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Reviews for Stagnating

By : HentaiDye
  • From ArchangelM127 on November 30, 2009
    Surprisingly touching. I am impressed, and I do not say that to another author lightly. :)
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  • From ANON - Zachere on December 15, 2005
    Nicely done. I'm actually really surprised to find fic of this quality on this site. You have a very clear voice, and so do your characters. I like that Seifer has the same basic speech patterns he does in the game, making use of words like 'ain't', which is unusual and refreshing.
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  • From ANON - Squalls Lover on May 28, 2005
    cool.I am all for seifer and quistis!!! that was good!^_^
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  • From DragonflyMina on February 10, 2005
    very good i liked it alot. not alot of fics show 'his other side' hope you update
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  • From ANON - Rodent on January 29, 2005
    *applauds*. Congratulations, this IMO the best 1-shot and the second-best of any story (second to Red Dawn on the FF7 page) on AFF.
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  • From ANON - Anon on January 24, 2005
    A well written piece in which the author has displayed a competent understanding of the characters' personalities and behavior, while also making reasonable expectations and logical inferences about the characters' progression in their relationships and ways of interacting with the world. Most notably, the author has crafted an interesting and believable routine way in which Quistis approaches each and every day, while also perfectly capturing Seifer's nature, yet hinting at his progression as a Person who is okay with not always doing "something BIG" as he would have put it during the game (example: "What’s the deal, you got no problem having me fuck you senseless each night but I can’t buy you breakfast? Why do you COME here, what do you WANT? WHY can’t you just do something THAT simple?”).

    Further, subtle hints toward Seifer actually caring about Quistis and truly wanting to see her express enjoyment in her life serve to emphasise his development even while his appearances are few; a case of "less is more," you might say.

    One of the most notable aspects of the piece is how Quistis is essentially using Seifer and not really caring about him or the fact that she's doing it, still seeing him as the Person he had been a year before and perhaps not feeling that what she was doing was terribly wrong because he had been a less-than-upstanding guy and not someone whose feelings -- if he had them -- she had reason to be terribly concerned with. He was an outlet for her own pent up frustrations and she saw him as little -- if at all -- more than that.

    The story culminating with Seifer displaying that he HAS feelings and that he wants to show that he cares in ways that mean something to him while also receiving care in return is the highlight of the piece, perhaps as much as Quistis realizing that she did need to see Seifer as a Person with feelings and follow his advice in how she lived her life. Up to that point, we had been receiving a constant build-up of Quistis' introspective and self-centered narrative, but with Seifer's outburst, we find that the piece is about more than just Quistis, but is about the dynamic between this character that is locked up in her own world every bit as much as Squall had been and someone that understands her and wants to help her to understand herself.

    Not drawn out to the point of absurdity or of being tedious, and not having too few scenes or exchanges to accentuate Quistis' disposition or failure to understand herself (brilliantly yet subtly illustrated by nearly every section but the last two ending with a question being posed), the author has spun an interesting tale that -- while having its detailed sex scene -- isn't gratuitous in that regard and has made this a story with a scene of physical passion, rather than a scene of physical passion with something somewhat resembling a story built around it here and there. This story remains at its heart a tale about the characters. If that was the author's intention, then they most certainly succeeded.
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  • From ANON - Anon on January 23, 2005
    Hm. What else am I supposed to say besides what I already have? You're characters were dead-on for the most part; and the story itself seemed like it could actually happen (in a matter of speaking, of course). I know it almost KILLED you to write it. Thankee.
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