#mch one shot

[scionshtola]

18. How do they feel about the work they do? As the Warrior of Light they’re tasked with quite a lot of violence, is it something that comes naturally to them or do they resist it? Are they merciless, do they try to spare as many lives as they can, or do they fall somewhere in between? (x)

The part of the work that Corisande enjoys most is helping others, and the part they like the least is the violence. They do their best to spare as many people as they can, and always try to stun or disarm their opponents instead. They struggle with actually inflicting violence on anyone, but inevitably there are battles that can't be won through disarming alone. They know what their role requires of them in those instances, as much as they do not relish it.

[arcadequeerz]

sometimes i wonder what the bionicle animators on youtube r doing now.

[iggyfing]

been playing kuzhuk the last couple days trying to get the crystal tower armor sets for arc/brd and.. oy. there must be a curse on dps classes or maybe i’m just that unlucky. running the alliance raids for about three hours and all i managed to get was the hat from labyrinth of the ancients.

[xenodile]

The MCH job stone is blank because in the setting of XIV guns are not widespread and machinistry is a new discipline, with the WoL being one of the first. This means that none of the MCH skills are inherited from previous generations of Machinists, because there aren't any.

Your MCH job trainer, Stephanivien, mentions inventing a few of the devices the WoL uses as a MCH, such as the Aetherocharger, Rook Autoturret, Wildfire bomb, Autocrossbow and Drill shot, but this only goes up to about level 60. From 61 onwards, new devices and abilities the WoL gets as a MCH are of their own design and invention.

Such devices include:

Modifying the Autocrossbow to fire alternate ammunition

The Air Anchor, a projectile that shreds its target by deploying harpoons on impact

A pair of circular saws connected by a length of chain that is fired from a personel weapon

A fast acting chemical weapon

A flamethrower

Converting the Rook into the Automaton Queen, a bipedal battle robot with a pilebunker

A pump action shotgun

An upscaled version of the Rook that functions as a satellite laser (LB3)

The WoL as a MCH is canonically just as capable of an inventor as Cid, but all their creative energy goes towards weapons of incredible violence.

[v3nusxsky]

I came from the comment section on the pt2 of housewife and as an angst fan and writer of Larissa please! I need a taste of my own medicine.

reader comes down ill with some sort of virus that can only affect outcasts- and because of that no cure has been made resulting in reader either hospitalised or dead 🙏🤭

or this can just be like a one shot on its own

To lose you now

*Authors note~  now for the flip side ending and I would just like to start off with and apology to those who wanted fluff... rip your feelings*

Trigger Warnings~ angst  near character death illness needles etc

Prompt~see ask^^^^

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The throwing up never stopped over the past three days. Larissa was growing concerned, nothing you ate or drank stayed in your system and your body was becoming weak. Your ability going mental a lot of the time. Rapidly flickering through different ranges of flowers and vines that you had no control over. All you could do is lay in bed or sit with your head over the bowl of the toilet. You were exhausted and desperately pleading with Larissa to make this stop now. Of course Larissa tried. But no amount of over the counter medicines seemed to help combat the illness, that's when she made the decision to take you to the hospital.

You always hated hospitals, the smells and noises and the annoying shades of white everywhere, it was all too much. But Larissa knew something was very wrong when you just resigned to your fate and slumped down into the uncomfortable bed before letting sleep claim you. All she could do is sit by your bedside and silently stew in worry your hand in hers as you slept, ignoring the steady beeping of the monitors.

Doctors and nurses were in and out of your hospital room doing all sorts of tests and inserting cannulas and IVs. All through this you never even stirred, your body limp allowing them to manipulate you however they needed to. That was concerning not only to your blonde wife but to the professionals. No amount of poking and prodding seemed to wake you up. Although that did mean you were obviously to all the tests they were running. Perhaps that's for the best. After all, the answers were either negative or inconclusive  which would upset you. You just want to feel better but nothing helps achieve that for you.

Larissa was shocked when you groggily bolted upright and immediately try to locate the bathroom. However this isnt your room and everything is all discombobulated for you. So Larissa immediately jumped up to guide you. "Shh sweetheart it's okay, look it's this way my love" she murmured before scoping your hair into a makeshift ponytail as you did what you needed to. "Don't cry sweetheart it's Okay. We are in the right place now. They will fix you up okay my sweet girl" she whispered soothingly in an attempt to hush your sobs.

