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[sir-adamus]

Alisaie curing fucking tempering - something deemed impossible even by ancient civilisations with far more advanced magical technologies - and effectively revolutionising the study of Aether and the soul because she absolutely refuses to give up on people is incredible

[hylfystt]

adam: walking around idyllshire on his mount

me, bored: decides to follow on my mount

everyone else in idyllshire: this looks fun i am also going to do this

[doozclops]

People regularly meme about my character's name, but no one ever actually asks about it. 😅

[nekhcore]

the four categories of cabbit flirting.

he's not really used to getting that kind of attention. he didn't grow up very close with anyone and what little experience he has was dumb luck on his part.

i think if he actually likes the man flirting with him, then he'll definitely try to flirt back. but it takes meeting the scions and becoming the wol for him to gain enough social confidence to actually do that in a way that isn't pathetic. by which time he's already smitten with thancred lmao

How does your wol(oc) react to being flirted with?

[tialinffxiv]

FFXIV Writing Challenge 2024

Prompt #1: Steer

Kicking it off with something bigger and also very important to those two characters of mine~ Warning: it's emotional (I was sobbing writing this but I'm a big softie, sooo there's that y_y; Also: mentioned psychological abuse and child neglect. Wall of text incoming, read below!

“Do you think this is funny?”

Tia flinched for the ice-cold tone of voice behind him and turned to see Kai, who entered his office, closing the door behind him. Eyes gray like storm clouds were piercing Tia, who frowned in response, crossing arms on chest. “What do you mean?”

“Stop playing dumb.” There was a hint of growl in Kai’s voice. He stared Tia down, towering over him. “You know exactly what I mean.”

“You are always annoyed by everything I do, so no, I don’t know what you mean this time.” Tia barked back and only after seeing the slight change in Kai’s expression did he realize that maybe it wasn’t the best thing to say right now. He knew, of course, what could possibly piss him off but he didn’t assume that Kai would actually confront him so openly about it. Tia sighed, frustrated. “Okay… I guess you are angry because I was hanging out with your friends? Ava mentioned that you are busy and both she and Kult are kinda bored, so I offered to spend time with them. Is it such a bad thing?”

Kai’s lips turned into a thin line and his brows furrowed even more. Tone of Tia’s voice, sounding as if he wanted to shrug it off like something not important, was making his blood boil. “You did that on purpose.”

Tia chewed on his cheek. Well… Kai wasn’t totally wrong about this. This was in fact a little petty display of Tia’s annoyance for having his helping hand slapped away once again. Which doesn’t change the fact that Kai always reacts in a similar way to everything related to Tia, no matter what he would do. “You should know by now that I always try to take some time to hang out with everyone in this house. I would be glad to do that with you too if you only allowed it. And really… Why are you so angry about that now? I only spend some time with them. What’s so wrong about cooking with Ava? Or taking Kult to Ul Dah, so he could play at Quicksand and just have fun? Why are you being so childish about such innocent things…”

It took all of Kai’s strength to not just straight up punch Tia. Adam sighed somewhere at the back of his mind- this was going bad and he was readying himself to step in. As much as he would like to avoid it…

When Kai managed to speak again, fighting with rage making his hands shake, his voice was much louder than usual and filled with so much anger that Tia did a small step back. “Do you really think I’m stupid? Do you think I cannot see that there’s another motive for you behaving like this?” Kai paused, rage bubbling inside of him making it a bit difficult to put thoughts into words. “Innocent things, huh… And what about that thing with Kult when you two came back at night. I saw you there, at the gate.”

At first Tia frowned and tilted his head, pondering over Kai’s words. A thing with Kult?… He tried to recall the clouded memories of yesterday’s evening- they went to Quicksand, Kult played for the crowd there- Tia joined him for a song or two- then they had a drink. One drink turned into a few more~ They came back home quite late, both in great moods. Tia was a bit more than just tipsy perhaps, giggling over the cuddly Miqo’te purring at him and stroking his cheek~ And then…

oh

Tia swallowed slowly, slightly flattening ears on his head. That’s right… Kult managed to steal a kiss from him, which was perhaps a bit more than a simple smooch on cheek. And was in fact still nothing serious- Tia chuckled over it, once he shook off the first shock and Kult, well- it was a very Kult’ish thing to do and he for sure didn’t mean anything too serious with that beside, as he called it, ‘a thank you for the lovely evening’.

