auronlu: (Bobblehead Night)
auronlu ([personal profile] auronlu) wrote2012-08-27 09:04 pm

I wish I could've thought up a story for this...

Crime-fighting dead duo:

Picture much larger than the actual 2-inch figs.

Somewhat ironically, my old "Aerith and Auron" ficbit named Going Somewhere never went anywhere.

I have this odd bit of head canon that they went off to be quirky ghosts, badgering people, rubbernecking on the silliness of humanity, and occasionally intervening on a lark, especially when it might spoil the neatly-crafted chess games of gods bent on directing Destiny.

Aerith would be the instigator, and Auron would stump along being amused (or bemused) backup. I liked the fact that it would make a good "partners" story without sexual dynamics, which is painfully rare in fanfic (including mine). But I never could come up with a plot, beyond the vague sense that it would bridge the Al Bhed and Midgar Shinras.

And in other news, I don't know what came over me, but I have acquired dustcatchers, including the two pictured above. I've been so sparing about not collecting Things -- save for one grumpy guardian watching over my hard drive -- since I cleared out my apartment about eight years ago.

But I like these silly little things. I guess I've mellowed. At one time I would not have had the sense of humor to see my favorite video game mythological characters turned into chibis.

I've got everybody except Rikku, Balthier and Fran (wah).

[personal profile] cumuluscastle 2012-08-31 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It took me awhile to appreciate that dynamic between Tifa and Aerith as well! I think it's so funny they way they immediately do a huddle as soon as they meet and Cloud is left out in the cold.

I never thought of the connection between the flowers and the Farplane, but I like that concept. All of the afterlife ideas in various Final Fantasy games seem to have a lot of continuity - that idea of returning to the planet when you die.