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Nursery Rhymes, by rahaeli
Fandom: FINAL FANTASY VII
Pairing: Gen (Hojo-centric)
Length: About 35 000 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rahaeli
Author Website: midgar.net
Why this must be read:
Being one of the vilest villains in the game, Hojo doesn't get to be human very often in fanfic. Nursery Rhymes is a story arc about Hojo's life before, during and after the Jenova Project, about how Jenova's presence shapes both him and his relationships with other people. The author represents him in sympathetic light without resorting to white-washing him, which is an enviable achievement in all villain-centric fiction.
The story arc consists of one three-part story and two side stories.
He remembered the science. He was a scientist; he measured things, quantified them, worked to discover the mysteries of the world. That much, despite all else, he remembered. He clung to that fact; it gave him an identity. Yes, science; it was something to remember, something he was, something that would not leave him. Something that would not let him down. He dropped his head for a moment, then looked back up and out the window; a flock of crows had landed in the snow, leaving delicate footprints in the ankle-deep snow.
Nursery Rhymes
Pairing: Gen (Hojo-centric)
Length: About 35 000 words
Author on LJ:
rahaeliAuthor Website: midgar.net
Why this must be read:
Being one of the vilest villains in the game, Hojo doesn't get to be human very often in fanfic. Nursery Rhymes is a story arc about Hojo's life before, during and after the Jenova Project, about how Jenova's presence shapes both him and his relationships with other people. The author represents him in sympathetic light without resorting to white-washing him, which is an enviable achievement in all villain-centric fiction.
The story arc consists of one three-part story and two side stories.
He remembered the science. He was a scientist; he measured things, quantified them, worked to discover the mysteries of the world. That much, despite all else, he remembered. He clung to that fact; it gave him an identity. Yes, science; it was something to remember, something he was, something that would not leave him. Something that would not let him down. He dropped his head for a moment, then looked back up and out the window; a flock of crows had landed in the snow, leaving delicate footprints in the ankle-deep snow.
Nursery Rhymes