things harder on her? “Choco says pleaaaaaase-”

...Definitely wasn’t him making the plush bird’s wings wiggle. Nope. Totally a real chocobo making a pleading gesture-

~~

Shayan Fair, Sera’s son, from @legacydriven! <3 He’s a four year old born in Midgar who she smuggles out and away to Gongaga after realizing he inherited some of Zack’s ( @honorisen ) SOLDIER augmentations, wanting to protect him from becoming a possible target of Shinra’s attention because of that and his connection to the then-missing Zack. He’s a gentle and sweet, adventurous boy, loving chocobos and his family and exploring, but knows something isn’t right within his family and doesn’t understand why his father can’t be there if he supposedly loves them as much as Sera claims.

It’s a hard lesson he struggles to come to terms with, putting him on a warpath against Shinra even despite getting Zack back in his Remake verse. He definitely doesn’t do well with stress, that’s for sure, but who says he can’t take it out with running around the jungle with his plush chocobo and dreaming of seeing the world and owning his own pet ‘boco?

[wingrisen]

Tag Dump!

[shinrarisen]

what was cissnei up to during ff7/remake, and what was her fate? (killed by sephiroth during his attack on shinra? or did she see all of 7/remake's events?)

Anons Always Welcome! <3 

By this blog’s canon, Cissnei actually was given a choice after failing to rescue Zack: Submit to Shinra control even more than she already had via being ‘moved to a different department’, or take an early retirement. Given she was one of the Turks who had gone against company orders to try and save Zack and Cloud rather than kill or capture on sight, there was no other way out for her, especially as a ward of the company raised within their walls - And Cissnei knew a little too well ‘a new department’ was just code for ‘go replace them as a test subject’. Full of guilt, refusing to let Shinra win, and unaware Zack actually survived in Remake verse, she took the option of forced ‘early’ retirement.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t that simple. It never is with Shinra.

Despite being ‘retired’ and no longer a Turk, Shinra still forces her to be a liason for them, dealing with the people on the plate in lieu of them... Y’know, actually giving a damn themselves. She’s still sent out on missions and does their dirty work, and being watched and stalked over every move she makes by them, just waiting for her to step out of line even slightly, has caused a resurgance of her issues with paranoia and some very severe struggles with guilt. Thankfully, she’s nowhere near HQ when Sephiroth attacks, but is horrified to find out what’s gone down, especially when despite everything, she still wants to help people. She wants nothing more than to see others smiling and living their best life, even if she doesn’t feel like she can be among them after what she let slide. Shinra’s done some good and she stands by that? But they’ve also done a lot of bad, and that... That’s a no bueno from her.

Regardless of OG or Remake, Cissnei works along with Kunsel to be an anonymous benefactor of sorts for Zack’s family, from his parents to the fiance (OG)/wife (Remake) and young son (Both) - Sera ( @sakurarisen ) and Shayan ( @legacydriven ) - he left behind. Though she doesn’t feel like she can show herself to them, she sends them ‘care packages’ under the name ‘Black Suit’ or simply marked with a ‘C’ through Kunsel, making sure the Fairs have everything they need to live comfortably and be happy. These packages also sometimes include old letters and pictures from Zack’s fanclub and her own personal collection, wanting them to have something to remember him by and smile at, just as she and many others still have. She’d do the same for Cloud’s family, but that’s... Just a little more difficult, given the state of Nibelheim.

However, in Remake, Cissnei reunites with Zack ( @honorisen ) while out of Midgar on a mission she’s almost certain was given to her in hopes she wouldn’t come back, and he both convinces her to and helps her escape from Shinra and Midgar as a whole, putting the former Turk on the run as well. She has yet to really show herself to the Fairs and things are still tense between herself and Zack, especially given all their secrets are now being aired out in full, and she can’t bring herself to actually stay in Gongaga given everything that’s happened, but for the first time since her family in the Turks, she’s finding peace. Control.

A life she can call her own, without Shinra breathing down her neck quite so hard.

[honorisen]

◈ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴏᴍʙᴀᴛ ᴍᴏᴅᴇ — ▮ one word prompts.

@legacydriven​ sent ::  wound, for Shayan!

“Okay, let me take a look. Seems like you scraped yourself up pretty good this time, huh, kid?” 

The question would come with a small hum before Zack reached over to pull up a small chair, placing it perfect for the smaller to sit so whatever he’d done to himself could be checked out. Shayan was definitely no stranger to trouble -- as the older of the pair was quickly coming to learn first hand, so Zack would snag a damp cloth to bring over before he’d crouched down, too.

 “So, tell me what happened.”

[cubrisen]

The kids have moved! You can find Amai, Hoshino, Akina, and Shayan from here on in at @cardrisen​!

Futhermore, you can find Shayan’s Final Fantasy specific verses at @legacydriven​! <3 All YGO verses and anything not FF related are at the above mentioned multi, Cardrisen~

See you all there~!

~Pom

[drewsdigitaldesigns]

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[originalclassy]

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[shawneeharkins]

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[sakurarisen]

[Yuga; Zack; Shinra Infantry sucks-]

❰❰ sakurarisen ❱❱

The familiar creak of her bow being drawn cut through the ever-present sounds of the jungle in reply. Stand down - Did he really think she was so stupid as to believe they’d be safe if she did that? There was nothing in Gongaga for them. No reason to have laid a hand on Yuga and Shayan. No ‘official business’ that should have brought them there, especially when the reactor had exploded years prior. They hadn’t cared then, leaving them village to fend for itself and deal with the aftermath on their own; why would they care now?

