#me gongaga

[sephirthoughts]

i am embarking on a journey. i am not going anywhere i mean i’m about to start crisis core in case any of you nerds have tips or advice or want to congratulate me on playing my very first FF7 game or tell me i’m playing in the wrong order like a filthy casual

this is the official cover art for the game you cowards

[prismaticpichu]

He wishes you a happy Me Gongaga Monday!!

Have a fantastic week, my friendos!!! You got this!

[auroralcrow]

Me? Gongaga

[altocat]

What would've happened if Sephiroth had retired during CC?

He probably would have gone off to someplace peaceful. I could see him sticking around Midgar for a little while before moving on.

He'd love someplace quiet, with plenty of wilderness to explore. Cosmo Canyon would be ideal. Or maybe someplace out in the forests.

Zack, of course, happily suggests Gongaga. A nice place to rest while he makes up his mind. Sephiroth obliges, intending on staying only for a few weeks, and subsequently staying for five years solely to stay close to Zack.

[verysmolspams]

I was watching March Madness because my Dad loves sports. The team from Gonzaga came up on the screen, but I read it as fucking “Gongaga”.

The brainrot is fucking REAL

(Also imagining Zack and the others on a basketball team makes me giggle; their shenanigans wouldn’t change much)

[eggfriiedrice]

just remembered me gongaga

[bubblebassfatass]

Me? Espresso.

[epicwin64]

Here’s (roughly) what I think the storyline of FF7 Rebirth will be like

Kalm/Nibelheim flashback scene

*After the flashback Cloud will be taunted by Sephiroth. When he wakes up, realizing it was a nightmare, he doesn’t have a shirt on. I just threw this in here because of Cloud’s *ahem* female audience ;)

Midgarsormr/Catching a Chocobo

Mythril Mines/Elena boss fight

Yuffie joins

Junon/Cloud saves Priscilla’s life

Junon parade

Ship to Costa del Sol

First Jenova boss fight

Costa del Sol

Corel Foothills

First visit to Gold Saucer

Cait Sith joins

Corel Prison

Barret vs Dyne boss fight

Chocobo race

Gongaga

Red XIII leaves (but not really)

*From this point onward everyone refers to him as Nanaki

Bugenhagen/Lifestream projection

Gi Nattak boss fight

First encounter with Sephiroth clones

*Intermission 1*: Zack searches for Aerith

DISC 2

Nibelheim Manor

Vincent joins

Vincent flashback

*There should be a scene where he sees Hojo again. Just imagining him scream “HOJOOOOOOOOOO!” angrily paints a faint picture in my head.

*You know how Vincent’s right arm looks like it’s prosthetic? I think they should explain how he got that. My theory is that it was a “freak accident” on Hojo’s part.

Mt. Nibel

Rocket Town

Cid joins

*The party will call out Cid for the way he talks to Shera, because domestic abuse is not cool

Tiny Bronco

Search for Zack

Cloud and Zack reunite

Sephiroth attacks Midgar (again)

Cloud and Zack vs. Jenova

Second visit to Gold Saucer

Cloud dates….not Cait Sith (derogatory)

Cait Sith’s secret gets revealed

Flashback scene showing Sephiroth attacking Tseng

Temple of the Ancients

Cait Sith’s “sacrifice”

Sephiroth attempts to kill everyone (and fails)

Cloud gives “Sephiroth” the black materia

*Sephiroth also tricks Cloud into attacking Aerith, foreshadowing that he’s possessing him into giving Sephiroth what he wants

Aerith leaves and goes after Sephiroth herself

The party heads to Gongaga

Cloud wakes up

Forgotten City

Aerith’s death

*Everyone is affected by her death emotionally, even Vincent, who is usually portrayed as being stoic

Third Jenova boss fight (Cloud solo)

The party continues their journey in spite of Aerith being dead

Reeve calls Elmyra about Aerith’s death

*Intermission 2*: Zack heads home to Gongaga

*When Zack finally does get home, he begins suffering symptoms of mako poisoning

The party heads north to Icicle Inn

Credits

Epilogue (Shows Aerith waking up in the Lifestream, when she wakes up she says “Zack?”)

[foreveranonymousfa]

[seieifsetsuna]

[goblinstandards]

stranger: hey what’s your gender?

me: me? gongaga.

[hauntingmiser]

Gongaga Monday do be hitting fr fr

Me Gongaga Monday

[chimerabytes]

helloooo happy mara sov me gongaga meow megatron monday

[rocketbirdie]

Weird thing that bothered me about Rebirth and I want to hear other people's thoughts.

Um... Why did they gentrify Gongaga? I can't be the only one who feels cheated by the chummy suburban development vibe in Rebirth.

OG Gongaga is an isolated village deep in a jungle. It's possible to completely miss the first chance to visit, because it's practically unheard of. All the young folks fled to the big city. A reactor blew up and killed most of the inhabitants, leaving the town in a state of decay. The houses are falling apart, the people are desperate, it's derelict and miserable.

An understated theme in the OG is how life is difficult without modern technology. Avalanche sets out to destroy these reactors without considering the consequences for their own futures, thinking "well it won't be easy but i'm sure it'll be fine." Gongaga is the story's way of showing you just how fine everything is going to be— despite being in a lush rainforest, long since violently cut off from Shinra's influence, these people still suffer immensely.

I wanted to see it in hd so bad honestly. The splintered rotting wood, the furskin rugs, the dirty brick walls. The unspoken yet unignorable trauma. The mournful purple twilight that quietly hangs over the whole village. I wanted to see the survivors' spiteful determination to make things work without mako.

Instead we got a squeaky clean Crisis Core rendition of Gongaga, with its down-to-earth upbeat stardew valley soundtrack and generic hard workin' country folk. The houses are like... twice the size i expected them to be. Neat and tidy, no holes in the roofs, no dishevelled interiors. No sign of struggle. Everybody is content at worst.

The reactor may as well have never exploded. Nobody talks about it. We hear some bullshit about Shinra trying to "make amends" or compensate people for the damages, and that's about it. Apparently everybody's just fine with this, because all of the original version's resentment and grief is gone.

Don't even get me started on the barker stationed at the town entrance. "Come experience nature's bounty!" Man... why are we treating it like a goddamn hippy tourist attraction. OG Gongaga would have had someone knock this kid's teeth out.

Idk I'm just sad. The melancholy is what made Gongaga so memorable despite its bump-in-the-road identity. I wish we could have gotten that instead of one big callback to CC.

[seikiro]

Aerti moments - Gongaga