Final Fantasy Fun

The official cards in CAH tend to be ghastly and offensive, but the game concept is sound.



With contributions from Mintywolf, I've created a large Final Fantasy themed deck. I've also created a smaller "mundane" deck because sometimes mixing fandom and real life can be entertaining. Both are PG, about the same rating as Final Fantasy games: no sex, no swear words, no offensive humor-at-the-expense-of-marginalized-groups jokes.

We tried to beta test them Saturday, but the third-party server that hosts custom games was overloaded with too many players and kept timing out.

So we're going to try again Monday afternoon. Not quite sure of the time yet, but I'll try to post a half hour warning here and elsewhere before I post the link to the room.

More suggestions for cards welcome. I don't suppose there's a limit, although I haven't checked.

Everybody get over to Sev's journal for a glorious Final Fantasy commentfic attack. She had stress today and called for minific prompts, and has been writing brief snippets of fic to everyone's insane prompts, and there's a full-on brainstorming session of Ashelia the Vampire Slayer happening over on one comment, and Auron is giving everyone (even Quistis!) detentions in another comment, and I don't quite know what's happening with that dolphin but I'm not going to ask... Er. Anyway. Go join in. Whatever fandom you love, it's there somewhere in small bite-sized bits. Or just add to the brainstorming and general crack.

While watching the prologue of The Hobbit, there was one unexpected item which caught my eye.

VERY minor spoilers:


( Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned... )

 I've found this (scroll down past the comic book characters) and this. Any more?

Or would anyone like to contribute a ponified send-up of their favorite Final Fantasy scene or characters?

While I have somewhat tacky taste, I comfort myself that I've seen far worse in some of the old properties my friends have bought.

However, I think the following ... whatever it is... beats out even the Bucolic Horror wallpaper (with faux plastic ivy) in HoRD and the Screaming Yellow Roses (with cherubs) that originally graced my guest bedroom in my parents' house. 

A RL mafioso's idea of luxury living

 Somehow, I'm imagining Rufus Shinra sprawled in the chaise lounge dispensing orders to minions while Reno amuses himself tossing spitballs at the mosaic when the boss isn't looking.

... is a bunny-woman-in-a-mech-outfit, probably from some sexist anime or video game.

However, it made me hoot with delight when I saw those words appear on the list of eBay commissions made through my webpages this week.

RABBIT WAFFLEBUNNY!!!!!

I'm going to file it right next to BASTARD TOADFLAX, my other all-purpose nonsense curse.

 

(I told you I'm easily amused by stupid things.)

Fandom, sometimes I love you.


A Dissidia (PG) fanart for your perusal...

YATTA! meets the guys of Final Fantasy (click thumbnail for full-sized):




Starring:
Squall in his usual "whatever" pose, "Butz" and his pasties, Cloud, Warrior of Light, Firion, Tidus and a speedo, Cecil, Gabranth,
Onion Knight, Zidane

Alas, I have no idea which artist did this magnificent piece of work. It's floating around the internets, and appears to have a Japanese provenance.

There needs to be a Yatta! Final Fantasy songfic to go along with this fanart, don't you agree?

"It's so cheesy.... emo angst puppy...."

Q: Am I the only KH2 player in the entire universe who didn't notice that the obligatory Squeenix bishie villain's name is an anagram of MANSEX?



THEY DID THAT ON PURPOSE, DIDN'T THEY?!

They snuck in Auron's sake bottle as a decoration on Sora's equipment after Disney nixed it on Auron's character design.

DO NOT MEDDLE IN THE AFFAIRS OF SCRIPTWRITERS, FOR THEY ARE CANNY AND WILL SPOOF YOUR DIRECTIVES.

Death from Sandman and Death from Discworld go on a date to Disneyland.