#anne plays ffxiv

[anneapocalypse]

I really just wish they would consistently allow Y'shtola to actually be blind. I loved the moment in Shadowbringers where she asked Urianger to describe the night sky to her. I loved her mistaking the Warrior of Light for a Lightwarden because she can't actually see their physical appearance, just the quality of their aether. But by default the writing assumes that her ability to see aether completely cancels out her loss of vision. She goes to the library and she can just... read print books. You could come up with really interesting and creative technological and magical accommodations for her disability, like mammets or familiars that read text to you! but instead she's just written 98% of the time like she isn't disabled and it's frustrating.

[lilyblisslys]

(Writing this out bc I don’t wanna wake my gf up and idk where my notebook is)

Ok so today I want to run one of two errands

1. Bookshop+lunch

If we do this, we’ll run out later today, after I fold laundry and clean up a bit. I’ll pick up the Ann Leckie short story collection and maybe that something you can build a nest in book that just came out. We’ll come home, I’ll maybe start dough for cinnamon buns, or just do the mise en place for dinner later if I’m not up to it. Then I’ll play videogames (FFXIV? Or maybe one of the million half finished indie games I’ve been meaning to mess with?), make dinner, and we’ll watch an episode or two of dungeon meshi.

2. We go to the market. We’ll still get lunch after or before. I’ll grab eggs, and some nice cinnamon bread for French toast tomorrow, and maybe some other misc stuff so we can have easy meals if my brain falls apart again this week. And then the rest of the day plan is pretty much the same?

idk writing this out helps me keep it centered in my brain, I might delete later lol

[adventures-in-asexuality]

End-of-year ramblings

Video games

Yeah, okay, let's start here. Obviously I played a truly inexplicable very explicable amount of FFXIV this year, and will continue to do so (can't believe Dawntrail will be dropping next year; we've stuck at it through all the waits between patches).

Baldur's Gate 3 was fun; I didn't expect to play it, but so many people I know loved it that I had to try, and I'm glad I did.

The same really goes for Cyberpunk 2077; honestly most of what I like about the game is the experience of it, rather than the stories. Whoosh! Zoom! Neon and doublejumping!

The other major new game this year for me was Mask of the Rose; I really loved it! I think the post-release patches helped it a lot as a game, but honestly I was hooked right from the beginning. (This was probably the start of the series of events that got a friend playing Sunless Skies/me replaying Sunless Skies/me returning to Fallen London and accidentally convincing some friends to also do so. No regrets.)

Music

Big album this year has to be Bury the Lede by Dessa. I was going to listen and enjoy it no matter what, but I really do like the way a lot of the songs resonate with growing older, still having all the same big feelings, but being way too tired to deal with them in any kind of high-octane way. What if I'm Not Ready in particular really tugs at something in me.

I'm not sure I have more new music this year; I've been a bit disconnected from everything, mostly listening to music when someone hurls links my way. Maybe next year!

Books

I read a lot of books this year, as ever, but the vast majority have been rereads; I've been quite low on book recs again. Here's a few of the new ones - I won't cover all of them because I don't have that kind of patience. (Counted - 33 new ones - which, compared to the sheer number of rereads, is low.)

She Who Became the Sun/He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan were a fun pair of books, about a girl who steals her brother's name and destiny when he dies so that she can shape the world/become the emperor. I liked some of the gender vibes you get in this - Zhu Yuanzheng's gender is never really defined, but also never at all fits in a binary mould. A lot of the second book, however, felt a bit extraneous and a bit gratuitous in various directions. Overall, I think this is a rec for reading the first one and skipping the second.

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle - everyone reading this probably already knows, but yeah, this is good. There's always something special to me about stories about queer kids in fundamentalist Christian churches - sure, it's usually American churches, but it's still a commonality that resonates powerfully with me. Read it.

Somewhere in summer I read all of Tana French's murder mysteries. I quite liked the Dublin Murder Squad books - nothing special but fun - but I honestly really disliked her two later standalones. The politics in them just set my teeth on edge a bit - The Wych Elm's protagonist is so dismissive about disability that, while I know it's part of his characterisation, it still left a bad taste in my mouth; The Searcher's protagonist has some views on politeness and morality that just make me sigh. (Rec for the murder squad books if you, like me, just really like murder mysteries.)

