| Tijuana Pirate |
Author has written 44 stories for Final Fantasy VII. Nov. 23rd, 2008: Today I posted a Vin.Tifa called Ellipsis. It was a gift-fic for is_bel over on livejournal. Presents are fun, no? Next, I might post a Tseng backstory fic. I'm debating about that one because it draws pretty heavily from Before Crisis. It always remains sad to me that most of the fandom has no idea that that lovely little addition to the Complication even happened. (Then again, Veld is actually a character in the ff.net drop-down list now. That's an improvement, don't you think?) Ciao, Places you can find me Darknightdestiny's Vin.Tifa archive: http://vxt.darknightdestiny.com/ Darknightdestiny's Vin.Veld archive: http://vxv.darknightdestiny.com/ Drakonlily's fanfiction archive: http://www.shinra-electric-co.net/fic/ My personal writing journal: www.greatestjournal.com/~tj_terranova A secondary writing journal; mostly a collection of links to other sites: www.livejournal.com/~tijuanas_island Bio I study biology at Queen's university. Yes, I realize that it is possibly immature to love FF when you're twenty (shit, twenty-two now) ... So, I'm so old I'm geriatric and my bones creak in poor weather. I've been on this site for almost four years now. Four years. That's longer than I've been in university. I don't really care about pairings. I have certain favourite characters and others that leave me feeling profoundly indifferent (Yazoo, for example). My personal philosophy is that you can do whatever you want with your characters... so long as Vincent still sounds like Vincent, Cloud like Cloud, and Tifa like Tifa. This is a fandom - there are no rules. But, fanfiction is still writing. If you can't make me believe what you're saying, I won't enjoy your story. So, I break rules in my writing. But no one has accused me of being OOC yet. Certain themes repeat in my writing if you squint for them. I enjoy hunting for elusive things. I enjoy the dichotomy between what's said and what can't be said - the differences between what we think and what we do. I use first person liberally because I think that it's a good way to get to the heart of a question. My writing's sometimes sparse because I don't use a lot of additional phrases. I adore imagery but don't write description. I might tell you about sun falling in from a bedroom window but don't ask me to give you a room layout. I'm working on that. But, honestly, how badly do you really want to know about Vincent Valentine's furniture? French is my second language (my father's mother tongue). I use it liberally in my writing because some things just can't be expressed well in English. It also lets me make puns in two languages (Sans is a blatant example of that). Other miscellaneous details? I've been a martial artist for a long time. It gives me a certain slant when I'm writing. It's why I have such sympathy for Tifa. And my Veld Dragoon is Verdot from Final Fantasy Before Crisis. The lovely Verdot (also known as Cendrillo) and Drakonlily (just Drakonlily) have been writing him longer than that translation's been available. They're old writely-friends of mine and are nice enough to let me borrow their muse. One day this fandom will wake up to the fact that there are wonderful stories hidden in FFbc. Elena had an older sister, you know. A Turk before she was. They hated each other passionately but Elena still joined the team when her sister was gone. There were 12 Turks originally, not four. Kalm burnt down long before Nibleheim did. And Veld lost his family there. There was another AVALANCHE that Shinra wiped out years before Barret ever came up with the name. Who do you think served as his model? Luckily he misinterpreted the message. That is all I will say about it. General Disclaimer Since everyone seems to put one in, I thought I should have a disclaimer. However, since I've all ready posted so much stuff and I don't really want to go through the trouble of changing everything, I'm just going to put my disclaimer right here. First off, I own nothing of Final Fantasy 7 (sadly). Therefore, characters, items, magic, and settings that I borrow in my stories that happen to be from FF7 obviously do not belong to me. However, any original characters, plotlines, and settings that I create are mine. If I use any other outside sources (i.e. quotations, song lyrics, etc.) I'll put that information in the story itself. Wow. If you read all of that, you're pretty amazing. Cheers to you. | |||||||||||
1. Ellipsis reviewsThey are real people in the unreality that surrounds them. Vincent and Tifa, from OGC to DOC. There's always another story.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,475 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-23-08 - Vincent V. & Tifa L. - Complete2. Sans » reviewsVin backstory. Darkfic, Vin pov. 'His left hand wipes the side of his mouth and there’s a smear of blood just above his thumb. When he looks up again I see something dark and violent starring out at me from behind his eyes. I smile.'Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 11 - Words: 28,065 - Reviews: 52 - Updated: 11-20-08 - Published: 12-30-05 - Vincent V.3. Train 49 reviewsA Midgar ghost-story. Vincent spends a strange night riding the rails. OGC, pre-game.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,107 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-28-08 - Vincent V. - Complete4. Bloodsport reviewsRufus Shinra does not indulge in the sports of common men. Rufus-Reno, Rufus pov. FF7 OGC.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,328 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 6-7-08 - Rufus & Reno - Complete5. Better Than Worse » reviewsIt's hard to hate the people you grew up with. A Rude.Tifa story, pre-game to post-FFac.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 10,243 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 4-29-08 - Published: 4-28-08 - Rude & Tifa L. - Complete6. Triage reviewsChaos's first appearance and the aftermath. OGC, Vin.Tifa. Tifa's pov.