#help im back in ardyn hell

[semi-imaginary-place]

end of ffxv thoughts

i sort of piecemeal watched the ending of ffxv so i finally sat down and watched the while thing through and some thoughts from the last 1/3 of the game

magic universe ending protozoa. This is bullshit. I get that they wanted to go scifi but it doesn't work. Imagine if maleria caused the sun to go out. They should have just made it magic. Curses were used to explain diseases anyways and magic engineering is already established in this setting. It can just be a magic infectious disease instead of having magic daemon protozoa and then they tied the magic protozoa to the world ending destruction of light like huh thats not how protozoa work. Like you could just say daemons and daemonic energy itself is infectious. Eh I suppose this isnt the worst i'm coming around to it. Like if you go the protozoa route how does the oracle bloodline stop it and why does lunafreya and ravus dying accelerate it (probably ardyn's doing) but it leaves more questions.

So in the final fight ardyn is weakened enough his physical body is destroyed but he still could come back from the rainbow realm. Ardyn kinda obsessed with noctis ngl

Which brings me to the next point presummably Noctis needs the power of the previous Lucis kings to get rid of Ardun for good but I thought that was what the 10 years was for to attune to the ring's power but then there's the cutscene of all the kings joining the ring. Did that really have to take 10 years? It feels more that the writers wanted a timeskip. I should go look up an explanation. Edit ah timeskip was crystal power.

Liked episode prompto gotta love an existential crisis. I am confused whether from prompto's monologue whether he knew he was an mt clone or not because he was saying as a kid he was afraid of people knowing. I should look that up. also did he meet luna before noctis? im unclear on the timeline. i looked things up. part of what confused me about the clone reveal was that the MTs seemed to be robotic when damaged or cut apart. the clones weren't directly put into the armor suits there were used as food to cultivate the black stuff which was then processed into the cores powering MTs. idk how much consciousness was retained but prompto seems to believe so.

Gotta say i really respect tabata. He was dumped into the worst case scenario, development hell project that had been dragging on and accumulating detritus for a decade, engine changes, concept changes, nomura, like late stage director change wow what a mess. I think tabata resigned after the project too. And yet ffxv managed to pull itself together in the end. Despite one if the worst development cycles in history xv still managed to have a better story than xvi. It shouldn't really be controversial to but monarchy iant a good government system so I'm a hard sell on return of the rightful king and divine right of kings type stories, ffxv did pretty good.

Also let me say maybe its the acearo but i cant be the only one who keeps forgetting lunafreya is the love interest they really feel like close childhood friends more than romanic interests. But I didn't hate it, it was fine.

just a thought. if after the darkening all of crown city moved to lestallum how is that possible. insomia looked like a major metropolis like hyper urban the population has got to be over 1 million maybe even 10 million or more and lestallum looks like a mid sized city maybe 0.5 million (possibly smaller) no way they absorbed that many people not to mention from other areas.

why was lunafreya in insomnia in the beginning of the game anyways

brotherhood huh i thought prompto and noctis met in highschool. actually if prompto was part of some lucis military operation how'd he end up living a normal childhood. oh the dog prompto helped pryna that's how they met. interesting contrast between prompto being presented as the "normal" one in the group and then he's actually super special i don't know if i like it. also not everything needs to connect back to noct and luna like prompto could have decided on weightloss and an image change on his own or be cause he wanted acceptance by his classmates. so prompto just shove his way into noctis's life after stalking him for like 7 years. eh anime's pretty bad it's on part with other videogame animes which all tend to be pretty bad or mid at best. it relies on tropes as a cheap easy way to tell a story with out doing any of the ground work to develope a narrative. eh it explains some plot things i suppose

kingsglaive: luna what are you doing just standing there while regis is trying to buy you time. drautos.. wasn't that the traitor guy. if so why did he send crowe to her death if the hairpin is bugged. presumably niflhiem wanted the tracker on lunafreya. the hairpin ending up with her through nyx is coincidence. multiple problems would have been solved giving lunafreya or nyx a gun. my dude why is you only long/mid range weapon a knife. plot armor really is the best armor drautos/glauca really shrugs off the entirely of regis's security detail, cladudis and regis but can barely get up from ring blast. why are the giant golems only activating now after the king has died (edit: oh that's the old wall they were talking about. it's not a wall). oh the car broke down i was like why are you all standing in the street, you're going to walk to altissia?? that's literally 40 times slower than driving. not sure why she ditched libertus beside to fit the game.

is it weird that i like the movie more than the game. movie is an action film to the background of a political drama with is exactly in my lane same reason i liked ff12. game is a bros roadtrip which is fun but isn't quite as exciting. kingsglaive also retains that urban fantasy setting that was core to versus xiii. kinda tropey action movie wise and as a movie maybe 8/10 but that's better than any other videogame movie i've ever seen in the last 20 years.

also i figured out why regis' model was bothering me, his beard isn't as neat as you'd expect. I guessing it's a 3d modeling thing because i sometimes see the same problem with animal fur just took me a while to connect the dots. regis' beard is kinda scraggly where as if you look at the beards of most high profile men they tend to be more neatly shaven (which by the way is a lot of work maintaining a good looking beard is more work then shaving every day because you still have to shave like every other day or but this time you have to actually groom it instead of taking it all off). i also still think the lucis crown looks stupid

ngl pocket edition looks super charming reminds me of bravely default i might like it more than the full game. idk why they bothered to remake all the models and assets this whole project seems like a waste of resources but it caters to my specific niche audience. i guess squeenix had too much fxiv money to burn.