The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson: every year I'll read one more of her books, I guess. They're always good. They always haunt me.

Translation State by Ann Leckie was good; of course it was. I think it comes with my biggest overall caveat for an Ann Leckie book (I really wish Qven and Reet's subplot had ended differently; I know it was written as a metaphor for something else, but I read and resonated with it as a metaphor for aceness, which the ending doesn't leave space for) but it was still great. And we saw Sphene again!!

TV/film

Not much this year; my brain hasn't been in the right space for it.

Watched the Evangelion rebuild - I still haven't seen the original series so this was an interesting experience. I'm not really sure what my takeaway from it was, or what exactly I watched (apart from giant photorealistic Rei - we watched the fourth film in the cinema, so it was truly giant) but hey, I get more references now.

That same group of miscreants has been watching Lexx - seriously, do not watch this. It's rancid. It's so bad we have lost the ability to evaluate media, because everything else is good compared to it. Awful. Terrible. 15 more hours to go until we're free. I'm not going to describe it because the descriptions sound interesting and it is a terrible show. Never watch it. Strangle anyone who tries to make you.

Almost forgot, but I think this was the year I watched Yellowjackets - phenomenal even when your point of comparison isn't Lexx. I'm waiting for the third season with bated breath. It's so good. It's so awful. It's breaking my heart. Please watch this immediately and then come scream with me.

I'm also making my way through Young Pope, which - I don't know if I'd say that I'm enjoying it, but it is certainly doing things to my brain. It resonates with me in a similar way to Camp Damascus; even though they're on very different areas of the right-wing Christian spectrum, the fundamental beliefs and desires and angers and fears and reactions are the same.

Heaven's Official Blessing Season 2 finally happened!!! I'm still working my way through it - the friend I watch with has had no time this year, so we're using the holidays for it - but, oh, I love this book and these characters so much.

More personal stuff

Work has actually been quite bad this year; I've largely been on a project that's gotten worse and worse as the year goes on, in a way I fundamentally cannot fix but have to try to anyway. I've been circling between 'I hate this, I should job search' and 'I'm so bad at everything, only this job would put up with me' and 'at least wfh doesn't mean I'm in danger of losing it'. By Easter or so, I should be free from it at last, so I'll keep an eye out and hopefully things will even out again.

Home has, however, been a lot better. I moved towns at the end of last year to somewhere that has more friends and a more walkable town centre (and much cheaper rent) and it's been an excellent choice. Only having to walk five minutes or so to get to a shop or see a friend has meant that I've been able to practise walking five minutes or so (whereas in my last place, it was a walk then a twenty-minute bus ride just to the town centre) - and that in turn has meant that I've been able to build that up bit by bit, and occasionally run headlong into my limits in the process.

It's been a bit of a weird holiday season in particular for me this year, laced with grief and memories. Hosting a Christmas dinner and cooking with several other people felt right in a way it's hard to really put words to, and also reminded me very strongly of my grandmother. Her house was always a gathering place for all the family, as well as a refuge; it's eight or nine years since I last set foot inside it and yet I could still tell you the layout of her kitchen, the mnemonic for the bank of eight light switches in the hallway, the warmest place in winter and the coolest place in summer. Nowhere I've lived before has been nice enough for people to visit often, let alone to cook in or to know their way around; cooking and organising with people, seeing them remember locations and extend tables and understand the hob, soothes something it is difficult to explain.

Next year, then:

I hope to have somewhat more brain and less exhaustion (I've been so tired all year, which is tedious as fuck).

I hope for many of my friends to have considerably better years, and that the rest will continue to have good years. (I am threatening the years with a knife until they are kind to all of you.)

I hope to continue to shape this flat into somewhere pleasant to be, and persuade people to be there from time to time.

I hope to get a better idea of my work situation when I'm not on a horrible project.

I hope that the GIC might at least tell me that I'm on a waiting list!

I intend to find a tangible creative hobby one way or the other (taking suggestions as long as you can present a use case for the hobby; Queenie keeps suggesting knitting in the abstract).

