#but still I love ffxv so much even 4 years later lol

[idiotflowerex]

Happy 4th anniversary to my true love FFXV 💙

I love this game so much so here’s a compilation of all the ffxv cosplays I’ve done over the years in chronological order 💫(inspired by @ff15trashgoldenslumbers <3 )

[charlottedabookworm]

lols, I kno I've sent in a bunch of these, so feel free to opt out if you're not interested. How about a fix-it Doctor Who crossover for FFXV? Teen Noctis and Prompto end up being Companions to The Doctor (I'm partial to 13, 9, and 10 but it's up to you) and somehow, this saves everything.

1) Prompto actually meets the Doctor first, when he’s 10.

(Prompto first meets the Doctor when he’s just a few months old, when a blonde wearing rainbows happens to run past a man carrying a baby in a lab.

The lab blows up.

Surprise)

He’s maybe somewhere he shouldn’t be, camera in hand and glasses perched on his nose, when he walks into the weirdest fight ever.

(That guy was a fish)

And, just as he freezes, thinking he’s about to die, a man in a trench-coat sweeps in - a redhead a half step behind him, already yelling at literally everyone - and breaks it up easily, even if it takes a couple hours. Prompto is amazed.

The red-head - Donna, my name is Donna - sits with him while everyone else argues (occasionally yelling at the trench-coat guy) and walks him home and makes sure he’s got food and that’s he’s okay (and maybe she has some words for his parents who aren’t home again but he mostly ignores that because she’s so cool) and then they sweep out of his life.

(Or not.

The first letter comes days later, dropped in the letterbox with Donna’s signature scrawled on the back and Prompto feels so warm he could burst)

(The letters last for a couple years, telling him about dangerous exciting adventures and her idiot best friend and giving him tips with people and getting things done around the house and… 

and then, one day, suddenly, they stop)

(He’s pretty sure he knows why)

2) Still, for all he’s met the Doctor, Prompto has never really seen the TARDIS.

Which is how he and Noct end up accidentally inside when on the run from a couple kidnappers.

The TARDIS promptly takes off. The bloke in a leather jacket demands to know where they came from. 

Prom and Noct just stare.

(Best. Kidnapping. Ever)

3) So- the thing is.

The TARDIS? Still a little damaged by the Time War. And by ‘a little’, there’s a lot of damage, and a rather large dearth of spare parts.

And Eos? Not easy to get to.

The Doctor has no idea how the TARDIS got through the energy barrier surrounding the planet in the first place but she does not want to go back.

Which- considering that the Prince of Lucis is currently staring at him in horror - is not the best thing.

Noctis looks a lot less worried and a lot more confused when he reassures them that he will be able to get them back, and at the same moment they left, it just might take a while.

Prompto just nods.

(He’s already figured out that this isn’t the Doctor he knew. But Donna had told him a lot about Time Lords and the TARDIS and the Doctor - he’s realised, as he grew up, that maybe she just wanted someone to talk to about it all - and he definitely recognises the name Rose so)

4) Prom is bouncy and Noct is calmer but they both fall in love with the TARDIS so easily and they love the adventure and the travelling and meeting new people and it’s amazing.

Their enthusiasm helps a Doctor who is struggling so much to see any joy in the universe. They bring life to the TARDIS and the sound of their laughter intertwined with Rose’s (and with Jack’s) fills him with something almost like happiness

And the boys- they’ve grown up in the Crown City of a country in a century old war. 

They might be young, might be fairly sheltered from the worst of it, but they’ve spent more than enough time around war veterans

They don’t push, on the days the Doctor can’t handle it, and they distract Rose and it helps

5) Eventually, almost 6 months after they were ‘kidnapped’, the TARDIS is well enough to take them home.

They almost don’t want to leave.

They do anyway.

The Doctor lands exactly where they’d entered, at that exact moment, and they say their goodbyes - get the hugs and the phones in their back pockets and the promises to pop back sometime and they leave with bags that are expanded far beyond what they probably should be (but the Doctor knows things and he will not leave these children with nothing)

Nobody noticed they were gone.

Technically they weren’t.

6) Noctis lays Gladio flat with a move he picked up from an archaeologist he met on one of their trips

Prompto’s flirting now makes people blush like crazy, nobody knows how he’s suddenly so smooth

Jack is proud

7) Nobody understands the sudden banana obsession

8) Prophecies are one thing

Fixed points in time are another

It isn’t hard, to figure out what being The Chosen King means

But 6 months travelling all of time and space makes someone a lot less likely to bow down to fate

(If it’s Fixed, you’ll die anyway, Prompto whispers to him fiercely when it looks like he’s about to give in to it all, but we’re going to make sure you live)

9) The thing is- by the time they hit 20 (or so their birthdays say) they’ve seen more than one peace treaties. The Doctor has a habit of ending wars and, sometimes, he’ll stick around for the treaties and even the parties

So they know what they look like

They also know what a trap looks like

Noctis refuses to leave the Citadel, Prompto by his side

and, well, everybody’s rather thankful later

10) The square gun (totally not stolen from Jack) in Prompto’s hands takes a nice square out of Glauca

Might have taken a lot of tinkering to get around the safeties but totally worth it

11) when a phone box that appears between Aldercapt and his father it doesn’t surprise Noctis

he can’t say the same about the rest of the room

and he might not recognise the face that pokes out of the TARDIS with a grin but he knows the Doctor and the time lord still feels the same 

Prompto waves cheerfully, bouncing on his toes like he hasn’t just taken out Niflheim’s best General in a single shot

Six, Noct loves his best friend

then a woman steps out behind the Doctor and Noctis grins

“River!”

(The archaeologist winks. and promptly threatens the Emperor. very bloodily. the Doctor looks very smitten. and also very confused about how they know each other.

if he wanted to know he shouldn’t have lost him in that jungle, Noctis thinks, still feeling a little spiteful)

12) Everything gets wrapped up pretty quickly after that - at least with the empire

and then the Doctor runs into a man who is almost a fixed point but not (like Jack but artificial, not of time like he is, and oh, oops, do the boys know about Jack? spoiler alert, they do, they aren’t happy but Jack said he’d already punched him so) but this one he can fix

it isn’t hard to just reach out and tweak

there’s a reason his kind were called Time Lords after all

Ardyn disappears, still angry, still vengeful, but mortal

the Doctor leaves not long after

River promises to visit and the boys grin

everyone with any sort of common sense fears everything

13) A few months later, when they call him up again because they need someone to yell at a giant lizard about making people immortal against their will and trying to get teenagers to sacrifice themselves, the Doctor who appears is grey haired and grumpy

Prompto hugs him, just because

The Doctor flails

Bill - who introduces herself while the Doctor is flailing and is around their age - is brilliant and they exchange stories while the Doctor gets all Scottish-Grumpy and Value-of-Life and Oncoming-Storm on Bahamut and the dark-haired evilish one - Missy, Bill calls her - rolls her eyes and Nardole does

-something. He does something. He maybe goes and makes a cuppa tea

It’s great, reminds the boys of exactly what they missed about being 15 and travelling with the Doctor

(for everyone else, it’s a dawning realisation about why Noctis and Prompto are so good at dealing with chaos in general)

and then they totally dart off for another trip, just a short one dad we’ll be back for dinner!

