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yinza · 7 months ago
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Rating: Teen Relationships: Lucrecia/Ifalna, Lucrecia & Sephiroth, Mrs. Shinra/Mrs. Shinra, Jenova & Sephiroth Characters: Lucrecia Crescent, Ifalna, Nanaki's Mother, Kasumi Kisaragi, Claudia Strife, Mrs. Shinra, Sephiroth, Jenova Wordcount: 50,287
Summary: How would the world be different if Ifalna never died? Kasumi Kisaragi? Thea Lockhart?
This is an exploration of a universe in which every mother who dies in canon is instead guaranteed survival, and the chance to play an active role in shaping the world around her.
Yes, all of them.
Somewhere between a longfic and a vignette collection, which begins with the earliest averted death and follows the ripples onward. This fic uses only mom POVs, and considering some of them do not even have canon names, there's a lot of headcanoning going on here, but I hope y'all will consider joining me for it.
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achluos · 1 year ago
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i just fucking realized almost half of the avalanche gang know when theres a dead body in a room
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ashen-laguz · 2 years ago
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realized earlier today that not one, not two, but THREE of my ocs in my beloved fave group of my ocs have their own brand of hitori energy
idk what this says about me but I consider it a good thing
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firstknightvulion · 8 months ago
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I swear to God, I do other stuff other than shill Cloud and Tifa but when you find inspiration, you use it!
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Also, I just finished Chapter 13 or as I like to call it: THE FUCKING TRAUMA CHAPTER!!!
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
FUCKING SPOILERS
Barret and Aerith’s trials legit had me tearing up.
Barret begging not to lose his wife again. Aerith crying and apologizing to her mother. These scenes did so much to add to their characters.
Shit, Watching Nanaki get fucking branded. Tifa and Yuffie reliving their trauma’s was hard as hell.
As a husband and father, Aerith and Barret scenes hit me raw. John Eric Bentley and Brianna White and whoever voiced young Aerith did such good job.
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prismaticpichu · 10 months ago
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Pichu’s list of FF7 oopsies
Misconceptions I believed years prior
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• Thinking Angeal was Zack’s dad
• Thinking Aeris and Aerith were different people
• Thinking Yazoo was Yahoo
• Thinking Geostigma was just FF7’s version of the flu (it’s really not, mate)
• Thinking Dumbapples were Dumpapples
• Thinking Cloud was ShinRa’s kid (I blame fandom)
• Thinking Sephiroth was a woman
• Thinking Tseng was pronounced “Shung”
• Thinking Barret was a cyborg
• Thinking Nanaki was the name of Red’s grandfather
• Thinking Sephiroth got his wing via Hojo procedure
• Thinking Vincent was a vampire (I blame fandom)
• Thinking Seph was in the ShinRa manor not because he was researching info about his mother but bc he KNEW about his mother beforehand, didn’t give two shits, and was researching about Jenova bc it was the purpose of their Nibelheim mission
• Thinking that Aerith’s Cetra blood gave her elf ears (I thought her ribbons were her ears—I, I dunno man)
• Thinking there was an in-universe FF7 search engine called Moogle
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teecupangel · 5 months ago
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So I'm replaying FF7 and so I'm thinking about the Desmond as the same species as Nanaki au (I can't remember if Guardian Beat is Canon or not) again and how fun (for us) it would be to drop him where he'd get picked up by by Shinra to play on his Abstergo trauma
Also imagine being Nanaki you believe for years that you're one of the last two of your species until you give yourself up so your friend can escape and find another one of you had been captured who knows how long ago
I don't really know about how everything ends would go past Regular FF7 but Des is there past Nanaki thinking des has amnesia because of the experiments and deciding to take Des under his wing and that Jenova arrived on Gaia through the use of a POE whether she's an actual Isu that was wiped by the travel or just an experiment
Also also since Nanaki's species is so long lived it'd be funny if Desmond's age was 1:1 instead of an equivalent age so he's around early teenage age for Guardian Beasts
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Here is the original Desmond is the same species as Nanaki in AC world idea
So, for this one, Desmond will be booted into FFVII world in his new body and, to show our love for him, he will be experimented on in a different facility and will be saved by the main party during their adventure.
This way, Desmond would have some time to be isolated to hammer in the Abstergo kidnapping ‘flashbacks’.
And when the party finally saves him, that’s when he’ll be comforted by Nanaki. Nanaki, of course, is out of his depths and asked help from someone who has experience with children (because, in his eyes, Desmond is still a child).
Barret.
So while the party is traveling to their next destination, Desmond has to watch Nanaki and Barret try to… well… act around him like he was a kid.
He wasn’t.
But no one was listening. Nanaki seemed to believe that he’s in his ‘rebellious period’.
Then Sepiroth appears and calls Desmond ‘uncle’ and people are now going “??????”
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Up to you nonny how Desmond looks but I kinda like the idea that his right front paw is black and looked burnt. Everyone believes Shinra had something to do with that.
Everyone thinks Desmond has amnesia because of Shinra’s experiments. Desmond never bothered to correct them because no one was going to believe he was from another world, after all
He lets Aerith and Tifa braid him and he likes the feather they pinned on his head because it reminds him of Ratonhnhaké:ton.
He absolutely fights using some kind of blade attached to his legs like some sort of spur made by Yuffie.
Sepiroth calls him uncle because…
Jenova isn’t an Isu but a lifeform created by the Isus as a test subject. Specifically, she’s made by Juno and Aita and was the test subject to see if traveling to another world would be a feasible solution to get away from the incoming Solar Flare.
It failed in the sense that Jenova’s genetic structure got fucked when she crossed worlds and that’s how she started her intergalatic travel.
The same problem occurred to Desmond but Desmond’s genetic structure became the same as Nanaki’s species instead of Jenova.
So yeah. Sepiroth calls him uncle because Desmond is technically a product of Juno like Jenova herself. In his mind, Desmond and his mother shared a common ‘parent’.
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risingoflights · 9 months ago
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do you have thoughts on the ff7r devs changing it so Hojo actively taunts Aerith with Ifalna’s death in Remake as opposed to the original game where he doesn’t even know Ifalna’s dead until the party runs into him in Costa?? bc he seemed oddly pensive about in the og and it kinda stuck out to me + you seem like the person to ask for Hojo opinions
IN FACT I DO.
trust you me i have opinions on everything, especially hojo, but i tend to actively keep my mouth shut unless someone asks directly. so thank you for asking directly!
as usual, not laying down my word as law or canon or anything, but just to give folks another perspective to think on if they haven't already:
if memory serves, in og, hojo only ever refer to three people by name: sephiroth, gast, and ifalna (and jenova i suppose but does she really count as people). everyone else he has a moniker for, even people who should be important to him. lucrecia was 'the woman'. vincent was 'the turk'. cloud was 'the failure'. nanaki 'the specimen'. and dear sweet aerith, she was 'the ancient'.
they change this trait around a bit in the compilations i believe (it's been a while), but it's mostly consistent. aerith herself brings this up in costa in og, insisting that the least he can do is remember her name. the reverse of this, interestingly, is aerith referring to 'my mother' and hojo himself conjuring her name - 'you mean ifalna'. i've inferred from this (and you're all free to disagree) that the only actual people in hojo's life were sephiroth, gast, and ifalna. everyone else is either nonexistent or reduced to just their role to play.
i'd say aerith, in og, wasn't actually important to hojo even as 'the ancient' - and why i think that is a slightly different discussion. but suffice to say that if someone isn't important to you, you wouldn't spend time and energy taunting them, or deliberately and maliciously trying to make them uncomfortable, as we see hojo doing to aerith in remake.
