Auron/Rikku

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Cross-posted from my IJ.

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o_chibi_chan finally finished "The Shape of His Heart," which is by far the greatest, funniest, epic-ist Final Fantasy X story out there. No, the greatest Final Fantasy story. No wait, screw that. GREATEST STORY OF ALL TIME.

I'm too fangirly right now to give it a proper review, but let me try to channel my flailing and squealing into some sort of coherent paragraph. Ahem.

OH MY GOD IT'S AWESOME.

Rikku is off-the-wall, but she's so wise and deep. Everything she says is spot-on perfect - all energy and moxie and brains - she's happy, really happy, even though she can see and understand and feel all the pain in Spira. And Auron - wow. Auron's transformation is so realistic, so smooth. There's nothing forced about his change. He plods toward it with typical Auron determination, and when he reaches it - Wow. Wow wow wow.

TSoHH was a huge influence on my writing, and it also indirectly introduced me to Final Fantasy VII. Through Gabi-hime (which is her pen name over at FF.net), I discovered Guardian1, who wrote "Tastes Like Green," my favorite Yuffie-centric story. I've based my interpretations of Rikku and Yuffie almost completely on these two authors.

Wow.

...Gonna go read the whole thing through again.

Comments

[wingblossom.livejournal.com]

Hi! Not to sound like a nutcase -- or at least, a total nutcase -- but I was reading your fics recently, and in a lapse of Digimon-related nostalgia, found your LJ and saw that you still seem to be in the fandom?

Basically, I miss the fandom like whoa, and as a huge huge Daisuke/Ken fangirl, I was wondering if you were up for a chat? Or something along those lines, anyway. XD I'm probably making an idiot out of myself. FEEL FREE TO IGNORE THIS.

[verdictlesslife.livejournal.com]

Hiya! It's great to meet another Daisuke/Ken fan! :D They're such an adorable couple - They don't get enough love anymore.

Definitely send me an email at fademarkblue@gmail.com if you want to talk!