#kadaj my man

[ariseur]

off topic but i’m working on two advent children pieces rn and tell me why even the remnants of sephiroth are so fine

[drowning-in-cabbages]

For someone who looks so easy to draw

he really isn't

[yingxtkm]

I remember I said something about posting more sketches/WIPs after a poll so uh here’s a recent sketch page of a whatever characters I felt like drawing. Probably will never finish it lol

[blondedingdong]

Lately I dream about Yazoo and Loz a lot. Like, I actively call out for them once I notice them and they actually come over and hang out with me. *snorts* My brain likes being silly I guess. It's comforting though. The two make me happy. The colouring book is a reference to a dream where I gave Loz one as a gift (Yazoo got a pen and he wasn't impressed lmao). Drew my "Sector VII" versions of Yazoo and Loz cuz they are just as OOC as the ones in my dream. I am cringe and I am free. So cringe even that I've been thinking about shipping my fursona with Loz cuz he is my fav. Yazoo remains single unless I find someone to ship him with but right now I have no intentions for it. Anyway... Not sure if I even finish this thing. It's just a fun little sketch of mah bois and my sona.

[kingxlionhartmoved]

"... my kid." a shrug. "because i adore him."

"Who do you love? Why?"

[rottenpumpkin13]

Loz is being clingy, and latches onto Cloud whenever he can. How does Sephiroth react when he sees a clingy Loz latched on Clouds back in a baby harness?

*Post-canon future. Cloud's in the kitchen, calmly washing dishes. Loz is strapped to his back in a baby carrier. Sephiroth materializes into reality*

Sephiroth: This is a disturbing and unnatural sight. Cease this activity with my fragment immediately.

Cloud: Oh no you don't. Listen here, you asshole. Babies need affection, support, and physical contact for healthy emotional development. It's called bonding, you emotionally stunted war crime. Loz has big feelings and he deserves to be held. He had a rough morning. Yazoo drank his juice box. Kadaj kicked over his sandcastle. So he needs to be held. You wouldn't get that, you absentee DNA donor. So excuse me while I finish the goddamn dishes—because SOME of us have chores.

Loz: :)

Sephiroth: That is a grown man. He's taller and larger than you.

Cloud, hugging Loz closer: Don't judge my child.

[reallyromealone]

Reader and sephiroth having people wanting to hook up/set up their sons with their children.

Title: courting

Fandom: final fantasy

Characters: kadaj, loz, Yazoo, sephiroth

Fic type: fluff

Pairings: sephiroth x reader

Warnings: male reader, reader insert, omegaverse, fluff, Omega male reader

Notes:

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(Name) Was proud of his sons, the three teens always making them proud and doing the best they could while being kind young alphas.

"I swear if I see one more courting letter I'm gonna scream" (name) grumbled as he and sephiroth retired for the night, the Alpha letting (name) put his very long hair in a thigh high sock for the night as the silver haired man sat on (name)s vanity stool "they're 15! They can't even drive let alone worry about marriage and mating marks" (name) huffed as sephiroth turned to pull (name) into his lap, kissing (name)s scent gland as he rubbed his sides "don't worry to much my love, I'll make sure it's all handled"

(Name) Grumbled but let his husband lift him and carry him to bed, the Alpha wearing silk pajama pants and (name) wearing the alphas top and a pair of loose shorts from when they were in highschool. Sephiroth crawled on top of him and kissed him sweetly "I just-- they're already at the age where people ask for courting! Well people did when they were little but now it's even worse!" (Name) Whined as sephiroth rumbled and pumped soothing pharamones "I'm not ready for it to be an empty nest..." (Name)s voice was watery and sephiroth calmed him "what do you want me to do?" Sephiroth asked earnestly to his mate who shrugged "... Would it be selfish to want another pup?"

"You want another baby?" Sephiroth asked calmly and (name) nodded, the Alpha smiling softly and kissing him "guess it's time for you to get off the pill then"

Come morning (name) was far chipper with a slight limp and sephiroth was like a new man as the Alpha made breakfast, his mate sipping (drink) as he went through the mail that their housekeeper brought in for them, organizing them by person "good morning..." Loz grumbled as he plopped on the chair at the kitchen island, breakfasts were spent in the kitchen after all.

"Good morning, pup" (name) said softly as he handed the teen a few letters and Loz sleepily opened them as the other two wandered in and got their stacks of letters "ew..." Loz read the letter in disgust and (name) looked confused "the Sato family is telling me how their Omega is untouched and pure"

"She absolutely is not" Yazoo said back as he ate the breakfast their sure made them, (name) getting the mail back and reading them one by one angrily and sephiroth wanted to pull his hair out, having just gotten (name) calm and content "most of these are courting letters!" He seethed and the teens were also tired of it "I'll handle it" sephiroth said simply and the other four knee what that meant.

The following weeks, the courting letters dwindled and (name) wasn't sure what sephiroth did but it worked as the Omega prepared his nest, his sons staying at their uncles for the week and sephiroth would just smile at the Omega when (name) asked about it.

Well, whatever he did worked.

[theghostavocadoe]

Headcanons about the remnants finally able to grow up in a somewhat normal setting? Compared to Sephiroth, who just.. Seems to have the most horrific corporation/war type life ever..

