#WoLBahn

[punchelf]

Comfort

“Loving you is like sinking into a warm bath after a lifetime of feeling cold down to my bones.”

Elftober, Day 26

[xiv-wolfram]

Wolfram x Raubahn Kissies 🥰

[axolotlelle]

having shoujou manga moments over war tactics as one does

[tristanneffxiv]

tristanne is actually the sappiest romantic in eorzea when no one is looking

[solaire-and-magia]

"Good morning, Miss Stark! I finished repairing your pickaxe and blade yesterday, and figured while I was out on my morning walk I'd drop them off."

"Oh, you sh-shouldn't have, but thank you! Care to join us f-for breakfast on the farm? Jara is cooking today!" ----------------------------------------------------------- Because sometimes I crave Stardew Valley AUs. It's part of one I share with @jaradeborelandfriends and a few others!

[primamchorus]

quick doodle of my friend's character with her favorite ffxiv guy

[pyxisfelixhaven]

trust.

[ohorishan]

day 1 - envoy

"Ah, a guest from Gridania? I thought I--" But the joke Raubahn was about to make fails to materialize, as he sees exactly who it is Kan-E-Senna has sent.

The woman raises an amused eyebrow at him. "General Aldynn," she says. "Don't tell me, you were expecting someone taller."

"You must be Summer Storm." He looks, somewhat upward, at her face-- there's no mistaking that profile, or that sense of humor. "Your brother speaks highly of you."

"Copper is the champion of Ul'dah? I swear, every time I leave him alone--"

Raubahn hides a smile. "He told you naught of his exploits?"

"Oh, he wrote to me there had been troubles with voidsent and mysterious mages, he neglected to mention he'd been dispatching them himself."

She looks so cross, so much the exasperated sibling, Raubahn gives up and laughs outright. "Well, I see I need not waste time telling you the woes of Ul'dah. Although if what Kan-E says of you is true, you're at least as formidable as Copper Sky-- or he is, compared to you."

Summer examines him for a moment, clearly trying to decide whether he's joking. He returns his straightest face. At last she laughs too, a surprisingly soft sound, and extends her hand.

"It's good to be back," she says, "however briefly."

He takes the offered hand. "The good is Ul'dah's, for the time you're here. Now then-- let's have your message, envoy of Gridania."

[punchelf]

I give you: The Idiots

He's a Sad DILF (TM) with survivor's guilt, she's a retired hooker with a heart of gold and trust issues. They're middle aged, traumatized, and touch-starved. Their joints hurt. Neither of them thought they'd find love at their age. They snore. They don't know how to talk about their feelings, but by god they're trying their best. They're an old married couple and the horniest newlyweds you know. They do laundry on sundays.

More seriously, I was drawn to Raubahn immediately as Ship Potential; he's a Professional Violence Man who is also gentle, intelligent, noble, patient, loyal, and kind. For Moni, who has only ever been used and abused by men, that is both extremely attractive and utterly terrifying, and that alone is like catnip. As I fleshed out Moni's backstory and personality, the ship only got more compelling.

Both of them clawed their way up from the bottom by putting their bodies on the line - him in the Coliseum, her in the pleasure house, - but instead of saying 'fuck you I got mine' they decided to use their positions/power in service of the greater good. They live for their duty, always putting other first at the expense of their own health and happiness.

They're also both competent, mature adults who have lived through unimaginable trauma and who deserve all the tenderness and softness they offer to others without a second thought. I LIVE for that shit. I love taking characters who are never allowed to be vulnerable and forcing them to face the mortifying ordeal of being known (and loved). I love making characters who live by violence shatter under a gentle touch. I love making grown women question their life choices and grown men cry. This ship gives me all of that, and I have written 120k+ words and counting about these idiots. They live rent free in my brain.

tldr; I'm a slut for characters who have known nothing but hardship finding tenderness for the first time and struggling to accept that they deserve it, and this ship is that x2 + they're both hot + I'm a useless bisexual.

Another random WoLQotD/OC question

I thought I'd ask this while I worked on my other questions. :)

If you're a WoL x NPC shipper, what drew you to that ship and why? What makes that ship the pinnacle for you and your oc? Is it that you love the canon character you write them with, you find their dynamic interesting or something in between?

If you're not a WoL x NPC shipper, but you have a ship with another person, how did that come about? What makes that ship fulfilling for you? Has the ship impacted your relationship with that other person? Feel free to gush, I wanna hear it!

Oh, and pictures are a must (if you have them).

[punchelf]

Free Space Time

Elftober, Day 11

When the Scions offer to babysit, Moni and Raubahn are only too happy to take some quality time for themselves...

[axolotlelle]

« miss me, handsome? »

the dragoon privilege is being able to literally drop from the sky to say hi to your boyfriend

[xiv-wolfram]

Thank you for the beautiful comm @noisyghost !!!

The blorbos being so sweet!!!! 😭❤️

[punchelf]

Autumn

Elftober, Day 9

Sometimes you have to drag your husband out of his office (to use him as a pillow)

[punchelf]

Wild [Night]

Elftober, Day 15

She tried to keep up, she really did...

[punchelf]

Reverent

Elftober, Day 22

Based on Auguste Rodin's "The Eternal Idol", which has lived in my brain rent free since @ehonauta posted it to discord like 2 years ago

[punchelf]

Clutter

"...My love, could you come downstairs for a moment?"

"Is something amiss, my love?"

"I'm not sure… How does one discern if something here has been misplaced?"

"Ah, it’s very simple! You see, I have a system based on—”

"..."

"...I'll think I’ll tidy up..."

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Elftober, Day 13