Oneshot: Ersatz (Part II)

[minntaka]

Title: Ersatz
Pairing: Lea / Isa
Word Count: 3781
Rating: High T - Mentions of sex, morbidity and suicide.
Disclaimer: Characters are copyright to Square Enix.
Notes: A gift fic to the wonderful synchroshatter for her kind contribution to help_japan. This is a oneshot-turned-twoshot about Isa and Lea, and how they got from A to B.

Comments

[akai_gekkou]

Hi! I've been lurking on your journal for some time now but I'm de-lurking to tell you that I really loved this story (even though you're not totally satisfied with it).

It's so amazingly hard to not only find any (seriously, I can't understand why this pairing is so rare) Isa/Lea (or Axel/Saïx) stories but good ones that have some plot besides fluff or smut.

I liked the different characterization you used for Isa this time, and I thought it was very fitting for this story. His "impudent" debating style, brutal pragmatism, and even his work as a "computer doctor" are definitely gonna be part of my new head-cannon. ;)

As always, the Isa/Lea relationship tugs at my heart but it hurts so good... if these two (yes, Nomura, both of them) don't get a happy ending in canon, I shall be severely disappointed.

There's a lot more that I loved about this story but I feel like I'm floundering already.
Anyways, kudos for this wonderful story! ♥

PS: And now that I have worked up the courage to finally comment I'd like to friend you, hope that's alright. :)

[minntaka]

Hello! Thank you so much for your comment - it's a pleasure to meet you! I'm always a bit wary that when I write 8/7, it's too depressing and overly dramatic XD I think I definitely overdid it with this two-shot, but I can't see much good fortune for these two, given that they wind up as Axel and Saïx at the end. I love writing them, though! KH has just so many beautiful tragedies to choose from, but it's Isa and Lea who really do the trick for me.

Haha, I have waay too much head canon for Isa - only because Nomura gave us so little to work with, and we kinda have to fill the gaps in ourselves. I got the idea with Isa being a bit of a techie because Saïx is the one who runs the Organisation / sits at a computer in the novels iirc; and now it's hard to think of him as anything but a bit of a geek with an attitude XD

Anyway, thank you so much for reading and commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks also for the friend add - I'm always so happy to meet other 8/7 fans! I'll add you right back :D ♥

[akai_gekkou]

Sorry for the late reply, I was on holiday.

The pleasure is all mine! :D Oh it's depressing alright, but thinking up future happy endings for them gets me through all the sadness.
I agree, too much happy fluffiness in their past would seem somewhat unrealistic considering their Nobodies. They might have hearts, but that doesn't make them suddenly live in the 100 Acre Wood.
That's one of the great things about KH: everyone can choose their favourite tragedy. XD

In a rare case I actually like the amount of canon Nomura has given us for them - probably because I have become way too fond of all that head canon which might be difficult to reconcile with any new official information.

Well, he definitely has the attitude part down. XD You are correct, he does sit at a computer in the novels. (Have you seen this picture?)
Honestly, would the Organisation have managed to do anything without Saïx, well, organising everything? (Alright, I think I've read somewhere that the rough outline for missions came from Xemnas, but bah, details...) Admittedly, being an organising kind of person myself, I sympathise with the stress he must have endured. Just think about having to involve someone like Demyx in any kind of organisational affair...

You're very welcome! And thanks a lot for friending me back! As you might have seen already, though, I'm not too great with actually using my journal for anything. ^^;

[minntaka]

No worries at all! Hope you had a good break! :)

I'm completely with you re Nomura and his lack of information. Personally, I think there are a lot of writers in this fandom with head canon and theories that have more sense to them than what Nomura actually has intended/planned. But he does strike me as really making up KH as he goes along now, which is kinda annoying, but fun in some way because the guesswork and artistic licence from it makes it quite a playground.

Aaah I know that picture! I'm sad enough to roam pixiv on a regular basis for AkuSai and XemSai XD And yeah, Saix definitely ran the Organisation - all Xemnas did was preach and make grand gestures. Saix is the grease between the cogs, and with people like Demyx, it's no wonder why he's so pissy XD

Haha don't you worry - you can't be any worse than me when it comes to LJ. For starters, html hates me and oftentimes, I forget to update various bits and pieces because my memory is like a sieve :) ♥