Yuffentine

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[edit] Introduction

Userpic from Dead Boyfriend Society journal
The word Yuffentine is a fan-created term describing the relationship of Yuffie Kisaragi and Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy VII.

Many Yuffentine fans made the jump to the Aurikku fandom upon the release of Final Fantasy X, most likely because the two couples share some remarkable similarities. Therefore, the BNFs of one of the fandoms can often be found in the other.

[edit] About

Screenshot from the Yuffentine_fanfiction mailing list.
Cover of Enkida's "Growth" doujinshi
Yuffie and Vincent are optional characters in the game, but even though they're not necessary to complete the game or story, and therefore were skipped over by many players, both characters have large fan-bases. In fact, Vincent is now the main character of his own spin-off game Dirge of Cerberus (DoC).

There is a moment in FFVII where Vincent recognized that Yuffie's weapon comes from Wutai, which suggests to some fans that he has ties to Yuffie's homeland. In DoC, Yuffie appears to have a crush on Vincent, and the scenes she shares with him inspired the Yuffentine fen.

Fanfiction author tainted4life summarized the reasons why Yuffentine is a plausible couple on her LiveJournal on December 23, 2005:

Vincent loved Lucrecia so much, blamed himself so much for her death, that he got himself killed. And then allowed himself to sleep in a coffin for thirty years. He literally *could not think of anything else to do*. Without her, he was apparently emotionally *lost*.
Look at Yuffie. She loved Wutai so much that she was willing to bleed for it, to die for it, to steal for it. She was willing to go out into the wilderness and commit a crime that is only a few steps short of murder... for her tiny little town.
...
She was doing it for Wutai.
Now, sit back and imagine what the kind of love she felt for Wutai could mean to Vincent. If she loved Vincent even HALF that much, felt even HALF that kind of confidence in him, Vincent might just start to see that maybe... Maybe he's not a monster.
They aren't opposites.
They're complements. And that's something totally different. Where Vincent is quiet, Yuffie is loud. Where Vincent values sacrifice, Yuffie embodies 'love first thine self, that thou may love others'--- she looks out for number one first, and then deals with others.
But Vincent can be friendly, he CAN joke, and Yuffie understands and values self-sacrifice (see everything I just said about Wutai). She DOES care: she cried when Aeris died. She actually had a hysterical breakdown.
By being with Yuffie, Vincent can learn to smile. To be less serious. And by being with Vincent, Yuffie can learn that there are times to laugh and times to be silent. She can learn to listen, learn to treat things seriously, learn that she's not the centre of the universe and that it's OKAY not to be the centre of the universe. And by being with Yuffie, Vincent can learn that maybe he's not such a monster.


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[edit] Influential Fans

  • Guardian1/Spiderflower has been publishing Yuffentine fanfiction since 2000. Her Sunshine in Winter remains a staple of the fandom. She is also a member of the Aurikku fandom.
  • Enkida's story Growth is a well-known piece of Yuffentine fanfiction. She began her Growth doujinshi in response to the story's popularity. She is also a member of the Aurikku fandom.
  • Charles Xavier is well-known for writing several parodies of Yuffentine.

[edit] External Links

ACF's Yuffie x Vincent Fanclub
Dead Boyfriend Society
Growth doujinshi
Sink To The Bottom With You doujinshi
Sink To The Bottom With You by Catalina
status quo
Sunshine in Winter doujinshi
Yuffentine Community
Yuffentine @ FanWorks Finder

[edit] See also

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