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Genesis talking to Cloud about Sephiroth’s obsession with him: I don’t understand, what could you have possibly done to make him this obsessed with you?!

Cloud: I literally stabbed him in the back and it turns out he was into it.

Genesis: Hmmm, maybe if I stab Sephiroth in the back, then he will finally consider me a worthy rival.

Genesis: *stabs Sephiroth*

Sephiroth: ....

Genesis: Ah ha! Now you must accept our rivalry and truly fight me! Fight me with the same passion and fury that you fight your little blond!

Sephiroth: Who are you?

Genesis: EXCUSE YOU? YOU KNOW WHO I A-HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

Sephiroth: To fight my "little blond." Goodbye Genesis.

(Genesis is left baffled and offended for several minutes that Sephiroth forgot him before realizing the Sephiroth knew his name and was therefore fucking with him. He's so pissed that Sephiroth messed with him, though not as pissed as Cloud is when he finds out Genesis referred to him as Sephiroth's little blond.)

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On the heels of what that anon said, it's both really tragic and really endearing at how quickly Sephiroth takes to people who treat him like a normal person. There's a poetic irony there because he later latches onto Cloud because Cloud is an EXTRAORDINARY person who manages to wound/kill him.

But anyway:

Rando: "Would you please pass the toast?"

Sephiroth: "Would you like to get married?"

He craves normalcy so much that he naturally gravitates towards people who make him feel comfortable. He found Glenn first and got to experience what friendship was like. Then he met Angeal (and Genesis) during a tough time, and they became his closest friends. He liked Zack because he treated him like a regular person, not some legendary hero —and that was helped by Angeal's influence.

And through it all he was always searching for the connection to his mother he never really had, which is why he ended up latching onto Jenova when everything fell apart 🫠 it's depressing when you think about it. I think with Cloud it's because at that point Sephiroth believed he was ✨the chosen one✨ and Cloud dared to defy him, so began the lifelong fascination/need to control/predatory fixation. But anyway:

Person: Aww, how sweet. How long have you two been together?

Sephiroth: It all started when burned down his village and killed his mother, and then he stabbed me. Such a romantic moment— our eyes met, and he was absolutely transfixed. I'd say that was our first real intimate encounter.

Cloud, as Sephiroth clings to him like he's a cat and Cloud is the last snack of the day at the fish market: HELP.

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The good news? Sephiroth and Zack get along just fine when presented with a common enemy!

The bad news? Cloud discovered one of my more prickly hedgehog decorations and tried to play with it. It was his squeak of pain that led to Sephiroth and Zack teaming up to take down the common foe.

(Cloud is fine, I'm letting him snuggle in my sweater while I work so he doesn't notice his boo boo.)

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nooo don't cry

Everything will be okay

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We need a sefikura version of the MTV ghosted show, where Sephiroth has no idea why Cloud ghosted him, and later the producers find out about....everything Sephiroth did.

Sephiroth, talking to the producers: Yeah, no, things were going great between us, but then he just ghosted me. I met his mom, saw where he grew up, I told him my dreams, he was really supportive of me! I just want to know why he did it. Cloud: You killed my mom, burnt my village, manipulated me, and essentially forced me to help you and harm my friends. Also we were never dating.

Sephiroth: Yeah, I have no idea why he ghosted me.

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No no, imagine being Cloud Strife and this is the first thing you see when you open MuTube in the morning, and then a bunch of the things he did to you is on the list.

And you're just left wondering "how did they know about all these things????"

Did one of your friends make this video? Are they exploiting your trauma for monetary gain? Or worse...is this Sephiroth? Is this Sephiroth's MuTube channel????

imagine being cloud strife and this is the first thing you see when you open MuTube in the morning

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Wanted to add a bit more to the Cloud and Sephiroth dating before Sephiroth went insane since Cloud does get his memories back with Tifa’s help. Cloud having to process that Sephiroth was in fact not lying all those times he claimed they dated. They really were dating, and they were also each other’s first love! Sephiroth was the even the person Cloud had his first kiss with! And from what Cloud can remember the relationship was good, Sephiroth never tried to coerce him into doing anything he wasn’t comfortable with, they were both just happy to have each other. Upon finding out that Cloud remembers their relationship Sephiroth is very happy and thinks that Cloud will finally join him and they’ll be together again! But obviously Cloud is not going to take him back, he loved him and maybe deep down there’s a part of Cloud that still does, but he’ll never willing be with Sephiroth after what he did. And of course Sephiroth is blaming everyone else but himself for this.

I think I ought to write a little ficlet for this!

