#Sundered-souls

[nidstiniens]

🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP. (From @sundered-souls )

ty for the ask!! ♥️ sorry i'm definitely writing smut right now:

He cups her cheek and pulls her into a soft kiss, reveling in the taste of himself on her tongue, her shiver as his other hand strokes along her belly, the juncture of her hips. She's radiant, flushed, smiling even when their mouths separate, his forehead pressing to hers. He's utterly spent, but the ache in his chest hasn't softened in the slightest. "I may need a minute or ten," he admits with a dry laugh. She grazes up the line of his lower abdominal muscles with the tip of her finger, making the skin there quiver. "Or twenty?" A wry smile ghosts across his lips. "Keep touching me like that, and I may be able to manage fourteen." "Well, I have no other plans this evening," she says, her eyes glinting impishly. "I wouldn't have allowed you to attend them even if you did."

[luck-and-larceny]

🌪️ TORNADO - what is the biggest change you've ever made to them? how have they changed from their original version?

Oh! That's a fun question! Malika started as a tabletop character. From first conception, she was always a cowardly and selfish bard/rogue who was obsessed with petty theft. In the tabletop game she started in, there was this iconic figure called The Prince of Shadows who was the most infamous of thieves. Her goal was to steal so many items that were considered 'unstealable' that she'd eventually draw the attention of The Prince of Shadows. Then, I think, she wanted to steal their title and become The Prince of Shadows herself. That game was relatively short-lived, but I really loved the concept and wanted to play her again! I thought it'd be fun to figure out how to make her in FFXIV. Thieves aren't exactly rare in RP spaces and certainly not in Final Fantasy games! I wanted to think of a way to keep her a thief, but in a unique way that other people might have fun interacting with her rather than just being annoyed that she steals all the time. Instead, I thought it'd be fun if her theft were more interactive than that. I wouldn't RP stealing anything from other characters without getting consent from the player first (obviously), but to make it more appealing I thought it could be fun if every time Malika steals something, she leaves something else behind. So every RP where theft happened it wasn't like the character just -lost- something, but that they got a random item in exchange too. I thought that quirk was so much fun that it became central to her personality and to her backstory. Her desire to get the attention and favor of The Prince of Shadows has changed to wanting to draw the attention of Nymeia and to court fate. I really like these changes! And I hope others do too. Thank you so much for the Ask!

[chill-bunn-sage]

3. What is your OC's financial status? Are they just scraping by, making enough to live comfortably, or wealthy? Has there ever been a drastic change in their status? If so, what happened?

“Ah, I’d say I’m living fairly comfortably. M-My apartment is cluttered but fine, I’m not wanting for anything extravagant. Mine’s is a simple life. Well… aside from an island one of my distant relative’s left me but, th-that’s a story for another day.”

[fyllophobia]

nikolaos and his weirdo guy shards

[disciple-of-frost]

Putting this discussion under the cut because I CAN'T NOT talk about this NPC we meet in Dawntrail!

I am unwell!

This is 100% Ysayle's shard from this reflection yes????

Also I do not recall anyone using specific pronouns for them so I hereby decree Shale is nonbinary. And even if it turns out that Shale does use "she" she can still be she/they.

[skaars-treasure-trove]

9 books I'd like to read this year

I got tagged by the wonderful @pxelbunny, thank you! I shall take this as the opportunity to read more books this year before I get murdered by my ever growing "to be read" book pile :'D

3 books I want to finish

The first one is a general overview of medieval times in Europe—almost finished reading it tbh, it's an easy read and a good perspective on an usually poorly understood historical era—, the second one is about, well, sea monsters on medieval and renaissance maps, and the last one is about how politicians gain and retain political power, whether in a democracy or a dictatorship. I don't necessarily agree with the completely cynical point of view, but it's interesting nonetheless.

3 non-fiction books

What can I say? I like history and maps a normal amount :3

There are so many more that I'm tempted to add more to the list (pretty much all of them about history, sociology, anthropology or political science, including not a small number in French) but for once there are fiction books I wanna read so...

3 fiction books

I don't think I really need to introduce the first two XD As for the last one, I'm not sure how to describe the genre in English? We say "cape et d'épée" in French, but basically in Captain Alatriste, you follow the adventures of a Spanish soldier and man of fortune living in the 17th century. It's the second tome out of seven.

Tagging @saharawitch @anpansblog @sjofn-lofnsdottr @spotofmummery @thefrostflower @stalwart-spirit @lal-ffxiv @alannah-corvaine @ooc-miqojak @raynshyu (feel free to ignore me if you're not interested! or to do it and say I tagged you if you are interested)

[digeethegenie]

It's All in the Cards.

Day 14 - Telling Endwalker (6.0) - Endwalker CW - Wounds, Death With apologies to all Persona users, and @nshi-ao3, in particular.

An intence scowl crossed Yujo's face as she looked at the proped up bed table in front of her. She crossed her arms, deep in thought as she looked at the cards that sat on the table.

