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sinnatious

The Fifth Act, Chapter 28

Feb 21, 2010 21:16

Title: The Fifth Act

Rating: T for violence.

Summary: FFVII Time-travel. Gen. Cloud has an accident with a Time Materia.

Author's Note: This chapter is quite long! Probably the longest yet. This is offset by the fact that next chapter is shorter than average. The last section was originally in the next chapter, but I moved it to this one ( Read more... )

act v, final fantasy, time travel, longfic, fanfiction

Comments 47

mickeytheblue February 21 2010, 11:34:55 UTC

This chapter left me breathless with its awesomeness.

Oh, and thanks for making this chapter extra long :D (Although you did say it compensates for the shortness of the next chapter...)

And I think it was a good idea to add in the last part to this chapter instead of the next. It makes this chapter more satisfying instead of ending it with poor Cloud being tested on :-(

Can't wait for next Sunday!

sinnatious February 21 2010, 13:38:52 UTC

Yup, that's right, next chapter suffers from having the last part moved to this one. Ahaha, there goes chapter length consistency! :D

True, nicer to end on hope for a change.

mickeytheblue February 23 2010, 07:09:13 UTC

sooo awesome! I really love your style of writing, for once the path of the chosen isn't strewn with corpses. And I get a window into the very soul of charcters I wouldn't have cared about before. The depth of your story makes me hunger for more!
Thank you!

anonymous February 21 2010, 12:15:15 UTC

I've just been introduced to your series, and have just finished reading two of your Christmas drabbles for this verse.

Yours is the first FF7 time-travel fic I've genuinely, completely liked. Everything fits so well, and pretty much everyone's in character, and you made Cloud tolerate Sephiroth in such a believable way that does not involve anything outside of both their persons.

The people in this fic are exactly that - people, beings who have their own lives and particular connections to things not strictly plot-related, instead of tools that exist merely to react to and acknowledge Cloud crashing into their timeline.

Also, I can't believe you made me sympathize, if not like, Genesis. He's this hammy, diva-like dude in the game whom I should not feel for, and yet you've given him such dimension. You've made him a character, and not just some prop in the story. And let me tell you how much I adore the connections you've made between him and Cloud, and how logical it actually is for the both of them to understand each other that ( ... )

sinnatious February 21 2010, 13:47:21 UTC

Thank you anon! I'm especially happy if I could add some depth to Genesis for you, he really is a lot of fun to write, and I don't think the game did him justice, as we only ever got to see him at his worst. Hope you stick around!

ASDFGHJKL <-- the sound I made when I realised that it was Sunday night. daemoninwhite February 21 2010, 13:24:32 UTC

This - this chapter, is the one that I have been waiting for. I get such a feeling of serenity and 'it's going to be okay' from it ... I don't know why the lack of Hojo maybe? but I do. It's so sweet, not quite wistful, but certainly edging into that territory. I agree with mickeytheblue when she (I assume that everyone on the internet is a girl, no offence meant if it turns out that you are, in fact, a boy) that the chapter left me breathless with it's awesomeness. Cloud, as always, provides an amusing background of agony and suffering while Gensis waxes lyrical about Loveless, Angeal is cryptic, Sephiroth practices his hair flips when no one's looking an Zack does squats.

In the corner.

Where no one can see him.

Because that's the way Angeal likes it. :D

But seriously. Reading Act V, particularly when you're doing a rereading and therefore reading it all at once, is like going under water. Extended metaphor time, yay~. Sometimes, it's like going for a swim, particularly in the first chapters. But, then, it turns out that we're ( ... )

And I'm an idiot daemoninwhite February 21 2010, 13:30:25 UTC

I've lost track of the days, and maybe kinda, sorta, forgot to write bride fic? :ducks: DON'T HURT ME, I HAVE FAMILY IN .... the city that you live in. DDD:

Will write tomorrow. Promise.

Also,

OH MY GOD SEPHIROTH'S CLOUD SENSES ARE TINGLING THIS MEANS THAT RESCUE IS COMING, AM I RIGHT, AM I RIGHT? IT ALSO MEANS THAT CLOUD IS, WITHOUT ANY EXERGERATION, THE MAN OF SEPHIROTH'S DREAMS. DEAR GOD, THE SHIPPING IS WRITING ITSELF. Brb, laughing forever.

Re: And I'm an idiot sinnatious February 21 2010, 13:53:49 UTC

alfjaslfkjs *laughing right along with you* I SERIOUSLY DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THAT WITH THE DREAMS, and I am going to have an incredibly hard time editing some future scenes with a straight face now. Oh god, the temptation to make jokes about this... And the squats. You have a awesome dirty, dirty mind.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FIC LIKE GENESIS LOOKS FORWARD TO A LOVELESS RECITAL. :D Yes. That much.

Re: ASDFGHJKL <-- the sound I made when I realised that it was Sunday night. mickeytheblue February 21 2010, 13:43:01 UTC

I agree with mickeytheblue when she (I assume that everyone on the internet is a girl, no offence meant if it turns out that you are, in fact, a boy)

Don't worry, you're right, I'm a girl XD

And like you, I also assume that everyone in the internet is a girl =))

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reighost February 21 2010, 13:32:52 UTC

>_< as long as the chapter was why did it feel so short? *rhetoricalquestiondontanswer*

I love this story, truly this is one i look forward to reading every week!

ixtey February 21 2010, 14:06:29 UTC

DAMMIT, A WEEK AWAY FROM THE INTERNETZ AND YOUR FIC HAD ME FORGETTING YOUR AWESOMESAUCE POWERS OF WRITING. Good thing my amnesia's been remedied by this chapter. 8D

jkashkasd I'll not go further into me trying to get access to a computer during practice and failing every single time, because it hurts my pride so much. XD But, but. You cannot possibly fathom my elation upon realizing that it was actually Sunday. I had my OwO-face on and all that shizz as I was logging on.

Much thanks for the very long chapter, it absolutely made my day. Ahh, I'm starting to develop a liking to ZackCissnei, albeit one-sided on Cissnei to make way for ZackAerith.

Darn, I love Genesis' drama. <33 And I second mickeytheblue, your descision about the last part was definitely a good idea.

I don't understand what Hojo's trying to do with his experiments on Cloud,though. Heck, I don't even know what the experiment was about. :))

Off to sleep now. Thanks for the awesome update! 8D

sinnatious February 22 2010, 11:53:49 UTC

ZackCissnei, really? XD Thinking on it, this chapter is the first time she's made an appearance in the flesh, much less had any Zack interaction. Although one-sided CissneiZack is TOTALLY CANON. :|

Lunarfirefox had a good explanation of the experiments furthere down in the comments which I shall reference rather than write myself: http://sinnatious.livejournal.com/82142.html?thread=1449438#t1449438

Regardless, that would have all be pretty obvious next chapter.

Thank you for the awesome comments. ^_^