But… the fact that Kai actually saw it…

“Kai, listen… I know what it may look like but there’s really nothing serious behind it…”

“Is it some kind of punishment? Because I don’t like you, like everyone else does, so you go and try to steal friends from me now?”

Tia’s eyes went wide. “I…no! That’s absurd… Kai, really…” Tia swallowed, suddenly hit with how bad of an idea it was to let his annoyance guide his actions. “That was never my intention! I just wanted to–”

“DO YOU GET SOME WEIRD SATISFACTION FROM SHOWING OFF HOW BETTER THAN ME YOU ARE??”

Tia jolted. He couldn’t recall hearing Kai shout like this, ever. He opened mouth to try and calm him down, to explain himself. But then a sharp, splitting pain clutched his head and Tia staggered, as the room around him turned into a blur…

When he opened eyes again, he was in a different place. It took him a moment to recognize it- and the kid standing in front of him. There was no mistake who those big gray eyes belonged to. Tia looked over little Kai- it was so long ago…

Kai looked up at him with pleading eyes… No… he looked at someone standing behind- the younger version of Tia. How old was he back then?… 18? 19? Kai was no older than 10 for sure.

“Can I… go with you?” Kai’s voice was so quiet, so frail and shaken. “I… I want to see the world and learn all that… just like you. Could you ask your dad? If he would take me with you… please…”

Tia grit his teeth. Of course Echo would show him this moment now… And he knew what’s coming- what his younger self would do and say. He didn’t forget.

Younger Tia flicked his tail and looked down on the kid, pondering over something for a moment. “I don’t think it’s a good idea. You are still a little kid, Kairen. You have a family and safe home here.” He smiled a bit at Kai.

“But… but you were also still a kid when you first traveled out with your dad! I can do that too… I can learn!…” Kai protested, clenching fists. “That’s… not fair…” The resolve he had in him for a split moment seemed to deflate suddenly as his chin trembled.

“Stay here and listen to your mom, Kairen.”

Kai stared down at the floor, holding back tears. Miqo’te petted his hair and turned away to leave the tavern, not gracing him with another look.

Then the scene changed slightly and Tia blinked- there was a little Kai again, this time with his mother. And Tia’s heart sank hearing her words. She was scolding the kid for the ‘idiotic ideas that he was bothering Tia with’. Calling him stupid. Telling him to go back to his room. And so Kai did- and once in his room, he sat on the floor in front of the window. At first motionless- but then Tia noticed how his shoulders were trembling and he could hear the quiet, muffled sobbing.

…he told him then to listen to his mom. That he has a family and safe place here. But those were all lies… How one could feel safe being treated like this… That was in fact very unfair…

Tia wanted to reach out for him. To run to this little kid and hug him… to apologize. Do something he failed back then, when he could change this kid’s life…To steer him in the right direction.

But a sharp pain returned and Tia gasped, curling under the weight of another wave of dynamis.

He opened eyes, with a struggle due to pain drilling his head and a nauseous feeling of sudden swap back to reality. He blinked trying to clear his vision- in front of him stood Kai. It took Tia a moment to be able to speak again.

“Kai… I’m so–”

“Do you still see me as just a stupid kid? As someone below your level?” Kai’s voice was quiet and trembling now. And yet every word was like a needle right into Tia’s chest. “Are you doing all this because you want to show off even more? Of how great and caring you are, right? Is that why you asked me to move in here?”

