#angeal and sephiroth are huge though LMAO

[wowa-bublord]

I saw you asked for ideas. Would you consider Zack giving Cloud a ride on his shoulders? (I can't handle how smol Cloud is compared to the SOLDIERS.)

unfortunately i think neither of them have very good balance hehehe

[rottenpumpkin13]

Ok that’s a good scenario though! Karaoke night with the boys. Who is singing what? How well is everyone singing? Who blows everyone away unexpectedly? The whole bit lmao.

Pure self-indulgent crack under the cut ASDFHDJFKFLF

• After a huge and difficult mission with heavy SOLDIER + Turk involvement, the two departments decide to get together at a karaoke bar for drinks and a night of what will surely be next-day regrets.

• Some highlights of the karaoke from hell include:

• Reno kick-starting their collective embarrassment with a drunk (and lewd) rendition of Everywhere I go by Hollywood Undead.

• Lazard and Tseng belting Blitzkrieg bop.

• Genesis getting hammered and performing Helena (MCR). And I mean he performs. He's sinking to his knees, hitting all the notes, everything.

• Reno crawling back to the mic because the next song is Sexy and I Know It. This time he's joined by Zack and the two are hyped.

• Zack being upset that Sephiroth isn't participating, so he chooses one of the only songs Sephiroth is familiar with. Anyway, Sephiroth sings poor unfortunate souls and scares the crap out of everyone.

• Rude finally caving when Gasolina plays and somehow this is what it takes for Angeal to lose his shirt and composure.

• Zack and (drunk) Angeal dragging Sephiroth and Genesis up to sing Bye Bye Bye (NSYNC).

• Everyone finds out Rufus Shinra can sing when he does a flawless rendition of careless whisper.

• Alllll the Turk girls (Cissnei, Gun, Elena, Freyra, Knife +more) singing Mamma Mia with one drunk Director Lazard in the mix.

• Zack jokingly serenades Cloud to Jenny (Studio Killers) and this results in Zack chasing him around the room while singing.

• Sephiroth and Genesis singing Anything You Can Do which ends in a fist fight.

• Angeal raps Bark Like You Want It and 3 waitresses give him their numbers.

• Genesis and Zack singing Call Me Maybe with Elena and Cissnei.

• Reno jokingly serenading Rufus to Money Money Money (ABBA).

• Sephiroth singing Mad World (The original one by Tears For Fears) and Tseng has to drag him off the stage because he's getting progressively more aggressive with the lyrics.

• Zack and Reno AGAIN except this time they're singing Don't Trust Me (3OH!3)

• Cloud, Zack and Kunsel singing Teenagers (MCR)

• Sephiroth sings Where Is My Mind?

Tseng and Lazard once again have to drag him away mid-song because the lights in the karaoke bar started flickering.

• They pester Tseng enough that he caves and sings Cheri Cheri Lady.

• Genesis loses his shirt too and sings Bad Romance. Lazard bans him from the mic after this because his performance was quote "inappropriate and frankly, I'm convinced you were a stripper in your past life."

• Sephiroth sings Space Song, three people start sobbing, and then Lazard also bans him from the mic because quote "It is imperative that you seek therapy when we get back to the base."

• Angeal and Zack do an Anaconda x Baby Got Back mashup and everyone discovers that Zack can and will twerk when given the opportunity.

• Everyone does a group sing along to Mr. Brightside and then Ho Hey (The Lumineers)

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Do you think Sephiroth is a bad person?

Pre-Nibelheim, that's very hard to tell. While we might get more insight in Ever Crisis, Sephiroth during CC strikes me not as a necessarily evil person, but definitely a complicated one. He's no doubt committed tons of atrocities in Shinra's name during the Wutai War. But he genuinely doesn't seem to care at all about glory or reputation or power, wholly fixated on Genesis and Angeal.

It could be that he's more morally gray than anything else, capable of doing terrible things, but not out of actual malice. Apart from Shinra, he's very fair to Zack, attentive to personal conflicts, and willing to devote himself to his friends' needs even when they go against him. You can question the ethics and morality of "just following orders", but Sephiroth has also literally been a soldier since he was a child. Violence and killing was likely normalized to an unfathomable degree in his upbringing. Probably no different from blinking and breathing.

I think for Sephiroth, there's hints of an actual decent person somewhere in there, held back by both fate, ego, and Shinra's control. The fact that he's still capable of caring about people or being a decent leader to his men says something about his moral potential. It was just too late by the time Nibelheim rolled around.

...Post-nibelheim Seph IS a bad person though, lmao. Like...literally the worst. He's a huge asshole, not even counting all the people he's murdered. He's an evil piece of work and he needs to go down.

