It's funny, Rikku/Wakka is such a commonplace for me and some of my fellow X writers that I forget it's not a common pairing.
I riff off of a hidden cutscene in FFX in which Rikku tells Tidus she wants to have a huge family to make up for having lost her mum so young. Rikku and Wakka's "unruly brood" is for me what Cam and Gyro are for Ellnyx.
The difference being that (a) Rikku wouldn't quash Wakka, as Lulu does, and (b) Wakka is still as hidebound as ever, except he'd go too far in the other direction. "YEVON BAD!" So Rikku has to bop Wakka and remind him Yevonites aren't all bad, while fending off Cid who's furious with her for marrying a Yevonite! And I imagine Wakka and Rikku could have some knock-down drag-out arguments, which could be a good thing.
I've become more reconciled to Wakka/Lulu now, but Wakka/Rikku is such fun.
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I riff off of a hidden cutscene in FFX in which Rikku tells Tidus she wants to have a huge family to make up for having lost her mum so young. Rikku and Wakka's "unruly brood" is for me what Cam and Gyro are for Ellnyx.
The difference being that (a) Rikku wouldn't quash Wakka, as Lulu does, and (b) Wakka is still as hidebound as ever, except he'd go too far in the other direction. "YEVON BAD!" So Rikku has to bop Wakka and remind him Yevonites aren't all bad, while fending off Cid who's furious with her for marrying a Yevonite! And I imagine Wakka and Rikku could have some knock-down drag-out arguments, which could be a good thing.
I've become more reconciled to Wakka/Lulu now, but Wakka/Rikku is such fun.