Was going through Last Order yesterday to get some Tseng screencaps (the man has like...three facial expressions, total. Argh), and I realized that while Squeenix didn't quite royally fuck up the timeline, they came damned close. Mostly because when Tseng leaves at the end, to go after Zack and Cloud, all the BC Turks are still there. And it's kind of implied that Cloud's escape was really near the start of the game (although correct me if I'm wrong, my memory of FF7 is not the world's greatest). I guess it could be argued that they either all left right before the game started, or that there were more Turks we never see in-game (although, again, it may be canon that there's only Reno, Rude, Tseng, and then Elena - can't remember). Also, Tseng is apparently allowed to fly the helicopter, whoo. And on further consideration is also probably something of a lightweight when it comes to drinking, being not!Asian and all. Working in a bar (my backstory; it, uh, kinda happened) and going drinking with Reno and Rude have probably increased his tolerance some, but not that much.

And entirely unrelated to that, playing John Crichton in a multiverse game like Canon Wars or the Nexus would pretty much be the greatest thing ever. Because he's all about the pop culture, and pop culture references, and would also think the whole thing is another hallucination. And then complain that the one with Crais in the red heels was a lot more interesting. Because John is totally and completely nuts. I am sadly not skilled enough with the pop culture and the crazy to pull it off myself, but I'd love to see someone else try.