Prompto asks this Doctor, who knows him, who recognises him from both times, about Donna, that night in the console room, and it’s not what he thought - she’s not dead - but she doesn't remember anything and he just

he cries

so does the Doctor

(later, Noctis decides to test if potions could help with the whole, meta crisis thing. because Prompto is sad

they do. because i say so

Donna gives Prompto the best hugs)

[moonraccoon-exe]

Hello Coonie :3 I had that weird feeling too before logging off and then again as I logged back in. Just wanna tell you, I’m still here and I’m sure many others too. :3 I‘m sorry you didn’t get to see the meteors but they return every year so you will have lots of opportunities in the future to see them. -Peridot

PERIDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ

YOU LOVELY MOST GORGEOUS SWEETEST CUTIEPIE, YOU BEAUTIFUL MUFFIN, HELLO AGAIN

It was a super strange sensation, wasn’t it? I never actually log off, lol, I’ve just done it like 3 times or so. So the fact that I wasn’t only logging off, but not coming back in a day, and in the day where so many people swore to leave, it was strange. Still is, to be honest. I don’t know if it’s the politics going on, or people still protesting, but my dashboard has been very lonely, mostly today.

On “school” days I leave for 3 or 4 hours, and when I come back I scroll down and down and down. This time, there were only like 5 reblogs before I got to the post I last saw before leaving. So...I will assume people will really  just stop posting, after all... :’(

So yep, that makes it feel weird even today. It’s like it’s a post-apocalyptic land and I’m here like, I knew it would happen, and I’m fine with it, but it’s still strange? Hahah, you get me :)

And yep, I’m happy to know you’re still here as so are many others!! Leaving Tumblr feels...odd, ya know. I don’t like Twitter, and other sites are like eh, I really like the Tumblr format, so despite it all, I think I’ll stick around for a long while. I’m sad not many decided the same, but as you said, it’s still quite some people who are still around, so that’s okay. I’m happy I get to keep my friends and all :’)

And yeah, not even on the second night did I get my chance to see the meteors :( I think it was even worse than the night before, regarding how cloudy it was. Absolutely ridiculous. But ONE DAY, you’ll see. ONE DAY I’ll see the most beautiful and magical meteor shower! They were so clear back when I lived in the moon, why aren’t they letting me see them from earth? Maybe they’re upset at me for leaving outer space aahh D:

But yeh!! Sorry for leaving a short answer, dear Peridot, just saw your other ask and I thought I’d answer that one a little more lengthy instead :3

Thank you for taking the time to write to me, and thank you for being as nice as always. Thank you for sticking by, too!! Your presence and my other friends’ who are staying really cheered me up and lifted my spirits. Since the first moment you told me you’re staying, it made it things so much better, and staying here, worth it. I’d rather this site bans me any sort of content (I’ll find another place to post stuff), than leave it. Only here I have you and my other anons and other friends, and that, I trade for nothing. Thank you for staying and for making this post-apocalyptic landsight so worth it...

Talking to you in a bit,  and if not, tomorrow for sure, buddy! I’m feeling very lazy today and haven’t gamed in a very long while, so I’m feeling like it (can’t miss the FFXV x FFXIV collab like I missed the one with Terra-something aaaah!!)

See ya later, buddy!! I send you LOTS of maccoonie hugs!!

[blossom-of-kaleidos]

10 Crushes I Don’t Talk About

So @tenebraetrash​ tagged me in another thing which I’m all too happy to do but, see, the funny thing about hyperfixation is that ALL I EVER FUCKING DO IS TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTERS I CRUSH ON. SO YOU GET TO SEE EVEN MORE OF THEIR WONDERFUL FACES.

Take the order with a grain of salt because it was super hard for me to rank them in order of who I like best (especially the last 3 ahhhh)

10. Jasper (Steven Universe)

I just. I LOVE strong women that have no problem decking people in the face. I want this overgrown cheeto to use those strong arms to pick me up and throw me in the dumpster where I belong.

9. Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)

I blame my attraction to emos on someone much farther down on this list. He’s just way too pretty even for someone with the emotional depth of a rock. Oh, and later on in the story, he gave me a biiig headstart into realizing I’m a monster fucker.

8. Deidara (Naruto)

He’s drastically different from the other characters on this list, I think, and to this day I’m not sure how it happened, but holy shit Explosions Idiot is adorable. He deserved better.

7. General Grievous (Star Wars)

You know you’re fucked up when you watch a terrifying scene of this thing straight up slaughtering the good guys and still go “WOW! I LIKE HIM!” at 12 years old. If Uquiorra was a boost in my journey to becoming a monster fucker, Grievous was pretty much the start of that.

6. Gaius van BAElsar (Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn)

Alright, I think my URL makes it fairly obvious that I’m madly in love with every imperial legatus on some level. I could probably use this space to talk about someone else (Aranea from FFXV comes to mind), but I just… can’t??? It’s physically impossible for me not to mention any Garleans when the topic is characters that I love?? I’ll try to keep this short: if you have any doubts about how far my affection for him goes, just take a peek at my room. Worth every single penny ❤ 

5. Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)

MY WIFE, MY QUEEN, MY INSPIRATION, YAAAAAAASSS

4. Reaper (Overwatch)

Like Uquiorra, I blame my attachment to this edgelord to another someone at the end of the list. He’s basically the 2.0 version. But in my defense, how anyone could hear that voice and NOT be attracted to him? He may be a black plastic trash bag given sentience, but he’s my favorite trash bag.

3. Garland (Dissidia Final Fantasy)

For some reason, I had the most difficulty writing a description for him more than anyone else on this list. I’m attributing it to the fact that I love this large ham with every inch of my rotten little heart. So much that I guess it’s difficult to sum up in a few words, ahaha…

2. Marluxia (Kingdom Hearts)

Why is pink my favorite color? Or 11 my favorite number? This guy.

1. Nero the Sable (Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus)

Here he is. The original emo and reason for many of my kinks. Oops. But that’s for another conversation for another time. I’m having a really hard time trying to articulate my love for him without abusing the caps lock buttom or every vulgar word in my vocabulary? Let’s try to sum it up as. I was in deep for him. B I G time.

I had to rewrite this a couple times over because it was getting stupidly long lol. But it was super fun and if anyone is curious or masochistic enough to ask me more about these characters, feel free~

Now that that’s over, I’m tagging @strvw-berry because I’m pretty sure the rest of my usual victims have already been tagged, rip

Also, I want to take a moment to appreciate the fact that some of these gifs were made by @addicted-to-darkness who understands my love for less popular characters and makes awesome graphics for them. She may be a horrible trolling little shit, but she’s a horrible trolling little shit that’s very dear to my heart!

