DOINK! 2011 Round-Up!

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This round was completely awesome! We are awed and touched and so so lucky to have such an amazing community. Thanks everyone so much for your creativity and contributions and for giving us your time. DOINK! would not exist without you!

Here is a master list of all of the amazing work you made this round! Expect more round wrap-up soon, including information on Chocobo Down, the exit poll, and more — for now, enjoy the completely awesome output of this round!



Final Fantasy I
New Game Plus (1114 words) by FireEye
Fandom: Final Fantasy I
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Light Warriors, Garland, Sara
Summary: So you broke the Time Loop and you want to do it again? What madness is this?

How to Be a Legendary Hero Without Really Trying (9271 words) by Stealth_Noodle
Fandom: Final Fantasy I
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Light Warriors
Summary: Being the misadventures of a roguish fighter and her mellow white mage sidekick with magical artifacts, undead abominations, and skulduggery for fun and profit.

The Art of the Ballad (241 words) by Stealth_Noodle
Fandom: Final Fantasy I
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Light Warriors, Original Characters
Summary: The early days of these Light Warriors should probably not be immortalized in song.


Final Fantasy IV (Series)
A Legacy in Letters (2544 words) by seventhe
Fandom: Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rosa Joanna Farrell/Cecil Harvey
Characters: Rosa Joanna Farrell, Cecil Harvey
Summary: "We can't control where our child will go, but we can let her – or him – know where he's coming from." Cecil and Rosa: Baron and Lunarian, friends and family, ties to the past and hopes for the future. How Ceodore came to be.

Acts of Release (1599 words) by Wallwalker
Fandom: Final Fantasy IV
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rosa Joanna Farrell/Cecil Harvey
Characters: Rosa Joanna Farrell, Cecil Harvey
Summary: Rosa can always tell when Cecil needs this, and he needs it very badly tonight.

The Drowning of the King (300 words) by Stealth_Noodle
Fandom: Final Fantasy IV
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Cagnazzo (Final Fantasy IV)
Summary: Once upon a time, Cagnazzo happened.


Final Fantasy V
Faris's Guide to a Successful Heist (0 words) by chacusha
Fandom: Final Fantasy V
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Faris Scherwiz, Bartz Klauser
Summary: Dancer!Faris & Thief!Bartz steal a precious thingy. There's no story, they just do!

Clouded Horizon (737 words) by FireEye
Fandom: Final Fantasy V
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Faris/Butz
Characters: Faris, Butz, Pirates - Character
Summary: Piracy: It's a living.

The Prancing Pirate Tavern (513 words) by FireEye
Fandom: Final Fantasy V
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Faris, Butz
Summary: To Faris, the uncertain future looks brighter through a haze of alcohol.


Final Fantasy VI
A Silent Aeon (2694 words) by Vrazdova
Fandom: Final Fantasy VI
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Madeline (Final Fantasy VI), Terra Branford, Kefka Palazzo, Emperor Gestahl
Summary: Life is crueller the second time around.

Heavy the Head (3203 words) by sister_coyote
Fandom: Final Fantasy VI
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Edgar Roni Figaro, Locke Cole, Sabin Rene Figaro
Summary: It was never really silent in Figaro Castle. But this night it was . . . more quiet than Edgar was used to. Edgar Roni Figaro, thrust into a position he didn't ask for and suddenly without the company of father or brother, learns to cope. With a little help.

Face the Dark (21 words) by Stealth_Noodle
Fandom: Final Fantasy VI
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Terra Branford/Celes Chere
Characters: Terra Branford, Celes Chere
Summary: Terra, Celes, and a star-swallowing darkness in the sky.


Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Just a Little Rough Around the Edges (21586 words) by CSKazaam
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Zack Fair, Angeal Hewley
Summary: Zack and Angeal expect to move through some rough spots as they ease into their new student/mentor roles. But neither expected the turn this mission would take after coming face to face with one of the most dangerous predators of them all - a dragon.

Reunion (1502 words) by finesharp
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Rating: Mature
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hojo/Aerith
Characters: Hojo (Compilation of FFVII), Aerith Gainsborough
Summary: "Hello, Aerith. Having fun?"