And, as always, I hope to love more freely, be kinder and more helpful, and to try to build a future that has space for me.

[ythealleycat]

Get to know me

Tagged by @oneiroy (thank you!)

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Last song: music app is currently set to shuffle, and the last song played was Fourth of July (FOB)

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Currently reading: finished Confessions of the Fox last night, and am now debating if I wanna check out The House of Leaves soon-ish because Confessions got me wanting more stuff that does unusual things with text formatting and metatextuality.

Also working my way through Erzählende Affen ("Storytelling Apes"), which is part anthropology, part literary theory, part deconstruction of propaganda

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Currently watching: don't really watch tv much, but I did see Spiderverse 2 and Barbie recently, and loved both

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Current obsession: mentioning sci-fi lit causes a category 5 autism event, just fyi.

Gotta read more Martha Wells, more Adrian Tchaikovsky, more Ann Leckie, more Becky Chambers. Haven't even touched The Expanse. And September is Nona The Ninth paperback and I'll finally get to read it too, hhh

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Tagging: @fantasmagoriam, @bnuuywol, @uldahstreetrat, @desertleviathan, @alexissero, @wingedasarath, @wildgirlcinna, @capriccio-ffxiv; lost track of the meme but fuck it we ball

[wine-dark-soup]

welcome welcome!

I play ffxiv - eos r/hododaktulos on chaos spriggan, come say hi if you want!

I also love fallen london! I'm Anneos or Anne Kridge (never know which name i'm supposed to give out), feel free to send a calling card!

Look at my wols and my tav in their respective tags #eos, #entgeim and #selas

I have this ao3 account here

❤

[eyeanthe]

hello!! my name is ianthe (eye-ann-thee) and I'm an angel vtuber! 💜 I will respond to any pronouns

I'm a variety streamer who enjoys mainly story-focused games and life sims - right now I'm playing through the rhapsody trilogy on wednesdays, and sometimes dabbling in various other games on weekends. you might OCCASIONALLY see some ffxiv streams!

anyway, I'm relatively new to streaming so I'd love to see some new faces! nice to meet you all!

stream: https://twitch.tv/eyeanthe

other socials: https://eyeanthe.carrd.co

[twsted-princess]

Unsure what you implied with the tag so I give you two options

13. “I could kiss you right now!” Any FFXIV Melanie ship

60. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were trying to seduce me.” CarolErenville

If that one is wrong ignore and only do the one you wanna bestie <3

Hehehehehehe~

"One more round!! This one's on me!!" Carol cheered, her glass of wine slipping a few drops as she makes her declaration. The rest of the tavern cheers as Erenville sighs. From the motley crew Urianger was passed out on the table mumbling to himself, Melody was obsessively playing triple triad, Y'shtola had already gone to her room to sleep, Keres and Thancred........were somewhere likely entangled in each other's embrace and Melanie was already asleep. So it was down to two, and the elezen was six glasses in. "Miss Ann don't you think you should rest?" he asked, swirling his glass of mead and golden eyes almost glowing in the candlelight. She glanced at him and he could see her tongue run over her lips. "Oh we're fiiiiiiine~ I'm a little- hic!! Tipsy. Beside we all deserve a reward!" Leaning over she smiled, her cheek stained as red as her drink before a barmaid brought over her seventh wine. "Perhaps, but we were going to hike tomorrow and I'd like to leave bright and early." Carol giggled as she took a long sip. "Don't you worry little bunny, I'll be in tip-top shape tommorrow~!!" Little bunny......that was new. She watched as he shuffled, the nickname worming into his mind. "You're so cute Eren, like a little bunny rabbit~♡" Cooing she got up from her seat to get closer, closer, watching his ears twitch at her teasing while trying to remain firm. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were trying to seduce me.” he watched as she crawled onto his lap, petting his hair and pushing herself closer. "Awww I'm just messing with you but......I'd love to study your body. See what makes you tick.♡" She stroked his ears and giggled as a shiver ran down his spine. "Carol......" he murmured before burying his face in her neck. A sigh leaving her lips. "It's still dark, we can play all night long my sweet bunny.♡" Erenville sighed, there was no way to resist her. Might as well have a little fun.

