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beccastareyes ([personal profile] beccastareyes) wrote2010-10-12 06:50 pm

30DoS.24: A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly? Cecil/Rosa/Kain

Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly? Cecil/Rosa/Kain



Cecil, Rosa and Kain were childhood friends. Cecil liked Rosa and Rosa liked Cecil, so they became an item. You know, despite the fact Cecil was a Dark Knight and Rosa was a White Mage. Problem was, Kain also carried a torch for Rosa, but never said anything, because Cecil was his best friend.

Now, this maybe wouldn't have been such a big deal, except that the Big Bad used Kain's jealousy and longing to get its hooks in Kain's mind -- which messes with Rosa and Cecil, since Kain is their friend*. As a result, you spend most of the game fighting Kain, or having Kain spying on the party. Hell, I'd have to replay the game to count how much Kain is himself.

In the end, Kain does pull himself together, but goes off on a spiritual retreat to the place Cecil traded Dark Knight-hood for Paladin-hood and sits until he can live with what he'd done. Which is... well, I'd like to know Kain can forgive himself and rejoin his friends. At least he's not dead, I guess?

(I also kind of like Cecil/Rosa/Kain polyshipping... a thing to try to write sometime.)

* Actually, let's just say FF4 is 'lets mess with Cecil'. The first mission of the game is 'as your king and foster-father, I ask you carry this thing to the village of summoners -- surprise, it's a bomb!'. He then takes in the little girl that survives the attack, after killing her mother... and she gets washed overboard and ends up spending ten years in the land of summons. His girlfriend nearly dies, and... well, the vast majority of the PCs end up critically incapacitated at some point or another. Plus, he learns he's half-Moon person and that his brother is the BBEG's favorite puppet. Pretty much, everyone Cecil is related to or likes is either hurt, killed or ends up mindfucked by the end boss.

Previous Days
Day 01 - What is your current favorite ship? Anthy/Utena
Day 02 - What was your very first ship? Jadzia/Worf
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now? Snow/Talia
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry? Lina/Gourry
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry? Anakin/Padmé
Day 06 - The best kiss? Eleanor/Gerard
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene? Harry/Susan
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage? Sarasa/Shuri
Day 09 - The most believable relationship? Kaylee/Simon
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life? N/a
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing? Dhulyn/Parno
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding? Magrat/Verence
Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing? Amelia/Zelgadis
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing? Dag/Fawn
Day 15 - What is your favorite game pairing? Link/Zelda
Day 16 - What is the pairing that is annoying me right now? Roy/Ed
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did? Zuko/Mai
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing? Winry/Sheska
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning? Sokka/Suki
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing? Jinto/Lafiel
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why? Zelgadis/Sylphiel
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why? Xellos/Filia
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great? Van/Hitomi/Allen/Millerna/Dryden

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