“No…” Tia shook his head. He wasn’t sure what to say. That wasn’t the truth- but how he could best explain himself to Kai? “No, I invited you here because I wanted to somehow repay you… for what I did in the past. Or rather… what I failed to do.” He paused, avoiding Kai’s gaze. “I realized it way too late… and I still don’t really know how to fix that.”

“Do you have any idea how much it hurts to be sent away like that? And by you- who I always looked up to. Who was praised so much by everyone… Who I wanted to be like. But you were just the same as all of them… seeing me just as a problem, bother. Someone not worth it…”

Tone of Kai’s voice made Tia look up at him and his chest tightened painfully when he noticed tears dripping down Kai’s cheeks. Guilt was clenching his heart in a steel grip. He remembered that moment and always knew of how big a mistake he made back then. But now, seeing it all and from a different point- it did hurt twice as much.

“Kai… I know that you have all the reasons to hate me. And rightfully so.” Tia closed eyes for a moment, before he continued quietly. “But I didn’t send you away back then because of that. I don’t want to excuse myself with that, because I was still in the wrong either way but… the real reason was that… I was sure that if dad agreed for you to join us back then, then his whole focus and time would be placed on you instead of me. And I didn’t want you to steal that from me- because he was the only family I had. And I thought that since you have yours- that it’s best for you to just stay. I failed to notice how they really treat you… Failed to realize that taking you with us would change your life for so much better. I was selfish and stupid in that… and you are right- I was never the perfect person as some may see me.” Tia paused, taking a deep breath. “When I finally grew up enough to notice all that- it was way too late to fix anything. But I thought I still can steer it back on the right track… that’s why I was pushing on you to come live here, with us. I just want to help you now… even if you will never forgive me I still want to try to pay you back for all that.”

Kai stood there, motionless, staring on the floor. His cheeks were wet from tears. “Then why are you doing things like this…”

“I’m not trying to steal them from you, Kai.” Tia looked all over Kai- he really wasn’t sure how to deal with him to not do even more damage. But telling the truth seemed like the best option. “I was angry with you because you were so stubborn about that burned hand. So, when Ava said they are bored and you are busy I thought that it’s a nice idea to entertain them… and annoy you with that. And that was stupid and I’m sorry for that. But that was all to that, really…”

Kai was avoiding Tia sight, rubbing his arm nervously. Tia could guess just by looking that he’s trying to process his words and it’s rather a difficult task. He wanted to comfort him somehow… but what else could he do beside talking? He felt so powerless when it came to Kai…

There’s a thing you can do, silly you~

It worked on him that one time, back then, right? When he was stressed about his other soul- you even managed to put him to sleep, so he could rest and you could talk with Adam. Remember?

…yes, but…

What are you afraid of? He may not like it- but he sure needs it right now.

Tia clenched fists, bracing himself for possible consequences… and slowly walked closer to Kai.

If he would ask for permission then Kai surely would say no to that, right…

So, he took a deep breath and gently embraced the much taller boy.

As predicted, Kai flinched, his body going all stiff and Tia could feel how he’s all shaking. But he couldn’t let go now, even if Kai hated it. Instead, Tia leaned forehead on his chest- he could clearly hear his shallow breaths and fast beating of the heart. Among all that anxiety shaking him, Kai remained silent- beside the stifled groan at first. Tia closed eyes and purred softly- two things that were making this calming effect stronger were physical contact and vibrations of his purring. He tried to calm his own breath, daring to tighten his arm around Kai’s waist.

Kai was standing still. He didn’t push Tia away, which he assumed to be the most possible outcome, so Tia let out a small sigh of relief and listened carefully as Kai’s pulse slowed down and his breathing calmed. At some point he could feel a few warm drops landing on his ears, so he hugged him tighter. And then, after a moment of silence, Kai raised hand and petted Tia’s back in an awkward gesture.

“Kai, you don’t even know how sorry I am–”

“Can I go sit somewhere… I feel sort of dizzy.”

