I absolutly love your stories!
they never fail to put a smile on my face :)
awesome work!

Lovely little series you've got going here, Sabriel. I like it quite a bit (which is why I added it to my favorites). You have a very nice, very emotion-oriented style. I find that even the simple things you've written have a sort of meaning to them.

My favorite chapters so far were the RufusElenaTseng, the Hojo POV, the SheraCid, any of the RenoYuffies, the SephTi, and the first and last ones, with Barret and Tifa. Well done, and I'm sorry I don't have more to say except that these all gave me a nice feeling, like good writing usually does.

Thanks for writing, Sabriel.

I loved the little details in this. The splash of color bit, the cord of muscle in Tifa's arm, things like that. They're lovely nuances, and they parallel the ones in Tifa's and Barret's relationship nicely. How they relate to each other isn't set in stone, and I liked that this fic left them the room to grow (I couldn't help but smile at the last line).

'Lo Sabe,

Oh, Tifa-fic... purr.

Seriously, I enjoyed this. I liked the sort of duck-and-hide relationship she seemed to be having with Barret. I think that you hit it on the head; at thar point in her life she probably wasn't looking for -anyone-. Her perception gave us a good view of Barret. I really liked your description of him as 'greedy'. What an unbalanced relationship; Tifa barely wanting -anyone- and Barret already thinking about her -that way-. (A quiet voice was asking me if it was -Tifa- that Barret was looking for or if she was just happened to be there and would serve to fill that hole. I wonder. How would you tell the difference?).

In any case, I enjoyed this. The last line made me smile. Understatement of the century. :p

-T. pirate

Haha now that was amusing ;D
The way you had Tifa and Rufus interacting was awesome-- the world needs more Rufus/Tifa and I'm glad I stumbled upon this piece of yours, despite the shortness.

I really like this whole little vignette thing you got going on. It's creative and I love your characterization. BUT, I think it would be pleasant if you added some more Cloud, because he's crazy AWESOME. Hahah! Anyways, keep writing, and I'll keep reading!

Smile! :)

OH MY GOD A DECENT RUFUS/TIFA STORY?! ... shame it's so short, that looks like the start of something.

Oh yes. That's wonderfully brief perfectly worded and well done. I love these drabbles so.

'Lo Sabe,

HEH! I have to say, the thing that amused me the most is probably that Rufus -fled- and -did not talk-.

See, I like your Rufus. I dislike Rufus in most fanfiction because he's so rarely done well. People forget that he's a -villain- in FF7. A smug, arrogant, cold, devious villain. Even in this, I never really got the sense that Rufus was particularly ... apologetic. I loved how he was ever so mildly condescending. It comes out in sneaky ways - the fact that Aeris was 'your flower-girl' and the fact that he uses short, clipped sentences stand out. Even his lopsided smile was mildly perfect.

Clever, clever. Some girls might read things into this, some might not. Either way, I like it -just the way it is-. ;)

-T. pirate

Interesting fanfic!
I liked the last chapter!I love SephTi!
I liked Vinti too!

Well, it wasn't exactly a SephTi, but that's good. I can't abide game-SephTis. I don't care who you are or how well you write, they're not plausible.

But this is plausible. He doesn't remember her because he's been carrying a torch for her, he remembers her because it's in his programming. I like that. And I also like—no, LOVE—a spitfire Tifa. If only Square had remembered her like that before they wrote the plot for Advent Children... But I digress.

Thanks for this! Yes, it did stem from "Gray," so I'm happy to see some more Sephiroth/Tifa interaction in which he isn't a poetry-spouting loverboy and she isn't a swooning damsel in distress.

'Lo Sabe,

I typically avoid Seph.Anyone like the plague but I thought to myself, if anyone can do it right Sabe will. I really enjoyed this little snippet. My favourite little line was 'I remember this' - followed very shortly by 'Good'. It was nice to see both of them so wonderfully in character for such a short piece. You write fighter!Tifa very well. ^^

-T. pirate

Excellent faceoff!

didn't get much.. and yes, it is a strange idea... hmm.. but it always IS nice to read about the lesser known charachters... or pairings. ^^

'Lo Sabe,

Oh HO that's interesting. I like that a lot. It's about the only way I could possibly think of to write a Hojo, Yuffie story. I liked how objectively he measured her (only exception: specimens that burn bright; did they really Hojo? I hardly expected you to waxe poetic.)

I really liked the line about his signatures under their skin. Creepy and (almost oddly) poetic.

It figures that your Hojo would have a bit of a touch of - je ne sais quoi. It's funny because for all that this might be a wee drabble, it has that small essence of sabe-y-ness that I've come to enjoy from your stories. Nothing's ever truly terrible with you, Sabe. You can write tragedy; you can write about unpleasant things ... but, stylistically, you always sneak in this element of something approaching beauty. No matter what you're writing about, you always sneak in small adjectives and phrases that couldn't be anything -but- lovely.

Funny, to see that element come out in a short Hojo fic. Only you could pull that off. ;)

-T. pirate