because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person 

from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating

cloud tests the edge of his blade against his hand, pressing deep enough to feel the catch against his skin but not so deep it cuts. "it's always a distraction with you."

"a distraction," sephiroth echoes. "you always assume the worst of me."

"that's all you've ever shown me."

masamune glints as sephiroth draws it. "it was a simple question, cloud. do you have a retirement account?" his tone lilts, his smile turns cruel. "do you even have a savings account?"

cloud's blood runs to ice. he finds himself sliding a step back, testing his grip. "i have a checking—"

sephiroth tuts. "not good enough."

"i was never good enough to you. but i still manage to beat you every time."

"but can you beat time?" his voice lowers. he steps closer, close enough to see the green of his eyes, the sickly glow within them. he asks in a murmur, "tell me, do even know the tax rate on a roth ira, cloud?"

cloud brings his blade up in time to block a strike so fast it jars his teeth in his skull, makes light spark at the edges of his vision. "what?" he asks. "what does it even matter?"

Date {TamaNeji}

The Birth of Venus by Botticelli figure/bjd

Part of The Table Museum collection by Freeing

Link: |X|

It’s super breathtaking:

Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci

The Thinker, Rodin

The Scream, Munch

Moai (Easter Island)

osaaka (7/?)

after the meal…..