#otwtas

[renohasbigtits]

Really sad fact but in On the Way to a Smile, Red raises two bear cubs in a forest for the next two years between OG and Advent Children and the clubs eventually get separated him and he unfortunately sees that they were killed by hunters ;-;

[stygiansis]

"She felt Cloud's hand on her shoulder. 'He's holding me here, anchoring me so I don't get lost', she thought. 'I can cry as much as I want now. Then I'll be ready to lean on his shoulder. Because I sure don't know how to do this by myself." - On the Way to a Smile, Case of Tifa: Page 37.

[silver-wield]

Huh, turns out Tifa was already in the bed just like we said. Wtf is wrong with English translators?

And here's the original English language version from the movie boxset. Still the same as the JP. Weird how the extended novel added something that didn't exist. Bit like Sena taking a scrapped asset and adding a line to the graveyard scene that didn't exist.

[necroflame]

okkkkk wait I just finished your rafe fic and I have a question about the bath scene, is that supposed to be mirroring ophelia's death since y/n played her in the play?

Spot on baby spot on!!!!

I’m actually so glad you noticed this because I was so proud of that detail ngl lmao, are you a fellow theatre nerd?

[stygiovictoria]

my friend vincent

[oddlyspecificff7headcanons]

vincent visits yuffie in wutai on occasion and they have sleepovers (yuri also joins them often)

[just-absolutely-super]

so we got black whispers who are in league with Sephiroth and now there are white whispers...

considering the imagery up to this point, the white must have to do with Holy/Aerith/Lifestream or something

[sleepininabox]

oh i am trying SO hard not to be a hater about this but im struggling to think of an activity i would find less enjoyable than reading the compilation novels through a shipping lens

[altocat]

Is there any hope for Sephiroth? Or is he doomed to semi-exist in the lifestream and hate Cloud forever?

More or less, Sephiroth is stuck as the villain until his soul can finally peacefully pass on into the Lifestream for good. And that's a matter of Sephiroth's choosing. Some people argue that it's Sephiroth's Jenova cells that prevent him from moving on, but in OTWTAS he's shown to be able to relinquish bits of himself into the Lifestream, namely his memories. The Remnants were able to dissolve as well. And I do believe the canonical explanation was that Sephiroth's hatred and will were simply so strong that he REFUSED to dissolve. Something of that nature.

So in order to escape his own doomed fate, Sephiroth has to CHOOSE to let go. It might not be the comeuppance that his victims would have wanted, but it's the ultimate endgame for every living creature on Gaia. And Sephiroth is human despite everything. He has to let go of himself and move forward in peace.

[silver-wield]

Canon be wild 🤣

[skadren]

Yuffie 1-10 :3

send a character + questions

i haven't played intergrade, so i assume there's quite a bit i'm missing there in terms of yuffie's character, but i'll do my best. since this is a little longer, i'm putting it all under the cut!

why do you like or dislike the character?

yuffie's definitely a fun character! admittedly not one of my big faves, but i'm fond of her nonetheless. regardless of the struggles she's grown up with, she doesn't tend to blame or resent people who have wronged her. she's lively and willful, knows how to have a good time, and isn't afraid of defying tradition.

2. favorite canon thing about this character?

i really like the story she gets in her episode of otwtas re: how wutai deals with geostigma!! it really shows off that despite being young and immature in some ways (like not thinking things through), yuffie is selfless and really cares about helping people. she'd much rather try to find a solution she can act on in the moment instead of dwell on impossibilities also learning that her dad sucks absolute BALLS and she's so used to it that she barely even cares about how he fucks up explains a lot about her whole. why she is how she is

3. least favorite canon thing about this character?

not quite a criticism of canon itself per se, but since she's an optional character in og, she doesn't get a whole lot of important dialogue or characterization there. hoping rebirth will live up to its promise of making both yuffie and vincent more integral to the storyline :)

4. if you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would it be?

i think she'd be fun in a serialized comic or manga!! the adventures of materia hunter yuffie :)

5. what's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

cop out answer but. the wutai ost. i feel like i have a strong association of all the characters with "their" intended soundtracks

6. what's something you have in common with this character?

