Final Fantasy 7 - Blog Posts
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Trying to get up to 1,000 subs by the end of the year, and in celebration TheOnePhun211 says he'll do a 8-hour stream or something of Desert Bus straight through until we beat the game!
I was told to post this by my girlfriend
instagram art dump
Something random. I love, love FFVII and found this amazing Cosmo Canyon piano rendition on YouTube. Gives me goosebumps.
this is what half of the cutscenes in crisis core look like
that one furry image
wanted to bahamut'fy the bahamut cloud skin cuz yay dragon
Cid Highwind from Final Fantasy VII ! I love this guy :3
Finally, a worthy opponent
Warmth In A Red Cloak
A/N: A very quick and simple story, I just made for Vincent, been a while since I written anything so, it's kind of like practice writing this story is to get me back into writing again
Vincent Valentine x Reader
You have the heating on in your home but you were still very cold, you wrapped yourself in many blankets that you have and you still feel a bit of a shiver down your spine.
You heard a faint knock on your window, you got up from your bed and have seen it was Vincent tapping at your window to get in, "you know there is the door" you mumbled before shivering again and clench the blanket tighter around you,
"You cold?" You nodded as you began to shiver from the cold, Vincent followed you near your bed
You quickly got to bed and wrapped yourself tightly, trying to warm yourself up. Vincent walked and sat beside you on the bed, you immediately latched yourself around Vincent and instantly was warm you wrap Vincent red Cloak around you and felt extra cosy,
Vincent looked at you and couldn't help but smile, he found her quite adorable all wrapped up in his Cloak with him, as she finally drifted into a cosy sleep.
Flower Crown
I absolutely didn't liked Sephiroth when I first played FF7, (Shocker I know) but this man had grown on to me, I absolutely love him, especially in Crisis Core and to me his hair in CCR looks so much fluffier, anyway I wanted to do a little Fluffy story, cause I love Sephi when he's being so fluffy🥰
Sephiroth x Reader
You pluck some of the beautiful flowers that were growing among your garden, as you picked some of the flowers you heard a rustling as someone walk up to you,
"what are you doing my darling" you instantly smiled when you knew who it was,
"Sephi come sit next to me and relax for a moment" he went and sat right beside you as you focus on some of the flowers that were on your hands, You asked him how was his day as you carefully began making a blue flower Crown,
You always think that blue would suit him very much and so you wove the sweet flowers together as Sephiroth began to notice what you were making and became so fascinated by your work, as he beautiful green cats eyes widen in awe and wonder,
"You are really good at that?" You laughed gently and smiled when you were finished with the beautiful crown, you smiled up towards him before then placing the crown above his head,
He froze there as you place the crown upon his head, you couldn't help to find it cute of him and placed a sweet kiss on his check as his face began to become red,
"How about I make you one? For my darling" you agreed as you teach him how to make a crown, and through trail and error he finally managed to make a pink flower Crown for you, You clapped your hands in glee and Sephiroth smiled with pride that he make a crown for his darling, he carefully places the crown on your head careful not to break the crown,
"There, a beautiful crown, for a beautiful princess" you couldn't help but embrace him and connecting your lips into a sweet passionate kiss, Sephiroth held you close as you continue to kiss before pulling away, leaning your head against his shoulder, careful not to damage the flowers,
"Come on let's get some tea, I have the kettle on" you got up as Sephiroth followed, having a arm wrapped around your waist, and still wearing the flower crown that you made for him.
I wanted to draw Cloud in Gohan's clouds thought he'd look good in them
Having a fun time playing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth so of course I had to draw my boy Cloud on a Wheelie from Costa Del Sol
Was at work did a quick drawing of Cloud in a dress flat colors
Saw the new Final Fantasy 7 rebirth trailer and felt inspired to draw this
Was bored at work so I doodled Cloud in pen on a scrap piece of paper
FFVII Remake Easter Eggs and compilation continuity - Part 9: EXTRAS
CLOUD’S SECRET
Now everything makes sense
“HAIRTONIC Ideal Scalp Care. For astonishingly radiant & spiky hair!”.