[x-nephophile-x]

leave me be, im on my OC moodboard bullshit again

[ronkeyroo]

Know what I think is both sad and hilarious? If Verstael hadn't set Ardyn on the path of vengeance as well as absorb Infrit's memories.....he could have been a 2,000 year old hottie just roaming the world with the expression of "i'm so done with this shit". Just this cocktail of depression and a slight lack of empathy with a dash of "fuck off".

Like, "Oh, YOU think you go it bad?! Yes, tell me how you were literally backstabbed back your own brother who also killed your fiance and then turned everyone your ever helped against you to the point they threw rocks and crap at you before being dragged off onto an island where you were left in total isolation for CENTURIES only to be rescued by this short little blond shit speaking gibberish who won't stop poking and proding you in the name of science and war?"

"Ummmm....."

"That's what I thought." The proceeds to just down a bottle of wine before going out to sleep in his car.

He'd be that cynical uncle who has ptsd, depression, and conspiracy theories. Which is ultimately sad and just horrible but like...can you imagine the dialog with other people?!? 😂 Just this whole attitude of, "Oh we're in an apocalypse? Shiiit, drink up and smoke 'em it you got 'em. This is going to be one hell of a ride."

ANON YOU ARE SO RIGHT IT MIGHT AS WELL BE CANON holy FUCK.

Dude his past hurt and resonated with me so fucking much, im still heartbroken. He's been through such unjust shit,,i want to give him everything from the life that was stolen from him to therapy and self care and the meanest- heart cleansing bj for real

i CRINGED SO BADLY when Verst' found him, tortured and alone, after all those years, and literally used Ardyn's pain against him like that. Like If i were Ardyn, i'd still be hot on revenge even if i wasnt manipulated into it, especially after the unforgivable shit somnus pulled out of his ass, but verstael just threw gasoline in those wounds man. Motherfucker literally used him as a weapon for his own gain and I wish someone better was there to find him first...Imagine the POTENTIAL, muah, delicious.

This HC of Ardyn you shared with me is SO well fleshed out and accurate to his character that i can see it ANIMATED and HEAR IT IN HIS VOICE HGGHFNF. Like imagine that half drunk, half spiteful chug of wine at the end of his rant followed by a tipsy head tilt and a dissatisfied, squinting glare before turning away with a "hmph". UGH i love him. I love him in any way. I love him when he's trash jesus and when hes hobo man. Its awful that he suffers in like most of those AU's but i will love him through it all ANYWAYS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL BIT, I SHALL BE THINKING OF IT FOR TIME TO COME

[boybandsim]

leafeana replied to your post: 

WAIT i was just scrolling through your blog cause im hungry for content and saw this again and realized you asked what version i was playing? which i dont remember answering whoops

im playing it on pc! which is great bc then i get to mess around with mods (like the one that gives cindy some real clothing lol) but its also got its downsides since my computer is definitely not a gaming computer, which means graphics take a serious hit and lagging isnt uncommon

im...not sure if its royal edition?? I think windows edition has all the features of royal edition, although im not completely sure. I think luna has a cutscene in Insomnia thats only in royal edition, so once im there ill be able to tell. technically im in Insomnia now but ive time traveled back and it might be a while before i push on to the finale. after dealing with Altissia --> the start of Insomnia linearly i wanted some time to chill with the bros and pretend

everything is fine for a while. it has been a WILD ride for sure and yeah I haven't even started up any of the dlc yet! theres so much content!! ive been practicing playing as the other bros during medium-hard combat which has kept it feeling really fresh too. also its hilarious just blasting bad guys with a bazooka while the other people are in there swinging around swords and knives. and i haven't done any of the crossover quests yet, which seem big and exciting!

ill be forever sad that i missed the assassins festival but theres definitely plenty to do that I'm excited for. and im getting really into the fishing!! charmed is definitely the right word like..its not perfect at all but this game is so genuinely endearing with its characters personalites and development and its themes and music as well and it really does some things SO well.

god okay this is a lot of words. sorry for rambling and for the late reply! no one i know plays this game or has much interest in it so youre getting all my bottled up enthusiasm

PLEASE DO NOT EVER APOLOGISE FOR RAMBLING SEND ME AS MUCH AS I LOVE WORDS AND THOUGHTS AND TALKING ABOUT FFXV DUDE <3333 also literally no worries about late replies or replying at all im forever shit at them myself i get it bro nw nw nw

hell yeah pc is royal edition with a bunch of other shit and the dlcs (bar ardyn) incorporated, dont worry, also i would die for that one cindy in a decent outfit mod i know the exact one youre on about LOL (also i can recommend you some other mods if u like!!)

