I'm Going To Gently Push Him To Death.
Look, self, I know you've been feeling a bit fandomless lately and, don't get me wrong, I'm glad you're becoming enthusiastic about something. But did it really have to be Final Fantasy XV? It's for a console you don't own. It isn't even out yet. The release date hasn't even been announced. We've been waiting for a release date to be announced for
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Riona from 2008: "...why does fanfiction.net have a Final Fantasy XIII section? The game doesn't even come out in Japan until some unspecified time next year. Why is there fanfiction for it already?
I am actually really really excited about Final Fantasy XIII, despite knowing very little about it and despite having no idea how long I'll have to wait for it to reach these shores, because it is a Final Fantasy game and my inner Final Fantasy fangirl is blazing so brightly right now. Also, the main girl looks freaking awesome. And the girl with pigtails is gorgeous. I, er, don't have a console for it, but I can worry about that when it comes out."
Riona from slightly later in 2008: "...I suppose I no longer have the right to mock people who write fanfiction before a game exists in playable form anywhere, then. Although I still don't understand how that works. 'The girl with pink hair caught sight of that red-haired girl with pigtails. She said, "Hey, [insert Pigtail Girl's name here]!", assuming that she knew Pigtail Girl's name and it was appropriate to her character to greet Pigtail Girl in such a way. Pigtail Girl acknowledged her in a character-appropriate manner, unless she was more likely to ignore her, in which case I suppose she ignored her.')"
Riona from EVEN MORE SLIGHTLY LATER in 2008: "Here is a summary I saw when I was amusing myself by glancing at the Final Fantasy XIII section of fanfiction.net (for those who don't know, Final Fantasy XIII is a videogame that is not coming out in Japan for some months and won't be available in English-speaking countries until some time next year):
She could almost feel his death racing her, could hear the jagged breathing of Death, its cold breath raising the hairs on her neck, but where many people would’ve slowed down in complete fear, that only spurred her to run faster... ShotgunGuy/Vanille
OH, NO, NOT SHOTGUN GUY."
Riona from 2015: "I suppose my only consolation is that, judging from the frankly bizarre amount of fanfiction for this unreleased game, I'm not the only one getting weirdly invested in it. (There are over a thousand works of fanfiction for this unreleased game. I find this absolutely hilarious. If I start trying to write fanfiction for it before it comes out, somebody please stop me.)"
...Mostly this has taught me that I have been reading your journal for -a really freaking long time-.
-timydamonkey, who is really not a stalker despite the tone of this post
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Clearly I should never actually attempt pre-game fanfiction, though, because I managed to get Lightning out of character in just two words; I don't think she would say, 'Hey, Vanille.'
I may have said this before, but I don't think Dreamwidth marks comments as spam, so you might be safer commenting over there! (I spent some time puzzling over why this particular comment was sent to the spam section, before eventually realising it was the mention of fanfiction.net.)
Also, who the hell is 'Shotgun Guy'?
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