 Nini the Kakashi Obsessed 2009-03-31 . chapter 1This was freaking adorable! :3
I just got done playing the game on the Playstation for like the hundreth time(literally, I've been playing it since I was four xD) and I found my inner otaku, fanfiction writer come out when I saw these two speaking to one another. They're a very cute couple, if only Frog was his hot human self! DX Haha.
This was very well done, you actually made the Shakespearean(however you spell it) sound better than the actual game(though they did it wrong on purpose)
Definite favorite, you kept the character's personalities and you made this believable.
Beautiful work(:
-Nini |
 Monotolang 2008-05-16 . chapter 1That's just gorgeous. I know little of the history of the English language, but I can tell this is more realistic than the english Frog uses in the game. I have yet to recruit Magus in the game, so I don't know how Frog reacts. I suspect this may be against cannon, because Square is way too cliche to allow Frog to forgive him... |
 KyuuketsukiShounen 2007-01-12 . chapter 1Considering the cliche of rival-turned-lover, the Glenn/Magus pairing seems exceptionally rare, but thankfully that particular following has good fics like this one for representation.
The characterization was spot on, and I think it was a good choice to focus on the situation more from Magus' point of view. I think the fact that the romance factor is quite subtle, working with the characterization, and in the end both are enhanced. The characters are most plausible in a low-key scene such as this, reminding us that they once were mortal enemies, but the overall frigidness of their relationship makes the tinies insinuations all the more intimate.
I particularly noticed the fact that you were quite good in writing Frog's dialogue; lost of people, including the English translators of the game itself, make horrible mistakes regarding the grammar of Early Modern English. However, I did notice a couple of idiosyncracies that might have helped. For example, you consistently used "thou" throughout the fic, which can indicate either intimacy or derision, quite fitting for Frog to use with Magus, but at the end he addresses Magus with the more formal second person pronoun "you."
There were also a few phrases which might have had a more Elizabethan sound with different syntax, such as the same line I referenced earlier. Frog says "As many times as you wish," whereas I believe a more fitting way to write the mine might read: "As many times as thou wouldst wish't". And where Frog says "a fool I am" he might have said "a fool am I" instead. But of course, this is just the pet peeve of a lover of English Renaissance Literature; despite the few quirks it never "broke the spell" of my engagement in the fanfiction.
This is certainly one of the best Chrono Trigger fics I've read. It's sensitive, rather than over the top, and I've always been fond of the introspective one-shots.
Well, I don't know if you'll be writing any more Chrono Trigger at all but I'd welcome more Frog/Magus fics from you any day. I happen to have a penchant for under the radar attractions, what I like to call an almost-romance.
Nice work.
~Kyuu |