#z's ramblings

[silenceismychoir]

so i says to myself says i

#i cant stop saying this over and over again this is what happens when i watch all of the derry girls in 3 days #im obsessed #why was it only 3 seasons long??? we deserved more!!!! #im going to immediately rewatch all of it #derry girls #z's ramblings

[secrelty-z]

have yall SEEEEN fanart of alastor!???

it’s enough this man is clouding my mind and the fanart isn’t helping

JUST LOOK AT THIS OH MY-

#z rambles #alastor #alastor x reader #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor fanart #fanart

[laugtherhyena]

There has never been a more fitting time to use this image

#WE GETTING POKEMON Z????? FINALLY????? #I KNOW IT'S A LEGENDS GAME BUT STILL I AM. IN SUCH DISBELIEF #pokemon #pokemon presents #pokemon legends Z-A #kalos #gen 6 #pokemon xy #hyena ramblings

[dittolicous]

OH lets not forget one fun connection between kalos and sinnoh, that being that professors sycamore studied under professor rowan! so how poetic is it that the legends z-a game is going to be taking cues and learning from the legands arceus game~

#pokemon #pokemon legends #pokemon legends z #ditto rambles

[combinecremator]

pokemon legends z-a moodboard

[Image description: eight identical gifs surrounding a tweet screenshot. The gifs are all of AZ from Pokemon sobbing and reuniting with Floette, saying: "It's been 3000 years..."

The tweet is from Tyler The Creator and reads: "Un-follow me now, this is gonna be the only thing I tweet about for the next week. I've wanted this for years fuck. What the fuck." End ID.]

#leo rambles #pokemon legends z-a #HUGE DAY FOR ANNOYING PEOPLE (ME)

[kaysdenofchaos]

Man there is a particular feeling of rage I feel forwards people— especially younger generations— who find it acceptable to shame gen alpha

Bc like where’s the empathy? “Ohh they only watch coco melon and can’t spell” and whose Fucking fault is that. WHOSE FAULT IS THAT.

Genuinely WHY are y’all surprised when kids who had to spend their developmental years in a pandemic are struggling socially and intellectually like?? They didn’t just suddenly appear out of thin air, they lived through the same damn stuff everyone else did and are suffering for it

Damn man. Whatever happened to ‘let kids be kids?’ Why is there this immense pressure for kids to be self-aware of the problems that are pushed onto them? Why is the social expectation by peers to be nihilistic? And I’m not talking about high school kids, I’m talking middle school, literal 10yos and stuff.

I love my younger cousins to death, but it’s lowkey heartbreaking seeing them constantly act older than they are. So why are we pressuring gen alpha to be the same? To shame other children under, quite frankly, ableist rhetoric, and to grow up?

Seriously. The kids will be fine. They won’t cause ‘societal collapse.’ All they need is a bit of support, we all do.

Also skibidi toilets funny. Maybe not my type of humor but still funny. And kids still watch kid shows too: Eddsworld? TMNT? MLP? Pokémon? All still popular and relevant. Don’t act like y’all didn’t laugh at some weird shit too as a kid, get over yourselves

#is it problematic to say I want to let kids be happy #like knowledge is key but there’s a reason primary education only truly covers the basics #gen alpha #khaotic #gen z #rambling idk

[audhdgoku]

I'm Sure This Has Been Done Already But W/e

#Fox Rambles #DB #DBZ #DBS #Dragon Ball #Dragon Ball Z #Dragon Ball Super #Broly #DBZ Broly #DBS Broly

[onefey]

imagine. pokemon legends z-a comes out. it takes place in the past, around the same time as legends arceus.

in the middle of the game, you meet emmet, who's uh... i guess helping with the city development stuff, since that's the only plot detail we know so far. he's in a similar state to ingo - maybe with better fashion, since he's in paris france and not the wilds of hokkaido. he's lost his memory, too. this, like in legends arceus, is not resolved.

a few years pass. gamefreak announces pokemon legends: kyurem or pokemon legends: harmonia or pokemon legends: new york or whatever they decide to call it. it takes place, of course, in a developing unova.

and in the middle of that game, you learn of two people who recently arrived in the region, believing they came from there and searching for answers,

and also a person they can't quite remember.

