#ZACK

[finallyfantasy7]

In OG we already had plenty of stereotypical villains - the most powerful being on the planet, the crazy immoral scientist, Shinra canon fodder...

I think Genesis was a brilliant addition to the roster, and Crisis Core managed to give us a very different kind of villain to keep things fresh, a person who had the full right to be angry but chose the wrong way to express it, and he even got redemption unlike Sephiroth and Hojo, making him stand apart even more. He is interesting, complex, and fits the theme of hopefulness in a game where person like Zack, not Cloud, is the protagonist.

I'm sorry, but I have been listening to various fan nonsense about Gackt and Crisis Core for 16 years now, and I am about done. None of those things turned out to be true, so I give less credence to it now, and I didn't give much credence to it ever. I had to put up with reading for almost two freaking decades how the reason we never got Crisis Core on other platforms was because Gackt blocked it and he retained rights to his own image, and vitrol and hatred for Tetsuya Nomura for ruining everything by being a Gackt stan.

And then we found out it was another person pushing for more Genesis and not Nomura. And then it turned out it was simply the case of Square-Enix not wanting to drop Crisis Core remaster at the time when FFVII content was an arid wasteland, but waiting for remakes to get people more fired up and interested.

So you won't find a person here who agrees Genesis was half-assed, nor a plugin character for Gackt. I have never seen anything that would make me believe it was anything more than a business decision to use an extremely popular celebrity to help boost sales. And good decision it was, when you look at PSP Crisis Core sales.

As for Sephiroth, we already saw him rampage AND got his tragic backstory in Dirge of Cerberus and Before Crisis, so I fully believe he would have gone on a murderous rampage and stumbled around with Jenova's head with or without Genesis. One short conversation in the reactor isn't enough to set off what happened.

I like how Genesis was written in Crisis Core.

I like what he adds to canon.

I like Zack's relationship with him and how it changes.

And I like how funny it is he annoyed every character, vastly different people, from Hojo to Zack, with spouting Loveless.

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Crisis Core PSP Japanese Version (2007)

ジェネシス：騒々しいな　子犬のザックス

(Genesis: So noisy Zack the Puppy.)

Crisis Core PSP English Version (2008)

Genesis: Settle down... Zack the Puppy.

Crisis Core Reunion (2022)

Genesis: Settle down...

...Zack the Puppy.

Aaaaaw, Angeal told his mom and his friends the private nickname he gave Zack. Angeal talked about Zack to them. That's so cute! 🥰

Ever Crisis - Crisis Core (2023)

Genesis: Hello, Zack.

You miserable mutt.

*record scratch*

Wait. WHAT?

[aerithcloud]

I'm sorry, but why does Zack Fair look like he's on shrooms here? I guess he spent too long in Gongaga with Cloud.

[priceofreedom]

Zack talking about Aerith flashback

Bonus, Cloud remembering him:

[zerticent]

"Hang in there, Cloud. I got you." FINAL FANTASY VII: REBIRTH (2024)

[kaciart]

Day 18 I don't see it: Hallucinations / Fever dreams / “It's just a nightmare. You're safe.”

(Time to play catch up - I was away for a few days)

@whumperless-whump-event

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[hollypollly]

Zack and Aerith in their winter outfits from FF7EC

[mismess]

Doodles

[sarafabrizi]

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[elenachatnoir]

Based on the Barbie meme going around on Twitter

[teganberry]

Final Fantasy VII | The Lovers

Zerith feels are getting me real good today!

[caliginous-is-confused]

What kind of memes did humanity make when the Traveler just popped in.

Like I'm pretty sure someone woke up to the giant orb just there and made a Shrek someBODY meme.

I'm pretty sure it's canon the Traveler came to earth in 2014, so like...2014 memes but Traveler.

I just feel like ORB would be a meme as well, like how Glow Cloud was a meme for Welcome to Nightvale any glowing cloud image had at least 5 "all hail the glow cloud" replies. I feel people would make really nice aesthetic edits of the Traveler only to have "O R B" replies.

[finallyfantasy7]

Zack Fair:

It's up to us to find our own purpose.

I mean, who says it's gotta be one way?

Everyone's sitting back, acting like the world's doomed, but the future's not set in stone.

We're not powerless.

[kazumahashimoto]

of throuples

[priceofreedom]

Mercenaries, Cloud. That's what you an' me are gonna be.

[zerticent]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ "Happy Birthday, Spike"