| ff7 couples essay #2: why i dont believe cloud/aerith(aeris) could work "is it love or attraction?" |
[Dec. 6th, 2009|02:09 pm] |
yes, i'm going there. so MANY people ship cloud/aeris its not even funny. yeah, its practically spelled out that cloud loved aeris, or at least was attracted to her.
BUT would a relationship work?
aeris was charismatic,lovable, and strong of heart. but any of you who've played ff7( and crisis core) closely will know she's conflicted.
my first reason for my dislike of this pairing is similar to a reason in my first essay (shelke and vincent). former love.
aeris loved zack. she waited 4 YEARS for the man, wrote him 99 letters asking where he was. that's not a memory you can give up easy. i think at the end of crisis core, she knew the moment he entered the lifestream. the rain, teary eyes, yeah. she knew. she asked the planet to watch for him.
then along comes cloud; blond, blue eyes, a little shorter, but looking so painfully like zack i'd imagine it was like seeing him again. not to mention he told her about a cloud.
she used the same lines on cloud as she used in crisis core "how about one date?". it was clear she saw zack in him.
as the game progresses, we see SOMETHING developing. i think she started to see cloud for cloud,but at the same time as we see in gongaga the first visit, she still can't give up on zack.
and then she leaves to die. i think she KNEW she was going to die, no one gets stabbed in the back and looks accepting if they hadn't expected it. but the point is, she died. the flower of attraction wilted before it could ever become love.
but i dont think her feelings for cloud ever grew past attraction, fondness,once she was reunited with zack. in advent children, you can obviously see aeris and zack are happy together, and both care deeply for cloud as friends. aeris has a motherly air about her. she wants to help, to take care of those dear to her, even from beyond the grave. but it doesn't mean love.
and? tifa and cloud obviously have something starting in advent children. sharing RINGS? geeze. way to imply marriage.
my second reason is physical:
the ribbon. anyone who knows aeris will know her pink ribbon. which was given to her by zack. and she wore until the day she died, carrying her most precious treasure inside (the white materia). romantic eh?
she still held his memory close to her, and damn, most women would get rid of a hair ribbon after 5 years if it meant nothing.
if she had survived to the end of ff7, however.........
that brings me to my third reason.
my third reason is also something people would sometimes forget in their "aeris is revived" fics:
sephiroth can take control of cloud from beyond the grave. he will come back, or control cloud, as is implied in AC. cloud would be paranoid, and aeris would be in constant danger.cloud would want to break it off to protect her. aeris would probably protest.
that kind of tension might not KILL the love, but it would make things difficult. i don't think love can grow in a nest of paranoia.
yeah, i think they could of had something, but she died. even if she hadn't, i don't think they could of made the most of it. to many memories would of eventually made aeris break it off, to many dangers would of made cloud do the same. |
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| FF7 couples essay #1: why i dont like vincent/shelke "all the wrong reasons" |
[Dec. 6th, 2009|01:24 pm] |
a deeper look at final fantasy couples that plenty say are wonderful, but i'm just not sure about.
warning:mental emotional jargon ahead.
#1: vincent/shelke.
plenty of people say its love, say its destined. i think maybe, but not for the right reasons. yeah, it may happen, but will it last? or will both parties be hurt in the end?
vincent/shelke:
i get bashed for liking yuffie/vincent fanfics. i don't see why. yeah, yuffie's young, but shes able to take care of herself, and emotionally, shes maturing. shes growing up. she can progress normally. she left home at 16 ( or earlier) and lived in the wilderness. i say that shows she can fend for herself. but the first vincent shelke fic i saw, sent WARNING bells off in my head.
i wont even go into the "19 year old in a 9 year olds body" thing, because people might argue yuffie is also young. i will simply argue shelke shows no emotional development PERIOD, so shes not technically 19 mentally. ANYWAY.
first: shelke cannot understand society or human relationships. a relationship more then friendship would likely break her. those who cannot emotionally connect should not jump into a relationship, it will hurt. badly.
it would be cruel to put the poor girl in such a position. she does not understand human relationships, and it will take her a long, long, time to grasp even a small understanding. deepground did a number on her development, and turned her into an emotionally stunted machine. shes getting better, but ten years might not be enough to provide the ability to socialize properly, let alone have a more then friends relationship with anyone.
the second reason is something people forget about constantly. shes shelke, not lucrecia. she LOOKS like lucrecia, she even has her memories, but she is NOT lucrecia.