Would the fact that Sephiroth's life sucked ever come into the forefront of the remnants' minds as they get the chance he didn't?

alright I know it took me forever to get to this but I need to stop procrastinating on my asks LMAO

When the Remnants were given another chance at life, they were expecting to be thrust in the pits of hell again and have to claw their way out to achieve even a sliver of redemption. They WEREN'T expecting to be put in a warm home with food and a loving family.

This was unfamiliar territory to them. All they knew from birth was how to kill, steal, torture, and survive. They didn't know how to live. How to be happy. It kinda scared them.

But, slowly, over time, they acclimated. They learned the ins and outs of society. What was acceptable and what wasn't. They started to explore outside their original purposes; they found hobbies and interests that they liked.

Yazoo spent a lot of his time during the night staring at the stars when they would travel. So imagine his excitement when he found out that there's an entire field of study dedicated to them, as well as a heavily intricate belief system surrounding the stars and when you were born!

But as he looks at the stars, he remembers a dream he once had. A dream looking through a young Sephiroth's eyes; the only glimpse of the stars that Sephiroth had ever gotten were thanks to glow in the dark stickers on his room's ceiling, placed there by a man named Gast.

Does Yazoo feel a little guilty? Yes. But only for the man Sephiroth used to be. He's seen Sephiroth now, and that man could rot in hell. But he cherished the child that appeared in his dreams.

The other remnants have similar experiences. Kadaj through his love for rebellion; he is the embodiment of punk, to detest control, to live freely as he wants. He loves to be loud, annoying, and bright. "Fuck Shinra" is a daily affirmation for him. Sephiroth was never even allowed to think of disobeying Shinra when he was young; but his internal rebellion lives on through Kadaj.

Loz is never afraid to let his innocence shine through. While he's tougher than bricks and can put up a fight, he loves collecting stuffed animals and playing with children. Sometimes he doesn't like having such a large and menacing frame. Sometimes he wishes he had the small, nimble body of a child. Loz remembers how Sephiroth never got to enjoy his early years to the fullest, so he does his utmost to enjoy every second he can out of every day. And if something gets him down, he picks himself right back up.

Though they may not know it, the parts of Sephiroth that were suppressed or even killed in his childhood now live on in the Remnants. Given their second chance, they are now what Sephiroth was SUPPOSED to be, if the fates would've been kind to him.

[altocat]

for my birthday you have to give me wholesome remnants headcanons 🫵🫵🫵 (/j you don't have to)

BIRTHDAY REMNANTS FOR THE BIRTHDAY KID

The Remnants have actually never really had a birthday. Much like Sephiroth, they don't really get the concept. Didn't help that they just spawned into existence as semi-grown teenagers without really going through the necessary growing cycle of most kids.

Loz thinks a birthday is basically a shared holiday where everyone gets a lot of balloons and cake. He's the most eager out of all of them to experience one, despite not fully understanding the idea.

Yazoo and Kadaj set out to try to arrange a birthday party for him as a result! Kadaj is responsible for gifts. Kadaj is responsible for decorations.

Kadaj, ever the thoughtful and considerate young man, wraps up a few dead birds he killed in some sackcloth and decides that that's good enough lol

Meanwhile, Yazoo happily traverses the dark Lifestream in hopes of pestering Sephiroth to actually SHOW UP to the party. Sephiroth throws Masamune at him and goes tf back to sleep.

Yazoo also sends out a series of invitations to their favorite Avalanche crew! Cloud takes one look at the label and has heart palpitations.

Party time! The Remnants steal get a pizza and spend a quaint little afternoon right in the middle of Midgar's most prominent square. They blow up a few buildings, Loz cries with joy, all is well.

And look! Cloud showed up to personally cut the cake himself! Oh wait, he cut the table in half. Lol oops.

And now he's chasing them. What better way to celebrate a birthday than a bit of friendly combat? Cloud certainly looks keen. Kadaj escalates the situation by blowing up another orphanage.

Best birthday ever.

[kifaprokumiv]

Hi, just wanted to say i love your art and ask if you have some sefikura or ff7 in general fic recs pls <3

AAAAAAAAA THANK YOU💥🫵🫵🫵

I haven't yet read a general ff7 fic that I felt crazy about, so I can only offer sefikura fic recs

cracks knuckles

OK

First and foremost, The Fic - The Fear of Falling Stars by silentsaint. Rated E ~ 500k words and ongoing

My friends who are not even into ff7 can attest to how not normal this fic makes me feel. Post AC sefikura get shoved into the past and become even more insane about each other. The day to day dynamic of Sephiroth and Cloud is juice and filling of this fic.

The author also plays a bit with their genders, but it's not the main focus of the fic. I do love me some sefikura gender fuckery.

The fanfic is pretty mean and the author loves putting Cloud through a blender. Man is clinically depressed, he is living a very different genre to Sephiroth.

I will shut up before I spoil too much.

2) Another fic by silentsaint - august in the promised land ~9k words rated T.

Immortal tired old man Cloud with an ugly moustache, and Sephiroth with many opinions on said ugly moustache. Cloud reminiscence on everything while roaming the earth until it's time to do the old song and dance again.

Actually a pretty sweet fic that presents a funny image of late-20s-looking Sephiroth and his 56-year-old-looking boyfriend

3) Little Seph series by ToastedCatBread, How to Use an Astra (~100k words) specifically. Gen, rated T, finished.