It wasn't too long before you settled back on the bed groggily picking at the items embedded on your skin. "Sweet girl you can't do that my love" she mumbled reassuring you that it's okay but also had her climbing onto the bed to hold you close and prevent you from doing the action. That's how you drifted back into a sleep unknowingly developing a fever.

The doctor reappeared a few hours later, where she principal informed him of the bout of sickness and the fact you felt uncharacteristically warm, so of course he wanted to check your temperature but to do so he needed Larissa to move from you for a moment. You immediately clutched onto her and whined, "no stay nerf you ris sooo mchs" with your eyes still screwed tightly shut. With a sad smile the doctor let Larissa stay with you and took your temperature. Upon reading it he knew what to test for next. Hopefully he would be wrong but with all the evidence backing the theory it was looking very much like a possibility.  

An hour later a doctor and nurse stood in the doorway, the previous doctor having finished his shift so you now had another doctor. And they delivered the worst news Larissa could've ever imagined. The testing confirmed you'd some how contracted Wolfsbane into your bloodstream and it was now slowing your heartbeat and essentially killing you from the inside out. They could try to counteract it but the success rate was low especially with your ability.

Larissa knew she had to tell you, so she gently tried to stir you awake, "come on sweet girl, it's time to wake up" she murmured to you as you sleepily lolled your head to the side, "mmm?" A hand in your hair and her encouragement to open your eyes had you fighting your body to please your wife. "Darling have you had Wolfsbane?" Your poor groggy mind couldn't remember too much just that Marilyn gifted her a new plant and instructed her to tend to it like she would her other plants. So of course she allowed the plant to have access to her veins, without realising it could kill you.

That small bit of information was all you could offer before collapsing once more into a slumber. The doctors now knowing what they are treating, made them able to set to work on it. Because it was in your bloodstream they had to extract it and give you some blood transfusions. All of which took time and posed a risk of being too late. All Larissa could do is hold you during the process as you cried out during your sleep at the pain it was causing you. All she could do it try to reassure and comfort you, preventing you from ripping out the lines for your medication in a hope you'd recover from this. For now you were unable to leave the hospital as your condition remained critical. Larissa staying with you, there was no where else she would've rather been than holding her sick wife in her arms.

Word count~ 1025

[humblemooncat]

It's Sinday, time for thirst posting. ;3c

Enjoy the self-indulgent spicy kitty. The outfits got less and less tame as I went (Still absolutely love the first one tho, it's his MCH glam).

Ngl, I am in l o v e with the first shot. The warm tones and the expression are killing me.

[decadentboat]

MitsuCho Week Day 4: Fashion AU

I literally do not know what I wrote here :p But I had to deliver for this day too so here is a fic where Chouchou is a diva-like plus-size model and Mitsuki a freelancer model. One-shot adventure together with Inojin, Himawari, Shikadai, and Ryogi. Its actually told by Inojin so the mch epic is under his PoV XD

Read it on Wattpad

or

Read it on Ao3

[woltourney]

ROUND 1 / SIDE A / POLL 9

Shura Kuroyanagi (@shishido-shiho) v. Nira'sae Mian (@sae-mian)

Shura Kuroyanagi:

q. What is your WoL name and pronouns? a. Shura Kuroyanagi (She/Her)

q. What is your WoL's species? a. Raen Au Ra

q. What is your WoL's class? Or classes? a. GNB/MCH/RPR

q. What data centre/server are you on, if you want people to find you? a. Crystal/Mateus

q. Tell us a bit about your WoL! a. She became a hero after she was left for dead with no living family to speak of and only one working eye in the deserts of Thanalan after an Alacran raid on her family/clan's home. Shura doesn't mind being a hero, so long as it pays okay. In her free time, she takes part in botany and helps model for her wife's clothing designs.

q. Why should YOU win? (Answer IC!) a. "I should win because all the lovely ladies of Eorzea find me irresistible enough, and winning would only increase their adoration of me. (Thal's balls, I hope that doesn't make me sound horrible.)"

q. Anything else you wanna add? a. We haven't been playing XIV too long, but we've put a lot of effort into building Shura over the past year and change and we hope she does well!

