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wings, i just wanted to tell you that every breath u take has been such a healing fic for me as someone who has also gone through a fair share of trauma. getting to see my boys happy after all they went through is making me believe in a way out for me as well. thank you. 🩷🐶
🥺 Thank you for sharing that with me, i’m very touched, it means a lot ❤️ I’m so sorry that you’ve gone through hard times 🫂 and glad the story can be comforting, hope that you find your path to brighter days ✨
Hey wings, i just wanted to stop by and say thank you for bringing me into the sefikura fandom, i always avoided it, but because of you i can see this fandom out of another corner/side. i really started to like it <3 cloud is being so adorable and sometime so wolfish with sephy <3
also i wanna wish you a great time in december and hope that you can calm down and find some inspiration to draw and maybe even to write.
love your storys and art.
pps: ty for answering my zcz qs <3 would love to read it someday <3
feel hugged
🥺❤️ thank you so much, your words are very warm and feel like a hug 🫂 there are a lot of nice sefikuras and the ship can be written many ways, so I’m glad you have found more places to enjoy fandom!!
hiii just wanted to ask if you have a bluesky acc ?
Hi there, yes I do! It’s under the same handle Chocobowings.bsky.social
I would like to be more active there soon especially given twitter leadership, but I’m trying to catch up with irl tasks first so I haven’t been that active anywhere the last month
What if Cloud gets adopted by Sephiroth, which had found him all alone back then when he lived in Nibelheim in the mountains when he was younger? bc of an incident. Sephy is still a Soldier 1st, but he is good and doesn't go insane in Nibelheim, he takes Cloud with him and since then Cloud is living together with sephy, sephy does teach him everything he knows, like in fighting and defense himself, cloud does adore him, so much, he loves him and even when he already got everything he needs, he still wants more, he wants sephiroth to love him
cloud also thinks that he owe sephy his life and now has to serve him forever so they can't be together....
sorry if this is total crap, but i dont have that much talent as you, and posting anonym feels somehow better than normal... people dont see it anyway when i post it on twt.
lol this is a very cute brainworm! You should express and/or write all the brainworms you want, they’re very fun
I just see this as a crack fic where teen Seph takes him because he’s an orphan, and hides Cloud like a secret pet because he doesn’t want Hojo to see him and Cloud becomes a strange sort of emotional support pet, and then Seph realizes that taking care of another living being is very very hard
Hey Wings, why your fics show up as written by Anonymous on ao3?
So shortly after joining a fandom writing discord in 2021, I set all my fics to anonymous. I find that there can be this unspoken pressure to support each other’s works, and I didn’t want anyone to feel obligated to read anything of mine, nor feel obligated to read anyone else’s (which can be hard for people for a variety of reasons — executive dysfunction, pathological demand avoidance, attention span, time, mismatch in preferences)
It’s certainly easier to develop rapport when you can mutually support each other’s work, but I think you can be friendly without doing so, and that it’s better to do so without that sense of transaction
Over time, some people became nervous about anonymous fics, because people are people and fallouts happen, so I put mine into a series to distinguish them—some people figured out that I wrote certain fics anyway
By the time I started posting on twitter, a lot of writer friends already knew the series was mine, and posting art or promo links defeats the purpose of anonymity, but I just leave it like that now because the fics are spread over two accounts, so deanonymizing would just look confusing and serve little purpose
Lol sorry for the long answer, thank you for asking ❤️
Hey wings! What do you think your next book will be about?
Hello!! Haha I actually never intended to write a second long fic & never plan these things, I just get random hyperfixations + go into a writing frenzy
I’m trying to take a writing break currently because it feels too all-consuming, and hoping that I can take care of myself better + create in a healthy way
I’m sure at some point I will write again when inspiration strikes, but I’m not in control of it, so I’m not sure what it will be or what length and so on lol
Thank you for the ask! ❤️
Hey wings, can you write at some time a zack x cloud x zack story ???? maybe with one zack clone using materia?? more winter themed? as a christmas gift from zack for his favorite sunshine cloud to let him know how awesome his little cloud is? (cloud has a "zack fair kink" and praise kink)
btw i love your storys and art so much <3
☺️ this is such a cute prompt! Ty for the kind words! lol I have pretty bad pathological demand avoidance so it’s quite hard for me to fulfill requests, but thank you for thinking of me and enjoying my work, I appreciate it! I’ll put it on my shelf of brain worms and if my brain ever decides to pick it up, it will (if only I could control this, but alas I cannot)
Whats your favorite Zack x Cloud fanfiction
Ahh sorry for answering this question so late, it gives me anxiety because I’m afraid to unintentionally leave out any author friends + I genuinely don’t have a singular favorite
I am slowly trying to make fanarts of fics I’ve enjoyed though + will gather them at some point as a fic recs gallery
Howdy Wings! Here’s a fun one. Do you think Cloud wears boxers, briefs, or panties?
