893: AQ Males X Reader – Oneshot

Title: AQ Males X Reader
Author:   Kestrel Lockhart
Media: Video Game
Topic: Adventure Quest
Genre: Romance/Hurt/Comfort  
URL: AQ Males X Reader
Critiqued by TacoMagic

Welcome back, patrons!  As I mentioned last week I’ve decided to extend my oneshot spree out for one more week since this week is rather full what with the holiday.  As such, I’m bringing you a strange little second-person point of view (AKA reader-insertion) fic called AQ Males X Reader.  You know it’s going to be good when the fic title is the same as premise of the fic.

Before we get started, I’d like to mention that second-person point of view fics are almost universally disasters.  I’ve never seen it done well, and, while I’m not denying the possibility that it might be possible to create a good second-person fic, the chance of finding such a fic seems vanishingly small.   I know it’s not impossible to do it well because there are actually a small number of decent second-person short stories written by a modest array of writers; so there is always a chance that a fic author of appropriate skill might come along and write a good one.

However, we won’t be seeing that today.

This fic is based on a single-player web game called Adventure Quest that has been around since about 2002.  It’s a somewhat for-free* flash-based web game that’s actually surprisingly fun.  It’s blatantly a grinding/time-waster game for sure, but it’s easy to get into and just as easy to stand up and wander away from when you’re done.  FrozenPoodleMeat and I have played it on and off for about 11 years now, so you could say I’m rather familiar with the source material.  There are a couple of spin-off games that are pretty neat too, but those aren’t important to this fic.

*You can pay a one-time fee for a Guardian account that comes with a lot of perks and extra stuff you can do… and it’s actually worth it if you like the game.  FPM and I have had a guardian accounts on AQ since 2004 and have certainly received our money’s worth.

In this fic you are the main character and the main theme is that you’re having interactions with the supporting NPC characters you can meet and talk to in the game.  Things will quickly get generic enough that it won’t really matter all that much who any of these characters are, but I’ll toss some wiki-links your way as we get to them.  Since I’m pressed for time, I’ll skip the SC-level game content rants.

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