#pokemon #pokemon legends z-a #pokemon legends arceus #pla #plza #? #submas #ingo #emmet #hi submas fandom been a while 👋 #and then they invent trains and arceus returns them to the future their purpose fulfilled the end #fey rambles

[silenceismychoir]

something something jamie and nate are mirrors of each other in that they're both just men (or boys really) looking for their father's validation but don't ever get it. they find themselves being taken in by ted lasso instead and something something they both have the same journey but ultimately a very different ending. i am obsessed with this show

#and i am obsessed with nate's arc and cannot believe there is so little people who are??? i feel like im the only one?? #anyway i finished season 2 yesterday and started rewatching season 1 today so yeah. #ted lasso #z's ramblings

[calibabii21]

|| i never thought || l.hc

pairing: sub!haechan x dom!reader

genre: smut, non-idol au, friends to lovers, Christmas bet

warning(s): bratty sub!haechan, reader learns she has a dominant side, reader is kind of a sadist, both haechan and reader are masochists, overstimulation (m), dirty talk, sexual threats and innuendos, haechan may let "mommy" slip..several times, bdsm club

wc: 2.7k

a/n: suuuuch an honor to be a part of this collab with @jenoslutie this is for you boo💋. thank you so much for your patience and I hope you all enjoy😭 proofread?? not sure💀 mdni

"Come on pleeeease," yet again your friend was begging for the impossible. "That's not even the type of person I am! Not to mention I have to go shopping for Re- my Secret Santa.” Thankfully you caught yourself, “Besides, what could you possibly gain from this?" Funnily enough, that's all it took to quiet him. "N-Nothing," his flustered stutter and sheepish eye contact avoidance were a dead giveaway.

You couldn't help but give in to the cuteness, "Fine. but only if you don't leave my side" His eyes immediately brighten and he's on you with cheek kisses, "thank you thank you thank you– I would never abandon you at a place like that." His seriousness is endearing and you very much appreciate the sincerity in his tone. “Thank you Pookie.”

A twinkle flashes through his eyes at the pet name but he only smiles at you and agrees to give you time to get dressed seeing as he asked you to accompany him on such short notice.

About 45 minutes later you’re walking through the front entrance of the club he begged you to accompany him to. You look around the packed out place, taking in the world of kink you are freshly experiencing first-hand. “Wow.” Haechan turns to you, securing a rose gold wrist cuff, matching his, around your own. 

“What is this for?” He gives you a sheepish look, seeming rather nervous now that you study his expression. “Hey, what’s wrong Pookie?” His tense stature relaxes and he allows himself to melt into your palm resting on his cheek. “Well aren’t you two a lovely pair,” someone comments as they pass by, “You’ve got a good, old-fashioned brat on your hands.” You understand the terms, and the bashful look on Haechan’s face stirs something in you.

A smirk finds its way to your lips, “You think so?” your eyes stay trained on Hyuck’s face as you speak, “But he’s always so good for me. And he treats me so well, don’t you baby boy?” The fake pout with a doe-like gaze you give him as you stroke his chin causes a submissive glaze to film over his eyes and a yearning whimper to leave him. 

When you turn your back to him, he unconsciously moves his body into your space, “If you’ll excuse us, we’d like to get to the rest of our evening.” Haechan attaches a hand to your hip, guiding you away as you smile at the stranger. “You’re..handling yourself better than I expected.” His tone is full of satisfaction and pride, which in turn makes you roll your shoulders back and walk in pure confidence- naturally boosting his ego.