Canon divergence fic. When Kadaj reunites with Jenova's cells, Seph comes back in the form of a child and learns that when you look like a kid people are a lot less likely to execute you on the spot. The author explores how Avalanche (with emphasis on Cloud) interacts with Sephiroth when he's vulnerable and not immediately hostile.

How to Use and Astra is placed around the middle of the series and is about Seph going back in time to the beginning of Ff7 to try the role of Cloud's "blade" purely for the sake of indulging his curiosity. Is his death at Cloud's hands predestined, or is there a place for him in this world? He's there to be Cloud's weapon but doesn't fail to remind him that he can turn on him any minute should Cloud "wield" him wrong.

The sentiment of this series, which I appreciated a lot, is that it doesn't really matter if Sephiroth is human, alien, or God. Whether he's accepted by Cloud and Avalanche is the result of his choices.

Also features a very wholesome friendship between Sephiroth and Wedge.

4) Reverb by Carressa, rated E, finished 5k words

Shameless smut mixed with Reunion instinct (we love to see it). Switches sefikura, they're crazy for each other, so configurations don't matter much. Features demanding Seph who purrs like a cat.

My ass is too picky and specific with how I see sefikura 😭, I have an addiction to reading fics, but there's very few that truly scratch my itch.

I am big fan of genderqueer switch sefikura. Imo they can be trans in any and every direction. Toxic yuri between transfem Seph and transmasc Cloud is my jam but I don't see them in fics all that much😔. If you want me to engage with yaoi at least make it trans and gender ambiguous

[foreststarflaime]

For Tifa Sephiorth and Cloud 3 7 8

Yesss ty I don’t talk about Tifa enough I get caufht up in my beloved AGS

3. Obscure headcanon

Tifa: idk if this counts exactly as its more of an au but. Everyone jumps on making Cloud a SOLDIER in fix its. But people have been sleeping on the potential of SOLDIER Tifa. She is already crazy strong—I think she’s end up just as strong as enhanced Cloud, if not moreso. And the potential for a Shinra desertion arc from her as well…and she does love fighting…let her joinnn let her go crazy

Sephiroth: gonna get a lil freaky body horror hehehe—when he does cry (rare) his tears are a bit mako-tinted, there’s just something not quite right about them. Maybe they even burn a little bit more than they should

Cloud: I think he would really like fairy tales. He may not be the best at acting in Loveless but he does seem to enjoy it—and I can so imagine him as a kid sitting and listening to his mom telling him stories of Sigurd and Fafnir and Baldr and Loki to while away the days instead of spending time with the other village children. And then listening to Tifa retell them later to remind himself of all the ones he’s forgotten (and now he has some from Gongaga lodged in his head too 🥲)

7. Age/height/weight headcanon

Tifa: Taller than both Cloud and Aerith hehehe she is the Angeal of that trio to me in typical fandom height hcs of ags

Sephiroth: This man is freakishly tall. Tallest SOLDIER apart from Angeal (actually I can’t decide if he would be taller, either way it would be close, but either way Angeal seems bigger bc he’s more heavyset) (but Seph started as one of the shortest—I shudder to imagine the growing pains he must have gone through)

Cloud: forget canon. This man is short af. Barely over 5ft tall. Miniroth could look him in the eye

8. Unpopular opinion about them

Tifa: Similar to Zack, I always see such an idealized view on Tifa, but she has her flaws too—she isn’t just a pure therapy dispenser for Cloud. Let us not forget that although she had her misgivings she was in fact an ecoterrorist of her own volition. Lotta pent up rage there, there’s a reason she’s a pugilist

Sephiroth: I am trying to think of anything I would consider unpopular besides the usual I don’t see him as as confident as some people make him (though enjoy what you want ofc, just my preference) and failing. That I hc him as pretty aroace maybe?

Cloud: I am divided on how much effort it would take to pry Cloud away from kill Sephiroth mindset in time travel fix its. Idk I’m not sure he’d be as set on it as a lot of people tend to write him as (not that I don’t enjoy it, and it’s not nearly egregious enough for me to get me out of the immersion)—he shows mercy to Kadaj and seems to regard the remnants well, and he did once really admire Sephiroth and still acknowledges that he was a normal/more good person before he snapped

[secondarysefikura]

What if i kidnapped Kadaj and Yazoo how would they feel? Also I don't plan on letting them escape they remind me of my late wife Sephiroth and I'm desperate enough to kidnap them forever:33 (and if they/Kadaj hurts me they'll find out a little secret)

Hey man, are you doing okay?

Also, you're not kidnapping Loz? Do you only have two human sized cages or something?

I don't think they'd like it very much. Also what secret are you planning on finding out? Because Kadaj absolutely will hurt you. It's his hobby, you know?

[umbral-stigmata-unbound]

Character Breakdown | Open

@sixvisxpacem asked: For the character meme: Kadaj, Tifa, and also Rufus.

Thank you for the interesting collection of character options, woo!

So, to start!

-How I feel about this character-

*ahem* MY SON, MY PRECIOUS BABY BOY, JUST DOING HIS BEST, DID NOTHING WRONG, AND NEEDS A NEW MOMMY AND MAYBE A NEW BIG BROTHER.