[eloarei]

Tagged by @chocochipbiscuit to post my current WIPs. Thanks, Choco! (lol this is going to be self-indulgent and painful XD;)  (As with Choco, I also have more bits and blobs and ideas than I know what to do with, but I’ll focus on the ones that have a remote chance of ever getting finished.)  Active WIPS (I have at least opened the document in the past month and I honestly intend to finish them this year.)  In order of recently modified: OP CM BB -- "One Piece, Cobymeppo, Beauty&Beast" I mean, it's kind of what it says on the tin: it's vaguely a Beauty and the Beast AU. (Factoid: this is at least the 3rd or 4th fanfic I've written based on friggin' B&B. It's my favorite fairytale and I'm weak.) Currently at 12.5k (when did that happen?!) out of, I dunno, 18k? I honestly never intended to write this. It just sort of happened-- and kept happening, which is the weird part. I'm liking it though. Factoid #2: there are a lot of dogs in this fic. JD LLW -- "Jak and Daxter, Love Like Winter" 100% inspired by the AFI song, I won't lie. I've been meaning to write this for at least 7 years. I have a lot of thoughts and headcanons about the Jak and Daxter series, and this incorporates my hardcore favorite: Daxter is a Precursor. It also uses a couple tropes I love: reincarnation cycles, and fated lovers. As with any song, I can't say what it's actually supposed to be about, but I always heard it as the story of, well, reincarnation and fated lovers. "I met my love before I was born", and then switching between he, she, and then back to he. The story became very vibrant in my head! And this format especially allows me the opportunity to explore Jak/Keira as well as Jak/Daxter, because while I'm not a huge fan of Jak/Keira, I don't like just ignoring canon if I can avoid it. Currently at 7k out of... maybe 20k? It was supposed to be a lot shorter, but I'm only on chapter 1 out of 3, so less than 15k is probably not happening. Factoid: I think a lot of people only know this series second-hand, so I feel the need to mention that Daxter does, in fact, have a human form. XD FO4NV -- "Fallout 4, Nick Valentine" A very creative document name! XD; The story will probably eventually be titled "Same Heart" unless I come up with something better. It's a Fallout4 AU(ish) centering around Nick having been recaptured by the Institute, getting a memory wipe, and then living there during the years when Shaun is being raised there. Eventually, he and kid-Shaun break out to explore the Commonwealth and try to find Shaun's parents. I swear it'll be a Nick/Nora story if I ever friggin' get to that part, but right now it's mostly a Nick&Shaun story. Currently at 30k out of, I dunno, 70k to 100k? It's on chapter 7 out of 17, I think. I have this one planned out pretty well chapter-by-chapter, so of all my fics it has the best chance of actually happening. (Aside from the length, which sort of counts against it. It was supposed to be shorter, but I apparently couldn't shut up.) I'm thinking about focusing on this one for my NaNoWriMo, since it has about 50k left to it. Factoid: I get more emotional about parental relationships than I do about romantic ones, despite the fact that I LOVE romance. Stories I write about parent-child relationships always end up being my favorite. BttF On Track -- "Back to the Future, On Track" The only one I've actually started posting. I feel bad because I meant to continue writing this through December and January, but I got lazy and distracted, so it didn't happen. The season is just about right to jump back into it though (Fall is a more BttF season for me), so I HOPE to finish it this year. Currently at 18k (holy shit, seriously?) out of probably 30k. Chapter 3 (out of 6 well-planned chapters) is aaalmost done, but I might have to go reread some of IrisBleuFics stuff to get back into the mood of it. (Or maybe Rae's or Edgebug's.) Factoid (actually a question) : does anyone else have seasonal fandoms? Inactive WIPs (there are lots of these, so I'll put them under a cut for you. Still, these are only the ones I’ve worked on in the past year. Again, from most- to least-recent.) 

HP GOtG -- A silly Harry Potter/Guardians of the Galaxy fic I have like a page of. I was mentally explaining the concept of fanfic to someone and this... happened.

HPCM Ways to Live -- Another One Piece Cobymeppo fic, and AU (or UA) about if Luffy had never met Coby in ep.1 and skipped right over to kick Morgan's ass in Shells Town. tldr Coby and Helmeppo become pirates.

FFXV parents AU -- I was REALLY into this one for a while, got a couple thousand words and a good plot outline on it. It's Final Fantasy 15 AU (or, as usual, a UA) in which Noctis is only a baby when the empire attacks, and teenage Ignis and Gladio have to run away with him, and end up raising him on their own. I 100% intend to finish this one, but it's not top priority at the moment.

A modern prometheus -- A magical-world retelling of Frankenstein. Probably gay.

FO4 WFM-- "Fallout 4, Waiting for magic" On the day the bombs drop, Nora's husband is still at war, while she's several months pregnant and working on her legal cases from home. Her friend Nick Valentine has come to give her some documents and check on her when they're suddenly ushered into the vault and frozen. AKA the romantic adventures of Nick and a heavily pregnant Nora out in the Commonwealth. (Inspired by an Ace of Bass song)

Fo4 Sky-- "Fallout 4, Skyrim" Basically a riff off the previous story, but not the same at all, somehow. Set in Skyrim, Nora is essentially sleeping beauty. Wait. Snow white? Er, yeah. Magically frozen in a coffin, yeah. 

MEA Avi -- "Mass Effect Andromeda, Avi: a sci-fi ghost story" REALLY thought I was gonna finish this one, but I got distracted from MEA altogether. The story of Avitus Rix and his SAM unit, which has begun to think it is the late Macen Barro, its previous owner/partner, and Avitus' longtime boyfriend. Still can't decide how sad I want it, but it'll be pretty gloomy even if I go with a happy ending.

DCo side story AU -- A modern mini-fic about my DamselCo characters going on a double date, except Addisson and Hunter are both late so it's just Ellery and Isabelle being kind of awkward.

FFXV Dear Fellow Traveler -- AU, Prompto was raised in Niflheim and meets Noctis and the others on their (very long, winding) trip to Noct's engagement. Promptis, no war.

FFXV mermaid AU -- More Promptis. Noctis fishes up mer-person Prompto. They have adventures. Ignis has to go looking for Noctis later and meets mer-person Gladio.

OW Sagittarius  -- Eheh, posted the first chapter of this in January and then just gave up. XD;;;; I feel so bad. An Overwatch teenage McHanzo AU, where Jesse is a centaur sold into slavery to the yakuza. Trained by the Shimada clan, he falls in love with the heir, Hanzo, who then helps him escape. Many years later, they meet again in Overwatch. I have a GOOD plot outline for this, so I really have no excuse for not finishing it. It's on the to-do list after the first few.

FFXV Firstborn son -- Question: is a person still consider a trans-person if they're born female, but both raised as and identify as male (because patriarchal bullshit)? If so: trans-Noctis, Promptis fic.

FFXV Mirror Sword Shield -- Yet another FFXV AU, obviously inspired by that one Coldplay song that I love. Hundreds of years ago, Noctis defeated the darkness, but was sealed away inside the crystal, only to return when he needed to do it again. Prompto, Ignis, and Gladio have trained as his guardians all their lives, for the slim chance that he does return. (I really like this idea, but if I write this one, it'll only be after I finish the other FFXV fics.)

OW BB -- Guess what? Another "Beauty and the Beast" fic, Overwatch flavored. Except it's really more like, "the beast and also another beast". McHanzo, of course, featuring a snarky dragon spirit that constantly taunts Hanzo about his guilt.

