#and give it to angeal

[getvalentined]

How many retcons can you fit into a single 99 second trailer, SE? Are you trying to set a record?

[rosy-crow]

Please Square, don’t fuck this up, you HAVE to include the entire Firsts trio in TFS part 2. GIVE US SMOL GENESIS!!!

I HAVE TO COMPLETE THE MEME!!!

[the-music-maniac]

I've never been able to get over stories where the abused becomes the villain. True of any media that has this trope, really, but especially true of Sephiroth. He makes my heart hurt.

Created to be nothing but a weapon, abused and manipulated and experimented on from childhood. Sent to go fight Shinra's wars for them, desensitized to killing from a young age, but still managing to hold onto his kindness somehow. They made him into a legend larger than life for their propaganda, while simultaneously de-humanizing him in the worst ways, isolating Seph to the point where no one around him, not even his closest companions, even realized that he needed support. There's hints that no one around him really knew his background by the things they say - the only one who was aware of the extent of his mistreatment was his abuser. He was a high functioning individual - who would be arrogant enough to assume that The General could need help? Who would dare?

And I don't blame Angeal or Genesis or Zack for not realizing. Along with them simply not knowing there was an issue that needed addressing, Sephiroth probably kept it from them on purpose - whether by choice or necessity or outside influence or self preservation.

Sephiroth just wanted a normal life too. He didn't like having his picture taken, but endured because he had to, and because other people wanted it of him. He didn't really care to compete for the title of hero with Genesis, even though Genesis didn't seem to believe it. He took care of his troops, and we see in that one cut scene where he failed to save a soldier, that he still got upset over stuff like that. All those years of killing and losing his men to Shinra's missions and he hasn't truly become numb to it.

And then nearing the end, after first being told he's a monster by one of his former friends, and then later spending a week in that library not eating or drinking or sleeping, left alone to his devices because who would assume that the most competent general of their time can be in a vulnerable state, and shouldn't be left alone right now?

After learning the "truth" about his origins, and after a lifetime of systematic abuse, no longer believing he's even human anymore. And then the only person offering him a hand in his darkest moments is the one he shouldn't have taken. But at that point - could you blame him? Whether or not the post nibelheim Sephiroth is truly him or just a puppet for Jenova I'm uncertain about, but the end result is that from start to finish - Sephiroth never manages to break free from the whims of those who wanted to use him.

And because he gave into his worse demons - he won't receive a happy ending. He won't be saved. There's no comfort for him, no opportunity to rest and heal and grow. His childhood wish to live a normal life will never come to pass.

Watching Sephiroth's story unfold is like watching someone drown in front of you while surrounded by a crowd of people. And the one drowning doesn't even scream for help because he's been conditioned to believe that the suffocation is normal.

I will NEVER get over him. It doesn't excuse what he did after Nibelheim, I'm aware of that, but I can't help but remember that people only ever had praise for him while he was burning villages down in Wutai on Shinra's behalf.

It doesn't excuse his actions. But I will NEVER be able to forget all the ways the world failed him first.

[prismaticpichu]

Angeal’s most elaborate prank: Switching the salt and pepper shakers before setting the table. Also knock-knock jokes.

Sephiroth’s most elaborate prank: Putting out a wet floor sign on a dry hallway and gaslighting people into thinking it’s slippery

Genesis’s most elaborate prank: Changing Sephiroth’s ringtone while he’s the bathroom to I Wanna Dance With Somebody, setting his volume to max, and calling him 35 minutes later while he’s in a meeting.

Zack’s most elaborate prank: Notoriously dubbed “The Day Everyone in ShinRa Was Convinced That Genesis Was a Mermaid.”

[kazumahashimoto]

STOP SMILING!!!!!!!!!

[voiddrawss]

The babies!!!!

[rottenpumpkin13]

Did you JUST change your background pic or am I getting old and keep forgetting??

Anyway, Zack adopts about a thousand pill bugs/potato bugs/rollie pollies and, while smuggling them to his office, sets them on the SOLDIER kitchen counter, gets distracted, and they all escape.

How many mandatory therapy sessions are ordered/lives lost?

*Zack pulls Sephiroth out of a meeting*

Zack: I need your help! I had a box of 1000 potato bugs, but I lost all of them! How am I supposed to get them back now!? I'm gonna get in so much trouble for this!

Sephiroth: Oh, is that what happened?

*Sephiroth pulls out two potato bugs from his pocket*

Sephiroth: I thought nature was finally healing, and that Midgar was finally blessed with bugs naturally appearing. I even adopted this nice bug couple.

Zack: No! What do I do!?

Sephiroth: Calm down, Zack. I'm sure everything will sort itself out.