“You make it so easy Pookie.” His returning blush as you playfully pinch his butt makes you giggle. “You’re being awfully cute..” And quiet. Despite his unfamiliar behavior, you allow him to continue leading the way. 

The chains and leather oddly complement the various Christmas themed rooms you pass. Maybe not something you’d have done yourself, but it works. Haechan squeezes your hand to get your attention, “We’re here.” You look up with a soft gasp and wide eyes, “Oh.” Definitely not something you were prepped for.

Here was a platform stage with a submissive straddling a metal chair. Arms bound to the top of the arch, ankles to the legs, nipples flush against the back- and cock between the bars. Seeing as you have goosebumps from simply walking through the establishment, you can only imagine how cold the half naked sub must be. Though their shivers could just be from the anticipation of their dom circling them.

Your eyes drift over to Haechan when his breath hitches as the submissive’s eyes are covered with a sleek blindfold. His responses are intriguingly physical. He isn’t the one being touched or tied up, yet his breathing is shaky and he’s sweating a bit. If you’re honest, it even has you heating up yourself. 

The moment the dom ghosts their fingers over the sub’s semi erect cock is when you decide to maneuver behind Haechan. Your hands lightly reston his waist causing him to jump, startled. “It’s okay, it’s just me.” “Hyuck..I want you to keep your eyes on the stage, okay?” Your voice is soft as it reaches the back of his ear, “Just, stop me if you feel uncomfortable.” He immediately nods- almost in an eager manner.

A shocked yelp leaves the sub, quickly followed by a moan as they feel the contradicting warmth of their top’s breath on their chilled nipples. “Are you sensitive here too, Baby Boy?” It’s a rhetorical question but his whimpers as you brush your thumbs over his nipples through his shirt is answer enough. “Oh, you’re a vocal little thing aren’t you, Pookie?” 

You continue toying with his nipples as your right hand drifts down his front, a sound of approval leaving you, “Sensitive too.” The subs loud moans drown out the whimpers and whines Haechan releases as you fondle him through his clothes. “Please.” His pleading simultaneous with the ones coming from the stage. “What are you asking for?”

He says nothing, enraptured by the scene of the sub’s painfully hard cock being edged between the cold, hard bar of the chair and the domme’s warm, soft palm. Pinching his nipple you get a louder moan as well as his attention, “If you can’t tell me what you want, I can’t give it to you.” He only whines, his knees becoming wobbly, “Please, touch me p-properly.”

You take your hands off of him and put space between you, “If you can find a private enough space, I’ll even let you cum.” That seemed to kick him into overdrive and he grabs your hand guiding directly to a private room with red carpeting and furniture. His only instruction is to sit as you point toward the lounge seat. “That was awfully fast. Now I wonder if it’s even worth a reward.”

You’re quiet as you slowly pace back and forth, thinking to yourself about this night. It all seems a little too calculated. You pause in front of him, more like you’re looming over him in your heels. You watch his eyes trail from the points of your shoes all the way up to meeting your eyes- and it’s easy to tell that his immediate response would have been to whimper, but he senses you waiting for any wrong move.

“Why did you bring me here?” Nothing. You get absolutely nothing but a diversion of eyes. His squirms increase under your scrutiny. “Haechan. I will touch you until this club closes and ruin your ability to cum for yourself or anyone else if you do not answer me. What. is going. on?” There’s only a mumble you don’t understand before he goes back to feigning innocence.

Fine. You opt for trying an approach he would be receptive of. Wordlessly, you remove his pants, giggling to yourself at his Christmas themed g-string. “Shut up” he mumbles sassily, which for some reason irked you more than it usually would. The sharp sting of his underwear elastic snapping against his skin has him both hissing and staring at you with needy eyes.

You maintain his eye contact, his own widening as your face gets closer to his when you straddle his lap- the fluffy trim of your sexy Mrs. Claus costume tickling his midsection. “If you don’t want to willingly tell me, I’ll get it out of you another way.” His eyes glow with amusement and desire as you glide your fingers beneath his waistband, “You can try all you want but I’m not giving i- mmm.” 

