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It's Friiidaaaay

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#it's him!!! #oh i love his feathery hairdo #cloud strife #ffvii #amazing art <3 #!!!!!!!!

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I Am Going To Need A Fucking Miracle, 2024

Digital acrylic on canvas

Immortalizing a lucky hunter's fateful moment versus the G Rank Hyper Plesioth hip check.

#monster hunter #monhun #mh #my art <3 #plesioth posting #bowing down to my fish god.

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yakuza fans scare me a little bit

#i'm. think i'm going to die #my head hurts

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#mister strife... mind explaining why your head explodes badly every time you think of anything even vaguely related to zack fair......?

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tifa and zack... cloud has a type

#👀 #me too cloud.... me too #zack fair #ffvii #amazing art <3

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roche and pals key chains, should be cute when they're done

#GOSH GOODNESS GOLLY AAAAA #no way. i need these to be real SO bad #ffvii #amazing art <3 #!!!!! #cloud strife #zack fair #roche #reno

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Hey everyone! I drew an anjanath badly.

Will post more soon

#anjie my bestfriend anjie!!!!!! #monster hunter

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#🥹 #cloud strife #wedge #woud #ffvii #amazing art <3 #!!!!!!!!

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Anjanath is a canonical loafer :3

I think it would be funny if monsters loafed like cats.

what monsters do you guys think would loaf

#we need more loafing monsters for sure #look at her. straight chillin' #monster hunter

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Memories.

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Before he could come up with an answer, though, Kunsel was hugging him. At first, it surprised him, though he didn't know why. Maybe just because the last five years had been completely devoid of positive touch like this. Maybe it was because he hadn't quite expected it. But either way, it was needed, and Zack felt himself sink into the hug almost immediately, wrapping his arms tightly around his friend and burying his face in the other's shoulder.

Am I lost? You're not lost, you know this place. See how you know this place? That's not right—

His panicked breath halts and the world shifts under his feet. Against the cracking ache and the fogged haze, he lifts his head and blinks into the shine of mako gold eyes. When did you get here? Kunsel has information and he sends it to you often. Leave, he's not important.

"Lost? Me?" His toothy grin sends a flare of pain behind his eyes. When have we met? You know him, like you know this place. "Kunsel, man, you know I've run around underplate a thousand times! Stop worryin'! I'll see you later, ok? Things to do, pretty girls to see—"

Kunsel Zantos showed promise. That much had been obvious from day one of his formal recruitment; questionable background and motivations aside (that which, perhaps, had begun Tseng's careful monitoring in the first place). But in truth, the Turk had not expected him to last long. Bets placed against him for all manners of reasons/excuses, foolish enough to go poking his head in places they didn't belong.

And yet, here he was, stubbornly persistent despite it all.

The last time he had to deal with a SOLDIER directly like this? All those years ago. Alongside Zack. A case which had been pulled from its archival home to live under the watchful gaze of the leader of the Turks because of the very reckless idiot he was now working with.

There was a comfort in physical contact that Aerith couldn't explain. It was always how she had been. But she bottled that for the sake of being heartbroken. The more Kunsel came around, the more that heartbreak lifted. The more she felt herself. The more she punched and pushed, teased and tapped. Invaded his space with those big green eyes and smiled at him as wide as she could...

She was happy.

"...you're the only one that's left— you— you KNOW everything, and I know you have to live with that just as much as I do, but you've come back after all this time, and that's all you can say to me? 'Life isn't a game, Roche— life isn't a stage!' Then what am I supposed to make of it, huh? Play the loyal little hound like you? Bow down and kiss some Shinra ass while I'm at it? Abandon who I am; what my heart tells me to do? You're no better than those goddamn Turks."

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Thank you for the commission! 💜

#WAAAAH this was so much fun to work on!!! #so many feelings exploding out of me aaaaAAhhggh #my art <3 #ffvii #final fantasy vii #crisis core #kunsel #zack fair #cloud strife #tseng of the turks #aerith gainsborough #roche

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great maccao is my favourite monster and im rly hoping capcom brings him back for mhwilds. look at how silly and bouncy he is. his theme goes crazy. he's so fun to fight. capcom i am speaking directly into your ear you will put great maccao in monster hunter wilds

#LITERALLY where is my funny little feathered freak... #maccao teach me your ways. show me how to squiggle and bounce the way you do. #monster hunter

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bat cat tower

#amazing art <3 #!!!!! #monster hunter #this bastard waking me up at 3 am climbing his cat tree as LOUD as possible....

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Time for my regularly scheduled ‘I have no clue if my art is good or not anymore’

#ooo IT'S GOOD alright!! #by golly you got your work cut out for you with all the books #amazing art <3 #!!!!! #ffvii #sephiroth

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Hi!! I absolutely LOVE your Kunsel! I hope I’m not overstepping here, but can we get a reference for how you draw his uniform? It’s so nice to look at! Thank you, and have a nice day!

THANK YOUUU!!! Here's a piece that shows the full uniform:

It's nearly identical to Remake's enemy SOLDIER uniform, except for removing the vambraces (SE's official art):

Hope that helps!! :D

#<33333 #ffvii #crisis core #kunsel #my art <3 #asks

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waiting for Rebirth on pc…

#WOWGH #good vibes!! #amazing art <3 #cloud strife #ffvii

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What are your Kunsel Headcanons?

oh GOD don't get me started. He's my oc at this point, I've adopted him like a stray cat. uhh just a couple off the top of my head:

aroace!!

SUPER extroverted. As in, if he doesn't get his daily overdose of social interaction, he'll explode. He'll talk nonstop if you don't literally tell him to shut up. It's a wonder he's surprisingly good at keeping secrets.

His ancestry is from the north continent. Maybe even a sliver of cetra blood? But only like 1/32 part cetra. If he has any ancient's powers it's extremely limited, like just tiny pangs of deja vu. No ability to sense the lifestream. Still, he feels a weird kinship with Aerith, beyond just their relationship to Zack.

Prefers to fight with materia/magic instead of melee

He spends what little free time he has clubbing in Wall Market. He grew up surrounded by the EDM scene and unironically loves cringey dance music and dubstep. If he hadn't gotten suckered into SOLDIER he'd probably be a dj.

He's genderfluid but he doesn't know it yet lol. Just one dropped ice cream away from chucking his gender out with the garbage.

Matching with the whole weather themed names... Cloud Strife, Zack Fair, Kunsel Tempest >:3

#that's all the big ones as far as i can remember lol #kunsel my beloved... my bucket-headed blorbo..... #kunsel #ffvii #asks