“Oh, of course!” Tia nearly jumped and stepped away from Kai, gazing up at him. He looked much calmer but still avoided Tia’s sight. His face red and eyes swollen a bit from crying. “You can go to the workshop here, it’s a room behind this bookshelf” Tia gestured towards it and Kai nodded slowly. “There’s some comfy chairs. I can bring you tea if you want?”

Kai just nodded and walked to the other room. Tia ran down to the kitchen to prepare some tea- but when he walked back to the room, carrying a cup of hot, aromatic beverage, Kai was fast asleep on the chair. So he put the cup on the table and pulled a warm, soft blanket from a drawer of the desk and covered Kai with it. Then quietly walked out of the room and flopped on his own chair, behind the desk, exhaled heavily and rubbed tired eyes. But his rest got disturbed soon after, with a loud knocking on his window. Tia stared surprised at it- the source of noise was a big, black bird. He opened the window and let Adam hop inside and on his desk.

“You okay, buddy?” Adam asked, tilting the bird head to the sides, gazing over Tia.

“Yeah, I… I will be okay, don’t worry.” Tia petted the back of the raven, trying to smile a bit.

“I was wondering at some point if to not step in… but I think it was best that I didn’t.” Adam continued but at the same time leaned into Tia’s hand for pets.

“Do you really think it was all for good?… What if things get even worse now.”

“He didn’t push you away, right?” Adam tilted his head again, gazing at Tia. “You did well explaining to him your side of the past things.”

“Yes but still… I don’t know how I can help him. To repay all that.”

“Oh, it’s simple, really~” Adam chirped, hopping around the desk. “Just don’t help him.”

“Huh…” Tia frowned. That didn’t make sense…

“Let’s take the case of a burned hand as an example, so I can try to explain it. Kai got annoyed when you jumped to him to help, right? Do you know why?”

“He’s always annoyed by most things I do, so that’s nothing new. In fact it’s pretty expected at this point…”

Adam gazed over him with a dark, curious eye. “But that’s not exactly the truth, dear. He got angry over that because he in fact could take care of it by himself and yet you ignored that and tried to force your help on him. Does that make sense?”

Tia stared at Adam. A little bit of light was forming in his mind. “So… he got angry because I made him feel that he cannot do something by himself?”

“Exactly!“ Adam hopped around the desk again. “Now, another thing- do you recall how Kai was behaving towards the newly hatched dragon?” Adam paused waiting for Tia to collect thoughts and continued when he nodded. “He tried so hard to help the baby dragon with everything, almost spoon feeding it. Even when Ash made it clear, several times, that it doesn’t need that at all. Do you think he learned that kind of ‘care’ at his home? From parents that ignored him most of the time?”

“Uhh… no, I don’t think so.” Tia frowned, still not quite sure what Adam meant by that.

“The answer is- he learned it from you.” Adam flapped wings, creating a small gust of wind that lifted papers around him on the desk. Tia’s eyes went wider. “That’s right- you are always the one to run to anyone who needs help- or at least who do you think needs it. Most folks will be of course grateful for it, in most cases it’s maybe really the right thing to do. But Kai is different- when you go and try to force your help on him, he will feel that you think of him as someone not able to do a simple task like that. And it’s something he always wanted to disprove to family- that he’s in fact very able to do everything by himself. So, the way you act like a mother hen towards others and especially him- this is what annoys him the most.”

Tia pinched the bridge of nose, thinking. “That does make sense… But why then he repeats my actions, if he hates those?”

“Have you missed the part of him telling you that he always wanted to be like you?” Dark eye of the raven pierced Tia. “There’s some part of his mind that unconsciously does such things, because of the deep-rooted assurance that doing the things like you will get him the love and adoration he so long for. I don’t think he’s really aware of that… at least most of the time.”

“Okay that… explains a lot of things…” Tia sighed deeply and flopped on his chair. “I still don’t know how to make things right. But at least now I know why some things are the way they are, I guess.”

“Don’t try so hard, let things flow in their natural rhythm~ For now, go get some rest too. I will keep an eye on Kai.”

