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Jan. 28th, 2012 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
armyofharosReturning to Kingdom Hearts fandom has reminded me of many of the things I love about it, but also many things I hate about it.
I will not lie. Birth by Sleep ate my soul, and reminded me OH GOD why I love the series so much. Replaying the first game reminded me of all the child-like wonder I had while playing through it the first time. (And how much I hatehatehated Atlantica)
Currently poking back through 358/2 Days, and trying to decide if I want to take another shot at Re:CoM. The combat system just....hated it. Dunno if I could get into it enough to actually sit down and play it.
Then, will be KH2. All the while, chewing at the bit for Dream Drop Distance to come out.
But god, I am reminded why Demyx and Zexion were always my favorites.
....and why I cannot stand them as a pairing. I don't mind alternate pairings, even when I do have my OTPs (even BBS couldn't sink my Zex/Lex OTP) I can enjoy them being paired up in other ways. I guess 6x9 rubs me the wrong way because it's one of those pairings that seems to completely ignore personality or chemistry in favor of ZOMG PRETTY. I don't think I've ever seen it written in such a way that it felt like them.
It seems to be an extremely popular pairing for Zexion. I guess, in exchange, Zexion/Lexaeus is pretty much always well-written because it isn't as common.
In a less pairing-related area, BBS has made me wish that I could write fanfiction. Because the revelation of Zexion's age just demands being poked at. I never delved much into child development and that area of psychology, but even in 101 we covered some of that. Much of a person's emotional development and sense of identity form during their adolescent years. Zexion underwent that very important stage of development while a Nobody. It'll never be explored in canon, but my brain just kind of rolls around in glee at the idea of how growing up without a heart could impact a person.
TL:DR version: Fangirling. I has it.
I will not lie. Birth by Sleep ate my soul, and reminded me OH GOD why I love the series so much. Replaying the first game reminded me of all the child-like wonder I had while playing through it the first time. (And how much I hatehatehated Atlantica)
Currently poking back through 358/2 Days, and trying to decide if I want to take another shot at Re:CoM. The combat system just....hated it. Dunno if I could get into it enough to actually sit down and play it.
Then, will be KH2. All the while, chewing at the bit for Dream Drop Distance to come out.
But god, I am reminded why Demyx and Zexion were always my favorites.
....and why I cannot stand them as a pairing. I don't mind alternate pairings, even when I do have my OTPs (even BBS couldn't sink my Zex/Lex OTP) I can enjoy them being paired up in other ways. I guess 6x9 rubs me the wrong way because it's one of those pairings that seems to completely ignore personality or chemistry in favor of ZOMG PRETTY. I don't think I've ever seen it written in such a way that it felt like them.
It seems to be an extremely popular pairing for Zexion. I guess, in exchange, Zexion/Lexaeus is pretty much always well-written because it isn't as common.
In a less pairing-related area, BBS has made me wish that I could write fanfiction. Because the revelation of Zexion's age just demands being poked at. I never delved much into child development and that area of psychology, but even in 101 we covered some of that. Much of a person's emotional development and sense of identity form during their adolescent years. Zexion underwent that very important stage of development while a Nobody. It'll never be explored in canon, but my brain just kind of rolls around in glee at the idea of how growing up without a heart could impact a person.
TL:DR version: Fangirling. I has it.
