Was It A Car Or A Cat I Saw?
Dec. 15th, 2011 11:08 amIdle musing: I wonder what would happen if the cast of one Final Fantasy game happened to be dropped into the plotline of another?
The cast of Final Fantasy VIII in the plot of Final Fantasy XIII: Squall's a bit less angry than Lightning, so there's probably less punching, but otherwise I imagine it would be extremely similar. Rinoa takes Snow's place as the idealist who keeps everyone going; she's not particularly Snowish personality-wise (Snow is probably what would result if Seifer, Zell and Rinoa all tried to raise a kid together - well, Snow and explosions), but I can see the characters fulfilling the same role. Gradually, Squall comes to care about the people with whom he has found himself stuck. I would actually be really interested in reading a fic along these lines.
(I would also probably read the fic in which Seifer, Zell and Rinoa try to raise a kid. It would go so badly.)
The cast of Final Fantasy XIII in the plot of Final Fantasy X: Lightning is a Summoner! SCREW YOU GUYS; SHE DOESN'T NEED GUARDIANS. This causes complications when she eventually tries to obtain the Final Aeon.
...and around here my musing came to an end, because I realised that too many Final Fantasy plots are basically incoherent for this to be a successful line of thought.
The Final Fantasy XIII concept - a group of people find themselves thrown together and ostracised by the world, with a time limit set on their lives and little idea of what to do to save themselves - is generally quite an interesting one to plug various characters into, though. Someone should probably write about the cast of The Mentalist or Glee or Friendship is Magic becoming l'Cie.
(Here, from one of my notebooks, are some scribbled-down thoughts on treasures Nathan and Elena could find in potential Uncharted fic:
- morphing cube from Animorphs (Escafil Device?)
- Pokéball
- MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WON'T NECESSITATE A BIG DAFT CROSSOVER
- or maybe something that will necessitate a big daft crossover and is specifically a fal'Cie. What an incredible statue! Wait, is - is it alive? AND THEN THEY BECOME L'CIE. WOW, THERE WOULD BE NO MARKET FOR THIS AT ALL.)
The problem with using Final Fantasy XIII as a basis for concept crossovers (I don't know whether that's what they're called: what I mean is a work of fanfiction that uses only characters from Fandom A and simply borrows a concept from Fandom B, so it's essentially a Fandom A fic that happens to use an idea from another fandom) is the amount of specialist vocabulary involved. Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy provides a great basis for concept crossovers in Noise: people broadcast their thoughts constantly for other people to hear! It's quickly explained, easily understood, and a concept crossover that makes use of Noise can be read and enjoyed by someone who's never heard of the Chaos Walking trilogy. With Final Fantasy XIII, though, a person who hasn't played the game will find themselves going 'l'Cie? fal'Cie? Cie'th? Focus? What?'
Basically, what I'm saying is 'I know I write a lot of fanfiction with practically no market, but a crossover between The Mentalist and Final Fantasy XIII would have literally no market, and that's probably why I throw a lot of Final Fantasy XIII crossover ideas around on my journal but never actually write them.'
And also that Seifer, Zell and Rinoa shouldn't raise a child together.
The cast of Final Fantasy VIII in the plot of Final Fantasy XIII: Squall's a bit less angry than Lightning, so there's probably less punching, but otherwise I imagine it would be extremely similar. Rinoa takes Snow's place as the idealist who keeps everyone going; she's not particularly Snowish personality-wise (Snow is probably what would result if Seifer, Zell and Rinoa all tried to raise a kid together - well, Snow and explosions), but I can see the characters fulfilling the same role. Gradually, Squall comes to care about the people with whom he has found himself stuck. I would actually be really interested in reading a fic along these lines.
(I would also probably read the fic in which Seifer, Zell and Rinoa try to raise a kid. It would go so badly.)
The cast of Final Fantasy XIII in the plot of Final Fantasy X: Lightning is a Summoner! SCREW YOU GUYS; SHE DOESN'T NEED GUARDIANS. This causes complications when she eventually tries to obtain the Final Aeon.
...and around here my musing came to an end, because I realised that too many Final Fantasy plots are basically incoherent for this to be a successful line of thought.
The Final Fantasy XIII concept - a group of people find themselves thrown together and ostracised by the world, with a time limit set on their lives and little idea of what to do to save themselves - is generally quite an interesting one to plug various characters into, though. Someone should probably write about the cast of The Mentalist or Glee or Friendship is Magic becoming l'Cie.
(Here, from one of my notebooks, are some scribbled-down thoughts on treasures Nathan and Elena could find in potential Uncharted fic:
- morphing cube from Animorphs (Escafil Device?)
- Pokéball
- MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WON'T NECESSITATE A BIG DAFT CROSSOVER
- or maybe something that will necessitate a big daft crossover and is specifically a fal'Cie. What an incredible statue! Wait, is - is it alive? AND THEN THEY BECOME L'CIE. WOW, THERE WOULD BE NO MARKET FOR THIS AT ALL.)
The problem with using Final Fantasy XIII as a basis for concept crossovers (I don't know whether that's what they're called: what I mean is a work of fanfiction that uses only characters from Fandom A and simply borrows a concept from Fandom B, so it's essentially a Fandom A fic that happens to use an idea from another fandom) is the amount of specialist vocabulary involved. Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking trilogy provides a great basis for concept crossovers in Noise: people broadcast their thoughts constantly for other people to hear! It's quickly explained, easily understood, and a concept crossover that makes use of Noise can be read and enjoyed by someone who's never heard of the Chaos Walking trilogy. With Final Fantasy XIII, though, a person who hasn't played the game will find themselves going 'l'Cie? fal'Cie? Cie'th? Focus? What?'
Basically, what I'm saying is 'I know I write a lot of fanfiction with practically no market, but a crossover between The Mentalist and Final Fantasy XIII would have literally no market, and that's probably why I throw a lot of Final Fantasy XIII crossover ideas around on my journal but never actually write them.'
And also that Seifer, Zell and Rinoa shouldn't raise a child together.