The first card was a cartoonish drawing of a chocobo dressed like Emperor Solus in his early years (which was to say it was Alpha in an Emet Selch costume), the second was the same cartoon chocobo running away from a train with a skull on its front, and the last was of a Pink chocobo- a girl, presumably- sitting on a throne.

She thought outloud, her hum ringing through the dorm room. "The Lord of Crowns, Doom, The Lady of Crowns."

Sitting on a seat next to the bed, Urianger nodded before adding. "And their meaning will hold true given thou drew them in astral. As in Upright."

It had been over a fortnight since Yujo and the Scions had returned from their battle at the edge of space. Ever since that day, Yujo, who had fought beyond her mortal limit, was stuck in bed, being fussed over by every healer, churgon and alchimest Sharlia could get their hands on and even a coulpe of practicationers of the healing artes from without.

The problem was that doing nothing; sitting in bed, and staring at the cealing, all day was capital B Boring, and she had the feeling that she was more to die from boredom than complications from her wounds with her fights with the Endsinger and Zenos.

So to that end, when she was visited by the Scions, she asked Urianger for a favor.

"I want to learn Astrology."

It was just something to keep herself ocupied, her mind engaged, and herself moving whilst she recovered.

To that end, the verbose elezan bought her a set of cards intended to help children leran the basics of the arte of divination.

Jokingly, and with a lot more words, he called it a gift for the whole "saving all of existance" business.

That the chocobo in the deck bore a resemblance to Alpha was a conincidence, as the paintings used for the illustrations had been made over 50 years ago.

Yujo, however, couldn't help but wonder.

With a final hum, she spoke, "The Lord represents stability and discipline, in the future slot, it is saying that, even though things are quiet right now, I should still focus on training."

She looked at Urianger who had a slight look of concern on his face.

"When I'm fit, of course!" she said, laughing off the look.

A joke that was a little less convicing when she had tried to sneek off to make use of the training dummies in Labyrinthos. An attempt that was imediately tharted by Krile but not before she could accidently burst open one of her stiches and colapse.

With an 'anyroad', Yujo continued.

"In the present slot, Doom represents… well, kinda what's going on right now, right? Transformation, Change, the Terror of Death and what not?"

Urianger nodded but then interjected. "What many a first time practicationer mistake- and fear- in Doom, is its assocation to death. Upright, it is about transistions. The end of our mortal days being but one of them."

Yujo found herself lost in thought about that, given Metion, The Meteia, and their expereinces with death across the universe. Then she closed her eyes and tried to shake off all the times she both nearly- and did- cross the mortal border herself.

"But your read is indeed correct" added Urianger with a smile.

Smiling back, Yujo focused on the final card. "And the fortune slot has The Lady which…" she blushed slightly. "No, I don't think that makes much sense. It's about fertility and what not. I don't think anyone we know is going to have a child. Do you, Uri?"

Being caught off guard by the question, Urianger blushed and coughed. "Yes, Well, The Cards are but a signpost. So what they represent and what meaning astrologins take from them can be two entirely diffrent things."

Yujo hummed for a moment before she snerked back a laugh. "Could you imagine if this was talking about the creation magicks of the Anchents? Man, could you even think about that, using cards to summon egil or something?"

The idea, catching Urianger off guard, made him laugh as well. "Yes, it's quite preposperous! Using cards to summon! What a silly notion!"

As the two laughed, in another time, another place- a whole other Etheris, even- A young man, of early university age and with the mask of Mistbeard over his head, came to a sudden stop, causing the rest of his party, a well dressed gentleman of simmlar age and a simmarly well dressed and aged mi'qote woman, to stop too.

"Jonkler?" The mi'qote asked. "Is something wrong?"

"Er, no. It's just… I just had the strange and sudden urge to punt both Urianger and a three foot tall lalafell woman and I have no idea why…"

At that, Nashu Mhakaraacca tilted her head, a physical question mark appearing over her for a moment before the three went on their way to meet up with the man the inspector had come to 'Greg.'

[hythlodaeus-mynewoldfriend]

Mayncient Day 31: Farewell

"And among these uncountable stars, it was yours that crossed my path. For that I shall be forever grateful." -Themis

more screens below the cut and links to their inspiration

With all the souls returned to the atherial sea, Anthea and Hythlodaeus were granted another life in the forms of Ellen and Laelius. Neither knew the other in this lifetime until their assistance was needed to help the Warrior of Light and the few memories etched onto their souls awakened. Since then the two helped to build a new life for those that were living in Ultima Thule, using the power that took so much from their past selves to create a future for all those to come after. Inspired by this commission

What once were fragmented memories became whole once more and Elidibus found himself greeted by Conner who was lost when the Final Days hit Amaurot. While witness to all that happened in the initial days to follow and the times he was not living a new life on the star, it didn't make the feelings he had wane and so he waited. Waited until the day Elidibus would come back and they could rest living the life they denied themselves, now that desire could supersede duty. Inspired by one of the first screens I did of them