(as for what ifalna was to hojo - what i have on that is pure headcanon, but feel free to ask if you're interested)
there's no doubt hojo's always been cruel, but in og his cruelty to aerith - and the main cast in general - was a dismissive sort. harm inflicted on them was thoughtless and not at all personal - again, none of them even counted as people. comparing that with the consistent bitterness with which he evoked gast's name, the contrast was almost charming. i'm sad we seem to have lost that in remake, along with a lot of hojo's more human characteristics. remake hojo feels to me a lot like a predictable combo of tropes - a puppet playing to audience expectations, but hey i'm still hopeful for something else interesting as the game goes on. we shall see.
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accala · 5 months ago
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The FF7 Gang's Reasons for Hating Shinra: A Dialogue
Tifa: So we all have reasons to hate Shinra... but I don't think we've ever shared them as a group before.
Aerith: Ooohh that's true. Why don't we try sharing them as a bonding experience?
Cloud: A bonding experience? Don't we know each other's stories already?
Aerith: I just think it would be cathartic to let it out you know? Here I'll start: I hate Shinra because my mother and I were kidnapped by them. Because we were the last living Ancients. Oh! And they wanted us to lead them to the Promised land. But Hojo mostly wanted to use us as experiments though. And mom took the brunt of it...
Nanaki: That was quite a cheerful introduction for an albeit morbid crime that Shinra did. However... I too have been kidnapped to be used as an experiment. And Shinra was complicit in it.
Tifa: ...It's eery how similar North Corel is to what happened to Nibelheim. Everyone we knew died too. The Mayor. The villagers. Cloud's mom. My dad. Even if Sephiroth started it, it was Shinra who decided to cover up everything.
Barret: And none of those ain't a damn bit surprising at all. Shinra was a bunch of greedy lifestream-sucking bastards who made false promises and took everything in their wake. They took my hand. Burned my town to the ground. And worst of all, they killed my Myrna and took Marlene’s parents away from her. They killed every person I ever cared about just to save their sorry-ass reputations. And I'm damn glad to be rid of them.
Yuffie: You guys already know what happened to Wutai. Shinra wanted to subjugate us to set up a Mako reactor—the greedy bastards. But Wutai wanted none of that. We wanted independence. So through our blood, sweat, and tears, our warriors put up a good fight! Kicked Shinra’s ass too until the SOLDIERs came along. And then Wutai was turned into a tourist trap. Our pride. Our honor. Our culture. All turned into a joke. Damn Shinra- <looks at Cloud> I know you already told us your whole story, but at this point you might as well share too.
Cloud: All of you already know that most of my grievances are directed at Hojo and Sephiroth. But I’m not going to pretend that Shinra played no part in that either. Anything Hojo or Sephiroth-related, Shinra was involved. My mother’s death; they covered it up. Our unwilling experimentation? Shinra knew where we were or rather didn’t care. And Zack’s death? Shinra issued a whole army just to kill him. Even my coma and amnesia were indirectly because of them. <nods at Vincent> What about you?
Vincent: A similar reason. Hojo decided that I too was of use as a test subject. Funny how there's four of us who shared that moniker.
Cait Sith: <shakes his head> That’s not guid. Not guid at all. Ach well, this has been a pure gloomy day. Ah huvnae got anythin' tae share though. What aboot you laddie? <looks at Cid>
Cid: ...
Cid: Well damn. Right after all of your tragic backstories, I don't think I wanna share mine.
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altocat · 1 year ago
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Do you have any unhinged ffvii comp head cannons?
Tifa and Lucia are distant cousins
Lucrecia was briefly in love with Grimoire
Rufus has a severe peanut allergy
Gast is Genesis' biological father
Cloud secretly enjoys lingerie whenever he takes a break from serious manly soldier shenanigans
Eventual Barret/Elmyra??
Angeal has the most skills in bed
Sephiroth occasionally refers to himself as Mother/Jenova in order to feel closer to her
Aerith enjoys blowing things up
Cid is a recovering alcoholic who smokes as a substitute
Genesis is future!Vincent's bff other than Nanaki thanks to his longevity
Nanaki chases his tail when no one is watching
The Turks are directly/indirectly responsible for the deaths of exactly 203.5 civilians
Glenn plays DnD with Matt and Lucia on weekends
Yuffie is banned from all public karaoke bars for...incidents in the past
Zack has a gigantic collection of slinkies that he refuses to elaborate on
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salternateunreality2 · 6 months ago
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Sephiroth, but instead of eldrich-horror-from-outer-space, Gast, Hojo and Lucrecia didn't mess up and injected him with actual cetran cells, so he's way less dark, mysterious and depressed and way more of a hippy goofball. They send him to a battle and he wanders off to smell some flowers
Hojo: KILL THE BUNNY, SEPHIROTH.
Sephiroth: BUNNY!!! *picks up bun, snuggles, listens to bun* Hmm, ok, I'll tell him. The bunny says you're a monster. And that her name is Fluffaggedon, Empress of Darkness, and you're going to die. *whispers with the bun*
Hojo: ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST KILL IT!!!!
Lucrecia: He can talk to animals?! I only went to get cigarettes 3 years ago and he's already developed this much?!?!
Hojo: YES THAT IS HOW BABIES WORK.
Lucrecia: Neato mosquito. Any eldritch horrors we have yet to unearth? Maybe he can befriend them!
Hojo: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Fluffaggedon: *twitches her nose*
Sephiroth: Awesome! Let's go! *escapes the labs for the 47th time that day, finds a herd of chocobos, becomes weirdly obsessed with the baby chicks*
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A few years later...
Sephiroth: I'm going to get cigarettes!
Hojo: STOP SAYING THAT EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO ESCAPE! I am at my wit's end with you, you worthless-
Sephiroth: Maybe I'll run into my egg donor while I'm out!
Hojo: *finds the nearest paper bag to hyperventilate into*
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Sephiroth, when he gets to newborn!Cloud's crib: Look, Fluffaggedon, there he is!
Cloud: 🐣
Fluffaggedon: *waggles tail*
Claudia: Um, hello?
Sephiroth: We love your child. He is the one. We will adopt him and be his friend and follow him to the ends of the earth.
Cloud: BUH 🐣
Claudia: Uhhh...would you like a snack? While I call your parents?
Sephiroth: No thank you, my parents are pretty evil and neglectful, and I would prefer to spend my time staring at your baby in wonder.
