OOCP 01. The sides of Tifa...
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Name: Tao
Personal Journal: tao_empress
Time zone: US Central Standard
Contact: AIM: DragonStorm85
Current Characters: N/A
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Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Name: Tifa Lockhart
Canon Point: Post Dirge of Cerberus
Is this character dead? Nope~
History: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Tifa_Lockhart#Story
Personality: Of rather humble beginnings in the small mountain city of Nibelheim, Tifa knows the meaning of hard work and dedication. These principles she puts into taking care of her bar, The Seventh Heaven, as well as every other aspect of her life.
Level-headed and passionate about most if not all of her endeavors, Tifa Lockhart is considered the glue that kept her friends together. She is the supportive and motivating figure that encourages everyone to keep going and trying when things got tough. Especially when things get tough. To keep fighting and do their best despite the odds against them. It was with her optimism and determination that Tifa continually attempted to stay in contact with her childhood friend, even after he supposedly disappeared from their lives. Made apparent not only by her supportive role in Cloud's life but with her other friends as well, she serves as a maternal figure, particularly where Marlene and Denzel are concerned, putting forth an even mix of determination, confidence, and respect to all those around her with an ever mellow and understanding attitude. Almost to a fault, she provides a quiet comfort to anyone she comes across. But she is not without her flaws as well.
Essentially, her greatest strength also is the main source of her weakness, a double-edged sword proving to be both a blessing and a curse. While it is true that she cares for others and places their needs before her own on most occasions, it is that same reason that Tifa allows little to no attention on her own inner demons. The extreme focus outwards leaves little time for her to reflect on the sins of her past and thus cannot work beyond them to a point where she can start to forgive herself. Much like Cloud, she holds a fair amount of guilt for the things she has done, particularly with the role she played in Midgar and the collapse of the upper plate in Sector 7 that killed so many people. Her neglect of these issues could only serve to deepen these scars. However, it does not mean that Tifa has not tried and does not continue to trying to overcome it.
Skills | Powers: Tifa's skills and talents are very physical in nature. In her younger days in Nibelheim, she trained with a martial arts teacher, mainly in hand-to-hand combat, and relies most often on that knowledge to fight and defend against opponents. It is only in recent years that she's begun to incorporate the use of Materia in order to help her during battles. But it is, perhaps, due to her history in it and through extensive use both in her bar and battling enemies, that she has developed an almost unnatural level of strength that outmatches most if not all opponents, particularly when coupled with glove and/or claw type weaponry. She has also built up a rather She is also very agile and quick, capable of moving at almost lightening speed whilst fighting against an enemy.
It is suggested, due to her martial arts background, that Tifa possesses the knowledge and capability of using various other pieces of weaponry such as bo staffs and bokken.
However, it is her unending loyalty and kind heart that are the true source of her power. Her charm. Willing to listen to the problems of others and help them out in anyway that she can, the sort of comfort Tifa provides in times of need and turmoil would certainly be of more value.
First Person Sample:
[ Gives a nod. ] I'm sure. [ It wasn't just that they were adults, but everyone had a right to stay and leave as they pleased. This wasn't mandatory as far as she knew, and while she was accustomed to running a bar and talking to patrons, being in a place where, essentially, their only choices were to stand around or to dance made her a little antsy. And Tifa wasn't exactly content with having a Nervous Cloud right next to her either.
His comfort level, at the very least, she could do something about.
Stepping up to him, she lightly brushed her fingers across his arm in a soothing and assuring manner. ] We're still here, so it should be ok. Even it's not...
[ She let the sentence trailing off, unsure of how exactly it should end. And as quickly as it had been there, she let her hand fall back to her side, a little uncertain. ] It's just... both of us are supposed to enjoy it. And... you looked like you were drowning.
Third Person Sample:
'It's been almost three years already.' Those were the words that he said to her. And '...I miss them too.' was all she could say in return. Not that he needed her to say much more. After all, Aerith and Zack had always been hard subjects for the both of them to discuss...
Now, it seemed like a distant memory. But the truth is that no matter how much time had passed, it would always seem like just yesterday when they had been walking among them, so cheerful and happy. And so precious are their memories that neither one of them can ever bring themselves to even speak their name outside of thought, though it's obvious that they're constantly on both their minds.
It's a hard thing to believe that both Zack and Aerith had died within the time frame of a year. Their journey across Gaia had seemed so long, filled with daring adventures and dangerous obstacles in the fight to save the world. So many sacrifices for one cause, linked by a singular enemy. She had known them separately as two individuals with no connection other than their existence in the timeline of my life, both ending unexpectedly by enemies Tifa had spent a good number of years fighting against. First it had been ShinRa, and then Sephiroth. -- Or had it been the other way around? -- But it was only after hearing the stories from Cloud's recovered memories, of his days in the SOLDIER program, and only after connecting the dots of information his memories provided that they realized... Zack had been the one Aerith had loved, or at least the one she had cared deeply for, before...
I guess what they say is true, she thought. It really is a small world, after all.