for single minded vincent who needs to get a CLUE (she was in love with your daddy man.) this would be a VERY hard obstacle to overcome. hes been obsessing for years, its a high possibility that he wont be able to look past all of lucrecia in her and see shelke.
its not healthy to see a former love in a current love. not healthy at all, and it will only lead to pain.
for shelke, who from the looks of the end of DoC, is trying to find herself, the last thing she needs is to be compared to a dead women constantly. especially if she has the ladies memories in her head. it might just be god awful painful, or it might cause her to develop MPD. frankly, i think she needs to just be shelke.
i love shelke, but i just don't see her handling a relationship anytime soon. and definitely not with vincent. she needs to find herself, and i wish her the best. |
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| another quiz thing |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|09:03 pm] |
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Hello
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Alisa
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activist, ambiguous, androgynous, anti-sexual, asexual, assertive, autistic, bibliophile, bitch, cat, cat lover, confidant, counselor, cousin, daughter, dog lover, dreamer, eccentric, eclectic, factfinder, female, female-bodied, female-born, feminist, free, full of love, gender abolitionist, gender neutral, genetic woman, Independent, illusionist, intelligent, little sister, Miss, Ms., mosaic, multifacetted, negotiator, nerd, no thank you, odd, outspoken, philosopher, platonic, pro-choice, pro-gay, queer-friendly, quirky, radical, secretkeeper, self-defined, she-geek, sister, stealth, straightly queer, tomboy, transperson, undefined, uninterested, unique, unspecified
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What's yours?
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im usually against labels, but this is wonderfully wide ranged. also? its a quiz. no ones gonna judge you on such a thing, atleast if anyone who reads this is someone i know. |
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[Nov. 24th, 2009|08:32 pm] |
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sooo~ first quiz result on livejournal.
Your result for Roleplayer Test!... The BiographerPlotful, Character-Oriented, Platonic Like the Portraitist, the development of your character is the most important thing to you when you roleplay. However, you like your development and relationships to have some kind of overarching plot: you're not the type to enjoy a dressing room or any kind of roleplay where your character can't grow in at least a semi-structured manner. You enjoy exploring your character's psyche, but simple exploration isn't enough: you like to discover and then implement and use, and therefore continuity (which gives you "why"s and "how"s) is very important to you. You struggle when your character has no solid base in which to put down its roots, such as in games where there isn't enough structure or ones where the plot is continually changing. Take Roleplayer Test! at HelloQuizzy
well, that decribes me pretty well. but i do like crack rp- just not the stuff thats downright nonsense with bad spelling and chatspeak.
speaking of which, i have rp'ed in AGES. |
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| fandom essay for tokyo babylon: subaru and hokuto symbolism |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|03:02 pm] |
well, as i was reading tokyo babylon, one thing struck me within the first volume: the clear contrast between subaru and hokuto. yes, most twins are different, but these two are NEARLY total opposites, except for a few similarities. by the second volume, i'd gotten a vague notion based on my knowledge of onmyoujutsu: their contrast is symbolic. by the end and seeing the nature in which hokuto awoke subaru, i'd had a full fledged theory going. X just made me even more certain.
omyoujutsu is the practice of yin yang magic. the concept of yin yang can be put as " a balance of dualities" or " a balance of positive and negative" but the yin yang concept also encloses the male and female aspect, and how the two balance each other out and help each other grow.
subaru: powerful but shy, unsure of himself but holding great prestige. keeps hokuto from causing problems at least once or twice.
hokuto: less powerful with her abilities, but outgoing, confident, and holding less concern to her family. nurturing when it comes to her brother and others.
do i see the connections here? subaru and hokuto were a natural embodiment of Yin Yang concept. maybe thats what led to their abilities, or maybe its just clamp being symbolic. it had to of been at least symbolic in their families eyes.
many people put down subarus drastic change in X to seishirou and to a lesser extent hokuto, and its probably true to a certain extent.
but from what i could see, its like he's lost. someone completely out of balance and trying to cope. yeah, alot of it could be put down to the events of TB, but i think the LACK of his twin to advise him, or make sure he was taking care of himself ( remember his apartment? hokuto would KILL him.) stunted him. likewise, i'd imagine hokuto would of suffered a similar loss of self control if she had been the one left behind. its the same balancing concept of yin yang.
