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The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
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The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's "Cloud's love interest” interest" to “main "main character and primary driving force of the plot” plot" with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't fuck with my customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't "don't fuck with my customers” customers" [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It's Rufus's reaction that gives away that they're talking about Aerith.
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** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” "her" and have been keeping an eye on “her” "her" for several months. It's Rufus's reaction that gives away that they're talking about Aerith.
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The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but it’s going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
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The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but it’s it's going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from“Cloud's “Cloud's love interest” interest” to “main “main character and primary driving force of the plot” plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't fuck with my customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't “don't fuck with my customers” customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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* ContinuityNod: Tseng’s judgement of Tifa’s martial talents is that she’ll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus don’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus don’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
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* ContinuityNod: Tseng’s Tseng's judgement of Tifa’s Tifa's martial talents is that she’ll she'll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found“her” “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s It's Rufus's reaction that gives away that they’re they're talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufusdon’t don't have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus
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* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be Cloud’s love interest.
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* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be Cloud’s Cloud's love interest.
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* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with Tifa’s incredulousness when she’s confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of Midgar’s plate-dwellers.
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* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with Tifa’s Tifa's incredulousness when she’s she's confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of Midgar’s Midgar's plate-dwellers.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didn’t want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didn’t turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didn’t didn't want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didn’t didn't turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
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The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but itÂ’s going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
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The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but itÂ’s it’s going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from“Cloud's “Cloud's love interest” interest” to “main “main character and primary driving force of the plot” plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't fuck with my customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't “don't fuck with my customers” customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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* ContinuityNod: TsengÂ’s judgement of TifaÂ’s martial talents is that sheÂ’ll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus donÂ’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus donÂ’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
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* ContinuityNod: TsengÂ’s Tseng’s judgement of TifaÂ’s Tifa’s martial talents is that sheÂ’ll she’ll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found“her” “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” “her” for several months. ItÂ’s RufusÂ’s It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that theyÂ’re they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and RufusdonÂ’t don’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus
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* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be CloudÂ’s love interest.
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* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be CloudÂ’s Cloud’s love interest.
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* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with TifaÂ’s incredulousness when sheÂ’s confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of MidgarÂ’s plate-dwellers.
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* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with TifaÂ’s Tifa’s incredulousness when sheÂ’s she’s confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of MidgarÂ’s Midgar’s plate-dwellers.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didnÂ’t want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didnÂ’t turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didnÂ’t didn’t want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didnÂ’t didn’t turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
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The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but it’s going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
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The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but it’s itÂ’s going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from“Cloud's “Cloud's love interest” interest” to “main “main character and primary driving force of the plot” plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't fuck with my customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't “don't fuck with my customers” customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
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* ContinuityNod: Tseng’s judgement of Tifa’s martial talents is that she’ll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus don’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus don’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
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* ContinuityNod: Tseng’s TsengÂ’s judgement of Tifa’s TifaÂ’s martial talents is that she’ll sheÂ’ll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found“her” “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s ItÂ’s RufusÂ’s reaction that gives away that they’re theyÂ’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufusdon’t donÂ’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus
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* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be Cloud’s love interest.
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* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be Cloud’s CloudÂ’s love interest.
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* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with Tifa’s incredulousness when she’s confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of Midgar’s plate-dwellers.
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* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with Tifa’s TifaÂ’s incredulousness when she’s sheÂ’s confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of Midgar’s MidgarÂ’s plate-dwellers.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didn’t want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didn’t turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didn’t didnÂ’t want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didn’t didnÂ’t turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
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''[[http://www.midgar.net/lullabye/ Lullabye for the New World Order]]'' is a ''FinalFantasyVII'' fanfic written by synecdochic. It takes place in an alternate universe that ignores most of the Compilation and takes some liberties with the primary canon.
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''[[http://www.midgar.net/lullabye/ Lullabye for the New World Order]]'' is a ''FinalFantasyVII'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fanfic written by synecdochic. It takes place in an alternate universe that ignores most of the Compilation and takes some liberties with the primary canon.
