#FF7 Crisis Core Reunion RP

[defiant-ex-soldiers]

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 ᴍʏ ꜰᴇᴀʀꜱ

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘐'𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴  𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕥 𝘞𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝓂𝓎 𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝘐𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 ʀɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ

Rules | Muses

((Since I have so many different versions of Cloud on here now, I figured I’d make a promo for just them. My blog is Independant, Selective, and also Duplicate friendly (and OC selective). We do not have to be mutuals for me to RP with you.

  Cloud muses on this blog:

  Remake Cloud

  Infantryman Cloud

  KH1 & 2 Cloud

  Advent Children Cloud

  I could also be persuaded to play lesser known versions of Cloud (like Dissidia Cloud).

  Other muses on this blog:

  FFVII Verse of Terra from Kingdom Hearts (He shares the blog with Cloud)

  Mateo the Infantryman (He is a Request-able muse) 

 Please like or reblog if you would like to interact! Be sure to specify a character or I’ll just toss a Cloud at you. 

  Just be mindful of spoilers for the FFVII Remake and Crisis Core Reunion on this blog!))

[rhapscdos]

I'm about to get wild, unhinged, off my rocker- here's Genesis is /blue/

[annjiru]

#  𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐮    ⸻   a    private,   selective    angeal    hewley    of    ffvii:    crisis    core.    written    by  eros  (they/them).  25.  est.    july    2014,    revamped    july    2022.  

rules.    verses.    thread tracker. 

[getvalentined]

Sometimes postcanon Genesis manifests in my brain and says "you'll be drawing me now" and I automatically go "I SURE WILL" and then black out for an hour and come to my senses with art on my screen.

I really love the ponytail/hairbow combo when Genesis has long hair, but I've never posted it before.

Bonus sketch, in which he is focused on tailoring a jacket for Cloud:

[geneshisuu]

geneshisuu — an indie, selective genesis rhapsodos of the final vii franchise (covering crisis core, dirge of cerberus, and beyond!)

written by sonny, established october 26, 2022

rules | character page | icon credit

[honorisen]

Hiiii!! I am back again but with a random question. If that's okay.

What made you pick up Zack? What made you stick with him? What was your thoughts upon picking him up vs now? o:

◈ ooc. Tbh the year was 2020 and I think I was just looking for a change of pace when it came to my RP blogs? Crisis Core was actually the first game in the FF7 compilation that I’d ever played start to finish ( back in 2010, I think? Smol me went in cold with ZERO knowledge on the story and CC proceeded to ripped my heart out...buuut that’s a story for another time!) 

But because of that, Zack’s always held sort of held a soft spot with me? So that’s probably why when the fandom I was currently in at the time absolutely died on me, he was my next choice! The FF rpc was 10x more active and that meant I could actually find people willing to write.

So Zack just kinda moved in, has managed to stick around for almost two years now, and I’ve still got zero regrets on making that jump! He’s been a fun muse to pick apart from canon and build up! Aaaand with CC Reunion coming up soon, I don’t really see him being a muse I’ll up and lose motivation for any time soon either! 

Zack just kind of fills the muse type I always seem to go for: the bright, outgoing, golden hearted protag that keeps to their values and stays pure to themselves no matter how much the world tries to screw them over -- so he’s been a fun muse to have around tbh.

[powerofsoldier]

Mobile rules

Ff7 reunion Icons  on this blog made by: @dresspheres

Icon frame made by: me

All muses except for Zack  has their own side blog.

Please be 18 or over I am not comfortable with minors following and interacting with me.

For comfort, characters that are underage in Crisis Core need to be aged up to be at least 18. This is not for the purpose of writing Smut  but for the comfort in general for everyone.

Please don’t assume that just because I haven’t put a heap of effort into my blogs that I won’t but effort into a rp. 

semi para  - multi para 

3rd person required

Your posts don’t have to be the same length every time, they can vary. Sometimes the muse for multi- para just isn’t there. I feel you, I  don’t always have the inspiration to post more than one or two paras. It all depends on what’s going on in the thread.  As long as I have something to work with it’s all good!

No OOC drama please I’m here to have fun, not deal with toxic bs

Don’t follow me if you aren’t going to interact

No reblogging memes from me please

Send in the whole meme sentence not just the icon

I have a link to all the memes I’ve reblogged so people can pick something f no matter  how long go I reblogged it.