Nira'sae Mian:

q. What is your WoL name and pronouns? a. Nira'sae Mian (they/them)

q. What is your WoL's species? a. Viera (veena)

q. What is your WoL's class? Or classes? a. Bard (primary), Whitemage (secondary)

q. What data centre/server are you on, if you want people to find you? a. N/A

q. Tell us a bit about your WoL! a. A good-natured, remarkably anxious adventurer-turned-hero. They believe that everyone deserves a shot at a good, fulfilling life, and to that end they fight - even if it scares them sometimes. They're also clumsy, quick to fluster, and a habitual gatherer/crafter. Additional fun facts: They have died once (they got better); they have been stabbed more than once attempting to gather materials at Inappropriate Times; they're only 5'7 but have impressive inflatable-tube-man energy; they are afraid of calamari; they have a very melodic accent and a beautiful singing voice.

q. Why should YOU win? (Answer IC!) a. I don't know that I should rightly win, but I'll gladly take the practice and hopefully have a good time doing it!

[redwayfarers]

'ajde bar noćas budi mi drug

Fandom: FFXIV Ship: Nika/Hilda Characters: Nika Perseis (WoL), Hilda Ware Rating: Gen Words: 1457 Spoilers: minor spoilers for MCH level 70 questline Title taken from Skačem, skači which has been on Nika's playlist before any other song. Slavic mutuals, this one's for you <3 read on ao3 dividers by @saradika

There’s something about Hilda. Nika’s known it for a while now - he likes so few people, and she’s never given him cause to ditch their budding friendship; besides, she makes a wonderful drinking buddy. And a mean card player. He knows this from observation. He doesn’t dare sit before her, cards in hand, and have to give up what little dignity he has. That was for Limsa, and for a simpler time. Instead, he prefers to just sit at the same table, watch the game and shout a hearty, “Better luck next time!” to the loser.

When she gives him a dirty look, however, he stops. This whole concept of.. Caring about others’ opinions feels oddly familiar and oddly new at the same time. He doesn’t play cards against her because he doesn’t want people laughing at him, fair enough. He can admit, albeit wordlessly, that she’s better than him. But the way the disapproval in her eyes cuts him is new. This isn’t a reputation thing - he wants Hilda’s opinion of him to be good, what a weird fucking thing to want, so he stops doing the shit she finds offensive. 

Yeah, that shit’s weird. Luckily for him, though, life takes him away from the Brume often so he doesn’t have to question it. What little he is there, overseeing the Hounds’ machinist training when Rostnsthal goes to take a breather, he feels much better. They’re on his ground, his playing field. It’s his approval that matters. 

Hilda’s good, though. The Hounds need some refinement, but Hilda - Hilda’s good. Hilda has no need for his opinion. Instead, he can say, “Do it like she does.” And not only is her aim really fucking good, she’s also beautiful. And he wants to be in her good graces. 

As Ishgardians say, Fury take her. 

And so it happens that Rostnsthal is away, Nika’s overseeing the training for the week, and Hilda’s the one currently taking the aim. She’s tied her hair back in a messy bun, she’s dressed in another black jacket which contrasts sharply with the paleness of her skin, and her grip on the gun is stable, solid, and unshaking. She tilts her head slightly as she adjusts, giving Nika a nice view of her neck. 

The sound of a shot going off brings him back to reality. 

“How was that, Mr. Sharpshooter?” Hilda laughs. “You were paying such attention.” 

“Do you want me to open a dictionary and find synonyms for 'good’?” Nika shakes his head. “I don’t think you really need my opinion.” 

“I do. You’re the big, bad Warrior of Light, and me, I’m a mongrel from the Brume. If ya put in a good word for me with your blue-blooded friends, I’d be the next Archbishop.” 

“You’re grossly overestimating my influence. Or maybe my liking of them.” Nika makes a face. “I wanna shoot half of them in the face. Member of the Heavensward, off you go. Annoying asshole, off you go. That’s a solid chunk of Ishgard’s nobility.”

Not Artoirel, though. Emmanellain, too. Stephanivien, as well. Aymeric. The thought of putting a gun to Artoirel’s head makes him sick. He knows he’ll take it bravely, but he also knows Stephanivien and Aymeric would hunt him down for it. 

It’s not only Hilda’s good opinion that he cares about, after all. 

Nika kicks the snow under his feet. 

“I agree,” Hilda says. “But it doesn’t change the fact you were staring at me.” 

