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''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Fate Deceived is a fanfic that follows events exactly 1 year after the main game finishes. The story starts off in Esthar where an unknown calamity strikes the SeeD contigent that is currently stationed there. This 'phantom' menace (as it were) begins to slowly spread through the rest of the world, systematically hunting down SeeD and tarnishing their good name in the process. With this newly awakened enemy being able to counter just about everything Squall and his fellow SeeDs can do, what hope is there for victory?
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''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Fate Deceived is a fanfic that follows events exactly 1 year after the main game finishes. The story starts off in Esthar where an unknown calamity strikes the SeeD [=SeeD=] contigent that is currently stationed there. This 'phantom' menace (as it were) begins to slowly spread through the rest of the world, systematically hunting down SeeD [=SeeD=] and tarnishing their good name in the process. With this newly awakened enemy being able to counter just about everything Squall and his fellow SeeDs [=SeeDs=] can do, what hope is there for victory?
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* ActionGirl: All three primary female protagonists are capable of defending themselves and fighting alongside their male SeeD counterparts. Selphie, Quistis and Rinoa each get chances in the spotlight to show off how badass they are.
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* ActionGirl: All three primary female protagonists are capable of defending themselves and fighting alongside their male SeeD [=SeeD=] counterparts. Selphie, Quistis and Rinoa each get chances in the spotlight to show off how badass they are.
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* AscendedExtra: Fellow SeeD graduate Xu was originally a secondary character who ultimately wasn't any of the main protagonists and by Disc 2 fell off the map. She is given a much larger role to play in the story.
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* AscendedExtra: Fellow SeeD [=SeeD=] graduate Xu was originally a secondary character who ultimately wasn't any of the main protagonists and by Disc 2 fell off the map. She is given a much larger role to play in the story.
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* BigBad: This title currently rests with Malthius, the leader of the five-man team of SeeD killers that originated in Esthar.
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* CurbStompBattle: Anytime Squall and co. encounter the five SeeD killers, they usually come away limping from the ordeal. They do manage to get some licks in however but it ultimately doesn't seem to make a difference.
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* CurbStompBattle: Anytime Squall and co. encounter the five SeeD [=SeeD=] killers, they usually come away limping from the ordeal. They do manage to get some licks in however but it ultimately doesn't seem to make a difference.
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* FemmeFatale: Loramel is the designated female of the SeeD killer group. To complete her overall villainous package, she is also a [[spoiler:cannibal who likes to literally eat her victims]].
* FiveBadBand: The cast of SeeD killers can be nicely divided up thusly:
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* FemmeFatale: Loramel is the designated female of the SeeD [=SeeD=] killer group. To complete her overall villainous package, she is also a [[spoiler:cannibal who likes to literally eat her victims]].
* FiveBadBand: The cast ofSeeD [=SeeD=] killers can be nicely divided up thusly:
* FiveBadBand: The cast of
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* OriginalCharacter: There are a select few characters that have recently joined the SeeD ranks that were not present in the game. Each one has been fleshed out with their own unique weapon speciality and unique personalities to help compliment the existing crew of six primary protagonists.
* PowerNullifier: All five of the SeeD killers [[spoiler:have the ability to drain para-magic from any SeeD as well as destroy any Guardian Force they bring to bear]].
* PowerNullifier: All five of the SeeD killers [[spoiler:have the ability to drain para-magic from any SeeD as well as destroy any Guardian Force they bring to bear]].
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* OriginalCharacter: There are a select few characters that have recently joined the SeeD [=SeeD=] ranks that were not present in the game. Each one has been fleshed out with their own unique weapon speciality and unique personalities to help compliment the existing crew of six primary protagonists.
* PowerNullifier: All five of theSeeD [=SeeD=] killers [[spoiler:have the ability to drain para-magic from any SeeD [=SeeD=] as well as destroy any Guardian Force they bring to bear]].
* PowerNullifier: All five of the
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* ActionGirl: All three primary female protagonists are capable of defending themselves and fighting alongside their male SeeD counterparts. Selphie, Quistis and Rinoa each get chances in the spotlight to show off how BadAss they are.