“Alright.” Tia stretched. “Thank you. I will also try to get a nice nap.” He petted the raven's head and walked quietly to the other room; gazed over Kai sleeping calmly on the armchair there and sighed, before leaving to his own room. Maybe this will finally help him to set things between them in the right direction.

[anneapocalypse]

I don't want to be too hyperbolic about "FFXIV rewired my brain" but like the friends who knew me before I started playing already know this :P and for the people who've followed me since, I cannot overemphasize how adamant I was that I would never play an MMO and how much this game has made a liar out of me.

[asaelfic]

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 💗

Yes let's do it!! All fic authors deserve a little self promotion, as a treat. I have 135 works so picking five is HARD. Every fic I've written has a little place in my heart and I would love for anyone to read any of them. Also I didn't include anything I've cowritten but y'know… if you like Dimiclaude… Rae and I have two fics.

1) with this ring (Dimitri/Claude, 67,351 words, rated E) I'm still really proud of this one. It was written for the Dimiclaude Big Bang and has some lovely illustrations to go along with. I really love both writing and reading long fics, like sinking into a good novel, so I'm always happy when I finish one. I LOVE the arranged marriage trope, it's so fun to play with, and I'd been wanting to write an arranged marriage fic for these two for awhile. The things you can do when your OTP is canonically royalty!

2) lake song (Dimitri/Claude, 58702 words, rated T->E) This is cheating probably, as this is actually a series of 5 fics. But I couldn't pick only one of them, and it's one of my favorite things I've ever written, digging into trauma and recovery and living on after something that's changed not only your life but the world you used to live in. Primarily Dimiclaude, but very slowburn, with background ships and worldbuilding for things the game didn't give us. I really enjoyed writing it.

3) in the age of kings (Emet-Selch/Hythlodaeus, 16069 words, rated E) I have some difficulty writing FFXIV fics because the fandom is very focused on things I'm personally not that interested in, but this fic flowed out of me like it was meant to be. So easy and satisfying to write. I love writing getting-together fics, especially if there's a dash of bittersweetness, which needless to say the Ancients have in spades. It's my love letter to the Hythades ship, I guess, and I'll probably come back to them again someday.

4) all this riot of light (Sylvain/Claude, 15035 words, rated E) I really wanted to write Claudevain, and the different outcomes for different characters on different routes is something I thought about a lot when I was deep in 3H fandom. It all came together and haunted me with a Black Eagles Sylvain post-game idea that turned into this fic, which I still love, and which made me really love the ship as well. So many fun possibilities.

5) who burns like fire on the rushing sea (Ronan/Adam, 63867 words, rated E) I took a years-long break from fic writing and didn't really know if I'd ever get back into it, for various reasons. Then my friends and I all got obsessed with the Raven Cycle, which brought back my fic writing bug and made me remember everything I loved about fandom and creating for a fandom. This was the first long fic I wrote after coming back. I was super proud of myself then and I still am now.

[stars-and-clouds]

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[dhajetii]

….Alright fine. I’ll play tag @alicelufenia even tho it’s kind of triggering a PDA response I’m trying to shrug off :P

Tag game

Last song: crosses by Sleeping with sirens when I first answered this question, but when I finished up the post it was connect to consume by A Swayze & The Ghosts (which is hilarious to me because it’s about social media and here we are)

Currently watching: sort of working my way through Critical Role campaign 2, but it’s taken a back burner due to other stuff

Three ships: uhh… OC/Adam (The Wayhaven Chronicles), WoL/Erenville (ffxiv), Xie Lian/Hua Cheng (Heaven officials blessing)

Favorite color: purple or blue or black

Currently consuming: nothing rn but last thing was Oreo fluff

First ship: oh man. I’m gonna go with the first ship I read fanfic for. Which may have been for fmab? Edward/Winry but quickly evolved into “if I wanted to immerse in canon I’d watch the show again. I’m here for what didn’t happen” which lead me to other ships such as Edward/Mustang.

Birthplace: USA, Missouri.