“Fine– I think you’re not only good at aiming, but also good-looking. Is it a crime in the Brume to be attracted to people?” Nika taps a nail against the trigger of his firearm. 

“Not at all.” Hilda smiles. She walks over, the end of her weapon clinks against the metal of her tall boots, and she looks up at him. Her lips are full and red from the cold and her eyes shine in amusement and pleasure. “Join me for mulled wine later? Maybe a card game, if your pride lets you?”

Nika huffs. “It’s not about pride, woman– but yes. I will join you for mulled wine. It’s stupidly cold in Ishgard.”  

Hilda places a hand on his forearm. “I’ll make sure it’s all warm for you, Nika.” 

Well, it looks like Nika’s in for a good night. It’s not Artoirel - it will never be Minfilia - but it’s as good as he’s going to get. He likes mulled wine, anyway. 

*** 

The bed is warm, soft and lived in. Well, fucked in. Nika doesn’t have the habit of sleeping in other people’s beds unless he stays the night with them, which doesn’t have to mean anything. It’s a harmless action - extending your stay in someone’s life for a fraction of a moment, just to fall down the long mountain of oblivion. Normally, it would make his chest ache. When it comes to sex, however, that’s the price he’s willing to pay for some extra skin-to-skin contact. 

Hilda’s sitting on the edge of the bed, as naked as he is. He’s watching the muscles of her back move as she re-ties her hair. The room is simple, gray, a room of an ouvrière, much like the apartment he grew up in. Later came the paintings and the vases and the flower pots; he recalls how happy it made his mother when Lucretia showed up on their door with a huge bouquet of flowers in her hands, with how much care she’d put them in a vase, how sweetly she’d kiss her and whisper a word of gratitude. Nika thought it was all weird at the time. He was just a kid. An asshole kid, sure, one who frowned deeply at the soft kisses, but a kid nonetheless. 

Unfortunately, asshole kids grow up into asshole adults. But sometimes, it’d be nice if– Nika’s not a flowers type of person, but surely, it’d be nice if someone gave him a big, feathered hat? Surely, it’d be nice if anyone ever liked him back enough to do that for him? 

Not Hilda, though. He isn’t expecting her to. They were both looking for a momentary distraction and fun, and that’s what they got. Orgasms are a neat little thing too. Nika likes them, and so does Hilda. 

Yet, when she buries her fingers in his hair and massages his scalp, all thoughts somehow scatter. Nika slithers over to be closer, and Hilda just continues to softly thug on the strands. He gives a little sigh of contentment. Then, out of fucking nowhere, her hand disappears. 

“Why’d you stop?” he asks, before he’s fully aware of what he’s saying. And how he’s saying it. He sounds so stupidly needy, like a spoiled little fuckwit, and he buries his fingers in the pillow out of embarrassment. 

“I’m coming back,” she says. “I was just thirsty. Why’d you get so worked up about it?” 

Nika purses his lips. “None of your business.” 

“I promise you, I didn’t just invite you here to have my fun and kick you out–” 

“That would’ve been more merciful,” Nika replies. His chest feels tight, his body too big and uncomfortable. Yet his skin tingles sorrowfully. 

“What? You want to be simply used and kicked out like some annoying asshole’s servant? Am I reading ya correctly, Nika?” Hilda’s now staring at him in confusion, and he curls even more on the bed. “In what world is that merciful?” 

Nika doesn’t reply. He doesn’t know what to say. He was never this desperate before. It feels like a curse, and it makes him want to crawl out of his skin. And he would’ve been fine if he just didn’t say it like that, like he’s so deprived he’s about to beg for–

“Hilda,” he says, trying to rein in the storm in his throat. “Don’t ask me that question. Now if you’d be so kind as to kick me out, butt ass naked–” 

She pushes him so that he’s sprawled on the bed, and lays down on him without a word. The room’s warm, her skin’s warm, but he doesn’t mind it. He really doesn’t. It even feels good - his hands wrap around her and it feels offensively nice. It fights against the urge to walk away and wins, even. 

“I thought you were thirsty?” Nika croaks, and falls further into a pool of shame. 

“I can wait for a few more minutes. ‘Sides, who said I’m done with you?” 

Nika blinks. “If you want me to do something–” 

“Just lay there, be a personal heater and look pretty. Right now, that’s all I ask of ya.” 

