ouri-chan@ouri.laranica.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:54:28 GMT

I was a little surprised to find myself poking at some of the bits and pieces for my old "30_lemons" claim for Sephiroth and Cloud recently... but I know why that particular plot-bunny arose from the dead.

I blame Crisis Core.

The AU-verse I had started ignored anything but the original game canon, so I don't have to worry about AC, BC, CC (and however many other letters of the alphabet they try to milk the fans for...) but I will admit, the Seph bits in CC are probably what jump-started me on it again. He's human in the game - capable of hurt feelings, equipped with **GASP** a sense of humor, albeit a snarky one.

Of course, he's still an arrogant son-of-an-alien, too, but c'mon, it's Sephiroth. What did you expect?

Not that there aren't still things about the game that drive me up a wall - Genesis and the Bad Play Quotes of DEWM, Anjeal's name (also his English voice actor doesn't do much for me), the fact that they made me agree with Hojo about something (he can't stand all the "Loveless" quotes either) - but overall it's been great fun to watch.

Anyway, I have no idea how long the inspiration will last or whether it'll result in any more finished themes or filler bits. If it does, I'll probably post here.

Journey to Gestalt