#'genesis—angeal—and I.'

[getvalentined]

Sephiroth's face when he's talking about Genesis and Angeal utterly wrecks me. He so obviously loves them both so much.

[ovegakart]

NONE OF THESE MFS CAN DRIVE

[berabare]

6 fluffy, 8 spiky, 1 bald

Take one

and take care of it

[feathercreates]

"Old friend... I miss you so much. I'm so sorry."

[wowa-bublord]

ALL u need to know about AGS

[ffa07aa]

I know my fixation on media became serious when I draw animal crossing version of my fav characters. anyway

[birthdayboy-ilu]

Old meme + blk sephiroth

[rocketbirdie]

Weird thing that bothered me about Rebirth and I want to hear other people's thoughts.

Um... Why did they gentrify Gongaga? I can't be the only one who feels cheated by the chummy suburban development vibe in Rebirth.

OG Gongaga is an isolated village deep in a jungle. It's possible to completely miss the first chance to visit, because it's practically unheard of. All the young folks fled to the big city. A reactor blew up and killed most of the inhabitants, leaving the town in a state of decay. The houses are falling apart, the people are desperate, it's derelict and miserable.

An understated theme in the OG is how life is difficult without modern technology. Avalanche sets out to destroy these reactors without considering the consequences for their own futures, thinking "well it won't be easy but i'm sure it'll be fine." Gongaga is the story's way of showing you just how fine everything is going to be— despite being in a lush rainforest, long since violently cut off from Shinra's influence, these people still suffer immensely.

I wanted to see it in hd so bad honestly. The splintered rotting wood, the furskin rugs, the dirty brick walls. The unspoken yet unignorable trauma. The mournful purple twilight that quietly hangs over the whole village. I wanted to see the survivors' spiteful determination to make things work without mako.

Instead we got a squeaky clean Crisis Core rendition of Gongaga, with its down-to-earth upbeat stardew valley soundtrack and generic hard workin' country folk. The houses are like... twice the size i expected them to be. Neat and tidy, no holes in the roofs, no dishevelled interiors. No sign of struggle. Everybody is content at worst.

The reactor may as well have never exploded. Nobody talks about it. We hear some bullshit about Shinra trying to "make amends" or compensate people for the damages, and that's about it. Apparently everybody's just fine with this, because all of the original version's resentment and grief is gone.

Don't even get me started on the barker stationed at the town entrance. "Come experience nature's bounty!" Man... why are we treating it like a goddamn hippy tourist attraction. OG Gongaga would have had someone knock this kid's teeth out.

Idk I'm just sad. The melancholy is what made Gongaga so memorable despite its bump-in-the-road identity. I wish we could have gotten that instead of one big callback to CC.

[emotionalwarmth]

I finally made this Part 2.

[genesis-rhapsodass]

Putting my vision out for the young Soldier 1st Class trio dynamic before Ever Crisis comes around to disprove it

Of course they'll become thick as thieves eventually, but I like imagining there being a short period right at the start where Sephiroth tries to meet up with Angeal, but can't escape having to also hang out with this excitable, overly friendly redhead who keeps getting between his befriending attempts. Just imagining Angeal fussing over Genesis' uniform or something, Genesis kicking up a stink over it, embarrassed to be treated like some child in front of Sephiroth, and Sephiroth watching like "Ah man... That's nice, Angeal is so thoughtful... If only it was me."

[prismaticpichu]

What passing SOLDIERs see as Genesis and Sephiroth go at it:

What Angeal sees, knowing the two are fighting about who invented the color yellow:

[bigfatbreak]

more ff7/first soldier ranting. laughing my ass off that sephiroth's little dream sequence of his perfect reality involves his mommy loving him and making him his favorite food, because my poor son. wants family more than anything else. and thats it

and then Angeal has a fantasy of being in Genesis' shoes and everypony loving hiiiim and complimenting hiiiim and he's the one that invents banora white juice and he's the one that's well-read and ambitious and everyone's sooo proud of him

and im laughing my ass off bc he's had such a complex about Genesis since CHILDHOOD and has just been taking constant potshots at him struggling to find a way to knock him down a peg because of his blinding envy. yeah here's your unconditional hero everyone. mhm. yup he's the most honorable guy here. the stupid fuck who fantasizes about doing everything genesis has ever done while constantly putting him beneath himself because his pride is incandescent in spite of not earning any of the accolades Genesis worked for. yup. total team mom there

[valentimmy]

finished the sunburnt sephiroth doodles months later

[jjinpang]

[wowa-bublord]

Idk what Genesis is complaining about. Ever since his pregnancy both Angeal and Sephiroth have been looking VERY puffed up, swaggering around all proud of themselves. Embrace this gift, Genesis. Your husbands certainly are.

(but don't let Sephiroth name the baby because otherwise you're getting a kid named Jenova 2 or Murderbox 64 or something)

It's a good thing genesis will handle the embarrassment of this misunderstanding perfectly normally! (Lazard... will have to file a LOT of incident reports this day. And even more paid medical leave requests)

[soggy-fishsticks]

TW: Disturbing Imagery!! ⚠️⚠️

also ignore the stupid huge ass flipaclip logo 😭😭😭