BttF Ashes -- Hot damn I gotta write this fic some day. I have a GREAT plot outline for it, following a chiptune song called Ashes. I love it, it makes me cry. It's a Back to the Future AU, about Doc dying when his house burns down. Years later, ghost-Doc teams up with Marty to finish the time machine, and then (spoiler alert) Marty goes back in time and saves Doc, pulling his corporeal self into the future ala The Mediator and they live happily ever after the end. XD

PacRim Redefined -- Another one I feel bad about, because I have posted most of what I have written, but I don't know if I'll ever finish it. It's a far-future semi-AU about Newt and Hermann. TBH it's one of my favorite fics I've ever written, but I'm a loser and can never finish anything. Hopefully next year??? I've got much of a plot outline, so.

Bttf Dino prompt -- Braincoins prompted me last year to write a fic about Marty and a dinosaur, and I started to! But then I had no idea where I was going with it, so I stopped a few pages in. ^^; I'd like to figure out an ending to it that isn't both boring and bleak.

Bttf Solving for X -- A series of short AUs about if either Doc or Marty (or both) were women. I'd like to maybe work on this one again sometime.

HxH AU Laughter Lines -- A Hunter x Hunter fic that makes me cry when I think about it XDXDXD Based on the Bastille song of the same name, it's an AU in which Gon is like... a tree nymph. A little hard to explain, it's a sad little Killugon fic, and it should be pretty short, so I ought to just sit down and write it one day.

BttF Thirst for Romance -- I love this idea! Why haven't I written it?! In his 30's or 40's, Marty is a nurse at a convalescent home/ hospice, where he meets Doc, who loves to tell wild stories. He tells Marty stories about adventures that the two of them had in the 80's and with time travel. Everyone assumes Doc is just very creative and lonely, and they love his stories. He and Marty become close, and when Doc passes away, he leaves his meager possessions to Marty, including a mysterious set of keys which unlock his old garage, and a strange old car inside... (Really want to write this one eventually!) (Based on the song of the same name.)

BttF Hell Valley -- A sad AU, taking place in the Hell Valley timeline from movie 2. Marty has run away from his abusive step-dad and finds himself living in Doc's garage. They're just two broken people trying to get by. Marty wants Doc to run away with him, someplace far away, but Doc has a better idea, if he can get it to work. (Inspired by the song Fast Car, the sad-sounding Jonas Blue version. "You got a fast car. Is it fast enough so we could fly away?")

BttF SG fusion -- and last and possibly least, yet another BttF AU, but a fusion with Steins;Gate, because time travel is not complicated ENOUGH, I have to make it WORSE. In this story, Marty is raised in the dystopian future with the goal of going back to the past to kill Doc Brown before he can create time travel. I liked the idea a lot, but to be honest I think I even confused myself with it. I'd sort of like to keep writing it, but it'll take a lot more effort than I can foresee me wanting to put in any time soon. Tagging: (if I can remember which of my friends write) um... @braincoins, @nomadsky, and, uh... I know that more of you are writers, so just... take it and pretend I tagged you! 

[thatonedovahkiin]

Alright long-ass post about Anime Austin this last weekend. Read it if you want but tbh I just wanted to get this off my chest. It’s nothing bad, it’s just lengthy c:

So, this last weekend I went to Anime Austin--a very small, new, convention here. The main reason I went was so that I could meet my absolute favorite cosplayer Leon Chiro (if you haven’t looked at his works please go check them out he is SERIOUSLY the best male cosplayer I’ve seen). When I heard that he was coming to Austin I freaked the fuck out and I wanted to go so so badly but I was worried that I couldn’t cuz..well I’m broke. But I had a really good friend come in clutch and give me a free pass, I can’t thank her enough because if it weren’t for her none of this would’ve been possible. I threw together a quick Gladio cosplay the night before (I made the cosplay in about...4-6 hours) and I made a cup noodle sword (I didn’t want to go as Gladio without a weapon c: ) since Leon was going as Gladio on Friday for a photoshoot and I fixed up my Andromeda cosplay for Saturday.

I was honestly really worried that a lot of people were going to go to this con because of Leon since he is an international guest but to my surprise there actually weren’t that many people. I mean there were quite a few attendees (especially on Saturday) but y’know there weren’t as many as there were at Ikkicon, and I feel like there were more here than at Anime Overload (which is surprising cuz it’s an older con...but honestly not as organized).

But anyway, I went on Friday to go to his panel dressed up as Gladio. I went in the panel room like...an hour and a half before the panel was scheduled to start since I thought a bunch of people would flood in the room but surprisingly there were about..like maybe 20 people in that room? But once he walked in, he saw my cup noodle sword that I made and was like: “Well what do we have here?!” He looked so excited so I got up to go hand him my sword, before he even took the sword he gave me a hug and greeted me then started swinging it around a little bit. Like honestly that sword has no stability whatsoever so I was super surprised it even stayed together as he swung it around everywhere. But throughout the panel I honestly really loved getting to know him and asking questions that I probably would’ve never done through one of his livestreams or just online in general. It was really nice being able to talk with him one-on-one. After the panel I gave him a cup noodle, a pack of M&M’s, and I took a picture with him. He even complimented my scar and recommended a certain SFX product to help make the scar the way Gladio has it (I used gelatin and he recommended Collodion since Gladio’s scar goes in his face, not out) ; v; And I told him that I had a cake for him and he looked so excited about it and I basically talked with his handler (who is the SWEETEST DANG LADY EVER) on when I could get it to them.

Later that day I went in a little panel room and waited since he was doing the FFXV photoshoot, a couple of people came too and it was really nice hanging out with a bunch of other people and talking to them. Eventually we all actually started lining up for the photos and I didn’t go until near the end. He saw that I was there and said hi, and he asked if my sword was fragile, I didn’t give him an exact answer but he was busy at the time so I just waited until he walked out. So he came out after he was done taking photos with someone and took the sword and started swinging it again, just seeing if it was durable and then POP it fucking flew off and everyone started laughing so hard. He looked so embarrassed and kept apologizing to me about it, saying: “we’ll fix it for you, I’m so sorry, we’ll go ahead and fix it” and everyone was offering to go with me to get it fixed and I was honestly so like...happy that everyone was even offering and telling me where I can get it fixed. I told them it wasn’t a big deal since it was just a gag prop and thanked them. I got a great photo with him though with the broken sword. I fixed it in the end though and took it back on Sunday to show him, he still apologized for it ♥

On Saturday I didn’t get to see him for a majority of the day since he was really busy with pre-judging for the cosplay contest. But I did see him when I went to go in for my pre-judging and the poor guy looked SO exhausted. I gave him his cake, a photo of him with my broken sword, and a little note about the cake. I was honestly SO nervous during the pre-judging because I was worried that my cosplay wasn’t good at all and just how I would look in front of the judges, I was even more nervous thinking about my walk-on (but surprisingly I nailed that shit HAHA). But after the cosplay contest I saw him and said hi, he looked so so tired and I felt so bad but I told him I was out for the day and asked him if he was doing anything tonight and tomorrow. He told me he had the late night panel going on and initially I didn’t think of going since it was..well, later in the evening and I was exhausted. But on the drive back home I talked to Branden about it and after some convincing we both decided to go. He didn’t entirely want to because of the drive through downtown but he saw that I wanted to go so he was convinced luckily ♥ After we rested up a little and ate we went back to the hotel to go to the panel and honestly I loved that panel way more than the one on Friday. I felt like it was more close-knit and just fun in general since there were about 10 people at that entire panel, plus I was with good friends! At that panel I challenged him to arm-wrestle me, we got him to talk in a Southern accent, and y’know just had really nice conversations.