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* ActionGirl: All three primary female protagonists are capable of defending themselves and fighting alongside their male SeeD counterparts. Selphie, Quistis and Rinoa each get chances in the spotlight to show off how BadAss badass they are.
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* {{Wimpification}}: One reviewer claimed that the villains were overpowered and completely decimating the heroes, what made it worse in the reviewer's eyes was that it belittled the skills the heroes had and the fact they were original character villains didn't help; they said they'd promptly stop reading the fanfic. DarkFlameWolf replied,
*** ''"I had to make the new villains a force to contend with, especially since they weren't sorceresses themselves. There are reasons they are OP right now in the story and those will become apparent over the course of the story. Will Squall and co. find out how to beat them? Of course. Do these villains have weaknesses? Of course. But if I don't present villains that test our heroes, even to the point of defeating them the first few battles, then what's the point of introducing anyone new? Squall and co. would trounce them handily on the first battle and the story would end and there would be no Fate Deceived. Either way, opinions are your own and I will continue to write this story as I envision it."''
*** ''"I had to make the new villains a force to contend with, especially since they weren't sorceresses themselves. There are reasons they are OP right now in the story and those will become apparent over the course of the story. Will Squall and co. find out how to beat them? Of course. Do these villains have weaknesses? Of course. But if I don't present villains that test our heroes, even to the point of defeating them the first few battles, then what's the point of introducing anyone new? Squall and co. would trounce them handily on the first battle and the story would end and there would be no Fate Deceived. Either way, opinions are your own and I will continue to write this story as I envision it."''
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* {{Wimpification}}: One reviewer claimed that the villains were overpowered and completely decimating the heroes, what made it worse in the reviewer's eyes was that it belittled the skills the heroes had and the fact they were original character villains didn't help; they said they'd promptly stop reading the fanfic. DarkFlameWolf replied,
[[Creator/DarkFlameWolf Darkflamewolf's]] reply [condensed]:
*** ''"I had to make the new villains a force to contendwith, especially since they weren't sorceresses themselves. with...There are reasons [why] they are OP right now in the story and those will become apparent over the course of the story.[be revealed]. Will Squall and co. find out how to beat them? Of course. Do these villains them...[and do they] have weaknesses? Of course. But course, but if I don't present villains that test our heroes, even to the point of defeating them the first few battles, then what's the point of introducing anyone new? Squall and co. would trounce [kill them handily on the first battle easily] and the story would end and there would be no Fate Deceived. Either way, opinions are your own and I will continue to write this story as I envision it.Deceived."''
*** ''"I had to make the new villains a force to contend
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***''"I had to make the new villains a force to contend with, especially since they weren't sorceresses themselves. There are reasons they are OP right now in the story and those will become apparent over the course of the story. Will Squall and co. find out how to beat them? Of course. Do these villains have weaknesses? Of course. But if I don't present villains that test our heroes, even to the point of defeating them the first few battles, then what's the point of introducing anyone new? Squall and co. would trounce them handily on the first battle and the story would end and there would be no Fate Deceived. Either way, opinions are your own and I will continue to write this story as I envision it."''
***''"I had to make the new villains a force to contend with, especially since they weren't sorceresses themselves. There are reasons they are OP right now in the story and those will become apparent over the course of the story. Will Squall and co. find out how to beat them? Of course. Do these villains have weaknesses? Of course. But if I don't present villains that test our heroes, even to the point of defeating them the first few battles, then what's the point of introducing anyone new? Squall and co. would trounce them handily on the first battle and the story would end and there would be no Fate Deceived. Either way, opinions are your own and I will continue to write this story as I envision it."''
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* WhamEpisode: It is highly likely there will be quite a few more to come in this fanfic but the major one thus far is in Chapter 8 where [[spoiler:we lose Irvine Kinneas. He gets show point blank in the head by Fefnir in front of everyone]].
