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First and Last and Always by Rosettafall
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
30 May 2025
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Healing isn't a linear process - not for the planet, and not for Vincent. Especially not when he’s confronted with immortality and an eternity of trying to move on from a past that remains ever-present.
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It seemed like an appropriate punishment for someone who was, for the longest time, desperate for death, to become incapable of it. To believe you existed for no reason– to want to exist for no reason– and end up with a purpose beyond what human language could communicate. These are the thoughts that came to Vincent while he lay on the verge of the closest he could ever get to death.
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Title is from an album by Sisters of Mercy. Rating is for: swearing, violence, discussions of trauma/abuse/ptsd etc.