Last movie: uhm. I’m honestly not sure. I’ve been doing games and reading for entertainment lately, or when I do want to watch something it’s critical role. If I had to guess, it was maybe rogue one? Because I think the last series I finished was Andor and I would have had to go back and watch Rogue One again after that.

Currently working on: not sure how I want to interpret this one. I’m choosing what video game I’m currently fixated on which is Planet Crafters. I’m terraforming a planet lol

Tagging others, sorry :P

Alice already got @aoi-neko so sorry mutuals I’m coming for you @pandecanela @freya-faust @freshias @hairenya @cruelisnotmasonblue @asexualarkhamknight

[mirror-to-the-past]

KH3 is great! Have you tried any of the Flantastic Seven yet? I did them all in my last playthrough and they can be surprisingly fun!

Frankly, people have been up Sora's even back in KH2, Kairi's "He's completely hopeless without us" gets me reeling to this day.

Personally, I'd also add the Beast (or, Adam, is it?) to the group.

Don't worry, Maleficent WILL get to Luxu, you'll see, it's great.

Lastly, about the Toybox trailer... what do you know about Final Fantasy XV?

"Omnis Adoratio Verum Rex"

OMG THE FLAN HEARTLESS HAHA! Yeah, I ran into one at Olympus and feel like I'm playing racing games at the arcade again with how much I struggle to drift. You're right, super fun though and I'm a stubborn person.

And yeah, I'd say Sora's little journey of feeling down on himself while other people chip away at him and put him down predates KH1. The game starts out with "lazy bum" and all the other island kids being like "Yeah, you're not much compared to Riku." And then Riku himself, who's supposed to be his best friend, being a jackass, and who knows how long he was pulling that stunt. The Keyblade-worthiness thing is ingrained in Sora's brain now, since then, and even though Riku has tried to clean up his act since then, you've still got stuff like that Kairi (I know he didn't hear her but still, goddamn, girl) line you mentioned I also went :(( at, Beast/Adam, and other moments reaffirming to Sora's inner voice that's like "uuughh... I'm a looser who won't measure up to what people expect of me just by being meeee."

YEEES. WELL, MY QUEEN MALEFICENT BETTER SHARE WITH THE CLASS. 'Bout to rip off Luxu's hood and then his Master is next in line for my assault.

And I admittedly don't know much about FFXV outside of the development hell (I think it was supposed to be another game or something but I can't remember it's been years lol), and that it's a Buddy Film video game with Noctis the prince dude and his honorary boyfriends on a road trip. I have their sick ass car as a mount in FFXIV.

[sir-adamus]

just saw the crossroads trailer and love that it ends on RyneGaia and seemingly making it clear how the what-if scenario of the Ultimate is gonna play out

with Mitron taking possession of Ryne when she's summoned Shiva into herself (so ice-light aligned, easy hop from Eden i guess) and the resultant merge we see in the poster being via that means

but again, really reinforcing the parallels between that past-life relationship between Mitron and Loghrif (and as i understand there's a short story that mentions that in their original Amaurotine incarnations, Artemis and Gaia were both women) and Ryne and Gaia in the present, as well as Mitron/Artemis's jealousy over Ryne's presence in Gaia's life and trying to supplant her to revive that old relationship

wild

[hylfystt]

don’t ask me how i got to the top of the kugane tower

[grimalkinsquill]

For the fanfic ask game: 🍬📗💘

Do you write for multiple fandoms? If yes, what is your favourite fic of yours for each fandom?

Yes! I write for multiple fandoms for enrichment purposes (what I learn in one fandom space can be translated to another and I am literally a hunter-gatherer for tropes and prompts for my friends of one fandom).

Uh, this answer will be long, but favourite fic for every fandom I've written for (as recorded by Ao3, as my Quizilla fics and FF.net fics are no longer accessible):

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Cliché Spy Tactics. Rivals-to-friends-to-mutual-idiotic-crush meet-cute! I still find it actively hilarious.

Red vs. Blue: Storytelling. An unreliable narrator fic told entirely by the world's most eccentric best friends.