[samarecharm]

some combat hcs for akira (based off of how i actually played my first run of base p5) bc if i dont write them down i will succumb to My Thoughts infinitely rotating in my brain like a rubiks cube

-one of the weaker thieves in terms of raw damage output which is made up for with his flexibility. A diverse roster of personas makes him a very good supportive teammate

- ideal weapons are throwing knives, but can use Regular knives just as efficiently. Getting hit with Rage makes him unable to use throwing knives the Correct way, so he stops using them against new enemies. He still likes using them in mementos where Most shadows are documented

-guns are Strong. They make him look cool (subjective). They also have insane recoil that he is Not used to so he avoids them for the beginning of the game. Hes not a terrible shot either! Lots of training goes into just learning how to withstand the recoil without hurting himself

-(goro is the only thief that doesnt need to practice this)

-Focuses heavily on making sure his teammates perform the best they can (as a leader™️). He and Mona are the main support of the team despite ann learning a healing skill early on. Mona is the main healer/debuff cleanser while Akira focuses on debuffing shadows/buffing teammates

-inadvertently becomes the main tank of the team due to painstakingly min/maxing his shadows. Hours of experimenting in the velvet room to get the best combination of skills in order to block/repel as many typings as possible.

-he is the personification of that ffxiv tank post: “look at me. Look at me. You wanna fight me so bad; dont look at the hoes i came in with, look at me”

-LOTS of personas that cast Forget, Confusion, and Charm. Unhealthy interest in fuckin around w shadows. Like. Very minor sadistic tendencies as the game progresses. Knowing that the shadows ‘late game’ are exceedingly powerful and dangerous to mess with, and it takes a simple spell to completely disarm them; eventually that kind of power goes to his head (just a little bit tho; hes here to make money, not fuck up and get killed)

-very attached to some personas, so none of them are ‘late game’ and therefore none of them have any almighty moves which is Okay with him.

-TECHNICALLY the game ends if joker dies but i think thats dumb, so theres a couple of times where Joker will misjudge the speed at which a shadow will cast something like Mudoon and instantly die. Its VERY jarring the first time it happens; first time encounter means No One knows what it is, and No One knows what the fuck happens. It prompts him to fuse personas that have block/repel curse and light by default

-i played joker very safe; not alot of moves that have low accuracy. But i like to think hes a bit more of a gamblin man, and would try his hand at skillsets that let him do a shitton of damage IF the stars align.

-lots of evasion; he is just too nimble and good at dodging. Getting hit is Very scary tho bc he also has Very low health. A tank with no health is asking for problems, but w a list of personas filled w null[type], it works out for him.

-Akira can use Ryujis bats VERY well, like shockingly well. Its not until Ryuji goes to the batting cage with him that he gets it. DPS is nowhere near as high as ryujis but hes good at clockin shadows RIGHT in the head, enough to disorient (and even kill sometimes, which never fails to make Akira whoop n holler excitedly; hes a dork)

-VERY good at using Anns whips. Not alot of strength required and he uses it more as a way stumble/disorient shadows. Using anyone elses weapon but ur own is very rare and its almost always because

a)someone got disarmed and the weapon just so happened to land close to someone else

b)someones in the right position to kill a shadow but their Own weapon isnt going to get the job done.

-he can also use Harus battleaxe but its So clunky and hard to swing. He would only use it if Haru Needed him to use it. Otherwise, Makoto, Yusuke, Mona, and Goros weapons are all too difficult for him to use. All of them require stance control and he is just not cut out for that.

-not combat related but. He always has brewed coffee (and teas) and curries for the team to drink and eat. He learned in Kamoshidas palace that having no energy in fights was a quick way to get them nearly killed. Its routine now to stop every once in a while to eat in a safe room and chill and it takes Goro a Long time to follow along w that.

[paradoxoflucidity]

𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 .

hello? has this message reached you? if you have seen this, then there is somebody in the dream world who is calling out to you ; they are wishing to meet you once again.