Nika sighs. “If you say so,” he murmurs. 

It looks like he’s in for a long, and much to his own chagrin, good night. 

[before-calamity]

ARC/BRD Skills Overview Part 1

Some similarities, and a big difference is in the usage of arrows as well as the fact Archer has combos, which isn't really a thing in modern FFXIV.

In possibly one of the biggest change in mechanics between 1.0 and 2.0, Archers were responsible for their ammo! Your light shot was essentially the equivalent of an "auto attack" (although it wasn't an auto attack, as far as I know - no other auto attacks are added to your hotbar, although we'll see some exceptions that might've been cut out later). The refill act would refill a special slot in your equipment with arrows in your inventory.

If you were out of arrows, sorry, you can't do your basic attack.

Read on to learn more about Archer skills!

Your basic skill in ARR is still here too.

This is kind of a unique skill, you use MP to evade one non-melee attack. I can see this being useful in even modern FFXIV, similar to Samurai's "Third Eye" (although that's not an evade.)

This is a Ranger skill in XI. It did not make it in ARR, and I'm not sure if it shares the trait in XI where it ignores defense.

This *did* make it into ARR, but was cut in Stormblood. (Side note: It's annoying to research because they recently added an item called "Hawk's Eye".)

This essentially turned into the role skill Leg Graze, which also inflicts Heavy. Leg Graze was added in Heavensward, as a Machinist action.

This skill made it into ARR, and with ARR & HW's meta, it was important to level ARC for Raging Strikes, although in 2.0 it was simply a increase damage dealt skill, and not dependent on Light Shot (which wasn't in ARR)

This was in ARR but removed in SB and removed for the Foot Graze role action which also binds the target. Foot Graze was added in HW as a MCH action.

This was in ARR as essentially the same skill - reduces emnity generation (with no interaction with Raging Strike). In Stormblood, this turned into the enmity reducing role action of "Diversion".

It's a song! And it's an Archer song! And it made it into ARR, and eventually turned into the role skill "Peloton".

A bit of a unique - ARC in FFXIV 1.0 really shows its support strengths with the ability to give these ailments to various enemies.

Made it to ARR and still used today, albeit differently. Now it triples the number of strikes for any single-target weaponskill, not just Light Shot/auto attack.

Probably one of my favorite skills, and relatively untouched, albeit you can't hit a single target five times at once.

Still in FFXIV as of EW as a ogcd attack (with a recast lower than 80 seconds), and it *doesnt* hit a bleed attack, even back in ARR - the DoTs were moved to Venomous Bite/Windbite.

This was made into ARR but it was removed in SB. The differences between Wide Volley and Quicknock is Wide Volley is a target + enemies, while Quicknock is a cone AoE starting at the player.

And that's it for Archer actions. Next time we'll talk about Bard skills & Archer traits!

[cindernet-explorer]

B A S I C S

Name: A'vyra Mitu

Nicknames: Vyra (following Seeker naming), "my joy" (from U'nia), "A'deara" (from U'nia's mom)

Age: 25~ (as of the end of EW)

Race: Seeker Miqo'te

Gender: GNC Man (he/she/they)

Orientation: Gay

Profession: Gunsmith, Carpenter, Professional Nuisance

P H Y S I C A L     A S P E C  T S

Hair: Wolfhaired, kept long and tied back nowadays. Always in a 'feminine' style.

Eyes: Red

Skin: Tanned with yellow undertones

Tattoos/scars: Coated in burn scars, missing his left arm, a few cuts on her face

F A M I L Y

Parents: A'mitu Nunh (father), A'lorrhu Aba (mother)

Siblings: A'rhinn Mitu (older sister. Left^)

Grandparents: A'aba Nunh Tia (grandfather)

In-laws and Other: None yet but will be Alisaie, Ameliance, and Fourchenault (<-i still think this spelling has to be a joke)

Pets: A chicken named Boomer!!

S K I L L S

Abilities: Sharpshooting/generally crack-shot marksmanship. Can figure out most tech and reverse engineer it if she's allowed to take it apart (like, he added a YorHa energy ball canon to his MCH multiweapon, replacing the bioblaster. Alongside fixing up a broken skysuit to be her Automaton Queen.)

