That’s right, post #2 has hit 40 pages so it’s time for a brand new post! Share the gossip about our favorite up-and-coming SOLDIER First Class, Shinra’s cutest, Zack Fair!!
That's right, post #2 has hit 40 pages so it's time for a brand new post! Share the gossip about our favorite up-and-coming SOLDIER First Class, Shinra's cutest, Zack Fair!!
New members, a template you can use to introduce yourself:
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Your fave thing about Zack:[/b]
If you're not on our mailing list, speak to the ladies at Shinra reception. :)
Okay everyone, let's get chatting!!
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
heyyyy!!
So did anyone see Zack heading out to that mission in Icicle Inn? He looked so adorable in his winter gear >.<
ridethewind07, you live out that way right?
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
LOL guys … I haven't seen any Shinra peeps come by but will keep my eyes open
Hot Guys, Fast Cars!
Hi guys! Im new here ^_^
Name: you can call me NibelWolf
Age: old enough for this site dw lol
Your fave thing about Zack:[/b um where do I start … I guess how he fights? He just really knows how to use that buster sword :D as someone who aspires to make it into soldier one day, I just hope I can be as strong as him
Also, am I the only guy here? XD
just here to chat!!!
welcome NibelWolf! you're not the only guy here, there's a few of us ;)
hey hey! Another guy checking in :) do you work for shinra then NibelWolf?
Sweet :) me and Helmet2 are army guys too, maybe we'll see you around
Guys, can I remind you to stay on topic? This is for Zack chat only. If you want to talk about army stuff you can do it on the army board
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
So has anyone had any Zack news lately?
mako eyes // realize // real lies
!ATTENTION! THIS POST HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY THE SILVER ELITE! THE FANCLUB FOR THE STRONGEST OF ALL SOLDIERS FIRST CLASS! ZACK IS OBJECTIVELY INFERIOR! JOIN THE SILVER ELITE!!
veni, veni, venias
ne me mori facias
veni, veni, venias
ne me mori facias
S E P H I R O T H.
She does this on every post, just ignore her
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Zack update: Icicle Inn mission ended a few days ago. He's heading for a new mission in Central Midgar with Tseng and whichever of the Turks are available (don't ask … personnel issues).
I work long hours and may not respond immediately. I don't check PMs. Please be patient.
hi Black Suit!!!
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
Heyyyy black suit <3 how r u?
We Only Have One Planet! Let's Protect It <3
HowCanIHelpYou wrote: Jan 22, [ ν ] – εγλ 0002 10:37 am hi Black Suit!!!
lol stay on topic!!
Zacks back in midgar u say? Interesting … >_>
Guys what kind of food do you think Zack would like? If it was a choice between wutai food and that restaurant in main street sector 8 … just wondering what u think
just here to chat!!!
Lol are you taking him for dinner?
Sector 8? You mean topside? that shits expensive
Not much else to spend my shinra gil on, I dont go out that often T_T
just here to chat!!!
anyway just hyppothesising lol. No way Zack would take me for dinner, I'm sure he has more important things to do than hang around with a cadet anyway :P
just here to chat!!!
Friendly reminder, NibelWolf, please don't double post if no-one has replied, please edit your original message. Keeps the board tidy. 
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
dw Wolf, HowCanIHelpYou is shinrarumors police in case u hadn't realised
I don't think zack would be into wutai food? given that he fought in the wutai war … u know what I mean lol
We Only Have One Planet! Let's Protect It <3
Guys is the new rumor true????
spill spill spill
Did u read the article lol
ZACK HAS A BOYFRIEND??!
We Only Have One Planet! Let's Protect It <3
ladies stay calm!!!
I mean...... one date doesnt mean a boyfriend right?? unless you think it does?
just here to chat!!!
Who's to say it was a date anyway? Could just be two friends going for dinner
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
lol u def wouldn't say that if it was a girl
Idk the guy from the buzz seems pretty convinced it was a date
Eh, the Buzz is trash.
