walkmetothewater

[walkmetothewater]

sanctuary (seifer/quistis, ffviii)

In the aftermath of a mission gone horribly, disastrously wrong, Seifer and Quistis take refuge in a Garden safe house. Remix of Kitian's "Safe House," for the 2025 Seiftis Remix.

AO3

[walkmetothewater]

So in love with this! The first fanart of one of my stories, and they didn’t even try to scam me for it! Thanks so much @firstknightvulion

A scene from @walkmetothewater ‘s Seiftis fic Time and Time Again. Specifically chapter 5.

Pencil on paper by me.

[walkmetothewater]

Monoco = Monoco

[walkmetothewater]

By the way, I was today years old when I realized Monoco likes to collect Nevron’s feet because he’s really Verso’s dog—and dogs like to collect bones.

[walkmetothewater]

Esquie my beloved... I hope your day is a balance of Whee-Whoo-Whee-Whoo!

[walkmetothewater]

Esquie has touched Verso's heart with his words.

[walkmetothewater]

fic: half in the shadows, half burned in flame (seifer/ellone, squall/rinoa, ffviii, 3/??)

Of all places for Seifer to end up, it had to be a festering trash heap like this motel, in one of the rankest parts of Timber. He’s been missing for months, and there’s been no word of him since he abandoned Raijin and Fujin in FH six months ago.

Until now.

(Everyone knows what happens to the sorceresses; no one knows what happens to the knights.)

Written with @siobhann

AO3

[walkmetothewater]

Seiftis Remix 2025

💜 A huge thank-you to Nix for leading this event! 💜

Welcome to the Seiftis Remix 2025!

Key Dates —Signup Begins: Friday, April 11 —Signup Closes: Friday, April 18 —Assignments Due: Saturday, June 14 —Works Revealed: Saturday, June 21 —Creators Revealed: Saturday, June 28

What is a remix? It's an event where you put your own spin on someone else's fanfic—in this case, for the Seiftis pairing.

To participate, you must be comfortable with someone doing their own interpretation of your work, even if the finished product is something you wouldn't normally write or read yourself. By that same token, participants are NOT expected to interact with the remix of their work if they choose not to. Regardless of outcome, please be respectful of your fellow participants.

Who's running this exchange? Hi! I'm Nix, your mod for this event.

What are the qualifications to join? To join, you must have an AO3 account (to sign up and post your work) and two qualifying stories (see details below).

What works are eligible? Works that are eligible for remix must be: —Complete —At least 500 words —Not co-written with someone else —Specifically focused around Seiftis, either / or & —NOTE: You may list a fic you wrote as a gift for someone else provided the gift recipient (from the Seiftis Forever Discord only) is okay with it. 🚨 Please reach out to Nix on Discord to get the go-ahead before listing a gifted fic. 🚨

What can I change? The only things you cannot change are the pairing (it's a Seiftis event, after all!) and the basic premise of the story. Not sure what to do? Here are some ideas:

—Write it from another character's POV —Reverse the roles of the characters in the story —Sequel or prequel —Missing scene —Flip the tone (make a happy fic sad, and vice versa) —Change a detail from the beginning to make the events of the story play out differently

What if I don't want a certain fic to be remixed? During signup, you'll be asked to list your eligible fics. You may leave out eligible fics you don't want anyone to remix provided you meet the minimum eligibility requirements. However, keep in mind that the more fics you have available for your remixer to work with, the better the experience will be for them.

How do assignments work? Assignments are automated by AO3 and will largely be random. However, if necessary, Nix may make adjustments based on preferences indicated by participants in the Discord polls.

What about posting? Please post your completed stories to the Seiftis Remix 2025 collection. When posting, select the "This work is a remix, a translation, a podfic, or was inspired by another work" box and fill in the necessary information.

Who do I talk to if I have more questions? Please drop Nix a line in the events channel in the Seiftis Forever Discord or shoot me a DM if you have a question that isn't answered here.

What's the Seiftis Forever Discord? It's a group of people who love Seiftis! Want to join us? Follow this link!

Anything else I should know? Please be kind and respectful to your fellow participants. And have fun!

[walkmetothewater]

hate it when a corporate ad reads me this hard

[walkmetothewater]

The Sorceress’s Knight

FFVIII Spoilers I guess

Edit! Kursed image Kompression. Here’s twitter version.

Keep reading

[walkmetothewater]

easy. lmao

[walkmetothewater]

ようやくサイファーのモデルが完成してショートムービーを作りました！

I finally finished the model of Seifer and made a short movie!

[walkmetothewater]

Are you getting that annoying "Buy Art from Me" spam on your AO3? Here is what to do

First - if you are a real non-spam person asking folks to commission art by commenting on their fics on AO3.. please do not do that. That is a violation of the TOS.

Second - We are working on filtering it out, and you can help! Below the cut is info on identifying the spam comments, and then how to report them in the most effective way!

