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FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: CrystalOfLies Date: January 21, 2014, 1:20 pm
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Ah, yes... the dreaded, yet revered world of fanfiction. No
franchise is safe!
Final Fantasy X holds the 19th highest category in Games on
fanfiction.net with 5.5K~ fanfiction entries, while Final
Fantasy X-2 holds 27th place with 3.5K~ entries.
Want to showcase some fanfiction of our two most favourite
games? You can do so here. Whether it's good, bad, purposely
bad, amusingly good, anything at all, post a link of your
recommendation(s) and bathe in your wisdom.
Also, if you're a fanfiction-writer by any chance, you can take
this opportunity to draw attention to your FFX/FFX-2 fanfiction.
Rules:
[list]
[li]Fanfiction.net entries only. I might allow other websites in
the future, but only if they're safe.[/li]
[li]You must provide the link with the full name of the
fanfiction. Short summaries, made by you or the author, are
optional. Spoilers are not recommended.[/li]
[li]Mention of the rating (K, K+, T) is optional but highly
recommended. However, if it's M rated, it's a definite
requirement.[/li]
[li]No harassing or attacking any other posters for their
fanfiction choice, or a fanfiction author for their story. Jokes
and conversations are fine.[/li]
[li]Conditions of the fanfiction (Alternate Universe, Out Of
Character, Lemon, etc.) must be mentioned.[/li]
[/list]
Remember, there's a difference between hating on the story and
hating on the author. Don't do the latter.
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: Internal Medicine Doctor Date: January 26, 2014, 7:30 pm
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I'm willing to post the stuff you showed me for everybody else,
CrystalofLies. Haven't gotten around to reading them fully yet,
but on your word I'm sure they are a good read.
It's four parts, and deals with the ambiguous nature of Tidus's
existence after he comes back, I believe.
You guys should check it out if you want to get some creative
blood flowing.
Neogenesis:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6148944/1/Neogenesis
Spira's Dream:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6009002/1/Spira-s-Dream
Spira's Sphere:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6023640/1/Spira-s-Sphere
Spira's Revenge:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6550824/1/Spira-s-Revenge
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: Pyreflies_of_MJ Date: January 28, 2014, 8:53 am
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I'm convinced I've read every decent TxY story on the web that's
in English, lol, and I'd be happy to recommend a few that in my
opinion stand out. I love the T/Y romance, so that's what I
read. ^_^
My personal favorite is called On Your Shore.
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2331307/1/On-Your-Shore
It hands down has the best characterizations of Tidus and Yuna
I've ever read (surprising considering it's an AU), positively
spot on. They're so visceral, you can truly feel the love
flitting across the screen. The atmosphere is also beautifully
crafted and there's a great balance of conflict and light
airiness that most stories don't capture. It's still in the
making and it's been awhile since an update, but I hope it's not
dead because this author really knew what she was doing and
created something gorgeous.
Alpha Redux
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1376557/1/Alpha-Redux
This is a great one if you want something a bit sassier, lol. On
Your Shore is a slow and careful progression of feelings and
their relationship as it's just beginning. Alpha Redux is
picking up where it left off in X, so there's understandable
naughtiness.
Against All Odds
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/534437/1/Against-All-Odds
The storytelling with this one is quite suspenseful and intense.
It takes the notion of lost memories and alternative methods of
fayth creation and does it right.
Time and Limbs
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2700143/1/Time-and-Limbs
A "behind the scenes"oneshot set during FFX after the spring
scene. It's gorgeous and delightfully in-character.
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2481044/1/Fumbling-Towards-Ecstasy
There's a lot of excellent novel-quality writing here, and it
features wonderful characterizations and intimacy unexplored in
other fics I've read. It stands apart and the only criticism I
have is that it gets perhaps too angsty and heavy later on, but
it's definitely worth a read. I think a lot of authors have been
inspired by this story in particular, I'm sure it's quite well
known.
There are other stories ones I love, but these are what came to
mind first. :)
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: Mars1040 Date: January 28, 2014, 10:44 am
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Well I personally don't have any completed fanfiction for
FFX/X-2 up right now but I do have this oneshot:
HTML http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9993001/1/It-s-a-Secret
The first chapter's simply setting up the actual story, which
I'll get around to finishing once I get my Creative Writing
Final done.
