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Hey y’all, I’m popping up from the radio silence and letting you know that no, I’m not dead lol

A lot of….life things are happening, so I’ve kind of had a lot on my plate lately 🫠

But, I’ll be ok! I’m just overwhelmed so I haven’t really written much lately and frankly, I’ve needed a bit of a break from ffxiv and socials

Thank you to those who have been keeping up with my stuff, you have no idea how much joy it brings me when other people enjoy my work—it’s one of the reasons why I love to write

Sorry to those who’ve been waiting eons for updates on my fics 😬 (the wait will be worth it though, I promise uwu)

I’m sending you all the best of vibes, and may many tasty treats come your way 🙏💖💖

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Reblog if you write fic and people can inbox you random-ass questions about your stories, itemized number lists be damned.

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

Ohh thank you so much for this cute anon! :D Hmm let's see...

In no particular order, my five favorite fics I've written are:

Milk & Honey - A short reflection about coffee and new lovers. Makes me feel cozy about new beginnings.

Bittersweet - A short one from Aymeric de Borel's POV on the Warrior of Light, post-HW. I like the prose and the pacing here.

Verdancy - My very specific tastes in BDSM erotica jumped out in this fic.

Lazy - An ode to lazy sex and the comforts of the familiar.

Bibliophilia - Library sex. The first sex scene I ever imagined for Aedric & G'raha, way back before I ever decided to write. My friend sparked the idea, and I knew they needed to fuck in a library at some point. Writing this fic was a promise to myself.

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

I know this was you @necromeowncy XD I don't have that much published, so if I may offer my favorite three, in no particular order. Tumblr is clunky and I have no clue how people make things so nice.

This is probably my favorite, it's the start of Reen'ra becoming a Manderville Man:

Another one of my MiqoMarch prompts, a start of the family dynamics Reen'ra is coming from:

My first AO3 post. ^^; I still like going over how he's grown, still got a little bit of hurt, but he's trying his best:

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love❤

(you have anon turned off, surprise, it's me :p )

frien!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh geez, five of my favorite fics 👀👀 alrighty, let’s do this then:

(This’ll be out of order btw cuz I’m very indecisive)

Under the Blood Moon - my wolgraha vampire au fic; we’ve got vampires, hunters, shenanigans, and soon smut!!

A Tale of Two Warriors - my 2 wol au fic and a very big boy that I uhh…..probably need to get back to lol. Lots of plot twists and divergences planned for that one, but for now, enjoy the Crystal Tower arc and one young and spry version of our very favorite red cat boy!

To Save the Queen - stars my beloved Tortilla (T’orr Tia, but I call him the former cause I think it’s funny) and Mikoto during the events of the Save the Queen quests; a smut fic to leave you questioning just what kind of relationship those two have…

A Day in the Life of Eorzea University - a wolgraha university/coffee shop/volleyball au based off of the Eorzea high school manga! This one is just really silly, and there for if you want to have a few giggles (also need to get back to writing this one but not to fret—I shall get there…..eventually 👀)

Kuporella - my wol has a fever dream during the events of SHB and dreams herself in the story of Cinderella! I don’t know what I was on while writing this one, but it’s fun lol. If you ever wanted to see Ardbert as a tiny rat, this is the fic for you!

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FFXIV Fanfic writer appreciation post!

Here's a list of fanfiction writers I find absolutely amazing and recommend you go check out! Feel free to reblog and add more!)

First of all, my amazing RP partner, @kskellington and all their associated blogs like (@qxynalvaleroyantb/@rahnbadeaux/@peddlestox-shinyrocks and that one I can't ever find of Svan's...help!)

Other amazing writers I admire that you should check out!

@scholarlostintime

@loldragoon-ffxiv

@houserosaire

@aroseyetbloomedwrites

@irisopranta

@pumpkinmagekupo

@mimble-sparklepudding

@actualanxiousswampwitch

@paintedscales

@spotofmummery

@sasslett

@cadrenebula

@healersadjust

@starrysnowdrop

@draculas-husband

@elfie-kitten

I don't see much of @fair-fae's writing but her character/rp is amazing so... :D

I know some of you all on here think you're not great or are new to writing but I'm saying you're great and you need to keep going. So there.

