[ SECRET POST #5555 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5555 ⌋

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Comments

[pantswarrior]

Only fandom I'm active in anymore, as usual, Vagrant Story. Basically while playing the game I got stuck not only on the obviously-destined-to-be-popular charismatic/creepy cult leader, but also his "partner" and "truest friend" who deferred to him and flinched away from his anger, but was not above shouting at him when he crossed a line (immediate thought: "Holy crap, he has BALLS", since Sydney's terrifying), or waxing poetic about how yes, of course he's lying because "everyone lies (but he wouldn't lie to ME)".

...And thus I had my first slash ship, wrote my first smut of any configuration, and wound up researching BDSM, since the cult leader has prosthetic arms with basically knives for fingers. And twenty years later, found out apparently the artist who did the character designs actually visited a fetish club for inspiration. The only thing that is a surprise there is that he admitted it.

And I mean, if you want the specific story mentioned... Here. *runs*

[tabaqui]

Ha, wow, that's interesting!
I thought that particular storyline/'verse was based on kind of quasi-medieval fantasy-land stuff, not anything that would make knife-hand prosthetic arms possible.

Huh! :D

*follows link*

[pantswarrior]

Well, the prosthetic limbs are definitely fantasy-land - they replaced his arms of flesh that were a sacrifice to his gods, so presumably like much of the rest of the things that are going on in the game, they're powered by dark magic. So you're not wrong. ;)

(Also his legs according to the Japanese text. This squicked the heck out of some people in the English fandom when we found out.)

[tabaqui]

Him having prosthetic legs squicked people? Weird.
Very cool claw-hands. I approve. :D

[pantswarrior]

I think the fact that canonically all that's left of his flesh is the head and torso kind of creeped people out when they wanted to write stuff that took his pants off (not that they're not already halfway off, hahah). I just, uh, recalibrated my assumptions and wrote a fic wherein his friend first made this discovery and realized he would have to get over it. ...He'd already had to get over a lot of things, so I had faith in him. ;)

But yeah, the claws definitely had some very interesting potential. Present some problems now and then from a strictly practical standpoint, but honestly it's kind of fun trying to figure out how he manages.

[tabaqui]

Oh, man. People are odd. I'm assuming he still had his genitalia, which is all that matters for (most) smut, so.....

Yeah, the claws are definitely and *interesting* kind of problem. :D

[tabaqui]

HA! Okay, i was totally off on the fandom, I was thinking of that webcomic that's illustrated, it has quite a lot of sex and nudity, queer characters, etc., mostly pretty lighthearted, good art....cannot think of the name to save my life.

But the one you're meaning/that you wrote for has some damn fine art going on - very intriguing characters! :D

[pantswarrior]

Ahhh, I don't know webcomics... Wait a second *googles* Okay I guess Vagrant Queen is not it. (That and "Hark! A Vagrant" pop up constantly when I'm entering the fandom to post new fic, but I didn't actually know what "Vagrant Queen" was.)

But yes, the character design is by Akihiko Yoshida and I've printed out several of his pics and framed them for my walls. <3 Someday I'd love to get a high-poly-count remake or remaster of the game, because even in PS1-era graphics the look of it is just beautiful, and the thought of it looking even as smooth and detailed as, say, its younger brother Final Fantasy 12... :D

[tabaqui]

I have no clue about webcomics, either - i've seen this one referenced a few times for queer characters, and the art itself is pretty neat. I've seen it mentioned on HERE, but I can't think wth the name is. So annoying!

Really excellent art. :D