palm springs, calif.
april 2024
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i think, fundamentally, seeing a lot of valenwind relegated to “crackship” is so wild after being in these trenches for almost 15 years now considering how much subtext characterization we get with cid and vincent, especially from vincent.
vincent categorically doesn’t really say a whole awful lot, and trends towards being absurdly unhelpful/cryptic in certain circumstances. he’s semi-formal, uses wry humor sparingly, clings to the fringes of the group.
it is specifically when cid is involved, multiple times in the original game, where Vincent will just randomly use a nickname for him, consistantly check in on him, outright admits to admiring him at least twice, and admits to fighting by his side because it’s all he can give. dirge (i have my dirge defence preloaded) canonizes the two of them being drinking buddies between the two year gap— a time period where vincent was actively getting into scrapes with OTHER MEMBERS of avalanche (otwtas mention, your mileage may vary).
save for the novel, all of these interactions are in the games, and are exceptional examples of the sort of way that vincent defers to teammates and communicates with others. relegating it to just the hotel scene or standing next to eachother feels fundamentally crazysauce to me. there are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see or whatever
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More stuff about that silly AU. I still can't get a grasp on Josh's design... Anyways, the background was supposedly going to be the first page of a comic based on this AU that I'm making but I didn't like how it turned out. Damn. I love them.
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