#so that confrontation in aitiascope was lowkey kind of hilariously laser-targeted

[ishgard]

how do any of you characters feel about Livia Sas Junius

Thank you!! This is a wonderful choice because damn was Ahru's beef with Livia kind of formative in those early ARR days.

(Send me an NPC and I’ll talk about my OC’s feelings on them)

Oh Livia. To say Ahru has a bad opinion of the woman would be an understatement, the attack on the Waking Sands did a real number on her mentally, the echo replaying the events in her nightmares mercilessly. The memory of Livia calling for Ahru specifically as she gunned down her comrades haunted her and twisted into a relentless rage and vengeance. It’s funny (haha…) to me how Livia was so dead set on this idea that Ahru was going to come steal everything from her, and Ahru’s vengeance was pinned on Livia stealing everything from her. She would kill her, burn everything Livia had worked so hard for, and protect those she could yet save.

So yeah, she kind of just reviles the woman; Ahru isn't prone to vengeance or grudges on the regular, she's generally laid-back and forgiving, but some (Livia and Ilberd) hit her so wrong mentioning them will still sour her mood some. She might entertain a pinch of pity, but definitely not in a remotely endeared sense of the word. Straight-up condescending pity. Of course, she’s dead now, so there’s a satisfaction to that, and Ahru has come far enough it’s not as if she’d have any reason to further dwell on- wait… what… Who’s that in the Aitiascope-?

Needless to say Thancred’s trust line “I thought we were past all of this.” (paraphrasing) cracked me up for how spot-on it felt. But, it’s true. There were far more important things to deal with, and she’s grown and learned and moved on, and Livia’s still festering in the aetherial sea, so nyeh.