This is delightful OP, thank you. I'm so glad you're pleased.
I wasn't sure what was going to be the summon at first, I figured I'd just grab one of the more esoteric Guardian Forces from 8, but then Volpe decided he was cool with being a summon, so.
I didn't want to argue with him.
The idea behind Desmond is that's he's solely a Summoner, but he can use his Summons to give himself extra skills. Like Chocobo gives him Speed magic like Haste, for example.
Shaun is indeed just a guy who fights with guns. The 'Blue Mage' part is that, if he knows an enemy well enough, he can replicate their skills. I thought it made sense for him to get magic through research.
Lucy is a Monk/Fighter/Badass who moonlights as a Synthesist, so you better be extra-nice to her or you'll be stuck with your crappy beginner weapons forever.
And Rebecca is a Dragoon because I love her outfit in AC:B, and since she was into extreme sports I could easily see her finding joy in divebombing enemies with a pointy stick.
(My personal fave FF is 10, though the FF7 expanded universe is a lot of fun too.)
And lastly, for any other Write!Anons out there, you're more than welcome to do your own fill!
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I wasn't sure what was going to be the summon at first, I figured I'd just grab one of the more esoteric Guardian Forces from 8, but then Volpe decided he was cool with being a summon, so.
I didn't want to argue with him.
The idea behind Desmond is that's he's solely a Summoner, but he can use his Summons to give himself extra skills. Like Chocobo gives him Speed magic like Haste, for example.
Shaun is indeed just a guy who fights with guns. The 'Blue Mage' part is that, if he knows an enemy well enough, he can replicate their skills. I thought it made sense for him to get magic through research.
Lucy is a Monk/Fighter/Badass who moonlights as a Synthesist, so you better be extra-nice to her or you'll be stuck with your crappy beginner weapons forever.
And Rebecca is a Dragoon because I love her outfit in AC:B, and since she was into extreme sports I could easily see her finding joy in divebombing enemies with a pointy stick.
(My personal fave FF is 10, though the FF7 expanded universe is a lot of fun too.)
And lastly, for any other Write!Anons out there, you're more than welcome to do your own fill!