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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote in [community profile] ff_exchange 2011-11-17 07:36 am (UTC)

Name / Pseud: KJ
Journals (LJ, DW, etc) / AO3 username: owlmoose in all three places
Other places I’m looking for awesome fandom friends: I am [tumblr.com profile] lifeofkj on Tumblr and definitely looking to do more fandomy things there! I have a Twitter as well ([twitter.com profile] iamkj), but I'm not very fannish there.

FF canons I’ve experienced: FFIV, FFV (the terrible PS1 version), FFVI (not yet finished), FFVII (+Advent Children), FFVIII, FFIX, FFX, FFX-2, FFXII, about 10 minutes of Revenant Wings, FFXIII
FF Fandoms I’m active in: FFX/X-2, FFXII, a little bit in FFIV and FFXIII
Ways I participate in fandom: mostly a fic writer and reader, but I also love me some meta!

5 characters I love and one sentence why
1. Paine: I was drawn to her right away, and I was intrigued by the mysteries of her backstory, and she gets all the good lines.
2. Auron: All the same reasons as Paine, really.
3. Penelo: The first FFXII character I fell in love with, because she never lets Vaan get away with anything.
4. Vivi: Cute and thoughtful and brave in the face of the unknown.
5. Fang: Strong, devoted, knows what her priorities are and never waivers from them, and kicks some serious ass in battle.

5 pairings I love and one sentence why
1. Paine/Nooj: My Final Fantasy OTP, because of their tragic backstory and all the ways they could move into the future, together and apart.
2. Balthier/Ashe: The princess and the pirate; there are a million reasons it should never work, but my heart roots for them to try regardless.
3. Al-Cid/Ashe/Balthier: One for politics and one for rebellion, and maybe love can find them all, too.
4. Baralai/Yuna: Imagine how they could rebuild Spira together.
5. Rikku/Wakka: Culture clash, searching for understanding and feeling out the new world; plus, it's *adorable*.

Themes, kinks, tropes that I really love to see in Final Fantasy fanworks: Separation and reunion, and not just in a romantic context. Families of choice. Gameplay meta, especially making sense out of the nonsensical. FFX/X-2 stories that explore the history, sociology, and politics of Spira. Unusual pairings and cracky crossovers taken seriously and made to work.

One ridiculous thought or question I have about FF and/or fandom, to start discussion with my new fandom friends: Has anyone else ever noticed that Auron and Baralai are the only male characters in FFX and X-2, respectively, without pierced ears?

Anything else? My current fandom obsession is Dragon Age. Other long-term loves include Babylon 5, ASoIaF, and Star Trek: DS9. But FF is my first fandom home, and I will always belong here.

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