A bit of Random Fandom things

So, I joined the AO3, as a place to collect most of my fanworks into one centralish location. So far I've uploaded most of my Kimahri drabbles into one story. And hopefully I can drag out some of my *embarassing* stories from AFF, some stories from LJ that I've never posted on FFN, some stories on FFN that have never been posted on LJ, some stories on alts I've never been on in years, etc.

I've also wanted to do some meta, looking both at my LG and FFX fanfictions. Plus how fanfiction is really integral to the way that I try and come to terms with real life events and concepts.

Also, I just realized, when FFN sends favorite story alerts: "The following member has added your story to her/his Favorite Stories list:" That tickles me more than it should.

One should focus on thesis though.

Yuna (FFX) and Nao (Liar Game), their context, and some (very subjectve) comparisons.

Thesis: Nao and Yuna are basically the same character put into two completely different cultural contexts, and two different situations. This isn't to say that they're well-characterized or poorly-characterized or that one is better than the other, just that fundamentally they're very similar except for their wildly different contexts, which actually make my own perceptions of them, as a fan, very far apart.

That's one paragraph to say all the TL;DR contained below.

( Canon & Character Background )

( Personal Reactions )

( Possible Reasons for These Reactions )

Conclusion, it's not really just about the character-type, but the context they're put in, that determines me reaction to them. I could probably go on more, but long post is long, and it's bedtime.

((BTW, if we're going to do the Liar Game to FFX analogies, Fukunaga would so be a less benevolent version of Lulu and Akiyama would be a combination of Kimahri and Auron, which gives me the uncomfortable realization that if Kimahri were a human, I'd totally ship him and Yuna.))