Keep in mind that some a lot of this will be further
explained when I post the timeline. I’m
not posting it just yet because of spoilers that I have figured out for our
lovely FF charries. This is generalized,
but it gets the point across.
The question: HOW THE HECK DOES FF7 FIT INTO YOUR KH CANON?
TELL ME PLEASE!
Many have asked. So,
I shall attempt to answer.
FF8 is relatively easy.
(Yes, I know, I'm talking about FF8 when you all really want to be
hearing about FF7). However, FF8 matters
because of Rinoa and Squall. I'll say it
again, FF8 is easy. It happened prior to AtP. In fact, I'd say it happened before KH1
even. The story is that Rinoa's world
was in a ton of trouble and no one was doing anything about it. So, she went off to find mercenaries (similar
to what she actually did in FF8). She
found Squall, Quistis and Zell. (Also ala
FF8). A small mercenary job soon turned
into taking on Ultemecia. Somewhere in
there Squall and Rinoa fell in love.
(Still following FF8). Then
Squall had to return to Traverse Town and Rinoa had to go off to hone in on her
Sorceress powers. KH1-AtP
commences. Rinoa, Quistis and Zell show
up in Hollow Bastion at the end of AtP.
What about Selphie and Irvine? Well, since Selphie's on
Destiny Islands, she's going to stay there.
Since the game ships Irvine with Selphie, why not he be there too? Why
is he not mentioned? Sora, Riku and Kairi weren't as great of friends with him
as they were Selphie.
Okay, FF7.
It hasn't happened yet.
Not even Crisis Core.
Well, not all of it. Or, just
suppose that it didn't end the way the did.
Or, it just doesn't fit. Rar and
I are talking about this as I type this... and it's just not worth it.
First, let's explain Zack.
(Or at least try.) In the FF7
timeline, Zack and Aerith die 1 year apart, maybe 2. According to rar, closer to 1. If Zack were dead, then Aerith would.... Oh
nevermind I'm even going to use this as an argument because it makes my brain
hurt.
I DON'T WANT ZACK TO BE DEAD. SO THERE.
In BBS, Zack was in Olympus Coliseum. Then he probably got himself a
"hero" status then he went off and continued doing mercenary work,
met Aerith (ala Crisis Core, who knows, maybe he fell into a church.) During his mercenary work, he acquired the
Buster Sword, dropping into Traverse Town periodically to say hi to
Aerith. He runs into Cloud and the two
of them do mercenary work together until they end up going separate ways (for
various reasons). His appearance in BB
in Hollow Bastion is the first time she's seen him in ... well... probably
months. (I was gonna say years, but then
I realized that that's mean.) Besides,
there wasn't anything that explicitly stated he DIDN'T already visit her in
HB.) However, he hasn't seen her since
before AtP. So, there you have Zack.
This is different than rar's universe where Zack is, in
fact, sadly, dead. *sniffle* Stupid Xehanort.
Aerith is rather self-explanatory, don't you think? She
obviously isn't dead in KH, so... yeah, I'm keeping her alive. It's her house in HB because it makes more
sense that they live there and operate stuff out there for the Restoration
Committee Headquarters. Merlin's house
is an adjunct.
Cloud. Cloud is
fun. Cloud happened to have been on a
world that was swallowed by darkness sometime in between BBS and KH1. Because of that, he’s had problems with the
darkness—for example, the darkness making him do things that he’s
regretted. Because of that, he's been
trying to... attain forgiveness/move on/deal with his darkness/yadayadayada for
quite some time now. He has a Buster
Sword like substance, but it's not the actual Buster Sword because Zack has
that. Cloud actually during his travels
begins to fashion his Fusion Swords.
Anyway, Cloud's darkness took on the form of Sephiroth sometime before
KH1. Cloud had generally been dealing
with him alone up until KH2 when Tifa insists on coming with him and
helping. Post-KH2, Cloud and Tifa were
travelling the worlds to deal with Cloud's darkness aka, Sephiroth. Post AtP, Cloud and Tifa are bunking in HB with
all the rest of the FF charries and Cloud is still dealing with his Sephiroth
problem.
Sephiroth is not some child of Jenova stuff (that we know
of) because he's a manifestation of Cloud's darkness. He and Cloud have been fighting for several
years now and neither of them consistently comes out on top. Cloud and Sephiroth are feeding off of each
other, but neither is overcoming. (Much
like Sora and Sora's Shadow in rar's universe, but Cloud and Sephiroth have
been going at this way longer than Sora and Shad will ever do). Sephiroth is stronger than Shadow because
everyone can see him and interact with him.
Rar makes the point that if Shadow hadn't been so impatient to get out
of Sora's heart, he probably would have been stronger. Sephiroth knew what he was doing and bided
his time so he could achieve ultimate bad***ery. Yes, Shadow, that is a dis to you. So there.
However, another aspect of this is that Cloud is stronger
than Sora, no offense. But he is. So, you have two strong people fighting
against each other periodically, and more often than not, innocent bystanders
get hurt.
This is why Cloud wants to deal with this by himself. However, Tifa, Aerith, Zack, Cid, Leon,
Rinoa, Tifa, Tifa, maybe Yuffie, Tifa, Sora, Riku, Roxas, Tifa, Kairi... you
get the point... they all want to help him get over his Sephiroth problem and
be happy-go-lucky Cloud again.
Sephiroth will, eventually, get dealt with.
Erm, I think that's all the real continuity stuff... minus
the ages... which is a different post.
Oh, Cloud grew up with Tifa in Nibelheim (yup, totally
dragging that in there.) Cloud and Zack
met as mercenaries. Zack met Aerith as a mercenary and introduced her to
Cloud. Cloud introduced Aerith to
Tifa. Yuffie, Cid and Leon were part of
Aerith's "party" in Hollow Bastion/Traverse Town. This is intertwined and after FF8 events in
my universe.
Um, I think that's everything now. Maybe.
If you have more questions, ask.
If I think of more stuff, I'll either update the post or put a new one
up.
Yay.
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