Claudia: ...
Sephiroth: 😍
Fluffaggedon: *cleans ear*
Claudia: ...okey-dokey, artichokey.
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A few months later....
Claudia: Sephiroth, kiddo, please don't bring animals that will poop on the floor inside the house anymore, Cloud is teething and will try to eat anything.
Sephiroth: 😍 You are a wise and kind mother. Will you be mine?
Claudia: Yeah, sure, works for me. Grilled cheese or pasta for l-
Sephiroth: PASTA! 😍😍😍
Fluffaggedon: *happy butt wiggles*
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A few years later...
Sephiroth: Mother, I need to go get cigarettes in Midgar, there is a child who needs me.
Claudia: Well, we need to start packing then. You get yourself ready and when you're done, come help me with Cloud's stuff.
Cloud: 🐣NO I HELP SEPH. AND I DO IT MYSELF.
Claudia: Whatever gets the boat afloat.
Fluffaggedon: *wise whisker twitches*
Hojo: *knocks on the door*
Sephiroth: *opens the door* Hello, asshole. Mother, this is my sperm donor. Sperm donor, this is my mother. We're going out to get cigarettes together.
Hojo: WHAT THE FUCK, YOU WERE HERE THE WHOLE TIME!?!?!?
Sephiroth: Yep. Leave now. *slams the door*
Fluffaggedon: *pushes a plant out of the window above the front door, almost kills Hojo, who leaves*
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In Midgar...
Jailbreak for Ifalna, Aerith, and Nanaki, but Sephiroth's primary goal is in the slums.
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Sephiroth: Hello, soulmate. You may share my mother now that yours is dead. Come along.
Lazard: What the actual fuck.
Sephiroth: This is my Cloud. Say hello, Cloud!
Cloud: If you huwt Sephy, I kiww you.
Lazard: What the actual fuck.
Claudia: I mean same, he's my kid, but if you need a place to stay, I'm collecting children. Apparently.
Lazard: Well ok then.
Sephiroth: *happiest kitten*
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Hojo dies of an aneurysm when he finds the note Sephiroth left behind.
"Ugly Sperm Donor,
Fluffaggedon says it is time. Goodbye, and good riddance.
Sincerely,
Sephiroth Strife 🌸🦋"
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patibato · 3 months ago
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[Bitter Sweet Sixteen] 002-B01 - The Hateful Five
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Female Student A: Oh, ufufufu! Just what I'd expect from you, Yumenosuke-san! Sharp, smart, athletic, and funny to boot.
Female Student B: I'm so happy we can spend time together in mahorova like this.
Yumenosuke: I'm also honoured to be able to talk with delightful ladies such as yourselves. It's a shame that, due to me being at my villa in Switzerland, the metaverse is our only way to meet, but… well, there's only about half of Summer Vacation left.
Next on the agenda is how to make the best use of the remaining time—let's have an open discussion about it!
Female Student A: Sounds good to me! By the way, what are your plans?
Yumenosuke: I completed all my assignments in the first week, so in the remaining time, I think I'll put all my efforts towards ensuring the success of the open days we'll be holding at the end of the month.
Female Student B: Oh my! That's wonderful! We should learn from you.
Female Student A: We should. I've just been obsessed with the "LashColle" releases lately…
Yumenosuke: LashColle… "Eyelash Collection", you mean? Unfortunately, I'm rather unfamiliar with the eyelash world, so I appear to be falling behind.
However, I believe the top LashColle award from the other day was acquired by my Uncle, with an overwhelming point difference, yes?
Gannosuke: Indeed, along with one of the audience awards.
A pleasure to meet you, lovely young ladies. I am Yumenosuke's Uncle, Kuraku Gannosuke.
Female Student B: I was wondering who the mysterious gentleman next to Yumenosuke-san was… so you're that renowned eyelash artist?
Female Student A: Congratulations on your winnings! Your work was the boldest, most radiantly decadent one of them all…!
Female Student B: So true. On top of that… it felt a little different to your usual style!
Yumenosuke: Huh… has there been a change in your mental state or something?
Gannosuke: Well, the other day I had a once in a lifetime encounter on the island. There's no doubt that he sparked a flame in my imagination.
Yumenosuke: Oh! That's wonderful to hear. I wonder, just what kind of encounter was it—
Student Council Member: President Kuraku!
Yumenosuke: What is it? Quiet down.
Student Council PR: It's serious! Please look at this news!
Yumenosuke: …!? "Active High Schoolers Recruited as Tourism Ward Mayors"…!?
Student Council PR: What's more, while this hasn't been announced yet, my mother who works with the news says the ones nominated are—…
Female Student A: Of all people, it's those lowly Rank One students who may have blown up the old school building…!? Aah, I'm getting dizzy…!
Female Student B: A-are you alright, Yumenosuke-san? You've gone pale…
Yumenosuke: …Kh!
(Ward Mayors have a lot of influence over the political world, and despite knowing that, the Ward 0 Mayor chose THEM? In the first place, it's clear this personnel decision was enforced without proper consideration… an unacceptable folly!)
(What's more, being a Ward Mayor…! It's the position that I should have been inaugurated into in "Kuraku Yumenosuke's Life Plan Chapter 3 ~Tourism Ward Mayor Edition~"…!)
(Surely those savages responsible for the bombing incident took the positions with no great effort involved—absolutely unforgivable! How dare they do this to my perfect life plan… how dare they…-)
Gannosuke: Are you alright, Yumenosuke-kun?
Yumenosuke: … Excuse me. I have some business to attend to, so I shall take my leave now!
Gannosuke: …
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Momiji: Everyooone! The press release is ouuut!
Akuta: Ooh! For real!? Can I see~~~?
Nanaki: Oi, Akuta. Sit properly while you eat.
Ushio: Hmm… this celebration* soba is pretty good.
Muneuji: Indeed. I'm sure even my mother, who's very particular about Japanese food, would choose to eat this 100% buckwheat soba.
*slurping*
Kiroku: … Slurp…
Akuta: Uuum, "Actibb high shkoowers~"…
Yachiyo: Ah, should I read it out? Since everyone's busy eating…
Renga: That's thoughtful of you. —Hey, you guys, hand it over.
Momiji: Sorry, Yachiyo-kun. Please go ahead!
Yachiyo: "Active High Schoolers Unexpectedly Chosen for Wards 5-9 in the Hama Special Tourism Ward"
Liguang: … …
Yachiyo: "Aiming to incorporate a new sense of values into Hama's tourism based on the younger generation, who bear the burden of the future—"
"We are pleased to announce that active high schoolers have been inaugurated into the position of Tourism Ward Mayors for Wards 5-9 under the orders of Ward 0 Mayor and Hama Tours President, Oguro Kafka."
Yukikaze: …
Yachiyo: "As with the tour held by R1ze—the Mayors of Wards 0-4—which concluded to high acclaim the other day, their upcoming first tour will include a Hospitality Live."
"And this time, there'll also be an inauguration ceremony held on the first day, making this a tour packed with events."