if i can share some knowledge with you right quick cuz i had the same problem and wouldve died to have someone tell me i went from barely 20fps on a good day to being able to run multiple programs with ffxv in the background; specialk is a very quick install and majorly helped with multithreading; otherwise for the in game options are using low resolution texture pack (assets option); shadows look near visually identical on the lowest option compared to the highest; all nvidia effects can be turned off with no significant graphic change; turning off anti aliasing entirely genuinely makes the game look better for me; i can post my full settings if itll help you and ive also read through a few tutorials for modding around lag so i can try and help you with that, i do get pretty major lag spikes though and frequently find it near impossible to stream/record, but i manage to nail that 60fps on average if im solely running ffxv with a few cut corners like those

also dont blame you with altissia, ngl i boiled through the story rollercoaster right quick after exploring most of the open world before even touching altissia and ended up ignoring all postgame content for starting a new save immediately and replaying just to get that hangout time in the open world that wasnt just go-back-in-time-through-magic-dog. but i feel you so hard dude i just want more of them chilling. literally i have 300 hours in this game already and i know half of those have been using the car listening to tunes LMFAO

yeah the crossover quests are funnn the one with terra wars is sweet and the ffxiv one is SO funny its literally hysterical i was roaring with laughter a couple times!!! and good on you practising i didnt touch any of the extended combat until my third save and yeah honestly if you want to do the postgame menaces those skillsll come in useful, its funny because the maingame bosses arent that hard but the postgame is mental. but yeah i love blowing shit up with proms bazooka it fucking rules nerds can keep their swords

ALSO SAME... i wanna play the promptis date so bad!! i wanna play episode duscae so bad!!! wanna play the platinum demo with baby noctis so bad!! knowing theyll never be ported kills meeeeee. sad & upset but as you say theres so much to do and the dlc honestly offer so much im still finding shit i havent done and ive spent a year playing already

honestly so much of this game for me is literally just booting it to go hang with the guys its really relaxing lmfaooo... hiking around with these goofy dudes. sometimes i just wanna chill with the anime boys. YEAH literally its sweet and charming and then fucking heartbreaking and even though the writing is hammy as hell im honestly so willing to forgive it. not only for the clear amount of care and love that went into specifically building the guys relationship (which anyone knows is the best and most realised part of the game) but the details and amount of lore you can uncover if you take a step and interpret a little. maybe thats too generous a statement for what was an executive nightmare and critically underdeveloped but i grew up on ffxiii and knowing the versus 13 lore and that ffxv was part of that extended canon im satisfied with it being another side to that story and running with that. i think supplemented with its additional content years after release ffxv isnt a complete experience but enough of one to leave an impact or at least it did majorly for me! ive been obsessed.

OMG sorry im nerding too its all good lol just genuinely i love this game and its hard to find people talking about it these days but i really had such a good time and still am continuing to and i love it fuck it ball hard

real shit though it has the best fishing minigame of all time hands down nothing has come close fuck the haters

[thechocoboos]

Could you do the chocobros (+Ardyn and Ravus) taking care of their significant other while she's on her period?

These hcs have been sitting in my google docs for a week now--but hey, they’re ready!!! I ended up with eight pages of headcanons so brace yourself lol; wrote these while i was suffering from the very thing i was writing about. what a life.

HC: The Bros + Ardyn and Ravus taking care of their SO on their period!

Noctis

Noct knew that periods existed, he swore that he did, but he just kinda… forgets.

So when he came home to see you dying on your couch, he was just… ??? “Uh, babe? You okay?”

“NO, Noct, I’m not o-fucking-kay--”

“Uh.”

It was only when he called Ignis that he figured out what was going on, with Ignis exasperatedly having to remind Noct that hey, people get periods!

It was a short phonecall, luckily

And it didn’t take Noct too long to get with the program

Softness increases to 110%

Mutual laziness increases to 70%

Caring for his SO increases to 2000%

He does his best--but he also kinda. Just. I dont wanna say it but he doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal until he sees you crying over cramps, then he realizes that periods suck and that you just need your stupid boyfriend to give you the love and support that you deserve

After that, he gets better!!!

“NoCT, can you please go get me my meds? And some water--”

“Can’t you do it yourself--” He always freezes, remembering how bad it can be, “Shit, sorry, babe--” He already started getting up, bringing out a bit of your favorite snack as an apology, “You know I’m an idiot.” He said when he handed you your meds and your fave candy bar

You know, and for whatever reason, you still loved him

He kinda has to learn what to do and what not to do just because he feels too unsure to ask anyone

Unfortunately, it was also through trial and error that he realized how sensitive you can sometimes be when your period is knockin’ at the front door

He found out through multiple crying sessions--and yes, it was usually his fault, but he was always insanely good about making it up to you with food, cuddles, and movie marathons

He’s the boyfriend who goes to the store for tampons and pads for you, sees the giant aisle of them, and while he isn’t embarrassed to be seen buying shit for his SO, he has absolutely no idea what to get and literally grabs the first shit he sees

And of course, you send him right back with a picture of the brand you actually like and a pad in his hand just so he can get it right the second time

Cue the mental image of Noctis comparing the pad in his hand to the color of pad packaging in stores

“They’re both green so it’s gotta be right… right???”

In summary: Noctis is a dumbass and can be a bit insensitive about periods simply because he’s really not around women or anyone who gets periods, but he really does try to remedy his ignorance and any mistakes he makes

Prompto

Prompto, too, has never really had much experience with girls or periods or people with periods and he just. He tries so hard--he really does

He gets you a new teddy bear every single time (at some point, you know you’re gonna have to tell him that he can’t keep buying you new bears, but it’s so cute that you don’t want him to stop)

He’s the one who gets sympathy pain

I promise, the second he catches wind that you’re on your period, he’s out the door trying to find your favorite of everything

If you send him to the store for pads, he comes back with one of everything and lots of tears in his eyes, “Babe--I didn’t know what you wanted so I just bought everything im sorry oh gods”

He’s the pitiful soul who blushes as he buys all the pads and tampons and looks like he’s gonna cry

He’s the one who pulls a cart full of sanitary products to the first register he sees and is crying as he looks in the clerk’s eyes and cries, “My SO is on their period i dont know what they like help me please”

Christ, he’s a mess but he’s your mess and you love him

He comes back with every single snack he knows you so much as look at

Cravings? He’s got your back.