Send as many memes as you want. I accept memes no matter how long ago I reblogged them.

Do not rush me for replies. I will get to it when I get to it

My activity will now be unpredictable so sometimes I’ll be slow while other times I’ll reply rather quickly.

I will let you know If I am dropping a thread.

No force shipping. Pre-determined ships can be discussed, however if I don’t feel comfortable with it I have a right to say no. I prefer interacting characters (unless they already canonly know each other) first to see if they build chemistry.

I don’t just do romantic ships.  Hate-ships, platonic, familial they’re all also welcome here.

No HATE   NOT LGBTQ+ HATE Please! You will be blocked if you send hate or if I see you giving hate to someone in the LGBTQ+ community! 

How to approach me for rp

Follow me

Message me and ask if I am interested in interacting with you or send in a meme, reply to an open starter or reblog/ like a starter call.

Do not  I repeat, Do not write me a starter without first approaching me to discuss a plot etc. Surprise starters are only allowed if we have been roleplaying for awhile or we are friends ooc

If I follow you first, I will  approach you to ask if you want to plot something.

[rp-sephiroth]

Is the FF7 remake now making the Compilation non-canon?? My friend gave me these news and I don't know if it's genuine information.

(continues:) My friend hates this possibility. She loves Crisis Core, and having that become non-canon brings several concerns.

Thank you for your question! 

A quick google search earned me no confirmation of this statement. But as a writer of FF7 fanfic writer/Sephiroth-roleplayer/Leiden university student of literature, I shall do my best to give you and educated and conclusive answer instead.

TL;DR: It’s unavoidable, and will have far-reaching implications for fandom community, but it will be OK and below’s why.

What is canon?This definition of canon from here is what I will be using in this post: 

Canon - a term borrowed from the Catholic Church, meaning ‘established truth’.  The definition of ‘canon’ is a bit vague, but is usually understood to mean the body of works upon which a fandom is based, and any information contained therein.  This is sometimes extended to include information in guidebooks, interviews, and other such sources.  Also used to refer to information from different versions of a story: for example, the school uniforms in Harry Potter ‘book-canon’ are different from those in ‘movie-canon’. 

It is a way for the creators to indicate “this is the set of in-game truths and rules we are working with.” It’s a way to keep the rules that govern the world consistent. In Final Fantasy VII, one can either regard just the OG (original game) as canon, or the entire compilation as canon.

What happens if canon is made invalid?   This happened to the StarWars fandom. Around the first 6 films were novels, lego, books, fanarts, and fanfictions. This franchise is incredibly interesting because it does not make canon top-down (from the creators to the plebs), but also accepts work from fans (bottom-up). 

An example: anyone could write a StarWars book, as long as they stuck so guidelines set by the official creators and had it checked for approval. Anyone could be a stormtrooper, as long as you used the exact right plastic moulds and sent pictures of the finished product to the official people who approved it. (My first boyfriend did this for his cosplay.)

Anyway, the novels continued the storyline after film six (I believe all the main characters had children). But when LucasFilms and Disney embarked on making the 7th film, they decided to throw all that worldbuilding (universe-building) away. Why did they throw it away? Because for legal reasons authors cannot read fan-fictions and this post explains why (link).     In short: if the script writers of film 7 were to base film 7 on an any canon work, a fan could claim “I wrote a fanfic about exactly this” and face huge legal charges. Even/Especially a franchise that has a very agreeable bottom-up treatment of canon and fandom culture, has to watch out. Rey from film 7 is a completely new character, with her own timeline.

THUS THERE IS A BIG CHANCE THE CANON OF THE COMPILATION OF FINAL FANTASY 7 WILL BE DECLARED INVALID.

In the past, how has FF7 fandom dealt with canon vs new canon? A long time ago, the Original Game (OG) was the 'mothership’. Sephiroth was portrayed as evil. To give him any sign of niceness in fanfiction was considered out-of-character and greatly discouraged.Then FFVII Cisis Core came out, and certain fans rioted against the game’s portrayal of a kind, awkward Sephiroth.

