#noel thinks 💬

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i thought no light was the default (i've been sleeping with at least one light on since forever, but still)

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💬 and🧁for the beloved Rowan!!! -[Wayfinderships]

ROWAN THE BOOOYYY!!

He's my favorite kiddo and as I'm sure you've seen through all my long ass f.f13 s/I writings, he has the most lore too! He's my little star <3

💬: what was your child's first word? was it a nickname for you or your f/o or something entirely different?

Rowan's first word was, unsurprisingly, "mama"

Rowan's father was never in the equation. His mom raised him by herself, which is why they're so close. He's an adult (plus 500 years) by the time he meets his father and doesn't feel very connected to him. His mom was the person in his life that was always there and he adores her with all he is.

(Then again, even when he does meet his father after his father comes back to life, it takes him a LONG time to actually refer to him as Dad. He just calls him by name. This man was never around and his mom didn't speak of him too often, so why should he even call him dad, even if they do look so similar?)

So Rowan's first word was him calling out to his mom, the person he values most in his life. Ash had Rowan while in a state of grieving. Her fiancé was dead, so was her best friend, her home planet was gone, everything she knew was gone, and she was all alone. As shown by her journal entries by that time, she wasn't really in a great mental state. I don't think it would be an understatement to say that Rowan is the very reason why she's alive.

Ash had a lot of support during that time, but it wasn't easy. Still, she knew that this kid deserved a decent parent, so she tried her best, even if during that time she was just a shell of who she used to be. We only see her like this in the second novel (Snow comments that the only time he saw her smile was around Rowan).

But in the game? 20 year timeskip, babyyy! That's why Rowan is 19 and Ash is 47. Thank you for giving us a good milf, f.inal f.antasy! The Ash as we know her in-game is kind and sweet, responsible and patient. She kind of becomes everybody's mom.

This goes especially for Noel! A lonely kid who Rowan hates initially. Rowan may or not catch feelings for Noel eventually, but Ash is the mom Noel never had. She is everyone's mom now!

🧁: what's your child's favorite thing in the world? what's their least favorite thing?

As for favorite, it's probably his mom- They're just so close! But if we're talking actual objects, probably oranges or his sword. This kid really likes eating oranges for some reason. I don't like him but he loves them! At least they're good for him? Little Rowan would always ask Mr. Snow to peel his oranges for him and even when Rowan is all grown up and fighting in Yusnaan, Snow still teases and asks if he needs help.

Rowan's sword is very special to him. He grew up around Cocoon soldiers (and his mom, who despise not being a soldier, was very important in the military) so a lot of what he uses to fight is similar to what we see in the first game. His main blade is a modified and simple version of Lightning's first sword. It's pretty much the same thing, but there's no gun aspect to it.

Rowan can shoot fireballs out of his hands, so he thought having a gun would be a little bit unnecessary. Still, his sword reminds him of the people around him and he loves it. He's a very skilled fighter (I mean, of course he is, he grew up surrounded by wild monsters) and his sword has been his best friend through it all!

(When he was younger, the soldiers gave him a gun so he could be like him, but Rowan rejected it, saying that he wanted a sword! Looks like he really is like his dad, huh? Still, Ash freaks out the moment she sees her little kid with a giant weapon! The others get a scolding that day.)

(But also, considering who Ash is and how she's a pretty important person in the lore, she kinda.. you know... invented and wrote most modern-day magic theory? So having who might just be the best mage of their time as a mom means Rowan is really good. A lot of it is just him having inherited her natural affinity for magic, but she also taught him a lot. Ash chuckles and reassures Rowan that it's a long process and it took her weeks to even generate a spark!

... Rowan has fire in his hand in a matter of minutes as a mere child. Fun times.)

Rowan loves his family and the people around him. He fights for them!

... and because it's fun.

As for things he hates, he hates plenty of things! Just like both his mom AND his dad :D!

The obvious answer here would be Noel. He cannot stand Noel. From the moment they meet, they are at odds. They're about the same age, two sword boys, Rowan thinks Noel is an annoying stuck-up hero type (at least Snow is actually cool about it!) and Noel thinks Rowan is a pathetic mama's boy!

However, after a LOT of arguing, they become close friends. Rowan is pretty important in Noel's quest in 13-3. Thing is... Rowan caught feelings along the way. There's AUs where Noel feels the same, AUs where they don't. When they do get together, though, it's at the end of the last game. Making out in a cathedral as the world is literally ending... Pretty romantic, huh?

Rowan also has a bit of a hatred for gods. His mom is Ash, what did you expect? The 13 games are about saying fuck you! to higher power anyway, but his mom is one of the greatest researchers around. Rowan is, at his core, a kid of science. He sees what the gods are doing in 13-3 and he's just so, so upset about it. He thinks it's messed up and honestly hates the state of the world.

He also jokes and says that a plus side of time not moving anymore is that he doesn't have to worry about trimming his bangs-

His journals aren't quite as long and flowery as his mom's (he swears like the soldiers he was raised around, and he also has his mom for a mom, so... yeah.) But I think Rowan is most interesting in the third game since it really solidifies his character arc and it gives him reasons to fight. We see him having fun, but we also see him kicking ass and deciding to take matters into his own hands and spend the last days on this earth the way he wants them to be.

