#tag TBA

[tetrangel]

ptarmigan

[lpsotd]

Hi!!!!! could you maybe pick some pets for me to draw? I think it'd be fun to draw some lps again :3

hmmm ... hummingbird #1539, chow chow #332, and cockatoo #372 for you !!

[qilinkisser]

Patch Up

Summary: Ganyu helps Zoru recover after a tough battle. In their canon in-universe timeline, before the two become lovers. Hurt/Comfort, mentions of blood and injuries. Word count: 466 (Taglist at bottom of post!)

"Ganyu? Are you here?"

The secretary's head lifted to see a silhouette in her doorway, backlit by the evening light. She knew that voice instantly.

"Please," she began, her voice gentle and warm, "come in. I'm not very busy at the moment."

Stepping into the doorway, the figure became illuminated by the soft lamps of Ganyu's office. What she saw was unexpected- tattered, shredded clothes, they were breathing shallowly and clutching their arm. "Zoru? What in the world...?"

Zoru looked up at her, managing a pained smile. "Oh. Um, don't worry about it. I just got a bit roughed up." The bloodstains on their white- or once white, gloves, said otherwise.

"We both know that isn't true. Come here," asked the qilin, taking out a wooden box from under her desk. "I'm going to help you now, alright?"

They slinked forward, walking with a slight limp. As they got closer, Ganyu realized just how injured they really were. Their face was smudged with dirt and dried blood, with a nasty scrape on their cheek, going from above their eye to below their ear. Their eyes were slightly red, and a little puffy, as if they had been crying, and Ganyu suspected that was indeed the case. "What... happened to you?"

"I..." Zoru began to speak, but trailed off. "I just, uh... got into a pretty nasty fight with some monsters. It's no big deal."

"Of course it's a big deal," Ganyu insisted, opening the box of first aid supplies, "you're hurt. That's important. Let's take off these gloves." She reached over and gently peeled the torn, elbow length gloves off of their arms. Underneath was a landscape of abrasions and scratches. "Oh, you poor thing," she whispered under her breath.

As she began to clean the scrapes, she could feel their muscles tense and wince under her delicate touch. "I know it stings, you're doing such a good job," she encouraged, and felt them relax ever so slightly. "There you go. You're okay."

After cleaning and dressing their wounds, and finally convincing them to change into clean, untorn clothes, at last Ganyu had gotten them to sit down and rest. She sat beside them, close enough to feel the warmth and slow movement of their breathing body, close enough for them to rest their head on her shoulder. Her breath hitched, trying to hide the surprise in such an intimate and relaxed gesture. Did they really feel that safe around her?

"Thank you," they said, their whisper barely audible, "for helping me..."

Maybe she should have said 'of course' or 'anytime', but all that Ganyu could do was gently wrap her arms around them, and let them rest their head on her chest, watching as their breathing deepened as they drifted off into a comfortable sleep.

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[sunflowers-and-sweetviolets]

LOOK AT WHAT THE OFFICAL MTAS ACC JUST POSTED

[dungeonbf]

hmm for my funger: termina s/i, he's gonna be a once-enthusiastic soldier in the eastern union army ^_^ happily joined ranks with ideals of fulfillment from combat only to become brutally disillusioned as time progresses... meets pav, an enemy soldier, during battle 🤯🤯🤯 military yaoi anyone?

[manchiineel]

"Is that all you've got?"

[soulsbetrayed]

"Man, he's absolutely pathetic isn't he? Don't know why Durga bothers with him at all. Poor bastard can't even see past his own nose let alone give a damn about anything... including himself"

[missaurorathompson]

The Seating Chart

[manintheblackcape]

Can we talk about how weird it is Sephiroth's shadow is felt throughout the entire game and yet he has no real relationship with any of the characters, other than Cloud? He has established connections with many party members, but he's either unaware of those connections, or just doesn't care. The rest of the party don't matter to Sephiroth because it's all about Cloud (and that's not me trying to make this gay. Sephiroth is just obsessed with this one dude that can beat him in a fight).

Sephiroth doesn't know Vincent had a history with his mother and father, and Hojo never told him he was his father (but it's hinted that Sephiroth might have always known?), so this entire subplot with Vincent and Hojo goes unnoticed by him and he never learns it ever happened.

Tifa went through so much shit in Nibelheim and was just as emotionally devasted by everything that went down that day as Cloud, but Sephiroth doesn't care about Tifa beyond using her as a tool to exploit Cloud's insecurities. Tifa's own personal vendetta towards Sephiroth gets overshadowed by Cloud's personal vendetta. Tifa's trauma kinda gets overlooked by the narrative because her tragedy over losing her father gets lumped together with Cloud's tragedy over losing his mother. Both of them have personal beef with Sephiroth and he only cares about one of these rivalries.