No but seriously, I adore Kadaj (and the remnants, but Kadaj has a bit more sway) so much. He makes me sad, he makes me happy, I love watching him and his brothers' unhinged asses causing chaos, then watching them get so emotional like the literal children they still technically are. His existence is so fucked, to only form from the will of another, but in forming from that, whether it was by influence of Cloud's assistance as an anchor, or purely Sephiroth's unbound feelings and thoughts mixing with his will, Kadaj still formed very specific feeligns and layers to his personality that make him so individual, so blindly devoted to the idea of Mother, and so heartbreakingly jealous and lesser when considering Sephiroth himself. AND YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME THOSE THREE WHISPERS IN REMAKE WEREN'T THE REMNANTS. SOMEHOW, FOR SOME REASON, THEY WERE.

-All the people I ship romantically with this character-

I don't generally ship him? For the most part, when thinking about him, he just feels like a kid, in a teens body, with varied levels of maturity to his intellect and emotions.

In universes where he can be defined as mature physically and mentally? I'll be honest, I still haven't explored much. One RP that was short lived and didn't get far, my and a Cloud partner had a sort of thing going that might've turned into a 'Sephiroth is targetting and stalking Cloud and uses Kadaj to get close, but they actually genuine get attached to each other' kind of thing. Yes, I know that's weird, he sees Cloud as his brother (but then again, that's not really new to this fandom, ANYWAY).

Occasionally, but not actively at all (really only through looking up youtube fanvids after seeing one recommended), the thought of something really fucking toxic and doomed and not emotional at all between him and Rufus was a consideration XD I know, I'm weird.

Beyond that, I haven't really considered ships for him, because I don't often look at him as being in that position, or of a comfortable age for me personally, so.

-My non-romantic OTP for this character-

Cloud, or just his actual brothers. If there could've been a universe there couldn't have been, probably where things could've turned out stable and Kadaj could've had a chance to live and move beyond the manipulation and lies, if he and his brothers could've found purpose, I think he would've genuinely latched on to Cloud, and that that would be good for him. Cloud might look at him as a sibling, or another child he ends up drawn to take care of. It wouldn't be perfect, it would likely be tense given the reminders of who he is, but I think he'd deserve it.

Or just him living happy and hidden, occasionally causing chaos with his brothers. Let them explore what is to the world, beyond Mother and Sephiroth, to see what they could be beyond that.

Also my silly little brain wants him to have a dynamic with Genesis. It would be complicated, sad for Gen, frustrating for Kadaj because he can tell the man is seeing someone else when he looks at him, but something about their separate energies clashing...? Idk why, I just feel like Gen as a mentor looking out for Kadaj would just...work. I can't explain it.

-My unpopular opinion about this character-

I don't know that I have one? Other than maybe my belief that he was almost too independent, given the reason for his creation. Sephiroth forged him, and perhaps not perfectly, given he's being pulled apart in the Lifestream, but forged him to serve his need. But he had to be fed the Momma Trauma, and be told it was mother leading him. Something about his hunt to find her, and knowing it's to appease her by bringing back her most power 'son', and his visceral reactions that could've so easily pushed him off his path if just the right stresser had pushed him? At least for a moment.

I personally feel like that was a combination of two things, and this is extreme headcanon. I don't absolutely believe it, but it's how I see it; The hate Kadaj help for Sephiroth was born of his independence and how it had grown. He was still bound, but he had developed further than Seph could've planned nor controlled compeltely at that time, and so in all he was doing and experiencing and what he knew his fate would be, a bitterness towards Sephiroth formed.

But I also believe there was a bitterness toward him already there at his core--an accidental flow when Sephiroth created him. Because yes, by the end of OG, he was the god-complex madman, and everything of who he was, was mostly lost. But somewhere, deep within him, that confused, conflicted, scared SOLDIER still held feelings over his conflicted fate and purpose, his loneliness, whether he was to blame for all his heartache or not, there's no way some part of him DIDN'T occasionally blame himself to a point of holding some hate. So what if that flowed into Kadaj's creation?

-One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.-

Eh, nothing I wish HAD happened because sure I love the character, I sympathize deeply, but the role he played, he's not meant to survive so how things ended, that's how it had to be.

However, if there's a way to bring another appearance or reference to him in the R series? >> I would not complain. But only if it could be done right.

-How I feel about this character-

I really do adore Tifa! I'll admit, I adore my sort of 'rework while watching/perceiving' version, but I still adore her. She's not a favorite that burns bright in my head, but I am fond of her. Her, like most of the female characters, in OG were....eeeeh. They weren't defined and had some misogynistic bull lol.

But how I see her is this heart, this woman who, though through different trauma than Cloud, is trying to find herself and recognize her feelings, bound to others and her responsibilities, and just within herself. Probably my biggest moments of relating to her is when she's trying to find her voice, to not just duck back and away from an argument or a point. To be able to express herself within shutting down because her confidence is fragile.

-All the people I ship romantically with this character-

I'm honestly open to a lot of ships for her! I'm not big on any, except for one, but that also comes with the fact that she's not a muse, so my only experience is in shipping in a fic or shipping with a muse of mine.