After the panel we all just started standing around getting ready to walk out of the room and Leon told us a story about how a young lady a while back gave him a hug when she met him and the next day she told him that her boyfriend broke up with her because of that hug. Branden called it out and was saying that the girl deserved so much better, the boy was fucking garbage, and it wasn’t his fault at all. Leon looked so surprised when he said that and just loved it. We then stepped outside to get prints and I let a lot of people go before me since I knew I was going to take a while. Once it was me and like three other people, he offered to just give us his prints which was honestly the sweetest fucking thing ever. I only took one, and I got him to sign the picture of him with the broken sword. I also asked him to take a couple of pictures and I asked him if I could get one of me giving him a kiss so I could show my mom. He then was like: “I mean, is your boyfriend okay with it? Nothing’s going to happen?” he looked so so worried about it and Branden just straight up said: “No dude, she can go for it. She’s her own person, I’m not worried about anything. I have enough confidence and faith in her like...I’m not one of those, I’m not a jealous guy.” Leon looked so so happy when he said that and was just like: MY MAN. He gave him a huge hug and told him how much respect and love he had for him because of how like...not shitty Branden is as a guy. I told Leon that I’ve known Branden since we were 9 years old and he FLIPPED, just saying like: “Never let her go, she’s the best, you guys are so lucky I’m so happy to see that you have kept your bond for so so long”. Honestly I wanted to fucking cry because of how genuine he was, he looked so excited and happy. After all that was said and done we told him we were going to leave and that Branden wasn’t going to be back for Sunday. Leon looked so sad about that and gave him like the biggest hug, Branden wished him the best and I told Leon that I’d be back tomorrow. On our way back home we kind of realized that we didn’t pay for the prints and we said that we were going to give him the money tomorrow.

So finally on Sunday I woke up with THE WORST stomach virus at like 7 in the morning and I actually almost ended up not going. But after sitting at home for a couple of hours, drinking some ginger ale, taking some antibiotics and waiting it out I actually started feeling better and went to the con for a short amount of time. I waited for about...1 1/2 hours for Leon since I had no clue what time he was gonna be at his booth but I hung out with a couple of friends in the meantime. Eventually I saw that he was at his table and my friend and I went. Once we like walked up to the table we saw that there were a bunch of people there just hanging around and we were kind of farther back and decided to wait it out, but he walked over to his table (since he was in the crowd for some time) and he saw that we were standing there, he looked at me straight in the eyes and acknowledged that I was there and waved at me. I felt kind of special tbh lol. I waited for the crowd to die down and get smaller so I could talk to Leon and give him what I needed to. I got him to take a video for Branden saying thank you, I got more pictures, and I showed him that I fixed my sword! He looked so relieved that I fixed it. I told him that I was going home and I almost walked out of there without giving him the money.

So I actually ran back in there and waited a little longer so that he was free. Once he saw me again I showed him the money and told him: “This is from me and Branden. We wanted to pay you for the print.” He didn’t want to take it. “Take it as a donation at least. We’re giving this to you since we want to support you and your future projects. We love you so very much and we just want you to have this, from both of us. Please take it since right now I can’t support you on Patreon just yet, I will soon, but I want to help you now.” He wanted me to take another print but I refused and I swear the man looked like he was about to cry. He gave me a big hug and thanked me so much. Like maaan I wanted to fuckin’ cry. I gave him a lil’ smooch, told him thank you, safe travels and enjoy the cake and I made my merry way home. I actually cried a little bit on the drive back.

I’m so so SO happy that I got to meet him and basically be so one-on-one with him. I’m excited to see him again and to see all of his future projects. Meeting Leon has honestly given me such a huge wave of inspiration and confidence that I want to actually improve not only myself as a person, but I want to get better at making cosplays, work out a lot more, and just..y’know follow in his footsteps.

I really want to thank him for giving me such a confidence and inspiration boost because really, just seeing him online made me like decently inspired but I never was motivated enough to follow through with anything, but meeting him and getting to know him has given me motivation and inspiration on how to go about those projects.

So, thank you Leon for being so inspirational, and thank you so much for helping me be a better person. I’m excited to see you again and Branden and I will both work hard to create bigger and better cosplays. I can’t say thank you enough. ♥♥♥

[xennariel]

@hyah-through-hyrule @magewardensurana @royai-is-love

Thanks for sending these! Since Surana asked for all of them for FMA, I figured I’d just screenshot your asks and @ you all and include any of my fandoms. FMA is my major fandom so that’s what it’s pretty much going to cover anyway. And sorry it took so long to answer. I reblogged that meme right when I had to leave to a family bbq.

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?* - I think my fellow FMA fans will know this one already, but uh, R*yed, Elricest... Also HavocxRiza. But I mean, I guess I understand why people might ship that one, I just don’t like it at all. Kind of makes me uncomfortable for some reason. And AlucardxSeras for sure. He’s clearly a father figure and, ya know, Seras had a love interest who actually became a part of her in a strangely romantic kind of way.

2. Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?* - I guess HavocxRiza would fall under this, but it’s not exactly a popular otp so I’m not sure it counts. Roy and Ed, obviously. Uh... LinaxGourry. It’s the canon pairing and while I almost always ship the canon pairings, I only sort of kind of ship them.

3. Have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion? - Ummmm, once? I think? Oh no no, a few times actually. When I got back into the FMA fandom, I went on an FMA blog following spree and I ended up following a couple of blogs that didn’t outright ship R*yed, but they thought it was okay if people shipped it and they seemed to lowkey ship it so I got right the hell out of there. I think those were the only times? I can’t remember now. The only other time I unfollowed someone was when they made a rude comment on a post of mine even though I wasn’t saying anything mean or anything. The comment seemed out of nowhere and I was upset about it so I unfollowed, which was sad since I kind of thought the person was nice up until that point. Oh and I have unfollowed people for posting copious amounts of uncredited fanart.

4. Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?* - Obviously R*yed and Elr*cest. RizaxHavoc. SerasxAlucard in Hellsing. SlitxNux in Mad Max: Fury Road. NoctisxPrompto in FFXV. And yes they are all pretty popular OTPs in the fandoms, with the exception of RizaxHavoc which I don’t see too much of.

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?* - Yeah. I was pretty meh about SlitxNux and could have ignored it, until that was the only pairing I was seeing on my dash. They had no chemistry whatsoever and I hated having to see that pairing on my dashall  the time. I eventually figured out how to download Tumblr Savior and blocked it, but until then I had to put up with it if I wanted to remain in the fandom. It was like the only ship anyone shipped so there wouldn’t have been any more MMFR blogs to follow. lol

6. Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?* - Uh, I don’t think so. Once I hate a pairing, I don’t ever really start to like it. There’s a reason I hate something.

7. Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?* - When I first got back into the FMA/Royai fandom last year, I liked young Royai. But, I reread the manga again since then and also watched Brotherhood again and there definitely was nothing going on between Roy and Riza when they were younger and the more I think about it, the more I dislike young Royai. The way they interact at her father’s funeral is too formal and impersonal. Also, it seems that Riza is at least two to three years younger than Roy and she would be too young for there to be something romantic between them. If he was 15 she’d be 12 and we then run into the same issue I have with R*yed, but on a much smaller scale.

8. Have you received anon hate? What about?*- I don’t think so? I misread an anon message once and thought the person was sending hate, but then after responding, I read the message again and realized I read it wrong and I still feel really bad about my snippy response. =(

9. Most disliked character(s)? Why? - Haha, oh boy, here we go. Tracer from Overwatch. From the get go her personality annoyed the hell out of me. Chibiusa from Sailor Moon. Again, from the get go her personality annoyed me. She was such a brat. Thrall from World of Warcraft. Fucking Green Jesus. Someone kill him already. Malfurion from World of Warcraft. Annoying asshole. He needs to die too. And he looks absolutely fucking ridiculous to boot. There’s no one in FMA I especially hate.

10. Most disliked arc? Why? - Uhhh, in FMA... Look I loved the Briggs characters. Olivier is one of my favorite characters ever. And Buccaneer is rad af and I love him. But it’s my least favorite arc because my two absolute favorite characters, Roy and Riza, are not really in it. As for other fandoms, I could write a book about why the Warlords of Draenor expansion sucked so royally on World of Warcraft.

11. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why? - Envy. People rightfully hate him, but I’m usually drawn to creepy/evil/sadistic characters and yes I did cry the first time I read/watched him die. I also love Pride for the same reason. Evil/scary characters are my jam.

12. Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why? - I loved Mists of Pandaria (WoW expansion), okay? It was a great expansion with great raiding (except SOO, I admit) and I like the Pandaren and the lore was great and haters can stfu. It was better than Cata and Draenor or even those combined. (Oh god what a horror it would be combining those two terrible expansions. I want to die just thinking about it.) I can’t think of any other series I like that had arcs though... (besides FMA, but I cant’ say I particularly hate any of FMA’s arcs.) It’s been years since I’ve kept up with any long series and I’m no longer really a fan of any of the ones I used to like a lot (Fushigi Yuugi for example.)

13. Unpopular opinion about XXX character? - Didn’t get any specific character for this so do you just want me to rant about stuff I dislike about characters? Um... A lot of people hate the fact that Roy used the philosopher’s stone to restore his eyesight and think that it’s a horrible thing for him to do. I disagree. What else were they going to do with it? It was already created. They would have just thrown all those lives away for nothing? At least by restoring Roy’s eyesight he went on to restore Ishval and help the Ishvalans that were still alive. He did good things by using that stone and it didn’t go to waste by being thrown away or used for something less.

14. Unpopular opinion about your fandom?- The Hellsing fandom posts way too much reposted art and I hate it. I only follow two Hellsing blogs because of this. I want to be a part of the fandom here because it’s been, like, eight years, but I just refuse to be a part of a community that readily posts and reblogs uncredited fanart. Same goes for the FMA fandom as of late. Get your shit together, guys. Also half of the FMA fandom ships a gross ship so that’s cringey. The fandom can also get pretty “clique-y.” People stick to certain kinds of people and don’t include others, and I mean, I can get this way too sometimes unintentionally, but it’s bad when you’re actively trying to communicate and they ignore you because you’re not popular enough or whatever the hell the reason is. Apparently if you’re not making fantastic art or writing amazing sagas, you don’t get to be a part of their space.

15. Unpopular opinion about the manga/show? - So... Please don’t hate me for this, but, um, when I first got into FMA back in, like, 2002-2004, I liked Ed and Al a lot. But the anime veered off in a direction I didn’t like so I got out of the series, but when I returned to the fandom last year, the sole reason was because of Roy and Riza. Don’t get me wrong, Ed and Al are great, but now that I’m older, I don’t...like them as much. (I think it’s maybe because I’m older so I don’t identify with Ed and Al anymore?) But, I’d much rather watch a show with Roy and Riza as the main characters and Ed and Al having a back seat. *dodges tomatoes* I’m so sorry! I even skipped around a bit in the manga and Brotherhood just to get to the Roy and Riza parts. Their story and characters interest me far more.

As for Hellsing, the war with Millennium seemed a little anticlimactic. I think Hirano could have done better, but he rushed it? Like, that whole ending scene of that one manga chapter where Alucard jumps down from a building and faces off with Anderson and Captain and we got that, like, tri-split panel? That was way cool, but it went nowhere. I was expecting some epic showdown, but they all just went off and did their own thing and Anderson and Alucard fought only each other later on. And Seras was the one that fought Captain. And then that whole thing with Islands in that undertaker looking getup talking about how they were going to nuke London to end the war. That never went anywhere. I was just a little disappointed in the war as a whole, though the parts we did get were great.

16. If you could change anything in the show, what would you change? - For FMA, it was pretty heavily implied that Roy and Riza had feeling for each other, but I would have liked that more confirmed. Like, a brush of their hands at the end of the final fight or something. Something small, but notable? Just ANYTHING. lol We got confirmation for AlucardxIntegra in the last chapter of fucking Hellsing and that was certainly not a romance series either.

17. Instead of XYZ happening, I would have made ABC happen… - Again, I didn’t get any specifics for this so I’m not going to answer this one. If you want to send me something specific, shoot.

18. Does not shipping something ‘popular’ mean you’re in denial and/or biased? - LOL No, of course not. Especially if said popular ship is not canon or heavily implied to be canon. If it’s just a popular ship people want to be canon, no one is in any way in denial about not shipping it. Or maybe someone just doesn’t like the ship or has some kind of issues with it. People are allowed to hate stuff others like.

19. What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom? - For FMA, the half of the fandom that ships gross ships. The people that seem to ignore anyone that doesn’t have perfect fanart or fanfiction that meets their standards. The people that decide they won’t talk to you just because you said you didn’t like a certain thing. (I know this is vague, but I don’t really want to start shit.)

20. What is the purest ship in the fandom? - Edwin and Royai.

21. What are your thoughts on crack ships? - Not a fan. Crack anything is usually a turn off for me. I’m picky enough about the ships I read fanfics for, crack ruins it.

22. Popular character you hate? - Slit in the MMFR fandom. I hate that character so fucking much. And I actually think my hate for him is thanks to the fandom. Tracer from Overwatch. Thrall... Is he popular? I feel like I see more hate for him than I do positive things for him. Chibiusa from Sailor Moon. Seras from Hellsing. Look, I don’t hate hate her. She’s just my least favorite main character. >_> Oz from Pandora Hearts.