[scrawnytreedemon]

going off that last ask: loz/yazoo character opinion? i wanna read your thoughts!

Ohooooo, I was waiting for something like this!!! Thank you, Vee :) I’ll do my best to explain <333

Starting off with Yazoo:

First impression: Calm, level-headed, perhaps a bit shy. What surprised me the first time watching was how deep his voice was. He’s got this grace about him that leaves you simply... staring. I interpreted the introductory scene where Loz nearly cries and Yaz tells him not to as comforting-- Which I think is what a good chunk of Rem fans see it as? Overall, pretty, but not much else.

Impression now: I think he’s fucking ruthless under that dainty face, if you ask me. Honestly, it’d be right in line with Sephiroth. I think out of the both of his brothers, he gets along better with Kadaj, but if he wasn’t around, I doubt Yazoo would have nearly enough investment in their quest. He comes across as apathetic and uncompassionate, perhaps even a little haughty. I feel like his relationship with Loz is tolerable at best, and downright acidic at worst. With Loz being the way he is, I wouldn’t be surprised if Yazoo and Kadaj had to keep an eye on him at all times, just in case. I feel, though, at the end of the day Yazoo does care about his brothers, and would risk his life for them. It’s in his bones, and he can’t help it, whether he likes it or not. Still very pretty though, lmao.

Favourite moment: Been forever sinced I watched Advent Children, and, unfortunately, Yazoo my beloved doesn’t get many scenes. I’ll have to go with the introductory scene, as it gives us an idea of who they are and what their dynamic is like right off the bat.

Idea for a story: I feel like any story with Yazoo inevitably ends up involving Loz, so I’ll make a joint bullet-point for them at the end of the post <3

Unpopular opinion: Mmm, probably the more apathetic, if not downright spiteful characterisation. If my friend @vesaniens​’s experience is to be believed, then at least Back In Her Day it was far more common for Yazoo and Loz to be buddy-buddy while Kadaj goes off and does his own thing. I can see the appeal in that dynamic, and understand where it comes from. There’s alot of ways you can interpret ‘don’t cry, Loz,‘ and as it is the introductory scene, however you do sets down the foundation for all that follows.

Favourite relationship: The Remnants aren’t characters I can find preferable ships for in-canon, so romantic is off the table here. I will say, though, a dynamic where Genesis and Yazoo are mentor and mentee would be downright tooth-rotting. Genesis preening him, taking him out to nice places, showing him fine literature-- I love it! I don’t see much talk about how the Remnants would relate to Gen and Geal, and I think that’s a damn shame. Plus, Yazoo can then quietly rub it in either of his brothers’ faces whenever he gets annoyed with them. To pick another, though, definitely him and Loz-- Especially if it is strained. It’s very clear they’re meant to contrast each other. Yazoo is lithe, subtle and venemous; Loz is big, loud and sensitive. I personally have a huge soft spot for fics where they recouncile their differences and learn to truly love each other.

Favourite headcanon: Honestly, I feel like I need to make a general headcanon post for the Rems as a whole. They’re all inherently tied, so a change to one of them usually affects the other two. To touch up on one from a theory I read about a year ago now(God, has it been that long?), I like the idea that the Remnants got a little bit of Genesis and Angeal mixed in. They’re like 90% Seph, give or take, but the other 10%~? Now that’s where the fun begins baby!!! In this case, the donor would be Genesis, and Yazoo would’ve gotten the more passive-aggressive, snarky, preening aspects of his character. The resentment and feelings of  inferiority towards Sephiroth end up getting mixed into Kadaj, however I don’t want to elaborate on this too long lest I go off-topic. On a more crack-heavy note, I feel like if you waved a laser-pointer in front of him, he’d be transfixed. He’s too dignified to actually leap at it... But he likes watching :)

Now, as for Loz:

First impression: Big phuckign himbo, idiotte of a man. Probably can’t even buckle his own boots. Playtime??? Bitch NO, it’s not playtime! WHY ARE YOU CRYING??? But yeah, my initial view fell alot more in line with what I think is the most common interpretation of him. His excecution leans heavily to Big Dumb Idiot Man Who Cries When He Sees A Duckling.

Impression now: Baby. Poor fucking baby. Honestly, that could be said for all the Remnants, but I don’t think Loz’s struggle is discussed nearly enough. I’ve talked about this before, but, for me, it’s painfully clear that Loz is essentially a child in a grown man’s body. Writer Kazushige Nojima has Loz’s lines about playing during his fight with Tifa were based off his own son, and has described him as “missing a little something upstairs” --And looking at him through that lens, things become alot more disturbing. He’s Sephiroth’s love for Jenova; a doting, yearning, infantilising love. There’s an innocence to Loz, something sweet, something light and airy-- And to have him fight, have him torture, have him kill... just, man. This jarring dichotomy between such hulking, brutal strength, this bringer of destruction, and this kid who wants his mother. Is he aware? Does he truly understand the weight of his actions? Can he? Most of this, admittedly, is a bit of a stretch, but I love this doof alot jhdhjfdjhs can you blame me?

