FFX: On the Precipice of the World, for xianghua

[cyrnelle]

Title: On the Precipice of the World
For: xianghua
Medium: Fanfiction
Request: I think the culture of the summoners is fascinating. Why do some summoners have tons of guardians and others one or none? What makes someone decide to become a summoner - and how does the church of the summoners keep it from being suicide by giant monster for every emo idiot who

Comments

[suspensionpoint]

*hello, i'm a total stranger from ff_press, hope you don't mind me dropping in, lolz :)*

I've clicked on this fic about a million times, in hopes that eventually someone would have commented, and in reading their comment, my brain might be given the stimulation to formulate a proper response, but I had no such luck.
Therefore, here's all I got:

The beauty of this rendered me absolutely speechless! :O

xD That sounds like a really bad pick-up line, I know, but it's true. Or, well-- it was true, but then I was like, I guess I have to say something other than that, even though they say less is more...

So yea... this probably doesn't mean much coming from a random person who simply lurks obsessively through the FFX/X-2 fandom like a total creeper, but this was one of the most amazing fics I have ever read, ever. I particularly loved the imagery, especially of the last few lines.
Absolutely beautiful <3

[cyrnelle]

Thank you! I'm glad someone was brave enough to actually read the whole thing. I mostly write shorter pieces -- I was pretty sure this one would backfire on me, so I'm happy someone enjoyed it.

Comments are always welcomed! I think most people posting here wouldn't mind anyone commenting on their fics/art/etc and sharing the fandom love. :)

[xianghua]

Oh my GOD.

This is so incredibly awesome! I missed it since you posted last night while I was at work and it'd scrolled way down once I got home.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WOW.

I love the voices, and the little bits of history that we get to see! THANK YOU!

[cyrnelle]

I'm glad you liked it. It was such a wonderful prompt and there was so much in it that I wasn't sure which way I wanted to go with it. I still feel like I didn't fulfil the prompt in places!

I enjoyed writing this. :)

[owlmoose]

I enjoyed this story. Very calm and thoughtful, excellent interactions between all the members of the party, some nice foreshadowing moments with Auron. My favorite part, though, is the conversation between Rikku and Father Zuke -- I don't think I've ever seen anything like that in a fic before, and I like the way you round out Zuke's character a little bit.

Nice job!

[cyrnelle]

Thank you -- that was one of the snippets I wrote first, and then I almost cut off the whole part set in the Calm Lands because I wasn't sure where I was going with it. Now I'm glad I left it in!

[mercuriosity]

I really enjoyed this. The tone is lovely, contemplative and sad, and the character voices are all spot-on. Nicely done!

[lassarina]

(only a million years late in finishing the FFEX reading)

This is beautiful. I love the conversations, and the imagery especially at the end. I really like the meta about summoners and their choices, and how Yuna came to be a summoner--how they know who can do it.

Very well done! The only thing I would critique is that a few times in the narrative, you had something like "Yuna will go on" or something, when I was expecting the tense to be "Yuna would go on." (Also one or two stray typos, but compared to the number of words, totally negligible.)