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A Light in the Dim Morning (FFI, PG-13), for Kundagi

Aug 15, 2009 02:27

Title: A Light in the Dim Morning
For: Kundagi/tlc010
Medium: Fic
Request(s): FF1, gender subversion is something I am very fond of, so I would like to see a reversal of the typical 'men are fighters, ladies are healers' convention.
Fandom(s): Final Fantasy 1.
Characters/Pairings: White Mage, Red Mage, Monk, Fighter, and some incidental wandering monsters.
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ff01 [char] fighter, ! [round 002] .gifts, [medium] fic, ff01 [char] monk, [tag] gen, ff01 [all] final fantasy i, ff01 [char] red mage, ! [round 002], ff01 [char] white mage

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tlc010 August 16 2009, 22:10:16 UTC

That was fantastic! You've kept a well-worn premise but added a lot of depth, interest and flavor without twist and pulling it beyond recognition.
There's a lot of good stuff in here, but there's something about the line, "You heard about things like that happening," that I love, stylistically. Instead of feeling like an anomalous POV shift, it really made the whole thing more... I don't know how to describe it, organic feeling? Like the world was real, breathing, with its own history and urban legends. It made me feel like there was so much more there under the surface, a lot of lore to be discovered. It's the sort of line that makes me ache for a continuation, although that would be greedy and... awesome. But greedy! ANYWAY.
The anachronistic retrofits make it all the better, I think. What's a FF without an adorable Chocobo caravan being slaughtered? Also LOL at Kala ruining the bridge to Coneria, I thought that was precious.
All of the characters are so solid, well-defined and realized. It's amazing that you were able to do all that in under 7000 words.

Long story short,I loved it A++ am reading again

anima_mecanique August 19 2009, 05:12:46 UTC

XD XD XD Thanks so much! I really enjoyed writing this -- I was totally not expecting an FF1 prompt, and I was really pleasantly surprised. Quite honestly there isn't a whole lot of setting to work with in FF1 (it's really obviously just warmed-over D&D, right down to the spellcasting system), so I tried to add as much depth as possible while still making it feel like an FF setting.

I would not actually be opposed to writing more things :3 I will see what I can do.

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