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SephZack is the slash between Sephiroth and Zack Fair in the Final Fantasy fandom.

Canon[]

Zack and Sephiroth are both members of SOLDIER. Zack looks up to Sephiroth, seeing him as a hero and the sort of SOLDIER that Zack longs to be some day. They are shown to be friendly with each other on their shared missions, but don't seem to be particularly close.

Zack and Sephiroth are first shown together when Sephiroth saves his life in Wutai. Later, Sephiroth sends Zack on a mission to try and persuade Genesis Rhapsodes and Angeal Hawley to come back to Shinra. Despite being close friends with them himself, Sephiroth does not believe that he would be capable of convincing them and thus sends Zack in his place. Zack fails, which leads to him and Sephiroth having to work together on multiple occasions to fight against the Genesis Copies. At one point the pair follow Angeal to a Mako Reactor in Midgar, but they agree to go against their orders and not kill him due to both of them being friends with Angeal.

Some years later, Zack has been promoted to SOLDIER First Class, putting him in the same rank as Sephiroth. The two of them, alongside Cloud Strife are sent to Nibelheim to investigate the reactor. Before leaving, Sephiroth tells Zack that he is considering abandoning SOLDIER, just as Genesis and Angeal had done before him. The group ventures up to Mt. Nibel, where Sephiroth uncovers the truth of his birth; he is not human, and was created from the cells of a great being known as Jenova. This causes him to snap. Zack tries to speak reason to him, but is ignored.

Sephiroth locks himself in the basement of Shinra Manor for a week. Zack again tries to speak with him, but is brushed aside. With his hatred for himself and humanity boiling over, Sephiroth sets fire to Nibelheim and heads back to Mt. Nibel. Cloud and Zack follow him, and Zack once more tries to talk Sephiroth down. When he realizes that cannot be done, Zack engages Sephiroth in a battle. He loses, and is knocked unconscious. He calls out to Cloud, and begs him to kill Sephiroth. Cloud obliges, grabbing the Buster Sword and running Sephiroth through. Sephiroth tumbles into the lifestream, and is considered killed in action.

Fanon[]

SephZack is a reasonably popular ship in the Final Fantasy VII fandom, although it pales in comparison to the character's respective ships with Cloud. There is ample canon material to work with for this pairing, as Sephiroth and Zack have both been in SOLDIER for a considerable amount of time, and so few of it is actually shown in Crisis Core. There is also an inherent angst built into the ship, with Sephiroth existing as one of the main boss fights for Zack in the game.

Shippers tend to enjoy the differences in the two character's personalities, with Zack being the excitable puppy and Sephiroth being the quiet loner. They also enjoy the fact that Zack looks up to Sephiroth and admires him and his work greatly.

There are currently over 500 works for this pairing on AO3. It is Zack's fifth most popular ship.

Fandom[]

FAN FICTION
Zack/Sephiroth tag on AO3
Sephiroth/Zack works on [1]
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SephZack tag on Tumblr
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