I think it was a combination of realizing Sephiroth was basically asexual, realizing that Seph/Cloud fics never struck me as greatly in-character, and vastly preferring Cloud with Zack (and, later, Tifa). It's only gotten worse as AC and Kingdom Hearts have sapped away my interest in Sephiroth as a character.
Not that I ever shipped anything involving Sephiroth, but... yeah. He's not a character, he wasn't even built as a character; from the get go he was supposed to be an ideal gone wrong, and while I understand that the ficcers want to give him a personality and redemption, they just... go about it the wrong way. They try to turn him into a socially-maladjusted woobie, then try to shoehorn cutelittleearnestbullied!Cloud or excitedpuppy!Zack into a romance with him, and it just ends up either with Seph as uber-seme and Cloud/Zack as uber-uke, or with a hate-lust-hate relationship involving lots of arguing and angry sex. And let me tell you, I may accept or even appreciate the former sometimes, but absolutely can't stand the latter.
/rant
Also, oh. Oh, Fakir/Ahiru. In my mindverse, they reincarnate as a happy couple. Wether a human or a duck couple, I don't care. (Also, in my mindscape Ahiru is actually a swan. Because of the ugly duckling tale, you know :DDDD)
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Not that I ever shipped anything involving Sephiroth, but... yeah. He's not a character, he wasn't even built as a character; from the get go he was supposed to be an ideal gone wrong, and while I understand that the ficcers want to give him a personality and redemption, they just... go about it the wrong way. They try to turn him into a socially-maladjusted woobie, then try to shoehorn cutelittleearnestbullied!Cloud or excitedpuppy!Zack into a romance with him, and it just ends up either with Seph as uber-seme and Cloud/Zack as uber-uke, or with a hate-lust-hate relationship involving lots of arguing and angry sex. And let me tell you, I may accept or even appreciate the former sometimes, but absolutely can't stand the latter.
/rant
Also, oh. Oh, Fakir/Ahiru. In my mindverse, they reincarnate as a happy couple. Wether a human or a duck couple, I don't care. (Also, in my mindscape Ahiru is actually a swan. Because of the ugly duckling tale, you know :DDDD)