Whatever Happened in the Meantime (5126 words) by crankyoldman
Fandom: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Shera (Compilation of FFVII), Reeve Tuesti, Scarlet (Compilation of FFVII), Veld (Compilation of FFVII), Tseng (Compilation of FFVII), Shalua Rui
Summary: Some can only watch as others go headlong into the future. Shera and Reeve, past, present, and future.

Targeting (13 words) by darthneko
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Reno (Compilation of FFVII)
Summary: A stake-out on a rainy night in Midgar.

Trading Post (1911 words) by amberswansong
Fandom: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Yuffie Kisaragi, Tifa Lockhart, Cloud Strife, Vincent Valentine, Cid Highwind
Summary: In Kalm, the party trades old Cetrain artifacts for materia.

Meeting (1647 words) by Katrina
Fandom: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Angeal Hewley, Genesis Rhapsodos, Zack Fair

The New Recruit (1114 words) by Birgit Riddle
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Tseng (Compilation of FFVII), Elena (Compilation of FFVII)
Summary: The first AVALANCHE terrorist group is gone, but both SOLDIER and the Turks are in shambles. While SOLDIER is now a lesser version of itself, Tseng is determined to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to the Turks. However, what he needs to do is hire more people for the Turks and that is not an easy job.

What She Knows (1469 words) by illuminedcraft
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Major Character Death
Relationships: Gast Faremis/Ifalna
Characters: Ifalna, Gast Faremis, Lucrecia Crescent
Summary: A set of scenes involving Ifalna during the Jenova Project, reflecting on her feelings as the last Cetra, the perception of her purpose, and the resolution of her decisions.

For a Given Value of Normal (3176 words) by mystiri1
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rufus Shinra/Tseng
Characters: Tseng (Compilation of FFVII), Rufus Shinra, Elena (Compilation of FFVII), Reno (Compilation of FFVII), Rude (Compilation of FFVII)
Summary: Things have changed a lot over the course of a few years.

Small Victories (2548 words) by Traxits
Fandom: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rufus Shinra/Tseng
Characters: Rufus Shinra, Tseng
Summary: Everything that could have gone wrong already had. The words bounced around Rufus's head, even as he leaned over his desk, bracing himself for the shudder that he knew he would be able to feel the moment the Sister Ray fired.


Final Fantasy VIII
Mods de Chocobo (0 words) by cumuluscastle
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Irvine Kinneas/Selphie Tilmitt
Characters: Irvine Kinneas, Selphie Tilmitt, chocobo
Summary: Let's go on the best chocobo ride of all time!

No Longer Children (1570 words) by Traxits
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Quistis Trepe, Selphie Tilmitt
Summary: Quistis reflects on her life after Time Compression. Selphie offers her some encouragement.

They Dine On Memory (1262 words) by Lassarina
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Quetzalcoatl, Bahamut (Final Fantasy), Odin (Final Fantasy VIII), Ifrit (Final Fantasy)
Summary: The Guardian Forces each seek different things from the memories of their hosts.

The Best Laid Plans (1034 words) by nan
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Zell Dincht/Irvine Kinneas
Characters: Zell Dincht, Irvine Kinneas
Summary: Irvine wanted to do something special on their first vacation together. It backfires.

The Silence (1362 words) by Sumiregawa Nenene
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Quistis Trepe
Summary: Time Compression plays upon the fears and desires you have in life. If you succumb, you are left there eternally. What happened during Quistis' experience with it?

More Than Enough (2216 words) by Yati
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Squall Leonhart/Laguna Loire
Characters: Squall Leonhart, Laguna Loire
Summary: "Laguna," Squall said, both hands planted on Laguna's desk, "what exactly did you call us to Esthar for?"

Negotiations (2317 words) by finesharp
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Seifer Almasy/Quistis Trepe
Characters: Seifer Almasy, Quistis Trepe
Summary: I want you to hit me as hard as you can.

Erosion (1268 words) by Renay
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Seifer Almasy, Irvine Kinneas
Summary: Irvine doesn't forget.


Final Fantasy IX
Remember Me (1246 words) by drakonlily
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Garnet til Alexandros XVII, Freya Crescent
Summary: Freya and Garnet have more in common than they appear. Friendly conversation after the danger, but before Zidane's return.

