#Veld is in on it tho

[moostelid]

Prompt:

Tseng is in hell.

Not only is his mentor much younger than he’s supposed to be, but he somehow managed to drag his presumed dead (emphasis on dead; this man should dead) partner back with him.

Shoved into a director’s position until the matter is solved, Tseng has to deal with his boss wreaking havoc.

He had thought reigning in Rude and Reno was troublesome, but these two are just pure nightmare fuel.

It also doesn’t help that Valentine seems to have come back wrong. (Surely Veld would have mentioned if his partner had always been a shape-shifting vampire thing—right?)

OR:

Vincent is a time traveler and Veld has been de-aged by at least 20 years. It’s Hojo’s fault, and they’ve decided to make it everyone else’s problem.

[tiri5459]

More Rufus from BC

[sukimas]

it’s a shame that people see the arguments between julius and manfroy in ch10 and endgame about julia as idiotball when in actuality they’re stupid fucking authoritarian infighting between a guy who thinks he’s talking to a teenager and a lizard who does not get why people aren’t taking it seriously. it’s really funny. manfroy wants to be pope soooo fucking bad.

[breserker]

i will say im taking psychic damage from cissnei being present

[canadian-riddler]

Escapade is truly the high school dance of EDM festivals

[foreststarflaime]

Me and @stargazing-zani were bored so have this list of what partner pokemon the ff7 crew would have

The Banora boys get the Applin variants. Genesis gets a Flapple and Angeal has an Appletun

Genesis also tries to deflect attention onto his much flashier Ceruledge in public tho

Angeal was also given an Aegislash by his father which he nicknamed Buster. Buster has seen too much as it’s passed down to Zack and then Cloud in turn, watching its partners suffer but unable to form the words to comfort them

Hojo tries and tries to get Sephiroth something big, ultra-powerful and intimidating, but Seph is set on the adorable Mew which found him and refused to leave his side. Still a mythical so Hojo lets him keep it but is very miffed

Cloud was adopted by a Galarian Zapdos bc chocobo. I don’t make the rules. I do feel like the character arc the Sobble line goes through fits him really well tho

Zack has an unevolved Rockruff for quite a while. When it eventually does evolve, no matter what time of day it is, it will inevitably evolve into Midday Lycanroc because Zack’s sunny personality is overwhelming

Aerith has a Tinkaton. They’re perfect for each other

I don’t know how to explain it but Mudsdale gives me Tifa vibes, also it was a powerhouse when I had it on my team and I love it

Hojo created a Mewtwo bc all other pokemon rejected him, but it immediately turned on its creator and murders him violently, preventing all problems and fixing everything without the need for time travel

Insane Seph got a Deoxys bc creepy alien. Maybe it is Jenova in this universe and starts corrupting him as soon as he gets it driving him insane

Rufus gets a Houndoom bc that’s basically what Darkstar is anyways

Cait Sith is basically just Meowth already, I don’t need to do much here. Maybe Perrserker to be the version from the Scotland area Pokemon game

Alternatively for Reeve I feel like Duraludon works, bc urban development and it reminds me of the Neo Midgar concepts

Heidegger gets either a Skuntank or a Granbull, idk which but vibes

Hehehe Vincent has a Cofagrigus

I bestow upon Yuffie the honor of Thievul. Loved it on my team and they both have the little shit vibes. She would also be an evil team grunt stealing everyone else’s pokemon tho, and honestly good for her go crazy Yuffie

I know for Kunsel it’s always the hack-y technology vibes. But consider. Always hiding behind a mask, never see his face. Mimikyu

Barret? Absol. Avalanche, impending disaster, perfect

I feel like Rude would like Urshifu

It would be absolutely hilarious to me then if Reno just had an Emolga

Scarlet with a Metagross

Why is Tseng so hard. Inteleon perhaps for the spy-y stuff

For Veld maybe a Wishiwashi for the Turk’s whole stronger in numbers found family thing

Oh dear god while writing this I thought too much about the implications of SOLDIER still existing in a world where pokemon battles replaced normal fighting. Maybe it was an experiment to splice human dna with pokemon to get humans to be able to fight using pokemon moves too? So like you go up against a SOLDIER, faint all 6 of their pokemon and think yay I’ve won, and then the SOLDIER just starts going after your pokemon themselves. They are their own 7th pokemon

[getvalentined]

What’s your opinions of the various ffvii compilation games?

