#especially fatalis LMAO

[luvsavos]

Oh damn…yeah on the “Aiden has killed a guy” thing we definitely disagree 😅 I gotta say, the concept of turning INTO an Elder Dragon is seriously something else…and it’s so neat that you also LOTG…I was like “hey how come at the end Aiden’s a solemn and then you see him at the beginning of World and he’s like “heyyyyy”. And she’s like “probably trying to be cool”. Still love how he sees you sitting alone and is like “absolutely not :)” ah, hold on, lemme continue this in another ask 😅

worry not this is absolutely wonderful i love talking in depth/length about characters like this<3

honestly my main backing for saying he's had to kill someone is two things: a) i like to make my faves suffer and having to kill another person would weigh VERY heavily on aiden, b) guild knights already do that as is, so while it's definitely FAR more likely that aiden was tasked with Just going around to help protect people, it Is a possibility and i use that to my advantage to make him suffer<3 i'd say he's fine but [gently pats the top of his head] this bad boy can fit so much repressed trauma in it LMAO

aiden was, i believe, the second instance of someone getting poofed into an elder dragon by vodrem; everyone else was just normal monsters (shang was an anjanath, and ended up keeping the alt form because he looked like the anja that raised him, the admiral was a tigrex, the huntsman was an acidic glavenus, the tracker was an odogaron, the seeker was the other elder dragon, an eo garudia; i don't THINK there were others but this was over a year ago and my memory is fuzzy</3 achilles also ended up getting poofed into an elder dragon at some point after the guild arc part 2, a xeno and then safi'jiiva, after aiden got spooked back into the fatalis form and let him drain some of his energy to speed up the molting process. he also ended up keeping the safi form, albeit by choice, so now he's just kinda this fucked up Black Dragon Lite™️ safi with primarily black colouration and dark red mottling and purple energy, i actually have a drawing i did of it somewhere as a ref for my friend, he is Very Pretty😌) i chose fatalis primarily because of how heavily i associate aiden with fatty (thanks iceborne) but also since i thought itd be interesting to explore a kind and outgoing and bubbly character like him grappling with the innate violence and rage of a fatalis... yet again making him suffer LMAO. to give him credit, he's done a good job at it, mostly because he typically just ends up being an oversized skittish cat who refuses to actually use any of the fatalis capabilities (save for flying, which he does admittedly enjoy). pancaketalis<3 i'll draw him fatalis'ed eventually, once i figure out how to texture the burn scars since they wouldn't be all that visible bc of the black scales

i definitely see aiden as the kind of person who doesn't, like, really Want to Let others see any solemness or whatnot from him most of the time; he's energetic, excitable, social and outgoing, and wants to maintain that---he doesn't want people to worry over him, i think. after all, he's usually the one that's trying to cheer everyone else up and support them, which may sort of be a way to try to deal with his own issues, in a way? me too buddy me too

i also adore how he's introduced in world, i think it's part of what got me to like him so much tbh. him immediately gravitating towards the one person sitting alone that didn't appear to have anyone else but their palico around with them, because everyone should feel included and welcomed, and while everyone else is already eating and talking away the player character is just sorta There, so of course, he strikes up a conversation, because that's what he does<3 nobody gets left out or left behind

(sidenote: i love that the fatalis pre-cutscene mirrors the intro cutscene. chefs fucking kiss im so normal about that)

[mammoth-clangen]

this is a very unique concept… I love how creative all these clangen inspired blogs are ❤️ very fun

for this one specifically though. Do the “cats” (I will call them that for simplicity’s sake) have designated roles similar to a Clan structure? Any real defined leader, or second in command, or healer? or are the responsibilities all sort of split/shared? do apprentices or their equivalent get assigned to specific mentors? also what should their group be referred to as? Clan? Colony? Pack?

This was asked a long while ago, but I feel like I can happily summarise now bc most of this has been revealed in story uvu

Lore dump!

The "cats" call themselves Fleet Fangs! This is because Homotherium was very cursorial (especially compared to other, typically very stocky, sabercats) and likely adapted for long distance travel. Ice Fangs (Smilodon fatalis) and Tuft Tails (Panthera leo atrox) both have saying that boil down to "once Fleets are running, you can't catch them" lmao

A group of Fleet Fangs is called a Kindred! It's partly based on sounding similar to "a kindle of kittens" and partially on how both clan and kindred mean "family and likeness", at least to me c:

They do sometimes use "pack" but that specifically refers to a small hunting party, not a group living together

Kindred of the Mammoth (and their neighbours we haven't met yet) are odd in that they're very strict in their traditions and territories. Only a few Kindreds have Holdfast names, and it's rare for them to be made up of as many non-relatives as Mammoth Kindred and Neighbour!Kindred. They're also usually nomadic!

Solitary Nomads who don't call themselves a kindred are also very common; it's easier to get by on smaller prey and move on if there's just 1 or 2 of you.

At 6 months, Mammoth Kindred cubs become tyros, and start learning from a mentor. As mentioned in Moon 5, they normally get their own mentor, but sharing definitely isn't unheard of. Even a tyro with one specific mentor will often spend time with another, because everyone has different skills and teaching methods!