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* HitmanWithAHeart: Tseng's feelings for Tifa are quite genuine in spite of his best efforts to remain aloof.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: Played with ''a lot''. Tifa isn't Tseng's mark ''yet'', but he knows she's been leaning in the direction of joining an anti-Shinra group [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters just as soon as she can find one that doesn't seem to be just as bad as Shinra itself]], and if she ever does she'll ''become'' a mark in short order. He gets into a relationship with her anyways, at first just to manipulate her but later for real. To make things even more complicated, Tifa knows that Tseng knows all of this but the feeling is still quite mutual even knowing that her boyfriend may be called on to kill her and would probably do so if he was.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: Played with ''a lot''. Tifa isn't Tseng's mark ''yet'', but he knows she's been leaning in the direction of joining an anti-Shinra group [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters just as soon as she can find one that doesn't seem to be just as bad as Shinra itself]], and if she ever does she'll ''become'' a mark in short order. He gets into a relationship with her anyways, at first just to manipulate her but later for real. To make things even more complicated, Tifa knows that she's a potential mark and she knows that Tseng knows all of this but the that she's a potential mark, and feeling is still quite mutual even knowing that her boyfriend may be called on to kill her and would probably do so if he was.very mutual.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: Played with ''a lot''. Tifa isn't Tseng's mark ''yet'', but he knows she's been leaning in the direction of joining an anti-Shinra group [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters just as soon as she can find one that doesn't seem to be just as bad as Shinra itself]], and if she ever does she'll ''become'' a mark in short order. He gets into a relationship with her anyways, at first just to manipulate her but later for real. To make things even more complicated, Tifa knows that Tseng knows all of this but the feeling is still quite mutual even knowing that her boyfriend may be called on to kill her and would probably do so if he was.
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* {{Badass}}: Tifa and Tseng. Rufus is no slouch either, but Tifa gets most of the focus.
** HandicappedBadass: Tifa suffers from breathing problems when she exerts herself because of the scar tissue left over from Sephiroth nearly bisecting her at the Nibelheim reactor. This limits how hard she can push herself without damaging her lungs but hasn't stopped her from being almost as strong a fighter as Tseng (who has a hefty edge in experience).
** HeartbrokenBadass: She's also this, [[DoomedHometown of course]].
** HandicappedBadass: Tifa suffers from breathing problems when she exerts herself because of the scar tissue left over from Sephiroth nearly bisecting her at the Nibelheim reactor. This limits how hard she can push herself without damaging her lungs but hasn't stopped her from being almost as strong a fighter as Tseng (who has a hefty edge in experience).
** HeartbrokenBadass: She's also this, [[DoomedHometown of course]].
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* HandicappedBadass: Tifa suffers from breathing problems when she exerts herself because of the scar tissue left over from Sephiroth nearly bisecting her at the Nibelheim reactor. This limits how hard she can push herself without damaging her lungs but hasn't stopped her from being almost as strong a fighter as Tseng (who has a hefty edge in experience).
* HeartbrokenBadass: She's also this, [[DoomedHometown of course]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: She's also this, [[DoomedHometown of course]].
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* BodyguardCrush: Tseng and Rufus.
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* BodyguardCrush: Tseng and Rufus. The needs of their respective positions force them to be discreet about it, but they're both rather private people in the first place so it works out.
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->''Two years ago, Tseng of the Turks heard Tifa, the newly-hired waitress at the Turks' favorite slum bar, drop a tray of glass and start swearing in Wutaian. Half an hour later, she was looking him in the eye and telling him she grew up in Nibelheim -- and was there when Nibelheim went up in flames.''
->''Since that moment, he's been doing everything he needs to do in order to get her and Rufus in the same room, because he knows she has answers to the questions that have been plaguing him and the man he's loyal to since the moment they heard of the town's destruction -- answers that might mean Shinra's destruction, or its salvation.''
->''And perhaps unfortunately for Tseng, his plan is about to work.''