Name: Tao
Personal Journal: tao_empress
Time zone: US Central Standard
Contact: AIM: DragonStorm85
Current Characters: N/A
|| Character Information ||
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Name: Tifa Lockhart
Canon Point: Post Dirge of Cerberus
Is this character dead? Nope~
History: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Tifa_Lockhart#Story
Personality: Of rather humble beginnings in the small mountain city of Nibelheim, Tifa knows the meaning of hard work and dedication. These principles she puts into taking care of her bar, The Seventh Heaven, as well as every other aspect of her life.
Level-headed and passionate about most if not all of her endeavors, Tifa Lockhart is considered the glue that kept her friends together. She is the supportive and motivating figure that encourages everyone to keep going and trying when things got tough. Especially when things get tough. To keep fighting and do their best despite the odds against them. It was with her optimism and determination that Tifa continually attempted to stay in contact with her childhood friend, even after he supposedly disappeared from their lives. Made apparent not only by her supportive role in Cloud's life but with her other friends as well, she serves as a maternal figure, particularly where Marlene and Denzel are concerned, putting forth an even mix of determination, confidence, and respect to all those around her with an ever mellow and understanding attitude. Almost to a fault, she provides a quiet comfort to anyone she comes across. But she is not without her flaws as well.
Essentially, her greatest strength also is the main source of her weakness, a double-edged sword proving to be both a blessing and a curse. While it is true that she cares for others and places their needs before her own on most occasions, it is that same reason that Tifa allows little to no attention on her own inner demons. The extreme focus outwards leaves little time for her to reflect on the sins of her past and thus cannot work beyond them to a point where she can start to forgive herself. Much like Cloud, she holds a fair amount of guilt for the things she has done, particularly with the role she played in Midgar and the collapse of the upper plate in Sector 7 that killed so many people. Her neglect of these issues could only serve to deepen these scars. However, it does not mean that Tifa has not tried and does not continue to trying to overcome it.
Skills | Powers: Tifa's skills and talents are very physical in nature. In her younger days in Nibelheim, she trained with a martial arts teacher, mainly in hand-to-hand combat, and relies most often on that knowledge to fight and defend against opponents. It is only in recent years that she's begun to incorporate the use of Materia in order to help her during battles. But it is, perhaps, due to her history in it and through extensive use both in her bar and battling enemies, that she has developed an almost unnatural level of strength that outmatches most if not all opponents, particularly when coupled with glove and/or claw type weaponry. She has also built up a rather She is also very agile and quick, capable of moving at almost lightening speed whilst fighting against an enemy.
It is suggested, due to her martial arts background, that Tifa possesses the knowledge and capability of using various other pieces of weaponry such as bo staffs and bokken.
However, it is her unending loyalty and kind heart that are the true source of her power. Her charm. Willing to listen to the problems of others and help them out in anyway that she can, the sort of comfort Tifa provides in times of need and turmoil would certainly be of more value.
First Person Sample:
[ Gives a nod. ] I'm sure. [ It wasn't just that they were adults, but everyone had a right to stay and leave as they pleased. This wasn't mandatory as far as she knew, and while she was accustomed to running a bar and talking to patrons, being in a place where, essentially, their only choices were to stand around or to dance made her a little antsy. And Tifa wasn't exactly content with having a Nervous Cloud right next to her either.
His comfort level, at the very least, she could do something about.
Stepping up to him, she lightly brushed her fingers across his arm in a soothing and assuring manner. ] We're still here, so it should be ok. Even it's not...
[ She let the sentence trailing off, unsure of how exactly it should end. And as quickly as it had been there, she let her hand fall back to her side, a little uncertain. ] It's just... both of us are supposed to enjoy it. And... you looked like you were drowning.
Third Person Sample:
'It's been almost three years already.' Those were the words that he said to her. And '...I miss them too.' was all she could say in return. Not that he needed her to say much more. After all, Aerith and Zack had always been hard subjects for the both of them to discuss...
Now, it seemed like a distant memory. But the truth is that no matter how much time had passed, it would always seem like just yesterday when they had been walking among them, so cheerful and happy. And so precious are their memories that neither one of them can ever bring themselves to even speak their name outside of thought, though it's obvious that they're constantly on both their minds.
It's a hard thing to believe that both Zack and Aerith had died within the time frame of a year. Their journey across Gaia had seemed so long, filled with daring adventures and dangerous obstacles in the fight to save the world. So many sacrifices for one cause, linked by a singular enemy. She had known them separately as two individuals with no connection other than their existence in the timeline of my life, both ending unexpectedly by enemies Tifa had spent a good number of years fighting against. First it had been ShinRa, and then Sephiroth. -- Or had it been the other way around? -- But it was only after hearing the stories from Cloud's recovered memories, of his days in the SOLDIER program, and only after connecting the dots of information his memories provided that they realized... Zack had been the one Aerith had loved, or at least the one she had cared deeply for, before...
I guess what they say is true, she thought. It really is a small world, after all.