Overwatch: Sostener. A start of redemption, built out of the Year 1 Overwatch Lore of Scraps. One of the things that endears me to this story is that I got to play with my SoCal heritage with it.

Warframe: Midnight Mother, Cinnabar Children wins by default, being my only Warframe fic 😂 I do think there's good about it though, simply from the two lines

Simaris snorted. “I’m so glad you’re not like them. You’re sensible.”

“False,” she teased, “I have you to be sensible for me. Like a father of ancient myth.”

Dungeons & Dragons: Dangerous Woman wins by default, but also because it spawned me to write a 72-page homebrewed worldbuilding document that's gained a life of its own.

DC Comics: Guardian. My beloved "Drag Black Adam from Lawful Evil to Lawful Good" fic. What stands of it now is largely me pulling together different instances of his backstory together into something remotely coherent. Runner up is A Study in Cyan, largely because it has a cat-based hero who compares the experience of her boyfriend slowly coaxing her down from her various traumas to "getting a cat out of a tree" and that's a metaphor I'll stand by.

Young Justice: It has 3 fics in it, but the Low-Key series overall is my baby. I think it gets extra shoutouts for having 80k words of platonic slow-burn (it takes Captain Cold a LONG time to figure out that Theo is His Kid. Like, not biologically his kid, but oh my gods is She His Kid. Like, emotionally. He has been dadding her for 75k words and he writes it off as being a team leader and a mentor for a baby hero. Understanding he's Being a Dad takes him an embarrassingly long time. His teammates knew before he did, the bastards [derogatory]. Like. Way before him. Right when she first stole his signature cold gun from him, the little shit [affectionate], which is at like. Chapter fucking One of the first fic in this series)

Guild Wars 2: EASY WINNER the four times that pact commander magna and shining blade asset canach gave the rumor mills false ammo and the one time they didn't. It's SO FUNNY. Fake dating during a dragon-slaying saga between two non-humans with different cultural spheres. All because a nosy 6-year-old thought they should have (gasp) friends.

Fallen Hero: Rebirth: Does it say? is still. So fucking good. I took a scene from the game and slipped in personal traits in between, lovingly-crafted flashback sequences pondering the nature of what it means to be human. Fall In Line is a very close second, as it unpacks a LOT of gender trauma for me (in a way that's subtly mirrored by Felicette's Everything. Fall In Line is more blatant about it than Felicette's arc will ever be).

Pokemon: Do Something Crazy! It's a story of healing and growth for everybody involved! And also includes speculative biology, because y'all know I Am Like This.

FFXIV: Ganzhyllsyn's 4 Steps to a Heist, hands down.

Critical Role: I was broken; now We're golden. I saw Essek and went "what if big brother?" and ran with it.

Fairy Tail: the heart is hard to translate / it has a language of its own. My sole attempt at a NaNoWriMo-esque challenge. I still like this weird translation of the manga's events as MMORP events and inter-guild drama.

Miraculous Ladybug: of Sages and Warriors. Duh. You knew this. Close seconds are O' Neighbour Mine and A Tricky Treat.

Na Daoine Maithe: I only have Lighting the Wick thus far, but there'll be more. This visual novel has lit brainworms and they are persistent.

And uh, if you're still here after all that, here are the OTHER TWO questions you asked (I'm sorry, I like a lot of things and thus write a lot of things)

Do you want to write something outside of fanfiction? If so, what about?

So like. I have three original project ideas, two of which are interactive fiction games. The first idea is that I take Dangerous Woman, strip it of all the DND stuff, and make that a novel in its own right (because that'd be extraordinarily easy for me to do, I'd just have to, y'know, finish it. I know how it ends, it's just a matter of landing the execution).

My two interactive fiction game ideas:

You play as an orphan in the setting of Dangerous Woman, ending up as one of King Oberon's adopted kids. You investigate a weird anomaly in Oberon's territory and meet a cast of odd characters (some of whom are romanceable, all of whom are friendable).

