#ariane ships

[anneapocalypse]

The Ariane Shipping Wall!

Ships I have for my FFXIV Warrior of Light, Ariane Clairière. Includes some that are serious and long-term, some that are casual, some that are unrequited or don't go anywhere, and some that may happen in the future! Ariane is a Wildwood Elezen, a healer main, and a bisexual woman. She's currently in the middle of Stormblood; updates will be made as she progresses!

Pre-Game. Ariane had a pretty isolated childhood for various reasons especially in her teen years, and as such her romantic explorations in her youth were limited. There were a couple of teenage entanglements, which were very passionate in her young heart but none of which lasted into adulthood. At 22 when the Calamity struck, Ariane was 22 and single, still living with her parents, with most of her attentions focused on soothing her increasingly anxious and paranoid mother.

Minfilia. Her kindness and earnestness quickly stole Ariane's heart, and Ariane was smitten with her from pretty early on. While she hung on Minfilia's every word, she never voiced her feelings, out of fear of ruining their friendship or making their working relationship awkward or any number of other excuses she told herself. Whether Minfilia ever returned Ariane's feelings, or ever would have, she may never know, as her dear friend insisted that Ariane go on without her after the disastrous banquet. Only Minfilia's absolute certainty persuaded Ariane to leave her, and not without profound guilt and regret. Learning what had become of her was deeply painful, and exacerbated a lot of Ariane's growing doubts and resentments of Hydaelyn and her gifts.

Hildibrand. Ariane always greatly enjoyed her wacky adventures with the gentleman inspector, and they became great friends. While they were never seriously involved, Ariane had a casual friends-with-benefits situation going with Hildy in the wake of Minfilia and the other Scions' disappearance--not least in an attempt to bury her feelings as she began to search for answers in Ishgard. They had fun together, but Ariane ultimately broke things off when she realized she had real feelings for someone else. Hildy was disappointed, but ever a gentleman. They remain good friends.

Haurchefant. As Haurchefant grew from friend to protector, cheerleader, and confidant for Ariane, so her feelings for him grew as well. On the trek into Dravania with Ysayle and Estinien and Alphinaud, she found herself constantly wishing that he was there, and by the time they returned, she had made up her mind: this time, she had to be brave and say something. She broke off her casual thing with Hildibrand and flew out to Camp Dragonhead. Haurchefant's response was extremely enthusiastic. They had a whirlwind romance, enjoying as much of one another's company as they possibly could as they sought an end to the Dragonsong War.

Then he died, and it absolutely crushed Ariane. In a last desperate attempt to save him, she tried to cast raise when her magical reserves were nearly expended, nearly killing herself in the process, and had to be carried back to Fortemps Manor unconscious. The days that followed were a particularly dark period of her life, as she was overwhelmed by grief and anger and bitterness. There was a lot of private screaming at Hydaelyn that if this was the price of the blessing of Light--to keep losing everyone she loved--then she didn't want it. It was mainly for Alphinaud's sake that she struggled on, throwing her energies into the restoration efforts in Ishgard, keeping busy with her hands, while she looked for a reason to keep living. It would be a long time before she could think of falling in love again.

Aymeric. After the war's end, Ariane could not help noticing Aymeric being particularly sweet toward her, especially when he invited her over for dinner. Sensing he might have developed feelings for her, she gently but firmly shut it down. Had things been different--were Haurchefant still alive, and the two of them amenable to it, she could easily have loved them both. But as it was, her heart was too broken to give to someone else. Aymeric bowed out gracefully and promised never to raise the subject again. They remain good friends. (Later, he gets together with Estinien, and Ariane's very happy for them both.)

Urianger. With where Ariane currently is in MSQ, this one is a strong future maybe! They didn't really become close until after the end of the Dragonsong War, when the Scions could move freely in Eorzea once again. Having heard about the loss of Lord Haurchefant from Alphinaud, Urianger offered his condolences, and Ariane realized at once that he out of anyone understood her grief, as he was very much still grieving Moenbryda, his own first love. They shared a drink and some reminiscences one night in the Waking Sands, which turned into a bit of a moment, and it was Urianger who sort of pulled back on it. He was completely right that neither of them were ready for anything to happen, but also unbeknownst to Ariane at the time, he was in the midst of his involvement with the Warriors of Darkness. It was because of that night that Ariane had a brief glimpse of his eyes when he adjusted his goggles, and for that she recognized him among the Warriors of Darkness. She said nothing, believing that he must have a reason. When all was revealed, Urianger expected Ariane's anger, especially as he was aware of her feelings for Minfilia. He was surprised when Ariane offered him forgiveness, and insisted he did not deserve it.

In the present, as Ariane travels the far east seeking the liberation of Doma and Ala Mhigo, she teleports back to Thanalan when she can, and drops in at the Waking Sands. She suspects Urianger really may not be okay after everything that happened, and she won't push him to talk about it, but she checks in, sometimes bringing a gift of a book of Far Eastern poetry or a tea for them to share before she departs again.