That's just the ones I could find/think of immediately. Sorry if I missed anyone. If I follow you, you are amazing. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creations with the world! Keep going! Block haters/naysayers.

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Come into a fandom late. Leave early. Write 100 fics. Write 1. Write none. Read every single fic written in your fandom. Read only your OTP. Write only your OTP. Write every pairing under the sun. Make gifs just for your friends. Make gifs to share with everyone. Make art. Make nothing.

Cheerlead from afar and keep to yourself. Join a groupchat. Yell about headcanons with your friends. Leave kudos. Leave comments. Make fic recs. Bookmark everything. Read or watch and then forget it.

Treat canon like gospel. Treat canon like a dumpster fire. Only read/write/art coffeeshop AUs. Decide your corner will be all hurt no comfort. Decide your corner  will be all fluff no angst.

Fandom isn't one size fits all, and there is no one right way to do it. So find what works for you, and don't worry about all of the outside noise. It doesn't matter how everyone else does fandom.

All are welcome.

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And to add to my last post…

Since it’s her day, ask me anything (sfw and nsfw is fine!) about my beloved Panini (Panne Nini) 🐈‍⬛

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Since it be Black Cat Appreciation Day….

Panne Nini is wishing you and all other black cat wols a very happy Black Cat Day

🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

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It is time.

Question drive time.

For those who don't know about my question drive:

The basic idea is that, to encourage people to talk more about their WoL/OC(s) I come onto your blog after you have liked/reblogged this post and send you a question about your OC(s). Sometimes these can be deep, world-building questions; other times I’ll ask what they had for breakfast. It’s all a bit of fun, I reblog the questions back here, and it lets me meet and learn more about various characters! If you don’t want a question but want to still support the project, just note that in the tags. :) 

I'm hoping to get the bulk of them done this weekend while I'm hanging out! I thought the other one was too old to go back to at this point, so I'm actually going to link this dive to my pinned post - that way people can see what's the most recent at a glance. Enjoy!

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Here’s my entry for Day 1, please enjoy! :

Feel free to reblog with your entry 💕

Welcome to Wolgraha Week ❤️❤️❤️

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Träumerei

Wolgraha Week 2023 | Day One “First Kiss”

Surrounded by piles of books, as he is wont to do, he sleeps soundly - as if he had just fallen into a cat nap. It nearly brings Panne to pause, questioning whether or not she even wants to interrupt his peace. He deserves that and more, after all, after everything he’s done for this realm and her.

But she cannot bear to leave him yet, not on a note like that. Hearing of his hopes and dreams, his promise—as crystal crept up his arms and neck, his cheek, his brilliant crimson eyes: engulfing him in a shade of blue that has haunted her since the day he closed those doors on her…

She pulls out the vessel from her pocket and shoves it to his chest.

She runs—faster than she’s ever gone before, feet taking her through a path she has committed to memory now. Her ragged breaths resound loudly across these familiar crystalline halls, though not enough to distract her from the one thing Panne’s here for.

To ease the heaviness of the vessel in her pocket, only growing heavier with each second she lingers.

She had not even stayed to greet her fellow scions who had carried a similar journey from the Source back to the First; only making sure they were alive and breathing before darting out of the Stones without a second thought.

One last door bars her way, and once she kicks it, she sees a familiar figure of red.

“Raha!”

Without sparing any more time, she makes her way to his sleeping form.

Surrounded by piles of books, as he is wont to do, he sleeps soundly - as if he had just fallen into a cat nap. It nearly brings Panne to pause, questioning whether or not she even wants to interrupt his peace. He deserves that and more, after all, after everything he’s done for this realm and her.