Though he is pretty shaken up at first.

(A line that Ash repeats time and time again throughout the games is "i hate it when I don't know."

She feels like she has to know everything. That's why she became a researcher in the first place. Her thirst for knowledge is so strong, and Rowan says that iconic line too.)

But most of all, Rowan just hates people who try to take his freedom away. He grew up around open fields, luscious grass, wild animals, huge cliffs... He likes feeling like he can do whatever he wants and can have fun doing it. His dreamworld is extremely simple.

(You'll notice that his dad is there. He doesn't care about his father, but he knows that his mom still loves him. Rowan puts her happiness above his own)

Rowan just wants to have fun with his friends and he wants to beat up whoever tries to stop him. It's as simple as that.

Okay I think that's all I've got for this

But also! I've never really talked about Rowan on this blog!

He looks like this! Here's the picrew

He has his father's silver hair and Ash's big, brown eyes. The glasses are purely a fashion choice and he doesn't wear them much in the actual game. His side profile resembles his father a lot and he has his strong and sharp features, but he has Ash's smile. Ash has commented that she once tried to count his freckles, but got lost since there were so many.

Pretty cute kid if I do say so myself! (I'm very biased you see)

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It’s funny that Noel dresses and talks in the least flirty way but all I and many fans think about is his body😅 I believe he wants to be “the nice guy”, who’s always respectful and polite, and the last thing he wants to appear is sexual. He never shows his body irl and never makes dirty jokes, he’s the opposite of creepy man. He wants ppl to appreciate his music and book taste and photography skills, but every time I see him: ah boobs! And curves 😙🥳😚😍

🤔 I don't know that I'd agree he never wants to appear sexual or make dirty jokes. I think he's probably full of really off-color humor when he's in his element. But, I guess you mean, publicly.

And, yes, he's a very beautiful man. I think a lot of impure thoughts when I look at him. 💬

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me and the bad bitch i pulled by watching him pee (what is happening in gangsta)

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i really wanna do another screenshot redraw with 2p italy

last one i did was last august

but i kinda wanna do another

the curly hair ver. was a choice... and a pain in the ass to draw

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aph russia gives me funtime freddy vibes

gangsta isn't helping

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chat we've been at a restaurant for around two hours and still waiting for the food,,, what in the kitchen nightmares is this

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2p gerita, but luciano is jessica and lutz is roger rabbit

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luciano would watch kitchen nightmares and pace around the room while making dramatic reactions in order to stop himself from screaming at the screen (spoiler: it doesn't work)

feliciano occasionally watches with him and gets baited by the emotional bits and has cried before, earning a side eye and silent disappointment by luciano

lovino is somewhere in the middle and flavio doesn't bother

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2p rome could have been a good grandfather but chose not to for the sake of his grandsons' survival

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when you're proud of a fic you've written but you factory reset your phone and now it's gone because you didn't BACK UP THE APP YOU WROTE IT ON AND YOUR FRIEND WHO YOU SENT THE FIC TO AND WHO ACTUALLY HAS A COPY OF IT IS LEAVING YOU ON DELIVERED

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luciano is in his mid thirties (34-36)

feliciano is in his late 20s, teetering on the edge of early 30s (28-31)

lovino is in his late 30s definitely (37-39)

and flavio is the oldest and in his later thirties-early 40s (39-42) and won't admit it for the life of him

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traveling back home so i decided it'd be fun to infodump about this au idea i had back during the break

while talking with a friend i randomly got the image of luciano with a child. THING IS, he'd never have a kid (especially not a biological one and especially NOT in the og universe)... but flavio could

i'll just go ahead and say flavio's vibes are not for me, i lay my eyes on him and i instantly wanna throw hands, but he sure as hell can be an interesting character in stories. sooo, i thought, though luciano would never have a kid, flavio could. a kid that he most likely didn't want (the result of an one-night stand, something along those lines), and then when told about the kid he'd dump it onto luciano ("your problem now, bye")

so, from that thought, i thought of this human au where luciano is a fresh out of college freelancer who's just starting to figure out what he wants out of life, and just when he thinks he can do that, he's left with a literal baby at his doorstep, and no explanation whatsoever as to what, where, how, or why

upon investigating this further he finds out the kid was abandoned by flavio, and the kid's mother is nowhere to be found, no matter how hard he tried to find any remnants of her existence. the kid is left to his care, either that or he's given up for adoption.

that's the main lore of this universe, as far as the past of the characters is concerned. in the present, approximately 5 years later, luciano's found himself working on his family's restaurant (said family being his grandfather, because i really wanted an excuse to write about him, and it seems the time has come) and having managed to build a relatively stable home for a now 5 year old elio (the boy), who actually thinks luciano is his biological father

pretty lighthearted stuff

it's also a 2p gerita story, but that part's not nearly as developed as the lore of the vargas fam