Like, you mention this shit you want half heartedly and then he disappears for three hours and comes back with a weighted blanket, heating pad, and three bags of those weird chips you were craving

He’s always blushing and frantic, but he blushes the hardest when you ask him to lay with you and cuddle

Ofc he does it--he loves it, but the bold, straightforward way you ask has him blushing head to toes

He once caught himself wishing people got periods more often just so he could hold you like this more often--he accidentally said it out loud, and you only snuggled into his chest more and told him to shut up and hold you tighter

Prompto is a mess but he tries so, so hard just to make you comfortable and content

He once drove for twenty minutes to find your favorite candy bar (and he would do it again, no question)

When you cry bc emotions, he starts to tear up, too

He always says, “Babe, if you cry, I’ll start crying and then we’ll both be crying and I don't think either of us can handle that on an emotional level” and then you both cry anyways

He likes to sing to you when you guys cuddle, his voice is soft but husky in the perfect way that lulls you to sleep

If you fall asleep in his arms, he falls asleep, too

He’s the extra bf who goes above and beyond unnecessarily, merely because he doesn’t know how else to help you

Gladdy

Holy Behemoth Batman! One of these idiots is properly aware of periods!!!

And it’s this one. Bravo, Gladdy, bravo. Fans everywhere are cheering your name.

In all seriousness, he is aware and actually knows how to handle someone who is on their period

Iris used to get some pretty bad periods, and with their mom not around and their dad always busy, it was Gladio who had to help her out and actually explain them to her in the first place (he’s never gonna forget when Iris ran up to him one morning while crying and shouting about bloody underwear)

So, needless to say, he ain’t shy during that time of the month. In fact, he knows more tips and tricks than you do, simply because he was one hell of a big bro for Iris

Heating pads? Blankets? Snacks? Damn good brands of sanitary products? He’s got it all and you didn’t even have to ask, like holy shit

Back when you guys were just starting out your relationship, you had actually gotten your period once while at his place and when you told him you’d have to go home because you forgot your products, he was like, “Oh--hang on. You prefer pads or tampons???” and pulls out a giant basket with a lobster on it, labelled ‘Menstruation Crustacean’

He said that he liked to be prepared in case Iris was over

What an absolute legend of a bf. Like, after that, you knew you weren’t letting this fucker go.

He rubs your stomach if you’re having really bad cramps and doesn’t even have to be asked to go grab you some pain meds--it’s like he has a sixth sense or some shit

Really, really chill about periods as a whole like he’s not scared to go to the store for you and he gets the right products!!!

Sometimes, when you get so sore and crampy that you can’t move, he’ll carry you around in his arms and doesn’t complain once

Will change your bloody sheets and isn’t the slightest bit grossed out--doesn’t mind emptying the bathroom trashcan either

Similar to Prompto, he loves to hold you and hum to you. He won’t sing, but even his absent minded humming while he holds you to his chest under one arm and reads some random book lulls you to sleep with ease

Quite frankly, probably the best of the bros when it comes to periods

He’s not scared of them. He doesn’t care if it gets messy, he knows what to do, like. Shit. Fuckin’ winner over here.

Ignis

Ignis, much like everyone else, does not have that much experience with periods. Didn’t really have many folks with periods around and he’s never had a SO before

So you would think he’s a hot mess--but nO! He would nEvER

He googled and he googled and he googled and he asked coworkers (always respectfully ofc) and he googled some more

He has an arsenal of tips and tricks and guides and everything--but he does lack the hands on experience

He will help you and he will buy you everything you need and more--but there will always be the hesitation of someone who doesn’t really know what they’re doing

One time, Ignis tried to rub your belly to help with cramps, but he only succeeded in tickling you and embarrassingly had to admit he doesn’t really know where his hand should be

Ugh what a cutie pie

He’s patient and sweet and he does all these small things for you without even telling you, and when you do notice, you feel like your heart is just gonna burst and vomit affection everywhere

He’s still a little embarrassed and shy when you boldly demand cuddles, but he does it nonetheless (he fucking loves it though he will never admit to it)

He’s the SO who cleans up bloody sheets and quietly gets blood stains out of your clothes while you’re vomiting from cramps, but never, ever makes a big deal out of it and does it with the caring affection of a kind man in love

Bumps his pun game to 110% to try and make you laugh

Knows which subjects and what phrases and words to avoid to prevent your emotions from blowing up

Even if they do, he never takes rude words to heart and he always comforts you lovingly, giving you a warm hug and a kiss on the cheek

He keeps an eye on you

If you shift uncomfortably, he’s there with a heating pad

If you’re meds are wearing off, he already has more in hand

Sometimes, if you want to cuddle, you only have to look at him a certain way before he’s sighing and climbing into bed next to you, reminding you that if you were anyone else he wouldn’t go this far

He just dotes on you in the quietest ways possible

Ravus

Insensitive Dumbass Part 2

Yes, he knows people get periods. Does he care? No.

