#Ever Crisis Spoilers

[ryanthel0ser]

...Squenix come here a second I need to talk now

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:(

[rainbowcarousels]

I've been thinking about Sephiroth's having a tendency in Ever Crisis First Soldier to put his hand on his chest and that it seems to have made it into Rebirth as something he does.

The revelation that he used to wear a locket with his mothers picture there really does change the gesture meaning. I think he's reaching for for that. The idea he's still reaching for her roughly a decade after losing the locket really breaks my heart.

[onewinged-sephiroth]

😭😭😭

[phantomyre]

An eerie connection... (Ever Crisis Spoilers under 'read more')

I don't think this is a coincidental parallel. The wording, setting, everything. This is yet another Dirge of Cerberus connection. But what's interesting is how Lucrecia is being used in Ever Crisis. Speculations below.

Lucrecia is the center of both Vincent and Sephiroth's world, but with a dual nature. Lucrecia is a representation of reality vs illusion, purity vs corruption, light vs dark. When the ff7 dev team say that Vincent and Sephiroth have a connection, I think this is what they mean-- Lucrecia is the mold that binds them. But it's not just her. It's what she represents to each of them. At the same time, both Vincent and Sephiroth are disconnected from Lucrecia. Vincent's love for Lucrecia was unrequited, yet he was still drawn to her even if she never reciprocated that same affection towards him. Similarly, Sephiroth loves his mother-- but it's not Lucrecia, it's Jenova, in the form of Lucrecia. Jenova robs that affection that should have been directed to Lucrecia herself. Should Sephiroth ever meet his real mother, I doubt he would see her as the real her because he's already latched onto an illusion. If anything, I think First Soldier is setting the stage to make Lucrecia's role more prominent in part 3, particularly with regards to Sephiroth. Hopefully we get some First Soldier story in part 3, but it really makes a point to show how far gone Sephiroth is when it comes to his illusions of his mother. Whenever Sephiroth sees Jenova, a hideous monster, this is the face he sees-- Lucrecia. The connection between Lucrecia and Jenova is becoming way more intriguing outside of Lucrecia just having Jenova cells. It seems Lucrecia represents something much more complex. When it comes to Alissa (Ever Crisis FS SPOILERS), she exudes a lot of 'Lucrecia energy'. We know very little about Lucrecia's personality outside of the flashbacks in DoC. But what we have witnessed thus far shows that Alissa and Lucrecia have the same personality. She's playful, witty, charismatic and self-abasing (mostly). Now granted, this is Jenova being manipulative. And one could argue this is just Sephiroth's perception of what his mother's personality to be. But we do have to keep in mind that Jenova uses mimicry, plus her cells are inside Lucrecia (who is still alive). So I don't think it's far fetched to say Jenova has learned Lucrecia's personality down to a T. So when we see Alissa interact with Sephiroth, her words, personality, etc., I think it's safe to say we are largely witnessing Lucrecia's character as well. It's a bit weird to think that we're learning more of Lucrecia's personality through Alissa. Whatever Square has in store for Sephiroth's backstory involving Lucrecia, it's getting hella intriguing.

[sandushengshou]

[getvalentined]

EVER CRISIS / FIRST SOLDIER SPOILERS AHEAD

Hojo wasn't in control of Sephiroth's project until 1983-1984, after Gast left, just before Lucrecia tried to kill herself and wound up in the cave through means unexplained in canon.

We don't know when Hojo gave Sephiroth the photo, but he must have had it for years before that point, because he and Lucrecia clearly weren't really interacting outside of work after Sephiroth was born.

So Hojo kept this photo of his wife for years and then, at some point, gave it to their kid, told him honestly that it was a photo of his mother, and then lied to that kid's face about who she actually was.

Holy shit. Holy shit.

[queernoctis]

old crush acting up

[finallyfantasy7]

Me to myself: SOLDIER Weekly is not real. SOLDIER Weekly is not real. SOLDIER Weekly is not real. You can't subscribe to this magazine. You can't. It doesn't exist. Be normal.

Also me: Square-Enix I need this magazine published right now. I need Shinra propaganda articles about Sephiroth, and anonymous column with tips on plant care and frugality and honor from Angeal, and constant quotes and LOVELESS analysis from Genesis, and photos of Sephiroth with Genesis trying to photobomb him, and passive-aggressive quotes from Lazard, and fun facts from Kunsel with his photos always with his helmet on and people having no idea if it's Kunsel or literally any other SOLDIER 2nd Class... Square-Enix come oooooon!

[liberifatalis]

oh my god ever crisis episode 2 sounds so interesting. it's going to show us how sephiroth found/received masamume! and we also got this really gorgeous young sephiroth and young angeal art too!

[theghostavocadoe]

Little shit

[soldier-lodbrok]

Glenn and Refu

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Meanwhile Lucrecia's "Sweet Little Boy"...

[rainbowcarousels]

Sephiroth shutting down baby rookie Angeal is so damn funny. He's not wrong, they do live different lives but Angeal wouldn't let that stop him. Sephiroth having a teenage ugh reaction to a rookie is HILARIOUS. It wasn't on my bingo card but holy shit if you think you can outbrat a friendship with Angeal, he's got a redhead you should meet.

Seriously though, I can't wait for Oct 16th.

[onewinged-sephiroth]

THE LIFESTREAM IS THE ESSENCE OF THE PLANET. A CHURNING RIVER OF MEMORIES. AS THEY COME TOGETHER AND DRIFT APART A STORY IS GIVEN A SHAPE. AN UNPRECEDENTED TALE. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.

[phantomyre]

Say whatever you want. But she is beautiful.