FFXIII: the "Rec Me Fic" edition

[first_seventhe]

So I said in a comment that I actually expect FFXIII to become a decent writing fandom for me because of the holes and confusion in said story. That's pretty true: I write more for fandoms that didn't necessarily feel complete or sensical to me (FFIV, what with the LUNAR WHALE and all; FFVIII's plot holes and weirdly focused storytelling) than I do

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[auronlu]

I don't think I'm explaining why I tolerate Snow and even came to like him: he's like Charlie Brown to Lightning's Lucy, except instead of just grabbing the football from him, she punches him out, scores the damn touchdown and saves the game. Also, she had to, because he was aiming for the wrong goal because he's pathetically, comicly adept at being wrong. "I'm the hero," is what he says, but the game itself snarks at him every time, whether it's with a punchout from the true badasses or with it being so blatantly obvious that no, Snow, you're not. You're a doofus. Lightning is the hero. Or Hope. You're just a clown. Snow is wrong for so much of the game that I never really got the sense that of his idea being vindicated; he just learned he wasn't the hero (by the end, I get the impression that even he knows it, and he's saying "I'm the hero, after all" to make fun of himself or just to psyche himself up. Which is what a lot of his actions are

[first_seventhe]

I KIND OF LOVE EVERYTHING YOUVE WRITTEN HERE.

I am also on an iPad so hello horrible autocorrections ahoy

ANYWAY. I think this is partially why Snow doesn't necessarily interest me on his own, but in terms of a ship, I'm way more sold. It's the opposite of how I usually come into fandoms -- I'm usually all about a small handful of characters and my pairing likes grow over time -- so it's kind of new for me, to have a couple ships I really want that don't contain characters I like on their own.

I also think its more interesting to see Snow as this big dumb idiot, because - like I said - in the end he ends up being partially right, because they all managed to change their fates with little more than determination and will, like he said they could all along. (and I realize this is one part Final Fantasy - FFX, anyone? - and two parts horrible writing, but still.) So even though he isnt the hero and isn't even the leader, his constant chorus of we can do it ends up being a little bit justified in the end.

[auronlu]

Snow on his own or without adult supervision = TRAIN CRASH.

Even with adult supervision, but then he's kind of entertaining as a punching bag. Except yes, you want to punch him. But that's the POINT. And nearly everyone, EVEN A 14 YEAR OLD EMO KID, punches him. (While Vanille doesn't punch Snow, she encourages Hope to find and punch him, which is also kind of funny).

So yeah. Snow by himself is unbearable. Snow in relation to others? Much more interesting.

And.... "STEELGUARD!"

*PUNCH*

[lassarina]

I have, more than once, described Snow as "a particularly stupid golden retriever puppy" - he runs around tripping on his own two feet and smacking his head into the wall and is really really incompetent, but vaguely adorable in his incompetence. I would never want to take him home. But he's pretty great because he's so bad at what he's trying to do.

He definitely is analogous to Don Quixote, I think! And YES Seifer comparisons.

[auronlu]

I nearly typed "golden retriever puppy" up there. Hivemind.