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* WhamEpisode: It is highly likely there will be quite a few more to come in this fanfic but the major one thus far is in Chapter 8 where [[spoiler:we lose Irvine Kinneas. He gets show shot point blank in the head by Fefnir in front of everyone]].
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* WhamEpisode: There will more than It is highly likely there will be quite a few more to come in the this fanfic but the major one thus far is in Chapter 8 where [[spoiler:we lose Irvine Kinneas. He gets show point blank in the head by Fefnir in front of everyone]].
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** To a lesser extent, the library girl barely mentioned in Final Fantasy VIII that Zell took a fancy to is actually given a name, Malita, and is the focus of a single chapter.
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* AscendedExtra: Xu and Nida play a more prominent role in the story than they did in the actual game. [[spoiler: Although Nida dies a bit early on in chapter 5 however..]].
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* AscendedExtra: Fellow SeeD graduate Xu was originally a secondary character who ultimately wasn't any of the main protagonists and Nida by Disc 2 fell off the map. She is given a much larger role to play a more prominent role in the story than they did in story.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fate brought them together...]]
''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Fate Deceived is a fanfic that follows events exactly 1 year after the main game finishes. The story starts off in Esthar where an unknown calamity strikes the SeeD contigent that is currently stationed there. This 'phantom' menace (as it were) begins to slowly spread through the rest of the world, systematically hunting down SeeD and tarnishing their good name in the process. With this newly awakened enemy being able to counter just about everything Squall and his fellow SeeDs can do, what hope is there for victory?
Like her previous fanfic, this story is very adult-oriented. It has a few graphic lemon scenes (although not as many or to the degree of her FanFic/ZeldasHonor fanfic) but the content is rated mature primarily for the gratuitous violence present in each encounter with the enemy. Thankfully it is peppered throughout the action sequences and only accentuates the brutality of the situations Squall and co. must survive from. It seems the overall theme of this fanfic is more in line with current commentary on how our political and journalistic age has degenerated over the years; addressing topics such as public informational integrity, the dangers of technology with concerns of safekeeping personal information and the overall lack of privacy in a world gone digital.
This is Creator/DarkFlameWolf's second fanfic ever written and is still currently in progress and not yet finished. You can view the unfolding story at [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11501485/1/FFVIII-Fate-Deceived fanfiction.net]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4818134 archiveofourown.org]].
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!!Tropes that apply to this fanfic:
*ActionGirl: All three primary female protagonists are capable of defending themselves and fighting alongside their male SeeD counterparts. Selphie, Quistis and Rinoa each get chances in the spotlight to show off how BadAss they are.
** Even some of the original characters like Malita and Frejya have ActionGirl like qualities.
*AscendedExtra: Xu and Nida play a more prominent role in the story than they did in the actual game. [[spoiler: Although Nida dies a bit early on in chapter 5 however..]].
*BerserkButton: Don't even think about kidnapping or harming Rinoa. Squall will never forgive you.
*BigBad: This title currently rests with Malthius, the leader of the five-man team of SeeD killers that originated in Esthar.
*BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Malita]] is only present in the [[spoiler:first chapter]] but by the end, she has grown on you so much that it is sad that she dies before the chapter ends. Her death is extremely shocking and very brutal.
*ContinuityCreep: Averted slightly, although it isn't as prevalent as was in her first FanFic, the story does a great job explaining events that occurred in the game as they are necessary to know. You are never given more information about past events unless needed to understand the current situation.
*CurbStompBattle: Anytime Squall and co. encounter the five SeeD killers, they usually come away limping from the ordeal. They do manage to get some licks in however but it ultimately doesn't seem to make a difference.
*DarkFic: Although ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' was meant for an older audience anyway, this story takes it to a whole deeper level with the level of maturity in relationships between the teenage protagonists, sexual tension and actions as well as the over the top violence and sequences.
*FemmeFatale: Loramel is the designated female of the SeeD killer group. To complete her overall villainous package, she is also a [[spoiler:cannibal who likes to literally eat her victims]].
