KH report, FFX obsession edition

[owlmoose]

I finished the Auron plotline in Kingdom Hearts II today. I was right -- he had another arc. It was too short, but then I always knew that would be the case, and there was one bit I found so satisfying that I am still in sighing fangirl mode. Also, it seems likely that I can go back and pound on Heartless with him any time I like now, so hooray for that. ;)

Yesterday I got the first Y-R-P scene, and it was perfectly done. So beautiful I had to reload the game and watch it again; fortunately, I was very near a save. There must be more with them, and I'm much less certain where that's going to go, so I look forward to that. I guess I'll just have to wait and see!

Lastly, I also had my first meeting with Sephiroth yesterday. He's voiced by the same actor who played Nooj in FFX-2, which I find both somewhat jarring and oddly appropriate....

Comments

[parron.livejournal.com]

I love the Yu-Ri-Pa scenes (their last is my favorite, so look forward to it!)! But... was it just me, or did Paine's VA kinda forget how to do it? She sounded a little off, to me at least... XD But yeah, YuRiPa = KH!love.

i also loved that auron was still dead. XD i'm not sure why, but it is greatly amusing that he cannot be alive, ever.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

She sounded a little off, to me at least...

All three of them sounded right to me (I've seen through their second scene now). Maybe P was a *tad* off in the first scene, but the attitude was so perfect that I can forgive a bit of missed intonation. :)

I thought everything they did with Auron was note perfect. Whoever wrote his parts has a real handle on his character. And of course his voice actor was impeccable as always.

I've been meaning to ask -- where did you get the images you used to make your colorbar? I would *love* to have a userpic from the Auron one!

[parron.livejournal.com]

The KH one? Hmm, I don't even remember! XD I think I stole the YuRiPa ones from Wiki... the Auron one I just found, although since then I've also gotten his official drawing, not just the game design... hm. I could send them to you, if you'd like...? I really don't remember where exactly I found them; I go through a LOT of image sites.


My problem with Paine's voice--I mean, it wasn't really a problem, but it's one of those fun little anal things--everything WAS so perfect, so spot-on, that it made me blink a little. But it certainly wasn't a big deal! The fact that they appeared at all makes me endlessly happy. XD

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I could send them to you, if you'd like...?

Could you? That would be *very* cool. I would appreciate it much much! My email address is on my user info page.

I know what you mean about the one tiny off detail being so much more jarring when everything else seems just right.

[auronlu.livejournal.com]

Drat and drat and GRRR.

I "cordially dislike" (Tolkien's phrase) Disney characters.

But.
And but.
More AURON. Argh.

Oh well, I haven't gotten myself through jiggly little X-2 yet because the "Spira turned into Las Vegas" schtick is hurting my head.

That, and Auron and Lulu won't leave me alone, 40,000 words in two months yeepity when I haven't written fanfic or anything much in four years apart from academic papers.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

More AURON. Argh.

I know. Even if I hadn't really liked the first game, I would have been tempted to pick up this one just for the promise of *new Auron content*. And it is lovely stuff.

I was dubious about KH I, but then my brother, who doesn't normally like fluffy stuff (he didn't care for FFX-2 either) told me how awesome it was. So I tried it and found he was right. Not to ssay it will definitely be your thing, but you might like it more than you expect to.

As one of the six people on the planet who actually rather liked X-2 ;) I'm sorry to hear it's not working for you. Have you gotten to the parts of the game dealing Paine's backstory? They start popping up in the middle of Chapter 2. That was what really sucked me in and kept me going.

40,000 words in two months yeepity

Totally know what you mean. I started on fanfic about a year and a half ago, after approximately a 15 year absence from any fictional writing whatsoever, and the second thing I dove into turned out to be a 146,000 word epic. And the third thing, which actually interrupted my work on the second, was a collaborative novel, my part being over 30k words and written in less than a month and a half. The muses drive us, but it's so worth it.