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FFX: Auron's Troublesome Left Arm

Dec 17, 2008 01:21

Title: Auron's Troublesome Left Arm
Type: Fandom -- FFX
Characters: Auron, Braska
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2350
Summary: Auron and Braska's meeting and friendship, as seen through the healings of a broken arm.
Notes: Since both muggy_mountain and auronlu requested it, my take on Auron and Braska's first meeting. Also includes a bonus scene. Score! The first scene takes ( Read more... )

fanfiction, friendship, braska, ffx, auron

Comments 5

auronlu December 17 2008, 19:58:33 UTC

Awww. It's a free and easy glimpse of the interaction between them, and Auron's self-destructive stubborness certainly is one thing that never changes!

Your Braska's delightful. He always did seem amazingly cheerful and at peace, no matter what the world was doing around him.

I'm so glad this set off your writing!

Nitpick...something missing here:
"That bokken lashed a viciously..."

dagas_isa December 17 2008, 22:10:12 UTC

Thank you.

Young Auron is so hard to characterize, since he displays a drastic amount of change in his demeanor between what we see in the Jecht spheres and what we see in game. Add to that the fact that this fic takes place about ten years before Braska's pilgrimage...and I don't know.

I guess for Young(er) Auron, I combined Tidus, Jecht Sphere Auron, and flashes of Current Auron and mixed it. I'm not sure of the results.

In comparison, Braska was pretty easy to write. I love writing for gentle (not necessarily weak) male characters, especially healers and white mages. I just imagined that Braska finds the world an incredibly amusing place, and that he would try to steer Auron to a more subtle path.

I admit, I spent most of this piece smiling at the interactions between the two. Very enjoyable to write.

muggy_mountain December 17 2008, 23:34:45 UTC

I just imagined that Braska finds the world an incredibly amusing place, and that he would try to steer Auron to a more subtle path.

Exactly. I liked your Braska a lot. And your Auron.

And of course the Kinoc bit --so appropriate that he would collapse only upon seeing Father Patsu coming.

muggy_mountain December 17 2008, 23:33:10 UTC

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/gleemash

Ah, this is adorable. You've caught them both solidly, and the whole broken arm kind of feels almost like a reference to the older Auron. I know many people think it's a ronin!trait the Square folks put on it --but it's still in tribute to his dead lord and adhlsa I like this idea better. I don't know that you intended it.

And I love the glimpse you give us of Braska's domesticity.

in short, this made me :DD

dagas_isa December 18 2008, 07:10:41 UTC

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed. =D

I have to admit, the choice of the broken left arm wasn't really as well planned out. Originally, I think I had it as Auron's wrist being sprained, but after rewatching all of Auron's scenes (some of them twice, thanks to muusu replaying as well, and seeing his left arm, it seemed appropriate.

And I imagine that Braska would make a wonderful housemate/neighbor.