TASSELLATION
This particoular tassellation, alternating squares and octagons, present in many parts of the Remake, appeared also in other previous parts of the compilation.
VICTORY POSES
After the victories at the Colosseum and in the Shinra combat simulator, the characters perform their OG victory poses.
WEAPONS
If the player finds Corneo’s secret stashes they can fins three tiaras (Ruby, Emerald and Diamond tiaras) inspired to the OG Ruby, Emerald and Diamond Weapons.
NATURAL OASIS
While in Trace of Two Pasts is stated that Elmyra’s house was full of flowers and plants even before the arrival of Aerith, it surely isn’t a coincidence that the sector she lives in, contrary to the rest of Midgar, is full of nature. Moreover the orphanage near her house is called “Leaf House” and the name of the teacher is Mrs Folia (”leaf” in Latin).
STARGAZER HEIGHTS
The place where Tifa lives in Sector 7, and where she suggests Cloud to live too, is a wooden building called Stargazer Heights, which is a reference to the water tower where they shared the promise. I’d say also that the presence in the same building of a black caped man isn’t a coincidence, considering that the first time these beings bould be spotted in the OG was indeed Nibelheim.
MATCHING OUTFITS
Tifa: Be sure to pick an outfit that goes with mine, okay?
Cloud: Will do.
Nailed it.
Jokes aside there’s a subtle clever mechanism behind the choice of the Wall Market dresses.
- If the player prefers Tifa, they’ll probably choose the refined dress and will have a good chance to get Chocobo Sam’s odd jobs (giving answers a bit more pro Tifa), so both Cloud and Tifa will wear the blue outfits.
- If the player prefers Aerith, they’ll maybe choose the sporty dress and will have a good chance to get Madam M’s odd jobs (giving answers a bit more pro Aerith), so both Cloud and Tifa will wear the satin outfits.
BARRET’S DEATH
I’m not totally sure here if this was intentional, but when I saw Barret’s death I couldn’t help but think that during the first drafts of the OG he was the one who had to die instead of Aerith.
CAPED CREATURES
We don’t know yet if there’s any connection between the Whispers and the Black caped men, but it’s hard not to notice the visual similarity of their designs.
BOOKS AND ADS
- PROFESSOR GAST
In Aerith’s childhood room in Shinra HQ there’s a book about the Lifestream written by Gast Farmeis, Aerith’s father.
- FAN CLUBS
In the same room there’s also a book about Stamp mentioning his fan club, which is an element that comes from Crisis Core
- COSTA DEL SOL
There are some signs in Sector 8 - more a music disk - about Costa del Sol.
- FFVI
In one of the ads inside the trains there’s a FFVI quote from an author called “Gabbiani” - Setzer’s last name.
- FFX-2
In Shinra’s museum there’s a picture with a FFX-2 character, Shinra.
FFVII Remake Easter Eggs and compilation continuity - Part 8: OG FINAL FANTASY VII
ELEMENTS USED IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT OR FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE
SAVE POINTS
The save points of the original FFVII consisted in an angled C (”check point”) floating on a crystal base. In the REmake there are no more save points but the same symbols appear on the healing benches.
PHS
In the OG the player could use the PHS tool in the world map or at the save points to switch the party members. In the Remake there are PHS terminals in Shinra HQ that the group use to communicate and switch between two parties in Chapter 17.
TIFA’S PIANO
During her childhood Tifa had a piano in her bedroom. Among the many posters of the REmake there are some with the image of a keyboard, one of them indeed hung in Tifa’s bedroom.
THE HOUSE SPECIAL
We know from the original game that Avalanche was originally founded in Cosmo Canyon. This is also the name of one of the drinks served at Seventh Heaven, Avalanche’s hideout.
OG: Cosmo Canyon... This is where AVALANCHE was born...
