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I can't stand the "yo" tic myself, and I sometimes do say "yo" (verbally). A few times is fine, but it sounds odd when it's tacked onto the end of practically every single sentence Reno utters (which I've seen in some fics). No doubt the English translation of FF7 is influencing me here, but I'd...

@ CameoAmalthea: I don't think there's much to dilute in Genesis's character. In canon, his primary form of communication is poetry, and throughout the entire game, we pretty much only get one side of him, i.e. the bitter, irrational, monstrous side. Even if you ignore all his lines and just...

So, with the caveat that my reading of Genesis is very, very colored by Sinnatious's characterization of him in "The Fifth Act" and "Beloved" ... Canon does establish him as: 1. self-absorbed (not sure I would consider him narcissistic per se, but he's incredibly set into his own...

Sorry, somewhat disorganized: @ Martha: That is a very good point re: Cloud accepting his own weakness, but note that he only got to the point of accepting his weakness (and continuing to fight in spite of it), because of his friends in the first place. They gave him the opportunity to grow...

I can understand the case for Genesis and Angeal, but definitely not for Lazard, who is arguably more important to SOLDIER than those two. After Lazard disappears, the entire chain of command is shot, as far as I can tell, so the oversight on Lazard's background is a pretty big blunder (at...

Thanks for the clarification. I'd been taking that timeline as the definitive one. :( However, writing it all out, it occurs to me that Sephiroth, Angeal, and Genesis could've possibly been 15 when the war started. If I understand you correctly: 1976 (6/24) -- Shinra relocates to Midgar 1977...

They do like their protagonists young. Sora's 14 in KH1 ... When I played through CC, I thought Zack was 20/21. :/

I don't think it's a character loop. He was "emo" in AC, because he felt useless. He failed Aerith, he failed Zack, and he was failing the children (in fact, had contracted Geostigma himself while searching for a cure, which just makes him feel even more useless). Meanwhile, in FF7 ... well...

And that's what fanfic is for! To fix the lazy writing! You just gotta put in the work yourself to get there. ;) We all like different types of stories. "And then happily ever after" isn't one that I'd ever envisioned for Cloud even before watching AC, so we'll just have to agree to disagree...

Cloud's earned the right to be emo for the rest of his life. Sure, nobody has to like it, but there you have it. There's also an easy way to explain the discrepancy between his FF7 persona and his AC persona: When you have a Goal, it's remarkably easy to push all other concerns aside and...

On Vincent and Yuffie: Yuffie spends a lot of time around Vincent in DoC and apparently cares about him enough to go out of her way to assist him more than once. Yuffie is additionally the only party member who is tenacious (read: annoying) enough to really get under Vincent's skin. Also, it's...

That's true. I wonder how many civilians would make it though without having spent at least a few months in the army. You know, thinking on it, Zack sounds more and more like a prodigy to me. If Sephiroth was 17 at the start of the war (during which he made a name for himself), then Angeal and...

Age shenanigans Also, I feel like an idiot, but regarding ages: Crisis Core begins in εуλ 0000 (aka εуλ 2000). Wutai War began around 8 years before CC at around εуλ 1991/1992 (8 years before CC). Genesis, Angeal, and Sephiroth are born around...

This explains so much in the games. I typically handwave the entire sword/gun coexistence and the strange mish-mash of sci-fi and fantasy as a typical Final Fantasy trait, but this isn't a half-bad explanation. Thanks! :) With the understanding that we are now quibbling about headcanon (and...

Thanks for the answers! #1: Was probably fishing too much for an answer here. From what I understand: volunteer => tests (incl. psych tests and prob. physicals) => mako exposure => training I'm primarily curious about how they weed out people from the volunteer stage. What is, for...

A few questions for the canon experts here. I've logic'd my way into some answers, but just want to get your thoughts on these: 1. SOLDIER application process -- what is it exactly? I believe both Angeal and Genesis volunteered for the program, but that seems like a horrible way to go about...