There are also roles within a Kindred, such as scout, hunter, herbalist, wounder, clerc, etc. But they're not rigid like in the warriors universe. A herbalist will still hunt if they see prey and a scout will come back with a bundle of herbs if they recognise them while looking for prey or intruders. Also /Everyone/ helps hunt large game, because megafauna don't go down easy.

Leaders don't have 9 lives and often there is two of them! A typical kindred is more like a wolf pack with a partnered pair(ish) and their kids, rather than the unrelated amalgam dedicating their lives to hunting mammoths along one migration route cx

Tysm for your kind words btw! I really enjoy reading other's unique clangens and was inspired to make my own to basically just RNG my own world and lore cx

[sodasnapz]

Finally beat Fatalis and Alatreon in mhw last night <3

Feels especially good because Alatreon is my fav monster of all time LMAO

[ghirahims-trophyhusband]

By my boyfriend’s suggestion, her name is now Fridge. Welcome to the team ma’am.

[aethernoise]

#ffxivwrite2017 master post

Here it is! All prompt responses in one place. 

#1 -  Specter “in terram fatali”

#2 -  Synthetic “Only the Best”

#3 -  The Twelve "Madness”

#4 -  Self-editing “confession”

#5 -  Prank “It’s Probably Ascians”

#6 - Identification “what are you?”

#7 - Broken Leaf “public disturbance”

#8 - Shadows “Fissure”

#9 - Linkpearl “Static”

#10 - Slap “Traitor”

#11 - Mercy vs Justice “No Mercy”

#12 - Caste “necessary alterations”

#13 - Wounded Animal “a long night”

#14 - Wit “mind over matter”

#15 - Doppleganger “haunted”

#16 - Ceruleum “Bluefog”

#17 - Fate “autonomy” 

#18 - Self-control “victory/defeat”

#19 - A battle of wills “patient”

#20 - Blending in

#21 - Wind “Sometimes”

#22 - Monster

#24 - Waiting in line “provisions”

#25 - Obsolete “Divine Audience”

#26 - Sacred “Worthy”

#27 - Foot in mouth “Flexibility”

#28 - Rivalry “contest”

#29 - Prophecy “azure lost amidst the squall”

#30 - Frost “steps of faith”

Alright gonna try to avoid Feelings as best as possible but a quick note: 

I can’t believe I pulled this off. I also can’t believe I almost didn’t even try. This has been super fun and super…difficult lmao. BUT I think it’s been a wonderful experience both for me and for the community and I hope this encouraged some folks to write more who maybe hadn’t before! Even if you only did one prompt! You’re all awesome and I am proud of you!!!! ESPECIALLY CERTAIN SOMEONES you know who you are

Thank you for your support and your camaraderie and your writing and thank you @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast for organizing such a great challenge. 

[luvsavos]

the smoke bomb thing against fatalis will forever be fucking hilarious to me. who would win, God or smoke bomb

[luvsavos]

YOU YOU GET IT SAFI HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND THEN IT WENT POOF Like remember we never even got to see a safi that _had_ decided to leave its place. We have no idea what it could do to the world if it ever decided it was mature enough to leave its own nest The guild saw it, went "OH THAT HAS TO GO", and that was it

SOMEONE ELSE WITH GOOD OPINIONS HELL YEAH 🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

like i can def understand the reason for wanting to slay safi bc??? yeah it's fuckin dangerous, it literally reshapes ecosystems, but like????? it was just Vibing!!!!! granted it was also luring an incredibly destructive black dragon to consume its energy but STILL i don't recall that we knew anything about alatreon when safi was first discovered? all we knew was it was Big it was the mature form of xeno'jiiva and it was (rightfully) pissed off about its nap being interrupted and its nest being invaded by hunters

PERSONALLY and maybe i'm Biased because i like safi a lot and all but i feel like letting it be May Have been better?? more time to study it and how it works and whatnot, it didn't seem even slightly interested in anything outside of the secluded valley save for the first cutscene where its discovered and it comes back into the nest (possibly was out hunting?) and considering how much energy there IS in the secluded valley it seems like it wouldn't be an immediate danger to anything in the area for a LONG time; not to mention it's in the GUIDING LANDS so like?? definitely not an Immediate Oh Shit Threat to, like, Anyone LMAO

let safi be and take out the alatreon and it would have been Fine, but even if we DIDN'T take out alatreon in time a black dragon level safi would have been cool as HELL and made for a REALLY fun and challenging fight, especially if it Would end up gaining the elemental abilities and perfecting them (going in line w the jiivas being called the "perfect being")

but no😔 instead we got fatalis and everybody promptly forgot about safi and alatreon and the fact that safi Also seemed to be actively malicious and angry</3 gotta let the big bad get his spotlight I Guess

i don't even think anyone talks about safi after you beat ala and fatalis either? the most there is is the OCCASIONAL reference to alatreon iirc but absolutely nothing on safi and alatreon and how we "needed" to figure out the connection💔💔💔💔