Kifa

I find it personally true that Sephiroth's slow burn obsession with Cloud is based on a kinship Sephiroth draws between them. However I find it equally as important to remember that the intimate knowledge of who Cloud is as a person comes as an inevitable result of the circumstances Sephiroth

Cloud is not the first person to be strong involuntarily or the first to choose to persevere in the face of their own fears. We love Cloud because his struggle is so humanely relatable. In refusing to accept his struggle as ordinary, the only way for Sephiroth to

I find it personally true that Sephiroth's slow burn obsession with Cloud is based on a kinship Sephiroth draws between them. However I find it equally as important to remember that the intimate knowledge of who Cloud is as a person comes as an inevitable result of the circumstances Sephiroth

Do we ever think about the implications of Sephiroth deliberately choosing to reconstruct her sense of self from Cloud's very skewed memories "I like seeing myself through your eyes" taken to the extreme The irony of sefikura both relying on each other to define their personhood at some point

I fuck heavy with the thematic narrative of seph dawning herself in the coat of Cloud's traumas, anxieties and fears She will not be a distant memory, so it only makes sense she attaches herself to Cloud like scar, that aches every time the fire crackles and the storm gathers

If I take off the shipping glasses for a bit and consider what's the strategic or logical reason for Sephiroth to be so touchy-feely with Cloud, I come up with 3 options -Sephiroth is breaking physical boundaries just to mess with Cloud

-Sephiroth is sabotaging Cloud's genuine relationships with his friends and presents himself as accepting and understanding presence. Reinforcing that through physical touch that is meant to be "comforting" (this part doesn't seem to work well because cloud never looks comforted)

Standard ac Cloud gets yoinked into pre-cc time, but as part of the plan to keep sephiroth sane-ish Cloud tries to drop "subtle" hints that transing your gender is an option (Butchfemme sfkr with sephiroth slowly realising she is attracted to cloud in a lesbian way)