not much in personality at all tbh but i mean. i'm east asian, she's east asian-coded.... i guess that counts

7. what's something fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

it's fun when she's everyone's bestest and most favoritest little sister menace and she drives them all up the wall i think she should be allowed to do that more often

8. what's something fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

i don't even ship her with anyone but some fans say shipping yuffie at all is icky and predatory and grossbad even when she's portrayed as over 18 because she's "minor-coded" but are perfectly fine shipping 15 year old tifa or 16 year old cloud etc etc etc like i'm not saying it's the racism but sometimes it sure feels like it's the racism

9. could you be roommates with this character?

not if she's going to steal all my shit and not put it back in the right place!!!

10. could you be best friends with this character?

well. i mean. same as above, honestly

[dutchdread]

What makes you think Cloud revolves around Tifa? I ran into one of your asks posts with an anon saying that Cloud doesn't revolve around Tifa but you disagreed. But you never really made a good argument as to why you disagree so tell me, other than Cloud wanting some attention from Tifa when he was younger, how does his life revolve around her? How does his life revolve around her in CC, OG, OTWTAS, and AC when for most of his life, he dodges her?

"when for most of his life, he dodges her?"

Since when is dodging someone not the most obvious example of your life revolving around someone? Try robbing a bank, I guarantee you that you spending your life running away from the police and dodging them is a form of your life revolving around the police.

As for why Clouds life revolves around Tifa, first read my canonical breakdown of the story of FFVII:

Ok, so Clouds life revolving around Tifa, lets start, and while going over this, remember that these issues are not irrelevant backstory. These things are so important to Cloud that they cause him to create a fake persona, and later are what cause him to again discover who he truly is. I can't stress this enough, but:

EVERY SINGLE EVENT IN CLOUDS SUBCONCIOUS, IN THE SCENE THAT IS ALL ABOUT DISCOVERING WHO CLOUD REALLY IS, REVOLVES AROUND TIFA:

1: As a boy he wants Tifa to notice him, when she gets injured he blames himself to such an extent that he develops a fear of failure.

2: As a boy Tifa was important enough that Cloud would be unfriendly with all the other kids just because he wanted Tifa for himself.

3: Tifa so important that Cloud starts dreaming of being a soldier just to get her to notice him.

4: Tifa is so important that Cloud joins the army and is voluntarily experimented on, just in the hopes that Tifa would notice him.

5: When coming back to Nibleheim, Tifa is so important that Cloud is so ashamed of failing to become that noticeable person that he spends his time in his hometown trying to avoid her, and feeling sorry for himself.

6: Then when Tifa got stabbed she was so important that this gave Cloud enough strength to vengefully throw Sephiroth, the strongest Soldier, into the lifestream.

7: When Cloud thinks Tifa is dead, she's important enough that Cloud makes an entire fake persona that wouldn't fail her like the real Cloud does.

8: When Cloud returns to Midgar, Tifa is so important that he starts playing out this fake persona, and that he starts helping her with terrorist actions just because he had promised to protect her as a child.

9: During this time, Tifa is so important that he has flashbacks talking about how this was "just like when he failed her".

10: During this time, Tifa is so important that Sephiroth is constantly alluding to said failure by saying "you're too weak to save anyone", "you've failed again, I see, but through failure you will grow strong, isn't that what you want"?

11: During this time Tifa is so important that Cloud screams her name in panic anytime she seems to be in danger, and is constantly trying to protect her.

12: She's also so important that he starts trying to play nice with the members of avalanche simply because she asked him to.

13: She's also so important that he talks gently to her, when he does that for no one else.

14: She's also so important that he instantly starts making excuses as for why he doesn't need more money.

15: She's then also important enough for him to put on a dress, perform a dance act, and try to seduce Don Corneo in order to save her.

16: She's important enough that merely hugging her is a gigantic deal for him that "crosses the boundaries of friendship" and causes his mind to go 100 mph just trying to figure out the best move, and panic when he thinks he may have hurt her.

17: She's then important enough that he specifies that "her opinion is the only one that counts".

18: She is then important enough that when she loses her faith in him his mind breaks and he gives the black materia to Sephiroth. At which point he also singles out Tifa SPECIFICALLY as the person he's sorry to most. Again showing that she's in the forefront of his thoughts.