*Genesis runs by blasting balls of fire into ground while pursuing a cluster of fleeing potato bugs, screaming "GET BACK HERE! HOW DARE YOU APPEAR IN MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT YOU VILE, WRETCHED THINGS! I THOUGHT I LEFT YOU BACK IN BANORA!"

Zack: !!

*Kunsel drops down from the vents (violently) and begins running away while screaming "THEY'RE IN THE VENTS TOO!"

Zack: !!!

*Lazard runs by screaming "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" with a potato bug on his suit. Angeal runs after him with an office plant, cooing at the potato bug with "Come here! I have a nice habitat for you to live in!" *

Zack: !!!!!!!

Sephiroth: At least nobody overreacted.

Zack:

*Sephiroth pulls out a third, smaller potato bug from his pocket*

Zack:

Sephiroth: Goodness. They fornicated.

[someartistsammy]

Made an extended lineup for the chibis + a version that has all of their more realistically sized models as well.

LGM + AGS version under the cut for myself.

5/26/24 EDIT: This keeps getting notes and I have no clue if people will see this but 3ish months back they released a wallpaper with the girls showing Lucia as possibly taller than Cloud, if not at least the tallest of the girls, so it can be assumed that the scaling for the FS characters might be off due to being modeled separately.

[moonilit]

saw an alphabetical Art challenge I wanted to do and realized most times i like characters in pairs and groups more than individually. like Angeal, Sephiroth and Gen are a package deal to me do not separate

[kescalis]

These two adorable dorks are smooching in the Lifestream // My new banner //

[tifa-simp]

I can't believe we have to find out some potential major plot points about Re part 3 through a damn gacha game instead of a DLC.

[moldyycheese]

can you please draw sephiroth, angeal, and genesis going out for ice cream bc nothibg bad ever happened to them and theyre all so happy and mentally sound and yeah :)

This took me so long to finish, but I finally finished it!

(Does Genesis being a bitch count as them being happy?)

[prismaticpichu]

Zack, instead of going with traditional Christmas cards this year, decides to go with something a little bit more personal. A little bit more from the heart. What does he do…? Well, he makes it a form of art!

~~~~~~~~~~

Angeal finds his card just as he’s about to make some dinner. He opens the cabinet, preparing to reach for some ingredients, ready to cook up something good. However, he is instead taken aback as a small blue envelope drifts down from the pantry. A small blue envelope, that is, with his name scrawled on it. And with very familiar penmanship.

Intrigued, the man peers inside.

Roses are red

SOLDIERs have dreams and honor

And while I can be pretty awesome at times

Without you I’d be a goner

Lots of hugs,

The Puppy

~~~~~~~~~~

Genesis’s surprise comes in the form of a little switcheroo. Almost instantly the man notices that his special scented bookmark has been replaced by some… some red envelope? What was this tomfoolery? He narrows his eyes, extracting the culprit from his book. Opening it up to see what cryptic prank awaited him.

And his expression softens.

Roses are red

The wandering soul knows no rest

I know sometimes you may feel a little small

But you’re still one of the best of the best

Your wannabe friend,

The Whelp

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For Sephiroth, well, it’s hard to miss the glaring silver envelope taped over his computer screen as he walks into work that morning. He lets out a sigh. Bah. Probably more fanmail.

Jaded, yet curious, Sephiroth peels off the envelope and opens it.

Roses are red

Some scientists use pipettes

ShinRa may not see you for who you are

But you’re still human; don’t ever forget

Always cheering you on,

Zackary

[kazumahashimoto]

angeal baby please just one chance i would treat you right

[halebobgr]

Firsts

[rottenpumpkin13]

Not sure if you have done this, but AZCSG all get sent a beautiful person award. How do they respond, and who do they send it to if they do send it on to someone else?

Angeal: Thanks! This means a lot to me.... I'm gonna give it to a beautiful person who has worked hard for their dreams and who I'm proud of.

*Angeal gives it to Zack*

Zack, trying not to cry: You're proud of me!? For real?? Man, that means a lot, thanks. Uhh....I'm gonna give it to the most beautiful person I know, both inside and out!

*Zack gives it to Cloud*

Cloud: Aww, thanks man. I don't deserve you as a best friend. Hm...I think I'm going to give this to someone I've looked up to since I was a kid.

*Cloud gives it to Sephiroth*

Sephiroth: Cloud, I'm truly flattered. If I were to pass this award to someone else, there's only one special person who comes to mind.

*Genesis blushes*

Sephiroth: They've been there for me through thick and thin, an exemplary SOLDIER and an even better person.

*Genesis blushes harder*

Sephiroth: Someone who is talented, intelligent and beautiful inside and out.

Genesis: Oh, Sephiroth—

*Sephiroth gives it to himself*

Genesis: BASTARD