PARADOX OF LUCIDITY is a 18+ multifandom role-play group based on Discord. P.O.L focuses on the aspects of having fun while writing with a world built around your characters. Our rules are more laid back and emphasizes the joy of writing with others exploring your characters in a new situation. Won’t you join us?

rules | masterlist | discord invite ( link should be working again ! )

( BALDURS GATE . ) - gale of waterdeep , lae'zel

( BLOOD BATTLE BLOCKADE . ) - leonardo da vinci .

( CHAINSAW MAN . ) - any characters ! ( save for himena & makima . )

( ENSEMBLE STARS . ) - himeru , leo tsukinaga , ritsu sakuma , tsukasa suou , subaru akehoshi , hokuto hikada , makoto yuuki , souma kanzaki , hiiro amagi , rinne amagi & tatsumi kazehaya .

( FFXIV . ) - any characters !

( FIRE EMBLEM . ) - hubert & edelgard .

( GENSHIN IMPACT . ) - clorinde , navia , furina , jean , lisa , kaeya , aether , diluc , zhongli .

( HONKAI STAR RAIL . ) - blade .

( HYPNOSIS MIC . ) - samatoki aohitsugi , hitoya amaguni .

( OBEY ME . ) - beelzebub , diavolo , simeon

( OCTOPATH TRAVELER . ) - any characters !

( RADIANT DAWN . ) - ike , elincia , sothe , any of the dawn brigade

( PARADOX LIVE. ) - anne faulkner , yeon hajun , nayuta yatonokami , shiki ando .

( PERSONA SERIES . ) - junpei iori , fuuka yamagishi , yu narukami , yosuke hanamura , phantom thieves members .

( SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI SERIES . ) - yuko takao, chiaki tachibana, & isamu nitta .

( TRIGUN . ) - any characters , though meryl & milly are highly requested .

( TSUBASA REVOIR CHRONICLE . ) - princess sakura & syaoran .

( TWISTED WONDERLAND . ) - jade leech , azul ashengrotto . any characters wanted!

( XXXHOLIC . ) - shizuka doumeki , kohane tsuyuri , & himawari kunogi .

[stardustdiver]

nine people you would like to get to know better

@flingsky tagged me forever ago, i put it in my 'do it later' brain folder, then i forgot about that brain folder x.x

i tag @cassieoctavia @caorann8 @shearah @oathkeeper-kima @pyjamaenzel @amons-hat-enthusiast @capriccio-ffxiv @tee-ffxiv @cybercrayons as per title, only if you want to 👉👈

three ships

im not much of a shipper person so uh, 1 - fitzsimmons (marvels agents of shield), my favourite nerd pair who FINALLY GOT THEIR BREAK i swear the writers gave them pain and despair just because 😖. 2 - moenuri (final fantasy 14), also another blessed nerd pair, but one half was taken from us way too soon.

first ship ever

fitzsimmons, all of AoS i was hoping theyd get a break from their trauma but they kept being put in the trauma machine

last song

idr which song exactly but i had mellow lofi morning playlist playing in an attempt to help me wake up with some chill music and not a TIME GOTTA GET UP PANIC, i think its helping

last movie

in cinemas, across the spiderverse, 10/10, hyped for beyond the spiderverse. in general, i think encanto that my mam put on in the living room a lil while ago, also good film

currently reading

rebel fire by ann sei linn, the sequel to rebel skies. took me a while to think about getting into a different series after finishing the wayfairer series by becky chambers, but its getting interesting, basically avatar but instead of water and air bending its all paper-bending and making origami creatures and weapons but with your ✨️mind✨️

currently consuming

last thing i ate was aldis chocolate pringle shapes, idk they look like pringles but they are chocolate and also mint chocolate and little rice crispies pieces in there.... idk, but its breakfast time i need breakfast too

currently craving

chilli jam cheese toastie :)

[idanwyn-et-al]

((The following notice is found all over the place in Ishgard. Copies are also found on various bulletins across Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, Ul’dah, and even one or two in Kugane, Sharlayan, and Radz-at-Han. The front of the notice bears the portrait seen, while the back holds all the information in the second image.))

OOC INFO: Though the portrait is a year or so out of date, it is still unmistakably Anne-Sophie. 