So we can stop this flood of spam.

<3 Mod Remi

(Details from PAC are below the Read More)

How to identify it - 1. Comments are left by registered accounts 2. Usually, the comments are on works that have just been posted or updated 3. The comment may provide very specific compliments about the work, and if challenged, the commenter will firmly deny being a bot or scammer 4. The key identifier is that in the comment itself, or in a follow-up to any reply to the comment, the spammer will always do at least one of these two things: - Offer to create art for the work, or say that they are an artist interested in working with you - Ask if they can speak with you on another platform (they may provide their own contact details for other platforms, such as Discord, Artstation, or Instagram)

THE BEST WAY TO REPORT IT 1. Select the 'Thread' button on the comment so that you're viewing the comment's direct page 2. Scroll to the bottom and select the "Policy Questions & Abuse Reports" link 3. In the "Brief summary" field, put "spam comment" 4. In the "Description" field, put "This is a spambot" and then "The account name is [whatever account name]" – this will ensure it gets sorted correctly - Please only include 1 account in your report – if you see another, then please file a new report - Please don't re-report accounts you've already reported

What AO3 is doing about this - 1. We're implementing several measures to try and stop these spammers from making new accounts, but unfortunately, some are going to slip through our fingers 2. Fortunately, it is very easy for us to get rid of this type of spam and prevent the account from posting more – so long as it is reported to us in the correct fashion. If our auto-sorter detects the keywords in your report that will file it into our "suspected spam" folder, then it's easy for our volunteers to quickly check and handle it

[walkmetothewater]

Seiftis Forever Festival 2024: Master List

16 beds and you choose mine? by Talliya

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 968

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Too Many Beds (Bonus Prompt: Reverse Trope)

A cabin in the Trabia mountains for vacation is a GREAT place to tell everyone you know you're dating someone they'd never suspect.

Am I in Love or just Annoyed? by Talliya for zusizu

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 9,790

Rating: Mature | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Stuck in an Elevator (Seiftis Holiday Exchange 2024) + Reinstatement of Instructor's License, Return to Balamb Garden (Seiftis Forever Festival 2024)

More than a year of drinking coffee quietly in each other's company and she still doesn't understand him. Some ancient history however, might just finally bring them together.

Bad Habits by SleepyBalambDreams

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 1,226

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Bad Habits

Seifer attempts to burn off some frustration at the Training Centre following yet another failed SeeD Field Exam, only to unexpectedly discover a newly demoted and self-destructive Quistis in the Secret Area with a purpose of her own.

Bait by Vulion

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 100

Rating: Not Rated | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Prompts Used: Seiftis Forever Discord Drabble Challenge: "That text was meant for someone else"

All good bait is something the target wants.

Dollet Dukedom's Summer Gala by Talliya

Chapters: 1/? | Words: 2,373

Rating: Not Rated | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Prompts Used: The List, Resignation from SeeD

Quistis is forced to go to a Gala by Cid, and asks the last person anyone would expect to be her mandatory Plus One.

Epitaph for an Errant Knight by Nixxi

Chapters: 3/3 | Words: 5,393

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: Major Character Death

Prompts Used: Tried for War Crimes

Alone, Quistis and Seifer regard one another from across the room. Seifer's lost weight—his once-sculpted cheekbones and strong jaw are practically cadaverous. Dark circles make half moons under his eyes, and his golden hair, now longer and unkempt, is stringy with grease. A shell of himself. That's what he is. But somehow he still finds the audacity to smirk at her. "Came to gloat, Trepe?" he says.

On the eve of Seifer's execution, Quistis visits him in prison.

Fall Festival by Talliya for SultryMakoto

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 1,581

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Quistis hadn't planned on going to the Fall Festival, no matter how Selphie pleaded. Overhearing a conversation about someone else's costume however, changes her mind.

Fighting Boredom by Vulion

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 100

Rating: Not Rated | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Prompts Used: Seiftis Forever Discord Drabble Challenge: "Well maybe you're not afraid of me, but I'm sure you've thought about me naked" from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You

Quistis helps Seifer with his boredom.

Gatecrashers by ShiningPolarix

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 5,424

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Mission Partners (kind of)

Seifer's looking forward to spending the day with Quistis–but they have some unexpected guests.

Ghost by Garden_Gal

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 1,059

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Prompts Used: Secret Relationship

He hides away in a sleepy town where nobody knows his face. In this last frontier, his safety is almost guaranteed if he remains a ghost.

Go Fish!? Uno? How about a nap? by Talliya for zusizu

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 2,264

Rating: Mature | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Stuck in an Elevator, Introspective, Trying to Work You Out (Seiftis Holiday Exchange 2024) + Return to Garden (Seiftis Forever Festival 2024)

After 6 years of incarceration a defeated Sorceress' Knight finally comes home.

