So You Think You Can Ride This Chocobo?
Dec. 16th, 2011 09:46 amHave you heard the chocobo theme from Final Fantasy XIII-2?
Listen to it. I'd say 'you won't regret it', but I can't guarantee that. It is literally incredible. I laughed until I cried. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA HIDE, THERE'S CHOCOBO.
(A 'chocobo', if you're unfamiliar with the concept, is a large yellow bird that can be ridden. Here is an example of a typical chocobo theme. I would not describe the XIII-2 song linked above as 'typical'.)
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transnomad.
Recently, I found myself thinking about one of the oddest things I've ever seen in a work of fanfiction. I seem to recall (remember) that it was a Seifer/Zell piece. It wasn't a parody; it seemed to be entirely (completely) seriously written. But every long or remotely (very slightly) unusual (rare) word was followed by a definition (explanation) in brackets (parentheses).
It (the thing I'm talking about) was (like 'is', but earlier) infuriating (really annoying). Don't patronise (talk down to) your readers! If you have that little faith in us, why write anything at all? We're clearly not going to be able to follow it.
I stumbled upon this several years ago. It came back to me recently because I was musing on how very weird fanfiction can be sometimes, and the reason for my musing was this: at present, the Final Fantasy Versus XIII section on fanfiction.net contains over five hundred stories. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is a game that has not yet been released. The release date hasn't even been set. The characters are all new; it's a mostly unrelated game set in the same universe as Final Fantasy XIII, rather than a sequel. Five hundred stories based entirely on what can be gleaned from trailers. Seven hundred if you take crossovers into account.
For comparison: the section for the Uncharted series, at present covering three games (all of which have actually been released!), contains 157 stories. Red Dead Redemption, which is only one game but has a wider potential base than the Uncharted series on account of being available on two consoles (Uncharted is exclusive to the PS3), has 159. FINAL FANTASY VERSUS XIII HAS BEEN RELEASED ON NO CONSOLES.
(Final Fantasy XIII-2 had thirty-five stories before its release in Japan yesterday, and I sincerely hope they're all about the chocobo theme.)
Feel free to share tales of how odd fanfiction can be, or indeed of how deeply moved you were by that magnificent piece of chocobo-riding music.
Listen to it. I'd say 'you won't regret it', but I can't guarantee that. It is literally incredible. I laughed until I cried. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA HIDE, THERE'S CHOCOBO.
(A 'chocobo', if you're unfamiliar with the concept, is a large yellow bird that can be ridden. Here is an example of a typical chocobo theme. I would not describe the XIII-2 song linked above as 'typical'.)
Thank you for bringing this into my life,
transnomad.Recently, I found myself thinking about one of the oddest things I've ever seen in a work of fanfiction. I seem to recall (remember) that it was a Seifer/Zell piece. It wasn't a parody; it seemed to be entirely (completely) seriously written. But every long or remotely (very slightly) unusual (rare) word was followed by a definition (explanation) in brackets (parentheses).
It (the thing I'm talking about) was (like 'is', but earlier) infuriating (really annoying). Don't patronise (talk down to) your readers! If you have that little faith in us, why write anything at all? We're clearly not going to be able to follow it.
I stumbled upon this several years ago. It came back to me recently because I was musing on how very weird fanfiction can be sometimes, and the reason for my musing was this: at present, the Final Fantasy Versus XIII section on fanfiction.net contains over five hundred stories. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is a game that has not yet been released. The release date hasn't even been set. The characters are all new; it's a mostly unrelated game set in the same universe as Final Fantasy XIII, rather than a sequel. Five hundred stories based entirely on what can be gleaned from trailers. Seven hundred if you take crossovers into account.
For comparison: the section for the Uncharted series, at present covering three games (all of which have actually been released!), contains 157 stories. Red Dead Redemption, which is only one game but has a wider potential base than the Uncharted series on account of being available on two consoles (Uncharted is exclusive to the PS3), has 159. FINAL FANTASY VERSUS XIII HAS BEEN RELEASED ON NO CONSOLES.
(Final Fantasy XIII-2 had thirty-five stories before its release in Japan yesterday, and I sincerely hope they're all about the chocobo theme.)
Feel free to share tales of how odd fanfiction can be, or indeed of how deeply moved you were by that magnificent piece of chocobo-riding music.