"Furthermore, it will be held at their school building, one of the symbols of Hama—"
Ten: This soba's good.
Yachiyo: "Hama Asunaro High School, in collaboration with the open days being held."
"It will be a tour that can be enjoyed by not only the prospective students and their guardians, but the general public as well, so please rouse yourselves to take part, everyone."
—Done!
Momiji: The press release really does make it hit home and get you motivated.
Akuta: A Hospitality Live for the tour…! Just hearing that gets me going all of a sudden~~~!
Liguang: Don't shake the table, boy.
Nanaki: Ah, sorry, I'll scold him later.
Renga: But you know, feeling excited for it is… well, I understand it. But what will you do about the contents? Your concept is important.
Kiroku: …The… concept… …
Ushio: Our dear Idiotake-san, how's that coming along?
Akuta: Nghe?
Muneuji: Thinking up the concept is the leader's role. Do you have anything in mind?
Renga: W-wait! Students. —I appreciate that you guys don't know up from down when it comes to making plans.
If you're struggling, I could deign to lend a hand—
Akuta: Ac-tua-lly, I DO have a proper plan!
Renga: Wh—
Liguang: Patronising them is futile.
Ten: Isn't it nice that they won't be taking up any of your time, Renga-san?
Renga: …- Y-yeah, right.
Momiji: —Alright, if we're finished with the soba, let's get on with the rest of the moving process!
All Five: Got it.
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Nanaki: So the room arrangements have me, Akuta, and Kiroku rooming together.
Akuta: The room's called "Coil" huh. We should think up a coiled pose later.
Kiroku: … Hm…
Momiji: Are you fine with this room arrangement, Ushio-kun?
Ushio: Can't complain about rooming with Muneuji. The name, on the other hand…
Muneuji: "Whinny Clan" is an interesting one. Shall we devise a Whinny Clan pose later?
Momiji: (The former inn does have weird room names…)
Nanaki: We should finish carrying in our luggage now. Let's go Akuta, Kiroku.
Kiroku: Mhm…
Ushio: … …
Yukikaze: Why are you scowling at your phone? Have you finished putting away your luggage?
Ushio: Elevator's full so I'm waiting for it to be empty. Gotta use that spare time to ego-search that news from earlier.
Yep, there's the slander. Reported.
Yukikaze: …
Ushio: …You think what I'm doing is pointless, don't you? So do I. It doesn't really matter.
Yukikaze: No, it's not pointless. I'll help.
Ushio: … Idle curiosity, huh.
Momiji: (It's not out of curiosity, it's out of kindness. Ushio-kun…)
Muneuji: Uuchan, step aside a bit. I want to put this there.
Momiji: Woah! That bag looks super heavy…!
Yukikaze: How grand. …It doesn't look like a piece of furniture.
Kafka: Amazing, right? It's full of congratulatory gifts sent by Muneuji's family.
Momiji: Wow~! It's got everything from high class sweets to electric appliances!
Kafka: Looks like we won't need to worry about equipment for a while. There's even tea cakes for tea time with Chief-chan.
Akuta: Lured by the presence of food, I have arrived from the second floor!
Ushio: Are you a dog…?
Akuta: Can I have this gold leaf castella? Ah, if I gather up the gold leaves, will I become rich?
Momiji: Ahaha, I wonder.
Ten: What's your home like, Akuta? Your family must be happy to hear you're a Ward Mayor.
Akuta: Nyah, my uncle's holed up at work so we've not had a proper talk yet. Nom nom…
Momiji: Your uncle?
Akuta: He's an animation director, Isotake Taiji. He's been looking after me.
Momiji: Is that so…
Ten: Isotake Taiji's a pretty famous animator. And even if he wasn't, people working in animation have it hard.
Momiji: (There goes Ten-kun…! Splendidly moving past the complicated circumstances and continuing the conversation…!)
(Come to think of it, the family member who signed the letter of consent for the trip was his uncle, wasn't it.)
(I wasn't going to touch on it, but—I see, that was why.)
Renga: Oh, Akuta! You're here! I was looking for you!
Akuta: Mgh?
Renga: A-about your concept! Earlier, I wondered if you were bluffing in front of everyone… I understand that too, or like…
A concept isn't something you can put together so easily! So I, the leader of the Morning Team, shall-
Akuta: Nah, I'm good. But thanks for the thought, Renga-san.
! Nanaki and Kiroku have come back at just the right time.
Hey, gentlemen of Asu-High! Attentiii~~~~on! Please gather here tomorrow!
Renga: …Uu.
Akuta: I'll be announcing the best, most powerful concept to render the guys who treated us like idiots speechless!
Renga: I-I… can lend… my knowledge…
Momiji: (I'll console him later…)
*"引っ越しそば" (hikkoshi soba) is soba eaten to celebrate a successful move. It's traditionally given by neighbours, but in recent years has become something eaten regardless
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kfkr1ze · 3 months ago
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[002-B01] Hateful 5
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Summary — ✈︎The students have now become official members of HAMA Tours. Now, they are filled with excitement about their upcoming activities.
Characters— ✈︎ Akuta, Kiroku, Nanaki, Muneuji, Ushio, Kafka, Renga, Ten, Yukikaze, Liguang, Yachiyo
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Location: mahorova Lobby
Female Student A: Oh, fufufu! As expected of Yumenosuke-san! Not only are you intelligent and athletic, but you’re also good at telling jokes!
Female Student B: I’m so glad we can spend time together like this in mahorova[1]!
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Yumenosuke: I too am honored to be speaking with both of you wonderful ladies. It’s rather unfortunate that our only way to meet is in this metaverse, what with myself being away at my villa in Switzerland… Good thing that summer vacation is around halfway over.
Next up on our itinerary is to plan how we should spend the rest of the timeーー Let’s have a discussion about it!
Female Student A: I fully agree! What are your plans, Yumenosuke-san?
Yumenosuke: I’ve already completed all my assignments within the first week of the break, so I intend to use the remaining time I have to place all of my resources into ensuring the success of the open campus event happening at the end of the month.
Female Student B: Woow! That’s amazing, Yumenosuke-san! We should all follow your example.
Female Student A: We definitely should. I’ve just been so caught up in my LashColle lately…
Yumenosuke: LashColle… Is that an abbreviation for “Eyelash Collection”? Unfortunately, I’m not the most knowledgeable person about the world of eyelashes, so I may be a little behind.
However, I believe that the grand prize for a LashColle contest held recently was won by my Uncle. He won by an overwhelming majority, if I recall?
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Gannosuke: You would be correct. I also won the audience award as well.
Good evening, it’s wonderful to meet you ladies. I am Yumeosuke’s Uncle, Kuraku Gannosuke.
Female Student B: You’re that person who’s been lingering next to Yumenosuke for a while now… Wait, are you that famous eyelash artist?
Female Student A: Congrats on your award, sir! Amongst the others, your work was the most boldest, colorful, and most decadent of them all…!
Female Student B: Seriously. Actually, it feels like your style was pretty different from all your previous work!