Oh I am a huge proponent of the Compilation as a whole; I know that opinion is rare for someone who's been in the fandom from the beginning, but I'm an insufferable lore gremlin and I just eat up everything the series has to offer. I have three different copies of Advent Children (the original on DVD, ACC on DVD, and ACC on blu-ray) and even still watch Last Order on occasion.

The series itself is really fascinating and staggeringly consistent (I've talked about how the implied timeline of the Jenova Project as presented in-game is so consistent that it matches up with real-world human gestational science), with the exception of the FF7Re series—which I can deal with, since it's canonically on a different timeline and therefore any retcons there are literal in-universe retcons, which is pretty brilliant.

That said, I'mma put ratings for the pieces of the Compilation individually under a cut!

OG FF7: 9/10. would be 10/10 if the English localization were better. Where it all started, still one of my favorite games of all time.

Advent Children (+Complete): 8/10. Not a game, but part of the Compilation! Anyone who says the plot makes no sense doesn't realize that they're watching a sequel that relies very heavily on people understanding the history and characterization of every single character shown.

Last Order: 6.5/10. Also not a game, also part of the Compilation. Love that this is implied to literally be Tseng's coverup of what happened with Zack, presented in anime form. Makes no sense in multiple places as a result, but if you know that's what it is then you can 100% see why it's portrayed that way! Honestly I really enjoyed it and wish more people would appreciate it for what it is.

Dirge of Cerberus: 7/10. The gameplay kinda sucks but honestly the storyline is super good—or it would be, if the entire fucking prologue hadn't been cut from any release outside Japan, thereby leaving the entire issue with DeepGround completely unexplained to all other audiences. Once you know what is going on, the storyline here is fantastic, and I've never really forgiven SE for not releasing the rest of it. I love that Dirge fills in the lore for Vincent that was cut when he was relegated to "optional" in the OG, and that it also helps to clarify why Midgar could have 9 functional mako reactors while every other reactor in the world is either sputtering to nothing or exploding. (It's Omega. Midgar is built over Omega. It's the place where all lines of the Lifestream converge so that Omega can draw it all in and carry it away at the end of the world, and Shinra never discovered that's why the mako well there is so expansive. I love good worldbuilding, and Dirge is a beautiful example of that.)

Before Crisis: N/A. I want this game so bad man where is it give it to meeeee. Honestly tho I've watched playthroughs and read scripts where available, and while I don't think it looks like much fun from a modern gameplay perspective, I have huge respect for it as far as development goes. This is one of the first really mainstream mobile games ever made, it was made for flip phones, and it's super extensive! Also it gave me Veld, who is one half of my favorite ship ever, which means it automatically gets a 7/10 even if I've never played it.

Crisis Core (+Reunion): 9/10. As fun to play as the OG. When I first played this on PSP over a decade ago, it hit me with such an intense feeling of nostalgia that it almost took me off my feet. In spite of the dramatic difference between game mechanics in CC versus the OG, it felt exactly like playing the OG again, and that feeling never really left. Humanized Sephiroth in a beautiful way that pissed off a bunch of fanboys and made me fall in love with him all over again. Also introduced my second favorite FF7 character ever, Genesis, who is one half of one of my core FF7 ships, so A+ on that too!

FF7 Remake (+InterMISSION): 8/10. Had a lot of fun with this one, and it's beautiful, but it doesn't have a lot of replayability in my experience, which is a shame. Would have been 6 or 7/10 if not for InterMISSION, which was a fucking delight.

FF7 First SOLDIER: 6/10. This applies to both the Battle Royale and the title in Ever Crisis. I am not a fan of Glenn & Co. but I love 14 year old Sephiroth and really appreciate that extension of lore and worldbuilding, so it's a decent balance. I love that the opening cutscene for the battle royale literally filled a 20+ year old plot hole in under two minutes.

FF7 Rebirth: 9.5/10. The only things that could make me like this game more would be if Vincent were playable (although I understand why he's not and, in spite of him being my favorite fictional character ever, I agree with this decision), and fewer required minigames. Just cut like one or two. Or fix the controls, maybe. Glide de Chocobo is even more broken now that it's been patched.

