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🎵 If you're hoppy and you know it...

Flap your ears! 🎶

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Matching 🎀

Self indulgent aeriseph sibling scribble as usual

I originally scribbled this out of spite when I found out I couldn’t submit platonic prompts for something I was debating on participating LMFAOO

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Tracks with motifs from One-Winged Angel in FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (2020), dev. Square Enix

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Vincent Valentine || pt. 196193jmystorageisdying91

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Light my fire

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AERITH GAINSBOROUGH & CLOUD STRIFE FINAL FANTASY REMAKE INTERGRADE (2020) dev. Square Enix

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However cold the wind and rain I’ll be there to ease your pain However cruel the mirrors of sin Remember beauty is found within

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Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

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raccoon stickers are here for patreon this month and they look SOOOO good I’m so excited about them - patreon is in my pinned post and you can get one of these guys if you join this month!!

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Unfortunately Square played right into my hands by giving Angeal Latin limit break names, so let’s have a look!

Serit Arbores - literally, “He plants trees.” It’s most likely a reference to Book 1 of Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations, “On the Contempt of Death,” which features a fictional speech by Cato the Elder praising elderly farmers that dutifully tend to their fields for the benefit of the next generation. Cato quotes a line from the poet Caecilius Statius:

“Serit arbores quae alteri s[a]eculo prosint.” (“He plants trees so that they may benefit another generation.”)

I believe this could be a reference to Angeal’s SOLDIER Honour, the legacy that he passes down to Zack.

“SOLDIER Honor, the catalyst for Genesis's change in values, is the Gift of the Goddess for him. As SOLDIER Honor represents Angeal's wishes, it can be said that Zack, who inherited Angeal's wishes, was the Gift of the Goddess for Genesis.” (Crisis Core Complete Guide, 2008, p.274)

Angeal’s legacy, carried out first through Zack, and later Cloud, serves to benefit others long after his passing. Additionally, his dreams and honour speeches were given to many of his junior SOLDIER members and continued to inspire them too:

“He has said, "If you are to live as a hero, as a SOLDIER, and as a decent person, you must never forget your honor." Those words made a deep impression on his younger colleagues, especially Zack, and lived on in them.” (Crisis Core Ultimania, 2007)

This is why I believe the choice of this Limit Break name to be very intentional. Of course, given that one of Angeal’s weapons is a shovel (😭) we could understand it at the surface level meaning (Farm Boy Angeal planting apple trees 🤠🍎), but isn’t it fun to dig a little deeper?

Ad Astra - “to the stars.” This could go in many directions as it’s a popular motto on its own, but perhaps its most frequently seen within “per aspera ad astra,” “through hardships to the stars.” I think this could be a reference to Angeal’s life journey, which saw his humble beginnings in a poor family and his rise to the very top ranks as a SOLDIER First Class. It also may reference his wings:

“The white feature, as well as being a symbol for Angeal, is also a symbol for ‘wings’. The “wings” which cross the ‘blue sky’ is Angeal, and it also includes the hint that in order to reach those heights, dreams, he needs to overcome many difficulties.” (Crisis Core Complete Guide, 2008)

The idea of having to face many hardships on the journey towards the fulfillment of dreams seems built-in to the character of Angeal, and why I think that quote is the one they’re referencing in this limit break.

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WHAT YEAR IS IT???

Sorry I fell off the social media bandwagon again!

Important things first, Cricket update.... he's grown into a majestic chonk and has bonded to my old girl Briar.

Unfortunately he still hasn't grown brain cells.

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ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴏᴋᴀʏ.... ʟᴇᴛ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ . ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴏᴜᴛ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴄʀɪᴇꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ.

ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ (ᴠᴇʀ)

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Me when I have a new hyper-fixation: Who's impulse control? I don't know them.

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Crisis Core PSP Japanese Version (2007)

ジェネシス：騒々しいな　子犬のザックス

(Genesis: So noisy Zack the Puppy.)

Crisis Core PSP English Version (2008)

Genesis: Settle down... Zack the Puppy.

Crisis Core Reunion (2022)

Genesis: Settle down...

...Zack the Puppy.

Aaaaaw, Angeal told his mom and his friends the private nickname he gave Zack. Angeal talked about Zack to them. That's so cute! 🥰

Ever Crisis - Crisis Core (2023)

Genesis: Hello, Zack.

You miserable mutt.

*record scratch*

Wait. WHAT?

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grrr

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Rapunzel + food