That quickly shut him up, you again, giggle to yourself. “You act all big and bad but you’re so weak to pleasure your inner slut can’t help but submit. Even if it’s from your best friend, hm?”  He bites his lip to hold his sounds back, but his chest is already heaving as if he’s close.

“Surely Mr. ‘Won’t-give-in’ isn't close already.” Your taunting seems to only spur him closer to climax. “You better not cum Donghyuck or so help me Go-” His head is thrown back, hips thrusting into your hand to fully ride out his orgasm, essentially sending your own body up with them- completely drowning out your words. Whimpering and whining as your hand applies pressure to his now sensitive dick.

He attempts to continue thrusting until your hand comes up to grip his face, body stilling save for the shiver that passes over him at the strong look in your eyes, “If you don’t stop fucking playing with me I will restrain you, tie a vibrator to your dick, stick one in your ass, and walk right out of that door.” Your threats seem to have the opposite effect as you feel him growing harder in your hand again.

Chuckles of disbelief leave you as you begin laughing hysterically, even that has his erection rising further. “My God.” Your faces are close, eyes searching his as your hand begins to move at a slow, steady pace. “You really are a perv aren’t you?” He whines loudly and looks at you pleadingly. “Lucky for you, so am I. Know that I intend to keep my word of ruining you for anyone else.” 

Your hand does a 180, now jerking at a speed too incredible for him to keep up with, “That was your plan with me, wasn’t it?” In the middle of his second orgasm, his expression is one of shock at your words. “Fuuuuuck mommy- please please.” Your body heats up at the title and it honestly makes you feel even more powerful. His body is writhing and twitching beneath you as you don’t let up on stroking him. “If you give me one more, maybe I’ll think about stopping.”

“No no no no,” you aren’t too sure what he’s pleading about, but no way are you stopping now. “The club will be shutting down in about five minutes.” Right as you yell “Coming!” in response to the rough knock on the door, Haechan does the same but for completely different reasons. His hands grip your waist when you stop, his face still asking for more. “We have to go now Pookie, but I’ll take care of you when we get home.” 

He assists you in cleaning up as you help redress, “You may have been a bit of a brat, but you were still a good boy for me. As a result, I'll let you decide what happens when we get home.” His eyes light up and his confidence immediately resurfaces, “Just know it’s my turn to ruin you for everyone.” 

“Hyuck- wait slow dow-” you cut off your sentence with a gasp as you realize you slapped his face with a heavier hand than intended. There’s a moment of silence as you both process what just happened before he’s further backing you into your apartment- lips excitedly attacking your neck. “God you are so sexy.”

You get over your shock, your seductive chuckle reddening his ears, “What a pain slut you’ve turned out to be.” That only makes his hips rut against you as he licks your neck, not separating from you to gauge the direction of your bedroom. “Wait the bedroom’s that way.” He continues feeling you up beneath your costume, “Fuck the bedroom, you’re taking me right here.”

He bends you over the couch, slapping and groping your ass. “Who gave you permission to out-sexy my sexiest thoughts of you.” Your hips grind back on him as he presses his bulge firmly against your core, “How perverted can you be to get this hard over your best friend.” He begins softly rocking, thrusting his hips against yours, “And how greedy does your pussy have to be to grind on my clothed dick like a neglected whore.”

You don’t know why, but his words ignite deep arousal within you. “Just shut up and fuck me already.” He wordlessly pulls himself out of his tight confines and teases his head against your soft thong, “By the feel of your holes clenching through your panties, you wouldn’t even be patient enough for me to prep you.”

“What’s prep when you’re made for me.” You try to contain your laughter as your teasing words make his movements stutter. In the end a sharp slap is landed on your exposed ass with a gritted mutter, “Don’t go putting hopeful thoughts in my head.” Before you can decide whether to continue teasing him or reassure him, he’s easing into you with a stretch so delicious your first moan is drug out.