[fantasypackerreviews]

Packer sales post

Sales thread for packers (+ some not packers at the very bottom)

Shipping varies, but most of these would be around $20 US shipping in a large, sturdy bubbler with waterproof and generous padding. Boxes are looking to be $35/40 shipping. I've sent + received dicks in bubblers before with success

There are quite a few! Apologies it's so image heavy as a result. Sorry if any have gubbins, my hip pain was at an 8 during the process of this, me and my very based cock washing assistant may have dropped a couple in the process of the wash.

Everything under the cut, I'll remove what's sold as I can.

Most are half price or less from shop price :>

BD flint - small super soft (BD informed me this isn't body safe for internal use), marble custom. Awful for packing. Best for display or if you are absolutely determined this is your dick and you're willing to damage it or risk it packing.

$35 + shipping - OG price $85+shipping

Vulpini Design sheath - Large med, needs to be worn low/back but good for if thats your packing pref.

$40 + shipping - OG price $80+shipping

note: i have two of these, one has a flaw - I am sending out the one without the flaw

Wyvern's Vault Aamon - mini, I believe soft or SS. Awesome packer, esp good for beginners!

$15 + shipping - OG price $30 + shipping

MINI AAMON PENDING! feel free to ask for notif if buyer backs out, but no guarantees!

Wyvern's Vault Aamon - small - believe soft firmness. Awesome packer, good for beginners!

$20 + shipping - OG price $40 + shipping

Wyvern's vault veld - MINI SS, typo on image! MINI!

Didn't take bath pics so take the unboxing pic with one of my undercut hairs choosing violence :'>

Awesome packer for beginners that would like a cock on the lighter side!

$15 + shipping - OG price $15 + shipping

Front shot didn't save. Batbites dominion, Large, I believe soft firmness. Due to size, not recommended for packing, but I managed it haha

$50 + shipping - OG price $85 + shipping

Batbite's beau - large, soft, my go-to recommendation for beginners!

$30 + shipping each - OG price $70 + shipping

BOTH BEAU PENDING! feel free to ask for notif if buyer backs out, but no guarantees!

Kuduvoodoo trex - small, super soft. Pretty much flawless packing experience, I will be really sad to see this one go!

$35 + shipping - OG price ~$60 + shipping

Kuduvoodoo lennex, small, super soft iirc. Incredible packer, esp for beginners! Great for those wanting a bit more of a realistic "flopping" kind of feel :>

$30 + shipping - OG price ~$65 + shipping

Kuduvoodoo Frederick! Typo on image

small, soft, not ideal for packing in thin pants, unless you wear thick jeans id advise the size down.

$25 + shipping - OG price ~$54 + shipping

Fantasticocks deux - one size, standard firmness. A little weildy, but a good packing experience if you like 'em a bit hefty!

$35 + shipping - OG price ~$65 + shipping

Fantasticocks Karuno, one size standard firmness. Super easy going packer, ideal for folks that like them on the lighter side!

$25 + shipping - OG price ~$48 + shipping

KARUNO PENDING! feel free to ask for notif if buyer backs out, but no guarantees!

Fantasticocks Dracul, one size standard firmness. Interesting packing experience, recommend pouch over sling as the texture does show through thinner pants otherwise.

$25 + shipping - OG price ~$50 + shipping

Darquepath Nereid - one size, soft. Awesome packer, great choice for nautical beginners!

$25 + shipping - OG price ~$50 + shipping

NEREID PENDING SHIPPING

Darquepath Skoll - one size, medium. One of my favorites ever, amazing packing experience and great for beginners, I'm heartbroken to be letting go of it tbh!

$30 + shipping - OG price ~$60 + shipping

SKOLL PENDING! feel free to ask for notif if buyer backs out, but no guarantees!

SST claw - Large, soft, flop tho ive never been able to find an issue. Fantastic beginner packer, or for folks that like the idea of a smaller cock to balls length ratio

$20 + shipping - OG price $43 + shipping

CLAW PENDING! feel free to ask for notif if buyer backs out, but no guarantees!

Not packers! Dildos, grinders and misc!

MTW Kesh - med/med - unused, display only.

$40 + shipping - OG price $80 + shipping

TWB tarrasque med and i believe med, im its second owner. unused by myself and bathed fortnightly regardless

$30 + shipping - shop price $70 + shipping, iirc i paid $50 + shipping? I don't keep as strong a record of non-packer purchases.