When the Lockhart girl repairs Cloud's mind, Sephiroth feels a slight twinge of hope.

He'd rather the girl had failed, of course. Although he knows that with time he will be able to sneak past Cloud's new mental security and control his puppet once more, it's still incredibly frustrating to be blocked from Cloud's mind. And for the one to have stolen Cloud's mind away from him to be the damned childhood friend?

Tifa Lockhart will suffer a thousand deaths before Sephiroth forgives her.

Still, despite all the downsides of Cloud's mind being repaired, Sephiroth can't deny that he's not entirely upset by the outcome. Because with his memories returned to him, Cloud can no longer deny that they were are dating.

It could almost not matter that he can't control Cloud anymore because Cloud remembers that they are in love. Cloud remembers him--their joy and their happiness and how perfect they were--and Cloud will be his again!

"I don't belong to you," Cloud growls.

"What?"

If Sephiroth was capable of it, he thinks he might cry.

"I don't care if we dated once; I'll never join you, and I most certainly will never belong to you!"

Cloud is....lying. He's lying or confused or just spewing whatever nonsense his so-called friends forced him to say!

"You don't know what you're talking about," Sephiroth says very carefully as he slowly approaches, "You remember everything Cloud--you know that we are dating."

Cloud doesn't move from where he's planted his feet, even as he subtly shifts his weight as if he's preparing for a fight.

"Were," Cloud corrects, "We were dating. Like, past tense, no more, never again! The moment Nibelheim started to burn we broke up."

Sephiroth doesn't respond, instead closing the last bit of space between them as he wraps his hands around Cloud's wrists while leaning in for a kiss.

It's a beautiful moment, even as Cloud knees him in the groin.

"What the hell! Were you even fucking listening to me?" Cloud demands when Sephiroth stumbles back.

Truthfully, he stopped listening the moment Cloud stopped making sense. They're dating, and there is nothing Cloud's "friends" can make Cloud say or do that will ever change that.

"Do not worry," Sephiroth promises as he unfurls his wing, "I will deal with those who get in our way. Soon your "friends" will be gone and we can continue our life together."

"Don't you fucking dare!" Cloud screams.

Sephiroth merely smiles.

Soon. Soon he and Cloud will be together again.

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He got into my books one day. At the time I was reading Secret Rendezvous' by Kobo Abe not knowing what happened towards the middle/end. I've been...monitoring him much more carefully ever since. They don't have the best media literacy.

Cloud also got into my book on Russian politics and seemed quite intrigued by the discussion of terrorism.

U shld let Sephiroth byte Zack.

I know you sent this, Sephiroth. I have photographic evidence of you typing on my laptop.

Also buddy, we need to work on your spelling.

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U shld let Sephiroth byte Zack.

I know you sent this, Sephiroth. I have photographic evidence of you typing on my laptop.

Also buddy, we need to work on your spelling.

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"You used me!"

"No, I put you to a purpose. It wasn't as if you were doing anything with yourself anyway."

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Found it! Just a little section:

“Now," Sephiroth hums as he turns to face the trooper, "What were you thinking, attacking your superior officer?” 

“Z-Zack t-told me to…to…kill you…” 

“So it was Zack who turned you against me. Well, if I wasn’t planning to punish him for trying to kill me himself, then I’d certainly have to punish him now. 

“N-no. Zack is—Please—please don’t….don’t hurt—don’t hurt him.” 

“Do not be afraid. Your stuttering is absolutely abhorrent.” 

Then, much to his surprise, the little thing snaps at him. 

“I’m not fucking scared of you! I’m upset! You just killed my mom, burnt my village down, nearly killed Zack, stabbed me, and then you didn’t even have the decency to fucking die afterwards! The only thing you can do to me is kill me, and I’m not afraid to die right now!” 

“So if I were to tell you to beg for life?” 

“I wouldn’t do it! Kill me! Do it you monster! Finish off the last person of Nibelheim!” 

The trooper (Cloud, Sephiroth learns is his name) settles down quickly. The trauma of his home’s destruction and the pain of his injuries leave him rather shell shocked. So much so that after his initial struggle had died down, he had been oddly obedient ever since. 

Despite his shell shock, however, Cloud remains true to his word by refusing to be scared of Sephiroth. He’s wary of him—deeply uncomfortable and generally nervous of him too—but he is not afraid. 

“Nibelheim was not an innocent place.” Sephiroth tells Cloud.

“That doesn’t mean it deserved to burn.” 

“Does that same logic apply to me, Cloud?” 

“You’re different.” 

