#Even though I don't do active shipping for FFXIV

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Hiding in a little corner somewhere

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Ah yes her mate. I wasn't sure how to approach FFXIV or MMOs. the last customisable game I used a "me" and ended up on a slight crush on one of the characters. Left it as is. Fighting game with no major storyline except a bunch of delinquent school kids so there.

On account of Haurchefant's ethusastic behaviour and probably yandere Zenos and what I know of FF from VI to X. I kinda felt I should not be using my usual "me" first person POV. Instead I brought in "her" who is sort of my muse and the older, cooler sister to the "me". With "her" at least I can control the amount of romance I'm willing to accept.

Turns out "her" default background was good enough a motivation vs "mine". "My" RPG background as a vessal of an ancient thing didn't have motivation. "I" would have been no different from Azem. But "she" fit right in, "She" has the responsibility of leadership and currently "she", "her" husband and a bunch "their" relatives and friends had ran away from the mantle of responsibilities to form a performing troupe for one my other RL project.

And I'm keeping "her" as a solo adventurer for her to form ties with the NPCs instead of being tied to her own group who can be thought of as her retainers or other adventurers. So this game is essentially "her" story. And I like the way it went so far.

And yes "her" default self aka my muse. Likes to point out and make fun of everything in this game and "her" friends are background players in my head.

It took me this long to realise why I enjoy this game and why I’m kinda fond of my character. In using the Cool Big Sis OC to be the WoL. I had turn my WoL into the character type that I’m fond of. Her predecessors would be Paine, LuLu, Freya, Quistis, maybe Aerith and Celes. The ladies who are not the main love interest, except for Aerith maybe.

And my WoL’s little sibling? Alisaie and Ryne. Alphinaud doesn’t feel like a little sibling the way Alisaise does. This tempts me to see if I can let my WoL take the Cool Big sis route for G’raha.

Not likely to be doing any major shipping for this game. The last major shipping I did, exhausted me on the shrine front after 15 years.

Now is mostly passive shipping.

If we're to talk about romance?

Haurchefant came close, if he survived the Vault and maybe he stand a chance until her mate returns.

Leofard came close to stealing her away

Cid and her would always be on eternal dates until someone figure out he's more like Thancred to her and their dates are really hangout sessions where she can rest.

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People I want to get to know better

Tagged by @upatreewithoutaharness; thank you \ o w o /

Tagging: @ubejamjar, @sasslett, @ainyan, @sylaurin, @semper-miles, and anyone else who wants to do it! (no pressure, though!)

Last Song: Far Away by Red Vox -- I might have been trying to lose myself in some feels, because this song is such a release for me. It took me a while to realize why it feels so powerful to me and for me, and it's because, to me, the lyrics speak of reflection and letting it be okay to change as a person, that even if the experiences linger and last, it's okay to move forward, and it's okay to look back to see how much you've grown. Favourite Color: Contrary to what one might think, my favorite color is crimson and darker reds in general. Hard to believe when so many of my characters are very much Blue-Coded™ Currently Watching: I had a mind to watch Inside Out 2 later if I could. Last Movie: My partner and I watched SpyxFamily: Code White last night! Sweet/Spicy/Savory: I am a big sweet tooth. I love sweet flavors, and, uh...if my family history is anything to go off of, probably need to cherish it as much as I can while I can. But I also really love savory flavors as well. Spicy...ehhhh...habanero is about the hottest I can tolerate. My partner got the least spiciest buldak from one of our Asian markets when we lived in north Texas, and I don't know if I want to find out how spicy spicy is for Koreans if a two pepper rating on the package made me rethink my life choices. Like! It was delicious! But holy shit. Relationship Status: It'll be mine and @blossomblade's 14th anniversary this Halloween. Still unmarried, but it's really not a big deal. We may as well be. Current Obsessions: It's still Nomin and Estinien. I'm still very much active posting all kinds of things about my ship and how much I love them over at @paintedscales Last Thing In My Search History: ... :D "surrogate parents -pregnancy" -- I was very much looking for any other ideas for today's FFXIV Write. (Don't worry, I got it, and it should be going up soon)

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AO3 tag game <33

Rules: Go to your (current/main) AO3 account and find the following:

tagged by @des-no9! thank youuu bb!! 💚💚

What ratings do you write most of your fics under?

Explicit! 101 to be precise, with the next one down being Mature at a grand total of 25 lmao. This difference in numbers is absolutely sending me

What are your top three fandoms?

Final Fantasy XIV (27)

Resident Evil (26)

Final Fantasy XII (18)

I'd like to bump FFXII higher up, but it has quite some way to go! Thankfully I have a LOT of ships to play with in that fandom, but it's a lot harder for me to get inspiration with less active fandoms and there's not much of a FFXII presence in the exchange scene either.

However, without counting the Sart/Basch phoenix AU wip I'm working on rn for Communal Creators, I'm unlikely to write any more XIV fic and the same for RE I think. So maybe XII still has a chance!

What is the top character you write about?

Albert Wesker (13)!

Unsurprising again since even though RE is my second top fandom, I write a lot less pairings in that fandom than I do in XIV! I have always been and will forever be a Wesker Bitch, although I know it's not as obvious these days and tbh I haven't written Chris/Wesker in YEARS - since 2016 in fact, which is kinda mental???

What are your top three pairings?

Chris Redfield/Albert Wesker (12)

Charlie Brooker/David Mitchell (9)

Leon S. Kennedy/Jack Krauser (9)

Gaius van Baelsar/Estinien Wyrmblood (9)

Basch van Gabranth/Sartauvoir quo Soranus (9)

Eric Bogosian/Assad Zaman (6)

Added the pinks because they hilariously all tie for second place LOL, clearly I gotta write 4 more zamasian fics to overtake britcom rpf!!! tbh the Resident Evil numbers are bigger because that was a big drabble period for me, I wrote a LOT of RE drabbles lol. And ofc brookermitchell had the benefit of the frankly insane 2 full kinkmemes. Good fuckin times. Anyway, two of these ships being Resident Evil, two of them being FFXIV and then two of them being RPF is also fucking sending me. Absolutely hilarious sldghigasd

What are the top three additional tags?

