#200 – And So It Goes… (part two)

Posted on October 22, 2011 by L.J.

Nida: “Whatever! She just made the biggest mistake of her life! She’ll regret the day she dumped Nida Horsenflaggenoffer!”

Originally Published: 7/26/2007

Synopsis
Lark and the girls realize their means of getting to the ramble room is broken. Does this mean they have to leave for good?

Ramble Milestones
-We learn Nida’s last name.

Aren’t Locke and Yuffie such an obvious couple? Wish I thought of that sooner. Basically the thought behind this last ramble was: everybody gets a storyline! (Except the fringe FFIX and X characters). Hence you have Edgar’s baby trouble and Shadow wanting to be like Snake…a storyline I don’t really care for.

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#200 – And So It Goes… (part one)

Posted on October 22, 2011 by L.J.

Maxwell: “Well kiss my three toes! Never thought I’d see you purdy ladies again!”

Originally Published: 7/26/2007

Synopsis
Lark and the girls realize their means of getting to the ramble room is broken. Does this mean they have to leave for good?

Ramble Milestones
None this time.

I knew the only way to end things would be if we could never come back – hence the broken Playstation. You didn’t think I’d let the rambles go without one more appearance from Cousin Maxwell! Probably my favorite recurring character.

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Almost Done!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Well, rambles 1 – 199 are up and ready for rereading. I can’t believe I’m almost done with these! All that remains are: the last ramble (which will be put up in the parts it was originally divided into), the movie (again, in parts), all the gaidens (plus the new one) as well as the remaining comics and a bunch of the special features that originally went up with the last ramble.

As far as when the rest of everything will be posted, I would expect I’ll be done with the last ramble and movie by the end of October, if not before that. And the gaidens are short, so I should tear right through those. My goal is to have this project finished by the end of November. Hopefully that will happen!

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#199 – To Have and To Hold

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Lark: “…I thought I’d never say this, but I think we have a pick a bridal party of video game characters.”

Originally Published: 12/15/06 . 94 pages

Synopsis
Rufus wants to plan Lark a wedding that the ramble gang can attend! But when everything goes wrong, will there still be a wedding at all?

Ramble Milestones
-Edgar and Setzer are finally revealed to be a couple.
-Lark and Brady get married.

In real life I didn’t get married until several months later, but it was fun to imagine my “ramble” wedding. I enjoy incooperating other games, and it was fun to come up with so many different cameos for this one. I don’t think they all quite worked, but you try thinking of a game were you could get limos! All of the games referenced are listed below – my favorites were Dark Cloud 2, Fatal Frame, Parappa and Circus Caper.
Games parodied:
Circus Caper (location), Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (travel agency), Pikmin (flowers) , Kirby series (catering), Dead Rising (zombie mall), Midnight Club series (limos), Fatal Frame (photography), Mario series (florist, video, wedding planner), Animal Crossing (tailor) , Parappa the Rapper (DJ), Dark Cloud 2 (photo), Barbie for NES (waterfall mall), Zelda II (invitations).

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#198 – Truth Be Told

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Franswa: “Let’s take them up to my room and eat them all.”

Originally Published: 11/26/06 . 80 pages

Synopsis
The Belmonts are having a huge Thanksgiving party with all of their family members. Richter is planning a something big of his own, but will Franswa ruin it all when he lets a secret slip?

Ramble Milestones
-The Belmonts find out they’re related to Alucard.
-First appearance of the FFXII guys.

Castlevania canon doesn’t make it clear that Alucard fathered Trevor Belmont, but it’s certainly implied. I knew they would have to find out someday, but I wanted to put that off as long as possible, because obviously it would change his relationship with the Belmonts.

I don’t love this ramble, but I certainly like it quite a bit. I wanted to do a little more with Koudelka’s Thanksgiving, but I’m glad I left it as it is. One of my favorite scenes is when Sephiroth and Vincent are at the mall shopping for Alucard’s gift with Lily. It’s just a slice of his life that we don’t get to see too often. I also enjoy Dracula falling off the chandelier, and high Zell and Franswa are pretty amusing. The ending is also one of the more amusing ones. I also love all the flashbacks.

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#197 – Be My Valentine

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Sephiroth: “…All that wasted time…”

  OriginallyPublished: 11/14/06 . 66 pages

Synopsis
Vincent’s in the hospital and his prognosis isn’t good. Will Sephiroth ever get to say the things he’s been holding back?

Ramble Milestones
Nothing this time.

Today, on a very special ramble… Of all the serious rambles this one is my favorite. I had been planning this one for ages and was very glad to finally get Sephiroth and Vincent back together. And this ramble title is one of my favorites.

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#196 – Time Heals No Wounds

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Koudelka: “The future is a dangerous thing to play with.”

Originally Published: 11/3/06 . 49 pages

Synopsis
Sephiroth enlists Koudelka to help him see the future – but will he be happy with what he sees?

Ramble Milestones
Nothing this time.

I love this ramble. Crafting the future ramble world was really fun. I wish I had gotten a chance to play around with it a bit more. The ending is one of my favorite ramble dramatic moments.

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#195 – Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Dante: “I’m also pretty good at doing your ex-boyfriend.”

Originally Published: 10/27/06 . 58 pages

Synopsis
After some recent deaths, Rufus decides to redo his will. Reno gets a surprise from the past when his sister shows up, and Kuja and Seymour hatch a plan to finally see Shadow’s face. Also, Sephiroth is determined to beat Dante at touch football.

Ramble Milestones
-Kefka dies.
-Trini’s first appearance.

This ramble is a collection of small plots, and I love them all, but my favorite is Kuja’s quest to see Shadow’s face. I had been planning Kefka’s death for awhile – he never did much besides pop up and scare everyone anyway. And I wish I had introduced Trini sooner – I really like her as a character. The end of this one sets up events in the rambles to come.

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#194 – Fall of the House of Ramble

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Hojo: “Finally…we will have the fall of the house of ramble!”

Originally Published: 10/25/06 . 81 pages

Synopsis
Hojo has an idea to really take over the ramble room this time – by pitting the ramble gang against each other. The plan goes off as planned, but will it succeed? Meanwhile, Rufus opens a gas station.

Ramble Milestones
-Rufus evicts the Wild Arms gang.

I had been planning this ramble for so, so long, and to be honest it didn’t come out quite the way I imagined. But that happens with me a lot. I still like it well enough, but I really like the two Rufus subplots the best, especially the gas station. The scene with Mojo on fire is one of those moments where I really wish this was a cartoon. The title comes from the Edgar Allen Poe classic, Fall of the House of Usher.

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#193 – For Posterity

Posted on October 9, 2011 by L.J.

Vincent: “…I’m sure I don’t have to explain to you how strange it was watching this tape. It was like watching my own memories played back before my eyes.”

Originally Published: 10/13/06 . 34 pages

Synopsis
Rufus requests some security footage from Hojo and winds up getting more than he asked for.

Ramble Milestones
Nothing this time.

By now you must know I’m obsessed with Shinra and the back story of those characters. I wanted to tie up the loose ends that were left after the previous ramble that dealt with the videos, so this ramble came about. As usual, most of it was taken from my fanfic – not word for word, but fairly close in some cases.

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