''[[http://www.midgar.net/lullabye/ Lullabye for the New World Order]]'' is a ''FinalFantasyVII'' fanfic written by synecdochic. It takes place in an alternate universe that ignores most of the Compilation and takes some liberties with the primary canon.
The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but it’s going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
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!!This story contains examples of:
* {{Badass}}: Tifa and Tseng. Rufus is no slouch either, but Tifa gets most of the focus.
** HandicappedBadass: Tifa suffers from breathing problems when she exerts herself because of the scar tissue left over from Sephiroth nearly bisecting her at the Nibelheim reactor. This limits how hard she can push herself without damaging her lungs but hasn't stopped her from being almost as strong a fighter as Tseng (who has a hefty edge in experience).
** HeartbrokenBadass: She's also this, [[DoomedHometown of course]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't fuck with my customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
* BodyguardCrush: Tseng and Rufus.
* {{Chessmaster}}: Rufus has been like this out of necessity since he was young.
* ContinuityNod: Tseng’s judgement of Tifa’s martial talents is that she’ll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus don’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be Cloud’s love interest.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Combines with TheChainsOfCommanding in Rufus's case. Being the second most powerful man in the world and the heir apparent to Shinra, Rufus's ego is justifiably enormous. He owns almost everything, he is in charge of almost everything, and in his view that makes him ''personally responsible'' for every wrong perpetuated by Shinra's chain of command, whether it's the condition of the slums or the razing of Nibelheim.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rufus, though it's less jerk and more pragmatist.
* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with Tifa’s incredulousness when she’s confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of Midgar’s plate-dwellers.
* OhMyGods: Curses are typically made on the names of the summon spirits; Ramuh, Leviathan, Shiva, and several others come up repeatedly.
* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didn’t want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didn’t turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Only on one occasion, but when Rufus demands proof of Tifa's claim to being from Nibelheim she responds by [[MsFanservice casually stripping off her tank top and showing off her enormous...]] [[SubvertedTrope uh...]] her ''[[FanDisservice enormous jagged torso-bisecting scar]]'', courtesy of Masamune. Rufus shuts right the hell up.
* SixthRanger: Tifa becomes this to the Turks during the trip to the Nibelheim reactor.
* TechnicianVsPerformer: Discussed. Tseng is the technician, being a master of the classic forms of Wutaian martial arts, while Tifa is the performer, having been trained by Zangan in a more flexible and unorthodox style. Tseng beats Tifa in most of their sparring matches, but he notes that Tifa will eventually surpass him as the experience gap between them closes and Tifa's natural talent gives her an edge he can't obtain.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Brutally driven home for Tifa when she sees what Shinra did to Nibelheim in her absence. Not only can she not go home, she can't even visit the ruins.
->''Since that moment, he's been doing everything he needs to do in order to get her and Rufus in the same room, because he knows she has answers to the questions that have been plaguing him and the man he's loyal to since the moment they heard of the town's destruction -- answers that might mean Shinra's destruction, or its salvation.''
->''And perhaps unfortunately for Tseng, his plan is about to work.''
''[[http://www.midgar.net/lullabye/ Lullabye for the New World Order]]'' is a ''FinalFantasyVII'' fanfic written by synecdochic. It takes place in an alternate universe that ignores most of the Compilation and takes some liberties with the primary canon.
The story takes place during the timeskip between the razing of Nibelheim and the start of Final Fantasy VII; Tifa is running Seventh Heaven but hasn't joined up with AVALANCHE yet, Cloud and Zack are still locked up in Shinra Mansion, and Rufus Shinra is looking for answers as to why one of the only men he ever called a friend went stark raving mad and burned a village to the ground. As Tseng discovers by complete chance, Tifa has some of those answers, but it’s going to take a lot of convincing for her to cooperate with the man who embodies everything she hates about Shinra.
