In which I babble over video games

[jaina]

Because I'm paranoid, I'll preface this with a spoiler non-warning: No plot details about KH: 358/2 Days follow, but general comment on the game's premise as well as vague discussion of Kingdom Hearts II does. If you've played the prologue of KH II, you're good.Oh, Kingdom Hearts. How do you do this to me? You're a beautifully artistic, stylish set

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[frog_rocket]

Although he did get to be Badass McHottie von Mysteriousdude, which is not such a bad gig.

I snorted out my laugh without any dignity and kept laughing, even when everyone in my immediate vicinity started staring.

I confess to have jumped on the Axel/Roxas train years ago (forgive me--first year of college, I was seventeen), but I'm thrilled that there's more of a bromantic thing going on (admittedly, bromance/BFF dynamics often become, um, proper ships for me, because it's a dynamic I really love, but always want to do right by the bromance bit first), so I'm kind of looking forward to playing this eventually.

Like, when I have time and a life again.

[jaina]

Hee. Thanks? I think. Yeah, I'll assume that was a compliment and not a chiding. (And I meant it-even if it sucks for Riku that he has to look like someone else, Ansem is pretty tasty-looking, and he gets to stalk around all behind-the-scenes wise and kickass.)

Nothing against Axel/Roxas shippers, but I just don't see it. I mean, I get why they do-the relationship is clearly portrayed as hugely important, and you know what that means for subtext-but actually imagining it kinda squicks me, since Axel appears to be in his mid-late 20s and Roxas looks and acts like a naive 15-year-old. (Yes, I'm aware of the irony of me saying this, considering my primary Bleach ship.)

I'd love to hear your thoughts on it whenever you do get to it. I was sad to see it end.

[frog_rocket]

Definitely a compliment--just letting you know that you have a dangerous power in making people make fools of themselves laughing so hard and you should be careful not to use it for evil.

I'm not really into the fandom anymore, and I guess I don't see much of it now, short of the actual bromance bit. But given what you see in KH II (and filter that through the mind of a 17-year-old slash fan, and every other one in the vicinity, because KH fandom is terrifying and full of teens), there's not many conclusions to come to, other than being really confused.

:) I'll definitely give it a shot (possibly spring break!) and let you know what I think. I'm sure I'll meta it out a bit with kawree, too.

[jaina]

I shall endeavor to use my power only for good.

Yeah, even though I'm sure the fangirls would've slashed them anyway (because EVERYONE gets slashed), looking at just those flashbacks does make Roxas seem more badass than he really is. I mean, he is badass in that "no one would miss me" scene, and in his faceoff with Riku, but he's pretty adorably derp the rest of the time. In a way, though, I wish I'd been around fandom then-as much as I think KH II is far better with Days around, it must have been interesting to see what people filled in for Roxas and Axel.

Yay, meta! I ♥ meta.

[empath_eia]

I have a self-rec, kind of! It's half Axel+Roxas friendship and half Pretentious Wordy Meta-Time with Sora.

The Chaos Rules

I don't really read fic unless my friends write it so I don't really have any recs for other people that don't involve boning. >___>

PS: Forgot to mention, I wrote it pre-Days and haven't played it so it's really not compliant with that at all. I was working off a fan-theory where Axel was some kind of fire demon/fae in his past life. >_>

[jaina]

Dude, that is exactly the sort of thing I want to read. THANK you. It is a good fic! And the fact that someone else has written fix-it fic (more or less) encourages me to consider the nibbles of my own fic bunnies for the same topic.

...not sure if that's a good thing or not.

If you have a DS or can get access to one, I heartily encourage you to try Days. I enjoyed the hell out of it. Um. Obviously.

Oh, I did finally remember to add you to my aim buddy list, so feel free to ping me at JainaX next time you're on and feeling chatty.

[empath_eia]

JainaX@?

I'm on Windows Live Messenger, so I need the full handle in order to add you.

[jaina]

Just JainaX-it's an AIM name.

[dialogue]

I never finished KHII (never finished Chain of Memories, either) and part of the reason was how disappointed I was when Sora became the playable character again. Sora seemed boring in comparison.

[jaina]

Like I wrote in the entry, I had issues with Roxas the first time through, but now? I totally agree with you. Sora's not a bad character but he's so sweet it's not as interesting.

[jaina]

...oh my GOD, I am impressed you're even still playing. The KH2 intro tries to do a cliffs notes with the images during the music video, but it doesn't really help much. I would love to hear your thoughts on KH2 as you progress. Hey, we're kinda gameplay twins!

--without going into spoilers or overlong explanations, I'll just say that the trio willingly went to sleep but lost their memories of why.

Re: we're totally gameplay twins!

[jaina]

Uhhhh oh...wow. Dude. Ansem is the final boss in KH. He's the villain. Granted, that's a later-stage reveal, since the notes you find indicate that he started out as a good guy...

Anyway, it's actually sort of okay, because re: Ansem, KH2 plays the "everything you know is wrong!" game.

I love Mickey. If you ever play Chain of Memories, he's actually an important supporting character in Riku's story mode.

[lady_ganesh]

Would it make sense if you hadn't played the other KH games?

[jaina]

Iiiii'm gonna say not so much.

[lady_ganesh]

I'll be sticking with gay lawyers, then.

[jaina]

No PS2, then?