You play as someone who just got reincarnated as one of those flat villainess characters in a fantasy novel...that you, the player character, have never personally read. Frantically remembering the info-dumping of your best friend, you try to survive: will you give in to how easy it is to be what people think you are or will you fight it?

Is it easier to write angst or fluff?

Fluff. Any day of the week. I find a lot of what people consider to be angst to be boring melodrama and a lot of what people think of what I think of as angst to be "tame". Like a lot of things with me, both terms have an asterisk and a lot of variables, but fluff has fewer variables, so fluff wins.

[honnojis]

I'm only in the early eearlygame but what classes would some rejuv characters be in FFXIV I feel Adam would take a tank class, maybe? (And miner.) Saki would take the gun one and Melia White Mage. Aelita Monk. Venam got banned. Saki ALSO got banned but she's better at ban evasion.

i actually made a whole ass list about which character would be which class at which point (for those curious it's here) but it's full of spoilers bc it uses the tierlist thing with V13 spoilers in it to put everyone in specific classes so i wouldn't recommend looking at it until you're done playing LOL

[tialinffxiv]

FFXIV Write 2023 #1: Envoy

Lynn covered eyes from the rain drops falling denser and stronger with every step toward home. He shook off the water from tail and ears, annoyed at the sudden change of weather. He could smell the incoming storm. But at the moment something else caught his attention and he looked up, trying to locate the source of loud croaking, which welcomed him on the bridge leading to their garden. Wings fluttered, spattering water from the black feathers as the large raven landed gracefully on the flowery arch decorating the gate. Normally Lynn would ignore the bird, especially with clothes starting to soak with the cold rain. But this one was… different. Miqo’te couldn’t at first explain to himself why it felt this way- but then came memories of his brief talk with Kai from some time ago: Adam, the shard and ghost companion of Kai, apparently learned a new trick, which allowed him to possess birds and use them as vessels. And his favorite was a raven- being quite an obvious choice if one knew how the half-voidsent looked- with large, black wings decorating his back. Right now the bird was piercing him with the stare of a dark eye and Lynn started to wonder if that’s really Adam, or perhaps just some random curious raven after all. And then, before he managed to call out to confirm this- a voice echoed in Miqo’te head.

“Mister Lynn, I bear dire news. It’s about Tia.”

Lynn’s eyes opened wide- this short message was enough to freeze him, shivers shaking his spine as million thoughts run through his mind. what happened where is he where are others, why it’s Adam to deliver the news

So many times his brother was coming home battered and bruised- results of the battles with all sorts of beasts, monsters, deities even. So many times Lynn was worried about his safety when he was not at home. He couldn’t even deal with the thought of the awful condition Tia was in after the events at the edge of universe. And to be welcomed home by such information was like a kick in the stomach to Lynn.

“Adam... what happened?” His voice was shaking and he wasn’t sure if it’s more due to the coldness of soaking wet clothes or the worries holding his chest and throat in a tight grasp.

A short moment of silence before raven spoke in his mind once again.

“Unfortunately, Mister Tia failed to obtain all the required ingredients, therefore he’s sad to inform you that the promised ‘amazing and stunning dessert’ won’t be served today.”

There was few moments in his life when Lynn experienced that breath-taking sudden change of emotions shaking his very core; that short, ephemeral moment of pure emptiness in his head just before it happens- and the uncontrollable jolt of pure rage, as this one now, which resulted in a book from his bag playing the role of missile, aimed at the loudly croaking bird. Lynn stormed toward home, cursing the raven circling above and already planning revenge on the feathered envoy.

[the-grumpy-healer]

I kno this is supposed to be a FFXIV blog but BUT i do play other games and recently I was gifted the WoW expac ( i wasn't gonna buy it, i was pretty adamant about not giving blizz MY money) But Fomo was really bad tho and while talking to said friend about how I felt they gifted it to me. so here we are back on wow playing the new race/class and I love her and yes i picked the healing spec. preservation Evoker feels very nice to heal on