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 Yay, another four-day weekend.  I've never gotten New Year's Eve off as a holiday before, not as a working adult, anyway.

And the fact that I helped get this holiday for the division makes it especially sweet.

I want to get out of town this weekend.  Not sure to where... just get.

-x-

Anyway, Day Two: Favorite Pairing.

If we're going to discount crack and stuff whose appeal for me rests entirely on great reams of speculation...

Alm/Cellica is a couple I don't have a single misgiving about, and my affection for them has nothing to do with the potential for it becoming a train wreck.  They have a solid childhood friendship for their first ten years, the bond between them is still incredibly strong when they meet up six years later, and they feel like they're on such an equal footing.  Yeah, its embedded in the game mechanics, but the quest literally cannot be accomplished without each of them taking action and doing things.  

Like when Hark asks Cellica what her desires are, and she uses that wish to bless Alm.  And it doesn't feel like a cop-out in any sense-- it's just right.

And neither of them comes through the war a mess, and they live happily ever after and found their thousand-year dynasty and all that.  

Runners-Up:

Leaf/Nanna.  Awwww.

Saleh/Eirika, for reasons went I into over on the Magvel comm.

Kyle/Lute.  LOL.  I think he can handle her.

Innes/Vanessa, because every cliche objection to a royal/knight match-up just doesn't seem to matter and then they have a kid.  Go, Innes!

Ike/Soren for existing even if I still think Ike's a bore.  I can't tell you how tickled I was to find out that the rumors about Ike's FE10 ending were actually canon.  "Whoa, really?  Nintendo went there?  Seriously?  That's awesome!"  (And I was perfectly happy to assume, prior to this, that Ike got with Elincia.  Talk about violation of expectations...)

Samson/Sheema because that's a case of two great characters getting away from it all to be great lovers together on their own terms.

And, finally, Marth/Caeda, because after all the iterations of canon and inconsistencies and wtf-ery, there's something very good underneath.  A lot of the appeal comes because I like Caeda so damn much and I want her to be happy, and I think she has the strength of character and interpersonal skills to make the relationship work (genuine interpersonal skills do NOT appear to be a strong point of Marth's unless the situation is "please join my army"!).

Even if some of what I've seen in FE12 made me think she deserves better.  :/

I'm not feeling passionate enough about Elibe at the moment to have a genuine favorite.

Date: 2011-12-30 03:26 pm (UTC)
raphiael: (Fye and Sakura)
From: [personal profile] raphiael
Alm and Cellica really struck me as sweet. I'm usually one for messed up relationships, but I honestly wouldn't want to shove issues on either of them.

I think I like Ike/Soren mostly because Ike is the least boring when Soren's involved. He just reacts in a way I found really genuine, but not too sappy or gushy-smushy.

Hope your weekend goes well and is relaxing c:

Date: 2011-12-30 05:54 pm (UTC)
sailorvfan10: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sailorvfan10
(genuine interpersonal skills do NOT appear to be a strong point of Marth's unless the situation is "please join my army"!)
Probably because Marth has a lot of problems expressing his true feelings to begin with. Poor kid's just really messed up :/

Even if some of what I've seen in FE12 made me think she deserves better. :/
Part of me hopes that Caeda's able to help Marth heal a bit and overcome some of the obstacles.

...dammit now I want to write meta about this.

Date: 2011-12-30 08:20 pm (UTC)
amielleon: The three heroes of Tellius. (Quote: Stomach Shanking)
From: [personal profile] amielleon
kind of hyper-rational (actually appropriate to his age, given what we're learning about the teenaged brain)

Oh, is this why my mathsci classmates are so irritatingly logical that they are beyond reality?


/mathsci major

Date: 2011-12-30 10:01 pm (UTC)
amielleon: The three heroes of Tellius. (Default)
From: [personal profile] amielleon
Ahh, I hadn't seen that.

I was one of those teenagers who looked at adult propaganda, decided that there were too many ways to die young no matter what you'd prepared for the future, and became an incredible pessimist.

Date: 2011-12-30 09:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] samuraiter
Samson. Like a boss, as always. :-)

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