She's HIS Knight in Shining Armor: Ventus/Aqua (Kingdom Hearts) Part II

[bakingsodaftw]

Title: She’s HIS Knight in Shining Armor

Author: bakingsodaftw

Fandom: Kingdom Hearts

Pairing: Ventus/Aqua

Spoilers: ALL of Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep! I also have brief mentions of pretty big Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days spoilers. Additionally, there’s a bit of spoilerage for the Disney movie The Lion King II: Simba’s

Comments

[cypsiman2]

Yep, very well done indeed! I particularly enjoyed your discussion on what I said about Vanitas. Really helps to put it all into context, I feel.

[bakingsodaftw]

Aw, thank you so much! And thank you again for your quote about Vanitas! You said it much better than I could have ^_^

But you know, I kinda wanted to add more to this essay, especially the ice-cream thing we talked about, but I just didn't know how to fit it all in... ^_^; Ah well. I'm glad you liked what I did end up adding to it!

[cypsiman2]

There's always more to add when it comes to Aqua/Ventus, but eventually, you have to draw the line. Sad, but true.

[we_are_zombies]

I haven't played BBS yet (was spoiled by friends though so why not read a manifesto to encourage me to, lol), but this makes me want to play it right now! I have such a soft spot for gender-reversed roles, so you don't know how happy it made me to hear that he's like the princess and she's the knight. Awwww~ ♥

That screenshot of the two on the beach paralleling Sora and Kairi's scene was really nice, too. Very convincing.

And aaaah I hate the age argument, especially in Kingdom Hearts. The way I see it, there's nothing to be particularly squicked about in fiction where the two characters are so young anyway, unless the older one is taking shameless advantage of the younger person. I've had to deal with quite a few snide comments about this for shipping AkuRoku all these years, especially recently for some reason, so I sympathize. I don't get the whole 'one to two years between them is the maximum, and the boy must be older than the girl!' mindset. So restricting.

I really enjoyed this essay! Thank you for sharing it with us. :)

[bakingsodaftw]

Wow, thank you so much! I too have such a soft spot for gender-reversed roles! I just think it's so cute, refreshing, and sweet. Being a bit of a TV Tropes whore, a term for that sort of thing is Pink Boy Blue Girl, and gosh...I really do love that trope to death. I'm also thinking of doing a Manifesto for Hiccup and Astrid from the How to Train Your Dragon movie since I love this sort of thing so much ^_

[we_are_zombies]

You totally should write an Astrid/Hiccup manifesto! I don't ship it myself, but I'd love to hear the reasoning for it. I really liked the movie, I just didn't come out shipping anything (really surprising, lol).

[bakingsodaftw]

Hehe, I'll definitely try, now! Thanks for the support! :D While I don't completely adore Astrid/Hiccup as I do Ventus/Aqua, I am quite fond of it and would love to write out my feelings and reasonings for it. Plus, I just really loved the movie, and me being me, that tends to show itself in the form of lengthy essays, lol.

But to be honest, I'd probably agree that How to Train Your Dragon isn't very shipperific. The first couple times I watched it, I wasn't really shipping anything either, and wasn't too attached to the obvious-you-know-it's-gotta-happen-pairing of Hiccup and Astrid. But now I'm kinda lovin' it, and would love to say why!

[shingo_the_pest]

I agree with you completely. :)

[bakingsodaftw]

Awww, glad to hear it :D Thanks so much for reading!

[jaypandaxo]

i wasn't too into the ven/aqua pairing but i'm converted :) makes me want to go write something for them right now.