PLAYER: Robyn CHARACTER: Tifa Lockhart CANON: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
AU NAME: idk...Tiffany?? Probably won’t change her name much. AU AGE: 24-25ish. Mid twenties AU OCCUPATION: I have a few ideas, in order of how fun I find them: - Former MMA competitor that supplements her income by sometimes hawking various sports/protein drinks (she is in commercials), currently works as a kickboxing/aerobics/spin...SOME KIND OF FITNESS instructor who went to a fancy fine arts school to be a classical pianist before she decided it wasn't her sort of deal and two: - Alternatively, a nanny that is also a kickboxing instructor part time bc that's hilarious to me lastly: - a bartender is literally my last ditch effort laziest response but i'd do that too BLURB: Tifa in canon is the emotional support and rock of her various canon friends, who suffers from a lack of emotional honesty and emotional shyness herself. Is in the monk class as far as Final Fantasy goes, which means she has super strength and can punch things really hard. Moreover a lot of her canon development and growth is tied (fortunately or unfortunately) to her sometimes vaguely defined, will-they-won't-they relationship with troubled hero, Cloud Strife. Tifa was a former ecoterrorist, who feels great regret and guilt over this and a billion other things.
My Tifa AU I'd want to separate her some from her canon self and give myself a chance to develop her away from her biggest canon relationship, but on a wider scale since she literally won't remember him. I'm wanting to play her as something of an adventurous spirit (if the ideas about her occupation above weren't an indicator) who has to ease into the role of protector and nurturer rather than automatically being slotted into it bc she's a girl from a 90s jrpg.
A few bullet points: - was a Popular Kid in elementary/high school because she's still pretty approachable and nice even in an AU - also bc she fought bullies. her desire to help others has extended to being the Mom Friend and also the Scary Guard Dog Friend - Tried REALLY hard to get into classical performances per her parents' wishes, but it really wasn't for her. she likes playing but it didn't resonate with her as a career - still an excellent pianist though. plays for her parents' guests during major holidays - her dad is disappointed in her job choices, her mom is less so but worries about her messing up her beautiful face bc then how can she get married!! - in other words they are pretty traditional but mean well - she sort of lets them steamroll her on occasion and smiles and nods because she loves her mom and dad - quietly is a little resentful though. has not managed to fully stand up to them yet. she'll fight everyone!! for her friends. will she fight her parents? no. - she owns a motorcycle. they definitely had heart attacks - with or without her parents' nagging her she kind of does? want to settle down with boyfriend or girlfriend and start a family but she's had a few relationships that haven't worked out in that direction. tends to be people who see her as something she's not really and inevitably end up disappointed, or people who want to change her into a weird ideal, so she's withdrawn a lot and her current potentials are usually people she sees a couple of times and then will ghost on even if she actually likes them bc she scared. MAYBE ONE DAY... - she comes off as super confident and self-assured until someone gets to know her where they realize she is kind of shy and not as outgoing as her outward appearance would suggest - not as big of a pushover as she is in canon though. overall a little rougher around the edges which is hilarious bc she lived in the dystopian hood for years but moving on - without all that 'i was a horrible terrorist' stuff pulling her down a lot of her guilt and feelings of inadequacy are related to sometimes feeling like she's letting her parents down. it's not nearly as bad as it was in canon tho so she’s more independent and more confident in her own decisions. her struggles are less extreme - is still stubbornly doing her own thing though in the hopes they'll come around - sometimes they set her up on dates and she's just like, 'kill me.' - is a huge romantic gushy nerd however, just hasn't found the right person. just wants someone to like her for...her. :( single tear - a big fan of dolphins and sea life - doesn't like the cold. It’s a mystery! - does like to cook! and bake. and probably knit. - is jacked
LOOKING FOR: anything is a cop-out answer but: anything - exes of all stripes are welcome, including people she went on like one date with and then ghosted on - coworkers! former and current - fans...lmao - students - buds, esp. childhood friends - people she went to school with, including fancy fine arts school that she dropped out of - surrogate siblings - or real siblings?/familial relationships...i kind of imagine a tifa au having a big family.
