#ffvii stuff

[makoheadrush]

I have a MAJOR software rollout this week at work and am in the office every single day, 10-12 hour days. On top of that I injured my rotator cuff - again - while lifting weights last week. I swear, I am a danger to myself. And maybe others, but mostly myself.

Anyway, I am very much enjoying playing FFVII Rebirth on my new PS5. Caught myself a chocobo last night, even. xD

If I get through this week unscathed, I’m going to pick up where I left off on some writing. Mostly want to continue my Legendary Turk backstory, which I’ve been working on for….oh, years. Whatever. It’s still there, and so are my RP blogs. All dusty, but they’re mine and I’m not going anywhere. Even if work and life eat into my fun time WAY too much these past few years. Still trying to find the time to do all the things.

[leonawriter]

Genesis Rhapsodos

First impression

Man I met Genesis SO long ago now. Uh. I wasn't impressed. I don't think I liked him. Funny, huh?

Impression now

Stinky man, wet cat bastard. Birdbrain. Love him to pieces because he's a piece of shit [affectionate] and he has SO much room to change. Now. If they'd just. Bring him back.

Yeah though I think I once said that if you play through Crisis Core you get to see what working for Shinra was like as one of their dogsbodies. Because that's what Zack WAS. A glorified dogsbody - Zack the Puppy.

But if you look at the story from Genesis' point of view, you see a man who realises that he'd been working for the company that destroyed his life and made him and his two friends into monsters before they were even born, and because of circumstances entirely outside his control, he's going to die a slow and painful death. Now he can either accept that death and die quietly, or go out with a bang and take everyone else with him, Shinra most of all.

Genesis is the revolutionary who kickstarts so much of the plot. Second only to the founders of Avalanche/whatever resistance there was in Wutai. We only don't see him that way because of forced perspective, and the fact that he's imperfect and he was a desperate man who wanted to survive.

Favorite moment

I don't know if I like "trips Zack with his foot" or "Gets rejected by his goddess by way of the Stern Look of Disappointment and is only given more life to Reflect on his Wrongdoings while being made into a Weapon" more.

Idea for a story

If anyone looks at my FFVII posts from a few years ago or my AO3, they'll see a lot of Genesis fics. But, hm... I'd say for a new one? Probably something that has him appear during the Remake/Rebirth timeline.

My old main fic To Change A Sombre Morrow ironically had him time travel into the past, and I used to have a lot of fun imagining him dimension hopping, so... anything like that, too XD

Unpopular opinion

I'm not really aware what the popular/unpopular opinions are right now? Hm. I used to have some ideas about his family - that he didn't intend to kill his adoptive parents in the first place (he has a hair-trigger temper so he probably went ballistic and regretted it really quickly), and/or that he and Angeal were effectively basically like half-brothers through Gillian. The second because I've always been a bit confused by how all that worked, but also... If they were able to resolve things peacefully, it would have been sweet.

Favorite relationship

Mostly because of a bunch of fics I read, Cloud. Although considering that I hc Cloud as aroace I never shipped it, exactly (even when I tried). What I took from them was that I liked the way they bonded over being the only ones who could remember the way SOLDIER, Zack, and Sephiroth once were. Like PTSD buddies who sometimes make each other better and sometimes make each other worse.

Favorite headcanon

This dude is autistic. So very autistic. Special interests galore. I think I saw a few other things over the years that fitted but yeah. Entire autism right there. Probably ADHD to boot. Does he know? No. Does he care? Not as long as it doesn't get in the way of him finding his (true) meaning of LOVELESS.

Even that aside, just... that he gets so used to the idea of his wing as an extra limb that he uses it as such without thinking. So Cloud, who is used to Sephiroth being Very Dramatic with his, is just twitchy and freaked out when Genesis uses it to do things as awe-inspiring as... sulk on the roof.

[cheseely]

🦇.

[valentimmy]

sephora at the grocery store 🔥🔥🔥

[shblackwoodart]

idk where i was going with this but i don't wanna keep trying to fix it so. here. have a pic

[runerapier]

"why is Angeal so clingy?" this is an old drawing, people have been throwing around the idea of angeal acting a bit like zack and I have had this drawing in my archive for so long

[emeraldblonde]

Zack Fair in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024) dev. Square Enix

[serafisolaris]

Mother's Call. Look what they took from me you.