You’d expect his thrusts to be rapid and shallow with how desperate he’d been to be inside you, but it was the complete opposite. “Paced and deep, just the way you like it right?” His strokes really were perfect. Hips connecting with yours with the right amount of force. One hand caressing your skin while the other unexpectedly spreads your wetness around your unoccupied hole.

His hips come to a sudden stop as he leans over your back. “I-I want you to ride me.” Even through his effort to top you, you can feel that you still have the power. “Okay daddy, come sit.” You patiently wait during his awkward fumbling to circle the couch, but once you sink onto him you both moan in unison. “I must be doing my job with the way you’re squeezing around me. Am I making you feel good?” 

“Mmhm, you’re doing such a good job baby.” His head is thrown back as he “guides” your ass to slam back down to meet his thrusts halfway. “I told you I was going to ruin you f-for everyone.” You take that opportunity to lay him flat on the couch, your hands using his chest for support, “It feels so good being stretched by you Hyuck.” 

You lean forward now allowing your ass to fully bounce on him faster. “Fuck baby you take my cock so well. Who’s my good girl? Huh?” The second he asks, one of your hands reach forward and caresses his face as you keep bouncing, “It’s you isn’t it? You’re my good boy?” You seal it with a tender yet erotic kiss on his lips and he’s instantly whimpering and tightly gripping your flesh.

“I-I’m close.” But you ignore him and his attempts to thrust up into you as you continue controlling the pace, opting to switch to a slow whining of your hips. “P-Please, mommy. Mommy can I please cum?” A pleasant shudder passes through you at the besotted, fucked out expression he gives you as he begs, “Please PLEASE can I cum? Can I cum inside, please? Mommy I’m so close, please.” 

His begs become more adamant and panicked as you clench around him with each circle of your hips, your own climax approaching. “You want to cum baby?” He immediately nods eagerly with hopeful eyes as his hands fervidly touch and grasp every inch of your body, “Please.” His whispered plea seems to be enough to satisfy you, “Can you be a good boy and fill me up?”

“Yes yes yes mommy, I can be a good boy. I’m your good boy.” His moans and cries are anything but quiet as he releases ropes of heat inside of you. Your teeth sink into his shoulder when your orgasm creeps through you as you grind harder onto him, “Oh Fuuuucck. Shit, yes Hyuck.”

There is a flurry of soft moans and breathing as you both come down from your high. Haechan looks at you enamored. “You are so..beautiful.” The compliment caught you off guard, but seeing the sincerity in his eyes you smile at him, “Thank you, Pookie. You are too. Truly.” You plant one last kiss on his lips before getting off of him to move to your bathroom.

He lets out a startling hoot and laughs in a victorious tone causing you to stop and face him. “The hell is so funny?” He turns to you with a cutely smug smirk, “I won.” You  look at him incredulously, “Won?”

Now redressed, he approaches you with an air of arrogance, stopping in front of you, “I hit first. So I. won.”

You let his words sink in with silence before smirking at him, “Just remember I’m the one you call ‘mommy’.”

A blush brushes his features at your words as you walk off, “You’re my bitch now.”

tagging:

@thesafecafe

@atinystaypixie

@neoculturecollectives

@multifandomslxt

@haechansbbg

@lovncts

@mrkis

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[secrelty-z]

yandere sukuna makes me go so FERAL like i just want him to chase me, pin me down, choke me while he threatens me to never leave his side :)

and do his little crazy laugh 🫶

#z rambles #jjk #jjk x reader #jjk smut #yandere jjk #yandere sukuna #yandere sukuna x reader #sukuna x reader #sukuna #sukuna smut

[14muffinz]

no because in those crossover fics between rise and 2012, 12!raph would not just sit there and judge them. he’s fully aware of what’s going down and he HATES IT