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CHARACTER: Tifa Lockhart
CANON: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
AU NAME: idk...Tiffany?? Probably won’t change her name much.
AU AGE: 24-25ish. Mid twenties
AU OCCUPATION: I have a few ideas, in order of how fun I find them:
- Former MMA competitor that supplements her income by sometimes hawking various sports/protein drinks (she is in commercials), currently works as a kickboxing/aerobics/spin...SOME KIND OF FITNESS instructor who went to a fancy fine arts school to be a classical pianist before she decided it wasn't her sort of deal
and two:
- Alternatively, a nanny that is also a kickboxing instructor part time bc that's hilarious to me
lastly:
- a bartender is literally my last ditch effort laziest response but i'd do that too
BLURB: Tifa in canon is the emotional support and rock of her various canon friends, who suffers from a lack of emotional honesty and emotional shyness herself. Is in the monk class as far as Final Fantasy goes, which means she has super strength and can punch things really hard. Moreover a lot of her canon development and growth is tied (fortunately or unfortunately) to her sometimes vaguely defined, will-they-won't-they relationship with troubled hero, Cloud Strife. Tifa was a former ecoterrorist, who feels great regret and guilt over this and a billion other things.
My Tifa AU I'd want to separate her some from her canon self and give myself a chance to develop her away from her biggest canon relationship, but on a wider scale since she literally won't remember him. I'm wanting to play her as something of an adventurous spirit (if the ideas about her occupation above weren't an indicator) who has to ease into the role of protector and nurturer rather than automatically being slotted into it bc she's a girl from a 90s jrpg.
A few bullet points:
- was a Popular Kid in elementary/high school because she's still pretty approachable and nice even in an AU
- also bc she fought bullies. her desire to help others has extended to being the Mom Friend and also the Scary Guard Dog Friend
- Tried REALLY hard to get into classical performances per her parents' wishes, but it really wasn't for her. she likes playing but it didn't resonate with her as a career
- still an excellent pianist though. plays for her parents' guests during major holidays
- her dad is disappointed in her job choices, her mom is less so but worries about her messing up her beautiful face bc then how can she get married!!
- in other words they are pretty traditional but mean well
- she sort of lets them steamroll her on occasion and smiles and nods because she loves her mom and dad
- quietly is a little resentful though. has not managed to fully stand up to them yet. she'll fight everyone!! for her friends. will she fight her parents? no.
- she owns a motorcycle. they definitely had heart attacks
- with or without her parents' nagging her she kind of does? want to settle down with boyfriend or girlfriend and start a family but she's had a few relationships that haven't worked out in that direction. tends to be people who see her as something she's not really and inevitably end up disappointed, or people who want to change her into a weird ideal, so she's withdrawn a lot and her current potentials are usually people she sees a couple of times and then will ghost on even if she actually likes them bc she scared. MAYBE ONE DAY...
- she comes off as super confident and self-assured until someone gets to know her where they realize she is kind of shy and not as outgoing as her outward appearance would suggest
- not as big of a pushover as she is in canon though. overall a little rougher around the edges which is hilarious bc she lived in the dystopian hood for years but moving on
- without all that 'i was a horrible terrorist' stuff pulling her down a lot of her guilt and feelings of inadequacy are related to sometimes feeling like she's letting her parents down. it's not nearly as bad as it was in canon tho so she’s more independent and more confident in her own decisions. her struggles are less extreme
- is still stubbornly doing her own thing though in the hopes they'll come around
- sometimes they set her up on dates and she's just like, 'kill me.'
- is a huge romantic gushy nerd however, just hasn't found the right person. just wants someone to like her for...her. :( single tear
- a big fan of dolphins and sea life
- doesn't like the cold. It’s a mystery!
- does like to cook! and bake. and probably knit.
- is jacked
LOOKING FOR: anything is a cop-out answer but: anything
- exes of all stripes are welcome, including people she went on like one date with and then ghosted on
- coworkers! former and current
- fans...lmao
- students
- buds, esp. childhood friends
- people she went to school with, including fancy fine arts school that she dropped out of
- surrogate siblings
- or real siblings?/familial relationships...i kind of imagine a tifa au having a big family.
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: it'll likely be her or an oc.