Comments | brokenprism: drowning (FFIV)

first_seventhe in brokenprism

drowning (FFIV)

Jun 30, 2008 16:03

drowning

Fandom: FFIV
Character: Rydia (child), Cecil, Edward
Rating: PG
Theme: 37, Silence

Summary: It's a little like drowning.

( drowning )

rydia 100 themes, rydia, ficlet, cecil, ffiv, edward

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first_seventhe June 30 2008, 20:55:54 UTC

Those sentences were actually the lines I wrote first, and the rest of the thing grew around it. ♥

lassarina July 1 2008, 00:13:22 UTC

ahhhh meta omg I love you ♥ this is so awesome ♥

I like the broken feeling, the panic, and the scattered references to life-before, and how Edward kind of wonders at Cecil and I know it's not supposed to be pervy but this is me so I'm kind of reading perv into it XD

ILU! best Sev EVER.

first_seventhe July 1 2008, 00:40:34 UTC

Hee! ♥!

AND THANKS now I want to write one-way Edward --> Cecil

lassarina July 1 2008, 01:10:12 UTC

You saw the video of Mith's Otakon skit, right? It was fucking hysterical.

first_seventhe July 1 2008, 01:16:24 UTC

NO D: It came across my F-List while at work, and I can't get videos there.

irish_ais July 1 2008, 00:20:38 UTC

SEV SEV SEV.

You break my heart. <3

first_seventhe July 1 2008, 00:41:14 UTC

MY WORK HERE IS DONE

katmillia July 1 2008, 02:10:28 UTC

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH <3 <3

first_seventhe July 1 2008, 02:15:57 UTC

HEEE ♥~~!

mad_rex July 2 2008, 02:10:16 UTC

I always wondered why the FF games didn't do this with status effects more often. Some of them truly are terrifying. FF9's were particularly bad - I distinctly remember thinking "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THE REST OF MY GUYS SHOULD BE RUNNING AROUND SCREAMING WTF" during several battles. (Probably ones involving Heat. Or maybe Frozen. *shudder*)

Mute, by comparison, usually seems kinda tame. But for summoners...yes. Rather crippling, when you think about it. Thank you for thinking about it, and for putting it in words so damn well.

first_seventhe July 2 2008, 12:05:07 UTC

I'm fascinated by status effects, really, and making them work within the context of the game -- because, I mean, you have to stay realistic. (i.e. in this case, Cecil had two choices, truck on with Rydia muted, or go back to Kaipo and sleep in the Inn.) But I always find it funny that these sorts of things don't get used more often. Stop. Stop. There is a spell that freezes you in your place. Is anything more terrifying?

And, uh, YEAH. I remember using Hades like all the time in FFIX because of those ass-kicking status effects. They were pretty screwed up, too.

mad_rex July 2 2008, 19:06:11 UTC

Exactly. Ugh, Stop. The only thing I found creepy in the forest in Sabin's scenario were the Ghosts, because of frickin' Pause. Always killed them as quick as I could.
...then came the train, where there were many things creepy.

I don't remember abusing Hades much - but Doomtrain? Oh yeah. (Of course, that game really just boiled down to one status effect anyway in Vit-0. ...which is pretty messed up itself...)