That's a fight I'd pay to see. I think Rude would win in terms of strength, but, in a scenario where it came down to a life or death fight between them, would he kill Reno? He doesn't hit Tifa... Maybe Reno would have the ruthless edge in the end.
Rude might be Peeta and throw away his weapon, but Reno would be more of a Katniss I think.
@ Kassi - thank you for your kind words and for the art. I love those Little Rufus pictures, especially the one with Rude. Your project sounds intriguing. To answer your original question at last, about why I think the Turks are awesome:
Elena - she never annoyed me like the other female characters in the original
game. (I liked Tifa, but her gravity-defiying character design just made me laugh.) For all her occasional ditzyness Elena came across as a professional doing her job. And I liked the bit where she hit Cloud, because I could never duck!
Rude - I didn't have much sense of him as a character in the original game. He won my interest in AC, and then he broke my heart a bit in BC in the Chelsea episode. And since coming here, I've got more and more interested!
Tseng - Originally I got him mixed up with Reeve and thought he was BAD when he laughed at the party and hit Aerith. (When I first played the game, I was a Cloud fan.) Then I got into fanfiction, and saw some fan art, and read "Death is Part of the Process" and fell in love with him (thank you Licorice!) very nearly as much as the one I like slashing him with most -
Reno. My all time fave, and I think always will be. He was great in the original game, and in AC, despite his prettification. I like him in all his incarnations - I like him as ratboy Reno but also as bishie Reno. If he was really that pretty, but original game bad, that would be an interesting contrast! I think he'd be a terrible boyfriend, unlike Rude, but a fantastic one night stand!
Rufus - is the epitome of cool.
I have loads of favourite fan art of them, but here's a quick collage of a few of them:
I'd never seen the interrogation one before - the story behind that would be fun to write. I love Reno as a pirate, and Rufus' face in "My big fat Turk wedding", and that Crimson Sun one of Reno and Tseng post fight is one of my all time faves. Tseng's hair! And now they'll have to kiss and make up...
In the strip poker one I love the way Reno still has all his clothes on - even his goggles - when he's the only one who hardly bothers wearing much anyway. I bet Rude's good at poker except with Reno. He probably has some tiny tell that only Reno has noticed.
Too much goodness - I love all of them!!!
And there are quite a few I hadn't seen before!
- 'Strip poker': Rude, hnnng!
- 'Sushi night': I've always loved that one. I do believe they're having meat, though, not fish.
- 'Summer Breeze': Haven't seen this one before. I love it!
- 'Lunchtime': Why is Elena serving them?! Screw that!
- 'Small Table': I remember having a discussion on this about where Tseng's hand is
- 'Kadaj & Rufus poker': I adore it!!
- 'Captain Reno': This one is part of a bigger piece, isn't it? Now I feel like seeing the big one!
- 'I got better': AAAWWWW!
- 'Reno & Yazoo': Love it! A great image!
- 'BC Turks Happy new year': This one I've loved since the moment I saw it. I can never look at it enough.
By the way, I also love the one in your signature where Reno blows the bubble
Fangu -- good comments all! Yeah, there's a larger version of the Pirate Reno one, somewhere out there, with Axel beside him. I haven't got it, though.
I also love the one in your signature where Reno blows the bubble
He's the reason why the gum is gone. It seems to me that everyone has their own perceptions of fictional characters, based on individual experiences, opinions, preferences and so forth. My Head-Reno now has a lovely oral fixation thanks to all the fanart where he's sticking out his tongue, blowing bubbles, smoking cigarettes -- and licking, biting or sucking popsicles, lollipops, people and inanimate objects. Also thanks to fanart, my Head-Reno has a hair-pulling fetish...
^ I love the pained expressions on their faces in that one, its like Rufus has said 'It's my party and we're all going to do Saturday Night Fever.....or do I have to find myself some new employees?'
You're so good at finding all the good pics!! I'd seen just one of them before (the last one). I especially like the Veld/Tseng one and the Reno/Elena one.
Woo, nice pictures Soak! I love the Tseng/Elena one. And the Reno/Rude dress-up is so cracky!
Speaking of which...
Hold your breath. Make a wish. There is no place I know to compare with pure imagination… It’s Turk Crack Thursday!
This week is Reno-heavy, sorry, but everyone else is here too. And this is only the crackiest, there’s so much more out there in this category. If Shinra could harness his sex drive, they could power the world.
Adventures of Reno the Slut: AVALANCHE
It looks like Mako Poisoning Zombie Cloud here… poor sap.
Vincent’s expression may be my favorite: not-drunk-enough.
Adventures of Reno the Slut: Fraternization
Reno’s tongue is adorkable.
Vandalizing Shinra property.
Reno’s hair makes a good handle, apparently!
Adventures of Reno the Slut: Kingdom Hearts
Adventures of Reno the Slut: No One is Safe
…Got a thing for genetic experimentation, there?
Reno-Free Crack Bonus: Full Circle
NEXT THURSDAY’S TURK CRACK: ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?’ and ‘Comics’!
Awesome selection of pics as usual Kassi!! It took me like ten minutes to go through all of them, I love the serious amount of pics you post on Turk Thursday
Yeah, I dunno either... the beard looked too full and the chest too broad for Reeve but there was no label so I had to guess. I agree, who cares: cocks!
Holy shit this is funny! Where do you find these stuff?
I invite the internet over, open a bottle of Loire Valley red, scent the room with vanilla and the sweat of vigin fanboys, and at an appropriate moment I ask the internet to give up its delicious treasures to me. The internet has a lot of wonderful qualities, but a body built for Turkporn.
These aren't even the dirtiest ones, either. I think I may add some seriously raunchy ones at the end of next week's crack, there are so many delicious, delicious NSFW ones.
These aren't even the dirtiest ones, either. I think I may add some seriously raunchy ones at the end of next week's crack, there are so many delicious, delicious NSFW ones.
Licorice -- I love the cat one! Is there a name for that style of drawing? I find so much Turk Crack done in that style but my graphic design knowledge is less than zero.
Oh my Holy, Morello, I <3 you so much! The RenoxRufus ones... manhandling, and one of my favorite fanart-Reno kinks: HAIR. PULLLLLLING. Aaaaargh. (I'll be in my bunk.)
In the last one with Tseng I'm so taken with the graffiti, all the hilarious little details and the Totoro to the left of Reno's shoulder.