#yume garlond

[starrysnowdrop]

I may be hanging around the wrong people, but you're like the only one I know who use to ship with Cid. So do you have any thoughts on FFXVI's Cid?

Ohhhhh what a great question anon!! I’d love to discuss our newest FF Cid!!

For some of my newer followers, the anon is referring to my Yume x Cid ship, not Hali. Technically I still ship them, as Cid is Yume’s ex-fiancé in the canon timeline, and is her husband and father of their daughter Mirai in two alternate timelines!!👇

Okay, now let’s go on to the actual question, shall we? What are my thoughts on FFXVI’s Cid?? Well, I unfortunately can’t play it myself until the PC version is released because I don’t have a PS5, but I’ve watched a good bit of the game so far. So yeah, let’s talk about this newest Cid! I won’t get into spoiler territory!

Alright, FFXVI’s Cid, Cidolfus Telamon, seems like a definite nod to FF Tactics’ Cid, with the whole Thunder God theme and with him being the Dominant of Ramuh. Which I adore that nod to a previous Cid.

Also, I used to say that Cid Garlond, our Cid in XIV, was the best Cid in the entire FF franchise. Now… I have a hard time still saying that! XVI’s Cid is that damn awesome as a character! I’m NOT exaggerating either! I’m so impressed with this Cid that he is my favorite character in XVI so far, but he might actually be the new champion of the title “Best Cid in all of FF”, and that is saying something. He has made quite an impression on me, and he’s definitely the standout character in the game, so far at least. My opinion might change the further I get into the story, as I’m probably not even halfway through it.

To anyone who hasn’t checked out XVI, I highly recommend it! And I wouldn’t be surprised if Cid is the fan favorite character.

Thank you so much for the question anon!! 🥰💖

[starrysnowdrop]

So I have a few OCs that are mixed race, due to them being children of my WoLs. The first three I’ll mention don’t even have names or faces yet, as I haven’t made them in game, but they are Hali and Aymeric’s three biological children, so they are half Lalafell and half Elezen. I know that there will be at least one son with Aymeric’s features but Hali’s pink hair.

Now onto the two OCs that I have made in game!

This is Hikari Raha, and she is Yume and G’raha’s daughter born in the canon timeline, so she’s half Au Ra and half Miqo’te. She has miqo ears and tail, but she has scales like her Raen mother, just not as many as a full blooded Au Ra. She grows up to become an Archon of Sharlayan and studies the Allagan Summoning Arts.

Next but certainly not least is Mirai Garlond, Yume and Cid’s daughter from an alternate timeline, which makes her half Raen Au Ra and half Garlean. She has the horns and tail of an Au Ra but a third eye like her Garlean father, and she inherited his talent for engineering. She is also a Time Mage and a time traveler.

Hope you feel better soon sweetie!! 💖💖💖

My mood is down, so:

FFXIV tumblr, show me/ tell me about your characters who do not fit neatly into the in-game playable races! Any character whose race is not simply "an Elezen" or "a Hyur", etc.

[otherworldseekers]

How would your muse react to being handed a baby? ((Maybe a baby Mirai specifically lol!))

Look, you don't want to hand your baby over to Severia. Her feelings about babies tend toward "what is this thing? why is it so wet? it can't even lift its head. why did you do this to me, Yume?"

Severia holds the baby more awkwardly than you've ever seen anyone hold a living creature before. Oddly, it's Nero who rescues young Mirai just before she starts bawling. Nero looks thrilled. But you've been prepared for this moment. You see him shifting his grasp and you stand up and yell "No, Nero! She's too young to be thrown in the air!" Cid is there just a moment later to retrieve her. You knew it was going to be an... interesting visit. But really. Those two are hopeless.

[aspectedstar]

FINALLY found @earthlystar ingame, so I had to take a screenshot of shenanigans!

[asphodxlos]

𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎

― wishing @earthlystar a very happy birthday!! thank you for blessing us with the gift that is yume/cid it brings more happiness than you know!! ; w ; )/  you deserve only the best darling, and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

[starrysnowdrop]

@snow-covered-moon @meepsthemiqo

So, I went ahead and wrote more already, so here’s my starting point for the AU, I’ll be tagging posts for this as #partners on the first

It’s an AU where instead of the scions getting pulled to the first it’s Sadu, Magnai, Estinien, Cid, and Tataru. Thanks to @meepsthemiqo​ and @earthlystar​ for helping develop the AU (And shuri, I forget your blog url at this time ;-;)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30849476

[crystarium-cafe]

“An Allagan tomestone.” Nero explained. “It holds the information I just shared with you, and a deal more besides. It used to be the jealously guarded property of the XIVth Legion, but it’s yours now. I wish you joy of it.”