Holiday Cheer by smoochiekissies

Holiday Spirit by Her0loll4 a.k.a. walktothewater

It's Tradition! by Vulion

Poems Opposed by Talliya for Everyone in the Seiftis Forever Discord Community

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 1,533

Rating: General Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Oblivious to Love, Second Chance

Poems written at 15 that surface again at 25, still filled with the same feelings.

Seeds of Discord by Agrafie

Chapters: 2/? | Words: 6,091

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

A few years after the war, Seifer is just trying to mind his own business when a series of random run-ins keep bringing him face to face with his past.

"Actually, I was enjoying my boring life, trying to mind my own business. It was Balamb that started terrorizing me." "Well, if there's anything you've earned from Balamb, surely it's that. Because it certainly wasn't SeeD."

Star Struck by Talliya

Chapters: 4/? | Words: 24,081

Rating: Explicit | Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Prompts Used: (if you look at them sideways) Troubled Past, Incognito, My Best Friend Xu, My Wingman Irvine, Happy Birthday, Second Chance

Seifer Almasy is the lead singer of a band that Quistis LOVES. Sorceress' Knight had hit the stage about half a year into her second year of college and they'd been going strong for nearly seven years now. She's been a HUGE fan since they first started, was even the leader of their largest fan club for several years. She's seen them live, but she's never actually met them before. Not as band members anyway. Fate has decided to throw them her way…

Strange Affair by Nixxi

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 4,308

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Instead of Fake Dating, everyone is convinced that they are NOT Actually Dating (Bonus Prompt: Reverse Trope)

Selphie's lounging on the couch with her feet in Irvine's lap, doom-scrolling Prestogram for wedding inspo, when a black and white photo from Quistis's account pops up. It's of a man facing away from the camera. Shirtless. Light-haired. Shoulder and back muscles bunched with exertion, in the middle of doing a pull-up. Oooh, sexy. Quisty, you bad, bad— Wait a sec. The tattoo on his back. It's… familiar.

Quistis is dating someone new. None of her friends believe it's Seifer.

Sunglasses by Vulion

That Look by Vulion

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 100

Rating: Not Rated | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Prompts Used: Seiftis Forever Discord Drabble Challenge: "Well maybe you're not afraid of me, but I'm sure you've thought about me naked" from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You

A look can convey many things. Fear. Hatred. Desire.

The Fall Guy by Nixxi

Chapters: 1/? | Words: 3,102

Rating: Mature | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Prompts Used: Mission Partners, Incognito, Second Chance

As she studies him, he turns his head and meets her gaze. That's when she sees the trench of scar tissue bisecting his forehead. And after a lifetime of knowing him, she'd recognize the arrogance in his blue-green eyes anywhere. They stare at each other across the room for a few heartbeats. The music, the bar, even Squall at her back recede. It's just him and her, locked together in a tableau of awareness. Then Seifer bolts.

Two years after the end of the Second Sorceress War, Seifer is a wanted man. A chance sighting leads Quistis and Squall directly to him, though Quistis is torn, unwilling to send him to a trial that seems likely to end with his death. Until another option is brought up by the tribunal presiding over his sentencing—one that could give him a second chance and keep Galbadia happy in one fell swoop.

Quistis just wasn't expecting to get pulled into it too.

The Joker and Harley Quinn (FF8 style) by Her0loll4 a.k.a. walktothewater

This Chance by Garden_Gal

Chapters: 6/? | Words: 12,444

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Return to Balamb Garden, Second Chance, Redemptive Love, My Wingman Irvine

Seifer experiences love beyond measure.

Time and Again by Her0loll4

Chapters: 15/? | Words: 83,793

Rating: Mature | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: (headliners) Secret Relationship, Oblivious to Love, Return to Balamb Garden

Seifer and Quistis struggle with their evolving relationship after his return to Garden. They make a pact to keep things casual, but as emotions intensify, their agreement starts to unravel. Rated M for probable smut in later chapters. Sequel to Out of Time, but stands alone.

Time Compression by samaqi

Chapters: 6/? | Words: 11,882

Rating: Fiction K

Followed Succession of Witches, this fic focuses on White SeeDs vs Ultimecia: The Journey and What Happened After.

We Do What We Like by Garden_Gal

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 1,114

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Resignation from SeeD

Seifer/Quistis dialogue in the form of poetry.

Where the Sea Leads by Her0loll4

Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 1,916

Rating: General Audiences | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompts Used: Resignation from SeeD

Quistis sets out to explore the world, but an unexpected encounter aboard a ship shifts her journey in surprising ways.

[walkmetothewater]

everything in this life is temporary. except that fandom hyperfixation from when you were 14. that thang will be with you forever there's no escaping.

[walkmetothewater]

ho ho ho!

The holiday spirit is strong with this one.

This is for the lovely members of the Seiftis Forever Discord server. Enjoy! <3