I am looking to involve others in this trial! Do you play an Inquisitor, a clergyperson, an attorney (either prosecution or defense), a bounty hunter, or just a general rabble-rouser?  Let me know either via message here on tumblr or on discord at esper#3592! This trial does not have a set outcome, but I am not looking to have her executed or jailed for years on end. This is something I would like to work on collaboratively with anyone interested, so please spread the word! The trial will likely take place sometime in October.

Tagging @whitherwanderer and @shroudandsands for the mentions. Also tagging @ffxiv-crystal-rp and @houserosaire​ to hopefully get the word out.

[anneapocalypse]

I absolutely love Urianger's walking-on-water scene, and I think what I love most about it is how much he's trying not to ask for help and what that says about him and where he's at right now.

At first glance it's easy to respond just as Alisaie does, gods above Urianger you have two friends with you who can breathe underwater, just ask, but the thing is he is trying so hard right now not to ask any more of the Warrior of Light than he already has. Look at how different this is from the early game's "Primal needs slaying? Dangerous thing needs doing? The Warrior of Light will do it!" coming from everyone. Urianger in particular is agonizingly aware of how much he has asked of all of his friends but especially Minfilia and the WoL. He knows what they went through to save the First and he knows it was ultimately all because of him that any of the Scions were dragged into this in the first place.

And sure, it's easy to poke fun at him for trying to walk on water rather than learn to swim, as Alphinaud does (and look, the twins have Urianger-roasting privileges, I'm not picking on them), but from another angle, he went and sought the help of the fae again at who knows what cost just to try and get around what I think from his dialogue is a genuine fear of deep water, just so he could handle this himself and not have to lean on his friends any more than he already has. And when it doesn't work, he's obviously embarrassed, not just at the indignity of falling in the water and having to be rescued, but also because he failed at something he's supposed to be good at, magic.

And of course, when Bismarck asks for help with the barnacles, the obvious thing to do is to ask the Warrior of Light and Alisaie. But his pride is still stinging from the previous failure and he just... doesn't want to ask any more of his friends than he has.

If he could, I think it would always be Urianger's instinct to handle everything himself and never involve anyone else, never ask for anything, never be a burden. That might even work if he didn't have an enormous heart that was always trying to help and do the greatest good and save the world--though it still wouldn't be good for him, in the end, because it would just isolate him further. He's still in the process of learning that not only can he not do it all alone, no one wants him to!

(Edited to add: I am still in post-Shadowbringers and haven't played Endwalker yet, so no spoilers please!) Update: I have finished Endwalker, I am FREE.

[heretic-altias]

Had the realization that Concorde in SSO and Ryne in FFXIV are like. The same. Spoilers for both games ahead.

Concorde's story arc really hasn't gone anywhere yet, so the focus on this is kind of what I think SSO should take inspiration from with Ryne's story. But Ryne was originally named Minfillia, the same as a character who had died saving the first. She was reincarnation essentially. All her reincarnations were trained to fight the sin eaters threatening the world. But long story short (play Shadowbringers for the full emotional arc lol) she was broken out of that cycle with the help of Thancred and recognized as her own individual and given her own name.

Concorde in SSO is in a similar boat now. The reincarnated Concorde is NOT the original Concorde. She has none of his memories. She just shares an appearance, some powers probably, and a destiny. And god that has to hurt both her and Anne to see everyone treat her as just the same horse reborn. Anne is interacting with this new filly and being told it's her horse reborn while this Concorde may not act similarly to the original. While this Concorde doesn't share any of Anne's memories with the original. I'd LOVE to see Anne and Concorde get a similar arc to Thancred and Ryne, where Anne processes her grief and comes to see this new Concorde as her own individual and not just a reincarnation. Maybe even give her a unique name of her own.

[ievaxol]

☠: something i found challenging (for your choice of fic!)