[rocketbirdie]

country boys

[meru-chanowo]

I'm just saying-

[kazamajun]

MTGxFINALFANTASY - June 13 2025

[bread--hood]

Random Vincent Valentine pt. 827btd61b

[leonawriter]

For that meme: Romani! and also Genesis!

First impression

Romani: I was going to say something about when I started playing, but then I remembered my first impression was actually you guys telling me about him and Merlin, along with a bunch of spoilers, and... some of those are a big part of why I knew I'd love him XD

Genesis: wow it's been ages now, but, I think my first impression was probably "who is this" and "what an asshole" haha.

Impression now

Romani: I'm still in the middle of Babylonia but! He's so!!!! look he introduces himself as "just a doctor on staff" and then he gets promoted to the Director of Chaldea/effectively the Leader of the last remnants of humanity. Just a normal doctor. And then he's mission control, and no matter that the Servants are saying mean things a lot he's always there for you, works so hard for you, clearly knows damn good battle strategy going by America, Camelot, and Babylonia... there's so many hints about who he is but he just reads as someone who cares. A lot. I love him.

Genesis: Skrunkly cat man who both suffered too much and also didn't get hit with enough at the same time. I still need to know more about him. I want to put him through the pear wriggler. I love him and he's a dumb(apple).

Favorite moment

Romani: It's gotta be when they're in America, and he's just casually becoming the team's go-to battle strategist. I kept screaming about it because dude your mask.

Genesis: I... is it weird if I say I find it hard to think of really great canon moments? I think that maybe actually him walking past Angeal in his Banora home and going "you don't fit in with them anymore" basically. The actual line is so much better. Reason I find it hard to think of good moments is that a lot of the time in canon he's desperate and freaking out; in fanworks we're able to portray an idea of what he might be when not degrading or anything, and that's what I want to see out of any future appearance.

Idea for a story

Romani: Hm... I haven't been reading any FGO fic at all yet, really, so I don't know what has or hasn't been done already. But if I had to say what I'd like to see, it'd be something set between the Singularities that isn't an event, and therefore not likely to be so silly.

Genesis: I still need to finish TCASM at some point. But I guess I'd love to see more gen-fic/non-romantic fics based in either the original timeline, or the Remake one. Remake Aerith meeting Genesis would be fun.

Unpopular opinion

Romani: I don't know enough about FGO fandom perception and I'm not reaallly far through enough to know what opinions I'd hold would or wouldn't be unpopular, so. Pass.

Genesis: In many ways the fact that he's one of my actual unironic faves in VII is an unpopular opinion in and of itself. I... also don't like any of the popular ships for him, I think. I tend to see him and Angeal as like brothers (partly because of them growing up, partly because of the experiments giving me some fun ideas) and there's other things that disqualify most other ideas. Which would be a petty little thing if not for how 90% of all fandom material is shipping, and it makes it hard to find content I can enjoy.

Favorite relationship

Romani: Romantically, Merlin. Platonically, Mash. With Merlin he's just so unapologetically forward about himself, and they're both... they're equals. You know I'm weak for that. And Mash is just an entire daughter to him. And all three are kind of weirdos when it comes to humanity, if I'm reading things right.

Genesis: Zack, because he's kind but takes no shit, and has seen him at his worst and still believed he could be helped. I've also always loved seeing him bounce off against Aerith and Cloud too.

Favorite headcanon

Romani: I feel like I don't know enough about him yet to come up with anything that's not going to get thrown out of the window in time, but... I do like to believe that mask or not, he really does care. A lot of the things we see from him simply don't make any sense otherwise.

Genesis: Other than that he's an autistic bisexual disaster? It's the popular "he ends up with the Seventh Heaven/AVALANCHE group after failing to handle whatever he's got himself involved in on his own." He has to work with others, and find out that people can, actually, handle him just being himself.

[fury-brand]

slay the cetra.

[valentimmy]

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[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

commission for @thethrillof!! thank you again!!!!