Remake: Our house special: the Cosmo Canyon.
BEST GUIDE
When Sephiroth, Zack and Cloud arrived at Nibelheim years before, Tifa escorted them to the reactor, saying she was the best guide of the town. In the Remake too she proposes to be Cloud’s guide in the Sector 7 slums (reference more clear in the Jp version).
OG: I’m the number one guide in this town.
Remake: I know these streets better than anyone. (Jp version: I’m the best guide of the slums).
PARACHUTING
In the OG Cloud and the others parachuted themselves on Midgar from the Highwind, in order to prevent Hojo to use the Sister Ray to help Sephiroth. In the Remake Cloud, Jessie, Biggs and Wedge parachute back in Sector 7 after the mission in Chapter 4.
MUSEUM
At Gold Saucer, Dio had a personal museum with a big picture of himself. Moreover, he had also a massive gold statue at the top of the amusement park. In the Remake, the 60th floor of the Shinra building hosts a museum where there’s also a big golden statue of the President.
VIRTUAL REALITY
Bugenhagen has a 3D holographic symulator in the Cosmo Canyon observatory, necessary for his planetology studies (Shinra machinary he received from Professor Gast). “Cosmos theatre” is a 3D virtual reality symulator where visitors can learn about the Ancients and the Promised Land.
DA-CHAO
During Intermission Yuffie uses to eat “Da-chao beans”. Da-Chao an important water deity of Wutai and its massive statue is sculpted in the mountain overlooking village.
WALL MARKET
In the original FFVII, the Honeybee Inn was a brothel, while in the Remake it’s a night club. Anyway, the hand massages at Madam M’s parlor are kind of allusive, especially the Luxory Course.
ARENA
The Battle Square (or Battle Arena or Colosseum) was an area of the Gold Saucer, where Cloud could entertain Dio with a match in exchange of the Keystone. In the Remake, also Corneo has a Colosseum at Wall Market.
DATES
In the OG, depending on the player’s choices, Cloud could spend a date at the Gold Saucer with Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie or Barret. A similar system exists also in the Remake and it affects a cutscene at the beginning of Chapter 14.
SHOWMAN
During the date at the Gold Saucer, Cloud and the girl (NB: not Barret) had to take part to a stage show where they played the parts of the knight and the princess. In the Remake, in order to obtain the dress-up to infiltrate Corneo’s Mansion, he has to take part to a dance show at the Honey Bee Inn.
THE PRINCESS
Princess Rosa was one of the protagonists of the Gold Saucer show, played by Aerith, Tifa or Yuffie during the date. In the Remake Cloud can read a letter in the room of Jessie’s father, where Jessie announced to her parents that she obtained the part of the princess in a show at Gold Saucer.
Jessie Raspberry as...the Princess?
FIREWORKS
There were fireworks creating a romantic atmosphere during the ride on the gondola at Gold Saucer. In the Remake, if Aerith is wearing the red dress, her appearance is accompanied by fireworks and red carpet.
KISS
The LTD has split the fandom for ages, but the only two girls who have ever been shown kissing Cloud are Yuffie (during her GS date) and Jessie (if the player manages to end the bike minigame in Chapter 4 with HP above 80%).
DREAM
In the OG Aerith appeared in Cloud’s dream just before getting to the City of the Ancients, the place where Sephiroth killed her. In the Remake this dream is hinted in two scenes:
1) The way Aerith appeared at Cloud at the beginning of Chapter 9 recalls the way she appeared in his dream (which triggers in Cloud a vision of her death).
2) She appears in his dreams again during her resolution scene, using gestures and words that hint at her death.
VOICES OF THE PLANET
Aftyer Meteor was summoned in the OG, Cloud and the others could hear the scream of the Planet from the Highwind. In the Remake, when the group faced Sephiroth at the end of the highway, the Whispers start screaming in pain and Aerith said those were the voices of the Planet.