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
Lol *looks at your icon*
Guys.
Is it me or did Zack and his bf go to the same restaurant in S8 that NibelWolf was asking about?
omg NibelWolf was it u
No? Lol
Last edited by NibelWolf, Jan 30, [ ν ] – εγλ 0002 5:13 pm.
just here to chat!!!
BTW, NibelWolf's post said "I wish" before he edited it ;)
Just to say, guys, there's no need for anyone to be ashamed of anything here. If you come from somewhere out in the boonies things might be different there wrt expressing yourself and being open about who you are, but here in Midgar, people are very accepting. Despite the many other flaws our city may have.
I work long hours and may not respond immediately. I don't check PMs. Please be patient.
Only sage advice from Black Suit 
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
HowCanIHelpYou i think you need to run the black suit fanclub not this one. looks like NibelWolf should be in charge of ours ;)
lol careful you're gonna get banned
I'll go down to reception once her shift's started and we can fight talk it out haha
Omg … Zack is the cutest I swear … http://gw.daily-buzz.mdg/celeb/zack-talks-new-beau
Aww he sounds really sweet! I bet they're so cute together
Hot Guys, Fast Cars!
WAIT OMG
no way this isnt NibelWolf
but how many of them move to midgar and join the shinra army???
mako eyes // realize // real lies
… Probably quite a lot? what else is there to do out there
NibelWolf we need confirmation
If one of our club members is dating Zack, that means we're officially better than all the other clubs, right?
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
lol u can invade the silver elite thread if u want. good luck to u
where is NibelWolf? we need answers
We Only Have One Planet! Let's Protect It <3
he's off having a GREAT TIME with zack if u get what I mean
This is a family friendly website.
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^ lol who u trying to kid
I think we can basically take NibelWolf's silence as proof.
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Last edited by HowCanIHelpYou, Feb 3, [ ν ] – εγλ 0002 11:37 pm.
Guys, I know it's pretty easy to work out NibelWolf's real name after the last few Buzz articles (IF he really is the guy that's dating Zack), but a reminder of the board rules: no doxxing any of our members. GoldSaucerGal, I know you probably didn't intend it, but just think first next time. If NibelWolf wants to tell us who he is, on the other hand, that's fine.
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
"If"
Fair enough, just thought it sounds like a cool name.
Hey guys!
lol, SOLDIERs do know this messageboard exists, u realize ;)
DID ZACK JUST POST IN THE ZACK FAN CLUB THREAD IM FHDJEKWOF
We Only Have One Planet! Let's Protect It <3
are we definitely better than the silver elite now???
Wow, that's it. We've officially peaked. I'm retiring.
ShinraRumors community moderator and Madam President of the Zack Fair Fan Club. Chat with us here!
IS THE GUY WITH HIM NIBELWOLF THOUGH
mako eyes // realize // real lies
Comments
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n° 1 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-15Delightfully fun read! Geez I almost would have missed this if I didn't randomly scroll down, it popped up so far below older fic updates??
Love the look of the forum, the commitment to the silly FF7 universe year system, the icons (that baby chocobo one is so creepy LOL), the user names, the post signatures!! So perfect. I really love that each person has their own way of typing, but all are so distinctly in the flavor of the aughts!
I don't know why I find it so funny that Cloud just ghosted the forum after the truth came out, poor guy. Cloud using XD made me smile so hard it's so cute. And, of course he would ask advice from a Zack community while being so obvious, haha.
