Final Fantasy Fun

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).

For old fans, a couple tearjerkers. Also, Jecht. Major spoiler warnings on both, of course.

This one reminds me why I got hooked on Auron. Some of the juxtapositions of different clips in this one are heart-wrenching (love the clip of Auron confronting the dragon, confronting himself):


The second one isn't as good, but I like the idea of pyreflies as burning, and the ending makes me smile.



Auron in a nutshell: he gained the ability to laugh at life only after he was dead.

 Sometimes, when I've just given up approximately 6 hours of my life in 2 days to listening to Mom rant about Dad, and I've sat down to get some work done finally and the power goes out, and I sit down 2 hours later when the power comes back, I need a little catharsis. 


I never get tired of that trick. (Also fun with sand wyrms.) 

Of course, it's even more fun when you hit this rare bug (which doesn't include the soundtrack, alas):


Okay, back to work.

Not bad. I've got to get the drawing tablet out and use this for a ref.

       

( A few more... )
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Title: Love Her and Despair
Chapter 42: "The Lady"
Final Fantasy X/X-2
Characters:Auron,Isaaru,Rikku,Elma,Pacce,Lulu
Rating: R for violence.
Word Count: 4200
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Our Story So Far: Thirteen years after Yuna falls in the Final Summoning, another summoner and his guardians penetrate Sin's inner sanctum.

( Chapter 42: The Lady )

Legendary Pillow by ~Ayrania-chan on deviantART

Woo hoo! Another fanart? A first-time reader was inspired to illustrate a scene from Chapter 19, when Rikku and Wakka's daughter latches onto the grumpy guardian.

I love Yunie's Al Bhed clothes; they look a lot more likely than what I drew.

The best part? This reader said she'd avoided fanfiction until now, and was pleasantly surprised. I pointed her to a few good authors to ensure her first foray into fanfiction continues to go well.

Written for ff_kissbattle  (original post here)

Title: One Moment
Final Fantasy X
Characters: Auron/Lulu
Rating: M
Word Count: 1370
Prompt: "Auron/Lulu, Sunlight on cold skin"

A/N This ficlet is inspired by and picks up where Lynnxlady's wonderful story Grieve left off. Except I don't write them half as well as she did.

( One Moment... )

I heart Google. Now and then I discover treasures quite by accident. Such as this:

Link: argle-fraster.livejournal.com/53115.html
Author: argle_fraster
Title: Time/Plane
Fandom: FFVIII/FFX
Character(s): Ellone, Auron
Rating: T
Warning(s): Spoilers to Auron's secret
Word count: 1400

Title: Love Her and Despair
Chapter 37: "The Summons"
Final Fantasy X/X-2
Characters: Auron, Isaaru, Gippal, Paine, Nooj, Baralai, Bahamut
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2500
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Our Story So Far: This is it! Spira's defenders gather for an epic showdown. Lulu has received her invitation as the Guest of Honor. Auron is waiting for her. Old lovers will soon be reunited -- as adversaries on the field of battle!

( Chapter 37: The Summons )

Maester Lucil

Title: Love Her and Despair
Chapter 35: The Council of Yevon
Final Fantasy X/X-2
Characters: Auron, Isaaru, Pacce, Lucil, Baralai, Shelinda, Cid, Rikku, Elma, Nooj, Paine
Rating: PG-13 (Language)
Word Count: 3900
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Our Story So Far: Sin has destroyed most of the temples and their fayth, putting Isaaru's pilgrimage in jeopardy. The maesters convene an emergency meeting to plan a radical new strategy for fighting Sin.

( Chapter 35: The Council of Yevon )