I like Cloti about as much as I like Clerith, which is a medium amount! I can adore a lot about it! And I recognize Cloti is basically canon, especially after the kiss in Rebirth, and I accept that! but I just have certain opinions about Cloud and Tifa's dynamic that I might throw in unpopular opinion section, that just makes that a ship that doesn't stand out for me. Hell, the most I get into it, is when feeding info or fan content to my mom, who through Re content has become a Cloti shipper XD

I have shipped her in a sort of enemies to lovers thing with Reno! Usually fun, can be for shits and giggles and raunchy smut, or can be for complicated layers and depth! I've enjoyed it, though it's not my biggest ship for either character.

AERTI HOWEVER, I ADORE. I can still say it's not perfect, and before the Re serious, I never really considered it! But they way they're building up the dynamic different now, I adore, I eat it up, it gives me life. They're like old friends, girl besties, a great fighting pair, Cloud wranglers, and all these vibes all at once when I ship them, and it makes me happy and sad and full of feels to thing that it just sort of....fell into place upon meeting. They had so little time, and the way they clicked, like missing pieces. That's how I see that ship!

-My non-romantic OTP for this character-

Barret, probably! Aerith, too, for the same reasons as shippy just without the romance, but they're good for each other in a lot of ways that no one else can provide. But, her dynamic with Barret? He just feels like a figure of strength that is sometimes necessary to steel her resolve. He bolsters he strength, she softens his edges, and they are a fierce force! Cloud is there, too! But, idk, just...there are just so many complicated layers to their dynamic. I love when those complications in story telling for their relationship is handled well, with the ups and the downs.

-My unpopular opinion about this character-

First is going to be superficial, and I don't think it's majorly unpopular amongst fandom I usually interact with, but it's unpopular to some masses of dudebros--I'd be able to tolerate the ongoing ridiculous of the tits, if it balanced out a little bit, okay? Because why is a BRAWLER that lived in a MOUNTAIN SIDE TOWN that TRAINED HARD would have average physique? I don't even need her to look like an extreme body builder, BUT GIVE HER SOME MUSCLED ARMS, SOME REASONABLE ABS, AND SOME STRONG THIGHS. Everytime I look at her scrawny arms, I cry because it doesn't make fucking sense and it's stoopid lol

My big unpopular opinion? Relates to her and Cloud, and the ship dynamic; in my experience, probably influence by all my queer shipping and just not vibing strongly with certain ships (i'm aware this isn't the actual story, just how I perceive things and therefor is headcanon-y), her and Cloud aren't really actually genuinely in love. She was seeking his friendship off and on but not with full determination in her youth. She experience loss and trauma, Cloud finally entered her orbit like she'd been waiting and it's like this thing she had been waiting for, for a short while, finally happened...and then he leaves and never really returned. The Cloud she met again, when she knew who he was, wasn't fully himself and never was the boy she saw and would never be again. He's like this figure she wanted to reach, to understand, to make right and hold to satisfy a desire to hold him in her life to figure out what they would've been like together (as friends, in a relationship, doesn't matter).

Now Cloud's a SOLDIER, things are different and off and wrong, his memories wrong but she's unsure and conflicted and she just wants him to be okay so she tiptoes, etc, etc. I feel like them together is just trying to get back things lost from home, from childhood, grasping at chances unfulfilled that they slowly learn were burned up and gone years ago. I think when they understand each other, they can be good friends, and when handled right with writers, it can be a good story for such a ship. I just don't personally see it ^^;

-One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.-

I don't really have many thoughts on this for her yet? Other than sort of something that applies to the whole team--maybe getting a flashback scene to see their goodbyes to Aerith.

-How I feel about this character-

This right here? This is a bastard. And I love him. I love him and his shitty self XD And I'm blessed to RP with an amazing Rufus that really fleshes out a balance of his complicated nature, from daddy issues, manipulation, analytical thinking, to how he even deals with emotions, whatever kinds he experiences. As someone else said, he is not a good person, but he's a brilliant character, and I love how him and the Turks just have that vibe of being very...not normal when it comes to care and function as human beings XD but within their circle they still have unique dynamics, strange forms of care and soft spots, etc (moreso especially in the novels).

I can't wait to see shit get worse for him XD

-All the people I ship romantically with this character-

Rufus x Reno is only at the top because I RP it the most and I adore all the layers I've been able to play of them. But just below that ship, runner ups. I'll admit, Rufus x Tseng appeals on some level, but I don't engage often because I like to avoid those that make them OOC or make the dynamic an icky power play with a white asshole with power using his POC subordinate as a toy. Rufus x Seph occasionally, I've wanted to explore that often! And now with Re content, it's more complicated XD Then there's a sort of complicated ship I've started with my RP partner of Rufus x Vincent, but the version of Vincent is AU (in that his life was even worse, Hojo decided to recollect him and basically partially Winter SOLDIER him, so now he serves as a back and forth loan between Turks and R&D). But in the AU, Vincent would be assigned to young adult Rufus as a body guard, very strict, very professional, while a very hormonal and manipulative and rebellious Rufus would constantly be trying to push him, nudge him, seduce him. Vincent somehow manages his own sort of power, despite the power inbalance, between them, resisting for years, but it gets more and more complicated XD Very much a, started as onesided flirting, mutual attraction, cat and mouse, shit happens, Vincent regrets, and it's a more intense cat and mouse where emotions get deeper and risk get more extreme and Vincent is constantly having to fight to be better, if not completely avoid him at all costs (because he can't get into something complicated with another valuable figure of ShinRa, in his foolishness, and have something go horrible wrong because he couldn't control himself and keep professional), and Rufus is obsessed for layered reasons he doesn't quite want to admit (it's all his fault, really, he started it).

