#janzoo

[morgan-aleghieri]

OC Smash or Pass: Cessalie Sombreterre

Rules: pretty self explanatory. include physical descriptions or pics, and propaganda. the “other” label can be used for “sexuality misalignment” (ie: oc is femme and you’re gay, vice versa or you aren’t into smashing but a specific thing you wanna do with them like perhaps hug or study them under a microscope idc).

Tagged in by @janzoo hello thank you :3 Not going to tag anyone in, but if you see it and want to play go for gold 😅

First things first: my girl 🥰

Quick Facts

Height: 183cm (min height gang rise up! but not too high. We're gonna need a ladder 🤔)

Age: As at HW she is 30.

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Bisexual

Pros:

Very clever - had she been born into wealth she would probably be a heralded scholar. As it stands, she's worked and studied hard to make a life for herself.

To wit, very self-sufficient.

Very protective of the young and idealistic - she's not herself an idealist - but will go to bat for them every time.

Very amiable, is generally considered well liked.

A talented alchemist. Will try to reverse engineer complicated alchemical creations just for funsies.

Has the biggest, saddest, wettest eyes you ever did see.

Has a cat named Miette (a la, "La Cité des Enfants Perdus." She is leetle crumb.)

Cons:

Outwardly is very congenial, but keeps her true thoughts buried deep inside. She was an angry youth with a hot temper, and learned very well to to hide those feelings that might get her into trouble.

She's very cynical and distrustful, stemming from her upbringing in the Brume. She's afraid to be genuine with people and balks at genuine affection. You want to get close to her you're going to have to peel her many onion-like layers very carefully.

Prefers to be in control of a situation. Will happily tease and flirt in a non-serious way, but if things should get too real... she is not comfortable with emotional vulnerability.

Gets sick very easily. Does not have a good constitution due to a terrible illness suffered as a child, that took out a number of people in the Brume (including her parents).

Related, she does not like to be dependant on people. Has trouble asking for or accepting help when she needs it.

Hates the cold. Absolutely miserable in cold weather.

Neutral:

Bisexual disaster. But then, who among us is not thrown for a loop when confronted with dazzling, gender-neutral cleavage immediately at eye level? (there are many benefits to being a minimum height elezen 🤔)

Is generally good at keeping her cool despite this, but genuine displays of affection do make her very flustered - especially when it's someone who's good opinion she quietly cares about.

Night owl.

On that note,

[edgepunk]

Miles Morales in C1? Let's fancy him up lol

fancy pose for a fancy outfit

send me a character

[lilbittymonster]

6. Does your OC have a go-to insult when people irritate them or let them down?

Kitali's is usually a muttered "fuck's sake" or "strike you down". The longer she stays in Ishgard, the more she starts to swear like an Ishgardian, which is something Estinien teases her about.

Thanks for the ask @janzoo

Simple OC Asks

[icyxmischief]

Hey Loki! Are you going to try to burn down the Gävle Goat this year? :O

"Consider it done, perhaps ever so slightly retroactively, and to initiate a chain reaction of events that may get us out of this dreadful abyss of...grayness and absurdity beyond even my palate."

[morganali-art]

Just wanna say that I love Cessalie (and her relationship with Artoirel), she lives in my head rent-free (with Artoirel) 😄

*prints out this ask and tapes it to my wall directly above my monitor so I can look at it always*

I'm so delighted thank you ;w;

[velnica]

Are you alright after doing The Vault..? 🥺

I'm so not okay I had to write it all down to process it 😭 It's a big turning point in my OC's story so I really went all in this time.

https://www.tumblr.com/velnica/736647416730763264/lv-57-the-vault-part-1

[rabid-catboy]

I'm so glad that my post with Aymeric and Estinien eating pizza made you that happy. I originally took those screenshots to make myself feel better. I debated posting them; it seemed like kind of a useless post and tumblr kept glitching while trying to upload the images. But knowing that it made someone else smile too was worth it. Thank you. ; 3;

Hehehehe I'm glad that it making me happy made you happy! Infinity happiness glitch ..

[matcha-bnuuy]

I gotta say, your tags on my Stepping in the Steppe post absolutely made my whole day. Thank you so much for your kind words!😄💙 And I'm so glad you also enjoyed the event!

Oh you're super welcome! Thank you for taking the time to read them! I hope your day continues to be great! 😊💕

[vera-simik]

drop this sunflower 🌻 into the inboxes of the blogs that make you happy! lets spread a little sunshine ☀️ (right back 'atcha :D)

Haha, thank you <3

[janzoo]

Aymeric doing the Blow Bubbles emote💙

Oh he's so precious!! He couldn't do this emote pre-7.2 because he didn't have the new facial structure. Now he can and it's just delightful!

[morgan-aleghieri]

9 Fandom People I'd Like to Get To Know Better

Tagged by: @janzoo ! 🥰 Thank you!

Three Ships I Like: Ough, tricky. Artoirel x Stephanivien is pretty good. Jane x Bingley (90s v)... 🤔🤔🤔 trying to think of something else that isn't just another ffxiv ship jeez... Ok you know what, Trixie Belden x Jim.

First Ship: God, who knows at this point. Jo March and Friedrich Bhaer maybe. Or Elisa Maza and Goliath.

Last Song: According to VLC, the last song I listened to was

Favourite Childhood Book(s): Oh good question, wee child? "Martha B. Rabbit - The Faerie's Cook," I think.

Currently Reading: I haven't read much lately, but I did start reading, "The Silver Metal Lover," by Tanith Lee recently.

