[fic] five ways to remember

[glacialphoenix]

Class: Black Mage
Title: five ways to remember (and one way to forget)
Summary: There are many ways to remember things; there are also ways to forget them.
Characters/Pairings: Edward/Anna, Kain, Terra, FFIX Black Mages, Auron, Locke/Rachel
Word count: 133
Rating/warnings: PG





[ffiv: edward]

He spins her tale into a story and tells it to all who will listen; they take it home, and tell it by firelight and candlelight to their children, and to their children’s children.

And with each telling, he thinks, she lives again.


[ffiv: kain]

He wonders if his father would be proud.


[ffvi: terra]

She is esper-child, half-fey; the fire cradled in her hands a remnant of the past she cannot recall.


[ffix: black mages]

Little mayfly mages, spun of mist and magic; they dissipate too soon, fading back into the aether as though they had never been.

Their memories will be part of the sky.


[ffx: auron]

He does not forget his promises.



+1 [ffvi: rachel]

There is a man who lingers anxiously outside her door, constantly inquiring after her health.

She wonders why he bothers; after all, she hasn’t seen him before.

Comments

[mako-lies.livejournal.com]

Can really only comment on the VI, IX, and X ones, but oh, oh. The mages and Auron and the Rachel one... these are lovely. ♥

[glacialphoenix]

♥ Thank you! That was quick, by the way - I only just uploaded it!

As creepy as I find the dead-girlfriend-in-basement thing... Locke's backstory with Rachel breaks my heart every single time.

[mako-lies.livejournal.com]

*g* Secretly, I'm a ninja! xD

Oh, oh. Yeah. The Locke/Rachel thing is just... gah. Creepy and kinda obsessive but despite that, I just kinda want to hug Locke all over the place. *flails* So much love for VI.

[deadcellredux.livejournal.com]

:::fangirl attack::: It's true! No matter how much of a certified creeper Locke may be, I kinda just want to hug him all over the place too (me? really? I'm sure nobody would have guessed THAT) 8D

[the-404-error.livejournal.com]

So many of these are bitter-sweet. Beautiful, but with a sadness to them.

Maybe I'm just biased, but the first one in particular is just... wow, but they're all great. XD

[glacialphoenix]

Never enough Edward Chris von Muir, is there? XD Thank you ♥

[northstarroad.livejournal.com]

These are all beautifully written, even if the context of a few of them is lost on me. The words are woven together so prettily, especially the Terra and Black Mages sections.

[glacialphoenix]

Thank you! ♥

[the-cosmos-girl.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful! I love how you manage to put so much emotion in each snippet and yet using so little words. "Little mayfly mages" is now my favorite way to describe the black mages in IX. The image of fireflies dissipating just breaks my heart (and it also reminds me of a scene in Grave of the Fireflies ;___;)

[glacialphoenix]

Thank you ♥

The little black mages in IX break my heart all on their own, though, seriously. I really just wanted to scoop them all up and hug them.

[deadcellredux.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful, as always! I must say my favorites are the Edward & the Black Mages (Rachel is up there too). Once again... you dazzle me with your ability to pack so much intensity into so few words.

[glacialphoenix]

Thank you! ♥ The FFIX black mages make me want to hug every last one of them.

(As I said - Locke/Rachel breaks my heart every single time. Pssst, Celes, go make Locke better!)

[half-asleep Mysti]

[breyzyyin.livejournal.com]

These are great! I love how you wrote them. ♥

[glacialphoenix]

Thank you! ♥

[arivess.livejournal.com]

...Baaaaaaaaaaaw.

[glacialphoenix]

Don't cryyyy ;_;

[sai_salamander]

I know I told you last night that I loved the Auron one (I really really really do), but I didn't mention just how much I LOVE the Black Mages one. Such beautiful imagery *___*

(also the Edward one just made me sad. THUMBS UP.)

[glacialphoenix]

♥ Thank youuuuuu.

(Edward was the reason I wrote this. XD)

[cinnabonme.livejournal.com]

Short, sweet and perfect. These are all so lovely. Particularly loved the FFIV and FFVI Rachel ones the most. :3

[glacialphoenix]

Thank you! ♥ I'm glad you enjoyed them.

POINTS

[breyzyyin.livejournal.com]

5 Points to Team Black Mage!

Gah, I wish I could give you more...these were just beautiful to read. So many wonderful and poignant tales, and I really loved how much emotion you brought into them. NOthing short of incredible. ♥ :D

Re: POINTS

[glacialphoenix]

Awww, thanks Yin! ♥ I'm glad you enjoyed it.