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,668 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 11-1-07 - Tifa L. & Vincent V. - Complete7. Asphyxiation » reviewsDesire is part of being human. Tifa just wanted to remind him of that. Vin.Tifa, postAC. Tifa's pov.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,284 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 11-1-07 - Published: 10-6-07 - Tifa L. & Vincent V. - Complete8. Life 2: The Unhappy Ending reviewsReno, Yuffie, life, death, revolution, and life's choices. Writen for Verdot's 'breakup meme'. Inspired by a Stars song of the same name.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,139 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-6-07 - Yuffie K. & Reno - Complete9. Contact » reviewsVinTifa story. Epilogue. 'Vincent smiled slightly and Tifa turned to look at him, her long brown her falling carelessly over her back and caressing the white robe that was showing just a bit of her shoulder. Gods, he was a lucky man.'Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 10 - Words: 17,644 - Reviews: 165 - Updated: 8-2-07 - Published: 9-30-05 - Vincent V. & Tifa L. - Complete10. Hello, Goodnight reviewsA little ficlet to warm the heart. Aeris stands on a balcony in Cosmo Canyon watching the stars. OGC, Vin.Aeris.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 427 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-17-07 - Aerith G. & Vincent V. - Complete11. Thunder reviewsOld history around the rim of a whiskey glass. Reno and slums living. We take the rain for granted. One shot, ogc.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 733 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-15-07 - Reno - Complete12. Homecoming reviewsClo.Tifa, postAC. Sometimes it takes people a while to realize that they haven't lost anything at all. A long awaited homecoming. Giftfic for Heather Cat.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,118 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-15-07 - Tifa L. & Cloud S. - Complete13. Come Down to Me reviewsRe.Tifa. Profile of a tentative relationship on a sunny afternoon. Giftfic for Drakonlily.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 891 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 4-23-07 - Reno & Tifa L. - Complete14. Ineffable reviewsSometimes heroes can be wrong but it's not usually wrong to try and save them. Vincent facing Hojo one final time in Midgar and Tifa's intervention. OGC canon, Tifa's pov.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,639 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 1-5-07 - Tifa L. & Vincent V. - Complete15. Heartless reviewsDarkfic, Tifa pov. 'What was left except pools and pools and pools of crimson in the dark...' Tifa's upset and Vincent didn't make it to Traverse Town. FF7KH verse.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,280 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 11-18-06 - Tifa L. & Vincent V. - Complete16. L'appel humain reviewsOn a warm night in October, Vincent and Reeve discuss the meaning of life... something they clearly don't understand at all. Mildly philosophical. Giftfic for Sabriel41.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,294 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 11-18-06 - Vincent V. & Reeve T. - Complete17. Snippet reviewsLife can be seen as a series of moments. Grief, pain, it's all just tiny snippets. RenoYuffie story.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 883 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 9-11-05 - Reno & Yuffie K.18. Conversations reviewsLife is full of surprises. Yuffie had never expected to end up back in Wutai after Meteor and she'd certainly never thought she'd see him again. A RudexYuffie giftfic for Drakonlily. Yuffie pov.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,286 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 7-28-05 - Yuffie K. & Rude19. Sun Shower reviewsLife is uncertain. Find a piece of happiness for yourselves and hold onto it. RudexElena story. Giftfic for Sabriel41.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 842 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 7-17-05 - Rude & Elmyra G.20. Free Bird reviewsTurk mission, Reno pov. 'The first problem I see with this is that she's a good person. I've never liked killing good people.' Rated for language and violence.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,087 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 7-6-05 - Reno21. Salvation » reviewsTwo people: one is slightly amoral and the other is less pure than you would think. For Turks secrets are a necessity of life but between Turks there should be, above all else, honesty. Funny how it never works out that way. TsengElena fic.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 15 - Words: 46,646 - Reviews: 57 - Updated: 6-6-05 - Published: 1-3-0422. Forgivable Sins reviewsNobody's innocent. Everyone has done something that they should regret, even if they're too blind to see it. Even heroes have things that they should be ashamed of. Reno pov.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,304 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 6-5-0523. Broken Mirror reviewsAVALANCHE has escaped with the Tiny Bronco and the Shinra only has one witness. Reno, Shera, and an in-game encounter in Rocket Town. (A gift-fic for Jess Angel)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,393 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-20-0524. Beauty reviewsReno, Yuffie. The beauty's in the breakdown. (Based on a line from Cendrillo's 'Haphazard Composition').Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,043 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 3-31-0525. Pillow Talk reviewsBased on Cendrillo's story Haphazard Composition (a VinTifa, CloudYuffie story). In HC, Cloud does something to upset Yuffie. She leaves yelling that she's going out 'for a good fuck' and sets out to find Reno. I pick up where Cendrillo left off.