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@ff_press: [FFVIII] justira & seventhe: Same As It Never Was (1-4) (Rinoa/Squall, Laguna/Squall, Quistis/Rinoa) (PG13) (41,000 words)


Same As It Never Was


Fandom | Cast: FFVIII. Main characters Rinoa, Squall, Quistis, Laguna, Ellone. Lots of Kiros, Watts, Zone, Ward. Main ships Rinoa/Squall, Laguna/Squall, Quistis/Squall. Also Kiros/Laguna, Quistis/Rinoa/Squall
Rating | Warnings: For these chapters, PG or PG13 or something, but eventually at LEAST an R. See list of ships for the warnings; don't think there's anything that's not obvious from that.
Words: 41,000 out of approximately 200,000+
Feedback: OH GOD ARE YOU KIDDING? YES PLEASE. ohgod. Crit is SO SO WELCOME, as is ANYTHING ELSE.
Notes: Co-authored with seventhe! There are going to be REAMS of author notes when we're done. For now, I think our list of tags is instructive: oh shit it's a long final fantasy fic get in the car!, the fandom hell bus has arrived honk, no I am not going that way, sqwhale, incest, no seriously this fic is freaking long we are not kidding, meta, magic meta, suddenly bechdel, we ship everyone/kiros


Summary: Rinoa's gone public as a Sorceress and is campaigning for Timber's independence, Laguna's steering Esthar's re-emergence, Galbadia won't give up, Squall's dealing with the political fallout as Garden Commander -- and in case no one has enough on their plates, something's wrong with the Sorceress-Knight Bond. When terrorists attack Timber in the middle of Squall and Rinoa's argument over where the new Garden should go -- Timber or Esthar? -- they decide to take a break, hoping that if they can sort out the politics in their separate spheres, they can come back and sort through the quietly desperate mess of their private lives and repair their Bond.

Sorceresses still make the world nervous and Galbadia won't let Timber go; Esthar needs to come out of hiding and Garden needs to decide its place in the world. Four lives are unraveling -- but maybe, between them, they can find the answers...

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( Same As It Never Was @AO3 )

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@ff_press: Do not list please =D

Daily Doodle: Today! Was EXCEPTIONALLY draining. I blame it on "first day back from winter torpidity" syndrome.

Doodle done ALMOST without refs. So close! I just can't do his hair without help, and barely even then =|
Time: 5 mins?

( Daily Doodle: FFVIII - Chibi Squall disapproves )