Not until he falls in love with you, at least.

Cramps? Can’t be that bad. Migraines? Just mere headaches. Aches and pains? Probably nothing. He dismisses each symptom right up until you come into his life

Because when you guys get together--he gets to see firsthand just how bad everything can get

Oh gods you’re crying from it all?? VOmitting??? HOW WAS HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW--

He felt like a right dick (and he should)

But he was also quick to change his tune, because the love of his life can’t suffer like this

Not while he’s around!!!

He’s quick to ask Luna what to do, and thank god at least one sibling in their family is sympathetic and not a mess and a fucking half otherwise he’d be doing things through trial and error (not that he didn’t, even with the help)

He does everything by the written list Luna had given him (she knew he wasn’t gonna remember everything), even years after you two got together (he likes to use it as a benchmark of sorts to know when he’s doing everything you need)

The first few times you had sent him to the store because you ran out of supplies, he had absolutely no idea what to get and any poor employees who tried to help him earned the most aggressive, hostile glare he could muster

He ends up calling Luna, too, because how is he supposed to call you and tell you that he doesn’t know what to get??? And have you think he’s incapable??? NO! He was gonna be the best bf and get exactly what you fucking needed or so help him--

He’s just very aggressively in love. Little bit of a dick but he changes and grows as a person into the kinda man we can all love and support and who will love and support us right back!!!

He does his best but he doesn’t want to seem incapable of being helpful

Likes to remind you when your medicine is supposed to wear out so he can show that he’s some use

Anytime he gives you a massage or rubs your back or smth, he’s always giving you nervous, uncertain glances just to make sure you’re content or that he’s helping

Always giving you nervous glances just to check that you’re okay (he really loves you, he’s just not sure how to show it)

Lots of hugs and kisses but he’s embarrassed about all the skinship when you want cuddles (don’t get him wrong, he really, really loves it; he’s just… not sure what to do with all these feelings)

He learns how to be a supportive, wonderful SO when you’re on your period and maybe one day he might actually remember your favorite brand (but don’t get your hopes up too much at that)

Ardyn

Back in Ardyn’s day, periods weren’t exactly talked about, so the first few times you mentioned them, he was absolutely flabbergasted that you would blatantly talk about something that was considered so private

If he hadn’t been a healer, he wouldn’t have known near as much about them as he did

But even as a healer, periods were still something considered a woman’s subject and were usually left for women healers and mothers to handle so he could rarely do much

But then--Ardyn had to get pretty fuckin’ used to periods because you were pretty much out of commission when your “aunt irma” came to visit

First couple times you got your period while with Ardyn, they weren’t so bad, but then they went right back to their normal symptoms

When Ardyn came home to see you curled up in a ball, clutching your abdomen and trying to just keep your eyes shut to block out the light, he had thought you were terribly, terribly sick

“Darling--what’s wrong? What happened--” He was genuinely concerned and worried, his brow furrowed and mouth drawn in a worried frown. He hadn’t realized that your periods were so debilitating, so to see you like this, he had thought something even worse had happened

You only managed a groan when you tried to talk, and that only made him rush over even more, trying to lift your arms to see where you were injured, “Darling, please--”

“‘M fine,” you tried to say, “It’s just--fuck,” You hissed as a particularly bad cramp came your way, “--fine, jus’, that time of the month.” You wheezed, laying your head back down on your pillow

And that was when Ardyn realized just how terrible the symptoms could be

He was a worried man. Absurdly worried actually, and sometimes it made you want to laugh if everything didn’t hurt so badly

Ardyn was the kind of man to do absolutely anything and everything for his love, so that’s what he did

You never had to leave the bed for anything unless you really wanted to

Ardyn would deliver your pain meds on the clock, always accompanied by the most ridiculously jeweled goblet he could find (he was always one to be amusingly over the top and treat you like a queen, but his dramatics always cheered you up)

He was usually by your side unless you requested some alone time, and then he would respectfully kiss your forehead, say “Of course, darling. If you need anything, don’t hesitate to call--I am always at your disposal,” and close the door quietly as he left

Otherwise, he would be laying in bed with you, one arm wrapped around your shoulder and the other holding some old book or resting across his stomach as he took a nap beside you

He would give you massages wherever you ached and he would provide herbal remedies from back in his day that were pretty good at relieving aches and pains

Ardyn’s innuendos and teasings would go on the back burner during this time--unless you instigated it

If you didn’t, he might tease you here and there, but always the tiniest, most light hearted things and it was always said in the softest teasing tones

All your feelings are valid to him, hormonal or otherwise, and he will listen to every word you say as though they were your last

Yes, you were usually treated like royalty by him, but it somehow increased exponentially when that time of the month arrived

[sky-writes-daydreams]

ardyn

.... Anon, you just opened one huge can of worms. ALRIGHT LET’S GO!!!

How I feel about Ardyn: Just...... gods fucking damn. He’s hot as hell and twice as mysterious. like totally dateable. I’d drop to my knees and call him king in a second flat! but also.... I pity him. He’s been through a lot..... so maybe he just needs a hug and to be told he did his best. cant always save everyone ya know?

People I ship with him: Well.... I’m self trash. SO with my OC Skylar..... Gentiana. (do I need to explain why? I mean come on. TRAIN SCENE) um.... Yeah that’s pretty much it.