19: She is then important in his life in general when she spend endless days taking care of him while in a coma.

20: She's then important in that she jumps in his subconscious to help him piece his mind together, where we discover that Clouds entire life since he was like 6 has revolved around the "tender memories locked deep inside his heart" for Tifa lockhart, and that this has been his raison d'etre for everything that has happened so far in the game and his life.

21: She's then important enough that when Cloud tells everyone to find the thing that's most important for them he goes nowhere and spends his presumably last night on the planet making love to Tifa.

22: After that she's important enough that Cloud states that he thinks that while his life has been a series of failures so far that his life will be different from now on since he "now has her".

23: She's then important enough that she's described as his "most important person".

24: She's then important enough that they start living together, raising children together, running a business together, and generally "start a family together".

25: She's then important enough that he obtains such a peaceful life with her, that he starts feeling guilty about how happy he is.

26: She's then important enough that he becomes afraid of losing said happiness.

27: She's then important enough that it's her words that cause him to find the strength to try and find forgiveness.

28: She's then important enough that living with her is described as being Clouds promised land.

29: She's then important enough that Cloud describes them as a family in "the kids are alright"

30: She's then important enough that they're still together during the events of Dirge.

Any objective impartial observer would conclude that Tifa has consistently been portrayed as the most important person in Clouds life from his childhood all throughout what we see of his adult life, and it's not even close. The only person who ever gets close is perhaps his mother when he was young and even she seemingly takes a backseat when it comes to his memories. Fact is that the reason you don't think Tifa is that important, is because you have a misconception of Cloud, Clouds psyche, and the story of FFVII in general. Tifa matters, Tifa matters A LOT, which has been explicitly stated time after time after time. If you think she doesn't, you shouldn't be asking me to prove that she does, you should be asking yourself what it is that you're not understanding that causes you to think that the girl whose been stated by the developers to be the heroine of the story, to be Clouds most important person, "doesn't matter". Clearly you're wrong about something if you think Tifa doesn't matter. The idea that Tifa doesn't matter shouldn't be your conclusion, if it is that should just serve as proof that your starting premises were wrong.

[scorching-passion]

Don't be mistaken~

Roche isn't attracted to motorbikes. He is simply quite passionate about them; the riding, building, and maintenance.

I actually HC that the mechanic Cloud befriends and commissions to build Fenrir in OTWTAS could actually be Roche before geostigma took him.

Fenrir was Cloud's pride and joy, but Roche's final hoorah.

[kimmimaru]

More Turk good stuff from OTWTAS:  ‘Even though the company was essentially no more, the president and his subordinates still organised themselves according to that now irrelevant hierarchy. It was natural to them, but to others, they seemed like they were children playing ‘office’.

‘If it was a game, they played it with fervour and intensity. Indeed, they played like school kids lost in their make-believe, like kids who had only one another and no other place to call home.’ Yup, just stab me in the heart it would hurt less. Lol. Every time I re-read this book this part gets to me. Rufus, Reno, Rude and Tseng literally have no one and nothing else. 

[fauzhee10069]

Decided to redraw a scene from SBR, for my crack ship (rare pairing) in FF7, sephirus.

It’s ABO AU with arranged marriage theme, they were in their late teens. Since I’ve played FF7 First Soldier, I used a military-issue long coat for Sephiroth and PS1 design for Rufus in the flashback.

Also, this ship is not meant to be healthy with happy ending, I warned you.

For the full story, just keep reading (you’re not obliged to read it though)...

Let's begin with... Sephiroth x Rufus, I call it "sephirus" for short, it's actually my OTP despite it's being highly unpopular rn, as until now they don't (have a chance to) interact at all.

But I can't help, my reason is that... sephirus will be the OP pair, Sephiroth the war hero and strongest being in FF7 verse whereas Rufus in a different way has the power as well in FF7 verse (being the heir and later President of Shinra Inc. afterall). Other reason is that Rufus' highest priority in FF7 story post his 'ascension' is chasing and stopping Sephiroth at any cost, rather than building 'moar power' like his father did.

