Section: Super Smash Bros- Melee
Genre: Humor, Drama, Romance...?
Rating: 7+- some slight, slight innuendo and confounding elements.
Type: Two Shot
Status: Finished, 7,000 Words
Finished: March 20, 2010
Starring Characters: Ganondorf, Pikmin, Olimar, Wolf
Description: The first place entry to Pikana's "Unique Pairings Contest" stars Ganondorf must figure out what to do when he falls in love with Olimar's... Pikmin...
Review: As humble a guy as Foxpilot is, you have to admit that he has big, brass balls. For his first site fic, he enters (and wins) Pikana's Unique Pairings contest- a contest that usually evokes pairings of Kirby and Pikachu, Fox and Peach, Lucario and... everyone who ISN'T Lucario, but Fox decides to go with the most outlandish, extremely crazy pairing you could think of, ever- Ganondorf, and Olimar's Pikmin.
Just... let it sink in. The most wicked villain in Nintendo's history, and walking flowers that go up to his toe. By all means, there's no way in hell that this should work. And yet, somehow, it does.
"Your eyes seem to pierce my soul, their very essence embracing me.
Your skin reminds me of clear, pure water, such a rare commodity where I'm from
That I've learned to treasure it unendingly.
The petals of your flowers are soft and tender, and I am soothed by your joyous hum.
For so long I've wanted to express my feelings for you.
It is only as I write this crap that I realize you can't read!"
Perhaps it is Foxpilot's writing style itself- he gives the crazy fic that looks like a crackfic on first sight a balance to it. There's well done humor and drama in rationed amounts so that one never overwhelms the other. This does blur the lines of what you feel like you should laugh at and what you should empathize it, but I can't tell if that's as bad as I thought at first. It gives it an air of mystery.
Not only does Foxpilot not ram the story into any extremes, but he also subtly shows the intelligence behind a GanonxPikmin story- with such a drive to lead, the idea of a harem of Pikmin is alluring to the aspiring dark king, an intelligent move on Foxpilot's part.
As a bonus, there's a downright brilliant, albeit explicit crackfic based off of this story by Kattheamazing that's sure to make you laugh. But the original is definitely an achievement- it defies your expectations by taking an outlandish idea and making it more tangible.
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