The story is notable for its re-characterization of Rufus and Tifa; where Rufus was originally a very straightforward CorruptCorporateExecutive, here he's re-imagined as a ruthless and pragmatic businessman who nonetheless loves his city and its people and will go to great lengths to protect both of them. Tifa, likewise, gets a promotion from “Cloud's love interest” to “main character and primary driving force of the plot” with special attention given to details about her character that tend to fall by the wayside in other fanfics.
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!!This story contains examples of:
* {{Badass}}: Tifa and Tseng. Rufus is no slouch either, but Tifa gets most of the focus.
** HandicappedBadass: Tifa suffers from breathing problems when she exerts herself because of the scar tissue left over from Sephiroth nearly bisecting her at the Nibelheim reactor. This limits how hard she can push herself without damaging her lungs but hasn't stopped her from being almost as strong a fighter as Tseng (who has a hefty edge in experience).
** HeartbrokenBadass: She's also this, [[DoomedHometown of course]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Seventh Heaven is surrounded by a truce zone which is relatively crime-free compared to the surrounding slums. This zone exists solely because Tifa has a standing policy of “don't fuck with my customers” [[VigilanteMan and a history of enforcing it]].
* BodyguardCrush: Tseng and Rufus.
* {{Chessmaster}}: Rufus has been like this out of necessity since he was young.
* ContinuityNod: Tseng’s judgement of Tifa’s martial talents is that she’ll surpass him within a few years once she closes the experience gap between them. Given that the story diverges a few years before canon, when Tifa helped save the world and Tseng was just the leader of the resident GoldfishPoopGang, his assessment appears to be spot-on.
** At one point near the end of the Nibelheim trip Tseng informs Rufus that the Turks have found “her” and have been keeping an eye on “her” for several months. It’s Rufus’s reaction that gives away that they’re talking about Aerith.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tifa, of course. Tseng and Rufus don’t have the greatest childhoods either but being a Nibelheim survivor is hard to compete with.
* HiddenDepths: Tifa, again. The story spends a lot of time expanding on her character compared to canon, where her primary role was to be Cloud’s love interest.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Combines with TheChainsOfCommanding in Rufus's case. Being the second most powerful man in the world and the heir apparent to Shinra, Rufus's ego is justifiably enormous. He owns almost everything, he is in charge of almost everything, and in his view that makes him ''personally responsible'' for every wrong perpetuated by Shinra's chain of command, whether it's the condition of the slums or the razing of Nibelheim.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rufus, though it's less jerk and more pragmatist.
* OddFriendship: Tifa and ''Reno'' of all people. Reno reveals at one point that he was a slum rat before he joined the Turks, and he empathizes with Tifa’s incredulousness when she’s confronted by the casual displays of wealth and privilege exhibited by most of Midgar’s plate-dwellers.
* OhMyGods: Curses are typically made on the names of the summon spirits; Ramuh, Leviathan, Shiva, and several others come up repeatedly.
* ParentalAbandonment: Rufus's relationship with President Shinra is ''not'' a warm one. He says explicitly at one point that Shinra didn’t want a son so much as he wanted a miniature version of himself to continue his legacy, and when Rufus didn’t turn out that way their relationship soured quickly and never recovered.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Only on one occasion, but when Rufus demands proof of Tifa's claim to being from Nibelheim she responds by [[MsFanservice casually stripping off her tank top and showing off her enormous...]] [[SubvertedTrope uh...]] her ''[[FanDisservice enormous jagged torso-bisecting scar]]'', courtesy of Masamune. Rufus shuts right the hell up.
* SixthRanger: Tifa becomes this to the Turks during the trip to the Nibelheim reactor.
* TechnicianVsPerformer: Discussed. Tseng is the technician, being a master of the classic forms of Wutaian martial arts, while Tifa is the performer, having been trained by Zangan in a more flexible and unorthodox style. Tseng beats Tifa in most of their sparring matches, but he notes that Tifa will eventually surpass him as the experience gap between them closes and Tifa's natural talent gives her an edge he can't obtain.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Brutally driven home for Tifa when she sees what Shinra did to Nibelheim in her absence. Not only can she not go home, she can't even visit the ruins.