Yumenosuke: Hm…? Did something occur to your mindset recently?
Gannosuke: I wouldn’t see that exactly, but just the other day, I had a once in a lifetime encounter on the island. There is no doubt that “he” has influenced my inspiration.
Yumenosuke: Oh! Then that’s wonderful. I wonder what kind of encounter it wasーー
Student Council Member: President Kuraku!
Yumenosuke: What’s the matter? You came in extremely loudly.
Student Council Member: This is really serious! Please check the latest news!
Yumenosuke: …!? It says… Current high school students have been appointed to be Ward Mayors!?
Student Council PR: What’s more, although  this information has not been released to the public yet, according to my mother who works in the news department, the people who are going to be appointed areーー…
Female Student A: Out of everyone they could’ve chosen, they chose those Class 1 students who may have been involved in the explosion at the old school building…!? Ah, I’m starting to feel faint…!
Female Student B: Are you okay, Yumenosuke-san? Your face has gone extremely pale…
Yumenosuke: …Kh!
(Ward Mayor 0 knows fully well how influential Ward Mayors are in the political world, and yet he chooses those students!? It’s clear to me that this decision was made by personnel who haven’t done any thorough research… This is unforgivable!)
(What’s more, this is the Ward Mayor position…! This position was written directly in my “Kuraku Yumenosuke’s Life Plan ー Chapter 3: Ward Mayor Edition”! It was mine…!
(I cannot believe those barbaric bombers who blew up that old school building could get a job such as this without putting in any real effort! How dare they ruin my perfect life plan… How dare they…)
Gannosuke: Are you alright, Yumenosuke-kun?
Yumenosuke: … Please excuse me.
I have sudden business to attend to, so I will be seeing myself out!
Gannosuke: ………
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Location: HAMA House Living Room
Kaede: Everyoneee! The press release came iiin!
Akuta: Ohh!! Seriously?! What’s it say, what’s it say~~~?
Nanaki: Hey, Akuta. Sit down properly when you’re eating.
Ushio: Hmm… This Moving-in Soba is pretty good.
Muneuji: Agreed. Even my mother, who is particularly picky about Japanese food, would enjoy this 100% buckwheat soba.
Kiroku: …Slurp slurp…
Akuta: Umm let’s see… “Curwent hishchool shutends…”
Yachiyo: Ah, should I read it out to you all? Since you’re all busy eating right now…
Renga: That’s a good idea. ーーHey, you guys. Hand over the press release.
Kaede: Sorry to ask this of you, Yachiyo-kun. Thank you!
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Yachiyo: “Current highschool students were unexpectedly appointed as Ward Mayors for HAMA districts 5-9.”
Liguang: ………
Yachiyo: “The goal is to incorporate a fresh set of values from people of the younger generation, who will lead the way of the future, into tourism in HAMAーー”
“We are pleased to announce that current high school students have been appointed as Ward Mayors for districts 5-9 under the orders of Ward Mayor 0, also known as the CEO and President of HAMA Tours, Oguro Kafka.”
Yukikaze: ………
Yachiyo: “The upcoming debut tour will feature a Hospitality Live, similar to the first tour given by R1ze, which featured the Ward Mayors 0-4 and ended with a great success rate.”
“In addition, an inauguration ceremony will be held on the first day of the tour, so we can expect this tour to be packed with many events.”
“Furthermore, this tour will also feature their school, one of our very own symbols of HAMAーー”
Ten: This soba’s super good.
Yachiyo: “Hama Asunaro High School. Thus, they will be holding a collaboration event with the school’s open campus.”
“This will be a tour that can be enjoyed by fellow students and parents alike, as well as the general public, so please do come by and check out the tour.”
ーーThat’s the end!
Kaede: Reading the press release really makes it feel real and just gets me even more motivated.
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Akuta: Seeing stuff like “A special Hospitality Live planned for the tour” makes me get SUUUPER excited~~~!
Liguang: Kid, don’t shake the table.
Nanaki: Ah, sorry, I’ll make sure to scold him properly later.
Renga: But y’know, I get feeling excited for it… Well, as much as I do get it, what about the actual content? The concept is really important.
Kiroku: …Our…concept……
Ushio: So what’s the plan, our dear Idoitake-san?
Akuta: Neh?
Muneuji: The leader’s job is to come up with things like a concept, isn’t it? Do you have any ideas for this?
Renga: W-Wait! You high school students. ーーWe’d get it if you guys aren’t sure what to do, since you’re novices at planning and all.
If you’re feeling troubled, I wouldn’t mind taking the time to lend you a handーー
Akuta: Act・ual・ly, I already got a plan!
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Renga: Whaーー
Liguang: It’s pointless to try to act like a senior now.
Ten: Isn’t it nice that you don’t have to give away your free time, Renga-san?
Renga: … Uh, y-yeah, I guess.
Kaede: ーーThen, once you all finish eating your soba, let’s start finalizing your move in!
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All 5: ‘Kayyy.
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Nanaki: Alright, so we got our room assignments. Akuta, Kiroku, and I will share a room together. 
Akuta: The room name is “TOGURO[2]” huh. We should do some sorta coil pose or something later.
Kiroku: ……Mm……
Kaede: You’re okay with the room assignments too, Ushio-kun?
Ushio: Since it’s Muneuji, I don’t have any problems. I do have a problem with the room name, though.
Muneuji: “Neigh[3] Clan” is an interesting one. Should we do some sort of duo horse pose together too?
Kaede: (The names of the rooms from the original inn sure are strange…)
Nanaki: Well, I’ll start bringing up my luggage then. Let’s go, Akuta and Kiroku.
Kiroku: Mhm……
Ushio: ………
Yukikaze: What are you staring so hard on your phone at? Have you already finished putting away your luggage?
Ushio: The elevator’s full right now, so I’m just waiting for everyone to be done already. I’m just using my free time to ego-search after the news got released.
Yup there it is, slander. Reported.
Yukikaze: ………
Ushio: … You think this is stupid, don’t you? I do too. It doesn't really matter.
Yukikaze: No, I don’t think it’s stupid. I’ll help you.
Ushio: … You’re curious, huh?
Kaede: (I don’t think it’s curiosity. He’s just trying to be kind, Ushio-kun…)
Muneuji: Uu-chan, could you please move over a bit? I need to put this there.
Kaede: Wah! That’s a lot of luggage…!
Yukikaze: It really is a massive amount. …But, it doesn’t look like there’s any luggage there.
Kafka: Isn’t it amazing? All of these are congratulatory gifts that were sent by Muneuji’s family.
Kaede: Wow〜 There’s a lot of giftsーー from appliances to luxury sweets!
Kafka: Seems like we don’t have to worry about needing supplies for a while. There’s even some tea time snacks I could have with Chief.
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Akuta: Lured by the smell of food, a wild Akuta has arrived from the second floor!
Ushio: What are you, a dog…?
Akuta: Can I have some of this gold leaf castella? Hmm, I wonder if I could get rich if I gather all the golden leaves?
Kaede: Ahaha, I don’t know about that.