Currently Watching: The Colin Firth "Pride & Prejudice" on repeat, apparently 👀💦 (it's a good background watch alright)

Currently Consuming: Like, food? Or content? Food - chocolate wagon wheel biscuit I guess. 😩 Content - I've been powering thru Veilguard finally. Not quite finished, but I'm probably not far off the PoNR.

Currently Craving: B o r g e r

Tagging: (Alas, no one, but if you want to play and pretend I tagged you, please do!)

[edgepunk]

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

"ugh why can't you let us enjoy this?" whenever someone makes constructive criticism like lmao no one is telling you to not to engage with the thing. I get feeling upset if you see nothing but hate, but people criticising something in a respectful manner is not the same as constantly spewing hate and yelling at other people for liking the thing

[e-dragoons]

“I like your hair like this.”

Lehna’s gaze went from her face, where she had just smeared some lotion across her cheeks, and met Estinien’s eyes in the mirror. “What do you mean?”

His expression was thoughtful as he reached out and twirled a finger around a lock of her hair, climbing up slowly to her scalp as he did so. The closer he got to her scalp, the more it sent shivers down her spine. 

“Long,” he said after a moment. “When you leave it down.”

In the time they had known each other, Lehna had gone through so many different hairstyles. It had been long when they had first met, though not nearly as long as it was now. Between how busy they had all been since returning from the First and the injuries she had sustained in Ultima Thule knocking her out for several weeks… It was one of those things she had not really considered, falling to the wayside as more important things became pressing matters they needed to take care of.

Only now during the long, warm nights spent in Thavnair–and only after Estinien had pointed it out–had she realized just how long it had gotten. 

It flowed down in long, beachy waves down the entirety of her back–the only part she had trimmed regularly was her bangs, so they did not get in the way of her daily life. More often than not, her hair was thrown up with a ribbon to get it out of her way–something Estinien did with his own hair, too.

But when she looked in the mirror back to herself, all she saw was the weariness that filled her aching bones–enough of it to spread to her dull eyes, her knotted hair. She still required the assistance of a brace to walk, the injuries to her knees taking so long to heal that the healers warned her that she may not ever fully recover. 

She tried not to think about that part.

“I am glad you like it,” she said after a moment, tearing her eyes away from her reflection. Lehna had never been a vain person–at least she did not think so–but seeing herself now just filled her with an overwhelming sense of disgust. It was not her.

As Lehna swept across the room to their bed, Estinien followed not far behind. His hand rested on her lower back–a supportive gesture he had grown quite fond of after her first few stumbles with trying to walk after their return. It was not a gesture she minded–no one had ever comforted her the way Estinien tried to.

She sat down on the bed and winced as the familiar pain jolted through her. That, at least, was meant to be temporary.

Estinien slid into the bed next to her, pulling the thin sheet over both of them. Radz-at-Han was simply too hot for much more than that.

“I have always liked your hair,” Estinien said after a long silence. 

“Is that so?” A smile played at her lips, though it was not genuine–and sure enough, Estinien gave her a knowing look.

“It is,” he said.

Lehna tried hard to think of a time Estinien had given her a physical compliment that was not about her form or how strong she was. She could not think of one. “Well, thank you I suppose.”

“You…” He hesitated, stumbling over his words for a moment. “You truly are beautiful. You know that, right?”

She did–she was no fool. Even before she became the Warrior of Light, it was a rarity for her to leave the bar alone at night. She took excellent care of her skin when she was able to do so. Her eyes were a jeweled tourmaline unique to her Keeper clan that made people curious–one of the only things she would ever think about thanking her father for. 

And yet to hear Estinien say it… Her cheeks warmed, tinging a shade darker. “Thank you,” she repeated, this time her voice soft and gentle. Vulnerable.

But with Estinien, that was alright. She snaked her arms around his torso as he placed his own hand on the small of her back again, his other positioned so he could run his fingers through the fringes of her hair that fell across his chest as Lehna placed her head there. Eyes closed, she took in a breath of him–a musky aroma with the faintest hint of spice. Her shoulders relaxed and she allowed herself to sink into his side. 

Her own hand wandered across his chest–across scars of all shapes and sizes, the bumps on his shoulder from where Nidhogg’s eye had fused with him feeling much like the scars of a burn. Estinien used to suck in a breath and flinch away from her touch in surprise when she did that–but no longer. Now, he brushed his lips across the top of her head, pressing his nose into her hair. 

“I mean the scars too, you know,” he said. “The ones I can see and the ones I cannot.”

Tears stung at the corners of her eyes at that, but she dare not move–the last thing she wanted was for Estinien to see her cry, even if he had already seen her at her worst so many times before. 

She clung to him as she let out a small sniffle, and in turn he pulled her in tighter. “Get some rest, mon chaton.”

As Lehna allowed herself to drift off to sleep, she laced her fingers through Estinien’s. Her knight.

[icyxmischief]

BOOP 🐾

"At last. I had feared I was going to miss this chaotic pastime entirely."

[morganali-art]

@janzoo : #pfft #aah like that scene in your fic

YEAH! you remembered 🥹💕

OC x Canon Week - Day 5 Getting Into Trouble

Please stop flirting you're making everyone uncomfortable with how sweet and earnest you are 🤢

(crops under read more)

[paintedscales]

btw thank you for running that "estiniensays" sideblog! 💙As someone who both writes about and role-plays as Estinien, it's helped me really keep a grasp on his voice.

I'm glad that you're enjoying it / finding it useful! I've been going out of my way to get as much of his dialog as possible shoved into it. I've also learned new things because of it, haha. Like I didn't know he's still standing and staring at the Aery when you have to go back to Ishgard about the Manacutters, and has dialog for when you come bother him instead, lmao.

It's definitely a nice little side thing that I'm glad it seems like others are enjoying. :>