His casual shrug showed just how he felt for the loss of his former Legion—though, Tei suspected, if Nero did miss anything it would be the R&D he’d once had unfettered access to. She frowned at him, but his attention was wholly on Cid.

“I look forward to working together, old friend.” With a smirk, Nero turned and followed their friends. If Tei didn’t know better, she’d think him sincere under all his bluster.

With a resigned sigh, Cid pocketed the tomestone.

“I’m not sure which is more frustrating,” he muttered to her as they stood there, “his flippant disregard for his past wrongdoings, or that he is sincere—in his own way—of both his apology and his intentions.” He shook his head, and gave Tei a bemused smile as they made their way back to the Eight Sentinels. “And yet, I find a small part of me is glad to see him still alive. Perhaps he may never become a paragon of virtue, but there are worse examples he could follow than our own.”

Tei shrugged. “If all else fails, we can always tie him up and toss him in the lake.”

Cid laughed. “For sure, having you here will help encourage him to be on his best behaviour.”

Tei grinned.

[candideangel]

Starlight Suite

YumexCid

Sometimes a little celebration just means being with you.

@earthlystar (a special little gift for you and because it was your data I used)

[totallycorrectffxivquotes]

Happy New Year everyone! Congrats to @earthlystar​ for they are kicking us off with 2021 and being January’s WoL of the Month!

Name: Yume Garlond (née Aino) 

Age: 24 (In Beginning of ARR) 

Nameday: 13th Sun of the 3rd Astral Moon 

Race: Raen Au Ra 

Gender: Female 

Marital Status: Married to Cid Garlond as of Post-4.0 

Jobs: Samurai and Machinist 

Server: Jenova (Aether Data Center) 

Info: Yume was born just outside of Kugane, Hingashi to the daimyo Lord Masanori Aino. Yume was banished from her father’s lands after she refuses an arranged marriage, and soon leaves Hingashi for Eorzea to become an adventurer.

[phoebe-of-ivalice]

"When you look at Me" for Yume!

Phoebe tipped back in her tavern chair, heels propped on the table in front of her. She seemed lost in thought, considering her impressions of the Au Ra woman..

“Yume reminds me of a river. Serene on the surface, with a strong current underneath. She’s very elegant, a capable Samurai as well. I have to respect a fellow student of the blade. She seems to make Garlond happy, that man needed something to smile about. Always so dreary when she’s not around.”

@earthlystar thanks for submitting! Hopefully I haven’t overstepped anything mentioning your ship! Still learning the rp ropes.

[starrysnowdrop]

So I was too busy this weekend to finish the prompt for Kinktober, but here’s a visual preview. You’ll have to guess what happens…

[porta-decumana]

You know exactly who I’m going to ask about... Cid! Oh and Gaius too in case you haven’t been asked about the hubby yet!

CID GARLOND

How I feel about the character: I love Cid.  I feel like it would be very hard not to like Cid.  He’s just genuinely such a good person?  I think he’s the first character in ARR that I really liked because I could tell the writing team put a lot of effort into his character.  And I’m glad he shows up so frequently in other side content because I like to see what shenanigans he gets dragged into. 

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Yume/Cid is the ultimate OTP with Nero/Cid and Mikoto/Cid coming into 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Non-romantic OTP: Cid/WoL in the sense that the WoL is not romantically involved with Cid.  So basically Cid and Kaida.  I headcanon that they’re good friends and vent to each other often!  Especially Kaida to Cid, I feel like he probably knows a lot more about her than most of the Scions do at this point.  Especially her drinking habits, when she can be convinced to partake of alcohol.

Unpopular opinion: My unpopular opinion is that the fandom should appreciate him more.  I feel like he often gets overlooked for characters like G’raha or Emet-- both of which are also good characters.  But Cid’s had a lot of good depth added to him over the expacs and I think he deserves more love than he gets.  Especially after the start of the Bozja questline, holy cow.  I remember liking Cid a lot before that but the Cidception quest really made him shoot into my top 5 for favorite characters.

What I wish would happen: I really want Cid to fly us to the moon quite literally and if it doesn’t happen, I will riot.  I specifically want the WoL to come barging into the Ironworks and being like “Cid, we gotta go to the moon” and Cid is just like “what” and Nero is just laughing hysterically in the background.  And then they both make it happen and Cid literally pilots the ship into space and comes with us and we have a great time on the moon before Ishikawa annihilates us with more Amaurot lore and feels.  ALSO I WANT CID AND GAIUS INTERACTIONS, PLEASE SE, GIVE THIS TO ME.

GAIUS BAELSAR

How I feel about the character: Oh where do I begin.  I started off feeling very ambivalent about Gaius.  I thought he was an effective villain in ARR but that was about it.  When he came back, I felt very neutral because back then, everyone just assumed he would be back.  I thought he looked hella fine though lmaooo.  And then I really started getting invested in him uhhh right before Werlyt started actually.  The ShB scenes with him and Estinien were so great and I really starting thinking HARD on his character.  The implications of indoctrination, the fact that he was Solus’s right-hand for so many years... and I fell in love with his character.  

