#life strife

[faeriesaurus]

#major oof #what a month #life strife #achievement unlocked #death and dying

[artofalassa]

Forget Me Not Hollow Locked Heart Fragile

I realized I never put these here. The set of my favourite four. <3

#zack fair #cloud strife #tifa lockhart #kunsel #zakkura #final fantasy vii #ffviir #ff7r #Now i'm staring at Cloud being like 'HUH. Maybe I should draw a new one for him as well HUUUUUH.' #But honestly #the Kunsel one is still my favourite out of all of these #i say while having the Cloud one on the wall above my workplace #i seriously spent three years of my life drawing stories about these four huh #las!art

[sekajiku]

aaaeeerith... please... i need it ❤️

#ff7r spoilers #ff7 rebirth #ff7 #cloud strife #when i tell you this scene killed me #and brought me back to life all at once #hello all #puppet cloud woke me from the dead #what a perfect little psycho

[moonilit]

Doodles and Tifa 🤍

#The gym pals are Tifa Zack and Cloud because they are the only one in game that i saw getting compliments on their physique by experts #I like to think Cloud does like to stay in shape and exercise regularly but gym isn’t his thing per se #Zack and Tifa on the other hand does #Give me modren Au where nothing wrong happens and everyone is happy give me life #cloud strife #tifa lockhart #just tiny hc #zack fair #Ffvii r #final fantasy vii #ffvii rebirth #Cloti #sorry cloud i only colored your head here lol #I don’t know anything about motorcycles #Zack have best ass and you can’t negotiate #Bye #My art

[aeirithgainsborough]

“Cloud, just take care of yourself. No matter what, we'll be together.”

#rebirth spoilers #clerith #clerithedit #aerith gainsborough #cloud strife #ff7 #the soulmates ever this trailer changed my life #**

[rissaito]

dawn, break forth!

#my art #genshin impact #diluc #diluc ragnvindr #the hidden strife even changed my life #i miss mondstadt man… #2022 art #rissaito

[nosfelixculpa]

cloud: weehee silly time tifa with a spray gun: DOWN BOY

#creations #gifs #games #ffvii rebirth #ffvii #ffvii rebirth spoilers #square enix #cloti #cloud strife #tifa lockhart #if it was not clear i love them #the fact she manages to get him back in the temple even if its just for a second is Insane to me #u could argue that hes not back there but he blinks himself out of it u can see him #^ meaning the 'still with us' moment btw #i was very worried tumblr wouldnt let me add all the gifs but thank u new gif limit for my life i forgor abt u #psa also pls leave me out of any ship wars i dont caarreee

[lolli-popples]

The Missing Link in Scott's Characterization

(Wrote this in a random document and I think it's good so I'm loosely transcribing it here)

These are some of my thoughts on a crucial facet of Scott's character in the Life Series that I think is overlooked by the fandom.

From my personal viewpoint, people put a lot of emphasis on Scott's caring about his allies over everything else. I think this is an important characteristic. However, I think this being shown as the most central trait is a detriment to how people read his involvement with the overarching narrative. It might be less of a problem if he wasn't directly involved with the final fight of nearly every Life Series.

Because of this combination of things, his main interaction with fans' reading of the final fight is being willing to do anything to make sure his friends win. It gives people the tendency to attribute some victories partially to him, which upsets people who want main read of the story to focus entirely on the winner. But this also has meant that one of Scott's main traits is overlooked.

Just as much, and often, more than Scott values his allies, he values fairness. To showcase this, let's look at Limited and Last Life, where he had the most control on how the final fight took place.

In Last Life, when it's down to the final four, Scott *could* have teamed up with Pearl, his ally all season, to kill Martyn and Ren. That aligns with wanting either your or your allies to win, no? But he doesn't. He suggests they split to the 4 corners of the map and have a fair fight on equal footing. Very fair.

With Limited Life it's even more apparent. Scott and Martyn have an impressive amount of time. They could both still die multiple times. Impulse is running out, and there's a numbers advantage. They could have killed Impulse and Scott could have let Martyn win, or Scott could have given Martyn his time to fight Impulse alone. But instead, he suggests they all go down to the same amount and have a fair fight.