*FiveBadBand: The cast of SeeD killers can be nicely divided up thusly:
**BigBad: Malthius, the counterpart to Squall with his weapon of choice, the gunblade.
**TheDragon: Although hard to tell, it seems Fefnir is the one Malthius trusts most. Has a nice set of dual wielding guns/rifles/cannons for arms as a counterpart to Irvine.
**TheEvilGenius: Theros with his crazy personality and the ability to concoct noxious nerve toxins to [[spoiler:completely take over another person's body like a puppet]] land him in this category. His use of nun chucks makes him a foil for Selphie.
**TheBrute: Renard with his silver-arm that can literally plow through another person's body firmly cement him as this type and the rival to Zell. Fight first, think later with him.
**DarkChick: Loramel is the lone female of the group and is the only person applicable for this title. The fact she loves to [[spoiler:eat people]] makes her even more dark as a character. Her usage of the whip make her the opposite of Quistis.
*MindRape: A variant, with Theros' nerve toxin, [[spoiler: Squall and co. are literally at the mercy of his maniacal whims. They cannot control their own bodies and can even be forced to kill each other.]]
*OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Plenty of instances during long fight sequences involving multiple characters in multiple locations. Each chapter can only focus so much on one battle before having to switch to another before merging the two a few pages later. Sometimes the rest of the battle is alluded to via bits of dialogue between characters or plot exposition.
**One fine example is Zell's encounter with [[spoiler:Renard and Loramel]] in chapter 4. His entire battle with them is never described or shown but rather mentioned in a single off-hand comment by Zell about what transpired off page.
*OriginalCharacter: There are a select few characters that have recently joined the SeeD ranks that were not present in the game. Each one has been fleshed out with their own unique weapon speciality and unique personalities to help compliment the existing crew of six primary protagonists.
*PowerNullifier: All five of the SeeD killers [[spoiler:have the ability to drain para-magic from any SeeD as well as destroy any Guardian Force they bring to bear]].
*ShipTease: There have been a few hints toward a Squall/Quistis relationship as well as a Zell/Xu relationship. Only time will tell if either one pans out. (Irvine/Selphie don't count since we all knew of that one because of their relationship from the game)
*TheStoic: The villain, Fefnir, is rather untalkative and prefers to let his actions be his means of communication. He will talk however when he's agitated or upset.
*WouldHurtAChild: The villains don't seem to care who they harm in the fulfillment of their objective.
*YouCantThwartStageOne: It seems no matter how prepared or equipped our heroes are, the villains seem to always be one step ahead. Time will tell where the turning point will be in the FanFic.
[[caption-width-right:350:Fate brought them together...]]
''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Fate Deceived is a fanfic that follows events exactly 1 year after the main game finishes. The story starts off in Esthar where an unknown calamity strikes the SeeD contigent that is currently stationed there. This 'phantom' menace (as it were) begins to slowly spread through the rest of the world, systematically hunting down SeeD and tarnishing their good name in the process. With this newly awakened enemy being able to counter just about everything Squall and his fellow SeeDs can do, what hope is there for victory?
Like her previous fanfic, this story is very adult-oriented. It has a few graphic lemon scenes (although not as many or to the degree of her FanFic/ZeldasHonor fanfic) but the content is rated mature primarily for the gratuitous violence present in each encounter with the enemy. Thankfully it is peppered throughout the action sequences and only accentuates the brutality of the situations Squall and co. must survive from. It seems the overall theme of this fanfic is more in line with current commentary on how our political and journalistic age has degenerated over the years; addressing topics such as public informational integrity, the dangers of technology with concerns of safekeeping personal information and the overall lack of privacy in a world gone digital.
This is Creator/DarkFlameWolf's second fanfic ever written and is still currently in progress and not yet finished. You can view the unfolding story at [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11501485/1/FFVIII-Fate-Deceived fanfiction.net]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4818134 archiveofourown.org]].
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!!Tropes that apply to this fanfic:
*ActionGirl: All three primary female protagonists are capable of defending themselves and fighting alongside their male SeeD counterparts. Selphie, Quistis and Rinoa each get chances in the spotlight to show off how BadAss they are.
