#avalanche (ff7)

[theghostavocadoe]

"Genesis killed people so he's bad!! Avalanche is different!!" hon. honey. he's doing the exact same thing Avalanche is doing except with an army. And far more bombs. You do not get to criticize him but then turn around and call Avalanche heroes for blowing up a mako reactor full of innocent workers. they both had good intentions. but they still both killed people. ff7 has NEVER been about black and white "good and evil." stop calling genesis "bad" just because you personally don't like him and then calling avalanche "good." thank you for coming to my ted talk

[candlewax-spider]

Marlene's first day of kindergarten. What is Barrett acting like?

a mess. he’s so proud of his little girl but unfortunately that does mean he’s completely dissolved in tears the entire morning. tifa and cloud have to pull him away from the school because he’s ready to just sit in the pick-up area until the day’s over. tifa and barret are both crying on the walk home that’s their GIRL and they LEFT HER BEHIND (for a good reason but still. ultimate grade school empty nesters without her in the house)

she has a CROWD when its finally time to pick her up. everyone showed up to walk her home. she was the most well-received kid at the kindergarten pick-up, cheering and everything. and this happens for like a week straight, she goes down in the school’s history as the kid with the weirdest family because why the hell does this 6 year old have 9 parents and a talking cat

also everyone for sure came over the night before marlene’s first day, to help make her lunch and pack her bag and such (most of them ended up sidelined and playing card games on the couch, cid taught marlene how to cheat at go fish and hide cards in her sleeves)

[chocoboroth]

[xiiiwayfinders]

Jessie, to Cloud: Come on, haven't you ever wanted to slap me? Just a little?

Biggs: Absolutely.

Barret: Yes.

Wedge: Yes... wait, what are we voting on?

Tifa: Is that a trick question?

Jessie: I wasn't asking you people!

[yunieluna]

The farewell gesture of forever goodbye 🥺😭

Towards Cloud - next time they meet Biggs is on the brink of death on the pillar

Towards Zack (or his bike) - next time they meet Biggs gets shot dead by Shinra men

Towards Aerith / audience of the theater - there'll be no next time at all 😭

I really love the perspective they always present this gesture in, though. It's a front shot, so it's like he's doing it to us, the players, as well. 💚🥺

[mazu-art]

The based trio

I have such a hard time drawing barret!! Aghhh! I love Big B, but his definition is still a bit too much for me to draw well *SOB*

[rh-leon]

I can't believe i haven't seen anyone mention how Biggs bought the Leaf House to keep the people running it from selling the children into labor once they got older

[scofieldart]

FF7 Tarot Card (Major Arcana) - The Hierophant (Jessie Rasberry)

[superdorkcat]

The gang (and Sephiroth) on Cloud.

[waifujuju]

Cloud Strife voice: me and the found family i pulled by being autistic

[candlewax-spider]

please please someone ask me for avalanche headcanons or send prompts theyre rotating in my microwave of a brain and i need to talk about them, please i beg of you

[blahblahblahviolentpain]

Can we talk about Reeve? He's so funny. He hates his job, he hates his coworkers, he hates his boss. This ragtag group comes along and he's like "friends!" and tries to sacrifice the Turks because he's afraid of losing them. He needs a vacation

Bonus page:

[yunieluna]

Finally got to draw the pic for chapter 4....even though it has been so long ago, but somehow I couldn't get myself into this mood

[shadowsageingempress]

A family isn’t always

A couple

One or more children

A pet (optional)

Sometimes a family is

A genetically altered super soldier

His martial artist girlfriend

An angry single father with a gun for an arm

The last of a race of magical humanoids

A talking flaming wolf-lion creature of an unknown species

A 15 year old kleptomaniac ninja

A robot cat controlled by a remorseful government official

An immortal gunslinger who laments over his lost lover and has a primordial dark god of death sealed in his body

A pilot/future astronaut who hates the president

[umbralstars]

Actually I'm more in the mood for positivity, so I'm gonna talk about something that feels meaningful to me.

I actually really love Cloud. Surprising I know, but I mean I love how his mental health struggles are actually depicted with empathy. I've had struggles with psychosis and c-ptsd for a very long time (luckily I'm not that impaired day to day but it's still a lot), and Cloud is one of the few times I can think of where a character with similar symptoms is treated well and as a hero in their narrative. Avalanche's responses to his hallucinations and delusions feels Real and human but in a way that doesn't make Cloud out to be a villain. Yes, there are times where Cloud scares them, where he may hurt them in the midst of an episode, and they may not understand what is going on or how to help him (which is rightfully frustrating); but, Cloud is never once abandoned.

He's given friendships and love over and over and over again, and he returns it with his own. Which rarely ever happens in any media I come across. Is he perfect? No. He can be a hard ass and when he's back in the throws of depression he draws away from those he loves; however, he is still not abandoned. I've actually always adored Tifa's speech in Advent Children because Cloud Needed to hear that. I'll be the first tell you that sometimes when you're dealing with severe mental health issues sometimes people you trust need to expressly call you on your shit. And Cloud listened to her. I feel so protective over the ending of Advent Children at times because Cloud absolutely deserves that chance to heal and his smile makes me cry every time because it's, again, one of the few examples I've ever seen of someone like me being allowed to heal. Being given that chance even if his struggles will be lifelong.

I know he's not a perfect allegory. But I can talk all day about how Cloud's struggles still definitely relates to psychosis even with all the ghost shenanigans (and how Sephiroth Is Cloud's mental health demon or a whole host of other things), and it's a hill I'll die on.

[yunieluna]

Biggs and Wedge thinking to themselves: Hah! We know you better than you know yourself, Jessie 💚💙🤍

Thank you so much for putting this together for me, @laferelady I definitely need more of your GIF expertise 🤩💙💚 (honestly though, no pressure at all 😊🫶🏻😜)

Biggs & Jessie - Final Fantasy VII Remake

for @yunieluna ✨