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,106 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 1-7-0526. Teardrops » reviewsDark RenoElena piece. Set in-game near the end. Reno pov. "I don't know what they saw in me. Tseng once told me it's something in the eyes."Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 3,878 - Reviews: 30 - Updated: 12-29-04 - Published: 11-15-0427. Snowfall reviewsThe product of a bout with melancholy and 'Brick' by Ben Folds Five. One-shot. Reno stands in the empty Midgar streets trying to remember a past he can't recall.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 538 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 11-5-04 - Complete28. Monster reviewsOne shot. After Hojo's terrible experiment and Lucrecia's death, Vincent wakes up to find the mansion ruined and abandoned. But he is not alone.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,591 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-11-04 - Complete29. In One Place reviewsReno, Yuffie, a motel, and life's choices. (Song-fic set to Smoke Baby by the Hawksley Workman) Rated R for sexual contentFinal Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,506 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-25-0430. Coyote reviewsThe product of a bad day and Reno being muse-like. A brief descriptive piece as told by the POV of a secondary character.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 574 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-6-0431. Grey Skies and Blue Eyes reviewsYuffie and Vincent are left alone together when AVALANCHE stops over to buy supplies in Kalm. Their time alone leads to some unexpected consequences. Light humour, light angst.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,857 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 3-30-0432. The Princess and the Rat reviewsReffie fluff. Yuffie is sick one night and asks Reno to tell her a story. So, 'once upon there was a princess. . .'Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,710 - Reviews: 27 - Published: 3-7-0433. Lifelines reviewsOne shot. Yuffie reads a book about palm reading and wants to try out her skill. Unfortunately, the first person she meets is Vincent. (light humour)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,516 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 12-31-03 - Complete34. Just Because reviewsA songfic (set to Weezer's Surf Wax America) set sometime after Meteor. It's about Reno when he goes surfing outside of Costa del Sol and his thoughts about his life.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,671 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-9-0335. The Ominous Evil FanFic: EATEN! reviewsA hillarous fanfic I co-authored with Heather Cat. It's a horror story spoof where the members of AVALANCE enter a haunted mansion with the goal of surviving 1 night for the prize of 1 million gil. Will our heroes be... EATEN?Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,914 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 11-4-0336. Storm Break pt 2 reviewsA songfic (set to Simple Plan's I'd Do Anything) about the night Cloud leaves to go find Aeris... And Tifa who walks in just as he's going to leave. I would have to describe this as a CloudTifaAeris fanfic. Confused? You have to read it to understandFinal Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,684 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 11-2-0337. Promised Land reviewsA short fan fic set many years after Meteor when Cloud and Tifa are married. It's about a night when Cloud gets admitted to a hospital after contracting a strange illness.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,838 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 10-19-0338. Mementoes reviewsA Reffie inspired by the song Long Day by Matchbox 20. Yuffie is getting ready to leave Reno when she discovers a small box hidden in his closet. Inside are all the things that she's ever written him. And that's when Reno walks onto the scene.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,224 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-18-0339. One Way reviewsWhy is it that everyone blames Reno for the problems in his and Yuffie's relationship? What if it really is all Yuffie's fault? The question of course is if she can figure it out in time to save their relationship. . .Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,403 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-5-0340. The Date That Was Not A Date reviewsA very light-hearted humour fic with a touch of romance. Cloud, Tifa, and Cid are out at a bar when they see Reno, Elena, and Rude walk in. AVALANCHE and the Turks? Interesting things are bound to happenFinal Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,254 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 10-3-0341. Fire and Water reviewsRenoYuffie Fic. A slightly dark story about Reno when he finally gives in to his addiction to a potent narcotic and Yuffie who is there to try and pull him back.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,207 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 9-19-0342. One Last Night reviewsA CloudTifa song-fic (set to Breathing by Lifehouse). A story about Cloud and Tifa's last night together before their final ascent on North Crater.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,421 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-15-0343. Last Call reviewsA YuffieReno song-fic. (set to Closing Time by Semisonic) Reno is out late at a bar when it closes. After a string of bad luck, Reno comes face to face with the last person he wants to see... YuffieFinal Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,008 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 9-14-0344. Storm Break reviewsThis is Tifa's story the night that she discovers that Cloud is about to leave her to finally go off and look for AerisFinal Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,155 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-13-03