Reidun wets her lips. It is all up to Urianger now; she’s not sure what he’ll think of it, if he’ll play along or hang her out to dry. But then a warm hand slips around her waist and Urianger tugs her a little closer. “My lady asked me not to divulge the details unnecessarily or without her company,” Urianger says smoothly, as if he was in on it all along, voice steady and sure. “This is why I hath rejected all of thy suggestions; not to offend, but for the way my heart already belongs to another.” “Hmm…” Kenn Ann flies closer, tilting their head. “Hm hm hm…”

let's fall in love for the night (wolianger, 7k words)

This fic came to mind since I'm back to working on it for the first time in a while and it presented many challenges. Writing a long-form fic with an ambiguous wol, finding Urianger's voice, making fake dating a plausible scenario in ffxiv — all of it combined with a steep learning curve on how to set up a plot.

It was only ever meant to be three swift chapters and now I'm looking at it with fascinated despair because as of right now (chapter 3 in progress) I'm looking at at least five. I am, however, learning a lot!

fic writing meme

[akumanoken]

*places my urls but only if you roast me* :)

Send me your URL and I'll tell you @vixlenxe and by extension @liroyalty

My Opinion on;

Character in general: Oooh boy there are so many... it started with Violet, and Souji taking one look at her and going she's so cool I wanna be friends... and then the princesses Ann and Sue being so incredible, their world and their lore... and then S L A N E happened... LOL and then somehow Tiffanie and Ivy shanghaied my princess verse and placed him right in Eorzea and he's out here living his best life. Her characters are so fun and so diverse and go from people you wanna hang out, to people you wanna smooch all over to people you wish would go back to the fiery chasm from whence they came... How they play them: For all the shit she says about her not being able to play people right she's so good at it, and I'm not just talking about her ocs because only you can play your ocs right there's no good or bad it's just them and they're amazing but her canons are wonderful as well and no I am not taking criticism from her specifically at this time. The Mun: And then there's Chaos... this gremlin LOL so she wants me to roast her and honestly it's her fault I've been sucked into FFXIV and shit it's all her fault I hope she's happy with herself!!! LOL but honestly she's helped me so much in so many ways. The way I've evolved Makoto and the situation as it stands, how I approach my writing and world building, and honestly all my improvements in art can honestly be seen in the commissions I've done for her. I've learned to do quite a bit because of her, refined many things as well... I've found myself actually liking and appreciating my own art and journey and honestly she's had such a huge role in that it's insane. So like any roast from me is a honey roast at best because I love you too much baby.

Do I:

RP with them: Yes Want to RP with them:  Yes

What is my;

Overall Opinion:

[friedesgreatscythe]

i could watch and rewatch the dinner date with aymeric so many times and never get sick of it. seeing him so cheerful and focused and just... so happy to LISTEN to the warrior of light, he’s almost... boyish? young?

how his voice slowly falls when he politely turns down your offer to travel together, as he is too bound by his duties--how he follows it up quickly with, “someday, perhaps.” how he bows his head and talks about how with all the hard work he has ahead of him, he uses your determination as a guiding light. how you walked up to a wyrm and did not hesitate to do what you needed to do, even if you might die, and how if you could do THAT, how could he in any way hesitate to do the work set before him? and then he brings it back around to thank you for all you’ve done, once again tying you not just to the city but to the work he’s dedicated to !! even if he isn’t with you, you’re always with him in his heart ! in his spirit ! in his thoughts !!!

how even if you don’t travel together, you still run into him, still find your way back to him in the most dire moments--he carries you! personally!! off the battlefield in gyr arbania all the way north back to ishgard!!! he, the lord fuckin commander, abandons the battlefield to take you home, when other safety was closer by. how he SPRINTS to your room when you finally wake up, his face so clearly expressing surprise and hope. how he sits at your side!!! how he downplays his efforts in caring for you !!! how he assures you that you can trust him !! to look after what’s happening in the alliance against the empire while you try to figure out what weird mystical shit is happening to your friends !!! you trust him with the literal fate of the world !!! he offers himself up for that trust !! that job !!! for you !!!

aymeric just. he loves you. not you as a scion, you as the warrior of light, you as this fearless, impossible, miracle gifted to the world, but you--the you who makes these choices, the you who dedicates herself to the work. and he wants to know you, the you beneath that, what you want for yourself and oh my GOD

you think i’m nuts for emet-selch? i sure am bitch!!! and i’m just as crazy for aymeric!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!