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sapphireswimming  said: crossover meme: trc and ffxv? :D

Still no ships.  I’m really not a shipper, heh…

 

Luna and Sakura!!  Sakura would think Luna was the coolest person ever and Luna would love Sakura’s cheerfulness.  On the other hand, I feel like Sakura and Noct would also get along well due to the fact that they both get how it is to be sleepy all the time.  

 

Presuming that there wasn’t a misunderstanding to cause conflict, Gladio and Kurogane would become immediate Sparring Bros.

 

Not so much BFFs but Fai would 100% try to mother Prompto.  He knows “insecure and trying too hard to hide it” when he sees it.

 

Iggy and Syaoran would get along famously.  Syaoran would have all the questions about Eos and Iggy would have all the answers and also be thrilled to have an interested pupil.

 

Gentiana and Yuuko would get along and we should all be terrified.

 

If Ardyn had access to Yuuko, he’d probably try to make a wish.  She would not be amused.  Especially since Ardyn’s not particularly fond of following rules and tends to think he’s smarter than everyone.

 

Heaven help the Astrals if Sakura’s there when one of them gets summoned.  Canon, she can talk to upset nonhuman things–but she’s going to want answers for why summoning/asking for blessings is so hard on Noct/Luna, and she won’t approve of what she’s gonna hear.  (She’d probably start yelling at them before she remembered they were, in fact, gods)

 

If Ravus was acting like he was in canon, Kurogane would end up fighting him, but also giving him fighting tips and artificial arm maintenance tips, probably mid-fight.  

 

Unless there were feather shenanigans or a misunderstanding in the way, I can see the TRC group and the FFXV boys being allied.  

 

Not so much reluctant allies, but if Fai encountered Ardyn…I think he’d recognize a little bit of himself, like, the worst possible version of himself, in the guy.  It would scare the hell out of him but he’d also understand it and…yeah.  

 

Assuming Sakura didn’t get a chance to talk to the Astrals, they’d probably reluctantly support the TRC crew being successful, because they a) want them off their world and b) don’t want Fei Wang Reed screwing up the timeline and thus undoing their plan to end the Scourge.  (Guess whose favorite character isn’t the Astrals?  It’s me!!)

 

Ignis and Fai would probably try to get along since they’re both the “mother” of their respective groups and Fai likes cooking too, but their personalities are a little bit too incompatible for that, honestly….I mean, Fai has fun, but Ignis just kinda seethes and reminds himself not to summon weapons.

 

Syaoran and Noct wouldn’t actually get along that well, I don’t think.  Syaoran is made of intellectual curiosity and really confused about how Noct isn’t even vaguely interested in all of this mythology and magic and how it works?  Since he’s the most connected to all of it?  Noct just wants to be left alone and play phone games/sleep/fight the dang monster already.

 

I think Gladio and Kurogane, it’s just that Gladio needs more of Kurogane’s fleshed-out character development arc. 

 

I’ve had a hard time picking in FFXV, but I think it is probably Prompto.  Fai’s been my favorite in TRC since high school.

 

Like I said, Prompto sets off every single one of Fai’s Mom Instincts.  He sees the times when Prompto’s smiles are forced for what they are, and recognizes his efforts at lightening the mood for the group’s sake as well.  It’s adorable to him, and also a little familiar in a way that’s just short of painful, so it’s time to look after the kid.  Prompto takes to the attention like a duck to water, because most of the positive attention he’s had in his life is from his friends who are basically peers.  Fai, who’s clearly older than them, is more like a parent even than Ignis, and it’s…nice.  The fact that the attention means this much to Prompto doesn’t escape Fai’s notice, not for a second, so he just increases the thing, and Prompto loves it.

 

Honestly probably no one.  Honestly, I’m not much of a shipper, even in crossovers.  

 

Relena and Kudelia, definitely–they have very similar backstories and positions and they tend to try to make allies first before making enemies.  Also probably Atra and Catherine Bloom, as both of those two are “caring sister” types with spines of absolute freakin’ steel underneath (and a fair bit of childhood trauma; Catherine’s an orphan who grew up in a circus after all).  Those two would probably also get along with Biscuit and Hilde, who are smart and used to hanging back in support roles and would also be friends, I think.