Ten: Speaking of family, what’s your home life like, Akuta? I’m sure they were ecstatic to hear you became a Ward Mayor.
Akuta: Mm, nah my Uncle’s pretty much holed up at work so we haven’t really talked about it yet. Munch munch…
Kaede: Your Uncle?
Akuta: Yeah, he’s looking after me right now. He’s an anime director, Isotake Taiji.
Kaede: Oh… is that so…?
Ten: Isotake Taiji’s that famous animator, right? Even if he wasn’t, people working in the anime industry got it pretty rough.
Kaede: (Good move, Ten-kun…! He managed to work the conversation around the complicated subject and continue talking like normal…!)
(Now that I think about it, the relationship of the guardian who signed the consent forms for the study trip definitely said “uncle”…)
(I didn’t really think to ask him about it, but that’s why, huh.)
Renga: Oh, Akuta! So you were here! I was looking for you!
Akuta: Mgh?
Renga: I-I wanted to talk about the concept! I thought you might’ve been acting cool in front of the others earlier so… I can get that… Um…
A concept isn’t something that you can put together so easily! I’d know, as the Morning Squad’s leader, soーー
Akuta: Nah, it’s fine. But, thank you for the nice offer!
! Nanaki and Kiroku came back just in time.
HEY, ASU HIGH STUDENTS! ATTENTIONNN PLEASEEE!
Please gather here tomorrow!
Renga: … Uu.
Akuta: We’re gonna show those people who treated us like idiots with the BEST concept ever!
Renga: I-I… I’m in the know… so…
Kaede: (I’m gonna have to comfort him later…)
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Just in case you don’t know, mahorova is the metaverse space in 18trip ( made by Raito and Nayuki )
TOGURO means coil, but I kept it as TOGURO since it’s romanized on the room key images and many people just call it TOGURO online ( at least from what ive seen LMAO ). iirc the names are based on the chinese zodiac, with R1ze’s rooms being based off the tiger and rabbit, so I’m assuming this one is the snake.
The room name is “ヒヒン" or hihin.  It’s the sound effect of a neigh. I believe this one is named after the horse zodiac.
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skyekitsuneart · 2 months ago
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so ive come up with a new au idea,,,,,
FF7 x The Witcher
because we can all see cloud as geralt right???!!!?? like, clouds wolf emblem in ac??
this au isnt gonna be 1 to 1, its gonna have its own original plot, but there will def be a lot of parallels
so heres my assignments so far:
cloud - wolf school witcher (geralt)
zack - wolf school witcher, has gone missing
angeal - oldest wolf school witcher (vesimir)
aerith - elven bard (jaskier/dandelion)
tifa - sorceress (triss)
nanaki - monster cloud was paid to kill but instead saves, feels indebted to cloud and has no home so he becomes clouds traveling companion
shinra - imperial empire (nilfgard)
barret - shinra resistance leader
yuffie - runaway princess after her father willingly lets shinra take over their kingdom (somewhat like ciri, but not a child of destiny)
vincent - 'retired' viper school witcher, cursed by a monster to slowly turn into one
reeve/cait - reeve is the mage advisor for rufus, cait sith is a fae cat creature he is soul bonded with
cid - dwarf blacksmith
sephiroth - powerful mage from another sphere, wants to avenge his mother being killed by humans after the conjunction of the spheres
jenova - replaces lara dorren???
anyways im having sm fun with this, i have a bunch more written down but this is the basics of it all
and yes, there will be clerith in this bcuz i love them and the witcher/bard dynamic is too fun >:3
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kakusu-shipping · 11 months ago
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Agere List
To me Carer/Regressor dynamics are different than your typical Romantic/Platonic/Familial type of realationships, so I've decided to make a separate list for F/Os who are my Caregivers, or who I Caregive for.
This is very different from a headcanon list of characters who I think are Caregivers/Regressors, this is characters I personally have this relationship with. I am also only a Caregiver in a Fictional space, and cannot CG a real regressor in the real world.
Thankyou for your attention, list below the cut.
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Caregivers
Alder - Pokemon BW - Grandpa
Darmanitan - Pokemon BW - Babysitter
Whimsicott - Pokemon BW - Babysitter
Maractus - Pokemon BW - Big Sister
Molayne - Pokemon SuMo - Big Brother
Hassel - Pokemon SV - Daddy
Salvatore - Pokemon SV - Trainer
Stoutland - Pokemon BW2 - Companion
Chesnaught - Pokemon XY - Knight
Bloodmoon Ursaluna - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Mommy/Yandere
Beware - Pokemon Anime - Mommy
Doctor Mario - Super Mario Series - Doctor/Yandere
Craig Cuttlefish + Octavio - Splatoon - Grandpas
Callie + Marie - Splatoon - Big Sisters
Agent 7 (Eight) - Splatoon OC - Babysitter
C.Q. Cumber - Splatoon 2 - Boss/Yandere
Mr. Grizz - Splatoon 3 - Boss/Papa
Papyrus - Undertale - Babysitter
Chara - Undertale - Chaotic/Babysitter
Swatchlings - Deltarune - Butlers
Gaster - Deltarune - Father/Eldritch
Enderman - Minecraft - Companion
Winston - Overwatch - Teacher
Moira O'Deorain - Overwatch - Doctor/Babysitter
Siebren de Kuiper (Sigma) - Overwatch - Grandpa
Sombra - Overwatch - Big Sister
Maugaloa Malosi - Overwatch - Chaotic/Big Brother
Teruteru Hanamura - Danganronpa 2 - Babysitter
Genocide Syo/Jack/Jill - Danganronpa UDG - Chaotic/Yandere
Shirokuma - Danganronpa UDG - Daddy/Yandere
Toy Freddy - Five Nights at Freddy's - Big Brother
Nightmare Fredbear - Five nights at Freddy's - Guardian
Huggy Wuggy - Poppy Playtime - Babysitter
Mommy Long Legs - Poppy Playtime - Mommy
Wally Darling - Welcome Home - Yandere/Neighbor
The Doctor - Little Nightmares - Doctor
Morgo - Little Misfortune - Eldritch/Yandere
Anna (The Huntress) - Dead by Daylight - Mommy/Yandere
Chzo - Chzo Mythos - Eldritch/Father
Kyle + Brett - Drive Time Radio - Chaotic/Eldritch
The Narrator - Stanley Parable - Eldritch/Guardian
Micheal Bleak - Wayward Children - Guardian (former)
Jill Wolcott - Wayward Children - Guardian
Aziraphale - Good Omens - Guardian/Knight
Crowley - Good Omens - Chaotic/Guardian
Edgar + Alan + Poe - Ruby Gloom - Babysitters
Scardy Bat - Ruby Gloom - Big Brother
Beetlejuice - Beetlejuice the Animated Series - Chaotic/Papa