Unexpected Origins (3360 words) by PearlRose86
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Vivi Orunitia, Mikoto (Final Fantasy IX), Garnet til Alexandros XVII, Adelbert Steiner, Eiko Carol
Summary: How exactly did Vivi have so many children by the end of the game? Vivi tries to understand dreams, and along the way he finds an unexpected ally as he tries to make his own dreams come true.


Final Fantasy X / Final Fantasy X-2
His Chapter (1209 words) by drakonlily
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Major Character Death
Relationships: Auron/Braska
Characters: Braska, Auron (Final Fantasy X), Jecht
Summary: Auron had always felt like he was a supporting player in Braska's story. Even though he was telling the story, it was never really his. Written for the Final Fantasy Exchange 2011.

Lost & Found (3132 words) by owlmoose
Fandom: FFX-2
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gippal/Yuna
Characters: Gippal, Yuna (Final Fantasy X & X-2)
Summary: You never know what's going to turn up when you're excavating in Bikanel Desert.

This is our world now (987 words) by Icicle_streams
Fandom: Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tidus/Yuna
Characters: Yuna, Rikku, Tidus
Summary: An ordinary life after the calm isn't enough for her... because with the peace and freedom came pain more than she could bare...

Aftermath of a Proposal (2243 words) by Tim
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Rating: Mature
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Seymour Guado/other
Characters: Seymour Guado
Summary: Seymour is a twisted asshole, who always gets what he wants.

Celsius (0 words) by rozurashii
Fandom: Final Fantasy X-2
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rikku/Buddy
Characters: Rikku, Buddy
Summary: Rikku and Buddy on the skies. (art)

Free (1262 words) by destinyislands
Fandom: Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Yuna (Final Fantasy X & X-2)
Summary: Yuna stops in town to pick up some supplies and three kids approach her for an autograph, causing Yuna to reminisce on the past.

Off The Path (5099 words) by marmaladecat
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Major Character Death
Characters: Auron (Final Fantasy X), Braska, Jecht
Summary: Winter in Macalania brings the fiends with it, and a trip off the main path leads to disastrous results.

All Work and No Play Makes Life a Beach (1350 words) by Lesca Fenix
Fandom: Final Fantasy X-2
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Baralai/Gippal
Characters: Baralai, Gippal
Summary: Post-game. Baralai's a busy man, so Gippal gets sneaky in order to get him alone.

Pretty (723 words) by Laylah
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Auron & Braska & Jecht
Characters: Auron, Braska, Jecht
Summary: In the evening there's a bonfire, made up of all the stuff too broken to salvage, so the dead can be sent off. Braska takes off his shoes and that bulky robe, goes down to the beach, and makes the fire dance with him.


Final Fantasy XII
No One's Victim (1289 words) by skybluecassowary
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Zalera, The Shamaness
Summary: It is said that the Esper Zalera captured a Shamaness to use as a shield against the attaacks of the gods. She has a rather different point of view on the subject.

His Excellency and the Hound (3311 words) by fell_lindzei
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: Mature
Warning: Underage
Relationships: Vayne Carudas Solidor/Larsa Ferrinas Solidor, Larsa Ferrinas Solidor/Basch fon Ronsenburg
Characters: Vayne Carudas Solidor, Larsa Ferrinas Solidor, Basch fon Ronsenburg
Summary: Post-Game. Larsa can't decide where his brother ends, and Basch begins. In the wake of Vayne's death, he debates what it means to be a man as taught to him by his brother, and the loyalty he commands now as Emperor. For one night Larsa explores the manhood proper he is entering into, and he releases his "hound" from his leash. Basch refuses to be considered as such, but it has been a long time since anything has tempted him like this.

A Pirate's Treasure (1043 words) by beltsquid
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Vaan (Ivalice Alliance), Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, Basch fon Ronsenburg, Penelo
Summary: With age, Vaan has come to understand the real value of piracy.

Piracy is an Art (1142 words) by thesunalsorises
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Vaan (Ivalice Alliance), Ktjn
Summary: Vaan finds allies in unexpected places.

Walls of Glass (2045 words) by SteelStar
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Basch/Ashe
Characters: Basch fon Ronsenburg, Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca
Summary: It was a doomed romance from the start.

