#shinra president

[crimson-sun]

A few of you might remember the Shinra photo book which I've been chipping at for almost eight years now...

Well, the end is finally in sight - I've formatted the images into a book, making updates to the oldest completed pictures, and adding the final new images to round off the pictorial narrative.

Ways to get copies of the book will be posted closer to release date. In the meantime, consider joining us on Patreon where there are more WIPs and insights, and all the finished 'photos' are available as prints on the higher tier.

Here's a little taste of the contents. More to come soon.

(As usual, please try not to nitpick the details depicted - this is a personal project foremostly and many characters, events, and dates do not adhere strictly to canon. Cheers.)

[johnbly]

[little-black-dress-zack-fair]

Veld: Fine, you can kill Hojo but it has to look like an accident.

Vincent: Say no more.

*later*

President Shina: *reading raport* "Looks like the killer beat them to death with a crowbar and placed a banana peel by the victim's feet."

[rivkae-winters]

[berabare]

Could we possibly get Shinra director fluff balls?

What do ya think about this fluffy gang?

[demialwrites]

I was remembering discussing the missed opportunity of FF7 expanding on the faction of nobles/old money on Gaia with @cburambles and I had some rambly shower thoughts. I also may just be reading too many fantasy webtoons, but anyway...

I could absolutely see President Shinra feeling like he has to compete with and outdo the existing wealthy before, and while, Midgar was being built (unless he fucking lied about his background. I think it's possible). It would explain his awful and gaudy taste. The 70th floor office is something I am constantly horrified by. But the rest of the building is actually not that bad. It's like a combination of trying to be different than, better than, and the same as wealthy people with poor taste. His office is so high up, it's like he was trying to separate himself from everyone else. And perhaps, it was an effort to alleviate any insecurities when comparing himself to the established wealthy, because he doesn't have to be reminded of them.

I have considered the impact this may have had in Rufus growing up. That perhaps he tried to mould his son into something that's the same as, but also better than, these other people. An improved version, you could say. Another way to say "Shinras are better than these old snobs." By having him thoroughly educated (judging by how Rufus speaks), for example. Although, it's not clear how many of his current skills are because he was self-driven or not. It's possible that certain things were forced on him with no rational reason given (I can relate to this. Abusive parents don't explain, they just demand). But anyway, I think this would just further drive the two away from each other, because President Shinra wouldn't be able to relate to Rufus and whatever he's taken an interest in and exposed to. He seems to have an interest in fashion, judging by his clothes, for example. And it already seems like Rufus has quite a few different ideas than his father, judging by how he is in Before Crisis. It's hard to tell what is being rebellious and what is a result of being a different person.

I think President Shinra having a son he was constantly annoyed with is something he did to himself. Even if that wasn't true, these two were always going to clash. They are both driven and controlling individuals. I honestly think he felt somewhat threatened by Rufus. Why else would he bristle at Rufus questioning him during a meeting (again, in Before Crisis), while, in contrast, Reeve is thinking about what "a fine young man" Rufus grew to be. Unfortunately, Reeve is too young to be Rufus's father, even when Rufus was canonically 25 years old in FF7. :(

[owarinaki]

Rufus 's Indignation II

Final Fantasy VII : Rebirth [RUFUS RECAP Finale] part 31

Index gifs // Trailer recap // Rufus's Story recap 1 //2 // 3

Rufus Pic recap 1 // 2 // 3 // 4

Others Tseng&Rufus , Hojo&Darkstar

[RUFUS RECAP] Other links

Ch.4 part 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 //10 // 11

Ch.6 part 12 // 13

Ch.8+9 part 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 22

Ch.10+11 part 19 // 20 // 21 / 23 // 24 // 25 // 26

Ch.12+13+14 part 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31

Etc. : 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36

Final Fantasy VII : Rebirth

RUFU GIFS RECAP [END]

[ittybittypixel]

He’s giving corporate shill, but HOT corporate shill 💅

[flummoxx]

elena and reno NEED to interact more during part 3

[moldyycheese]

Y'all need to be taking tips from Sephiroth

I just realized I posted this on the wrong account

[capdesuro]

¡Eternal Fantasy; 📨

[axnewxera]

// I love looking at the differences between Rufus and his father.

President Shinra is a cowardly man, who sits in his office and sends other people out to do his dirty work. When threatened, he begs and pleads and cowers until he can find some sort of upper ground. He smokes cigars even in executive management meetings and has absolutely no fighting skill, just a tacky gold pistol.

Rufus is IMMEDIATELY introduced as a character willing to get his hands dirty and jump into the action. He schemes and thinks ahead for every situation and does plenty of behind the scenes work, but also is a formidable and skilled fighter in his own right. Even his fighting style is very centered on deception. He has several weapons - Darkstar, his shotgun that can split into two smaller guns, his coins that seem to have a variety of different uses, he uses his shotgun as a means of transportation around the field...

We learn in On the Way to a Smile that Rufus survived FF7 thanks to an emergency escape hatch that he himself suggested to his father when he was 5 years old. President Shinra mocked the literal child and marked the escape hatch with an "L" for "Loser".

With that in mind, I headcanon that the hidden gun drawer that President Shinra cowers his way toward in his final scene in the Remake was also a Rufus idea.

Rufus had a mind for strategy and backup plans, and apparently took it VERY seriously even as a child, and President Shinra looked down on that. Yet when his life was in danger.... Look who saved his life (for a second until Sephiroth happened lol whoops).

Have I mentioned I LOVE Rufus's glow-up in the Remakes??????

[halebobgr]

Heir

[little-black-dress-zack-fair]

President Shinra: You are not good enough for my son.

Tseng: You’re not good enough for your son.

President Shinra: Excuse me?

Tseng: You heard me.

[altocat]

Do you feel like President Shinra’s underrated? I mean he’s no badass, no tragic figure, or even delightfully hammy, but like he’s got his hands on just as many of the narratives problems as Hojo does. Like Sephiroth wouldn’t EXIST without this man telling Hojo “you’re allowed to make a superweapon” Plus we all know Rufus is the way he is THANKS to his dogshit dad, so why is president shinra underrated?

I remember several of the devs were saying that President Shinra once started out purehearted, idealistic, and well-intentioned. Only to become corrupt the more Shinra grew. I call semi-bullshit on that because I don't think any purehearted person could have sunk to the same awful levels Pres. Shinra did. Not if they were REALLY purehearted deep down. I think there's a difference between characters like Sephiroth who turn evil out of insanity and years of built up abuse/trauma, characters like Hojo who just enjoy what they do, and characters like Heidegger and Scarlet who are only just camp/power-hungry and greedy....and then characters like President Shinra who are sort of your average evil business overlord.

That said, President Shinra is definitely one of the central figures on why the conflict is the way that it is. He had his hands in a LOT. He's a basic kind of unsympathetic evil that is very good at driving the plot forward. And you gotta respect that.