Errrg... Plotbunny breeding...

[mimi_sardinia]

I have for a while been holding back a rather nutty little FF8 plotbunny that has been chewing on my brain for a while. It includes everything - Griever=Squall, Squall junctioning Griever, Laguna/Squall... and now it bred with a bloody plot analysis (which is nowhere near as good as the two I read about FF7/AC and FF9 - it's too biased in a lot of places) and the whole Ultimecia=Rinoa idea (which I mostly like to discount).

Owie! Maybe I'll type the damn thing up later.


Edit: the plot analysis is not directly linkable. It is listed on this page.

Comments

[bard-linn.livejournal.com]

You realize your link doesn't work, yes?

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yeah, I see it, seems GameFAQs block direct linking.

It in the "In Depth" FAQs listed as "Plot Analysis".

http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/197342.html

[fateplan.livejournal.com]

As someone who believes in Rinoa=Ulty, I would be very extra innerested in reading a plot that includes Rinoa=Ulty by a person who mostly doesn't believe in Rinoa=Ulty. And I hope that made sense.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, I think it makes sense. It's like someone over in the HP fandom I knew of who started an mpreg because she hates most mpregs and wanted to write a reasonably believable one.

It seems that when someone who mildly opposes a stance or a cliche tackles it they try to do it in a believable way.

That said, while I prefer to ignore the Ulti-Rin idea even that plot analysis had enough of a decent arguement for me to see how it could happen. It even fits in my pet idea of Griever=Squall.

[fateplan.livejournal.com]

Wow, ya learn something new everyday out here -- didn't know what "mpreg" was afore I looked it up just now. Now I'm not sure I would have wanted to know.

I like that plot analysis, but it seems to drop the ball on Time Compression. I remember reading some poem somewheres that implies the whole point of TC was to fulfill R/U's dimly conscious wish to be reunited with Squall. Sorry if that sounds obvious though -- I'm not very in touch with the world of fanfic.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I feel it dropped the ball in other parts really, like it shows the writer's definate preferences to team setup (it throws me when it says Squall took certain people at points where he had to pick out the teams - especially since I played it with different team setups), some of the wording was bad (when it skips into Second Person POV for a moment) and the writer doesn't really seem to know much - hell, I found the meaning of Raijin and Fujin's names on Wikipedia!

The TC section I did find kind-of interesting but the whole alternate universes stuff got a bit too complicated for my liking.

Over all, the lack of objectivity was what really got to me, I have a very strong feeling that the writer was a diehard Squall/Rinoa fan and while I have been more simpathetic to Rinoa since playing the game I will never be a fan of her staying with Squall.