Hobbies: Gunsmithing and Carpentry. Being a general nuisance to her friend Prudence. Draping himself over anyone that will let her. (which plays into the previous point)

T R A I T S

Most Positive Trait: Loyal and Devoted

Most Negative Trait: Loyal and Devoted

L I K E S

Colors: Green! (nobody can ever guess why)

Smells: Cigarette smoke, coffee, leather

Textures: Smooth metal, grease, soft skin

O T H E R    D E T A I L S

Smokes: Regularly

Drinks: Socially

Drugs: Nope!

Mount Issuance: Every single one of his mounts are things he's either made herself, or helped make. Motorcycles and rusty YorHa mechs and an ultralite gyrocopter, to name a few.

Been Arrested: Multiple times for "Disturbing the Peace." Every time he just gets out anyways. (they never remember to confiscate anything)

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tagging @bunnyboybosom (do emery), @oneiroy @foxlin-fantasia @elf-simp

(im guessing everyone's done it at this point)

[mythicaltzu]

Hiii ! So glad I found you on Tumblr. I love your fics!! The way you write intrigue and suspense is so good!! I hat to re-read My companion heart to see all the clues that I missed the first time around. Tho my favorite is Let The Tale Seduce You, even if it's devastating and it made me cry.

Idk if you've heard, but there's a kinktober event designed for VC/IWTV fandom! Maybe you'd be interested in participating or just seeing what other people create!

https://www.tumblr.com/vampirefest/727271863006461952/prompts?source=share

Hi, thank you so much! I'm super flattered that you re-read MCH and thrilled to hear you enjoyed LTTSY. Unfortunately, I'm not very good with short things. My attempts to write smutty one-shots usually end in 30k+ with multiple subplots and absolutely zero smut. But, I will take a look at the prompts and see. Thanks for letting me know :)

[voidsentprinces]

Having now leveled up nearly all classes, I feel like I can say BRD and MCH need something more...more OMPH. Dancer feels powerful and diverse and has a rhythm to it. BRD has felt like it lost its rhythm since Stormblood. MCH has always felt unwieldy but now it feels like there is a tight burst window but to call it a burst window is overexaggerating it. Feels like I am flicking peas at enemies and the only thing that does damage is the Mimic Buster combo. Everything else I am throwing pennies in damage at enemies. Same with BRD...too much down time and no matter how pretty they make straight shot, its basically one button and iron lung over and over and procs didn't happen nearly enough to change it up and even then we only have like one single actual proc the rest are locked behind songs. Still not entirely fucking sure what Army's Paoen is fucking doing. Gee thanks 3% direct hit bonus and very minor GCD buff. Mage's Ballad lets me spit out Bloodletting or Rain of Death like nuts and Wanderer's let me occasionally fire off an okay damage arrow. The fuck are you for Army's!? Also MCH has no right to have a DoT spell that does only 50 potency a tic at level fucking 80. GTFOH with that bullshit.

But that's just me...WHM needs better Mana Control but people have been yelling about that since ShBr. Some of AST's spells drop off in potency around 85. I am refusing to level SCH and SGE is an immortal in the overworld but I dislike it in dungeons. That's all my notes on Healers. Tanks still feel really solid though they're all turning into self-healing gods so...idfk. DPS is good though I feel like MNK still isn't hitting as hard as any of the others even with proper positionials. Casters all seem fine, they all have bang for their bucks so no notes there.

[sezja]

If allowed questions for you, reply when you want. You can reply each in different posts too just tag me please. Only if you feel like it.

Favorite oc? Or are you the type who can’t decide? Any reason someone is a favorite if you have one?

Favorite ffxiv character? Any reason?

Favorite game (because nobody knows)?

Favorite character of all time (because nobody knows) and why?

How did you chose Nerise’s dragon name? What about her?

Will Marty ever officially marry? (I’m making this up just to make one more question)

Thank you.

OH BOY it's Learning About Fox Time!

1: I kind of cycle between Favorite OCs; my "favorite" is whoever I'm fixating on at the time. At the moment, it's kind of a three-way split between Nerise, Fenumin, and Darcy, but any given moment, if I'm reminded of another OC, they briefly claim my heart and run away with it. I think Origins!Kuja, better known these days as Urha'to Nelhah, is my favorite of all time... which should come as no surprise, considering Origins is my baby, and considering... Well.