23. Unpopular character you love? - Envy, Pride (is he unpopular?)... I don’t really know who the ‘unpopular’ characters in most of my fandoms are so this is a tough one to answer.

24. Would you recommend XXX to a friend? Why or why not? - Can’t answer this one either. Send me something if you want an answer.

25. How would you end XXX/Would you change the ending of XXX? - Same as above.

26. Most shippable character? - I’m not really a multishipper. But I guess Roy is certainly shippable. Alucard from Hellsing too.

27. Least shippable character? - Kimblee. He’s hot, but slimy. Major from Hellsing. He’s overall a creep. 

[ferix-writes]

for the writing meme: 3, 4, 22, 23, 40, 47

3. Name three favorite writers.

I’m actually going to name four, but two tend to work together for their FFXV content so w/e haha. 

One is @tenshinokorin, because her fics are just inspiring in how hilariously in character they are. I love how she takes whatever idea she’s focused on and just goes for it full force. Her writing is like life goals level to me lol. To have the drive and the skill to take even the oddest situation and make it relevant to canon is just so cool. 

The pair is @schalakitty and @inevitablesurrender​. Their mastery of the boys’ relationship and all the wonderful smut they have given the fandom is staggering! Seriously, I get so excited when they publish something new. 

The last is @demnocts​. I think Gil was the fic that got me into his work, but he has so many good ones! My favorite thing about his fics is that the storytelling is so captivating. Whenever I read his stuff I can’t tear my eyes away!

4. Name three authors that were influential to your work and why. 

The first is J.K. Rowling for, obviously, the Harry Potter series. I’ve kind of come to resent this because her writing is definitely not the best out there, and I’m a little tired of the HP fandom in general because I think it’s kind of toxic in the way that fandoms get when they’re too big, but I can’t deny that I really fell in love with reading, and in turn writing, because the Harry Potter series was being released as I grew up. So, it is what it is, and if I hadn’t started reading so much so young, I don’t think I’d be as love with fiction as I am today. 

Another is David Clement-Davies, as I read his books Fire Bringer and The Sight when I was younger and really loved both of them. They’re both stories about a group of animals that go through all these ups and downs of their lives with an added touch of fantasy, kind of similar to Watership Down, in a way? I feel like his stories really motivated me to want to write fiction, too, because they were just so captivating and adventurous, while also being about stuff that a teenager would like (ie, wolves and magic, haha). 

I can’t say I’ve read any of his other works, but I really enjoyed Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. It’s been so many years since I’ve read it so I can’t really give specifics, but I guess I was just amazed by how much worldbuilding and such that he’d done, it just really stuck with me. 

I have to be honest, I don’t read many published books anymore. It’s probably a habit I should break, but I just take up all my own time with either school, work or writing. 

22. Favorite story you’ve ever written. 

Man it is so hard to pick a favorite out of all my FFXV fics. I’ve been staring at my list of works for the past 5 minutes so I guess I’ll just make a decision and say Sericues. Honestly I’m just really proud of myself for writing that? I can’t believe I came up with that whole thing just based on one drawing, and on top of that it was fun overall, like looking through the websites of designer lingerie brands like Agent Provocateur and Bordelle for inspiration. I also hadn’t written a sex scene in like….years. But somehow I jumped right back in with a foursome and it all worked out.   

23. Least favorite story you’ve ever written. 

I can’t say I have a least favorite among my FFXV fics, so I’m going to reach into the mixed bag of other fandoms I’ve written for in the past. This isn’t really a least favorite as in ‘I didnt like writing it’, its more, ‘How has this become so popular??!!’ 

I wrote a less than 200 word fic that probably took me like 15 minutes, based on some random prompt an anon posted on 4chan’s /vp/ in 2011. I posted it on deviantart (and Ao3, but it’s not as viewed over there) and since then it’s gotten twenty-six thousand views. That’s five times as more as any of my fics on Ao3. Ao3 does probably have a much smaller userbase, but still. It’s 6 years later and people are still bookmarking it. I’m just blown away. 

40. Which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series.

Well if someone made an actual movie/animation about any kind of FFXV Dance AU, much less my own, I’d flip my shit, so there’s that haha. 

But since we’re talking mostly about a video game I’ll change this to ‘What if one of your fics could be added to the game’s canon’. And in that case it would be either Of Hair Colors and Gossip or Heart’s Desire, because I just really want Noctis to marry Prompto, okay. ;-;

47. How many unfinished ideas/stories are you working on at the same time?

I’d like it to be just one, but of course that’s never true. Right now I have four…ish, but I’ll probably come up with something new in like the next hour, goodness knows. 

They are-

Into You, the dance AU that’s WIP

A fill for this prompt (yes I was the commenter)

Plus 2 other ideas that are pretty much fully fleshed out, but I havent actually written anything yet. 

Plus a few other ideas that would only be drabbles.

And a lot of bookmarked prompts that i’d love to fill someday. 

Whew! Thank you so much for the ask! And bless you if you read this whole thing lol

[geochic03]

Final Thoughts on FFXV

So, I finished the game a few days ago and needed an outlet for my thoughts and feelings because oh man did Chapter 14 bring the feels train fast and hard. To the point where I am giving PSA’s at work about it to my co workers who are playing the game.

 Before I start, I just want to say that I had been following the game development for a few years now and was undecided after playing the Platinum demo how much I was going to like the game.  I am a traditionalist when it comes to Final Fantasy games and when they change things to much I don’t like it (looking at you X-2).  So when I saw the battle system I was a little skeptical that I would like it.  But none the less I gave it a chance especially after all the hype and how well done the Brotherhood anime was.

 With that said, there a few things I need to get off my lady chest:

 - The throw away dialog and puns in this game were just everything. (What are you my mother?  Mums the word ahahaha)  And the animation in battles and while driving were so fantastic (Ie when your driving Gladio and Prompto start plugging their nose and getting mad at Noctis like he farted in the car.  Like omg lol that is such a bro thing I can’t even.)

 - I am fairly certain Regis somehow sabotaged the car to delay the journey long enough so they wouldn’t be anywhere near the Crown City when the NIff’s pulled their bull shit.  I mean Cid more or less implies it in the game and Regis doesn’t seem that stupid to not know it was a trap and wanted to save his son. (hence why the wedding was to be in Altissia)

 - How did Gladio get his orginal scars?  Did he get into a fight about cup of noodles defending their honor?  Also what the fuck happened when he went off those few days on his own.  I mean I have theories (see my post below about Gladio and the Cup of Noodles cult) but damn it I will riot in the streets if his DLC doesn’t explain it.

 - I really want to know more about the girl Galdio is seeing 10 years later.  I mean he is obviously smitten with her to bring her up to them the eve of their taking the city back.

 - Iris is queen.

 - Prompto’s heart belongs to Cindy.

 - Prompto’s heart also belongs to Noctis (I didn’t get Promptis until I played the game and my god do I ship it.  I ship it so hard.)

 - Is it ever explained why Cor is called Cor the Immortal?  Maybe his DLC will explain it but I imagine it’s because either he is really immortal or its a derogatory term used towards him because he always seems to miss the big battles?  I am thinking the later because he doesn’t seem to happy about being called that.

