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Revisiting Old Friends, Part Two
I’m going to write a series of six vignettes, each following a different conversation between the characters as they move through the Ancient Castle.
I think I’m going to call the piece “The Queen’s Tears,” and the story is going to be centered around the suggestion that maybe it was the queen who turned herself and Odin to stone. In other words, it was the queen herself who was “the evil wizard” that “attacked” the ancient kingdom.
This possibility will be articulated by Celes, and she’ll have the thought as she muses on her complicated relationship with Kefka, the idea being that allowing him to rest will be a mercy.
There isn’t much evidence in canon to support this, but I tend to think that Kefka probably intended to destroy the Empire from the beginning. He knew the cost of becoming powerful enough to do that would be his own sanity, so he cultivated Celes as the only weapon capable of defeating him (by being able to absorb magic, for example).
Celes knows this, and the person she confesses it to is Sabin, who was very sensitive as a kid but trained for a decade to become strong enough to “protect” his brother – which, given his specific talents, probably amounts to being able to murder his brother’s enemies.
This all sounds very angsty, but the point of writing this fic as a series of vignettes is that it’s the small moments of kindness and friendship that keep people grounded and sane during huge historical events. If I manage to pull this off, it will be a story about people who are comfortable with one another supporting each other as they deal with a terrible world on their own terms.
Also I just really like ancient ruins.
I think I’m going to call the piece “The Queen’s Tears,” and the story is going to be centered around the suggestion that maybe it was the queen who turned herself and Odin to stone. In other words, it was the queen herself who was “the evil wizard” that “attacked” the ancient kingdom.
This possibility will be articulated by Celes, and she’ll have the thought as she muses on her complicated relationship with Kefka, the idea being that allowing him to rest will be a mercy.
There isn’t much evidence in canon to support this, but I tend to think that Kefka probably intended to destroy the Empire from the beginning. He knew the cost of becoming powerful enough to do that would be his own sanity, so he cultivated Celes as the only weapon capable of defeating him (by being able to absorb magic, for example).
Celes knows this, and the person she confesses it to is Sabin, who was very sensitive as a kid but trained for a decade to become strong enough to “protect” his brother – which, given his specific talents, probably amounts to being able to murder his brother’s enemies.
This all sounds very angsty, but the point of writing this fic as a series of vignettes is that it’s the small moments of kindness and friendship that keep people grounded and sane during huge historical events. If I manage to pull this off, it will be a story about people who are comfortable with one another supporting each other as they deal with a terrible world on their own terms.
Also I just really like ancient ruins.
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I love the angle you're approaching with Kefka, that it was always his plan to take down the Empire. To have that warp and expand into something else once madness takes over... that's deliciously horrific. I can only imagine what that does to Celes. Also puts a new angle on her imprisonment; it's vague within the canon as to why she was branded a traitor, though it's implied that she tried to inform Gestahl of Kefka's plan to poison Doma. Just so damn interesting all around. I'd love to see what bits from her past were carefully calculated vs sheer accident.
And honestly, the canon details in VI are so damn whatever, that you can do whatever you want with it. That's half the fun! But yeah, don't mind me while I smash popcorn in my face while reading these delicious tidbits you're sharing.
I love that it's Sabin that Celes confides in with all of this. He is the first one she finds in the World of Ruin, after all. I bet those two grew A LOT closer than they intended. What a shame the game did fuck all with that development ಠ_ಠ but that's why we have fics!
This all sounds very angsty, but the point of writing this fic as a series of vignettes is that it’s the small moments of kindness and friendship that keep people grounded and sane during huge historical events.
I know this is for someone else and not me, but MAN DO I LOVE THESE EXACT FEELS. VI is such an ideal world to explore that concept. These poor characters go through so much again and again - those small moments between the tough shit are so precious.
I'm so excited to see where you take all of this 💕💕💕
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I am so excited to see what you can do and this sounds amazing. (In high school I remember shipping Celes and Sabin pretty hard before I fell down the Celes/Locke rabbit hole. Maybe I'll revisit that.)
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