PPS snarks maw - med + i believe soft. unused/display only. its the coolest snarks maw pour, i am deeefinitely not biased

$55 + shipping (OG price $105 + shipping)

PPS Jupiter - small + med.

$30 + shipping - OG price $60 + shipping

PPS snarks maw - mini soft, unused, display only

$25 + shipping - OG price $54 + shipping

Grinder!

MTW zayn barbed - small soft iirc, small bubble on a clit barb

$15 + shipping - iirc i paid $20 + shipping

ZAYN PENDING! feel free to ask for notif if buyer backs out, but no guarantees!

Squishies!

BW paw - med/soft

$20 + shipping - og price about $30 USD + shipping

PAW PENDING! feel free to ask for notif if buyer backs out, but no guarantees!

BW tsuchinoko

$20 + shipping - og price about $30 usd + shipping

[jaythelay]

Honestly think R's completely fucked themselves permanently with the trans discussions with this whole woman boxer "transpiracy" shit. It's so blatant and overloaded with seething.

They couldn't have picked a worse country to say would ever possibly send a Trans Anything, because she's from Algeria. A place that banned trans-anything.

They couldn't have chosen a worse sport to clutch pearls about violence. It's Boxing.

They couldn't have chosen a worse target of their ire, some woman, because there's a Child Rapist on the Netherland's Volleyball team (Steven Van De Velde)

They couldn't have chosen a worse minority to pick on with their momentum already curtailing. Non-white, female, still unable to decipher women without thinking of them with a penis, it's weird.

It's just so blatant and cruel. And with it, yet again, being a Woman, and about trans people, shared by widely known people, I think that little dose of second hand embarrassment might truly put most off culturally for a while.

Seriously if ya wanna make your parents uncomfortable, you should bring it up and how many times cis women got brutalized or killed recently by people who just decided they were trans inside a bathroom. Literally the opposite of their claims in every regard essentially. Just make sure you word it right.

It's really kinda nuts watching them flail around and occassionally hit something by accident, never a good target, tho. Anyways, here's a decent enough tl;dr of the situation I found on reddit while sleuthing. It's even more damning, if completely accurate.

[crystalshined]

What do you think Tru's reaction would be to finding out Anakin had a Padawan? What do you think would happen if they met?

i. Tru and Anakin don't speak anymore, period. They are out of each other's lives. The only way Tru would know that Ahsoka became Anakin's Padawan at all would be through either complete coincidence or word of mouth in the temple. (He is a chosen one, and she is a chosen one's student, of course the news spread)

ii. Tru has doubts on whether Anakin can be a good teacher. He spent enough time around Anakin to get a glimpse into his flaws and he really did not like what he saw, it broke their friendship. On the other hand Ahsoka has complete faith in Anakin and she would not like if Tru ever brought his concerns up to her. Ahsoka thinks she knows Anakin (Tru also thought that for a time, and then he realized what he knows is a drop in a foul ocean.)

iii. His reaction is likely just that, concern for Ahsoka. Surprise that the Council allowed Anakin to be a guiding figure in the first place. He would catch himself thinking this entirely based on past experiences, and he would need to remind himself that it may not reflect who Anakin is anymore. Maybe Ahsoka has to point that out to him. (He is willing to give benefit of a doubt.)

iv. This does not stop him from noticing similar traits in Ahsoka and worrying a little. Maybe he would end up checking on Ahsoka from time to time. Ahsoka would not understand where Tru is coming from and she would likely be annoyed that he questions her / her master.

v. Ahsoka doesn't know who Tru Veld is, because like I said, Anakin and Tru parted ways, so any sort of introduction I imagine would go awkward. Perhaps it leads to Ahsoka digging on what happened / asking about it.

vi. Tru believes Ahsoka attacked the temple until proven wrong. Like, the moment it comes up he can picture it, Anakin has history of doing awful impulsive things, his padawan takes after him, he judges it with bias and bitterness.

vii. Something about Ahsoka proving she is not mini Anakin tho. The sins of the father should not be visited on the son and all that.

viii. Ahsoka's snarky quips are somewhat like Darra's. Maybe they could go along.

[sapphire-weapon]

Thoughts on how tsengs "death" (his realization about Rufus being wrong) in rebirth (and OG), do you think rebirth handled it well?