OG: RedXIII: Did you...hear something? - Tifa: The Planet’s scream...or Meteor? Is it this Planet? - Cloud: Hey, how do we know that this is really the Planet’s scream? - Tifa: Did you forget? Bugenhagen told us.
Remake: What you heard just now were the voices of the planet. Those born into this world. Who lived and who died. Who returned. They're howling in pain. (...) They... Their words...they don't reach him. All these moments and memories, precious and fleeting...they're like rain rolling off his back... And when they're gone, he won't cry...or shout...or anything.
CLOUD VS SEPHIROTH
In the original FFVII, after the defeat of Safer∙Sephiroth, Cloud and Sephiroth had a final mental duel. At the end of the Remake Sephiroth mentally drags Cloud to the “Edge of Creation” with a symilar dynamic.
FFVII Remake Easter Eggs and compilation continuity - Part 7: OG FINAL FANTASY VII
ELEMENTS ORIGINALLY SHOWED AFTER THE MIDGAR SECTION & VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
CAIT SITH
This character didn’t show up until the group reached the Gold Saucer. In the Remake he witnesses the plate fall.
YUFFIE
In the OG Yuffie could only be recruited after visiting the Mythril Mines and nothing hints she had ever been in Midgar before. Now she is the protagonist of Intermission, spending a whole day in Midgar, getting to see Barret’s cell and infiltrating in Shinra HQ thanks to Avalanche. Some main points of this character have already been shown like the rivalry between her and her father, some details of the Wutai war and even her motion sickness.
ROMANTIC RUDE
In the OG Rude confessed Reno that he liked Tifa. In the Remake, when he spotted her on the Sector 7 pillar, he deviated the chopper to prevent Reno from killing her.
Reno: Dammit! You wanna explain yourself, partner?
Rude: Uh... Hand slipped.
PALMER’S TEA
In the original, at Cid’s house, Palmer asked for some tea with “sugar, honey and lard”. In the Remake he walks in the corridor of Shinra HQ with a cup of tea, complaining that he ran out of butter (though in Japanese it’s still “lard”).
Oh dear, oh dear... A man of my refined tastes running out of butter! Shorn of its proper accompainment, this tea...might as well be boiled pond water!
BLACK-CAPED MEN
In the original there was just one clone in Midgar, in Sector 5, and he wasn’t wearing the black cape yet, while in the Remake they can be met also in Midgar.
The Remake also confirms that also some former SOLDIERs can turn into caped men, something that the OG revealed only in an optional scene in Junon.
OG: I used to be in SOLDIER. Lately I’ve felt like dressing up like this...
Remake: My dad told me that that man, he used to be a SOLDIER when he was younger. I heard he came back because he got sick or something. Isn't that kinda weird? Can SOLDIERs even get sick?
This concept is further - more openly - reiterated also in Intermission:
Nayo: Mako poisoning. That's what happens if you don't make the grade as a SOLDIER...or when the military's done using you.
REUNION
When Cloud attacks Marco believing he’s Sephiroth he has a vision of the Reunion at Whirlwind Maze.
BARRET’S PAST
In the Remake Barret mentions the day he survived from the destruction of his home town, while in the original this happened one the group arrived in Corel.
Wouldn't be the first time I spit in destiny's eye. Whether you can see the seams or you can't...doesn't change that she's always trying to have it her way.
JENOVA
In the original game the first fight against Jenova took place on the Cargo ship, while in the Remake the group fights it in Chapter 17.
Note: the first form of Jenova in the original was called Jenova∙BIRTH (followed later by Jenova∙LIFE, Jenova∙DEATH and Jenova∙SYNTHESIS). In Remake it is called Dreamweaver, referring to its ability to project illusions, while the Japanese sticks to the original calling it Jenova Beat, hinting to the prenatal heartbeat of fetuses.
