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Zell Dincht of Final Fantasy VIII

as told by SAYJ [ headcanons ]

-- dead dove content may be present

-- this is not a place for you if you have an issue with characters growing up.

-- witch hunting, content policing, and vauging gets scrubbed off my dash. one strike policy.

-- I have a LOT of headcanons regarding Zell ( that will be slowly posted in queue ) - I don't expect anyone to remember all of them and as it's been years since I wrote him I likely forgot my own lore. If there's anything that's need to know I'll make it known. ♥

-- writer is 35. they / them

-- I am familiar with FF7 ( and everything that branched off from it ), FF8, FF9, FF10, FF10-2, and FF14, but I'm open to other FF's and cross-overs I'm less familiar with.

have zell with ifrit

Thank you @xgrieverspride for pointing this out. ZELL'S BIRFFDAY

"I ain't turnin' down shi-" Shit? Crap? Really, it was hard to shake that Quistis was on their level now than their teacher. He at least opted to choose his words a bit more carefully when addressing those that outranked him.

"- All I'm sayin' is I'm not going to just DECK 'er ( even if she really pushes those buttons- ). She's annoying but not THAT annoying."

Let him 'train' with Seifer. He'd love to punch Seifer.

"Oh? You're going to turn down a challenge from her? That's brave of you."

"Buuuuuuut I'd sleep with one eye open for the foreseeable future, and stay away from any train tracks."

VIII was my first Final Fantasy so this was particularly nostalgic for me.

This is how I imagine Zell's relationship with Ifrit / Brothers

and this

and this

another day, another struggle. climbing stairs is so much trouble. 

'Take good care of him!' Rinoa said. 'AND DON'T BE MEAN!' Rinoa said.

While he didn't have as much of beef with Bahamut as Shiva ( really, Ifrit's fault; he didn't do a damn thing! ), he felt it right down to his bones upon equpting the GF that this was not going to be a fun time for him. Rinoa insisted Zell take him out 'for fresh air'. HE'S A DAMN GUARDIAN FORCE, HE DIDN'T NEED FRESH AIR... Probably? Zell didn't think about it too hard.

"Man, I don't wanna hear it. You're vibin' somewhere in my BRAIN right now and complainin' about stairs? I'm the one doing the climbing!"

By his own choice; never skip a day of working out.

Zell's voice claim / his particular accent that fits him to a T.

I listen to a lot of Token when I need to get into the Zell mindset.

Training partners with sexual tension. Could be a mutual crush, or a friends with benefits thing, or just like to spar to make the other tense.