Favourite moment: Oh, definitely the crying scene-- You must be real tired of hearing that again. Though, in Loz’s case, it sets up his sensitivity, and his dynamic with his brothers-- Yazoo in particular.

Idea for a story: Same answer as Yaz.

Unpopular opinion: I think my more infantile view of Loz as a whole is semi-unpopular? Fandom seems pretty split on whether he’s just a himbo or actual babyman. Again, hard to tell, what with most Rem content and discussion being several years old and tricky to find. I’d be curious to have a discussion on this! But yeah, if we’re talking about the wider fanbase, I think my intense appreciation of him is definitely unusual. Alot of OG fans see the Rems as tropey villains, and while I will argue that it makes sense considering they’re fragments of a bigger, badder, more complex villain, I don’t think Loz is nearly as shallow as most would have you believe.

Favourite relationship: As discussed with Yazoo, there aren’t any canon characters I consistently ship the Remnants with -- Especially not for Loz, in particular when viewing him through that youthful lens -- Though as with everything, I am flexible :) On the platonic side... Honestly, I think Loz would just be a big softie who hangs around everyone. If Angeal was baking, Loz would definitely chip in to help, though he might cause more trouble than if he stayed aside. I think he’d try and reach out to Sephiroth, only for his affections to be rejected because the latter is Bad With Emotions and is torn between on whether the Remnants are a nuisance he hands off to his old friends or his children who he wants to scoop up and carry off into the vast cosmos.

Favourite headcanon: Loz eats alot of shit he isn’t meant to. Like, shit that would kill twenty grown men. At least once he has mistaken stinging nettle for mint, and spent the next two or three days scraping his tongue constantly. Would chase a ball if thrown, no questions asked; try playing frisbee with this dude, and you’ll end up on the other side of town by the end of it. If you try and pick him up, he just slumps, like a big, brawny ragdoll cat-- Probably purrs like one, too. Definitely appreciates a good scratch behind the ear :)

There’s like... probably mountains more, but this is what I’ve been able to coax out after a day of writing this on and off. Again, thank you so much for asking!! I’ve been meaning to ramble about the Remnants for ages now, but didn’t know how to go about it.

Aight, as promised:

Story idea: This is one I’ve had on my mind for years now. I haven’t gotten around to it, as it’d require greater familiarity with FFVII’s world as a whole, but the premise is that Yazoo and Loz escape far out into the countryside, and end up in a village. Yazoo soon falls ill, and Loz has to provide a living working for a local farmer. Their dynamic is initially strained, and without Kadaj to hold them together, they nearly end up splitting before arrival. As time passes, and as they grow closer to the community, Yazoo’s grumbles fade into concerned murmers. Slowly, he begins to trust Loz more, and Loz learns to take more responsibility. But as their friendship blossoms, Yazoo’s body withers. Bedbound, he wonders how Loz would fare without him, if he could make it. I imagine this ends up leading to Loz deliberately blowing their cover to get needed medical help from WRO, turning themselves in during the process.

Again, there’s probably more to it, but to be honest even I don’t know. That’s the great thing about creativity :) You never know where you end up!

Thank you for asking, and feel free to ask more if you’re curious! This goes for elaboration on characters already asked, certain headcanons, and even pairings! Also, feel free to add on with your own thoughts! Whether they be additions, refutations, or so on. Fandom discussion(provided it’s civil qwq) can be so much fun!

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[yumetohokori]

Aerith x Sephiroth, Zack x Sephiroth, Angeal x Sephiroth 👀

send me a ship and i’ll rate it // accepting!

Aerith/Sephiroth: E, I don't really like it. Firstly, I HC Sephiroth as exclusively into men/male-aligned people. Secondly, I just can't see it... it's not even the whole Sephiroth killed Aerith thing (I mean, I'm a huge sefikura shipper and Cloud's killed Sephiroth like 3 times lmao). Idk. I like the idea of them having a sibling-like dynamic in a timeline/AU/whatever where they grew up together (fellow test subjects maybe?). That's basically the vibe I get. No shade to those who do ship it though!

Zack/Sephiroth: C, not a bad ship. I generally prefer them as friends, but I could definitely see potential for more!

Angeal/Sephiroth: A, I love it. Angeal/Genesis/Sephiroth is one of my OT3s and I just love every combination of them together. Sephgeal is especially underrated though! More love for it pls!