LIFESTREAM
During the presentation at Cosmo theatre (an allusion itself to Cosmo Canyion) the group can see a depiction of the Lifestream flowing throughout the Planet. In the original this only happened at the very end when Aerith summoned it.
MATERIA
During the aforementioned presentation it was explained how the Ancients were able to create Materia with condensed Lifestream, while in the original it was explained during the flashback in Kalm.
7R: In the distant past, our planet was home to a people we call the Ancients. Many millennia before we discovered mako, these precursors were already pioneering its use. Somehow they learned of the great reservoir of energy pulsing beneath their feet. And once they had...the Ancients developed the means to harness this bountiful energy and bend it to their will. The fruits of their labors have survived to this very day in the form of certain kinds of materia.
OG: Materia. When you condense Mako energy, materia is produced. It’s very rare to be able to see materia in its natural state. (...)...the knowledge and wisdom of the Ancients is held in the Materia.
PROUD CLOD
During intermission Yuffie can see the Proud Clod still under construction stored in Shinra underground. Moreover, the Pride and Joy Prototype (in Japanese: Proud Clad Unit Zero) is a boss that can be fought in Shinra battle simulator.
MIND READER
During the second bombing mission Tifa jokingly asks Cloud if he could read her mind. This is a hint to Jenova’s ability to read minds.
7R: I swear, your timing was perfect. It's almost like...you could read my mind. SOLDIERs can't do that, can they?
OG: Inside of you, Jenova has merged with Tifa’s memories, creating you.
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
In the Remake Cloud "remembers” two episodes of his childhood in Nibelheim, scenes that originally were included in the Lifestream sequence in Mideel.
BURNING TOWN
During the first vision of Sephiroth in Chapter 2, Cloud re-experiences the distruction of NIbelheim. This info wasn’t revealed in the OG until the flashback in Kalm.
TEST SUBJECT
When Cloud, Barret and Tifa discover the secret underground lab with specimen detained in mako tanks, Cloud starts remembering his captivity in the basement of Shinra Mansion. This was originally revealed only in the optional cutscene in the basement of the Mansion, after the Lifestream sequence.
MAKO POISONING
Mako poisoning is an element that in the OG was explained just in Mideel, while in the Remake Jessie’s father suffers of the same condition. A sector 7 NPC also witnesses one of Cloud’s Jenova headaches and suggests he may be Mako poisonesd (before the whispers intervene).
7R: [Chapter 3] What the—You okay, buddy? Mako junkie, huh? Figures...
[Chapter 4] Jessie's got a theory about it. Thinks her dad's spirit is stuck now—between his body and the heart of the planet.
OG: He probably has no idea who or where he is now... Poor fellow, his voice doesn’t even work. He is literally miles away from us. Some place far away where no one’s ever been... All alone...
UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH
Discovering that in reality Cloud never made it in SLDIER was a pivotal plot twist of the OG. In the Remake that’s hinted more than once, until Hojo openly reveals it.
No, not quite. Oh, now I recall. My memory was mistaken. My boy, you weren't a SOLDIER...
SEPHIROTH’S DEATH
In Chapter 2 Cloud remembers he killed Sephiroth. This is surprising as in the OG, during Kalm flashback, he told the group that he didn’t know what happened to Sephiroth after Nibelheim incident, even pointing out that, in terms of strength, he couldn’t have killed him.
AERITH’S DEATH
Cloud has some visions of Aerith’s death: after falling in her church in Chapter 8 (pics 2 and 3) and at the beginning of Chapter 9 (pics 1 and 4). Moreover he and the rest of the group have a blurred vision of her death in Chapter 18, Aerith’s refers to death in her resolution scene and Sephiroth tells him he’s unable to protect people in Chapter 2 (while seeing Aerith for the first time) and in Chapter 13 (after she’s been kidnapped).
METEOR
Cloud, and the others have visions of Meteor and the storm that destroyed Midgar at the end of the OG in Chapters 16 and 18.
Marlene knows him well.
Marlene is a smart kid.
Trust Marlene.