Although I have come across a couple of gems:
HTML http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2363892/1/What-the
A story narrated by a 14-year-old girl who's been sucked into
the world of FFX and falls in love with Auron. As long as you
don't take it seriously, you might enjoy it.
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1710918/1/Untouchable-Love
Fair warning: It's a high school pregnancy story. It's
apparently one chapter short, but it's more or less complete. As
far as high school stories go, this isn't half bad, although
Tidus and Yuna definitely should've been characterized
differently.
There one I'd like to point out that's really cringe-worthy:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6744736/1/Final-Fantasy-X-Her-Eternal-Calm
It starts out as Yuna fading away in place of Tidus, which is an
interesting concept (although I don't understand how that works
and the author doesn't explain that very well). And then the
rest of the fic just makes me grimace, namely chapters 17 and
20. Seriously, chapter 20 makes Tidus' resurrection in the
novella look genius.
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: CrystalOfLies Date: January 28, 2014, 10:53 am
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I've heard of On Your Shore. I've read one that's pretty similar
called Proverbial Revitalisation. It's great. The only gripe I
have with that though is that it's a bit too mean-spirited with
Tidus' narrative. It's a pretty big cliche in AUs to have him be
Dona's ex and then beating himself up over the thought of ever
being with her, that or Dona coming onto him and him shooting
her down. It's a bit overplayed here, though.
I read Alpha Redux. Loved it, except I'm not a huge fan of
'misunderstanding' conflicts. They just feel a little forced to
me. Also, same as Proverbial Revitalisation; Tidus' narrative is
a bit too aggressive towards his thoughts.
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy? Isn't that the one where Tidus and
Yuna secretly get... uh, yeah. I usually can't be bothered to
read 100,000+ word fanfictions unless they're really
interesting. I know it's a critically acclaimed fanfic, though.
It's just not my cup of tea, these kind of things. :P
I think one of the hardest things to get right in FFX fanfiction
is Tidus' character. He's, in general, a very tricky and diverse
character to write. In normal universes, he's usually depicted
as a cheerful, often times soft guy. But in AUs, particularly
highschool ones, he's usually depicted as an unlikeable asshole
bully who sticks it in everything he sees. I think that's why
AUs in this category are either praised, or slammed. I don't
know if it's because Tidus is a generally disliked character
among the fanbase, or because of his wide personality range, but
it does throw a lot of people off.
Haha, I'm writing a bit of FFX fanfiction myself. You may know
me as the writer of A Soothing, Starry Night and the dormant
Leading Rivalry. I don't know what to do with LR any more and I
can't even bear to look at ASSN these days. (Probably because it
was a somewhat-dare by a DeviantART friend XD) I'm writing an AU
called With Skies, Like A Future which is basically gonna be a
fantasy-adventure AU starring our favourite couple. I'm pretty
proud of it so far, and I actually know where to take the story
this time unlike LR.
Also, my favourite fanfiction... ehh, I'm not so sure.
But the closest to a heartfelt favourite would be this semi-AU
X-2 sequel (Unfinished, of course. Darn it.) by a German author
called The Return, the Responsible and the new War (M RATED):
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5086609/1/The-Return-the-Responsible-and-the-new-War
It has, hands down, my favourite AU version of Tidus by far. I
can't go into detail about it cause it's ridden with spoilers,
but yeah. If you read it, he's pretty badass and also
in-character at the same time. Also, this is the fanfiction that
sparked my love for Yu Yevon's potential as a character. It has
some pretty good ideas, one of which influenced my idea of a
conflict in one of my fanfictions.
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: Pyreflies_of_MJ Date: January 28, 2014, 3:36 pm
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Crystal,
I quite agree with you about disliking misunderstanding
conflicts, I hate them too! It's why I couldn't get into Three's
Company so much, lol. But I was able to forgive it here because
Tidus was so well in-character an overall it's a well done fic.