In both situations, Scott puts fairness *over* an alliance victory. Even though Limited Life didn't end up ending fairly, that had nothing to do with Scott.

Double Life certainly has the strongest claim on Scott "letting someone win". That his death is an apology for abandoning Pearl.

But if you listen to what Scott says in the finale, he never apologizes. He says he didn't think they'd get this far, he says she deserves this more than him, and then he says the iconic "Tilly death do us part."

Scott didn't fight Pearl. But I don't think it came out of remorse. I think that too, came from a sense of fairness. Which is that Pearl, by all accounts, DOES deserve this win. If they fought it would basically be up to a draw. To chance. Scott has every chance of winning. But if you go over the events of Scott's final episode, he mostly runs. He survives. While Pearl 1v2'd two separate pairs and won! The only reason Pearl hasn't killed Scott already, who has been her enemy all season, is because they were randomly assigned to be soul-linked. A concept Scott has fought since the very beginning. He knows that while he never hurt their chances, Pearl is the reason they are here, and Pearl is the reason he is here. It wouldn't be fair for Pearl to lose to what is basically a coin flip. So, he doesn't leave it up to random chance.

So yes, Scott is loyal and does care about his allies, he proves that again and again. But the way he is involved in how the series end shows that his sense of order and fairness are equally important. Also, I think viewing his contributions from this angle help remedy some of the reasons people don't like his usual characterization because of how it effects the agency of other characters.

#I've tricked you all into reading an essay that's secretly about why Life Series Scott is lawful neutral #Muahaha #Also I think you can still say he contradicts the nature of the Life Series with this #But instead of “he is nice and doesn't betray his friends” #it's “he embodies order and fairness in a series of chaos and strife” #last life #llsmp #last life scott #double life #dlsmp #double life scott #limited life #24lsmp #limited life scott #life series #traffic smp #trafficblr #smajor1995 #scott smajor #lollipopplestalks

[skyekitsuneart]

had to share this bcuz i am so correct

cissnei doesnt have another woman to be shipped with bcuz there are no other (logical) wlw ships in ff7 besides aerti but its okay bcuz she embodies yaoi energy all by herself

#final fantasy 7 #cloud strife #final fantasy vii #i am especially right about clerith #they are lesbians in another life #also vincent and lucrecia are so toxic doomed yaoi its so funny #final fantasy 7 rebirth #ff7 rebirth #ff7 remake #ff7r #clerith #cloti #zakkura #aerti #renorude #vincent ff7 #lucrecia crescent #vincent valentine #cissnei #crisis core #ff7 crisis core #shipping #meme template #shipping meme

[cloudstriifes]

Cloud and Aerith deserve to live a happy domestic life together on a farm, raising chocobos and growing flowers and vegetables. Cloud would be a famous chocobo jockey while also helping Aerith tend to her garden. The vegetables grown there would be the best in the village and sold at the local market. They'd win competitions together, like chocobo racing and flower arranging. They'd have picnics in the woods and go hiking. They'd stargaze together on the mountains. I just want them to be happy.

#final fantasy #cloud strife #aerith gainsborough #clerith #listen i think cloud would love the country life and chocobo racing is definitely his calling #i can see him and aerith doing odd jobs as well around the village #they'd be well known as the couple who just helps everyone in need

[darling-sephiroth]

my toxic trait is getting into every single fandom late so that everyone else has either moved on or chilled out while i'm still out here being an unapologetic thirst goblin

#it's a hard knock life #sefikura #sephiroth #ff7 #cloud strife #final fantasy 7 #mdzs #bts #tgcf #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #wangxian #like it's not even funny #obsess with me bros :( #my post

[faeriesaurus]

me and my metamore at shiva: sir, that's my emotional support widow.