Mashirao Ojiro - My Hero Academia - Babysitter
Mei Hatsume - My Hero Academia - Chaotic/Big Sister
Pantherlily - Fairy Tail - Knight/Papa
Shiro Ashiya (Aciel) - The Devil is a Part-Timer - Stern/Papa
Watanuki + Domeki - xxxHolic - Daddies
Chieko - Princess Jellyfish - Mother
Mayaya - Princess Jellyfish - Chaotic/Big Sister
Muta - The Cat Returns - Companion
Baron Humbert Gon Gikkingen - The Cat Returns - Royal/Babysitter
The Beldam - Coraline - Yandere/Mother
Anger - Inside Out - Protective/Dada
Sadness - Inside Out - Mama
The Storyteller - OC - Eldritch/Guardian
Regressors
Cyrus - Pokemon Platinum - Permaregressed
Arven - Pokemon SV - Kid
Giacomo - Pokemon SV - Involuntary/Toddler
Saguaro - Pokemon SV - Dreamer/Baby
Hydreigon - Pokemon BW2 - Trauma/New Born/Baby
Smeargle - Monster Mind - Dreamer/Puppy
Princess Peach - Super Mario Series - Baby/Princess
Genji Shimada - Overwatch - Dreamer/Kid
Mako Rutledge (Roadhog) - Overwatch - Trauma/Baby
Toko Fukawa - Danganronpa 1 - Involuntary/Baby
Celestia Ludenburg - Danganronpa 1 - Dreamer/Gothic/Kid
Kyle Klim (K) - Virtue's Last Reward - Kid
Kazuaki Nanaki - Hatoful Boyfriend - Dreamer/Baby
Hitori Uzune - Hatoful Boyfriend - Trauma/Involuntary/Toddler
The Little King - Hatoful Boyfriend - Baby/Toddler/Prince
P03 - Inscryption - Involuntary/Bratty/Baby
Lapis Lazuli - Steven Universe - Trauma/Ageless
Nezu - My Hero Academia - Trauma/Involuntary
Tomura Shigiraki - My Hero Academia - Newborn/Baby
Dabi - My Hero Academia - Involuntary/Bratty/Kid
Himiko Toga - My Hero Academia - Dreamer/Toddler
Jin Bubaigawa (Twice) - My Hero Academia - Trauma/Toddler/Kid
Erza Scarlet - Fairy Tail - Involuntary/Big Sister
Juvia Lockser - Fairy Tail - Permaregressed/Toddler/Kid
Gajeel Redfox - Fairy Tail - Involuntary/Big Brother
Toma E. Fiore - Fairy Tail - Involuntary/Prince
Tamaki Souh - Ouran Highschool Host Club - Involuntary/Prince
Takashi Morinozuka - Ouran Highschool Host Club - Baby
Makoto Katai - Komi Can't Communicate - Baby
Embarrassment - Inside Out - Baby/Toddler
Micheal Myers - Halloween - Permaregressed/Evil/Kid
Jason Voorhees - Friday the 13th - Trauma/Baby
Brahms Heelshire - The Boy - Permaregressed/Toddler/Kid
Beetlejuice - Beetlejuice the Musical - Spooky/Horror/Baby
Playmates
N - Pokemon BW - Permaregressed/Baby/Toddler
Jacq - Pokemon SV - Dreamer/Big Brother
Miriam - Pokemon SV - Dreamer/Nurse
Kieran - Pokemon SV - Evil/Pokemon
Gooigi - Super Mario Series - Big Sister
Kirby - Kirby series - Toddler/Big Brother
Flowey - Undertale - Trauma/Big Brother
Vulkin - Undertale - Pet
Ralsei - Deltarune - Prince/Big Brother
Viktor Humphries - Slime Rancher - Kid
Pheonix Wright - Ace Attorney - Involuntary/Teen
Monokuma - Danganronpa - Dreamer/Object
Kazuichi Soda - Danganronpa 2 - Involuntary/Toddler
Moon - FNaF Help Wanted 2 - Baby/Toddler (former)
Kissy Missy - Poppy Playtime - Trauma/Kid
Boxy Boo - Poppy Playtime - Permaregressed/Object
CatNap - Poppy Playtime - Trauma/Cat
Grendan Highforge - Drawtectives - Dreamer/Old Dog
Rosé - Drawtectives - Pre-Teen
York - Drawtectives - Dreamer/Little Brother
Muriel - Good Omens - New Born/Ageless
Frank + Len - Ruby Gloom - Teen/Toddler
Katsuki Bakugo - My Hero Academia - Toddler/Little Brother
Banba - Princess Jellyfish - Hyperfixation/Kid
Joy - Inside Out - Bratty/Big Sister/Kid
Fear - Inside Out - Protective/Big Brother
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alittleplaytime · 3 months ago
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ʚ MY STIMBOARDS: part two. ɞ
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✦ hank j wimbleton babyre board (tw guns & weaponry)
✦ cg!kazuaki nanaki board
✦ rose tyler agere board
✦ cg!aela the huntress board
✦ baby red fox petre board
✦ sleepy wolf teenre board
✦ cryptid wolf petre board
✦ cg!egon spengler board
✦ ethan winters agere board
✦ cg!solar board
✦ toddler regression board
✦ licorice cookie board
✦ cg!wolverine board
✦ cg!logan howlett board
✦ bluebeard fairytale board
✦ davetrap agere board
✦ sad agere board
✦ alice kingsleigh agere board
✦ knives chau agere board
✦ ben the dinosaur board
✦ finnick odair board
✦ mermaid agere board
✦ cg!cowboy deadpool board (tw guns & weaponry)
✦ aviation bird petre board
✦ cg!nick wilde board
✦ tim drake board
✦ cg!tarrant hightopp board
✦ alois trancy agere board
✦ rapunzel agere & cg!flynn board
✦ cg!duke tibbits board (tw weed & alcohol)
✦ cg!sheriff grayson board (tw guns & weaponry)
✦ cookie dough blizzard bear agere board
✦ katsuma boyre board
✦ kidre bug restaurant board
✦ kindred spirits: anne & diana board
✦ crocodile tiwi plush board
✦ cg!the other mother board
✦ soft academia board
✦ cryptid owl petre board
✦ sharpay evans tweenre board
✦ other wybie circus show board
✦ ceasg middlere board
✦ cg!optimus prime board
✦ pastel babyre board
✦ cg!charles xavier board
✦ monkey d. luffy boyre board
✦ cg!moonknight board
✦ cg!nene anegasaki board
✦ brown & yellow (bear, bug, puppy) board
✦ gale dekarios board
✦ deadpool agere board
✦ gon freecss boyre board
✦ pumpkin kitty board
✦ goth agere board (tw arachnids/spiders)
✦ link twilight princess board
✦ cg!daryl dixon board
✦ sanji vinsmoke babyre board
✦ cg!zoro roronoa board
✦ cg!sir crocodile board
✦ vampire caregiver board
✦ cg!ponyboy curtis (girlre) board
✦ rob tawog board
✦ brahms heelshire agere board
✦ cg!nightwing board
✦ cg!bruce wayne board
✦ cg!batman board
✦ cg!testament board
✦ lightbulb board
✦ kuro agere board
✦ cooking mama board
✦ jonathan loughran agere board
✦ cg!pitch black board
✦ motorcyclist caregiver board
✦ gary goodspeed agere board
✦ peridot (cq) board
✦ halloween pompompurin board
✦ zombie hello kitty board
✦ halloween sylvanian families board
✦ witch caregiver board
✦ jack skellington board
✦ halloween pocoyo & pato board
✦ star trek: the next generation board
✦ vampire tamaki suoh board
✦ vampire kyoya ootori board
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umbralstars · 6 months ago
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I have An Idea. I think I can kinda tell where the story is going and Rebirth chose to rewrite/add details in the way that it did. This is speculation about Jenova and the Gi because I really believe that given the Gi portion of the story had such focus placed on it that it does have more story relevance than Only giving us an origin for the Black Materia.
