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I took screenshots of the end of the game when it uses the Wingdings font and translated the Wingdings as best I could. A lot of the text is gibberish, but not all of it is. There is also a scene earlier in the game (during Pixel Girl's date with Piecea) where a fish says "Is this she who will destroy our world?" in Wingdings but I don't have a screenshot of that. I'm posting this as a note to myself for my own reference.

( Five Screenshots Here, Spoilers for the End of the Game )

The new update trailer just got released and I have too many thoughts, aaaahh.

( This may get...long. )

I do believe that this is everything new from the new trailer plus the updates on Nintendo's websites. ...I did warn in the cut text it'd be long.

So I ordered a Nintendo Switch back in March and it finally came in at the beginning of June, so I've been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons pretty much non-stop since then. And I want to talk about my island but my friend is Switch-less, so here we are.

( Ramblings Probably No One Cares About )

I might try to make this a daily thing, but we'll see I suppose.

Canon: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Zack Fair/Cloud Strife
Canon Level: Friends

Somewhere about halfway through Final Fantasy VII, I was so thoroughly confused by what in the world was going on with the plot that I decided to go read fic in the hopes of clearing things up. (It certainly wouldn't have been able to make my confusion any worse.) And promptly fell down the Cloud/Zack hole but good. I like Zack's friendliness and general happy-go-lucky attitude, but it's his complete devotion to the people he cares about that really gets to me--and Cloud is definitely one of those people. I feel like it's only natural that Cloud would be drawn Zack's bright spirit. And the thing that makes them work for me is that Cloud has just as much devotion as Zack, only it's a little harder to see at first. I feel like Zack was able to see a smidgen of that (one of the few who did see Cloud's true strengths), was intrigued, and determined that he had to get to know Cloud.

Suggested reading:
Too Good To Be True by Miko
Revisit by Cephy
I Promise by puella_nerdii
It Rains Ashes On Golgotha by Harmony
In Your Hands by sister_coyote

Canon: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Rinoa Heartilly/Squall Leonhart
Canon Level: Dating

There is something about the immersion you get with video games that gets to me so that I often end up shipping the canon couple despite myself. Rinoa's annoyingly peppy, Squall is trying real hard to earn his Angstiest Teenager Trophy, and yet I think they're super cute together. Rinoa refuses to let Squall wallow in his pessimistic attitude and drags him out of his shell in a way that none of his other friends can manage on their own. She has a core of tenacity that's easy to overlook but which hooks Squall and drags him into her orbit. They act as good counter-balances to each other with different strengths and weaknesses.

Suggested reading:
Play by Ear by Abbykat
Driving Lessons by ChelesNoir
Beautiful Day by celeste9

Canon: Phantasy Star IV
Pairing: Demi/Wren
Canon Level: Colleagues

Yeah, I am not sure where this one came from, but I finished Phantasy Star IV wanting nothing more than for Demi and Wren to settle down together and build robots and/or androids as their substitute children. Demi's adorable and I want good things for her, and I think Wren could be a part of that. I've always seen Wren as someone who's stern and doesn't show emotions easily but who cares deeply about his friends and what's right. I think he'd be protective of her at first, but as time goes on, Demi would mature into herself and Wren would feel comfortable opening up to her as an equal. All while they worked together to fix the environment with their robot/android children. It would be so sweet!

Suggested reading:
None.

Canon: Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Pairing: Zacharias Barnham/Eve Belduke
Canon Level: Interested in Each Other

The game Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a bit of a mess, in my opinion, both plot- and mechanics-wise, but the characters were interesting. And Zacharias and Eve were especially cute. Zacharias is so serious and dedicated to everything he decides to do and yet is still able to learn and change. Eve, post-game, is nervous and awkward now that she no longer has the defined roles of High Inquisitor and Great Witch dictating her life. She's finally free of obligations and can figure out what she wants in life for herself. A courtship between them would be so sweet as they both bumbled their way through things, trying their hardest but not really knowing what they're doing.

Suggested reading:
Uncovered by Jubalii
Falling by Jubalii