i thought this was kinda neat. |
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| sorry for the lack of posts. |
[May. 18th, 2008|12:12 pm] |
sorry for the lack of posts, im at the end of my senior year in highschool, (i graduate june 3rd.) and all my senior paper crap is done. i got a b+ *grins* so much for being nervous about the longest paper i've ever written.im just lucky i got an ammendment im interested in (we had to pick one of the 27 amendments to write our paper on, and it was first come, first serve,, so i was lucky i eat lunch near my english class. ), which is the 19th: womans suffrage. hehe. anyway, now that its done, im a bit more relaxed. i've been horseing around with icon makers, and have started on a series of em, which i have dubbed the "THATS REALLY A MAN?!" series. nothing much, i've got two of em up in my icon page..... now i needta find a good picture of raenef.... its mainly cause, yes, most anime guys are overly pretty, but some just make you do a double take, for even a seasoned anime lover, and go "O.O; wtf?!". so far i've got frejadour from suikoden V and shirogane from monochrome factor and am looking for a good image of raenef from demon diary. i'd post them here, but...... im not really sure how. eheh.
anyway, i'll post up more story rec's soon, promise. i just needta find the time to sit down and do it, as well as not forget to do it. |
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[Feb. 27th, 2008|12:55 pm] |
hello! welcome to my journal, i am alisa makora, bookworm and story addict extraordinaire. XD this is my first official post, as this journal will be used to post fanfiction recomendations and author recomendations as well. i will also be posting reviews and recs of books (and sometimes webcomics) both online and off, as one can never have to many good reads, ne?
this will also be a personal journal, but the recs will be tagged as appropriate. im really trying here, for a lj n00b, so please, if i do anything wrong, i would ask to be advised how to fix it. thank you in advance, and enjoy!
fanfiction will be normal type and sorted by series, authors will be bolded and italicized, books will have a separate posting from fanfiction.
fanfiction will be in a variety of genres, ratings, and if romance, pairings, some will be have yaoi and shonen ai, as i am a supporter. you have been warned.
Fanfiction
anime
series: saiyuki
wake up heart
author: solitaire
rating: nc-17
pairings: gojyo/hakkai sanzo/goku
this story, although still in progress, is one of the first i've seen to use this particular plot device and provides a possible answer to one of the questions i've always wondered, which i wont say here, as it might spoil it. the set up is very good, and i love the pacing of the first chapter. its so unique! a very good read.
The Irony Gods
author: Cyh Scaevola
rating: T
hilarious, amusing, and a witty dose of mythology ( one of my obsessions.) all in one. yes, it has an oc, but she isnt mary sue in the least..... i do believe the ikkou is scared shitless of her, besides goku.
The Breakroom
author: KarotsaMused
rating: M
pairings:. anything you can think of in fafiction
incredibly funny, it is a parody of all fanfiction, in general, yaoi and romance fiction. basically, the characters in a breakroom setting, between chapters of fanfics, discussing what they have to put up with when it comes to pushy authors and horribly out of character script.
series: Yami no matsuei
someone worth saving
author: jazi
rating: T
pairing: watari/tatsumi, bit of hisoka/tsuzuki
wonderfully indepth, it devels into watari's true self, which you only see much later in the manga, during the imaginary world arc. i love the mix of mythology in it, and the set up is awesome.
video games
series: suikoden
Blue Lightning and the Bear
author: blue paladin
rating: T
an excellent story, chronicling the entire tale of suikoden 2 from Fliks point of view. it really captures the character relations and interactions, especially between Flik and Viktor.
public speaking
author: rayless night
rating: T
wonderfully witty, and gives a view of the events before and during suikoden V from a different perspective, one of a non combatant, yet still an important character.
The Show Must Go On
author: Psycofoxx
rating: K+
insanely funny, wacky and downright wierd. wonderful look into how yuber would act if forced to be an actor in a play.
series: final fantasy 7
Familial Moments
author: yuncyn
rating: K+
warm fuzzy feelings everywhere in this fic. the lives of cloud, tifa, and the kids who live with them, with the rest of avalanche mixed in. adorable drabble-like chapters, its a good thing to read if you need a quick dose of happy.
well, thats it for now, my fingers are cramped! ^_^; hope you enjoy.
~alisa makora |
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| first entry? |
[Jan. 29th, 2008|08:50 pm] |
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hehe. and welcome to my finally in use journal. i use lj all the time to read, but i just never have anything to talk about. now, though, i've stopped useing myt devart journal and will use this instead. i also plan to link my reccomended reads, in both books, manga, and fanfics, here. i love reading, which is why this journal is so empty. i read instead of write. ^^; eheh, well, i'll write more soon! |
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