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Save the FFML! Prologue
By Schala
Once, there was Rydia. Actually, there still is. ^_^ Anyway, I don't quite remember how it all began, but judging from all the people in this fanfic, quite a lot of members were involved in the making. I think Kaitlin brought up the weird fact that bikinis are used as armor in many RPG's. Stemming from that was the discussion as to which Final Fantasy female looked the best. Some opted for Celes, others for Terra. Then, someone said he/she liked Rydia when she was an adult. (Whoever said that, tell me and I'll put your name in. ^_^) Somehow, Rydia wearing a metal bikini came into the discussion. It was well-known by then of the Druidess Kaitlin's artistic abilities, so certain people implored her to draw a picture of Rydia in a metal bikini. How the chain-mail bikini got in there, I don't know -- we were probably talking about some medieval thing, considering FF3's look -- and Kupek said wearing such an article would probably constitute some kind of torture.
Anyway, things went on from there, with people saying pretty much what they say in the first part of this fanfic. Edgar suggested having a Fenix Down as padding so that if the person was killed in battle, she would immediately return to life. It went on for some days before I realized that the FFML Rydia had been strangely silent throughout. Eddie the Protector immediately responded, saying that if she didn't show up soon, he was going to serenade her. And then the storywriting bug bit me...
At around the same time, several things went on. The system wars were dying down and the company-bashing (specifically, Square-bashing) was in its last stages; one of the last things being argued was the storage space on carts and CD's. John had recently given up his role of Lord God Moderator and had informed us that Morandan/Locke2 and Trystan were the new Moderators. (I didn't realize until too late that Morandan and Locke2 were the same person; when I finally figured it out, I had no idea how to write one of them out of the story, so there they both stayed.) The Paladin Alan returned to the list after a small break. Eric had died in his own fanfic for some reason. There was brief talk about "The Princess Bride." Kaitlin had recently read "Alice in Wonderland" and wondered about the link between the Vorpal in the Jabberwocky poem and the Vorpal in FF1. And Magus made up a weird FWAK about some Rubber Chicken Materia in FF7...
We also had a "small" discussion about the meteor that is part of FF7's logo, wondering what its significance was. I thought it was just smoke (considering FF7's opening FMV). Others thought it was some kind of comet. Someone finally said it WAS a meteor, and once we got further into the game, we'd see why. Then the N64 Man and Aaron Cohen joined the fray, laughing at all of us who didn't know it was Meteor. Well, actually, "laughing" is a very MILD word...
Then I brought poor Jon B. into the story. A few days earlier, he had sent his first post to the list, asking people to help him choose a handle. And I, being the cruel and unfeeling person I am, sorta killed him off in my fanfic. (And once again I ask his pardon for that.) Not to fear, though...No sooner did my Part 4 appear on the list than HAL somehow re-created Jon. (Jon never posted after that, so Jon, if you're reading this, I'M SORRY!! Please post! We love you, man! Umm...^_^)
Another "small" debate that came up was Final Fantasy's very title. Someone said that if the title was "FINAL" Fantasy, then why are there seven of them?! And the gist of members' reactions is the now famous line, immortalized in my fanfic: "It's not the 'Final,' it's the 'Fantasy'!"
The last great debate concerned ebonics. I think it was Shadow who had something in his sig about Barrett speaking ebonics, and it totally blew out from there. Arguments, flames, "how do you know" posts all started appearing. Boy, was it bad. After awhile, it was Kupek and Neilast who were arguing about ebnoics, which led off into other tangents that I will not bother to say here...
More things happened: Kharis and Chaos banded against the N64 Man and Aaron C.; we had some confusion over the ratings that game magazines gave FF7; Kharis and Eric did battle with "weenuses" on IRC (I am NOT making this up) while Pokey created "Hug3"; Benjamin asked about all the stories that were appearing on the list; Ciolli returned to the list; the subject of FF8 was tentatively introduced; Trystan got REALLY sick; sex in video games was discussed; and, of course, Rydia returned! List life continued from there, with many new subjects being brought up.
And that's the story. I originally was going to make a REALLY short story, consisting of one chapter, but then I got so into it that I swore I'd finish after 10 chapters. I broke THAT promise and I ended up with 20 chapters. For all of this I blame Eric (note the detail slipped in about Zeal's frustrated wedding to Eric, which happened in HIS story), because HE didn't know when to quit HIS fanfic, either! ^_^
Save the FFML! Part 1
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