If anything romantic happens between them it'll be a long slow burn, but we'll see where they go from here. :)

Bhratbylda. In Ariane's Adventurer!verse (where she's not the Warrior of Light but just another adventurer) she's in a relationship with a Roegadyn Sea Wolf named Bhratbylda Askbaensyn (Mr. Apocalypse's character). Bhratbylda is a man of few words and a big axe, who left behind a life at sea for adventuring after mutinying and killing his cruel bastard of a captain--his own father, Askbaen. Ariane met him in Sastasha, where she (who had never seen the sea before arriving in Limsa) was utterly dazzled, while Bhratbylda was nonplussed, and amused by her reactions. They grew friendly, and found that they made a great healer/tank team.

[archivebottles]

Happy birthday to the most special girl in the universe!! Wanted to try something ambitious and ended up with the biggest comic I've done to date

[m40160]

[sakujeanz]

these were all at school. save me girl

[jebbeesketches]

Yuri!!!!!

[rustyboltzz]

"I don't want to die,

but I don't want to keep living, either."

[tianshiko]

happy new year~☆

[w7stside]

"I know you hear me when I cry

I try to hold it in the night

While you're sleepin' next to me

But it's your arms that I need this time."

— Ghostin (2019)

[sedsquish]

Idk much about them just that my boyfriend thinks they should be together and be happy

[nightly-valkyrie]

In the Falke/Elster/Ariane relationship, Falke will always have one advantage over Ariane. She's the only one between the two of them that Elster has penetrated

[zsupiszosz]

hope nothing bad happens to them while they're in space

[ant1quarian]

Can we have some more craftverse? Maybe fell and horror?

I bestow upon thee a quick sketch of some chaos that happens aboard the Space Ship.

[anneapocalypse]

junelezen day 13: new acquaintance

The first time Urianger had laid eyes on Ariane Clairière, he could not claim to have taken particular notice of her.

‘Twere Yda and Papalymo had brought her hither to the Waking Sands, having sent word of an adventurer who appeared to be experiencing the Echo, and might make therefore a suitable candidate for the Scions. Thus when Lady Minfilia did summon him away from his studies to the Solar, he presumed this was that adventurer. A new recruit to the Scions was noteworthy, but no rarity.

The woman who had appeared henceforth was a diminutive Elezen, bespectacled and dressed in the garb of a conjurer, and from her dress and carriage he would have presumed her Gridanian. Something in her speech suggested otherwise, however, though he could not put his finger on it at the time—though well-versed in written lore from throughout the realm, he was not yet so practiced at discerning the various accents of speech which distinguished one region from another. To his sheltered Sharlayan ear, upon arrival the manner of a Gridanian, a Lominsan or an Ul’dahn had sounded equally foreign, and though he could now recognize those of the three great city-states well enough, of the outlying regions he was less knowledgeable.

This wandering train of thought had been promptly interrupted by Y'shtola’s reaching him in the introductions, and finding himself momentarily at a loss for words, he had called upon the words of Master Louisoix, which he had thought appropriate to the occasion:

Dawn may banish even the darkest night, Yet ever shall primal desires burn. Two swords shall vie to lay them low— A blade born of light, and a blade forged of might. Alas, man may entrust his fate unto but one.

He had got as far as “darkest night,” when gentle Minfilia had cast a look in his direction suggesting to him that mayhap this recitation was ill-considered. A quick glance at the adventurer’s countenance had revealed what might have been curiosity and might have been bemusement; he had found it difficult to tell, as oft he did with strangers. It was often foreign to his thinking that any throughout the realm knew not the words of Master Louisoix, Eorzea’s savior—but most, he had reminded himself, had not known the man personally. Thus chastened, he had halted his recitation and added by way of explanation, “…The words of a dear friend. I am glad of our meeting.”

At this Minfilia had appeared satisfied, and the adventurer’s attention had turned back to her, and he had prayed his misstep might be quickly forgotten.

(From Tea Time in the Waking Sands, WIP, unposted)

[justliketheseed]

Instead of Ariane -> Ayre how about Ariane × Ayre

[totheidiot]

okay so i am choosing to believe that in year one of the 2006 jujutsu high class all had embarrassing little crushes on their seniors. haibara MOST DEFINITELY liked geto, like the sort of crush you would have on your upperclassman, like they are so cool !! so strong !! like pure admiration and idolization. the vending machine scene. haibara being like "i wanna show geto-san what i got !!" in the airport. nanami takes the opposite approach where he is mortifyingly annoyed at gojo at all times, all he wants to do is roll his eyes whenever gojo does so much as open his mouth but that deep annoyance manifests itself into a tiny crush where like gojo is the strongest !! he is cool and impressive but nanami is so done with him. the fact that he has the tiniest crush on gojo irritates him so much. now, not exactly the class of 2006 jujutsu high because ijichi was only in year 1 in like 2007, but he definitely has a tiny crush on shoko as well. i 100% believe it i don't care if year 1 ijichi never had an interaction with year 3 shoko, i believe it in my heart.

[audre-falrose]