Then with ABO element, I like the idea of O!Rufus leading Turks as his pack, and I have been influenced by an ABO  fic "Day 4: Pack" when O!Cloud also rules the SOLDIERS pack. I want to implement this in my fanfic idea as well. Though in my mind, I'd like the idea of all Turks & SOLDIERS as the alphas instead of mixed dynamics.

Yeah, so it's about A!Sephiroth and O!Rufus, I want to start them as "forgotten childhood friends", I've found fellow tumblr user who has nice idea that Sephiroth & Rufus were childhood friends in the past, Papa Shinra sometimes brought Rufus to Hojo's lab & he accidentally met Sephiroth there, befriended.

According to remake timeline, Rufus should be slightly older than Sephiroth now, Rufus being born as Omega disappointed his dad, that's why he used to belittle his son according to OTWTAS: Episode Shinra.

Later, Sephiroth was born. Sephiroth is considered to be Hojo's "masterpiece" and Papa Shinra regarded him as his "golden boy", plus... he is an Alpha.

Then this idea comes, that Papa Shinra & Hojo agreed to betroth Sephiroth & Rufus because why not? For Papa Shinra, it will bring an outstanding publicity stunt for Shinra and boost his company's image in the future. A union between war hero and Shinra's heir is a dreamed union ever. For Hojo, it could be just him being ambituous and getting closer to Shinra... idk. Plus, he might be wish for Sephiroth to reproduce, he needs to know more about his specimen. For that, Hojo needs a womb, and Omega has the best womb.

Though, to be honest, 'sephirus' can't have that normal & healthy relationship, it'll be always toxic at one point. Prior to FF7 and Crisis Core, Sephiroth was this good boy with righteous moral, but Rufus was already that manipulative bastard and corrupted thanks for his dad's upbringing. He was manipulating Sephiroth in the past. By the way, although Sephiroth was still sane at the time, he was already possessive at heart (to Rufus).

I don't know whether they eventually married or not, but at least they had sex at some point. Flashforward to Sephiroth's madness, Rufus lost his leash over him. And what Cloud did to him during his madness, Sephiroth began to obsess with him.

sephirus unofficially breaks up, but in public they're still technically engaged (or married). Sephiroth was declared dead as in canon, so it looks like Rufus became a widow.

However, when 'Sephiroth' comes to kill Papa Shinra, it is rumoured that he did it for Rufus.

And it is not known whether Rufus eventually fell for Sephiroth.

Up to here, I don't have a clear idea anymore, but the end-game pairs would be 'sefikura' ... or 'barukura'/'zakura' and 'tsengru' ... or 'Rufus x Turks'.

The irony of sephirus would be that when it was about Rufus' manipulating good boy Sephiroth, now the tide has turned. As Rufus rediscovered his empathy and Sephiroth fell into the madness, it becomes about good guy Rufus' stopping the calamity which is Sephiroth.

Now let's talk about the babies, I have the idea to turn cancelled!Stella Nox Fleuret into Stella Shinra, she would be the daughter of sephirus. Born in September 4th [ μ ] - εγλ 1997 (she will be 10 years old in remake timeline), her birth will be spectacular as the sole Shinra heir, the Alpha female and (technically) Jenova's granddaughter.

Then about sefikura's babies, I think I will just follow Goddess of Royalty’s ABO version of 'Cloud is the Remnants Carrier' Verse.

My FF7 ABO world-building:

All Turks are Alpha, because sometimes they need pheromone and Alpha's growl for intimidation (usually during bodyguarding) but mostly they pose as Beta, using scent blocker (for espionage purpose).

All scientists are Beta, except Grimoire, Hollander and Hojo (which makes them Alpha). And that's how Hojo considers Omega as 'treasure'.

Omega male has better tolerance to mako than Omega female, but they are very rare in number (hence, even Cloud's mako intolerance is still considered better than how Omega female would reacts).

There is no written dynamic requirement to join SOLDIERS, but there is also hidden rule that they will dismiss Omega. It is just coincidence that the ones who make it into First Soldiers are all Alpha, while most Third ranked are Beta.

Cloud is a late bloomer, he actually was presenting during Nibelheim's incident.

So yeah, it's more or less like that for now. Thank you for reading this, have a nice day!