Roads Diverged

Title: Courting The Storm - Complete
Author: jessara40k
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Cloud/Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: Implied castration, implied slavery, slash
Theme: 30 band/rock star

( “Ah....Cloud-kun? Hojo-kyou said you were interested in having a castrato feature on your next single?” )

Title: Restorations I
Author: karanguni
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII - Tseng
Characters: Tseng, Rufus, Reeve, Wutai, Midgar, everyone.
Rating: PG
Warnings: This doesn't help my claim "along", but it... kind of pushes it around horizontally. *BEAMS* First part of a multiparter - one or two more chapters planned. Canon AU. "What happens after Midgar". Gen, with slash when you squint. You may have to squint less in other chapters. Rufus Shinra is in the god damned house.
Theme: 3: canon what-if
Summary: And Shinra said, we are going to save the world, and then said, but let us start with restorations.

2410 words, and Rufus would like you to know that he is perfectly harmless, thank you.

( They sent him into Wutai because it was the predictable thing to do, and these days it paid to do things predictably. )

Title: Are we there yet?
Author: elanor_pam
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: None really.
Rating: T
Warnings: Panty shot... though accidental.
Theme: 28. alien planet
Notes: I was undecided between 27 (desert island) and 28 (alien planet), but in the end went for a desert planet. :D

( We wanna go home. )

People who made roads_diverged claims in March and have not yet posted, or people who last posted in March (or before) -- to keep your claim active, you need to post soon!

I know this is a pretty late reminder, and I apologize -- instead of setting the deadline at the end of the month, I'm going to give it an extra week, so you can have until July 7 to get something in if you're running behind.

If you've already contacted me to let me know you need extra time, you don't need to do so again.

If you can't remember when you posted last, you can check for your tag(s) here.

In completely other news, good luck to ivoryandhorn, who is now one story away from being the first person to complete a claim! *cheers*

Title: Something There That Wasn't There Before
Author: ivoryandhorn
Fandom: The City Adel (/Kingdom Hearts; post-KH II)
Pairing: Pevi/Ivahn (& Axel/Roxas)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: m/m
Length: 18,600
Theme: #25 - big city
Summary: I'd travel to the ends of the worlds to save you.
Author's Note: I don't want to say too much in case I end up flailing and begging for forgiveness, but I will say that I mess with canon a bit. And that when my eye landed on the big city prompt I was instantly pinged for this setting.

Each part links out to my journal. All titles are indeed lines from Disney songs. Not telling which ones, though. ;)

Part I: Our Trio's Down to Two

Part II: When You Wish Upon A Star

Part III: Glowing Dim as an Ember

Part IV: 'Tween Pavement and Stars

Part V: Let's Get Down to Business

Part VI: Like Painting a Masterpiece (It's a Work of Heart)

Title: Stray
Author: Laylah
Fandom: Bijou
Pairing: Liam/Topaz
Rating: not worksafe!
Theme: #41 - anthro/furry
Bringing him home was probably a bad idea, even in the unlikely case that his owner isn't looking for him.

( Stray )

Author/Artist: Ani_mama
Fandom: FFVII
Characters: Vincent, with Cid thrown in for free, and a whole slew of other odd critters
Rating: G
Theme: 11 genderflip
Warnings: not responsible for broken keyboards, please remove food and drink from vicinity before clicking those cut links!

I had a bit of trouble with this theme. The idea of Vincent with boobs was rather...disturbing. This was the first try.


Then I realized that girl or no, there was no way in heck that Vincent would ever be convinced to dress up as a French maid. So, what could possibly happen if Vincent picked up a "genderflip" materia and was magically transformed into a girl? ::runs away before the rotten veggies start flying.::

Title: Erase, Rewrite, Restore
Author/Artist: Sleeps With Coyotes
Fandom: Vagrant Story
Pairing: Ashley x Sydney
Rating: Worksafe
Note: I seriously don't understand why absolutely everything tries to make me write a novel for it. I mean. Argh.
Theme: Society [#16: Cyberpunk]

( Ashley nodded once, eyes fixed on the screen over LeSait's shoulder. )

Author/Artist: Ani_mama
Fandom: FFVII
Characters: Vincent, with Cid thrown in for free!
Rating: G
Theme: 12 gangsters
Warnings: Might not be worksafe if your coworkers are major homophobes, since these two are a little friendly. Nothing that would warrant a higher rating though.

For the theme "gangsters." Since Vin would look pretty silly with grillz and saggy pants, here is a bit more old fashioned look. With free bonus Cid in an outfit shamelessly stolen from Humphrey Bogart. Background by 44 suburbia.

Author/Artist: Ani_mama
Fandom: FFVII
Pairing:Cid and Vincent
Rating: G
Theme: 13 superpowers/mutants

Just finished this pic today, and realized it would fit in nicely as a superpowers/mutant theme...Chaos Vincent, with a very AU Cid.