 - I feel like Noctis and Luna had this Romeo and Juliet thing going on for awhile.

 - I wish they went into their relationship more in the game…I mean obviously there was more to this engagement than just political reasons.  They obviously cared for each other.

 - The Chocobo side quests were everything in this game.  I mean they might be my favorite Chocobos in a final fantasy game of all time.

 - I may or may not have driven the Regalia in first person view so I could turn the camera directly on Ignis and just stare at that beautiful man’s face for hours.

 - “That’s it!  I’ve discovered a new receipe” will now become a trigger of mine.

 - Sorry Phichit from Yuri on Ice!! but Prompto Argentum is the new king of selfies.

 - Also sooooooo many butt shots in this game.  I mean come on Prompto….we get it you have a thing for butts…expecially Glaido’s butt.

 - Prompto really did take the best pictures.  I mean dude’s got a gift. (Also I was undecided if I was going to enjoy this feature in the game but my god if it was not my favorite thing to do out of all the guys special skills.  I loved to see what pictures Prompto took today)

 - Speaking of Prompto…all this time I thought his insecurities stemmed from being a ackward fat kid (can so relate to that) but nope, not at all.  Dude had the darkest back story of the game.  I mean after Chapter 13 I just wanted to bundle him up and protect him at all costs.

 - Also, apparently he was adopted as a baby but how did he know he was an MT?  Did he just make the connection while they were traveling or did he always know?  Or did Ardyn tell him?  So unclear.

 - In the beginning I kind of hated Noctis.  I thought he was just this emo trash kid who was sheltered in life and didn’t want to grow up.  But by the end of it all I was literally on my knees bowing to the almighty true king.  I mean jesus did he redeem himself in the end.

 - I’m not ok with the fact that Prompto never met Lunafreya or saw Pryna again.

 - I was more upset about Ignis going blind than I was about Luna getting stabbed.

 - Ignis being blind the rest of the game was worse than if they just killed him off.  It was so sad to play pretty much 4 chapters watching him struggle.

 - I am fairly sure Cid lived with Ignis during the 10 years Noct was gone.  Like Ignis took him in and took care of him while they were in Lestallum.  Iggy is such a stand up guy.

 - Ardyn just screamed stranger danger throughout the whole game.  I mean in Lestallum I was screaming at my tv for them to not go with him.  Like really that red convertible was literally a big white shady van.

 - Also I feel no sympathy for Ardyn at all.  He was a sick twisted mother fucker.  I mean he had the images of all his ‘kills’ hanging above the thrown.  That is a sick and twisted man-demon.

- However I do feel sympathy for Ravus.  Poor bastard loved Luna so much and was really the casualty of this shitty war between Lucis and Niffilheim.

 - The Final Fantasy call backs in this game we great (the soundtracks from old games, Wedge, Biggs, the Spira bank etc etc)

- Noctis sitting on the throne after defeating Ardyn killed me so much.  He was so strong and just accepted his fate.  Poor guy never had a chance for anything else.  God damn destiny.

 - Nothing in life has ever made me cry sobbing ugly tears like the camp fire scene during the credits.  I mean I was crying the minuet they were all sitting there silent not wanting to bring up the big white elephant in the room and then Noct just telling them he made peace with his fate and fucking Prompto just sobbing and god damn it even Galdio had tears in his eyes I just couldn’t take it.  It was too much.  I am still not over it and never will be.  I re-watched the scene again on Youtube a few times and I still ugly cry.  No scene in a video game has ever made me that emotional before.

 - The scene at the end with Luna and Noct I thought was nice but so sad.  Why couldn’t the six just grant them their lives back for being so pure and good?

 - Also, I am certain the chocobros lived.  I think the scene in the afterlife was just Ardyn hallucinating and Noct drawing on their bond to finish them off.  Otherwise why all the emphasis on rebuilding and Gladio making note of the structures being save able and the whole walk tall speech?  Noct was leaving the rebuilding process to them.

 - My ending head cannon would be Noct and Luna coming back and the chocobro’s meeting them on the steps of the Citadel and everyone reuniting and Noctis introducing her as his fiance and Luna healing Ignis’s eyes so that he can finally see dawn and everyone giving Gladio shit about the girl he’s been seeing and then teasing Prompto about pursuing Cindy for 10 years.

  In the end I got an epic bro road trip that turned into a runaway feels train that came crashing down hard.

 But I still loved the game anyways.

[roses-and-oceans]

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Oooh!! omg i am favorite??? AHHHH

1. I have impostor syndrome. I am sooooo certain everything i do is poo and people will realize it. Like I’m just waiting for the day someone will call me a sham and I’ll be like:

2. I have achy joints and I am turning 21 soon.  I broke my dominant arm a year ago and I loved drawing and writing. With the weather changes, its been such a hard time doing what I love and ughhhh. On my bad days I can’t even find solace in video games. Thats why if I disappear for a while, you’ll know ;-; I’m too young for this shit.

3. I love playing video games so so so much! Even if my hands hurt or my eyes get tired, I’ll play til i’ve exhausted myself! My favorite games are Overwatch, Majora’s Mask (100% completion bb), ffxv (obvs), the Sims, the Kingdom Hearts series, Sly Cooper Series, Ratchet and Clank Series, and countless others. 

4. I am lactose intolerant. But I still love cheese??? Can’t stop won’t stop???? I am v sad about ice cream tho. And boba tea. they dont offer subs here ;-;

5. I love reading books. I am so excited about books. I havent been able to read any new ones for a while but oooo i will re-read a book and never get tired of it. I will love it til the end of my days.

6. I work at a doggy daycare! I love all animals so I’m thrilled to be working with dogs, although it can be sorta nerve-wracking. It just sucks when dogs don’t get along with each other.

7. I’m shy. I can be incredibly, painfully shy and ughhh. I’m fine once I get to know you but ughhhh. I can be really quiet, I feel like i dont have much to contribute to friends convos or anythinggg.

8. That being said, I am HORRIBLE with communication. With work and just my mind boggling itself, I hardly check in on friends. Like yeah i’ll be like “hey how ya doin?” THREE MONTHS LATEr  “HI I AM ALIVE AND NOT SO WELL, I LOST AN ARM AND MY DIGNITY AGIN HOW AER YOU”.

9. I love sleep as much as Noctis does. Like I wish I could nap all the damn time. I sleep until the last possible minute, I make sure my alarm clocks are at full volume and I always, ALWAYS calculate the amount of sleep ima get when I get ready for bed. I need sleep to function and I’m barely able to with 8 hrs. I need more lmao.

10. I am the mom friend. Will take care of you, make sure you’re having a great time, will make you cookies if you have the ingredients and/or will buy whatever you need. I fiercely love my friends and will protect you no matter what. I will so what ever I can to make you smile!

I guess that’s it for now! I honestly don’t know what to say, I’m pretty boring lol

But thank you for sending this! And I hopefully, if i send you one and if you’ve already done it don’t worry about doing it again lol. 

Okay my s/o is making me go take a nap, he says I look like the dead. aint he sweet.

I’ll catch you guys later!