12!Raph: Fuck this, I’m out

12!Raph: pops into shell

THUD

12!Raph, not leaving his shell: LEO, YOU HAVE TO CATCH ME

12!Leo: Then next time say catch!

~~~

followup, there is no way their belts and shit don’t slide off when they hide in their shells. there’s tape involved.

so like, raph is sort of envious of the alternates because he does not see any ductape lying around the lair so he assumes the alternate donnie fixed this issue and like. he is tired of being sticky.

and then he finds out.

Rise!Raph: Look, Leo, I know that you want to be like Mikey, but going in your shell randomly isn’t safe.

12!Donnie: Why not?

Rise!Raph: ‘Cause our bodies are too big for our shells.

12!Mikey: That’s a thing!?

Rise!Raph: Well, you guys are all box turtles, so you’ll be fine. Leo and Donnie just mutated weird. I’m an alligator snapping turtle, so going in my shell could possibly kill me, even if it worked, but obviously–

12!Raph: WAIT, WHAT THE FUCK!?

#rottmnt #tmnt 2012 #tmnt crossover #just had an idea in my head #raphael hamato #hamato red #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #leonardo hamato #Z rambles

[dbzkaka]

Do you ever just think about that the reason Goku was prone to violent outbursts and destruction when Grandpa Gohan first found him was because he was in an unknown place without either of his parents and had no idea why? And then theres this random old man hes never seen before trying to help him but all Goku wants is the people he watched from the nursing capsule for months.

Everything was different, everything was wrong. And so when he hits his head and forgets everything about planet vegeta and his family, the violence disappears. Because he no longer remembers what he lost...

#dbz #grandpa gohan #goku #kakarot #saiyans #planet vegeta #raditz #dbz manga #dragon ball #dragon ball z #dragon ball z kai #master roshi #my post #my ramblings #this is canon #i just think about it a lot okay

[onyxonline]

Not my ass over here thinking that maybe space rider au Dogday is not a good flirt, but he's good at being earnest and genuine with his words, maybe its his over all demeanor that made many people crush on him, maybe its that fact that actually wins Z over...

Dogday may have fallen in love first, but Z falls harder.

#hmmmmm thinking and scheming #Z who is a flirt and is used to rizzing people for info #meets our sunny boy who's just so honestly absolutely and earnestly smitten with him and shows it #and it takes Z by surprise #literally just “HUH??? WHUH?????” #space riders au #Rambling

[dramamines]

Their use of cuddling on Ozzie's shoulder, as well as the head touches as a way of easy physical contact because of Fizz's robotic limbs is so cute

like any scene with Fizz on Ozzie's shoulder and their head bumps becomes the cutest thing ever, and the fact that they do it to accommodate Fizz's disability is incredible

#moxxillie has a contender for cutest helluva couple /hj #ballena rambles #helluva boss #fizzarozzie #fizzarolllie #asmodeus #fizz x ozzie #ozzie z fizz #fizzarollie z asmodeus #asmodeus x fizzarolli

[getvalentined]

Getting back on my Zack Is Canonically Polyamorous soapbox because the people need to know and also the number of people accusing Aerith of being unfaithful in Rebirth is absolutely fucking ridiculous when taking Zack's romantic escapades into account.

There are spoilers here, and I'm tagging accordingly, but I'm not putting it under a cut.

We know for a fact that Zack is in a relationship with Aerith. We've known this since the OG, although we didn't know most of the details back then, just that they were together. In Remake, Aerith describes Zack as her "first love." In Chapter 11 of Rebirth, the first memories of Zack that Cloud reclaims are of him talking about how great Aerith is, and Cloud describes him as being "head over heels" for her. In Chapter 8, we found out that Zack's parents were able to recognize her based entirely on Zack gushing about her when he wrote home—and this is one of the most important parts, honestly.

