Ficlet: Disentanglement

[auronlu]

Random giftfic for eclective!

Title: Disentanglement
Final Fantasy X
Characters: Lulu/Yuna (almost)
Rating: PG-13, mostly because of the first sentence.
Word Count: 550
Summary: Hmmm... how to put this? Hair Fetish.

Comments

[siva630]

This was lovely. I really like how you've chosen to explore the intimacy of their relationship that is close and physical without being the typical hug-'n'-kiss affair. It's subtle and complex and touching. I very much enjoyed reading it - you're the master of Lulu first-person perspective. ;)

[lassarina]

Mmmm, lovely. I love the details of how they style her hair, and the constraint of braids and corset and belts, and also the difference in how they view Yevon. Absolutely gorgeous.

[demoka]

haha, mmm. i can almost imagine Yuna brushing Lulu's hair out under the full moon, "Lulu, why are you breathing so heavily? Are you okay?" XP! then Lulu is so turned on by the hair brushing she pulls Yuna in for a very passionate kiss. mmm. *grin* nice fic, sweet and yet angsty at the same time

[eclective]

...omg. Someone wrote giftfic. For me! This is totally the first time I've ever had giftfic asdfhsagf;d! Also, also, this is so so much the kind of gentle sensuality-through-affection that makes me go *flail*. I'm a big fan of the ideas that there are countless ways to be intimate with someone. And Lulu wanting Yuna to fail her because she thinks she's not good enough ;_; (I have done this. gods. It's so true.) and comparing Yuna to Valefor (I love, love, love how affectionate she is with her summons. It seems like a summoner should be, you know? Not just taking them for granted, seeing them as tools to win a fight-- there should be a genuine bond of some kind, or how do you get them to listen to you at all?) and the tragedy. The acute juxtaposition in statements like Her buoyant greeting's barely changed since she first resolved to die. And the way that some people do so love to fuss over an innocent's death, the horror in that, somehow

[auronlu]

Heh. Interesting how differently my braids-and/or-long-hair obsession shows up depending on whom Lulu's with.

The poignant juxtaposition of joy and tragedy in FFX is one of my favoritest parts of the game; so often a simple smile or a joke or living an ordinary life is a defiant act of courage. To misquote Tolkien, "in all lands, joy is now mingled with grief."

(hm, I think I will adjust "mages talk" to "mage talk" to make the parallel more exact.)

Thanks for inspiring me to take up some Yuna/Lulu stuff, since it's always been in the back of my mind and I've never written it, and thanks everybody for comments. :)

[eclective]

You pull off that bittersweet contrast so well throughout here, I think. Like in the line Oh, not that way, don't worry: Yuna's playing the virgin sacrifice so perfectly that all Spira is holding its breath for her to die the part. You can hear the bitterness in Lulu's words at the end here, the resentment, the tangle of emotions involved in watching Yuna die: she has too many fears of failing, but succeeding means loss, too, and so either way there's suffering to face. And the tone of the fic just slides, like that, from loving warmth to chill ugliness. And back again. It's like someone playing an instrument (btw, will never get that description of Rikku out of my head. Ever. Am happier that way. Such a beautiful way to describe loving someone

[eclective]

(Also, can I say, since I've previously been remiss in doing so, that She is dear to me in ways that make me fierce and proud and vulnerable. is just... such a simple line that gives me shivers every time I read it. Fierce and proud and vulnerable is exactly how I like my Lulu served. :)

Random passer-by

[crimsontriforce]

That was awesome. Your Lulu is so beliavable, their relationship so deep and sweet and it's theirs alone. And, as a cosplayer, I'm a sucker for fanfiction that makes heavy use of a character's physical and costume details - the whole focus of this piece made me a happy person

Re: Random passer-by

[auronlu]

I think the world design of X-2 was in general rather hurried and slipshod, but my impression is at least that Shuyin was older than Tidus. Why his ghost stuck around so long and made such a PITA of himself isn't really clear, but the archetype of the Unquiet Ghost Causing Havoc is an old one, and "why weren't there others? Why is he so especially cranky?" is probably a query that could be poked at other stories making use of the motif.

Interesting to point out that Yuna was speaking from the Grand Maester's box. In a way, she'd overthrown that government, and was speaking more as "one of the people, to the people," saying "let's do our own thing." Also, I do appreciate the fact that she'd sacrificed her whole life to Spira, even when much of Spira had actively or passively turned against her, and in some ways it was time for them to grow up and build their own world - Auron wasn't speaking to her in the singular when he said goodbye - just as Gandalf and Auron left once their job was done. Hasn't Yuna earned the chance to live as a