Non Romantic OTP: Gilgamesh and Ardyn. Like im slowly getting to where it’s romantic but for the most part, it’s just... those two are cute friends. cursed forever together too. 

unpopular opinion of this character: um..... hm.... Probably more like.... He did fuck up. He did mess up. He reacted badly. but he was human. He still is human. There is a human inside there that is screaming and in a lot of pain. He’s not just a fucking demon. He’s still human.

What I wish would happen/ had happened: LET HIM PASS ON INTO THE LIGHT DAMN IT DON’T JUST SEND HIM TO HELL HE TIRED TO REDEEM HIMSELF IN THE END HE HELPED TO BRING THE LIGHT BACK TECHNICALLY. BAHAMUT FUCKED UP THEN AND BLAMED MY BABY SO HOW ABOUT HE FIX IT AND BRING HIM TO HEAVEN SO HE CAN BE HAPPY AND REST DAMN IT!? LET HIM REST IN FUCKING PEACE!

[forhearth-andhome]

another ffxv ua cause why not? ability switch. ardyn clearly wanted to fuck with the chocobros. this manipulative asshole charmed the coin that he tosses to noctis in gladin quay takes their powers and abilities, switching amongst the others. like all powerful magic it takes time to set in. the boys find out while running around on a hunt given by one of the lestallum merchants. prompto starts running behind the others, his shoes suddenly seeming to be filled with lead, but no one noticed. "sneak behind them and deliver a first and finishing blow, noctis." gladiolus instructed, bending his knees ready for the fight. the prince nodded, summoned his weapon and stopped. what? why did he have the daggers? he thought he summoned the his sword... twice, even three times he tried summoning his other weapons but only got the daggers, until it switched for a javelin. "having problems there, noct?" prompto asked as he finally caught up with the group. "yeah im fine sorry." he shrugged off whatever off feeling he was starting to have and threw the javelin, willing himself to warp strike. noctis didnt move. "uh noct? your wasting time here..." "dont you think i know that? my powers arent working right." gladiolus shrugged and summoned his weapon ready to kick ass and take names, ready to defeat any enemy by himself. except the weight didnt feel right. he looked down and saw a steel revolver in his hand. "the hell?" "uh guys?" everyone looked at prompto, who held nocts sword in his hand. they watched as their resident chocobo lover summoned and resummoned a variety of weapons, sword, claymore, daggers and even a set of pistols. the enemy had no clue and eventually ran away. it didnt matter. each of the guys tried to summon their own weapons, but came up with not their weapons. ignis' wrist almost crumpled under the weight of the greatsword. gladiolus felt like a giant holding a small gun in his meaty hands. noctis on the other hand, didnt feel different just slighted. "i dont understand. what is wrong with our powers?" ignis pushed up his glasses, and nodded to the now prey free wagon they had come for. "whatever it is we can figure it out later. i suggest we grab our cargo and return to camp." everyone agreed. as they got back to the regalia, prompto complained about a headache as he laid across the back seat, his feet resting on gladiolus' lap. "guess im riding shotgun today." noct shrugged. once back at camp, ignis offered to help set up the tent instead of starting dinner. no one said a thing, until noctis started flipping on the grill. "noct? what are you doing?" "i feel like cooking. is that a big deal?" "no, just please dont accidently burn down our camp now." once camp was mostly set up, ignis returned from the car, a shaking but sleeping prompto in his arms. this got everyones attention. ignis set prompto back into a chair, and stepped back. noctis instantly went to his side, brushing his hair back with light movement. prompto mumbled words, still clutching his head as if he has a bad headache. "m-make.... make it... make..." "make what prompto." he stopped for a moment, waking up. "it hurts, make it stop." everyone is really concerned now, even gladio has appeared with a handful of dead birds handing from his hands. "stop what prompto?" a tremor shakes the boys to the core, but worried less about that when prompto screamed, holding his head. "prompto?! are you okay?!" birds now dropped on the ground, gladi starts patting proms back. noctis pulled back, giving ignis room to look at prom. everything was starting to make sense and he figured out what was going on. "guys, we're not the same." everyone looked at him, prompto taking longer as the headaches faded. ignis started to see where noct was coming from. "our abilites and powers must have been switched, and i can only conclude that prompto is now suffering from the overwhelming power of kings." basically the ua of: -noctis with ignis' abilities: better at cooking (not as awesome as ignis but definitely a step above what his is.) with the daggers and excells at elemental magic. -ignis with gladio's abilites: the greatsword (which he almost snapped his wrist trying to weild it once in the beginning), and general strength in battle -gladio with promp's abilities: the guns (he still doesnt understand how long prompto has been able to live this long with such a irritating long ranged weapon) and an eye for photography (he refuses to take pictures, its still proms thing afterall.) -prompto with noct' abilities: has the most trouble adapting and in the beginning he suffers the most. eventually once he gets it down he is able to handle it, but not as well as noct (summoning the gods almost put him in a coma)

[dawnstrap]

♡ + identity

headcanon 019.

lauren jsut really knows how to come into my house n fuck it up (in like a good way tho). So basically !! This is something Prompto really struggles with and always has, or at least that’s what I thought until RECENT EVENTS seemed to amp up that insecurity like fire unleashed from hell. 

