Wow...messed up...but in a good way. Heh, I'm a sucker for cracked pairings and the idea of Shera x Vincent is appealing.

Vincent/Shera should win the 'best crack-pairing ever' award, at least for how you've written it. It's complicated and confusing and sardonic just like it should be. Quite excellent.

Wow! This was amazingly written! I have always wondered what a non-Cid/Shera pairing would be like, and it seems that if you do it right it can be done! I am working on a story myself with a Cid/OC, but Shera will still be in there. The problem is that I am having a hard time working out the beginning *sweatdrop* THis is going into my fave stories for sure!

I really like this. It's a really unusual pairing. I like it.

Lovely lovely. I've said it before and I'll say it again: this is powerful. The mood and tone of the piece is absolutely fantastic. Written from Shera's perspective adds quite a bit to the story as well.

Your characterization of Vincent is so wonderful, especially because we are seeing him from the eyes of Shera, who you have captured beautifully. She's an often overlooked character (although, I suppose, most minor characters are) and you manage to really keep her true to what we see of her in the game while giving her a depth under the surface that is so fitting and perfect. You make her so undeniably human. The way they both transform through the story (with the ending of the emotional transformation overtaking the physical) is beautifully handled.

You've quite a way with words and you never cease to amaze me.

Such an odd couple, but handled scarily well! God, I'd freak out if I was trying to help Vincent and he was like, "It's the sadistic with the chainsaw that wants to be free."

But no, Shera is too tough for sadistic chainsaw demons!

Hey Cendri,

Sorry I took so long to review this. I read it first on lj and then just now again. I see you changed a few things in it. Personally, I think it might've been more effective if you hadn't given away the fact that Cid had run off with Tifa but that's just me. I have a thing for not naming the characters I'm talking about in my stories.

You story itself, however, was really great. I've always had a *huge* problem with any hint of Cid/Vin stories because Cid always struck me as so damn heterosexual! So, this... this worked beautiful. A bisexual Vincent. Now that I could see. Unrequited love? Oh yes, I can see that working for those two.

I loved the way you described him too, showing him in a very different light. His little smiles, the fact that he 'looked like a woman in some lights', oh, and his very feminine nickname. I don't know why I loved all of that but I really did.

I admire the way you write a lot, Cendri. You have this stylistic approach to narration. It sounds a little surreal sometimes (because not too many people would choose some of the phrases you do to describe things) and yet somehow you manage to pull it off. I enjoyed the contrast in this story too. Hrm... how to explain this... You had this muted feel in your narration. It wasn't overly descriptive and you gave us just enough information for us to fill in everything on our own. But then you contrasted that with the more 'Shera' parts of your writing which used a lot of short sentences and, really, some vulgar language. It just all blended together to make a really impressive story.

Okay, I've babbled long enough. I do love what you do with your writing though, Cendri. *grins*

-T. pirate

so we get to just take characters we like and throw them together for fun? man, i LOVE this writing thing. must have been fun for you - tifa-vincent and cid-shera, split down the middle. bam.

seriously, though. cid is such a presence in this story that i want to call it a cid-story, although it isn't. and i'm still confused regarding what you're implying about the cid-vincent relationship: sorry if i'm slow. is this a friendship we're referring to, or something else/more? it was unclear.

i love the way that you'll experiment with pretty much everything. rock on. and keep on throwing out these random ficlets.

It seems you're on a 'weird pairings' kick. Actually, this contains to recent favorites of mine: ValxShera, and CidXTifa. Pretty good. Nice to see I'm not the only one XD.

I started reading this with a kind of anticipation... cuz it's you, and you make me trust that I'm going to like it and get it and it's going to make sense. And then it was funny and sad and I got it and I liked it and it made so much sense in a world I could imagine being real somewhere.

Shera was so amazing. Human. So self-depreciating and even painfully truthful with herself, and Vincent was so adorable without being out of character because Shera knew the danger and the heartbreak behind his 'fluffy, femme' side. Oh, *I* wanted to hug him! I was just waiting, just waiting through this fic for the moment, over the months and years, when they finally gave in to what wasn't what they'd always thought they'd wanted...but was what they'd come to absolutely need that hadn't been of their choosing.

Oh! *hugs self* This made me happy! Write some more stuff!

Dear...just... CHRIST I love Shera. This was amazing and wonderful. I can feel something from this, there's a self hatred from Shera, she’s admitting a failure and a weakness and that is astonishing. The end is perfect too. I love the way this is paced, its choppy and sporadic and simply perfect.

Wow...I really loved this. I never knew -too- much 'bout Shera. But I simply love 'er now. You n' drakon really make me think too much. *grins* When I told my friend's that I was readin' a VinxShera they freaked. Bu I told em' not to shut out pairins' they think dun go well 'til they 'ave read your fics. You make everythin' work. I wuved this.

vampiegurl

I liked this a lot. (Though I did find the beginning a little too confusing.) Do you mind if I pimp it at the VincentxCidML? The part of Shera in their relationship has been discussed for a while some weeks ago.

My favourite line: "I can tell he used to be a blue eyed man; only they could manage a look like that." I'm green with envy whenever I read one of those lines from you. _

A very creative pairing. I've thought of it before but I haven't read any with Vincent and Shera before. Funny that she calls him Val. Made me think of Val Kilmer in Willow. :sigh: Anyway, this is gorgeous. Your dialogue is realistic, and your characterization is dead sexy. Heheheh... So cute. Thanks for sharing. :Glomps Vin:

I wish for them, those far away stars

They make me smile, twinkling in the sky

Far away, from my touch and love of ours

You bring the joy and you make me fly

You make light, this is very nice

At first, I was in confusion

At least for me, to be precise

I decided the last conclusion

Long time since I reviewed

Oi, shame on me

So many great stories to be viewed

…changes to be

A small goodbye from me _

*sorry but I’m tired, I loved this little piece and tried to give a small rhyme…but that kid drew me insane!*