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I've just been thinking, over the last few hours since I got thinking about Larsa Solider, about kids in FF games, and it seems that practically all the games since FF7 (since I don't know any of the pre-7 ones well enough to give an opinion) have some sort of Token Kid - either of the Cute Kid, or Smart Kid type.

FFVII - Marlene.
BC - Yuffie.
AC - Denzel (though he shares with Marlene).
DoC - Shelke.
FFVIII - Ellone.
FFIX - Ekio.
FFX - Bahamut's Fayth.
FFX-2 - Shinra.
FFXII - Larsa Solider.

I know, I didn't include FFXI, but I know crap all about 11 and am never likely to bother since it's a MMORPG and my internet connection is crap for things like that.

Also, KH kinda doesn't count, since the lead character is still young either that he scrapes into the "Cute Kid" catagory - or at least he did in KH1, before puberty really hit him. (That makes me wonder, has anyone ever written a fic that actually brings up how much Sora grew while he was asleep between CoM and KH2? That'd be interesting reading.)

While reading a post by amandaw about BC I got attacked by another plotbunny that has been haunting the back of my head since at least the first time I went through North Corel in the game.

Now I don't know if I've seen all the details about North Corel and how it got destroyed by Shin-Ra so I don't know how far off-base this is.

The idea is this:
Information is uncovered that reveals the reactor explosion that precipitated the retributive firebombing of North Corel was not an accident, but the deliberate doing of the old AVALANCHE.


Yes, it sounds simple but if anyone was willing to write a story about Barret it would be very interesting. I mean here's a simple coal miner who got his home town destroyed, his wife killed and a close friend apparently killed though later discovered to have gone homicidal, and his arm injured to the point where he had to have it amputated - only to join the terrorist organisation who was secretly at fault for causing the whole mess.

It'd be all the more interesting if a couple of the Old!Avalanchers - ones directly involved with the Corel explosion - were still alive, possibly trying to reserect the group because they misguidedly want to destroy the struggling Shin-Ra (which in turn would make for one hell of a moral dilemna for Barret if he hasn't put aside all of his Shin-Ra grudge).


But like I said, this'd need someone willing to write Barret and really get into his head and explore the differences between BC!Avalanche, Barret's Avalanche (as in Barret, Biggs, Wedge, Jesse and Tifa) and Cloud's Avalanche (the ones who chased, fought and defeated Sephiroth).