Having made a promise Deimos and Phobos' soul could never forget they would be reincarnated a thousand lifetimes to see it fulfilled. The two weren't always brought together but when fate allowed them too they were a force to be reckoned with, and none as much as their promise fulfilled Demos and Siberite. With the star now saved the their souls can now continue exploring the world and Shepherding a path for others to follow in an ever changing world. Inspired by this sketch commission and this colored one

[dreadbornesaint]

tag dump - verses

[hydaelyns-silliest-jester]

Based on a conversation I had with my friends last night: I have to imagine an ascian possessing a human body to be uncomfortable. You have to push the other soul aside and then fit into a space that isn’t quite your own. You now have total awareness of a tongue, the way a jaw clenches, and then have to go about moving the damn body.

In the book Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett, there are these beings called The Auditors. Like Ascians, they do not possess a physical form. But they can make bodies for themselves. When they do this, they become more human since they have taken on a human shape. They start to become human because they poured themselves into a mold that represents humanity. What must it be like for an ascian? Can you even begin to differentiate between what you were and what you are?

My questions are basically what is a soul really and did I just give the ascians body dysmorphia

[frogenthusiastt]

DUNAMANCY FOIL HATTERS HOW WE FEELINGG you split your souls apart to observe yourselves!!! what does it MEAN!! THE IMPLICATIONS!! AABRIA IYENGAR WHEN I GET YOUU

[withheartsaligned]

the moment i knew i'd no choice but to love you ♫

[misedejem]

Thinking about what my WoL is doing in the gap between 7.0 and 7.1 and I’m not sure if I ever wrote how Emet-Selch came to be a part of that despite still being very dead in my canon

I think I talked about how he Hyth have ‘unfinished business’, like they made a promise to Kassandra to return to the Star with her and now they have to make good on it. Even if Azem is long gone, the WoL is not, so they’ll be waiting for her (or Mise, as she’s what’s left of her on the Source) before they can return

And they were asleep doing that waiting, but then Athena came along and fucked with the aetherial sea, and also she made a soul-eating monster, which probably would have made a beeline for the mass of pre-sundering aether that is Emet, if not the other ancients freed from Zodiark. Mise killed it before it could do any serious damage, but Emet and Hyth’s rest was disturbed by that occurrence, and they’ve been around ever since. Hyth is content to observe Misede for a time, and chat to the Sharlayans working in the Aitiascope (mostly about the world Unsundered, for the historical records) and Emet-Selch is powerless to stop Hythlodaeus when he sets his mind to something.

[ungrateful-cyborg-moved]

Pillowfort invites

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[disciple-of-frost]

I am in love with the idea that Joshua (ffxvi) is Alphinaud's counterpart on the 7th. Joshua being the Dominant of Phoenix and Alphinaud's grandfather being the Primal of Phoenix on the Source. They also both have very similar temperaments and are both incredibly intelligent.

Idk, it's my headcanon and it makes sense to my brain.

[primamchorus]

Is there a particular "trope" for relationships that you especially enjoy - e.g. enemies to lovers etc - and is this something that you set out intending to explore? (From @sundered-souls)

Hihi! Thank you so much for the ask!

Ship and OC Relationship Creative Process Ask List.

Funnily, I'm not actually super into enemies to lovers. I think my Cinnamon ship is quite literally one of the only ships I have that is...just that. I actually can't think of a lot of my ships that are like that... Maybe one of my ships with my partner? I guess there is one that fits the bill to a degree, but that one is actually super complicated without getting into it.

One of the ones I really like, though, is childhood friends to lovers. There's something about the idea of it that makes me soft. Like, these characters have seen each other grow and improve -- through the good and the ugly. Maybe it's just the demi in me, but how do you get what could be a stronger bond than that?

On account of exploring both, though...it's been interesting how I do tend to imagine Estinien harboring this sense of guilt early in his and Nomin's relationship, and kind of partially grappling with the idea that she does love him. Like, don't get me wrong, I see him as a very self-assured character who doesn't really mind what a lot of people think of him, I just also think that maybe sometimes there are moments he wonders how she got past the fact that he used to want her just as dead as some Dravanians if a 'heretical' toe was out of place.

Nomin tries not to think about their past too much. Or if she does, she tries to make light of it.

Prim and Prompto are the childhood friends to lovers trope, though. There's also an added layer of 'nobility and commoner' trope to it. I really like the pining that's there from Prim for sure. In Prompto's case, having essentially grown up with Prim along with her brother, and the Prince more or less as they went to school together, I see him very much avoiding trying to be in love with her. Thinking there's no way he has a chance -- she's nobility, he's just a commoner. There's no way that she would like him like that.

But I love how soft they are around one another. The trust they've built up and how open they can be with one another with the framing I've developed for them in my project overall.