#polyamory #death and dying #life strife

[rei-is-hiding]

#oh boi did yall see the new trailer OHGOD #also using cat pics as reference was the best decision of my life #i'm fiNE #zack fair #cloud strife #zakkura #zack x cloud #final fantasy 7 #ff7 #final fantasy vii #ffvii #final fantasy 7 rebirth #ff7 rebirth #ff7 remake #ff7 fanart #ff7 cloud #ff7 crisis core #crisis core reunion #cloud strife fanart #zack fair fanart #redraw

[kirbyskisses]

kirby’s kinktober (twenty-five)

submission//cloud strife

cloud doesn’t much care about sex. he blushes intensely at just you holding his hand or kissing his cheek or running your fingers through his soft hair comparing it to a chocobo.

his freckles light up when he turns pink at such simple gestures, so of course sex makes him incredibly awkward and flustered.

but he can always put his nerves aside to make you feel good, just as his awkwardness sheds when he protects you on a battlefield.

ever since serving him a certain massage and hearing his unsubdued moans and hiccups at your skilled hands, you realized that cloud strife is deeply submissive regardless of his soldier-like outward appearance.

a submissive attitude that he’s always ready to serve you with.

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“mistress,” he groans, feeling himself shoot up in his pants, thick cock uncomfortably hard against his stomach.

you smile and reach your hand back, rubbing the prominent bulge through his pants’ fabric. he gives a guttural groan against the lips of your pussy, sucking at the creamy entrance and kissing your clit obediently as you ride his face.

“you’re making me so wet, baby. are you trying to drown in it?” you have a giggle in your voice, breathy at the pleasurable shiver he puts through your legs.

he’s too shy to ever say it his moans at confirmation enough. he grips your rolling hips and his blue eyes, tinged with a shine of mako-green, meet yours. he pulls you up only to breathe before placing you back down. his hips buck and grind and wave, cock trying to reach its high as your fingers undo his heavy belt and slip into the waistline of his briefs.

his hungry sound reverberates in between your thighs when your palm starts to wrap around the burning hot skin of his cock. it’s ludicrously thick and throbbing and he throws his head back when your hand bobs along it.

“is this distracting you, cloud?”

“no, mistress!” he inhales sharply and shakes his head before turning his attention back to slurping and kissing and sucking and tongue-fucking your hot core with a muffled beg.

“please cum on my face, mistress.” barely escapes his mouth before your thighs tighten on him more.

his fingers dig deeper into your sides, tongue as far and it can go, and he looses himself in working endlessly to make his mistress gush, to make he squirt and soak his golden hair and pale skin.

“good boy, cloud. get mistress to cum and i’ll let your pretty cock cum as a reward.” you pat him coolly, and feel his tongue swirl around your walls until you seize up. the pink muscle sloppily indulged your sweet spot as you grip his pulsing length and you shake, releasing into his awaiting mouth.

he mumbles your title again and lets out a pornographic heave of a moan as he shoots white onto his flexing tummy.

you climb off of his feverish shaky form as stroke his cheek down to his chin, which is soaked in a drooly, streaking white.

“wanna get cleaned up?”

“n-no.” even when shaky from the power of his orgasm, cloud’s resolve to help remains unshakable.

“i want to make my mistress do it again, please.”

#smut #full fic #x reader #ff7 x reader #ff7 #ffvii #ffvii advent children #final fantasy x reader #final fantasy vii #final fantasy vii remake #ff7 remake #kingdom hearts x reader #cloud strife #cloud strife x reader #cloud x reader #yes he has the big thick sword if YKWIM😏 #that in game massage scene changed my life😩

[wowa-bublord]

Mentally lying on my bed and kicking my feet like a schoolgirl while joyously waiting for more Zack and Cloud sketchies ❤️ In your AU is Cloud completely conscious and aware when he first breaks out of his coma? Or is there a sort of in-between zone for awhile? If there is, is Zack overjoyed or worried out of his mind (or both)? Does Cloud struggle with allowing somebody to take care of him?

Sending you virtual hugs should you want them or a crisp and respectful nod of the head if not!

IM SORRY this ask only just showed up in my inbox but it says it's from march 24th?? tumblr killing me with daggers,,,, This is going to be a long one sorry!! I'll explain the stages of his coma first, and then the stages of waking up from it.