For the Final Fantasy VII Remake to be identical to the Original Game with updated graphics would be impossible. Such a game would not sell. There will be changes in the game mechanics, dynamics, aesthetics, and narrative to make the game contemporary. I feel two ways about those changes: frightened and joyous.

How does it relate to online FF7 fandom communities?Now our 'canon’ 'mothership’ is the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Our current fandom community is built around what we have learnt of the compilation. Because FF7 is so big, it’s impossible to know everything about the story and characters and mechanics. People specialise, and draw on each other’s experience. 

My area of specialisation is Sephiroth, with in-depth knowledge of his scenes in Advent Children Complete, Crisis Core, Before Crisis, Kingdom Hearts, and Original Game. I’m still learning about his Dissidia, Ehrgeitz, and other versions. This knowledge of this character and interpretation of this character gives me social merit in roleplay communities. It’s said if you put 1000 hours of work into learning something, you are an expert. I’ve been writing Sephiroth on and off since I was 14. I’m 26 now. In my niche, I am an expert. Fans ask me questions about Sephiroth because they trust me to provide a plausible answer that conflicts least with canon.

But if/when the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII will be declared invalid, social status based on the no-longer-canon Compilation will be rendered useless. This means that when I make a statement on Remake-Sephiroth, all my arguments based on experience of (years!) of development of my Sephiroth will be useless. Scary.

This will upset the social structures of the communities. Experts are no longer expert. With the release of the first episode/chapter of the Remake, new fans and old fans start learning at the same time about the 'new’ canon. They will have the same chance to become expert. The one fan who will put in enough hours, will get most social status, will be crowned expert. 

Old groups of friends may stick together. New groups will form. New sub-communities rise. Some fans will riot against new information, as they did insisting that Crisis Core Sephiroth couldn’t be kind/awkward/friendly. More about attitudes and a ‘desired attitude’ later.

How can FF7 fans and roleplayers negotiate with old canon and new canon to find a position which they are comfortable with?The use of the word headcanon will go through a shift. 'Headcanon’ will no longer be a combination of traits/habits one puts on the character like a sticker (my trademark headcanon is that my Sephiroth puts his hair in a braid/my belief that Sephiroth follows the Jenova Omega Theory). Instead, the word 'headcanon’ will return to its old meaning: “In my head, this set of rules is canon.” The word 'headcanon’ will then refer to a set of metaphysical choices on how the FF7 world and characters function as a framework.

My friend @askcrv2 solved this question ingeniously. I’m taking a detour into the Vocaloid fandom: she writes a singing android robot. With robots, there are new versions every few years. The voice bank is updated. New songs. New merchandise… - and thus new canons. Nowadays version 4 is common. She writes version 2. She had her robot hide in a warehouse to avoid the garbage pile. This way, she can both stick to her old canons, but also in the new versions, her old version is still valid. Her robot complements new canon. Compliments to the writer!

The Compilation of Final Fantasy VII is fun, and I love it.It is not perfect. There are glaring inconsistencies. These plot holes could be changed in the Remake. But it’s not wrong to love the Final Fantasy VII from 1997 and style your preferences to that version.

IF/WHEN it’s made invalid… How do we as fans continue?When the Original Game and/or the Compilation as a whole be declared invalid, it will hurt. I will have to renegotiate my attitude towards Sephiroth as a character, and to the story as a whole, and find back my position in a new community. 

This game has kept me captivated for many years, so I have high hopes for the future product. I expect that the managers/teams/designers of the company have improved with 20 years more of experience. The Remake is being re-made from scratch. I have respect for the game team’s hard work and sacrifices. I imagine that every change in the  ’new canon’ will be a thoroughly-debated decision. The promotional video (link) of the Remake reveals the attitude the game-makers would like to see in the fans:

The reunion at hand may bring joy, it may bring fear, but let us embrace whatever it brings. For they are coming back. 

And that’s best of all. After 20 years, FF7 will be coming back. It’s not the fandom’s job anymore to re-create the world. The original creators will tell our favourite story back to us, and we can sit back… until we start making new fanworks!

Let’s embrace whatever it brings. 

Let’s make fantastic fanworks, and build warm communities.

The canon of the Compilation of Final Fantasy 7 will never be a forgotten memory. The Compilation will live on, inside us. I hope this post sufficiently answers your question. Tell your friend not to worry.

– rp-Sephiroth.