Um, hi. You wrote the excellent and awesome "Works Cited" for me this Yuletide, and though I already thanked you profusely, I wanted to thank you some more, because that story made me so damn happy. It was sprawling and epic and perfectly characterized and just right and eee, meta!
*ahem*
Seriously, though, you hooked me from the moment I saw that you'd decided to frame the story with AJ Durai's research, because I love that kind of textual layering, and it works so well for Ivalice. You clearly know and love these characters and this world, and it came through so clearly in all the gorgeous details. I've reread the story about three times now, and I keep picking up new things each time. It's wonderful.
Anyway. Thank you again, and I think I need to go stalk you check out the rest of your fic now, because it looks like you have more Ivalice things. And I think mithrigil's mentioned you before, and anyone Mith likes can't be too bad. :D
Oh gosh, thanks. Fun fact: couple of days after I got your assignment I saw Mith mention you in one of her entries and thought just about the same thing!
Words do not describe how glad I am that you liked it! I was trying in a big pretentious way to capture the narrative style of the game (which was essentially AJ Durai's big fat dissertation) It helped I'd just picked up the remake, too! (NOW WITH READABLE DIALOGUE) So it was great fun to go back to the old standby, and greater fun to write.
One again, thank you for the fun request and the lovely rec. I'm glad to have spread the holiday cheer a bit. With grim Tactics fic. Er. Yes.
Well, grim Tactics fic gives me holiday cheer. I'm not sure what this says about me, but hey. Everyone's happy. Except perhaps the characters.
I need to pick up a copy of the PSP port. Maybe I can understand the plot without consulting outside sources this time around! (I love the game, but the PS translation is juuuust a notch or two above All Your Base Are Belong To Us.)
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Date: 2008-01-01 10:24 pm (UTC)*ahem*
Seriously, though, you hooked me from the moment I saw that you'd decided to frame the story with AJ Durai's research, because I love that kind of textual layering, and it works so well for Ivalice. You clearly know and love these characters and this world, and it came through so clearly in all the gorgeous details. I've reread the story about three times now, and I keep picking up new things each time. It's wonderful.
Anyway. Thank you again, and I think I need to go
stalk youcheck out the rest of your fic now, because it looks like you have more Ivalice things. And I think(no subject)
Date: 2008-01-01 11:47 pm (UTC)Words do not describe how glad I am that you liked it! I was trying in a big pretentious way to capture the narrative style of the game (which was essentially AJ Durai's big fat dissertation) It helped I'd just picked up the remake, too! (NOW WITH READABLE DIALOGUE) So it was great fun to go back to the old standby, and greater fun to write.
One again, thank you for the fun request and the lovely rec. I'm glad to have spread the holiday cheer a bit. With grim Tactics fic. Er. Yes.
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Date: 2008-01-02 02:02 am (UTC)Except perhaps the characters.I need to pick up a copy of the PSP port. Maybe I can understand the plot without consulting outside sources this time around! (I love the game, but the PS translation is juuuust a notch or two above All Your Base Are Belong To Us.)