#jenovans

I wonder what life is like for Jenovans who aren’t as wealthy or well-connected as the Crescents. Like, is there a lot of prejudice they have to deal with? What about Jeno-ethnic people who aren’t religiously Jenovan, or people who left the religion? o.o

*guiltily puts another little checkmark on the “Things I Was Keeping To Myself Until Someone Else Asked First” list*  Race is, of course, an enormous can of worms. As is religion. Why did I introduce those kind of elements at all? Because I hate myself I guess.

It basically is the FF7 version of the Iliad, yeah. But it has a goddess in it who’s basically the fictional equivalent of Jenova, if that makes sense.

wall-market-whiskey-sours​:

Canon sum-up: Yes, Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal are bros, but their friendship is kind of dysfunctional, mostly because Genesis is a spoiled brat who’s jealous of Sephiroth’s fame and hero-status (but for some reason I love him anyway). MV Headcanon you are free to cherrypick pieces from or disregard entirely: Genesis attends RGU and runs in some of the same circles as Sephiroth, being from a wealthy family that is technically Jenovan (although mostly just around important holidays/when it’s convenient, as evidenced by how definitely not shiny Gen is). And idk maybe his family has donated a good sum of money to RGU’s science department, since in canon they’re affliated with Shinra. So his family’s got wealth and power enough to gain superficial respect, but not that Old Money Blue-Blood kind of respect the Crescents have. Genesis is in drama or classics or literature, however you interpret his obsession with LOVELESS, and is, to steal a line from myself I’ve used before, that kid who has free use of his parents’ platinum card but shoplifts anyway. He’s overly dramatic, always attempting to steal the spotlight, always trying to one-up people.

He becomes “friends” with Sephiroth more as a challenge than anything else. Barnacles himself to Seph at any opportunity because he enjoys ruffling people’s feathers. Plus Sephiroth tends to be the center of attention wherever he goes, so if Genesis is attached to Seph (or better yet, has Sephiroth’s attention) then he’s the center of attention too.

So just flat-out disregarding Angeal, I’m interpreting this (hopefully correctly?) as them being a pair that’s like, “We became friends by accident and we kind of hate each other but it’s been too long and I’ve become accustomed to his presence, as obnoxious as it is.” With an undertone of like... a dignified villain and his more animated right-hand man. 

I’m just picturing Seph talking to the camera like in a reality show, explaining how after he and Zack stopped being BFFs, Zack took up with dull, uncultured, barely-got-accepted-to-RGU Cloud from Boonie Island. Meanwhile Seph picked up Genesis, an old family friend who is better bred, has a better understanding of “how the world works” (read: “rich and the same religion as me”), and is very intellectual because he studies classic literature. But then Genesis comes into the background of the shot, doing something obnoxious. Seph hears him but just purses his lips and continues to stare into the camera.

Riku and Sora could be married with children and Riku’s parents would still refer to Sora as Riku’s “friend,” if they still speak at all.

Well, maybe not, but you get the idea. Riku’s family vs his sexuality is on the hand that I use to count the number of truly tragic things in Mallverse. I’m a huge sucker for happy endings so I do think I’d like Lucrecia at least to partially come around eventually, but I just feel it would take a long time and still be more just a stiff tolerance than anything.

Timing is really important here. Earlier on, Riku would be shipped off to bible school or worse if they found out. The Car Crash is actually morbidly helpful because Lucrecia realizes how fragile the house she’s built is, how she could so easily lose the family she thinks she has control of, and how in many ways she already has. (Lucrecia is also on the tragedy hand.) So I think at that point she might be more open to… being open, and not immediately shutting down in grief that one of her sons has “chosen” to forsake their extremely conservative permutation of Jenovism (or did I call it Jenovanism? BAH). Which is good because Riku’s blindness is stress related, and she’s stressing him the fuck out. They’re both broken and frightened want so bad to not lose each other. So… Crisis bonding!

haha I’m so sorry you came to me for glads and I dished up sads. I blame my dentist appointment. I need three more filings and I’m in a bad mood.