FFXII Fic: Knots, Ties and Tides, Chapter 1 (Penelo, Ashe, Larsa)

[mariagoner]

If anyone asks, this is midnightdiddle's fault. She wrote me an abusive!Vaan fic that worked and I wanted to try something equally brain-breaky for her. ♥ And me being me, it's probably going to start out as farce and darken into something actually serious later. Please send help ASAP before much more of this is written! And much love to artemischan for helping with the

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[mariagoner]

I'm sorry, I deleted that last comment-- I shouldn't have gone all emo on you. This is supposed to cheer people up, not involve them in my big barrel of issues!

So, anyway, seriously comment here. The Capital Letters of Great Importance may become a running joke-- if so, so you fault. ;) And Pauvre Penelo is indeed floundering in the midst of all these devious noble politicans all of a sudden-- one can only hope she can somehow plot right back at some point!

And she will likely not sock Larsa in the mouth since he's but a wee ickle thing at this point-- though she might be tempted to kill him and tell everyone he ran away with a sexy lady sky pirate before too long. He's got absolute cuteness on his side at this point and god only knows that's formidable weapon enough.

Also? The toujurs pur? So your fault. Hee! ::plots and plots and plots::

[midnightdiddle]

I. YOU. I. OKAY.

omg. Penelo! Poor Penelo, and Larsa. He's so well-meaning, but so amazingly clueless and rather stupid, in all his adorable boyishness. But my favorite (like person above) was the Capital Letters of Importance. 'cause Those Always Win Greatly. For Dalmasca.

And Ashe. Ashe. And Basch. Poor Basch. But mostly, Poor Penelo. XD

Srsly, I was laughing so hard. Oh, I love it! *bounces*

[mariagoner]

ONLY THE BEST that I can do anyway FOR YOU, LOVELY-BROWNIE-BAKER! ♥ ♥ ♥

And oh, Larsa is totally the clueless and well-meaning love in this piece. I dont' think he's so much stupid as he is very rigid at this point about who he is in relation to Penelo. He's been bought up on fairy tales and on concepts like Chivalry and Knightly Honor and all that other good stuff most people pay lip service to but that he truly believes in... and he just can't understand, as of yet, that Penelo isn't just a fair maiden he rescued who ought to be willing to be his living acessory. She's a real person with her own feelings and desires and he'll be learning that soon enough. ::plots and plots and PLOTS::

And devious!Ashe and long-suffering!Basch shall both make repeat promises, I swear. And thank you once more for inspiring this madness! ♥ ♥ ♥

[puchikoneko]

XD You cause much happiness! ~~Also loved the Capital Letters of Great Importance.~~ I was even starting to insert them where there were none.

Mount Bur Sword-in-Face will make me giggle for the rest of the night.

Larsa is something of an early bloomer, isn't he? ^_~

Also, Ashe is a horrible, sneaky woman and I love her more now.

[mariagoner]

Awww, I'm always glad to be able to make someone happy-- and to have them return the favor in this way. ;) And the Capital Letters of Great Importance shall likely trail Ashe wherever she goes. And by god, if you think she's being sneaky now, wait till you read the next chapter! XD

Mount Bur Sword-in-Face will make me giggle for the rest of the night.

Still not as bad as the time Penelo managed to convinced Vaan that Pharos was really named 'Hey Ho's' and that he'd need to wear assless chaps ala Vagrant Story before they could infiltrate it... ::cough::

Larsa is something of an early bloomer, isn't he? ^_~

Understatement of the century, everyone! XD

[cygna_hime]

XD <-This seems to be everyone's fundamental reaction.

I love Ashe from Penelo's perspective. Nobility and dignity are all very well, but tend to get on the nerves of normal people. Especially when they're accompanied by using people as puppets For The Good of the Country without actually telling them what's going on because it is Royal Privilege to do anything one wants with one's subjects.

If this becomes emo, I will eat you, because this fandom needs more humor, dammit! Just so you know. *goes to buy ketchup*

[mariagoner]

I am very glad this is the case! And I have to admit, this story is going to get darker but seriously... you know me. Do you think I can ever stop having Penelo quip her way through a story, no matter how grim it is? There'll be plenty of inappropriate jokes about Dalmascan fashion sense and assless chaps along the way, promise. ;)

And Ashe! Ashe is... something else when it comes to dealing with the Common People. God bless but I'e always thought she somewhat... lacked a good sense of PR. Or diplomacy. Or... anything else that involves dealing with people and not punching in the face immediately when they anger you.

Here's to hoping she never changes! ::toast:: But here's also hoping she gets a scrappy enough fight from Penelo. When you're the daughter of merchants, you learn to haggle something fierce...

[artemischan]

Oh man. That was even better than the little snippet you showed me last week. ^______^ Like everyone else, I heart the Capital Letters of Great Importance. That was too good. And Ashe's kind of well-meant rambling that's totally over Penelo's head.

Also, "the village of the terrifying-amazon-bunny-women" had me totally giggling at the end there. Really, the screwball chapter had me giggling, but it was just so...awesome. You rock, love.

[mariagoner]

Heee, I'm glad you enjoyed! XD The Capital Letters seem to have tickled everyone's fancy... I'll have to see if I can try and fit them anywhere else in the fic. ;) And Ashe totally means well but trying to decide a person's life for them is the sort of situation that can get VERY hairy VERY fast.

And you're totally on-the-mark-- this was definitely a screwball chapter! But of course, stuff's gonna go down soon enough (you played the game, you know what) and... yeah. The humor will defiitely still be there but darker waters churn ahead and all...

[artemischan]

Ooooh, I can't wait! You make me giggle with glee every time you post something, you know that? ^_~

[mariagoner]

Eee, that makes me gleeful to hear it! I shall do my best not to disappoint in the future. ;)