In Tower On Distant Shore It Dreams (8446 words) by Lassarina
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Balthier/Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca
Characters: Balthier, Fran, Basch fon Ronsenburg, Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, Vaan (Ivalice Alliance), Penelo
Summary: What if Ashe had chosen differently atop the Pharos, and instead heeded the Occuria and cut a shard from the Sun-Cryst?

A Little Help (3127 words) by owlmoose
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Penelo & Reks
Characters: Reks (Ivalice Alliance), Penelo, Migelo, Reks's mom
Summary: It's been one of those days, and Reks just has to get out of the house. But a chance meeting will change his life for the better.

Let's Face the Music and Dance (2853 words) by dagas isa
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Balthier/Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca
Characters: Balthier, Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, Penelo
Summary: Balthier wouldn't miss Ashe's coronation for the all the treasures in Ivalice.

Scions of Darkness (15 words) by cumuluscastle
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Penelo, Ultima - Character, Fran, Exodus
Summary: Final Fantasy XII espers and characters head into battle.

Engaging Correspondence (2940 words) by Person
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Larsa/OC, Penelo/Larsa/Vaan
Characters: Larsa, Penelo, Vaan
Summary: Somebody's getting married! Somebody else is not happy that they had to learn about it from street-corner gossips. A series of letters ensues.

Double-Bluff (1354 words) by Eloisa
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Basch, Vaan, Larsa, Penelo
Summary: Archades, after midnight. Vaan’s in his element, but Basch is on home ground.


Final Fantasy XIII
Forget Me Not (1260 words) by Lesca Fenix
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Oerba Dia Vanille/Oerba Yun Fang, Serah Farron/Snow Villiers
Characters: Oerba Dia Vanille, Oerba Yun Fang, Serah Farron, Snow Villiers
Summary: Snow and Fang share the watch and their thoughts on the ones they cherish most. As Fang opens up about what Vanille truly means to her, Snow discovers there is much more to both Fang and Vanille--and their relationship--than what everyone sees.

After All This Time, I Found Myself In You (3178 words) by Lesca Fenix
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Serah Farron/Oerba Dia Vanille, Serah Farron/Snow Villiers
Characters: Serah Farron, Oerba Dia Vanille, Oerba Yun Fang, Snow Villiers
Summary: Now Serah is the one who can't find the right words, either to tell Snow that their marriage was a mistake, or to tell Vanille how she truly feels.

Shored Against the Ruins (4058 words) by Laylah
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hope Estheim/Cid Raines
Characters: Hope Estheim, Cid Raines
Summary: They take turns going on missions to explore the surrounding country and see what they can find. This time, Hope makes a discovery he wasn't expecting at all.

Hard Balance (9101 words) by wingeddserpent
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lightning Farron & Sazh Katzroy
Characters: Lightning Farron, Sazh Katzroy, Hope Estheim, Snow Villiers, Serah Farron, Oerba Yun Fang, Oerba Dia Vanille, Dajh Katzroy
Summary: Getting to know someone is never an easy road, even when you're not trying to save the world.

Spoilers for the entire game.

In a Word: Perfect (347 words) by SteelStar
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Oerba Yun Fang, Snow Villiers, Oerba Dia Vanille
Summary: Snow doesn't know what to make of the way Fang praises Vanille.

All Good Things (805 words) by SteelStar
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hope Estheim/Serah Farron, Lightning/Snow Villiers
Characters: Hope Estheim, Serah Farron, Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII), Snow Villiers, Sazh Katzroy
Summary: The years came and went, with more love and more tears. More death and more life, more problems and more solutions. This was the way that their race was meant to live, Serah was sure of it.


Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Passerby (451 words) by FireEye
Fandom: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Meg
Summary: A lost little girl and a soldier.


Final Fantasy Tactics
Courage of the Lamb (1009 words) by FireEye
Fandom: Final Fantasy Tactics
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Rafa, Malak
Summary: Trusting politics and war to those with strength of heart, Rafa finds another way. PSX Flavor.


Crossovers
Pandora (26025 words) by Thene
Fandom: Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VIII
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rydia, Edward Chris von Muir, Laguna Loire, Cecil Harvey, Squall Leonhart, Quistis Trepe, Selphie Tilmitt, Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy V)
Summary: Rydia, Cecil and Edward flee from a world in collapse and find themselves lost in a world in stasis.