But she cannot bear to leave him yet, not on a note like that. Hearing of his hopes and dreams, his promise—as crystal crept up his arms and neck, his cheek, his brilliant crimson eyes: engulfing him in a shade of blue that has haunted her since the day he closed those doors on her…

She pulls out the vessel from her pocket and shoves it to his chest.

“C’mon, wake up! There’s no time for sleeping!”

No response.

She shakes his shoulders lightly. Perhaps a little jostling will do the trick.

“I said wake up! Raha, if you’re playing a prank on me it isn’t funny!”

She drops his body when even still, he doesn’t even shift.

“Fuck. Raha, please!”

The image of his shaking form in his days as the Exarch, when his body grew ever weaker with each step he took away from the Tower, plays in her mind.

When he was hunched over a rock, regaling her of all the tales of the one person who has given him the strength to carry his plan onwards; the woman who had been his inspiration, whom he had loved enough to put himself through all the pain.

That last smile on his face he had worn as crystal encroached upon it; when she had asked who that woman was.

All of it comes rushing through her like a storm, bringing a burning sensation to the back of her eyes.

“You said—” the crack that comes out of her brings a pause to the rest of her thoughts, “—you said this wasn’t over yet…”

Her vision then grows cloudy as she finally, finally sees the seeker stir.

“Mmmm….five more minutes, please….I promise I won’t miss my lecture…” he mumbles, cradling his head with his hands as a make-shift pillow.

Anger now makes its place along the rest of her flood of emotions that stream down her cheek. She grits her teeth as she punches the vessel to his stomach.

“Five more minutes, my arse! Y-you’ve slept long enough…asshole!”

She sobs into her hands, not seeing as G’raha blinks and slowly rises from his slumber.

Only when she feels a pair of hands gently push her own away from her face, one of them brushing a tear from her cheek, does the realization hit her.

Before her lips could move, however, his own slam into them.

Her eyes widen as he pours everything into the kiss: devouring her lips like a man that’s been starved for hundreds of years. He cups one of her cheeks to tilt her head and deepen the kiss. She could only comply and melt into it, caught in the shock of whatever the hell is happening.

As he pulls his lips away with a wet ‘pop’, he leans back while still in a daze.

“Please tell me I’m dreaming…” he says.

Panne automatically brings a hand to her lip, trying to make sense of the tingling sensation there and throughout the rest of her body.

As G’raha’s eyes trail to the action and the look on her reddened features - his eyes widen in horror.

“Oh…I’m awake.” He chuckles nervously as the realization of what he did without warning or anything hits him, “oh gods, I really am awake!”

The only response he gets out of Panne is an unreadable expression, half covered by the eyepatch she now wears.

“I-I’m so sorry!” He says, stumbling on his words, “I wasn’t aware of myself and I—“

A soft pair of lips meets his — hesitant, but just as wanting as he was all the same.

She pulls away for just a moment, flashing him a knowing smirk. “…just shut up, will ya?”

He dives back in again, letting the caress of their lips speak what their words won’t:

I’m here.

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Under the Blood Moon

Chapter 3

Wolgraha

f/m

The slayer manages to use one hand to rummage through her pockets, praying to any gods that can hear her that she finds something to get her the hell out of here. Her chakrams are long gone by now, but she should have a knife or two still deep in there somewhere. Alas, her search bears no fruit. “Shite.” “Now…let us commence the sacred ritual!”

(Yes, it’s been awhile — but chapter 3 is finally here!! *passes out*)

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Under the Blood Moon

Chapter 3

Wolgraha

f/m

The slayer manages to use one hand to rummage through her pockets, praying to any gods that can hear her that she finds something to get her the hell out of here. Her chakrams are long gone by now, but she should have a knife or two still deep in there somewhere. Alas, her search bears no fruit. “Shite.” “Now…let us commence the sacred ritual!”

(Yes, it’s been awhile — but chapter 3 is finally here!! *passes out*)

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FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL

New areas: Urqopacha and Yak T'el

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I finished this piece in 2019. Long time ago.