OTP: Gaius/Kaida forever, goodbye.  Other Gaiusfuckers are also welcome but you must understand that I am a bit biased.

Non-romantic OTP: So this is kind of wild.  Gaius/Emet-Selch and PURELY because the possibilities with their relationship as boss and henchman are absolutely intriguing to me and I’m sad no one talks about this nearly enough.  Emet-Selch has 1 line in-game about Gaius and I wish we knew more.  I can imagine it was a very one-sided relationship with Emet-Selch probably being amused with Gaius at best and Gaius being the Good Soldier Boy(tm) and protecting his liege.  His sword is called Heirsbane for a good reason and I can only imagine how someone as powerful as Emet-Selch felt when he saw Gaius continually putting down usurpers in his name.  Probably something to the effect of “oh that’s cute, he thinks he’s protecting me” while also continuing to play his role as a very mortal emperor of Garlemald.

Unpopular opinion:  OH WHERE TO BEGIN.  I’ll do one that won’t involve me writing a novel.  I see a lot of depictions of Gaius where he’s shown as very emotionless and stoic and I don’t necessarily agree with that.  I think he’s an incredibly emotional character (5.5 showed that imo) but he’s constantly torn between practicality and his feelings.  He’s a military leader, he knows there’s a time and place for everything.  But he isn’t entirely heartless, just reserved in showing emotion because of his past experiences.

What I wish would happen: Gaius becomes the leader of Garlemald just to dissolve the empire after realizing the atrocities caused by his people. He sets up a Republic and continues working as a politician to help Garlemald recover from years of manipulation and indoctrination by the Ascians.  He and Allie live together and are happy.

[otherworldseekers]

“She comes in almost every day.”

“We do make the best coffee in town, Garlond.”

“Yes, but the days she doesn’t show are the only ones you’re not working. And Yume told me she doesn’t even like coffee.”

“What’s your point?”

“Are you being intentionally obtuse? Must I spell it out? She likes you.”

“Don’t be absurd. Why would someone like her be interested in an academic failure stuck in a dead-end job?”

“Who knows? But if you don’t try to find out, you might miss out on something special.”

“I’ll… think about it.”

“Don’t think too long. You’re not getting any younger, you know.”

“Thank you for those uplifting words.”

“Any time, my friend.”

AU August Day 1: Coffee Shop

Thanks to this prompt I now have a Coffee Shop/University AU brewing in my brain which I’ll post more of later this month. 

[whitherliliesbloom]

☎️ For Yume and for Cid too if that’s okay!!

put ☎ in my ask for your muses info in my muses phone [accepting]

NAME: Yume 🔥 RINGTONE: A traditional Hingan musical piece Yume sent to Illya once and she fell in love with.  PICTURE: Photo of Illya and Yume both in traditional Hingan attire they took when Illya had asked Yume to give her a tour / teach her about Hingan culture around Kugane. 

LAST TEXT SENT:

I’m so sorry to bother you!! But I figured you would be the best person to ask for this. Is there a difference between the usage of a katana and a wakizashi? I know the katana is longer but I can’t seem to wrap my head around the purpose... 

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NAME: Cid  RINGTONE: Remixed version of the default phone ringtone that omega sent to her after the events of the omega storyline. Illya thinks it’s funny and has this set as the ringtone of all garlond ironworks staff. PICTURE: Garlond Ironworks symbol

LAST TEXT SENT:

Uibol zpv gps ifmqjoh nf vqhsbef nz qipof, Dje! J sfbmmz bqqsfdjbuf uif ofx gfbuvsft, qbsujdvmbsmz uif jo-cvjmu ufnqfsbuvsf tfotps! Ju’t cffo sfbmmz iboez gps dppljoh, mbufmz. Jt ju sfbmmz ofdfttbsz gps fwfsz nfttbhf J tfoe zpv up cf fodszqufe uipvhi?

[Scanning for malware..... Decrypting....]

Thank you for helping me upgrade my phone, Cid! I really appreciate the new features, particularly the in-built temperature sensor! It’s been really handy for cooking, lately. Is it really necessary for every message I send you to be encrypted though?

[starrysnowdrop]

OMG OP you are killing me!!! @maiden-born-in-snow @windup-dragoon @whitherliliesbloom @ofthesilverlining @the-imperial-nuisance @rei-tokugawa

FFXIV Headcanon: Reaction if they see WoL revealin’ clothing? (like Coliseum Shawl)

Aymeric

Estinien

Haurchefant

Alphinaud

Foulques

Cid

Hien

Emet Selch

[starrysnowdrop]

𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘?!

Thank you to this anon ask HERE for the idea!