I also believe that all of this reveals what Jenova actually is, or at least what she is now post the additions of Rebirth. With that said, I haven't entered the Temple of the Ancients yet so I'm not done with Rebirth. But I want to get this idea out on paper before I forget about it.
Some facts we all know for a basis:
Materia are crystalized forms of memories and knowledge. This is said multiple times by many characters (Nanaki when talking with Aerith about why her Holy Materia is different now, comes to mind), and memories do hold a significant amount of power within FF7's narrative.
The Gi created the Black Materia through corruption of another materia. They imbued it with their hatred, pain, and desire for the release of death.
The Black Materia's whole purpose is to call down a meteor which is capable of destroying the planet. Gi Nattak omitted that information to get the party to go after it for them, but we as the audience know the truth.
The Cetra learned of the Black Materia, took it from the Gi, and sealed it away in the Temple.
So that raises some questions to mind which I believe has obvious answers. Did the Gi get to use the materia? How did the Cetra learn of the Black Materia? How does all this new information tie into the pre-established lore?
I do think the Gi used the Black Materia. I know that's a common held belief now, but I also want to bring it a smidge further with this: Jenova was not just on the meteor at random. She herself is a memory; the consciousness (like Minerva) of the planet the Gi lost. They imbued everything into the Black Materia. Their memories of their home, its destruction, the coming of the lifestream, their pain at being stuck between life and death for all of eternity; and all of that was what created Jenova.
I think this for many reasons actually (and I really hope the ending of the game doesn't outright dispute it).
First: the Black Materia works like all other materia, as-in it manifests physically the memories and magic contained within itself. This materia does not call down a random meteor floating in space, it creates it via its own power. So why would Jenova be randomly attached to this meteor in particular? Because it wasn't random fate.
Second, I think this does tie into her's and Sephiroth's intentions. This isn't speculation towards whatever is going on with the multiple timelines or w/e (cause I haven't gotten there yet), but more based on things we Do know about what they want.
One of the main lines Sephiroth says during his breakdown in Nibelheim is going on about how humans "stole" the planet from his mother (who he says was a Cetra). But we also know this is categorically false for multiple reasons aside from just Jenova not being a Cetra.
As an aside, I don't fully believe that humans and the Cetra are 100% entirely different from one another. There does seem to be some genetics behind communing with the Planet, but I also believe it was a mixture of Some genetics and cultural/religious customs and rites which kept them in-tune with hearing the voices of the Lifestream. Knowledge which was lost and people who had that as a natural ability becoming rarer and rarer over time.
However, back to Jenova, we also get a similar speech from the "Shadowblood Queen" at the end of the Queen's Blood questline. About how she once ruled over a land which was stolen from her, and it's fairly obvious she is Jenova from the backstory and even repeating to Cloud the "puppet" line which was Jenova's only line ever from the OG. The memory of Jenova was attached to this card in such a powerful way she's able to control Regina, and I'm not sure how else you could explain what happens there. (I also think this quest ending likely foreshadows what's gonna go down in part 3; but that's more of a gut feeling).
Sephiroth saying all that was him getting feedback from Jenova and filling in the blanks with everything he had read. It does not matter if you think she was controlling him or if he snapped and did all this of his own will because the result was still the same. The intentions were still the same no matter who they came from.
Sephiroth and her also want to both destroy Gaia (her initial intentions after her memory was resurrected in the Black Materia), and seemingly take the lifestream elsewhere after making it their own. If Jenova is a dead world's consciousness it could explain a lot of her powers and why she is so eldritch. It's always been obvious to me how much Jenova pulled from Lovecraftian ideas, so I don't think it's right to call her a "space virus" given she is conscious with immense amount of influence and control over what's going on.
She is able to create fiends and mutations because she is creation without a tether. She is a fuzzy memory of a place that is gone and can never return. She wants to consume and destroy because she was created/reborn from hatred and a wish for death. She is capable of infecting others with that singular wish and turn people against their loved ones.
And Jenova is conscious. She may only have one piece of dialog but she had dialog in the og game, and other parts of the compilation have built onto the idea of Jenova being fragmentary and maybe mindless but Aware (tbh like Lovecraftian gods). She does have intentions and wants. Sephiroth may act like the consciousness keeping them together, the body from which they can move about the world, and the interpreter of her will (kind of like what Nyarlathotep is to the Other Gods); but they are intertwined in their malice and wants. As a different aside, I know about the whole Thing of "Sephiroth controls/assimilates Jenova" and where it comes from; however, I don't think that part is strictly or really canon anymore (if it ever was at all, I have my doubts). Many things have changed since Ultimania Omega came out in 2005. That book is almost 20 years old, and as far as I can find the only place with any reference to Sephiroth "assimilating" Jenova is in the relationship chart in that book. Even then, I also know in different Ultimanias characters models/scenes call them "Sephiroth-Jenova" as-if they're more one entity now then two separate consciousnesses; if not outright Jenova using Sephiroth's likeness. This comes from the 10th anniversary Ultimania which is more recent. We've also been told in multiple sources how little of Sephiroth remains in "Sephiroth" after he dies the first time. There are pieces of him which remain (those he deemed "important" to remaining pieced together and not fall into the lifestream as much as his partially extraterrestrial self can), but he is not complete nor does he have full memories of who he once was.
I'm not arguing he's being mind-controlled or that it's not Sephiroth who's the face and active antagonist and it was Jenova all-along. I'm more saying that their intentions and wills are intertwined. Who they are as a being has become intertwined because Jenova is part of what allows Sephiroth to be whole and stable after death.
And remember what the wording is at least in the English edition. "Assimilates" or "to resemble" or "to liken" or "to take in as part of one's self and understand fully." I don't think it really matters who specifically is in the pilot's seat here. Sephiroth still took in his "mother's" will as his own. In his despair he mirrors her hatred until it became his own. Then in death he took in more and more until he likened her in every way which mattered until they became something you cannot easily pick apart.
So my argument is more that it's likely things have changed or being written differently as the story has evolved over time.
And I could ramble about how this plays into recent Sephiroth developments and like the themes of FF7 as they are to me. But this is already long and rambling as it is so I'm gonna cut it here. Thank you for reading if you made it to the end, and I would like to know what anyone thinks.
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