In the beginning, while they are on the run, Cloud is in.. something close to a catatonic state. He can perform basic instincts, such as blinking, swallowing, the small stumble-steps he's shown doing in gameplay, and making small noises. In my au/headcanon, this is because of the Mako keeping his body up and functioning in spite of his intense poisoning. Because of the Mako, his muscles also don't atrophy during this period. He has no memories from this era at all.

After this, a little before the battalion but mostly after, his body begins to heal from his Mako poisoning. Which is good. but the lack of the access Mako leaves his body with far less functions. He begins to lose the ability to eat, becomes unable to even stumble, his eyes shut and don't open again. He falls into a full comatose state. Which, although it is very scary for Zack, and takes a lot more work and medical equipment, is actually a good sign for his healing. Fighting off mako poisoning this far is already rare.

(In this segment, he is kept fed and hydrated through his IV, but he switches to an NG tube after he wakes up, due to the inconvenience of the IV and continued difficulty swallowing.)

His first signs of waking up were a few weeks before he opened his eyes. He began responding to stimuli, ears flicking at noises, hands tensing, eyes occasionally opening but not for long. It's at this stage that he also starts having nightmares, and becomes more aware of his environment. He has blurry memories from this era, but in the moment he was mostly just confused and distressed, and didn't process it. this took up most of the few weeks.

After some time, he began to have more moments of consciousness and rational thought. He could start to respond to simple questions or requests such as blinking or closing his hands. He only vaguely remembers this. It lasts a few days

when he actually began to wake up, initially he was incredibly upset and confused, not being recovered enough to actually process the situation. This resulted in him lashing out, not knowing where he was and initially not recognizing zack, he struggled and tried to pull his tubes out. This was the final stage to his waking up, only lasts an hour? possibly a few hours? and he was finally fully awake after this!!

When Cloud woke up from his coma, his body was incredibly weak from being bedridden so much. His muscles had atrophied severely over the few months, which put him in a wheelchair as they worked on him recovering.

In this stage, he is mostly determined to improve again. He feels a lot of gratitude towards Zack for taking care of him so much, and a lot of frustration towards himself for not recovering faster.

his next stage was crutches, he recovered his arm strength faster than his legs. He begins to pick up on zack overworking himself, but he's unsure how to approach it, and often ends up saying the wrong thing. (He still uses an NG tube in this era, but he begins to be able to eat on his own, so he doesn't have it in for much longer)

His next stage is using a cane, which he ends up using for a long while. Even after his muscles have recovered, he maintains knee/hip pain for the rest of his life. He also has migraines and memory issues like in canon. At this stage, he begins to get frustrated with Zack more and more. He appreciates Zacks help, but feels frustrated with feeling like Zack doesn't trust him to take care of himself, and upset with how Zack prioritizes Cloud so much over himself. Due to these frustrations, he grows more confrontational. (<- comic linked is not 100% canon to this au, just an example.) Zack is overjoyed that Cloud is awake. He thought Clouds return to consciousness would help his fears and guilt ease, but for some reason he finds himself more worried than ever. He always backs off when Cloud says he wants space, but he finds himself worrying about what Cloud is doing now that he isn't able to be monitoring him all the time, and then guilty for feeling so worried.

#zack lives au #zack fair #my art #cloud strife #zakkura #zack fair ffvii #cloud strife ffvii #zack fair ff7 #cloud strife ff7 #zack x cloud #clack #NOT ALL THE MEDICAL INFORMATION IN HERE IS 100% ACCURATE. i talked to someone who works with caretakers #but i am not a caretaker nor a nurse nor medically trained #plus I smudged some of the facts of comatose and catatonic states to fit with the symptoms cloud displays in canon #so its like.. a fantasy coma and doesn't fully reflect what someone would experience in real life #i hope it isn't too egregiously done if anyone has some critique or suggestions i want to hear them!!!!! #coma cw #medical struggles cw

[rocketbirdie]

LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS!!!!!!

#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE HIM HE'S HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE #:D #cloud. honey. just forget about sephiroth and the black materia. quit your job and become a chocobo jockey full time. #can't be doomed by the narrative if you never advance the plot! #cloud strife #ffvii rebirth spoilers #rebirth spoilers