Title: The Turks' Way
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Gen
Genres: AU, Time travel, Friendship
Length: Long (21,657 words)
Warnings: None

Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: LunaStorm @ AO3

Author's Summary:
In which Vincent decides that, if Sephiroth can be manipulated by the stuff in the ShinRa Mansion library, he'll make sure that he's manipulated in the right direction. And really, why stop at Sephiroth alone?

Review:
As much as I like tracking down Cloud time travel fics, there are few that are actually very good, and even less where his schemes go off without a hitch. This does make for some great drama and personal angst, but sometimes you just want to see a badass main character pull off their plans with skill, cunning and a lack of melodrama. One of the few time travel fics that has Vincent as the one who does the travelling, here he is a confident and skilled protagonist who gets shit done. The title gives it away; this is a fic about Vincent using his formidable Turk-learned skills to singlehandedly save all his friends and the world. And yet for all that I didn't feel he was a godlike Gary Stu at all. He's in character throughout the fic, working from the shadows as he orchestrates practical plans befitting his Turk nature. Maybe it's a bit far fetched that his plans go as well as they do, but I found this fic both believable and very enjoyable.

The Turks' Way