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"So when Kizuna arrives, you'll all head to Enterprise and slay the primal Garuda before it can wreak any more havoc-" -BANG- "Coming! Sorry! Am I late? I had to find my helmet!" ".... What are you WEARING?" "Primal protection! Can't get tempered through this helmet, it's certified allagan steel- or so the merchant told me. I can help you guys fight Primals now!"

Anyways remember aaaages ago when I said Tangy wears a helmet to prevent tempering? (she has the echo, she just doesn't think so, don't try this at home)

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For me, it was a line of easily-missable dialogue way back in ARR, when Tataru was still the receptionist at the Waking Sands! You talk to her at her chair, she does this cute little hop, and she says that she keeps a roster of all the members of the Scions, but you're her favorite, and she drew a little flower next to your name. Neither I nor Johnny would realize it until quite a bit later, but this was the specific inciting incident for both of us, LOL.

Aside from the cute factor (in which she is the champion unequaled in heaven and earth), I think Tataru and the WoL also just have a lot of really good chemistry together! She sometimes gets forgotten from lists of the Scions because she doesn't have any combat jobs, but she has basically the same amount of history with the WoL as Alphinaud, who is one of the closest characters in the game to the MC. She is the home the WoL can always come back to.

(Also, the scene on the docks in Sharlayan at the end of the Grand Endeavor quest line is like one line short of a marriage proposal. Some of the best wolship food in this game, and it's all for me lol)

That's just thoughts about her in general, though. I think she especially fits my OC well, too! The reason JohnnyTaru works so well as a ship to me is because the two of them are perfect representations to each other of their respective life goals. Let me explain.

Johnny initially became an adventurer in search of fame and recognition, but as he grew and matured, that grew into a more selfless desire to protect the peaceful aspects of the world. Tataru is both of those things; she's a cute girl who adores him for his heroics, but also being the Scions' representative of the crafting and gathering jobs, she is a microcosm of the non-militarized side of Eorzea. She represents everything Johnny is protecting when he picks up each expansion's level X0 quest and heads off into battle.

Tataru, on the other hand, has spent most of her life in pursuit of Things. Her family was wealthy for the first few years of her life, but they lost everything when she was still young, leaving her in the slums of Ul'dah, forced to work in the mines at a criminally young age. She eventually apprentices with a jeweler, meets Minfilia, and becomes the Scions' coinkeeper, but she's still not satisfied. Over the course of the game, she continues to grow in wealth and influence as she finds her passion and calling in weaving and turns that into a business that likely exceeds what her parents had run when she was a kid. I imagine she through a lot of that harbors fears that she might lose it again, or anxieties about "making it". To her, marrying the Warrior of Light is the final proof that she has "made it", and that she doesn't need to worry anymore.

Hopefully this didn't overshoot the intended word count of the assignment, LOL. I was thinking about this recently anyway, so thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about it!

fellow wol x npc shippers- If applicable, what was the "oh" moment for you and your oc falling for their love interest? Was yours seperate from your WoL's?

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Feo Ul should of been a minion like Midgardsormr. Just something you get at the end of Il Mheg that can fly around with you and perch on your head or shoulder.

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brio is back and instead of making a normal ass gpose of something cute like gravy and aymeric hugging since he's returned from the war, i make this shit instead LMAO

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*blows bubbles at you*

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The Resilient Son

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"Looking around right now, I'm realizing that I finally have all of the things I wanted as a little girl."

"What are those?"

"Well, a gallant knight just kissed my hand as he helped me out of my private airship, which we flew to the highest level of Ul'dah to attend a gala with the Mandervilles and the Sultana, for starters!"

"...I'm happy you wanted a gallant knight."

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A study in angles. Make no mistake, Krile is kicking Estiniens ass regardless lol

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Just Tataru.

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What is your morality alignment?

@mimble-sparklepudding tagged me with this alignment quiz that's been going around, and I gave it a whirl. Some of the questions were very odd, but it did land Johnny right where I expected him to be:

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BACK IN BUSINESS

"I'm home, honey! Sorry, the trouble in Tural took a bit longer to fix than I expected, and it's still probably going to blow up again pretty soon, but for now I'm back!"

"You don't have to apologize for saving the realm, love! It's just a business trip, essentially. Oh, speaking of which, Godbert is hosting a charity gala in a few days; would you like to do me the honor of being my plus-one?"

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I got an awesome commission by @shinjyu of Lini! Check out this Mog Knight, I’m so happy with this piece!

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oh, huh. Well that does explain why the crimes are taking a while and will probably be a fair bit still