“Oh? Am I?” 

“Nibelheim wasn’t innocent, but it was still good. You’re not good or innocent. You’re genuinely a horrible person.” 

“Just because a town treated you well doesn’t mean it was good.” 

“What the hell, are you trying to justify the burning of my village to me? And they didn’t treat me good! They made my mother and my life hell! Half the people you killed used to beat me up daily! And the older townsfolk certainly didn’t do anything to help my mother when she was struggling! So stop acting like you know everything cause you don’t know shit!” 

Before the Nibelheim incident Cloud and Sephiroth were secretly dating, which Cloud doesn’t remember due to him gaining Zack’s memories and forgetting his time as an infantryman, and while Cloud currently has no memories of their relationship Sephiroth obviously does, and despite what happened in Nibelheim and the reactor he still loves(in actuality he’s now obsessed with him now) Cloud, and blames Zack for what happened then, and now blames Cloud’s friends for Cloud denying him, and he’ll make sure they pay for it. Cloud was one of if not the best thing that ever happened to him, he will have him in his arms again, Cloud will love him again, and they will be together for all of eternity.

I don’t know if you ever watched Kim Possible growing up, but I distinctly remember this one episode where Kim lost her memory and she just didn’t believe that she and Ron were dating. Ron spent the whole episode trying to get her to remember and Kim was like “nope, doesn’t sound right” while Ron slowly lost it. 

That’s kinda what I’m imagining for Sephiroth. He’s trying so hard to convince Cloud that they were dating but Cloud just isn’t buying it. The problem Sephiroth has too is that he can’t even try to be like “if we weren’t dating, how would I know about xyz private thing?” Since Cloud can just accuse him of being in his head.

You know, this kinda reminds me of a draft I have somewhere in which Sephiroth actually uses his wing and therefore doesn't die after Cloud throws him into the reactor. Sephiroth is deeply fascinated by the little thing who almost managed to kill him and asks why Cloud attempted to kill him, only to be enraged when he discovers that Zack was the one who prompted Cloud's attempt. Lets see if I can find the draft...

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Before the Nibelheim incident Cloud and Sephiroth were secretly dating, which Cloud doesn’t remember due to him gaining Zack’s memories and forgetting his time as an infantryman, and while Cloud currently has no memories of their relationship Sephiroth obviously does, and despite what happened in Nibelheim and the reactor he still loves(in actuality he’s now obsessed with him now) Cloud, and blames Zack for what happened then, and now blames Cloud’s friends for Cloud denying him, and he’ll make sure they pay for it. Cloud was one of if not the best thing that ever happened to him, he will have him in his arms again, Cloud will love him again, and they will be together for all of eternity.

I don’t know if you ever watched Kim Possible growing up, but I distinctly remember this one episode where Kim lost her memory and she just didn’t believe that she and Ron were dating. Ron spent the whole episode trying to get her to remember and Kim was like “nope, doesn’t sound right” while Ron slowly lost it. 

That’s kinda what I’m imagining for Sephiroth. He’s trying so hard to convince Cloud that they were dating but Cloud just isn’t buying it. The problem Sephiroth has too is that he can’t even try to be like “if we weren’t dating, how would I know about xyz private thing?” Since Cloud can just accuse him of being in his head.

You know, this kinda reminds me of a draft I have somewhere in which Sephiroth actually uses his wing and therefore doesn't die after Cloud throws him into the reactor. Sephiroth is deeply fascinated by the little thing who almost managed to kill him and asks why Cloud attempted to kill him, only to be enraged when he discovers that Zack was the one who prompted Cloud's attempt. Lets see if I can find the draft...

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That trend I keep seeing on instagram where people pretend they're someone else and suggest something beneficial to another person before accidently turning the camera around to reveal they're the one who would benefit but it's Sephiroth trying to get Cloud to give him the black materia.

"As a puppet, lets normalize giving the black materia to our--oh shit, how do I turn the camera back around?"

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While on their way to Midgar Zack tells Cloud that once he’s better their going to a bar and have their first drinks together.

When Tifa bring Cloud to her bar the first thing he does is ask her for two drinks. He only drinks one of them, and leaves the other untouched.

Why. That's so sad. What the hell.

I LOVE IT!

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What...the fuck....

God, and all the stage direction stuff. Remake really just is Sephiroth's fantasy where he actually has a chance with Cloud.

Sephiroth taking Cloud from behind is so insane. Can't believe this is an official statement from the Ultimania.

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6 fluffy, 8 spiky, 1 bald

Take one

and take care of it

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He's so proud of himself, the little shit.