2: I assume you mean favorite NPC, in which case: Stephanivien de Haillenarte, my beloved...... I picked up MCH at a time when I was having a huge falling-out with the friend who'd played a major role in getting me into the game, and I was kind of considering unsubbing, because ARR hadn't really grabbed me and I wasn't like, deeply invested beyond the AU I was crafting for my Origins characters (alongside my roommate's WoLs). Then I ran into Steph, and oh man, he saved the game for me; it's not an exaggeration to say I would've fallen out of the game completely if he hadn't gotten me super invested in it all over again. I actually roleplayed Steph for a couple of years, on @skysteelsun.

3: Favorite game: Final Fantasy IX, by a massive unstoppable landslide!

4: Favorite character: Garland my beloved Why is a complicated explanation, but it kind of boils down to my huge undying love for fallen civilizations - what could be better, then, than a completely dead planet? Garland is overseeing the revival and restoration of a world that has been dead for several thousand years, and that fascinates me. And I think his treatment of the beings he has created to populate that dead world (among others) is kind of an interesting look at how he himself, also a construct, might have been treated by his own creators. I can't say a lot without, you know, spoilers, but I find him so incredibly interesting on so many levels. He's only around for less than a disk and a half, but he makes excellent use of his screentime.

5: Nerise's wyvern's name, Sohl Amh, means "Slow Song," and while I initially chose it because I liked the sound of it... it has very much come to fit their personality. Sohl Amh is the steadier, more patient of the pair, content to wait and see what happens - compared to Nerise's quick temper and eagerness for results. Nerise's name was also just an "I like the sound of it," to be honest. We don't know a lot about how elezen naming conventions have changed, if at all, in the past thousand years, so it was kind of a shot in the dark!

6: Oh man okay so eventually what happens is Marty gets his ass arrested for poaching (he actually takes the fall for Dom, presuming - not without reason - he'll get off lighter than a Duskwight would). And who should happen to spot him while he's being brought in than one Serpent Captain Sanson Smyth? Who notices he looks vaguely familiar. One thing leads to another, and Marty gets introduced to Guydelot, and they realize they probably share a dad. Sanson's owed a favor or five by the Adders at this point, and has sufficient influence to get Marty's sentenced negotiated down to exile from the Greatwood. It is at this point that Marty realizes he's going to have to tell Tsimh everything - part of the reason he hasn't asked her to marry him yet is the whole "I'd have to tell her I'm a poacher".... thing. So he tells her. She is understandably upset, but honestly, more about not being told. They work it out. They move - in keeping with Marty's sentence - to La Noscea, and settle on a farmstead. All's well. And then, yes, Marty finally proposes to his girl.

[zanshlou]

Been a while since I’ve posted something related to XIV so here’s some Carmina. There was something about next patch using portraits for more dungeons and stuff or something? I dono I don’t really pay attention to announcements and just skim patch notes for stuff I care about when things actually come out but I heard something about this and decided that I needed to go in and make portaits for every class. This also resulted in me tweaking a couple glams and making a few new ones. Sadly I use two of my glam plats for my Crafter and Gatherer glams so MNK/SAM and DRG/RPR have to share outfits for now. PLEASE SE I just need 2 more glam plates (though also like a nice rounded 5 would be nice to keep holiday outfits separate on). Anyways random details about all the tweaks and new outfits (along with some of my general long winded ramblings) below the cut I guess.

So SCH, RDM, MCH, and NIN got completely new looks. My old SCH was too close in color and used a lot of the same pieces as my SGE look I put together for story this expansion so it had to go. RDM used a top that I had modded and so didn’t look right anymore. The top it has WAS originally on my new MCH look but I had shifted that to be more pirate-y and still wanted to use the top and it looks great in red. NIN was going to get a modified version of a Cait Sith cosplay I put together for a group Halloween shot my FC did but then I realized when lookig through stuff that I had the Neo-Ishgardian top and that plan went out the window as I decided I had a need to work around that top for the look.

Meanwhile... BRD continues to get stuck with my holiday look whatever that ends up being. So for now it gets to support my Christmas gear. Maybe after the holidays I’ll change it but the look is solid on its own holiday season or not so it may just stay.

For more minor changes... My DNC used to sport a hat, I might even have some screenshots somewhere on here from the past where it still sports that hat. The look was built around an old old glam from the HW days that I made that was very... tap-dancer-esque. These days the new look has kind of been a Mina default look and is what I base a lot of my art and designing around but I always leave out the hat so decided I’d switch it with glasses. They might not stay but I do always love the look of glasses on Mina. Second only to hair flowers (I just didn’t feel I had any good ones on hand to go with the look).

