[FFX] Fic: Thinking-not-thinking for muggy_mountain

[not_cynical]

Title: Thinking-not-thinking
For: muggy_mountain
Medium: Fanfic
Request(s): FFX - a mutual and in character Aurikku. Srsly. Convince me, Aurikku girls!
Fandom(s): Final Fantasy X
Characters/Pairings: Tidus, Auron, Rikku (Vague Auron/Rikku)
Rating/Warnings: G - Possibly angst
Feedback: Welcome with open arms - at all levels.
Spoilers: Up to Zanarkand - most

Comments

[irishaicons]

I loved this--it's really a great portrayal of something between Rikku and Auron, and the touch about Rikku customizing a weapon for him is really good! (Not many people remember that you can't customize until she shows up). This is a lovely piece of work; the transitions from memory to present are really well done.

[katmillia]

Ooh! I liked this a lot, especially the little asides, like Auron not trusting either of them as they edged to his right. I think it was very well fleshed out, and as an Aurikku girl (hee!) I really liked it. It was a start and a real honest declaration ("I don't want you to be dead") and I think it was brilliant. :D

[muggy_mountain]

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That was...darling. No, touching.

You've got Rikku with her spastic machina-energy and Auron with his taciturn grumpiness, and all the while you know he's too wise to underestimate Rikku. It makes perfect sense that this scene would play out --Auron must have known Tidus well enough to know that Tidus would have trouble keeping a secret.

It's never surprised me that Rikku would have a crush on Legendary Guardian Auron --that part I could always understand, but you end it so powerfully. There's maybe a glimmer of something beyond just respect there; it's maybe attraction that Auron might have acted on in another time and place, but it's just too late here. You make us feel for both of them and it's heartbreaking.

Thank you so much for writing this for me.

♥

[heyheyrenay]

Hee, you know what I think of this, of course, but I just read this again and rolled around in the goodness of the feelings your stretched between Auron and Rikku and was so touched all over again. Again, what really, really drives this piece into my heart is your little asides. I love them so much. I'm glad you decided to tackle this idea, but you do it justice without crossing a line or making it unbelievable. So much love. ♥

[rustehroll]

This was so lovely. It's always hard to write Auron/Rikku, even if you're a fan, because to do it well is so difficult. You managed that and more, and made me fall back in love with this pairing (that I haven't visited for awhile) all over again.

Your dialog is so excellent, although I would have loved to see more between Tidus and Rikku, simply because. I'm hoping you'll write more of them.