Wonderful fic and such a fun one to read on Valentines! Thanks a bunch for sharing!
n° 2 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-15Oh, this is fun! I love all the details in the formatting and how everyone has a slightly different style of typing and icons and signatures. It really felt like reading a forum from an alternate universe!
n° 3 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-15This is freakin hilarious, are there going to be more?
n° 4 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-15Hello I'm absolutely in love with this, the FORMAT is so good and it's hilarious. Your attention to details is so on-point too. Got me laughing IRL, I especially loved the Sephiroth fan coming into every thread to "hijack" it 😭
n° 5 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-16I have a weakness for good social media AUs, and oh my god, this is amazing. Equal parts hilarious, sweet, and pure nostalgia overload. I’m seriously impressed with how much attention to detail you put into this, and how accurately it creates an extremely specific look and mood. The icons, the forum signatures, the Silver Elite rivalry… just perfect. I haven’t played all the additional Compilation games some of these characters appear in, but Cloud’s post was instantly recognizable, and it slew me. The borked html tag was an especially nice touch.
I mean...... one date doesnt mean a boyfriend right?? unless you think it does?
Aww Cloud. He’s the cutest, and I’m so glad he got his date.
n° 6 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-16Wow, this is amazing! It feels just like a message board, I especially love everyone's signatures. And that last post is perfect. It startled a laugh out of me, but xX_l0v3l3ss_Xx has got priorities about what the really important questions are! ♥
n° 7 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-16losing my absolute SHIT OVER THIS FIC. LIKE SCREAMING IRL? HOLY SHIT? OH? ,Y FUCKING GODFD? THE ME, GONGAGA? JOKE I ACTUALLY SHRIEKED ALOUD.; THIS IS TAKING ME BACK 17YRS TO THE FUCKING TALES OF FANDOM FORUMS I'M EXPERIENCING EMOTIONS I DIDNT KNOW I STILL HAD THE BROKEN BBC THE ICONS THE FUCKING SIGS THANK YOU, THIS SPARKS AN ENORMOUS ENDLESS AMOUNT OF JOY
n° 8 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-22^________^^^ *glomps u*
Which is to say: I am of an age that this hits exactly right and I was mentally keysmashing all the way through. The icons! The forum signatures! The mod desperately trying to keep everyone on topic! You did an amazing job and I adore it
n° 9 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-22OK, I was giggling to myself the whole time, and then I got to Zack's post and burst out laughing. Oh my god. Zack. What.
Black Suit = Cissnei? It feels like her, anyway.
Everything about the actual forum format is utter perfection, too. I feel like I just time traveled back to my high school and college years when I basically lived on forums like this (and IRC) XD
n° 10 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-23Absolutely incredible work. So nostalgic, and all the little details are a lot of fun. You've really captured the experience of reading through a forum thread; I genuinely found myself becoming mildly aggravated by the overpolicing mod and had to remind myself she didn't exist.
n° 11 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-02-26Gobsmacked by the level of detail that went into that skin. The icons, the signatures, the broken bbcode tags ghieghie I feel like I was sent back, and such a delightful topic/conversation omg XD Amazing work!! I got way too involved rereading NibelWolf's posts once the speculation started, and the way I scream when POSSIBLY Zack posted on that thread hahaha omg. Way too easy to get engrossed in the drama. I wish my eyesight was good enough to see what's on Cloud's screen 🤣 This was an absolute delight, thank you for sharing!
n° 12 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-03-18THIS IS SO GOOD, the formatting, the attention to detail (their signatures!!), the way everyone talks...the OCs popped off the page and it feels like an actual thread on a message board, i'm getting nostalgic. love that Cloud asked the thread if one date meant anything serious <3 baby is too nervous to open up to Zack yet.
thanks for the great read!
n° 13 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-04-27This is such fun to read and the attention to detail on the formatting is a work of art!!! Thanks so much for creating this!!
n° 14 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-05-19This was super cute! I love fics like these! Lol, Cloud not responding is more telling than if he did. Great fic!
n° 15 (archived from archiveofourown.org)
2023-06-14This is a work of art. If there is ever a museum of fanfiction, this ought to be somewhere very important. I absolutely adore how well you captured early 2000s forum vibes (especially FF7 forums), the effort you went to realize them on AO3, and how in-universe and in-character this still felt. This is precious.