But that's about it for ships!

-My non-romantic OTP for this character-

Eh, it's hard to say? He just...sadly, doesn't seem to be the type to have friendships? But if you look at it beyond the lense of it having to be normal and super healthy, then A few Turks, definitely. Tseng. Reno, maybe. Tseng's like the voice of reason, Reno's the heart Rufus can't afford to have. I've never really considered anyone else, I don't think?

-My unpopular opinion about this character-

I don't really think I have one for Rufus, sorry!

-One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.-

Dunno that I have much for this, either! I want to see him get humbled, knocked down off his throne more and more, just because it fulfills a sense of justice even if he wasn't the one to start ShinRa shit, he has done his own shit and he's taking a mantle that he's not really changing enough. Plus I like seeing how he'll try to manipulate or fight his way out of situations.

Very low level thing? Seeing him, however fleetingly, interact with one of the bastards/siblings. IDK, just wanna, but it's not an extreme desire XD

And it's not gonna happen, but I would almost love to see his escape from the Presidents office in HQ XD just because that whole scene was fucking special. Senior is a bastard, and Rufus being so done yet amused by his shitty sarcasm was a top tier moment.

Thank you for these!!

[icycoldninja]

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Last updated: 03, 05, 2024

About me

Fluffcember 2023

DEVIL MAY CRY:

Dante:

Tired (Fluff)

Period headcannons

Pregnant (fluffy fanfic + headcannons)

Dirty talk headcannons

Ditching Prom (NSFW)

Fatherhood headcannons

Pregnancy care headcannons

Wedding day (fluff)

Nightmares (Angst/fluff)

Half angel SO headcannons

Cuddling headcannons

Ninja girlfriend headcannons

Childbirth comfort headcannons

Shadows of the past (angst/fluff/slight smut)

Forbidden Love

Dense (Funny-ish fluff)

Eating Pussy (NSFW)

NSFW alphabet

What's under there? (Smut kinda)

Perturbation (angst)

A problem (NSFW)

Strawberry panties (Suggestive, not quite NSFW)

S/O with teeth insecurities

Size kink headcannons (sfw & nsfw)

New pajamas (fluff)

Fated (angst)

Quiet night in (fluff)

Don't hurt yourself (angst)

Miscarriage comfort headcannons (angst)

Owning a cat headcannons

Hot (Yandere Dante)

Valentine’s Date

Caught a cold (fluff)

Rejected (angst)

Home invasion

Vergil:

I'll love you forever (Angst/NSFW)

Warm-up (Fluff)

Nsfw alphabet

Disquietude (angst)

S/O with teeth insecurities

Hot (Yandere Vergil)

NSFW headcannons

I'll hold you (angst/fluff)

S/O who stares a lot headcannons

Half-angel S/O headcannons

Nero:

Anxiety (angst)

S/O with teeth insecurities

NSFW headcannons

Half-angel S/O headcannons

V:

Hysteria (angst)

Dating headcannons

Nsfw alphabet

FINAL FANTASY VII:

Sephiroth:

Beauty day headcanons

S/O making them wear a dress headcanons

Anything for my baby (fluff)

Thanksgiving with S/O headcannons

Those eyes (angst)

Genesis:

Beauty day headcanons

S/O making them wear a dress headcanons

Attention (Fluff)

Thanksgiving with S/O headcannons

Dating headcannons

Angeal:

Beauty day headcanons

S/O making them wear a dress headcanons

Dating headcannons

Thanksgiving with S/O headcannons

Reno:

Dating Reno headcannons

A great misunderstanding (Yandere Reno x reader)

Kadaj:

Reunion (angst)

Final Fantasy 9:

Kuja:

They'd warned you (Yandere Kuja x reader)

Gone (angst)

Metal Gear (MG)

Raiden:

Pregnancy headcannons (fluff)

Pregnancy headcannons part 2 (fluff)

Pregnancy headcannons part 3 (fluff)

Childbirth headcannons (fluff)

Fatherhood headcannons (fluff)

Safe (angst/fluff)

Half Cyborg headcannons (sfw and nsfw)

NSFW headcannons

Succumb (NSFW)

Dominance (NSFW)

Eating pussy (NSFW)

Good boy (NSFW)

S/O who was man-made (angst)

I'm gonna a be a dad?!

S/O with a size difference kink

MGS2! NSFW alphabet

Mommy (NSFW)

Pregnant and horny (NSFW)

Bangin' in the shower (NSFW)

He picked Rose (angst)

Besotted (fluff)

Chilling out (fluff)

Cramps (hurt/comfort)

Misc:

If Vergil and Sephiroth met headcannons

How to use their, there, and they're

If Leon Kennedy and Dante met headcannons

Rapunzel (Sephiroth x Cloud)

[oveliagirlhaditright]

The Sugar in My Coffee - A Humorous (and Fluffy) Cloti and Zerith Fic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63758122

Summary: A few weeks after Advent Children, Cloud and Tifa are still somehow be awkward and distant with each other. Aerith and Zack, then, decide to discreetly step in to help them and humor ensues.

