final fantasy 9 fic rec

[littlecatk]

Title: See The Sun by Red_Hot_Holly_Berries
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Vivi Orunitia, Garnet Til Alexandros XVII
Vivi Orunitia&Garnet Til Alexandros XVII
Word Count: 359
Summary: "Vivi is unwittingly reminded of his inhumanity."

Title: From Time to Time by eerian_sadow
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Garnet Til Alexandros XVII, Zidane Tribal
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII/Zidane Tribal
Word Count: 401
Summary: Prompt: Zidane/Dagger: running away from the castle for a while - some things never change, and the itch to see somewhere new is one of them.
Why I Rec This Fic: Its nice to see them still happy, still adventouring.

Title: family by colloquialrhapsodist
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Zidane Tribal, Mikoto, Kuja
Word Count: 606
Summary: family: noun. those bound together in fate - not by blood, but by soul.
a collection of 100 word snippets centered on the genome family.

She knows to stand on this bridge and usher in the harbinger. She sees him coming, now – and how Gaian he is, with his blue clothes and temper.
She was not taught the feeling that follows him. It burns like the blue light, and she turns away.
“Welcome home,” she says. He bristles, and she wonders why, for don’t all seek home?

Title: these stories on our tongues by annperkinsface
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Garnet Til Alexandros XVII, Eiko Carol
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII & Eiko Carol
Word Count: 1048
Summary: Garnet, Eiko, and the Eidolon Wall
Why I Rec This Fic: Stories and names hold magic but most important identity and this fic handles a small moment between the two with lot of softness and a perfect voice for both Garnet and Eiko.

She thinks about the weight of Zidane’s dagger in her palms, standing in the sun and watching light pool in its steel, and thinking: this, I want to be this. Strong, swift, sure. She thinks that there is a power in names, just like there are in stories, and Dagger is a story she started telling herself. It took on a life of its own, the way the best stories always do.

Title: The King of Jump Rope and the Athlete Queen by invocations
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Eiko Carol, Vivi Orunitia
Eiko Carol&Vivi Orunitia
Word Count: 1236
Summary: Vivi is moving slower and slower.
Why I Rec This Fic: The whole Vivi buisness is destinied to make me cry everytime, and Eiko stubborn childish determinated, is perfect, i needed fluff after this one.

She said in the newly-empty house, “But they’re only nine!” and he just turned the serene glow of his eyes to her, stilling her hand-flutterings and precarious teacup-wavings.
“I was only nine,” he reminded her. He looked down at his hands folded neatly on his lap.

Title: A Place to Call Home by rynling
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Garnet Til Alexandros XVII, Freya Crescent
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII&Freya Crescent
Word Count: 1535
Summary: Garnet and Freya share a quiet moment in front of the Eidolon Wall on the eve of the final battle.
Additional Tags: Quiet Contemplation, Homesickness, Friendship, Missing Scene
Why I Rec This Fic: We can always use more moments between the female characters, and the way their growth parallels eachother is interesting.

"What will you do when we return from the Iifa Tree?" Garnet asked, breaking the silence.
Freya laughed again. "You're awfully confident, aren't you? You've changed so much since we first met."
Garnet grinned in response. "You know, people keep saying that to me, but I honestly don't think I've changed at all. I think that I was always who I am now, but I was just waiting for the right opportunity to become myself."

Title: We Didn’t Stop Together by momolars
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Vivi Ornitier/Puck
Vivi Ornitier, Puck
Zidane Tribal, Adelbert Steiner, Quina, Garnet Til Alexandros XVII, Freya Crescent, Eiko Carol, Amarant
Word Count: 1778
Summary: "For a moment, Vivi thinks of something the Black Mages from Black Mage Village would’ve said to each other. It must be cold for Puck down there, he ruminates. When he comes back up, I’ll wash him off. We can go swim in Alexandria’s rivers and feed Kupo Nuts to the moogles.
But Puck is dead."
Warning: (Child) Character death, Angst,
Why I Rec This Fic: Heartbreaking; beautiful, very in character.

Title: A Qu and Xyr Chocobo series by Quinara
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Quina, Bobby Corwen
Word Count: Stroper Stew: 1,288 + Fish for the Blues: 1,581
Summary: "A Qu and xyr chocobo take on the world, one meal at a time."
Why I Rec This Fic: Its gen and fluffy, and its also Quina (and I love Quina to death) and casuall queerness. and this casualness is something mainstream media so often denies us is one of my fav reasons to read fanfiction.

“She gave me anklet when left Alexandria,” Quina explained. “Told me, good luck adventuring, Quina! You take this; I no need it anymore. Help you against monsters. But keep it as memory too – you ever lost or need help? I come fight for you; I bring Zidane; I cure you. I be Dagger you knew again.” Xe held the anklet tightly, bringing it to xyr tongue and tasting the memory of the castle, the banquets xe once cooked there. Mmm, gysahl pickles…
-Fish for the Blues

Title: the unexpected wild card by createandconstruct
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Quina, Zidane Tribal
Quina&Zidane Tribal
Word Count: 5953
Summary: Disc 3: When Zidane wakes up he did not expect anyone else to be there, least of all Quina.
Why I Rec This Fic: I love love Quina and there should be more fic with them, and also with them interacting with their team mates. Nice hurt comfort – the central thesis remainds „You are not alone“ and I will always love it.

work in process

Title: Walking After Midnight by Empatheia
Fandom: Final Fantasy IX
Character/Pairing: Cinna (Final Fantasy IX), Blank (Final Fantasy IX), Marcus (Final Fantasy IX), Garnet Til Alexandros XVII
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII/Marcus (Final Fantasy IX), Garnet til Alexandros XVII/Zidane Tribal (mentioned)
Word Count: 4293
Summary: "Zidane can't stay, and she can't leave, so she is lonely much of the time. To ease it, sometimes she leaves her crown on her throne for the night and becomes Dagger once again."
Additional Tags: Open Relationships, Secret Idenitiy, Post-Game
Why I Rec This Fic: Garnet is queen and that is important to her but she is also young and happy and adventurous. I always wanted more fic that are about the friendship between the playable group and Tantalus.

Garnet, she left up in the castle. She was Dagger once more.
"It never gets old, watchin' you do that," he mused, one side of his mouth quirked up around the little fang there.
"It never gets less fun," she informed him with a grin of her own. "So, what am I summoned to tonight?"