Zack has a thing with Cissnei. We don't know how deep it is, but throughout Crisis Core (and even in the summer event in Ever Crisis) we can see very clearly that there is something between them, and it's never treated like a big deal. She's never completely honest about her feelings, so we can assume he didn't know that she saw him as anything more than a casual thing, but they have a relationship. It's made explicitly clear that this is the case when Zack returns to Gongaga and she lets him know that she's spoken to his parents, and he warns her that they're basically going to suggest that she marry him.

Zack's parents know about his relationship with Aerith and they also apparently know enough about his relationship with Cissnei to suggest that she make that relationship "official." They want her to join the family. They asked, she apparently reciprocated, and she lives in Gongaga after Veld is "killed."

Cissnei is also aware that Zack is in a relationship with Aerith, but that doesn't stop her from pursuing him anyway. She gets it and she's okay with it. She never, at any point, tries to push him away from Aerith—she's the one that tells him how special Aerith is, how important, how lonely. She's supportive of his relationship, and doesn't seem to feel that it makes her own feelings or their relationship any less valid.

Okay, so that's proof that the people around him are, at the very least, okay with him having multiple partners. That doesn't necessarily mean he's poly, though, maybe he's just a womanizer and everyone accepts it. Weird, but possible. He's really endearing so maybe they all give him a pass.

But no! No this isn't it at all! And we know it because of how Zack responds to Aerith being in love with someone else in Rebirth. When he finds out that Aerith is has feelings for Cloud, there's not a hint of jealousy in a single thing he does or says. He's disappointed when Marlene says it's because he wasn't there, but it's not disappointment in Aerith or in Cloud—it's disappointment in himself, because Marlene is right. He wasn't there. He couldn't protect her. There's also no spite there, he never responds like her feelings are wrong because he's here now and that means Aerith can rely on him again, and we know that because of how he responds to this information.

Zack finds out that Aerith has feelings for Cloud, and his immediate mission is to make sure that Cloud recovers as quickly as possible. Now it's not just for him, it's not just because that's his friend, it's because Aerith loves him (too) and that means he has to save Cloud for both of them.

He's fully supportive of Aerith and Cloud having a relationship, to the point that the last thing he says to Cloud when he gets thrown into a dying timeline is a request that he take care of Aerith. He's not exactly passing the torch here, because he's still alive—but he doesn't know if he'll be able to meet back up with a version of Cloud that is awake again, and he needs Cloud to know that he supports them in this.

And then, in the dying timeline where Zack is banished after fighting Sephiroth, he has the ability to synergize with Cloud from across the multiverse. The DMW limit break connected to Aerith is active in the space. All three of them are together here, just not physically; Cloud and Aerith are protecting Zack as much as Zack has been struggling to protect them.

Zack loves that Aerith loves someone other than him because that's how he is too. Zack has multiple relationships at the same time, he loves multiple people at the same time, he has emotionally intimate connections with multiple people at the same time. Why would he take issue with the love of his life feeling the same way?

Cloud isn't his replacement any more than Cissnei and Aerith are interchangeable, and Zack understands that, because Zack is polyamorous—and he's really happy that Aerith may be, too.

#ff7 rebirth spoilers #fandom ramble #ffvii #final fantasy vii #final fantasy 7 #final fantasy 7 rebirth #ff7rb #ff7r #crisis core #ccff7r #cissnei #zack fair #aerith gainsborough #cloud strife #not tagging ANY of those ships lol #I don't even really ship any of them myself tbh #except for a throuple involving z and a and cissnei #that's my preferred combination here #but the love is there regardless of my preferences #it's in the source material very clearly #also I do think zack has feelings for cloud #but I can't cite a specific point in-canon to indicate they have a RELATIONSHIP #and it's the CANONICAL RELATIONSHIPS that are the key here #polyamory isn't cheating y'all #nobody here was unfaithful to anyone else #calm the fuck down #100% sure on that