I mean it was two totally different things. Tseng knew he was dying in OG. He knew he was going to live in Rebirth. He has no reason to be so bitter this time around.

Aeris also knew that he was going to live, which is why she's upset but not crying. She has no reason to feel alone or abandoned this time around.

Both Tseng and Aeris say things in that scene in OG that they don't say in Rebirth because he's very clearly going to live. In OG, Tseng's thing was "I'm going to die for a man who never valued me or listened to me even though I trusted him with my hopes and dreams" and Aeris's was "The only person on the planet who really understands who I am as a person is dying right in front of my face and the only thing he has to say to me is that he's sorry he couldn't do his job better."

But now that he's going to live, it's like...

Tseng's thing is "eh getting hurt is part of the job. Sucks to know that this isn't even what we were after, tho."

And Aeris's is "dude I can't believe he fucking stabbed you what the hell, man. Well, I still like you."

Like it's TOTALLY DIFFERENT LMAO the two scenes shouldn't even really be compared.

Also with Before Crisis being retconned, this changes Tseng's character a bit, too, since there doesn't seem to be a Veld anymore. It's hard to say what, exactly, is being kept from that general idea, though. We probably won't know until the series is finished.

[ceaselxss]

//its a lie tho he will never stop pining for veld

[quezycoatl]

a good book about such things is Dragonbait by Vivian Van Velde. It's GREAT. It's more about a sacrificial maiden getting revenge tho >:)

Hey anybody going to talk about rescued sacrificial maidens. Like yes a guy with a fuck off sword turned up and so you're not getting fed to the dragon/water creature/mountain spirit/vague embodiment of all things scary and you get to go back home, but is that really home? Your mom hugs you and your dad says he's so happy you're alive and you know that when they said they'll do anything to keep you safe they didn't really mean it. They have a feast prepared and you get to taste what they cooked for your funeral, help wash the dishes after. And it's selfish to think that between the whole village with everyone in it and you they wouldn't pick the lesser evil but it still leaves an emptiness in your chest, knowing exactly how much your life is worth. And the neighbors smile at you awkwardly and the neighbors' kids yell "hey! I thought you died!" because they don't know not to do that yet and maybe you did. Maybe you did.

And the hero with the fuck-off sword rode off into the sunset the way they always do but you're still here and you herd the cows by the cliff where you were tied up in your cleanest clothes waiting to not be alive anymore and sometimes you think that would be easier and when you don't come back one day, you can imagine it's a relief for everyone involved. Maybe you'll be the new thing to haunt the mountain, or maybe you'll follow down the road and listen for cries that sound like yours did. Either way, there's little left to fear. You know exactly how much your life is worth.

[lecliss]

Wait I have more to say about 7R. I found out Nero and Weiss from Dirge of Cerberus show up in Yuffie's special episode thing as a boss and secret boss and I lost my absolute mind. I really love Nero and to see that anything from Dirge got added to the remake makes me go fkfncocnclcn Im just so happy Dirge isnt forgotten and realizing now that since the brothers, Leslie, and Kyrie are in 7R, and I read that Nojima and Nomura want to add stuff from the rest of the compliation into 7R, hence these four's inclusion, so Im really hopeful that more'll be added. Like hopefully Shalua, some of the other Turks from Before Crisis, maybe just some kind of reminder that Genesis and Angeal existed. Omg itd be nice to see them in a flashback or at least hear them mentioned.

[babycactus]

the few times people make plans to hangout with me i make excuses cause i like staying at home

[chickenmcnuggies]

I always love the final bosses from Fire Emblem games. Like you got:

fe1-mad dragon prince

fe2-mad dragon(?) god 

fe3-mad dragon prince: the revengance

fe4-a prince....possessed by a mad dragon god

fe5-a....regular dude, actually. but he’s an asshole

fe6-a dragon girl transformed into a weapon

fe7-a dragon, nothing more, nothing less

fe8-satan

fe9-some mad cunt on a dragon

fe10-straight up fucking God

fe11-mad dragon prince v3

fe12-guess who’s back again baybe!!! (it’s a dragon prince)

fe13-your bf who also happens to be satan (and also a dragon)

birthright-guess what! another dragon

conquest-your bother (who is possessed by a dragon)

revelations-your dad, who is also god AND a dragon

fe15-mad dragon god again, but he’s actually a dragon this time