Don't think you'll ever see this comment but I will just say it was good... Definitely more than any Rikku/Tidus fanfics I've come across to be honest.

I mean there were some things I didn't really like. For instance giving Tidus an other haircut and making him wear an other uniform... Honestly I hardly see the point and it goes against one of the messages of the game and Tidus's character. Like did Braska's wife needed to change her outfit after her marriage ? Clearly if we consider what she wore in the Farplane I don't think so.
If Tidus had to force himself to be different just to be accepted more easily by the Al Behd then there's a huge issue with his character.

An other think was his speech for Jecht. Why did it need to be different ? If you felt like you had to make it different in order to not just write the exact same thing just skip it. Because to me it didn't make sense for Tidus to brag about doing something Jecht couldn't do (especially if he doesn't want to be like him). It's even kind of jerkish to me.

It's kinda minor though so I didn't too much issues with this but then... This epilogue. To keep it short it didn't ruin your fanfic but I feel that once again it goes against the whole point of FFX's story : To not keep dreaming or clinging to false hope in order to avoid living and fighting the terrible things life throws at us. To move on.
I never got the chance to play X-2 but from what I know (because moments of the beginning were spoiled to me) Yuna hope Tidus might be alive and is desperately searching for him. In a way when you see her wistling for him at the end of FFX it's logical but still she seems to start to move on if we stick to her final speech. So I have problem with that aspect of X-2 because of this. Her using guns, having a more casual outfit or that sort of stuff didn't bother me at all compared to many people...
I mean, once again I don't know much aside from the premise so maybe when I play it and finish the story it will actually once and for all make Yuna (and the players) move on Tidus kinda like Majora's Mask (masterpiece) did with Navy.

So it was a good heartwarming ending and all but I had hoped you would've kept the original message through Rikku's character this time. Anyway I don't know if you're still writing stories (fanfic or not) but thanks for being one of the rare people at the time to finish your stories ;) !

I began this long ago when it was at three chapters. Then I joined the Corps and set it aside for a time. When I came home, I saw it was three years without a post, and presumed it abandoned, but then you came and finished your fiction with incredible grace and style.
There are few stories that capture the pure essence of the original telling while keeping true to the characters, and you did as perfect a job as could ever be done. For over a decade of writing, editing, and loving labor towards this Masterpiece, Thank-you.

Came here when I came across a reference in an old piece by quartermass a couple years ago, and I've yet to read a better piece of fan-fiction.

I’ve know of this story for ten years. It’s simply one of the best pieces of FFX FanFiction I’ve ever read. I reread it every year. Thank you for finishing this!

Very nice last chapter. Thanks for the story.

It's pretty much just rehashing canon with a few cutesy scenes with Rikku added in, ever since he joined Yuna. Was hoping you'd continue going your own way.

You know Scottie I kind of wonder what the Al Bhed would make of Mobile Balamb Garden and Ragnarok(I love both transportation modes). I found a really interesting glitch for Final Fantasy VIII towards the end of disc two. See you're only supposed to be able to find Ruby Dragons starting in Disc 3, Laguna, Ward, and Kiros fight one during the dream sequence. Then if I recall you can find more in the Research Station where you get Bahamut and the first time to Draw Eden, as well as I think, the Island closest to Hell.

However, if you pilot Balamb almost onto Galbadia Garden towards the end of disc 2, disembark, then take your strongest team(the men with Holy and Ice enchanted weapons are what I almost always take, especially Squall since I usually have Blasting Zone available), and take a stroll under Galbadia Garden(you're in the forest under the Garden) you have high encounters and 100% of the time it will be a Ruby Dragon and they will be high levels, as in level 100.

I digress, I'm reading this simply because Quatermass made reference to it in an old story of his called Cycle of Sin, it's a Harry Potter Final Fantasy X crossover, and so far I actually find it interesting.

Amazing. Fantastic. Superb. Excellent. Wonderful. This story is all of those and more. Very good read, one of the best I have had in a while.

I remember reading this story a very long time ago. Even then I thought it was well written. Upon refinding it I've come to the conclusion that younger me was wrong. This isn't just well written, it's amazing. such a wonderful piece of literature of what could have been an amazing canon couple. Ah well, at least you were here to make fanon history with it, yeah? I hope whatever your endeavors are these days that they are fulfilled. Thank you for sharing this story.

I got lost for a bit but hell yeah I super proud of you for finishing it! Great story start to end. I hope you see this, See you on the other side!

Thank you so much for writing this! I think I read this back in 05 when I started reading fanfiction and I was fun going through this to completion.

I really enjoyed this. It was nice to see the story go in a different direction. After reading a few stories it took a couple of chapters for me to get used to your format but it did feel like it worked. I think some areas could have had a bit more detail but overall I would happily read again further down the line. Thank you for writing!

This was really nice.

I was feeling nostalgic the other day and decided to revisit the fanfic that introduced me to fanfiction as a whole. Lo and behold, you had actually finished it.

I kinda expected it to be a terrible fic, propped up by shipping preferences and nostalgia. I know I read some shit back in the day that I'd drop in a heartbeat if I read it now. The downside of rising standards I guess. But it was 31 well written chapters with an end that made me cry. I think I'm always gonna remember this one fondly. So thanks.

Oh my goodness, was this WELL WRITTEN! I thoroughly enjoyed this story. So true to their characters, especially TidusRikku.