#CRISIS CORE

[marydarkblacknoir]

MERRY CRISIS AND A HAPPY NEW FEAR! 🎄

Yayyyyyy

merry crisis

[foreststarflaime]

You always see the effectiveness of SOLDIER portrayed in their superior strength and speed—but what about their enhanced healing capabilities? I feel like that would be even more unnaturally terrifying. The superpowers are something that’s easy to dream of. But what about a warrior you’re sure you struck down with a deep gash, who you left bleeding in the mud, just getting up as you turn away and coming after you again. No matter how many times you strike them down, they just keep getting back up, an unkillable monster, built to outlast you, staying exactly the same as you succumb further and further to exhaustion. An endurance hunter. Even if you find a way to trick them, to get around their enhanced senses and superior fighting skills, you have something that just won’t die. Like zombies without the dead part

[rottenpumpkin13]

Vincent the time traveller in the vents but now it's Hojo who's suffering.

He starts having accidents like falling down the stairs and breaking bones but the cameras nor the Turks find the culprit. He becomes paranoid when he starts hearing the voice of Valentine mocking him and it gets worse when he finds he's the only one who seems to hear it.

*Hojo is pacing back and forth in his office while Tseng and Sephiroth sit calmly in front of the desk*

Hojo: This is unacceptable. I've been pushed down stairs, my lab equipment is sabotaged, and now there is a voice in the vents mocking me.

Tseng: Perhaps you're imagining things, Professor.

Hojo: I know what I heard! There's a voice mocking every action I take, and I want this resolved by both SOLDIER and the turks immediately.

Vincent, from the vents: "Cuck."

Hojo:

Sephiroth:

Tseng: Perhaps the vents are defective.

Hojo: Do you not hear that!?

Tseng: No, no. We hear it. We just don't think it's a voice of mockery as you say.

Hojo: Really?? And what do you call that!?

Vincent, from the vents: "You are a pathetic human being."

Sephiroth: Insightful commentary.

Hojo:

[thebunnybutts]

Me, drawing something other than Yakuza fanart for 5 seconds? Apparently possible. I do love these lil goobers -- Cloud has been a forever love of mine since I was a wee bunn, and it was so fun to draw him again~🩵✨️

Also, my shop is back up and running, so you can grab these two as stickers right over here!!

[theghostavocadoe]

sephiroth:

Sephiroth tries to join a friends group of 2 who have known each other all their lives, Unfortunately

[prismaticpichu]

Now that I’m thinking about it……..

Since Zack is our narrator, and since he’s directly relaying to us what Sephiroth did in the manor during those seven days…. doesn’t this imply that Zack visited Sephiroth in that span of time?? Sure, he can absolutely deduce the Sephiroth never left the manor (as he or the villagers would have likely seen him), but how does the guy know Seph didn’t take a break?? How does he know he didn’t turn off the lights, that they never went out and that he turned them back on…? Doesn’t it kinda seem… specific?? Doesn’t it seem like “I have no idea what he was doing in that library… And when he came out of it—“ is a lot more fitting for what we see in canon?? Because, honestly, if Zack DIDN’T know that Seph was doing nothing but reading (and actively turning his mind into mush in the process), I would actually argue it’d make more sense for him to deduce that Sephiroth really was possessed by something, as the change from “sad and hurt SOLDIER” to “mass murderer spewing nonsense about the planet” is a lot more jarring without that direct context.

Conclusion: Zack most likely DID visit Sephiroth during his final descent, finding him reading every single time he did… And we know that he failed to get him out of there ;-; ;-; ;-;

~

(At least in CANON, anyways x333 In Pichu’s la la land, Zack refuses to leave that manor without Seph by his side)

[halebobgr]

the specimen has a secret

[thorntopieces]

i'd like to think that the island of mideel is a sort-of ff7 universe equivalent to real-world iberian peninsula, with banoran being portuguese and mideelian being spanish. it's not as simple as that, of course, as (specifically european) portuguese and spanish are very different languages despite sharing approximately 89% of their vocabulary

but i'd like to think that it's a good basis for developing language and cultural headcanons for mideel. banoran is the far smaller language, with all of the residents of banora being expected not only to learn mideelian but also common at a very young age. their culture is similar to the rest of mideel while staying distinct, partially due to the influence of shinra moving their staff there around the time of gillian hewley's house arrest and partially due to natural cultural development differing despite small geographical distance

people from mideel generally don't learn banoran - they understand enough of it and why bother to learn such a small language if all the residents speak mideelian anyway. there are of course exceptions, but mideel in general also has very complicated views on banora due to shinra's influence over the time and banora's sudden rise to fame with its banora white production. it sucks to live so close to the source of the best fruit in the world but mostly losing access to it due to all of it being either processed into juice and other food items or being exported to midgar and the gold saucer

both genesis and angeal learn mideelian before they learn common, but by the time they join shinra they are more than fluent in all three languages, with only a mild accent betraying where they're from. genesis does more than angeal to hide his accent. while he's not ashamed of where he's from, he embraces the city life of midgar with all he has, even if it means picking up the same odd way sephiroth speaks. it's a lot of effort and whenever he gets top emotional he stops caring. angeal doesn't care. as long as he's understood he doesn't give a shit if he has a perfect midgar dialect or not

they still speak banoran together whenever it's just the two of them, and after a while they start to teach sephiroth some of the words. they're proud of their language and culture and will always always be quick to correct people when they say they're from mideel (we're from banora, you utter imbeciles - genesis, probably) because at the end of the day, it is its own distinct place with its own history, similarity to mideelian language and culture or not

[branules]

bitter

[getvalentined]

WIP snip! Postcanon Genesis not putting up with someone's bullshit. He wasn't originally going to have the phone, but I doodled it in out of curiosity and it gave such a delicious level of catty bitch energy that I had to keep it.