Title: Internet Famous
Author: ivoryandhorn
Fandom: The City Adel
Pairing: Pevi/Ivahn
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: very mild m/m
Length: ~2000
Theme: #35 - high school
Author's Note: This is almost nothing like any of my other ideas for this prompt. Which just goes to show you that inspiration hits at weird times with the weirdest things.

( ...it’s not like they’re sticking hands down each other’s pants or stripping or anything. )

Title: Rose Parlor
Author: Mithrigil
Fandom: Ivalice -- This one's all Vagrant Story
Characters: Ashley, Heidricht, Callo, Sydney, Samantha
Rating: PG
Warnings: None!
Theme: lack of powers/real world -- Vassar College, 1965.

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Rose Parlor
vagrant story
Mithrigil Galtirglin

MONDAY MARCH 15, 1965
2:46 PM EST

( A charismatic teacher is hardly cause for alarm, Dr. Heidricht. )

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Title: Outward From Midgar
Author: karanguni
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII: Tseng; crossed-over with Lucifer (comic)
Characters: Tseng, Lucifer cameo
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Crossover. Midgar AU. Smashee-crashee of various real cultures. The Devil.
Theme: 26. small town
Summary: Sometimes you just got to get bored with life before you remember to start living it.

5141 words and the loosest ever interpretation of a theme. Oh, and the most desperate crossover ever, too! You really, really don't need to know Lucifer. At all.

( The first impression it left on him was this: roads leading everywhere and nowhere, too much sky, too much land, too few people. )

Author/Artist: Ani_mama
Fandom:Final Fantasy VIII
Character:Vincent Valentine
Rating:G
Warnings:none
Theme:wild west/cowboy

First time posting here, hope I am doing this right!

Here's my second (very late) installment, inspired by my favorite character from FFXII -- Balthier, naturally! ^_^

Title: Chiaroscuro 1/?
Author: MadamHydra
Beta: none, very rough draft
Fandom: FF7 x KH(2) crossover
Type: work-in-progress
Pairing/Characters: Rufus, Turks, KH-versions of Cloud, Aerith, Sephiroth, and other FF7 characters
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: ~6200
Warnings:
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy VII, and all related prequels and sequels belong to Square-Enix.

Summary: Rufus and Turk pay a visit to Radiant Garden and meet some old friends.

( 'You like being a rogue, don't you?' )

How much do I love you guys? So much, seriously. ^_^

In the last month and a half, we've hit the point where a few participants are starting to cross the halfway mark, with 4 out of 7 pieces completed. Congratulations to mithrigil, elanor_pam, ivoryandhorn, and karanguni (who's setting a speed record -- four pieces complete in just over a month!). You rock!

And the community as a whole is pretty awesome, too -- we have works in the archive for 34 out of 49 defined themes so far. If you're looking for some inspiration for your next piece, the themes nobody's tackled yet are

( under this cut! )

Keep up the good work! ♥

Title: Beyond Good, Or: Evil
Author: karanguni
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Characters: Tseng; Rufus and Reno
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Middle-sized Midgar AU. Bad religious overtones. Bad overtones!
Theme: 45. battling the Devil
Summary: Sometimes you need something more than a little morality.

4899 words; this is one of those which just don't budge no matter how much you pick at it or feel that it isn't right. I apologise on its behalf; it turned out more a mood piece than a plotty one.

( It's dangerous, thinking in Midgar. )

Title: Empery
Author: karanguni
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Characters: Tseng; Veld cameo
Rating: Hard R (non-explicit sex, swearing)
Warnings: Massive AU. Massive culture abuse. Massive abuse in general.
Theme: 15. empire
Summary: He was taught that Wutai was the centre of the universe; he could not understand the empire stirring in the East until it was upon him, until it destroyed him, until it changed him, until it gave him empery.

6756 words and oh god I am so proud of this baby. This is my justification for Wutai versus Midgar in the original game, transplanted so that it makes sense.

( They said: Empire is coming. By the time he understood what they meant, it was already too late. )

I wish I had an excuse for this, but I really, really don't. *beams*

Title: Survivor: Icicle Inn
Author: karanguni
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Tseng in an implied Tseng/Rufus; Reno and Rufus cameo
Rating: PG (swearing)
Warnings: Uh, blatant Survivor rip off? I thank this site for the application form.
Theme: 7. reality show
Summary: Tseng is going to have to outwit, outplay and outlast whether he likes it or not.

3139 words and a cunning, cunning plan. [edit:] corrected a few things; I somehow managed to kill all the formatting inside the fic when I first posted.

( They signed him up for it as prank; well, sort of. )

Title: Mist Walker
Author: Laylah
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing Characters: the Judges Magister
Rating: PG for violence?
Theme: #21 - prison ...or, in this case, prison break. ^^
A/N: Mostly, this is about team combat and how fscking awesome it is. Gambits, quickenings, the whole lot.

( Mist Walker )