No, there was something else at play here, and Sera lowered her bow slightly, aiming her readied arrow towards the captain’s thighs with a slight narrowing of her eyes. “And I’ll tell you this one more time: I won’t let you set foot in this town. Maybe this time you’ll get that through your ears and into your heads. I know your skulls are thick, but I’ve never seen infantry with heads as thick as you lot.” Nor had she ever seen her hands so steady when she called on her materia’s magic, ice slowly spreading along the arrow from her fingers to the tip. One step… All she needed was one step, and she’d not hold back. He was already too close to her family for comfort, and she’d not stand for it if he kept pushing his luck.

But it was her boys she’d briefly turn her focus to next, keeping the captain and his men locked in her sights despite the softening of her tone and lower volume. “Shayan… If they come any closer, I want you to take your brother and run for town.”

“M-Mooooom-!”

“No buts. You’ll be safe - I promise you that much… But I need to you to get home, and lock the doors. If you see your father there, tell him to stay put and hide, both of you. Am I clear?”

“We can’t-”

“Am I clear?”

Small hands tightened their grip for but a moment, and she could easily take his whine as agreement. He didn’t want to and she knew it, but this was no place for either of them - Not when she didn’t trust Shinra to not target them, or use the boys against her. They had to get out, before they made a move towards harming them.

“The choice is yours now. Either you leave of your own free will, or I slide you back to Midgar as ice cubes for Shinra to defrost. Which sounds like a more pleasant experience to you?”

Yuga had found himself quietly standing behind the other two; his gaze snapping first to Shayan, then Sera, then to the men with their guns and haughty attitude trying to bully the three of them aside. They’d just gone out for a walk through the forest – something like this was the last thing the small boy had expected to happen!. But they couldn’t just run either…could they?

Another blink and Yuga had noticed the red, square shaped insignia on the cadets’ uniform. He recognized that symbol. Bold, powerful, unmistakable; even Yuga could quickly put two and two together that these men were from Midgar – from Shinra – and their ‘we’re just here to look’ excuses couldn’t be trusted as far as Sera’s bow could throw them.

They were definitely here because of them, weren’t they?

“ We’ve gotta go back, Shai. We didn’t bring anything with us that can help us out this time, so we’ve gotta go back. ” Yuga would agree, despite his wanting to standing tall and be stubborn, too. They just…didn’t have anything here that could help Sera push a whole army unit back-

So reaching up, Yuga would grab onto the back of Shayan’s shirt with a swift tug. “ C’mon! The longer we wait, the more time they’re gonna have to memorize who we are. The club house near the river should at least be safe enough, so…let’s go! ”

As proud as she was of Yuga and his level head, she couldn’t help but flinch; he was a good boy, brave, bold, and convincing enough she could feel Shayan’s tight grip on her skirt thankfully loosen enough she swore she’d hear footsteps any second now... But all the same, Yuga was far from a quiet boy, and a glance between the men before her confirmed at least two of them were looking about for the mentioned river already as it was. Smart he may be, but they’d have to work on his volume when it came to serious moments like this- “Keep each other safe, you hear me? No distractions. Get there and lock the door. I won’t let them follow after you.”

“But...”

She didn’t need to look down at him to recognize the conflict in his voice, or to know there was hesitation in the bright, mako-tinged blue gaze quickly glancing between both her and his brother. Shayan had never been comfortable leaving her, or any member of their family really, alone for any kind of task if he could help in some form, but... Yuga had a point, too. There was nothing but rocks and fallen branches and maybe a frog he could fling in their direction, and they’d probably get taken out long before he could take more than a step towards anything of the sort. They couldn’t help, and the recognition of that killed him, especially when he knew one of the outcomes regardless was-

“I promise. Everything’ll be all right, and once these guys go away, Dad and I’ll find you.” Dad - She didn’t dare speak Zack’s name in front of Shinra troops, though it seemed she wouldn’t need to, small hands releasing her skirt a moment later. Knowing they’d both come for the boys was likely the comforting thought he needed, Sera figured, shifting herself further in front of them. If they were going to run, she’d make herself their shield - No questions asked. “Be fast. I’ll be behind you in a few minutes.”

“....Love you, Mom-”

“I love you too - Both of you. Now go.”

The sound of fleeing footsteps and Shayan grabbing his brother’s wrist was all she needed to re-level her bow on the captain’s thighs, the blizzard materia set into the weapon’s frozen wing design glowing as the air around her dropped in temperature. Glittering ice crystals quickly formed, clinging to the grass and branches; all she needed was one step. One move against her she could call threatening to unleash a casting of blizzard and her own frozen arrow, eyes narrowing on the unit as a whole. If they wanted the boys and Gongaga, they went through her - And she came with enough ice to freeze them all three times over before they even got there!

“Time’s up. What’s your answer? Leave, or be turned into glorified ice sculptures? Because I can confirm you wouldn’t make very nice ones. Don’t think Shinra would appreciate the delivery of frozen infantry.”

[yourgirlsarchived]