Hi 😂 Fun question! I don’t already have an HC but I imagine boxers because he’d be shy in the locker room, then post Corneo-mission he has a fondness for silk panties but threatens to murder anyone who finds out (there’s a similar premise in an SC fic called The Plan and how it went wrong except it’s Seph: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29332233/chapters/72038463)
Not to be weird but what do you think cloud smells like?
Hi fellow Cloud holer lmaoo 🤔 Probably wheat fields, soap, mako, and despair
Not a question but I love it when you show up on my tl but at the same time when you haven't shown up for a while I think you are resting and having time for yourself which also makes me very happy, hope you are well Wings, missed you ☺️ no need to answer me they were just my thoughts
😭❤️ thank you for such kind thoughts ✨ you are a kind one, it’s always hard to say lol if you see me posting a LOT or not at all, both can be indicators of mental illness lmao, but I’m working on self-care and hopefully will be active in a healthy way soon
As a Sephiroth and Sefikura stan since 2010/2011, why are we insisting that anyone who's stanning Sephiroth must ALWAYS include Cloud and sefikura, or to be direct 'stan his cause', else we aren't true fans? There are many Sephiroth stans who appreciate Sephiroth Cloud, Aerith, etc. and the story of FF7 who doesn't ship as much as the majority and still respects the opinions/ preferences of others without any need of harassment.
Unless that whole insistence is directed at those liking Sephiroth but are being disrespectful to those shipping sefikura, then I think that whole mindset is sort of toxic.
And I mean that In the most respectful way possible since as a Sefikura veteran, the ship and all its fanfics over the years got me through a lot and I want nothing but the best for all who love it as I do and treat it as a safe space since so much horrible things go on in the FF7 fandom. 💔
I do think this is directed primarily at Sephiroth Stans who are hostile to Sefikuras (which of course we find funny because they’re like “but he burned his hometown down!!/but I can fix him”
It’s probably similar to people vague tweeting about how people who hate on Aerith or Tifa do not truly care about Cloud, etc.
It’s fine like you say, to dislike any character or ships, it’s just not cool to harass others for whatever they like
I’m sure there are Sephiroth fans who dislike Sefikura and that’s perfectly fine; some of them may condemn us and so I think these sentiments just point that these people are ignoring canon significance + hypocrisy
Not a question, first I'll say I love your fanfictions and your art. Been binging them all week. Good intentions is absolutely one of my favorite so is that modern au where Zacks a cold hearted killer. There's another story I liked so this is more of a suggestion for another story or one shot. There was a story where Cloud was a stripper. I think it'd be fascinating to see the route if Cloud actually was Zack's sugar baby
Thank you!! 🥺❤️ Ah, that does give me a brainworm, I’m trying to take a longer break from writing to focus on self-care, but I’ll definitely keep that on the shelf of AUs to explore when I write again!
My friend totosheadset has a sugar Baby Zakkura wip already, so keep an eye out for that!
hi!! this isn't quite a question, but i just wanted to say that your zakkura art & fics are so utterly delightful and have wormed their way into my sefikura heart. you are so, so talented and appreciated <3
😭❤️✨ thank you so much, that’s an honor to hear! I have been on a ZC slant fic-wise lately but I hope to draw more for SC ones too ✨ I appreciate the kind words, I get down about my work periodically (I think most creatives do) but it warms my heart that others enjoy their existence
Hello! As a new sefikura fan, I wish not to being up any troubling questions, but feel free to skip this one if it makes you too uncomfortable to answer. >.<🙏
I just wanted to know where the misconception of people fond of sefikura hating women came from. Do sefikura fans around the world legitimately hate the idea that Sephiroth is paired with women or anyone else in that matter that isn't Cloud, or was that just a troublesome rumor? As a pansexual, I headcannon like the idea that he could be loved by all. 🏳️🌈💕
Wow, I’ve never heard that before, actually. I would guess that it’s coming from antis who tend to target sefikuras in this fandom. Anti-fujo vibes, which I think is ironically misogynistic.
Most sefikuras I find are pretty chill and ship & let ship, though eastern fans I’ve heard are more firm about otps and position preference.
The other possible answer, which is pure speculation and not meant to speak of anyone in particular, is that it could be coming from a very small subset of those who ship Sephiroth in m/f pairings—I say this because in my general observations, people tend to dislike aspects they view as “obstacles” — so some self shippers may hate the most popular pairing, or some shippers may hate the nearest competing popular pairing, etc
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