** Even some of the original characters like Malita and Frejya have ActionGirl like qualities.
*AscendedExtra: Xu and Nida play a more prominent role in the story than they did in the actual game. [[spoiler: Although Nida dies a bit early on in chapter 5 however..]].
*BerserkButton: Don't even think about kidnapping or harming Rinoa. Squall will never forgive you.
*BigBad: This title currently rests with Malthius, the leader of the five-man team of SeeD killers that originated in Esthar.
*BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Malita]] is only present in the [[spoiler:first chapter]] but by the end, she has grown on you so much that it is sad that she dies before the chapter ends. Her death is extremely shocking and very brutal.
*ContinuityCreep: Averted slightly, although it isn't as prevalent as was in her first FanFic, the story does a great job explaining events that occurred in the game as they are necessary to know. You are never given more information about past events unless needed to understand the current situation.
*CurbStompBattle: Anytime Squall and co. encounter the five SeeD killers, they usually come away limping from the ordeal. They do manage to get some licks in however but it ultimately doesn't seem to make a difference.
*DarkFic: Although ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' was meant for an older audience anyway, this story takes it to a whole deeper level with the level of maturity in relationships between the teenage protagonists, sexual tension and actions as well as the over the top violence and sequences.
*FemmeFatale: Loramel is the designated female of the SeeD killer group. To complete her overall villainous package, she is also a [[spoiler:cannibal who likes to literally eat her victims]].
*FiveBadBand: The cast of SeeD killers can be nicely divided up thusly:
**BigBad: Malthius, the counterpart to Squall with his weapon of choice, the gunblade.
**TheDragon: Although hard to tell, it seems Fefnir is the one Malthius trusts most. Has a nice set of dual wielding guns/rifles/cannons for arms as a counterpart to Irvine.
**TheEvilGenius: Theros with his crazy personality and the ability to concoct noxious nerve toxins to [[spoiler:completely take over another person's body like a puppet]] land him in this category. His use of nun chucks makes him a foil for Selphie.
**TheBrute: Renard with his silver-arm that can literally plow through another person's body firmly cement him as this type and the rival to Zell. Fight first, think later with him.
**DarkChick: Loramel is the lone female of the group and is the only person applicable for this title. The fact she loves to [[spoiler:eat people]] makes her even more dark as a character. Her usage of the whip make her the opposite of Quistis.
*MindRape: A variant, with Theros' nerve toxin, [[spoiler: Squall and co. are literally at the mercy of his maniacal whims. They cannot control their own bodies and can even be forced to kill each other.]]
*OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Plenty of instances during long fight sequences involving multiple characters in multiple locations. Each chapter can only focus so much on one battle before having to switch to another before merging the two a few pages later. Sometimes the rest of the battle is alluded to via bits of dialogue between characters or plot exposition.
**One fine example is Zell's encounter with [[spoiler:Renard and Loramel]] in chapter 4. His entire battle with them is never described or shown but rather mentioned in a single off-hand comment by Zell about what transpired off page.
*OriginalCharacter: There are a select few characters that have recently joined the SeeD ranks that were not present in the game. Each one has been fleshed out with their own unique weapon speciality and unique personalities to help compliment the existing crew of six primary protagonists.
*PowerNullifier: All five of the SeeD killers [[spoiler:have the ability to drain para-magic from any SeeD as well as destroy any Guardian Force they bring to bear]].
*ShipTease: There have been a few hints toward a Squall/Quistis relationship as well as a Zell/Xu relationship. Only time will tell if either one pans out. (Irvine/Selphie don't count since we all knew of that one because of their relationship from the game)
*TheStoic: The villain, Fefnir, is rather untalkative and prefers to let his actions be his means of communication. He will talk however when he's agitated or upset.
*WouldHurtAChild: The villains don't seem to care who they harm in the fulfillment of their objective.
*YouCantThwartStageOne: It seems no matter how prepared or equipped our heroes are, the villains seem to always be one step ahead. Time will tell where the turning point will be in the FanFic.