I also know what you mean about how how some authors portray
Tidus. I've read quite a few stories that were technically well
written but Tidus was completely a different character, and I'm
just like why write fanfiction if you're just going to make
everyone into your own original characters?
I've read Proverbial Revitalization, which I loved (but YES
about the Dona thing, totally overplayed but at least Tidus is
as sweet as he should be) and I'm pretty sure I started reading
The Return, the Responsible and the new War but for some reason
I didn't finish it, can't remember why, I'll have to give it
another read. There's another story that paints Tidus in a very
mature light that's great too, I'll have to look for it.
About Fumbling, there's definitely sexual content in it, but
it's really not at all explicit so there shouldn't be anything
in it to squick you out. Most of the story is really just sexual
tension as opposed to actual sex, lol.
But Oh. My. God. You wrote Leading Rivalry, SHUT UP! That story
is so dope, I love it! It's adorable and hilarious. ;D It's
definitively in my favs and I look forward to your next update,
I think you've got Tidus down very well and I always wanted to
see Brother's reaction to his return, it's great, all your
stories are! Dang, I really thought I even reviewed Leading
Rivalry, but I just realized I didn't, I'm such a jerk face, I
so will, lol!
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: Aegagropilon Date: February 9, 2014, 2:19 am
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Ten years ago (!!!), I wrote "The Faithful," a short, PG-rated
story about the Gagazet fayth.
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1673053/1/The-Faithful
I'm checking out all the other fics on this thread -- I've been
out of the FFX/FFX-2 fanfiction loop for a while! :D
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: CrystalOfLies Date: March 14, 2014, 10:46 am
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Here's a new FFX fanfiction that's actually really good:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10126561/1/Beyond-Reality
- Beyond
Reality.
It's interesting, it actually provides a reason for Zanarkand
being here, and though it's REALLY obvious who the Guardian of
Zanarkand is (you could probably tell by the name alone if
you're a big enough nerd) it's still pretty awesome.
Warning you though, Chapter 4 is PAINFUL for TidusxYuna lovers
such as I (not in a bad way, but in a story way), but don't
worry. The angst is cleared up and replaced with fluff in the
next chapter. Also, one of the most badass things about Tidus in
The Return, the Responsible and the New War is present here if
you've ever read that.
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Re: FFX/FFX-2 Fanfiction Thread
By: CrystalOfLies Date: May 8, 2014, 2:43 pm
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While I'm working on it, I might as well share my ongoing AU FFX
fanfiction in the appropriate place:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9872244/1/The-Road-Of-Avidity
Originally called 'With Skies, Like A Future,' The Road Of
Avidity is an AU universe set in a bigoted Spira which is under
the threat of a secret, yet very destructive natural force that
has mutated. In this, Tidus is a young explorer who fled from
the ragtag religious island of Besaid and took advantage of his
famous family name to take refuge in the first-class royal
kingdom of Bevelle, alongside Geosgaeno: a houseboat that can
talk, albeit quite informally, and Auron: an old friend of Tidus
who had been branded a traitor by Yevon for making a choice only
suitable to him. Joined by friends and going against enemies,
Tidus will find himself unravelling the true face of the city
and its connection to this worldwide darkness, and possibly
saving a certain friend from a horrible destiny.
Funny thing is, this was originally going to be a highschool
fanfiction that would aim to break the mould on most other
highschool fanfictions in this category, such as having an
academy with different workings and not making Tidus such an
unlikable ***hole. XD This is why the first chapter kind of
reads like an HS fic. Over time, it went through massive
storyline changes, and this is what it's turned into.
If you want to read Leading Rivalry, my biggest hit (though
that's not really saying much) then here it is:
HTML https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9342662/1/Leading-Rivalry
Basically, it takes place two weeks after X-2's Good Ending. It
centres around Brother's jealousy and hatred for Tidus since he
and Yuna are now official lovers. There's also something about
dishing out punishment to those who take the Eternal Calm for
granted, but the rivalry is the main focus. Started a year ago,
currently on hiatus. The writing's understandably clunky in some
places compared to my latest work, but if you're willing to look
past that, people have been saying the comedic elements are
great. Hopefully now with more experience, I can hope to improve
this story if I ever go back to it.
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