Starting off, every since Prompto was little, he knew he wasn’t Lucian, he knew he was adopted, and while he was glad he had a place to call his home, he never really felt like he had a place to call his own. He always let in by the mercy of others, and his insecurity of being a burden on anyone else absolutely did not help. So, from a young age Prompto was already branded with this insecurity in who he was, or where he belonged and fit in. Growing up, it was entirely obvious, and because he felt he didn’t quite click with others, he was hesitant to include himself in groups of people or join in anything without being invited. Needless to say, he did neither that nor the inviting, so he grew up rather lonely and often felt very isolated, doing even more to influence the mindset that he doesn’t belong. 

Even despite this though, Luna encourages him to offer a hand to Noctis, and Prompto is able to pull himself together after many years of hardship and eventually live up to the task. Yet, still, his identity feels empty. He only wants to be wanted, to be a person other people can enjoy being around, someone who doesn’t make others uncomfortable. Thus, he adopts his ‘happy-go-lucky joker’ persona, and while this is part of who he is, in the beginning he really kind of forced it. It wasn’t that he was comfortable with himself, but rather that he wanted others to feel that they could be comfortable with him ( which eventually would lead to him being comfortable around them, thus making him more open and more likely to act in this personality he enjoys and has adopted through the years ). This is his first hint of identity, but he doesn’t really harness it, nor notice it, especially not in the beginning. 

Being friends with Noctis and being introduced to his friends did seem to allow Prompto’s confidence to grow, little by little, as he was accepted by more and more people. Still, though, he carries the secret of his past that no one knows, that he fears anyone finding out. This thing that sets him apart from everyone in the world he exists in and makes him different. He couldn’t let them know, for then he would truly no longer have a place to even pretend to call his own. 

EPISODE PROMPTO SPOILERS AHEAD.

Then this brings us to the train scene in which Noctis pushed him off, fell for Ardyn’s trick, and seemingly abandoned his best friend. Prompto was entirely convinced that Noctis had found out where he came from, and saw him as a sort of traitor, and did away with him. Prompto was convinced he had lost every semblance of a home he’d ever known. This is when he loses all confidence he’d worked so hard to gain through the years, and reverts back to his depressed, lonely, and anxious state. He has nowhere left, nothing left, he’s all on his own, and he’s lost everyone he’s ever loved. Then comes the information with his true creation, his biological ‘father’ and all of the clones that look just like him. He can’t take that THIS is the place that bears his last hopes of belonging. That this is the place he was destined to grow in, that these mass produced soldier weapons were his life’s original intentions, and he can’t take it. He’s searched all this time for a meaning, a place meant for him, and that place is here, as he sees it, and he’s terrified. He can’t help but view himself as these mindless creations formed for world domination, and all this time he’s been murdering these people, created and grown just in the way he was intended to. Every idea he’s ever had about his ‘identity’ is completely erased, flushed from existence. He’s got no part of himself left. 

He’s entirely convinced no one will accept him as who he is, where he comes from, who he was created to be, but he decides in time that he wants to tell his friends, that he wants the closure, at least, even if that’s all they have to offer. He needs something to move forward from. It’s not until they truly accept him and tease him for his worrying and overthinking, making sure he notes they don’t care where he came from, or who he was, but rather who he is and where he’s going next. 

That is the new slate of identity he has to work with, and this is when he starts over again, picking up the pieces of himself he’s lost along the way and piecing them together in a way that is himself. This is where he truly begins to forgive himself for the actions he never committed, and progress through his journey of self-discovery. 

anyway this got longer than i wanted it to and im sorry i jsut hav e a lot of thoughts on this,

[didsomeonesayventus]

story beats/ideas for Dissidia fic I’ll probably never write lol:

Much larger cast (official roster between all three releases and then some) to hopefully encompass a good representation for all the games so it’s more 3-5 characters from a game instead of like 2 but that also means maybe some weird placements in Team Chaos

First Cycle cuz we saw cycle 12 and 13 but I think first would be interesting because literally everyone is confused and not sure what’s going on and Chaos/Cosmos are (shrug emoji)

more a battle to set things up for the battles to come so there’s a lot of “look this will determine if we’ll keep you to fight the good fight” to explain massive cast

tho since everyone is shrug emoji and this is the establishing battle it’s largely not even an actual war-type thing these two “armies” are being parsed out to approach Summons to be used and more an arms race to who can catch ‘em all and enlist these magical nigh-divine beings as aid

basically everyone breaks out into parties on both sides and each one goes out to a different summon for magical diplomacy and also fighting

which turns this into a more war-like setting because hey man if they can’t get the summons becuz they’re dead then they can’t win because we’ll be wiping the floor with their innards >:3c

tho literally everyone is amnesiac this time around so no one knows what the hell is going on besides the occasional memory jolt and their names

banter! plot references! bizarrely accurate chemistry between characters who would otherwise never meet! man don’t you just love thinking about this instead of researching like 30+ characters to get their personalities right :))))))))))))

(in other words the following will largely be characters I actually understand SO FORGIVE ME FOR NOT INCLUDING UR FAVE ALRIGHT THIS IS ROUGH IDEAS >:U)

Yuna takes up a very “heart of the team” sort of role on Team Cosmos and insists on doing a lot of the healing and diplomacy when people get touchy.