[altocat]

y'know how cats go ekekekkekekek when they see potential prey or something that interests them? do you think sephiroth does that, or has some kind of equivalent?

Cloud whimpering and crying and hiding under the blankets while Sephiroth starts ekekekekekekeking at him from his bedroom closet.

[bigdumbapple]

Rest in peace, Angeal Hewley. You would've loved therapy.

[ilminnestrone]

Guy who says grace before every meal *looks at Genesis*

Oh, do you mean as in worshipping every sliver of skin available before even thinking about going for the main course? Brushing his fingertips over every inlet and crevice of his darling's body, studying every reaction like an eager disciple?

O maybe letting his eyes roam over their perfect body, almost moved to tears at the privilege of having them right there, lying naked for them like a living statue carved by the talented hands of the Goddess herself?

Or perhaps giving in and letting his nose and lips slide over their quivering skin, inhaling their scent, intoxicating like mako and sacred like incense, his own breath caught as he dares to flick his tongue like a snake to savour the taste of his lover's sweat?

Does a gentle, insuppressible whimper against their hipbone, qualify as saying grace? Does their name, whispered as a prayer to ask them permission? Does the teasing begging of his icy eyes?

Is the rapture in his eyes as he finally sets eyes on the coveted prize adoration of his partner's divine nature?

"Thank you, my beloved," he would murmur, as if reciting the climax of Alphrid and Rosa's love scene, "your pleasure is my pleasure".

Yes, he's such a well-behaved, Goddess-fearing lad. ☺️

[sillyguysss]

Dumb fuckin bitch hours being 24/7 on the soldier floor pt2

After last week incident Lazard has confiscated Genesis fire materia, as a response to that Genesis has threatened two things: Mastering the other elemental materia and starting a union. Lazard isn't sure if a lightning swinging Genesis or a Genesis led union is more terrifying. Either way he has the dark premonition that he'll soon hand over that materia.

Angeal meanwhile has started some kind of rivalry with a Turk that for some reason involves stealing the coffee machine. Asking Tseng just earned him a deep sigh. Lazard feels empathy. Asking Angeal about it launched him into a rant and Lazard only remembers the words 'sale' '50% off' and the sentence 'This is the way of a true bargain hunter'. The coffee machine continues to change location.

Sephiroth is not high anymore, as Hojo has confiscated the catnip plush. Now he's grumpy and Lazard has already ordered a lifetime supply of them with company money. He can handle a high Sephiroth if it means spending company funds on something that will piss of Hojo.

Zack has started to drop of different living organisms he has found on the street in Lazards office. He is not yet sure what is the meaning of this, but the three different cats are surely enjoying the catnip plushies in his corner.

On of the living things dropped of in his office is Cloud, who Zack just leaves with Lazard in the morning only to pick him back up once it's getting late.

Cloud takes the second coffee mug , the yellow chocobo clearly marking it as Clouds, on Lazards table. He blinks.

"We have the coffee machine today?" Cloud ask before taking a sip.

"No. I made this coffee yesterday and heated it in the microwave"

[rottenpumpkin13]

Thoughts on Genesis being a parent?

So many!! I don't think Genesis would initially think of himself as the paternal type. Children would seem too mundane or confining for someone like him, who craves beauty, art, and innovation. He'd claim that his legacy is in his achievements, the pages of Loveless, or his invention, not through something as "ordinary" as parenthood. But the moment he becomes a father, his entire perspective shifts.

Genesis would treat his child like an extension of himself, like a blank canvas for greatness. He's indulgent, loving, playful, always engaging them in creative ways—reading them his favorite passages from Loveless, narrating stories in a dramatized way that makes them laugh. He'd play pretend games with so much commitment that his child might think he's actually a wandering knight or sorcerer.

When it comes to discipline Genesis would be firm but fair. He'd explain his reasons earnestly, but nag and tease for fun (this poor child would have to endure his wit)

Genesis: "My dear, must you sully your appearance with such mismatched socks? Have I taught you nothing about the art of presentation?"

He'd be an aesthete through and through, ensuring his kid's wardrobe is flawless, even if it means micromanaging their outfits—although he'd be big on self-expression. He'd spoil them with carefully chosen gifts: a handcrafted wooden sword for training, rare books with gilded pages....fire materia they definitely shouldn't have.

But at the same time, Genesis would have a nurturing side. He'd fuss endlessly over scraped knees or colds, wrapping them in the softest blankets and brewing warm drinks while reciting poetry.

Genesis: "Oh, my little one, a scratch such as this requires the utmost care. We wouldn't want you to be unable to wield your blade tomorrow, would we?"

*the kid says it's just a scrape*

Genesis: "Just a scrape? Do not diminish your trials, for even the smallest wounds tell a tale of valor."

When teaching swordplay + materia casting, Genesis would be both patient and demanding. He'd push them to surpass their limits while ensuring they mastered the elegance of the craft.

Genesis: "Your stance, darling. What did I say about balance? You cannot hope to strike down your foes if you look like a fledgling bird."

In conclusion, give this man a child.