And that's interesting because it didn't have to be Cloud. The entire point of the flashback reveal is the revelation Cloud is not special. It could have been ANYONE. Sephiroth is not obsessed with Cloud because he respects him as his true equal or had this complex history that Cloud deluded himself into believing, no, Sephiroth is just obsessed with Cloud because a faceless trooper killed him by pure luck and shear stubbornness. Had Tifa not gone running in screaming bloody murder so Sephiroth had all the time in the world to counter her attack, and instead did what Cloud did and shanked him from behind while he wasn't looking, she might have been the one Sephiroth chose as his fated rival that night. This nobody tour guide from a backwater village who took out the Shinra's greatest SOLDIER, and he took that personally.

You'd think at the very least the writers would play into the established dynamic of Aerith and Sephiroth's roles as thematic foils in the story. Cloud might be his character foil, but Aerith is the only one who can defeat Sephiroth in a way that matters. He will always come back to life as long as Cloud remembers him, but Aerith is the only one who can stop him in his tracks. They are so similar, yet different, and not just in character design. They both had pretty fucked up childhoods at the hands of Hojo, and made to feel special in the worst ways possible. He believes himself to be a cetra, while she is the last of the cetras. He has the black materia, while she has the white materia. He is fire and sky, while she is water and earth.

And the story doesn't seem to care enough about this narrative parallel in the same way it does about Cloud idolizing Sephiroth and wanting to be just like him. It's even confirmed in one of the books these two hang out in the lifestream and yet they never talk! They just keep their distance out of fear one will consume the other. You could have had this fun dynamic with them playing chess games with Cloud as Aerith's knight, but it never goes there. There's so much wasted potential here.

Not including Crisis Core, where they actually have to give him human connections for the story to work (and even then Genesis and Angeal are conveniently not around that much before defecting Shinra early on in the game), even his relationship with Zack is kinda left to the player's interpretation as time is played very loosely in CC (this game feels like it takes place over the course of several weeks and yet Zack has been on vacation no less than 6 times. Even Zack's friendship with Cloud isn't nearly as developed as it should be considering how little screen time they have together before Nibelheim). The game shows cut scenes of Sephiroth and Zack growing close as friends, but Zack spends most of the time being annoyed at Sephiroth for dumping all his assignments on him or they only ever talk about Angeal and Genesis. Their hinted friendship in FF7 OG is way more interesting than what we actually got.

[godsbox-a]

Q. 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 ?     A.   𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ! passionate ; you are the heated moment of an argument. when the person you care for has done something outrageously stupid or dangerous. all of your pent up emotions that you've kept inside of you come bursting out : ❝ 𝘽𝙀𝘾𝘼𝙐𝙎𝙀 𝙄 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 ! ❞ how could they be so dense. how could you be so dense. you've loved each other this whole time. your love tends to be strong, &. loud. sometimes it might be hard for you to express your feelings, but you let people know that they are cared for. ( you're also hot. good for you. )

𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 : idk i just work here 𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 : @utahimei @greenskirt @yosukeh @kurosekkiyu @crem8 @shegore @chiheru + u !

[tetrangel]

the chimera

[worthless-weight-in-gold]

@draconisa not getting kidnapped, really, it’s a rescue mission we swear,

[qilinkisser]

had a dream that arvy was a masseuse for some reason?? and oouh it was very nice

[wyrmwinds]

Which Greek God Would Favor You? ––  Ava Drangahr

HERA : Goddess of Marriage & the Heavens

Interesting... Hera is powerful, solemn, and spiteful; her favor is hard to win, so whatever you're doing, you're doing it damn well. you're a one-of-a-kind individual, with great kindness and respect for your fellow living creatures. that being said, you hold yourself to a high standard, and expect nothing less from those around you; you have no patience for people who fail to show the respect or compassion you expect. your vibes are intriguing and exciting to be around. stay true to yourself, and don't get wrapped up in the drama and affairs that might surround you.

I expected someone like Ares, but Hera suits her to a T. Terrifyingly spiteful, takes no shit, with a commanding aura to boot.

Quiz stolen from @arinaxiv​, anyone who sees this is free to nab it from me as well~

Tagging @blondebnuuy​ & @pandesabik14​!

[dungeonbf]

mfw for content of my oc to exist, i have to make it

[stellamarium]

Jade would definitely notice Lunaliya's crush (on Malleus) before she does. He wouldn't know who her crush is exactly, but he'd absolutely notice when she starts to develop feelings and teases her for it.