The Sugar in My Coffee

Aerith’s PoV

"Zack… why is Cloud suddenly acting so helpless when it comes to Tifa?" asked Aerith, exasperated, as they watched over their friends from the Lifestream.

Normally, she wouldn’t have done this, of course. It was a massive invasion of privacy, so Aerith would usually only ever pay attention to her friends’ lives if she sensed that the planet was once again in danger.

But after Sephiroth had once again been defeated, and weeks later Aerith had sensed so much pain still coming from Cloud and Tifa’s hearts, she hadn’t been unable to resist the urge to take a peek to see what was going on there.

And Zack, it seemed, had been right there with her.

"Well… he was recently dying from Geostigma. Maybe we should cut him some slack,” Zack suggested—squinting his eyes so that he might better peer into the scene that was unfolding before his eyes, Aerith thought. He, after all, wasn’t a Cetra, so it was harder for him to see what was happening back on Gaia, when Aerith opened a path, than it was for the Ancient herself.

And Aerith wanted to agree with Zack here—because the truth was that their friend really had been through far too much—but even she had to draw a line when she learned that he was ignoring Tifa. Again!

Even after his Geostigma had been healed so expertly, if Aerith did say so herself, and Tifa had been cute and forgiving enough to blow him a kiss as soon as he'd been healed—after he'd ignored her the first time—but now this?

"He's breaking Tifa's heart again, Zack, and I won't have it. Nuh-uh."

Zack smiled at Aerith serenely for a beat—maybe thinking she was the greatest thing he'd ever seen, because she was, Aerith knew—before asking, "Okay, then, so what do we do? Pep talks again?"

That was possibly a good plan; and Aerith understood why Zack would suggest it, because not only had it helped Cloud recently, but a certain man named Kadaj that it really seemed that she had become the mother of, Aerith thought as she looked back towards her “son,” ruefully.

"I say we help him figure it out by giving him a nudge that he does need to talk to Tifa now," explained Aerith, thinking wistfully to her dates with Zack and Cloud, where she’d nudged them both in the directions she’d wanted them to go there. "And if that doesn't work, we'll get Denzel and Marlene involved. Who can say no to them?"

Zack looked at Aerith in shock for a moment, no doubt taken aback that she’d bring out the big guns. But then he grinned widely and nodded his head enthusiastically.

Okay, so it was a plan, then!

Time for her to get to work…

…

Cloud’s PoV

"Cloud… what's wrong? Why are we- why are we still having issues?" Tifa asked, turning around to face him as he sat at Seventh Heaven’s kitchen table, going over his deliveries for the next morning. It seemed to Cloud that she'd finally given up on finding busy work to do in the kitchen at the same time he was in here (like writing on the cream of tartar that it wasn't the same as tartar sauce: a mistake he'd learned the hard way when baking with Marlene a few months ago, so he was thankful to her for doing this), and finally decided that they needed to address the matter at hand.

And how Cloud wanted to kick himself for Tifa thinking they needed to address anything at all, because they were fine… should have been fine, anyway. She hadn't done anything wrong. It wasn't her fault he still had problems communicating.

"I just… I guess I don't know how you forgave me so easily, Tifa?" Cloud started. And then inwardly cursed himself, not knowing where he was going with this, because hadn't he just been thinking they were fine… should have been fine, but was now contradicting the thought?

But taking a deep breath and deciding to let his heart do the talking, Cloud found himself continuing with, "Sure there instantiating circumstances when I left when I had Geostigma… but I still left you. With so much to take care of when I did. And don't you deserve better than that?"

In realizing what the problem was now, Tifa smirked a little and seemed to choose this moment to act "tough," as she asked Cloud point-blank, "Isn't that my choice?"

And it was. It really was. Tifa was so strong and forthright. And she… She really knew and loved him. It was hard to believe so, but she did. And that- that was why he loved her, too.

"It-it is,” Cloud said--standing now, so that he could begin walking towards Tifa the second the moment allowed. “And don't get me wrong. I don't want to push you away, when someone like you is…"

Oh, God, he was going to mess this up. Looking all around the kitchen for any kind of inspiration to use here, he found himself saying, "the sugar in my coffee…" and while that may have been true—and hey, Tifa's eyes were even the color of coffee—Cloud knew how horrible an analogy it was, and in not trying to ruin things, he was pretty sure he just had.

But Tifa just seemed to blush, tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, and look around the room herself a little before saying, "U-Umm, thank you, Cloud. I appreciate that. B-but maybe you shouldn't be the one to teach Denzel and Marlene about metaphors, huh?"

Cloud snorted, suddenly finding his shoes very interesting, just as he broke out in gooseflesh. Well, he couldn't argue with that.

"So, then, are we-"

"But if we're going to use such, uhh, awful metaphors, know that you're the sugar in my chamomile," Tifa whispered, her face tomato red now, before she started to step away towards the living room-joint bar.

"Tifa, wait-" Cloud started, using a bit of his SOLDIER speed so he could get to her before she was gone and grab her arm to halt her.

And was it Cloud… or could see the ghostly form of Zack and Aerith again, at the edge of the room. Cloud scrubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things, but nope. His friends were still there.

"Aerith?!" Tifa choked with tears evident in her voice, indicating to Cloud that he wasn’t going crazy and this time she could see the pair, as well.