Yuna also is one of the people approaching Aeons/Eidolons/Summons w/ entourage, some other ones are Noctis and Terra, maybe Aerith, basically people very closely associated with summons/divine things in FF

Luna is on team Chaos because plot references and Kefka has a field day lampshading how Luna seems way too goody-two-shoes to be on team Chaos look at her she doesn’t even have fanservice

Versus-XIII’s “we were friends and now we’re enemies and maybe want to be lovers but can’t” ideas with Luna and Noct finding out about one another and going “I KNOW U AND ALL I KNOW IS I LIKE U BUT ENEMIES :’(”

Chaos actually is really happy that Luna’s on his team because that makes at least one summon easier to get tho actually Chaos might be a dick and make her go out and get all of them since she’s already proficient at it and they don’t have a lot of dudes with the proper resume and then kills her off/sends her back to Eos to keep her out of Cosmos’s clutches

If so then Chaos sends everyone out to different summons to just cause trouble and try to kill these losers

Maybe Ardyn??? probably Ardyn name reveal but IDK why he’d particularly gloat about it????

Tuna? Tuna.

Tidus and Yuna are cute that’s what im saying.

Yuna also does a Sending whenever someone dies regardless of protest because for her it’s at least important to confirm that they won’t come back as a fiend or unsent and it just helps her cope but Tidus really doesn’t like it cuz she’s always so sad

Noct is v shy and doesn’t hang around the group and is also extremely Tired(tm) all the time as well as lonely af BUT he kinda sets up checking in on everyone to fill the Ignis-shaped hole in his heart

Terra too but she’s more willing to open up and be friendly tbh she probably becomes great BFFS with Vivi.

Warrior of Light is that one mom friend

uH haven’t really invested much in IX but Zidane and Garnet get cute moments and form a nice team

tbh there is actually probably a lot more flirting across pairings even tho canon ones will still be canon (e.g. Tidus seeing Lunafreya and callin her pretty and gettin all up on Noct when he goes “YES U I KNO U”)

ooo Aerith/Squall sounds like it’d be cute

I think that’s all I really have I know I’m missing a lot of characters and my X and XV bias is showing just kinda yells because writing with a cast this big and diverse is hard because you gotta think about all these people across fifteen damn games ain’t nobody got time for this but I can at least jot down concepts.

[ramtiger]

tell me about the 10 year gap plz...

ok so heres a disclaimer: im very very much a chocobros ot4 kinda man so a lot of these headcanons will be through that sorta light. i love these guys being friends but also lovers im ride or dieBUT not all of these headcanons have to be romantic at all! i have platonic options for most if not all of them! thats the fun news LETS GO

PRESUME SPOILER WARNINGS FOR FFXV FROM HERE ON OUT

ardyn was the one who got the three boys back to lucis. his bargain was, in essence, “either you three can rot here in my lovely little death trap, run yourself ragged trying in vain to kill me, or you can be good little servants at let me get you back to miserable mother lucis to wait for noct.”

when the three arrived back at caem without noct, cid only watched them come in. they saw it as cid judging them for their failure to protect their liege/best friend/true love, but in reality cid found a secret place to beg ol’ reggie, six rest his soul in heaven, to forgive him for helping get noct killed

hence cid was overjoyed when he found out that noct was not dead, just in Crystal Hell ™. he shed his first tear in 15 years

everyone was crying. nobody could tell who took it the hardest. nobody cared to judge.

three months after the sun went out, somebody (no one will claim ownership) suggested they hold a funeral for noct. ignis punched them unconscious with surprising accuracy. to doubt that noct was dead was treason, and also very rude to say to an advisor/best friend/boyfriend. nobody brought it up around ignis ever again

prompto adopts talcott so talcott can have a legal guardian who loves him and will immediately rush to a hospital if shit hits the fan (also to work out his issues with his own absentee parents. sort of an “i can do it better than you can” deal)

i also stubbornly refuse to believe canon when it’s said that the boys went their separate ways without noct holding them together. even if you see them only platonically, they’re stll obviously really fucking close. especially prompto and ignis. i think a lot about how prompto stood up for ignis in the early days of his blindness and ignis probably does too. this is not to undermine gladio’s relationship with those two…. haha that’s a whole other post tho. essentially what i’m say is those three would not leave each others’ sides for more than 10 minutes for a very long time. two years at least

gladio started doing hunts to provide for their little family of four/five. a family can be three dads, an aunt who frequently goes on incredibly dangerous hunts to protect people, and a son. and sometimes a divine being in the form of a dog.

prompto fixed the caem lighthouse to give a constant floodlight for anti-daemon measures. he fixed a lot of things in his free time. and built a lot of shit in his free time.

he also made mixtapes later on. they were usually gifts for people. sometimes he would make gifts for noct, with a little letter included. like this one, in my fic here. B)

ignis is the only one of the three who can talk a lot about noct without crying (prompto) or telling the person who asked about noct to fuck off (gladio)

their house has 2 pictures from the trip on the mantle. one is of noct, smiling and relaxed. it was candid, taken by prompto. the other is the picture of the whole crew taken on the night the guys left for altissia

once, during an argument about noct, the picture of him fell off the mantle. immediately, the argument stopped and they apologized to noct.

speaking of pictures, prompto still takes them! his camera is treasured. he hand-develops every picture, both from the journey and their time in the dark. he talks about every picture in excruciating detail for ignis.

another canon contradiction: the only situation ignis doesn’t use his cane for is combat. in combat he needs both hands. in everyday life, he’s a little more keen on not shoulder-checking randos.

i’m falling asleep now, but this should be a good start! let me know what you think