Blow Jobs (10)

Fluff (9)

Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot (9)

beej being my top additional tag? who could ever have guessed dflkgh'dfg sucking cock..... good.....

Does any of this surprise you?

uhhh NOPE! although the four ships being tied for second place is quite funny and surprising I guess! It does always surprise me that fluff is up there cos I don't think of myself as a fluff writer, but I guess I do have a habit of writing it at times!

thank you for the tag~ I'm gonna tag @7-et @lesbians4armand @gothic-ivory @burgiethewriter @ankhegs-in-my-salad

@sweetmage and anyone else who feels like it!

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Independent, selective Warrior of Light from FFXIV, as portrayed by Tao. They/them, 21. Spoilers and triggering themes will be present.

Other blogs: @levinstrike, @drachenlance, @yuunos (art blog)

I. This blog is a mostly canon-compliant blog portraying the Meteor Survivor (default hyur) as the Warrior of Light. Given that he is a blank slate as a character, I use the material the game provides as a basis, and headcanons/creative liberties to fill in the gaps. More can be read about how I portray him in my carrd (tba) and my headcanon tag (tba). That said, please do not lift anything from this blog. The icon border I use is made from a border template by @/nightsrph, but all other graphics and writing on this blog is mine.

II. Expect this blog to have semi-low to low activity. I'm a full time university student in the fourth year of undergraduate study, and I like to raid on the side, which doesn't leave me with as much time to write. I'll get to replies when I can, but please don't badger me to reply faster. Poking after a week is fine, but nothing excessive please.

III. By nature of the game itself, this blog is going to have a lot of potentially triggering topics present. I'll tag everything to the best of my ability, and I ask that you a) be respectful to me if I've forgotten to tag something, as it usually isn't intentional and b) return the favor and tag your own potentially triggering posts. You are also welcome to come to me and ask me to tag something specific, I won't mind. I aim to curate my dashboard based on my comfort, and I highly encourage you to do the same.

IV. I follow based on interest for writing or the passion people have for their muses. I'm fine with following and writing with duplicates of my muse, and I am also open to writing with characters outside of the FFXIV franchise. (I may even implement verses so that Meteor can exist in other games/media as well!) My only hard limit is that I will not follow self-insert blogs, as they make me deeply uncomfortable, but everything else is fair game. If you're interested in writing with me on this blog, don't be afraid to hit me up for some plotting.

V. Shipping isn't a priority on this blog, but I am very much open to them. The only thing I ask is that you communicate; I'm not a mind reader, and in fact I am a bit of a blockhead who appreciates having things clarified for me. If you don't approach me about ships OOC, then I'll probably just assume any chemistry or flirting is one-sided. I don't have any plans for ship exclusivity in mind for this blog yet, but I don't mind exercising it for a particular character if I'm asked to.

VI. Please don't heavily format replies to me, as I tend to have a difficult time reading them.

VII. Discord is available on request, and I much prefer chatting and plotting there to doing it in Tumblr IMs, though I'm fine with either. I also play FFXIV of course! Feel free to ask if you ever want to hang out.

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Aside your wolship have you like other ship in ffxiv? npc/npc or wol/npc??

I don't ship any of the rest of the Squad; I used to vaguely have something for Alakhai before I realized that felt incredibly wrong for her (she is aro/ace, and in this case a relationship really did not fit how I was developing her) and gently retconned it away (easier because I'd never written any fic for it). Rereha (aro/bi) has some fuckbuddies but I don't consider any of that to be proper "shipping." Heron (bi/ace) is not-so-secretly a huge romantic but I have no ships with her; she's the one most likely to get a ship in the future if there's ever an NPC I feel would make for a good match. She tends to aggressively adopt people as new siblings, though, so the chances of this are slim. XD

Absolutely love other people's wolships of course, including other Aymeric-shippers! A lot of folks in my FC and friends circle like to write their pairings or do screenshots or both and it's so much fun seeing everyone's creativity and how they interpret their preferred NPC and ugh. Good stuff. So hell yes to shipping my friends' WoLs with their blorbos. :)

NPC/NPC...I like Cid/Nero because the "skipped straight to being divorced" will never not be hilarious, but it's been years and I still don't know if they were ever a romantic couple in Squadverse, Rere's teasing to get Nero riled up aside. Lucia/Hilda, obviously, though I'm still feeling both characters out so as much as I'd like to write more for them, I'm still basically rotating that pairing like a rotisserie chicken in my head and Pondering how they got together in Squadverse. Otherwise, I don't really ship characters; if there's really nice art of something, I'll like it and throw it in my queue, and if I'm intrigued by a fic summary and tags on AO3 while browsing I may give something a click, but there’s nothing I’m ever really actively looking for.

And like, even though my WoLship is obviously something I really enjoy a whole hecking lot, it's but one really small aspect of my enjoyment of FFXIV. The game's theme of found family (the Scions!! my family!!! I love them!!!!!!!!) is something I adore, and I'm most happy playing in the sandbox of worldbuilding and friendship when it comes to finding the niche from which I take the most enjoyment in this fandom. Shipping is fun but ultimately for me, it's tertiary.

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Valentione and a travel companion - White Whittret

"You okay on that pauldron?"

"Dang it Aenor!! Calm down Aenor!!! Clemence!!! Help please!!!"

"I miss Thancred. But there's no need to be like this! Aenor!!"

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