"We were going to step in to make sure you two were really going to sail this time, but it looks like you’ve got it covered—cheesy lines and all,” Aerith winked at her friend.

And Tifa sobered up then a little, brushed away her tears, and laughed lightly. “Yeah, I guess we do.”

"I think they learned a cheesy line or two from us, dear," Zack reminded his girlfriend. And Aerith giggled at that. And if that wasn't like the feel of her "Healing Rain," Cloud didn't know what was.

"Well, we have to go now. Be good. And take care of Marlene and Denzel!" Aerith urged them, with something there in her voice Cloud couldn’t quite make out.

And holding hands, the couple walked away and disappeared back into the Lifestream—not unlike how they had a few weeks ago.

Tifa watched them in awe, just like Cloud had, before she turned to him with a big grin on her face and fell into his arms. "Our lines were cheesy… but at least we knew that, I guess. Still, I can't help feeling Denzel and Marlene are doomed."

"But at least they'll know they have two parents who love them like no other," Cloud reminded Tifa. 'And we love each other,' he thought, kissing the top of her head.

Sitting down, then, to a warm glass of coffee while the kids continued to play “Monopoly” in Denzel’s room, Cloud reflected that everything truly was alright.

Author's Note: A rewrite of a story I wrote… probably about sixteen-seventeen years ago. o_0 And I partly rewrote it, because I don’t think I’m the best at writing comedy anymore? But I do think the original, at least, was really funny (it had my friend Michael, at least, bursting out in laughter as he read it).

So, I rewrote it to somewhat try and practice comedy in my writing again and recapture that feeling. I don’t know if it’s AS funny as it once was, because tbh: the original was probably a little OOC (as I was very new to writing then), and I very obviously wanted to stay true to the characters here. But I tried.

Hope you all enjoyed:)

And this is dedicated to my old friend, Michael. Michael, we’ve admittedly drifted apart. And I’m not going to message you about this or anything like that (though I do know you’re still a fan of FFVII and you used to read fanfiction, though I don’t know if you do anymore). But if you ever do just happen to find this on your own, know that this is dedicated to you, of course, and I still love you, my friend, and hope that you’re doing well.

Edit: Oh, and the tartar sauce and cream of tartar thing was a reference to some of fanfiction author "Qwi-Xux's" wonderful CloTi work, where in one of her works Cloud DID mix those two things up while baking with Marlene. LOL

[rottenpumpkin13]

Let me be delusional please, my fragile heart needs this. We know that the remnants are part of Sephiroth, Kadaj is hatred and rage, Loz is physical strength and speed, and Yazoo is charisma and his aloof demeanor. But what if there aren't three remnants, there are four of them, but the fourth one is a bit "special".

The fourth is child Sephiroth, S-1, the kid is Sephiroth's innocence and pain.

Obviously, Sephiroth resents this weak, pathetic thing. Just the idea of having to look at S-1 makes him seethe in disdain look at how powerless he used to be, such thing is not worthy of Mother's love so Sephiroth just leaves S-1 in the Lifestream and lets Gaia do the work for him, this Planet and him have one thing in mutual is that they both loath each other, Gaia is too much of a coward to take the risk of letting some part of the Calamity's son roaming in the Lifestream, no matter how weak or harmless it seems to be.

To be fair, he is right about the last part. The Planet first wants to dissolve S-1 and be done with it, however, Aerith doesn't agree with them. At first, she was not sure what to do with S-1, she pitied the child that is for sure, but all in all, the poor child is still part of The enemy of the Planet, and Gaia can be very stubborn when it comes to anything related to the Calamity. But Zack... Gaia, Zack looks devastated when he takes the first look at his old friend, or at least what is left of him. He doesn't try to persuade her to save the child, he knows how unfair it would be for her since it was Sephiroth's blade is the thing that led her to her demise, but she knows how badly Zack wants to save S-1. Zack still feels guilty about what happened in the Nibelheim reactor, despite Aerith's continuous reassurance that is not his fault, he claims that he should have done more, he could have saved thousands of lives, and most importantly, Sephiroth wouldn't have lost his mind.

Saving the child probably would heal the Nibelheim-reactor wound in Zack so for Zack's sake, she negotiates with Gaia.

(Part of her feels sorry for Sephiroth, the man is doomed from the second he was born. He was born broken and never got the chance to save himself. Maybe by saving S-1, the deceased hero maybe can finally find a small bit of peace.)

I struggle at first to think of the name for the fourth one since I don't want to use Sephiroth. But then I remembered that all the pain and suffering of Sephiroth comes from the Jenova Project, what name fits more than S-1? English is not my first language so no matter how I want to write this idea into a fic, I can't lol, best I can do is write some small bit. This idea was actually inspired by an ask from anon to Alto but I forgot which one sorry, I just remember that they said they feel sorry for Sephiroth, and honestly? Same, I wish him to have a happier life in another world because there is no chance for him to have that in FF7 when even death refuses him.

WAIT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? I'M INVESTED 😭

This is such a perfect idea ughhhhhhhh I want to read a version of this where they send him to Cloud and Tifa—after Advent Children—so that they can raise and take care of him. Imagine everything being over and done with, and then a much younger version of Sephiroth shows up at their door.

*screams into the void* I love this so much it's killing me 💗