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jessara40k_ljSeen a few times on my f-list [edit] and figured it's a good way to work out extra background for my characters [end edit].
Name a character and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my personal fanon.
But please name the fic you want that character from, and it might take a while for me to post my answers.
Note, I've altered the date because this is staying open for a while. If I just can't come up with three facts for a character I've been asked for then I'll tell you so.
Name a character and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my personal fanon.
But please name the fic you want that character from, and it might take a while for me to post my answers.
Note, I've altered the date because this is staying open for a while. If I just can't come up with three facts for a character I've been asked for then I'll tell you so.
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Date: 2007-09-26 02:35 am (UTC)Rufus's story (Cetra Restoration) has been gnawing at me for a while. How did he come to be in Cloud's household and why does he act the way he does? Minor character, I know, but I'm really curious.
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Date: 2007-09-26 08:35 am (UTC)Yeah sure. But this might take a while. You're asking me to specifically focus on his backstory, aren't you? I do have some ideas for how he ends up with Reno as a permanent protector, but not enough for what I want to do with their relationship.
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Date: 2007-09-27 04:13 am (UTC)Besides, it is good practice. ^.~
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Date: 2007-09-28 08:43 am (UTC)Yes it is. It's just Reno and Rufus are both reluctant to 'talk' to me. I do know that Reno was enhanced the same way Zack was: when ShinRa fell Hojo escaped and almost as an act of spite he made sure as many children as he could get his hands on were given mako injections, enhancing them and condemning them to life in slavery. Any way, here's what I've got on rufus.
1) Rufus was 8-10 at the Cetra Restoration, and his father was killed during it, so he was interviewed by five healer caste Cetra to determine whether he could be trusted with any opportunity to gain personal power. they concluded that he couldn't, that he'd use any chance he had of gaining personal power to incite rebellion, and he'd be a focus of loyalty for any Turks who still lived. So there were two options, he could be killed, the option the temporary leadership favoured, or condemned to slavery for the rest of his life, and denied any chance to rise in position. Cloud had heard about Rufus from Sephiroth, and wanted him to live, so he ended up being Cloud's playmate and whipping boy until cloud was 14, old enough to start taking on adult responsibilities.
1a) This does not mean that Rufus wasn't expected to work as well as serve as Cloud's playmate. Except for when Cloud sent for him he did scut work, taking messages, inventory, cleaning, that sort of thing, and he was punished if he was late, or insolent, or if he screwed up, as well as sometimes if the messages he delivered upset their reciepients.
2) The first time he was raped was two days after Cloud's 14th birthday. It isn't the first time he's had sex, that was earlier, and consensual, but no one cares that he was raped, and he doesn't feel comfortable telling anyone with the power to stop it, because he can't quite believe anyone but Cloud would care, and he was forbidden to set foot in Cloud's quarters again when Cloud turned 14. (Cloud probably doesn't know about that, but he isn't really friends with Rufus, more acquaintances by the time he's 14 anyway.)
3) There are other slaves in positions a bit like Rufus', it's just even they outrank him, and often take their frustrations out on him. He's seen that sometimes slaves in that sort of position were lucky enough to have a protector, someone who has exclusive sexual access to them, and keps the others off them in return, and he dreams of finding someone who'd be willing to do that for him. He sometimes fantasized about that person being Tseng, but he knew that was impossible, and he was extremely grateful when he realised Reno wanted to keep him. But he also thought it was a bit too good to be true when Reno got the power to actually do that, especially since as Aeris' bodyguard (replacing Zack when he becomes her consort) he could be killed 'in the line of duty' so to speak, putting Rufus back into the same position he's been in since Cloud's 14th birthday.