MNK/SAM got new earrings and DRG/RPR got new nails. These were both super minor style changes. I wanted some earrings that were lowkey and that I didn’t really use much (instead of my usual heart earrings) for the MNK/SAM look. That look has always been a staple of my wardrobe since at least early HW if not sooner than that. It’s simple and effective and was built entirely around the gloves and going “what else can I make black that has gold accents?” The DRG/RPR look is similarly an old classic of mine, built completely around the Maelstrom coat. I used to have the sharp beastly nails on the look and I just switched those out for the like regular painted nails. Super minor change for a look that has never stopped being amazing. The way the Y’shtola HW boots pair with that coat is too dang powerful.

As one last random aside, BLU continues to be my most extra look. I have tried to make it over the top and extravagant in ever incarnation I’ve made of it. This one is decidedly less silly than it’s first main glam (which I should dig up some old pics of) but it still has that very loud, “LOOK AT ME” showmanship to the design. Every time I make a new outfit for it I have a lot of fun with it. The only look that I think brings me more joy from the sillyness of it is my blindfolded “I can’t read” SMN look.

[ashleyinwondrland]

Going back an episode and watching Born This Way

Santana is such a bitch but I still love her. Also her first vest and hat combo is fucking iconic! “I gotta gay, I mean go I gotta gay” honey you are so bad at being in closet.

The way Will thinks he has the capacity to handle everyone’s problems…maybe he is the reason teacher’s need a masters in education. This just makes me think of when he said

The big deal about junior prom queen and king, when I remember in high school it basically as determined by who won homecoming. Tho senior year our prom Queen was a heavier girl, who was the sweetest and also one of the best singers! Like she deserved it!

YASSSSS my favorite song! Pretty/Unpretty is so amazing! It was a crime that Quinn and Rachel didn’t have another duet! There were like a billion opportunities! I love this song so much.

Honestly I would recap every episode just to go into missed opportunities, #1 Quinn in her ‘stank’ phase not having a punk song like Cherry Bomb by Runaways, I really believe Dianna could’ve killed it.

All the prom posters are horrible which is actually super realistic.

“The only straight I am is a straight up bitch” ICON!!

The lockers shot with Quinn and Finn was interesting, though we never see anything like that again.

Any chance for Mike Chang to have a spotlight is good with me.

Finn, just break up with Quinn! You are in love with Rachel and she is with you, just pull the bandaid off!!

This whole zero tolerance shit, I get Karofsky is badly with his own gayness, but they just aren’t handling this shit well. It reminds me of Degrassi, thankfully it ended a lot better. Kurt was great for never outing him though. I wish they had handled Karofsky better, like this show dealt with every issue they could find but never handled it well!

Now I want to cry tho with Burt telling Finn “keep an eye on your brother” then Finn saying “I’m one step ahead of you” they really became a family and I love that. It was such a growth and it made me so happy!

Super don’t care about the warblers! Shouldn’t you be at your own school?? It’s a school day and the bell literally just rang! Where did that piano come from?? And the violinists?

I hate the Lucy Caboose stuff! Like her issues couldn’t be more no out of no where, knowing that Sue caused an eating disorder for the Cheerios and idk the whole teen pregnancy stuff!? Dianna did well with it though, why isn’t she in more things? I know she is in a lot of indie movies but give me more! Also her running hallway scene is amazing, it’s always amazing when these ladies go through the hallway, it’s practically a runway!

“Is Barbara here?” “No it’s a mall in Ohio”

Yea Barbara is 1 in a million, and you would’ve been too if you weren’t a fuxking bitch.

Brittany is smart enough to make that ironic shirt but then makes the Lebanese shirt for Santana. Also saying “clearly you don’t love yourself as mch as I love you” isn’t a healthy thing for when someone is in the closet. Not that someone is wrong for not wanting to be in closet for someone else’s sake. It’s a complex thing but again Murphy & the others don’t handle it well. What was the short hand for the show runners? We used to have one

Remember when Dianna wore the Likes Girls shirt at the Glee concert tour for Born this Way and everyone including myself lost their collective shit? And then she was absent for a couple shows after? Which is super suspicious…