Your list of "Makes No Canon Sense But Why the Hell Not" -- I honestly wish more people would write Fran/Penelo, Penelo/Ashe, and Ashe-snark-Fran. The lack of femslash and female-only gen is pretty noticeable in FFXII fandom. I enjoy writing Fran&Penelo starting trouble but I'm really not much of a femslash writer. Definitely a big hole in fandom that someone needs to fill.
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Sorry for infecting your brain with a should-have-been-creepy-but-damn-it-for-just-working pairing. XD
I find it funny that people call out the age diff on Basch & Penelo (in game) but not on Basch & Ashe, or Vossler & Ashe (who have the same age-diff as Basch & Penelo). Either way, it is cradle robbing for him until both of them get a good bit older. (and a potential train wreck in both cases too
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I know, someone really should write more of those. ...Sadly it will probably end up having to be me. *sigh*
The one Basch/Ashe fic I wrote actually played on the age difference. I'm more conscious of it than most people seem to be, but that one doesn't bother me as much I guess? It's just with everything Ashe has been through, she seems like she's lived longer. While for Penelo it really looks like she has her whole life ahead of her, Ashe's almost seems largely behind her, if you see what I mean. But yeah, that's part of the reason I haven't written Basch/Ashe more.
The only thing I can really say fanfic has done for me in terms of characters is make me appreciate Basch more. I liked him when I was playing the game, but fanfic has sort of made me think about how much depth he actually has as a character. Also, I have to say I never would have even briefly thought of Ashe/Penelo were I not in the fanfic community. XD
While almost anything is possible in future fic, especially moving 5 or 10 years out, most of the in-game relationships in FFXII really are tricky and it is often too easy for people to write fandom clichés with the same old clichés used over and over in most fandoms.
Yeah, stories like Ashe/Penelo would have never crossed my mind prior to entering fandom. :)
It's why I enjoy FFXII fic so much. The characters and relationships between them are really fun to get into. That's also part of why I so dislike Balthier/Ashe, since it plays on a cliche that's way overdone and in this case doesn't even actually work.
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Sorry for infecting your brain with a should-have-been-creepy-but-damn-it-for-just-working pairing. XD
I find it funny that people call out the age diff on Basch & Penelo (in game) but not on Basch & Ashe, or Vossler & Ashe (who have the same age-diff as Basch & Penelo). Either way, it is cradle robbing for him until both of them get a good bit older. (and a potential train wreck in both cases too ( ... )
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The one Basch/Ashe fic I wrote actually played on the age difference. I'm more conscious of it than most people seem to be, but that one doesn't bother me as much I guess? It's just with everything Ashe has been through, she seems like she's lived longer. While for Penelo it really looks like she has her whole life ahead of her, Ashe's almost seems largely behind her, if you see what I mean. But yeah, that's part of the reason I haven't written Basch/Ashe more.
The only thing I can really say fanfic has done for me in terms of characters is make me appreciate Basch more. I liked him when I was playing the game, but fanfic has sort of made me think about how much depth he actually has as a character. Also, I have to say I never would have even briefly thought of Ashe/Penelo were I not in the fanfic community. XD
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Yeah, stories like Ashe/Penelo would have never crossed my mind prior to entering fandom. :)
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BUT OHMYGOD. I clicked the "remove friends of," right, and I was like, "okay it'll just take the people off that I don't have friended."
OARS SO WRONG. Should've asked someone.
gfkjslkdfj So, um, can you add me back, please?
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