 

Lady Une and Fumitan would get each other.  They might not talk much but they’d hang out.  Their personalities are similar enough.

 

Sally Po, Merribit Stapleton, and Nady Yukinojo Kassapa would form a sort of informal commiseration group, most likely with alcohol, dedicated to the subject of “why won’t these kids stay out of the fighting.”  If you adhere to Sally’s (ridiculously young for her appearance and role) canon age, she can have sparkling grape juice.

 

With regard to Treize, Zechs, McGillis and Gaelio…well, it depends on which point in canon I’m considering them to be at exactly how many of them are fighting each other, but it’s safe to say that during a crossover the protagonists wouldn’t actually have to worry about them, because they’d be too busy fighting each other, in one configuration or another.   All of them are capable of being goal-oriented but are able to be derailed by a good challenge, which the others present.  Whoops.

 

We’re just going to hope that Relena doesn’t find out about the Turbines.  She will jump to very bad conclusions and probably attempt to “liberate” a bunch of very capable robot pilots and support staff from their place of work and chosen refuge.  She would not like Naze, and even if she found out that the harem thing was a cover, she’d still probably disapprove.  I think she’s capable of learning the value of subterfuge but in canon that isn’t a thing she’s yet managed.

 

Quatre and Orga would very quickly work out that there were enough similarities in their goals to make collaboration worthwhile, and further, that the other was sharp enough to make collaboration a rewarding experience.

 

They would probably end up making an arrangement by which the entire Tekkadan and the Gundam pilots would be somewhat allied.  In a formal fashion that wasn’t too binding and allowed for the fact that Quatre’s got a Heero and a Duo and Orga’s got a Mika and a Eugene.

 

Lucretia Noin, Crank Zent, Naze Turbine and Amida Arca are reluctantly invited to the drinking-and-commiseration group.  Noin’s and Zent’s invitations are reluctant because they keep fighting the children, Naze’s is so because he “runs a harem” and lets some of the 18yos in it fight (and Amida is party to it).  Naze, of course, isn’t about to tell strangers about the whole flying women’s shelter thing, and Merribit and Nady are keeping his secrets for him, so Sally still objects to his inclusion.

 

Mika and Heero are too alike and too paranoid to trust one another but since both groups are in some senses fighting for their respective sets of colonies both of them would have to buckle down and get along.

 

Wufei and…really, most of the Tekkadan would absolutely grate on each other’s nerves.  It gets exaggerated in fic, Wufei doesn’t go around yelling “Honor!” in canon, but ideologically, he does fight according to a code of honor, the same way Crank Zent did.  Zent’s death was a demonstration of how foreign that concept is to the Tekkadan.  They fight to survive; ethics and codes don’t enter into their considerations, so Wufei approaching those subjects would fray tempers fast.  And their refusal to listen to his input would tick Wufei off just as badly.

 

Duo would take personal offense at Eugene’s grumpiness and probably try to fix it.  He might at least not go after Mika once it became clear that Mika was even more likely to shoot him than Heero, but Eugene?  Eugene is getting teased until he loosens the heck up.  Eugene will not appreciate this.

 

the characters i think are the most alike
 

Kudelia and Relena start from a very similar place.  I feel like Kudelia is something like what I would have liked to see happen with Relena.

my favorite character from each fandom & how i think they would get along
 

Duo and Orga…they’d be dangerous.  Orga would have a plan and Duo would make suggestions of how to make it more effective but also like 2 times more risky (which is never a thing that Orga’s plans need to begin with, mind!) and it would work, because Duo is in fact that good, in addition to being an actual daredevil with a superweapon. Duo, meanwhile, loves Orga’s plans, though he does like to…embellish.  Usually with extra explosions.  Orga, who’s used to Mika following plans to the letter, doesn’t like this at first, but Duo’s additions usually work, and he learns to go with it.