#it's Good Enough

[hazelkjt]

This is more for my own reference but figured I'd share it because fuck it, I feel like it.

A complete timeline of Hazel's life both as the Warrior of Light and as a normal, everyday person on the star. The ages shown are how old she is at the start of that specific period of time. The ShB->EW section is shown as the time as it flows in the Source, as when the Warrior of Light travels to the First the difference in time had become nearly the same speed, to the point the difference is negligible.

The reason why WoL!Hazel is a Dark Knight and Reg!Hazel is a Samurai is because of the two extra years Reg!Hazel spent in the Steppe. Because she didn't stay in the WoL!Timeline, she never met the retired Sekiseigumi member who bestowed his Soul Stone and katana to her. As such she uses a weapon and fighting style nearly identical to her father, wielding a blade similar to his from Stormblood onward. WoL!Hazel also notably does not have Floof with her, as he was born a year after she left in that timeline.

This spread of months/years from "Teenager" to her current age is almost identical to the time it took me to get from ARR to DT, so it felt appropriate to keep the time frame as close to that as possible. That being said, I did shift around the months a bit to try and make more sense of travel time and what felt "right" as the duration of each expansion in universe.

#ffxiv #ffxiv oc #ffxiv oc lore #au ra #xaela #hazel kha #I spent so long putting this together and I'm not even 100% happy with it #I just cannot be fucked to try and change it anymore lmao #it's good enough

[young-royals-confessions]

#poll #yeah they aren't all equal periods of time #it's good enough #young royals

[the-cowardly-cheese]

#I lost motivation to finish this bad boy #im so tired #twisted wonderland #twst #twst sebek #sebek zigvolt #Mmmmm tasty Sebek side eye #i was going to make it like fully shaded and shit butAAAAAA #Also I'm on the eng server so if there is stuff I havent seen it (except his grand papa) #goodnight (it's mid-day) #anyways first time I posted my work in a while #started college semester I need a nap #yes I did make this mid-July and said oh I'll do more details later (I lied) #It's good enough

[impishsensei]

@malxshrine rip lil bro

#꒰ dash commentary. ꒱ #╰┈➤ ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢʏᴀᴛᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴢᴢʟᴇʀ ꒰ crack. ꒱ #i was gonna put more effort but that'd take too long #it's good enough

[blackthorndryad]

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#today was a good birthday ngl #I'm grateful for my mom and my grandma and my friends #it's so easy to feel unlovable but then amazing people show up and help me get through it #sure i wish i was more functional lol like a real person but at least it was peaceful and i laughed a lot #and that's enough for now right? #it's good enough

[doevademe]

Now you know I just have to ask for your Percy son of Aphrodite ft. Percico headcanons 💖😂

Okay, so this turned out to be less headcanons and more of a "how I would write a Son of Aphrodite Percy AU fic" kind of deal. Still, it's good enough to share, I think. Also kind of long.

Percy

Unapologetically pan.

He starts coming to camp at 9 years old because he can't control his Charm Speak (he accidentally made Gabe throw himself out the window).

He and Annabeth start out absolutely hating each other, because Percy leans into the stereotype of a child of Aphrodite. He loves make-up and fashion, and Annabeth thinks he's shallow because of that. They eventually become friends, but it takes a while.

Drew and Silena fight over who is his favorite sister. Drew teaches him color coordination and how to use his Charm Speak, Silena teaches him how to apply make-up and gives him relationship advice.

Percy can create and manipulate sea foam. It's not that powerful, but it works when he needs to blind his opponent or make a escape route.

Percico

Silena protected Percy from the Rite of Passage for years, but Drew insists that waiting until he's older will just hurt him more as he's too sensitive to the heartbreak of others. When Percy finally chooses to take the Rite, he decides it will be one of the di Angelo siblings (because children of the Big Three. Drew approves).

He ends up going for Nico, because it would be too cruel to kick Bianca out of the Hunters, and he and Annabeth end up going with him on his quest for the Master Bolt. By the end of it, Nico plans to leave camp because even after stopping the war between the Big Three, he's still treated as garbage. Percy asks him to stay, and he does.

(Percy's guilty because he will never know if it was him genuinely convincing Nico or him using his Charm Speak without realizing)

Nico falls in love with Percy, but never confesses because he believes he's out of his league. Percy doesn't notice he already got Nico's love until Drew points it out years later.

Percy has to do this. It's a child of Aphrodite thing, and being a demigod is the one thing he doesn't fail at.

Except his own feelings for Nico are too strong. He knows it's part of the Rite, that both of them are supposed to experience heartbreak, but after he became the reason he stayed, the last thing Percy wants is to drive Nico away.

By this point, Silena already "failed" her own Rite by deciding to not break Charles Beckendorf's heart, and Percy decides to follow her footsteps and asks Nico out when he's supposed to reject him.

Percy is very insecure about his relationship with Nico, as he never knows if he wooed Nico the "proper" way, or if it's just his Charm Speak going out of control with his strong emotions for the Son of Hades.

Nico has no idea of Percy's problem and for months thinks he's just the luckiest guy in camp, managing to date the most gorgeous son of Aphrodite.

(When Nico eventually finds out, he starts being more assertive, to show Percy that, indeed, he's completely in control when he holds his hand, kisses him, or takes him on dates)

#ask #anonymous #percico #my writing #long post #and now you know how my fanfic outlines look #not that I'll ever write this one out #but you know #it's good enough #I might edit this later to add a read more #but right now my phone is breaking so it'll have to wait until I'm at my desktop

[alchemistdefective]

Does chloe have a big butt

"Small, leave her alone."

#Anonymous #IT'S GOOD ENOUGH

[redmoonwanderer]

FFXIV Write 2023, Day 30 Prompt: Amity Mild(ish?) spoilers all the way to EW.

It can be hard to trust again those who go to the shadows again and again and still beg for forgiveness, offering an explanation full well knowing it may not be accepted

(but Qhol’a listens, and forgives. It’s hard not to, when there are times Urianger risks himself to keep his friend standing a little longer; when he offers such insight in battle and outside, to help them towards victory)

and it’s hard to find a friend in someone who constantly places himself beneath and behind someone; hoping for friendship and trust both despite endangering everyone while keeping his reasons and face in the shadows

(but Qhol’a holds on to hope that one day G’raha will realise his place, as all Qhol’a’s friends’, is by his side as an equal. It will take time to forgive his deceit, but to see the once reserved man be again filled with energy and curiosity, genuine joy, Qhol’a knows he’ll find it in himself, one day.)

just as it is hard to find patience with someone who has yet not seen the life outside, the cruelty of it, but also the true joy that surviving hardships can bring. When one thinks ideals alone will be enough to shape the world, it’s almost frightening to wait for the moment that image shatters

(but shatter it does, and Alphinaud realises that good intentions aren’t always enough, and sometimes hard work doesn’t pay off the way he’d hoped. Qhol’a is incredibly proud of the growth he’s been given the chance to witness, and he knows only patience will allow this youngling to bloom.)

and see how the world you once thought you knew is reshaped: friends turned to enemies, enemies to friends, as the illusions lift and reveal truths long since buried. What can someone do when who they were was built on falsehoods, so as not to break, themselves

(but rebuild himself Estinien does. When the world no longer needs the man he was, he leaves not to disappear but to remake himself just enough to match the truth while keeping the rest of the pieces as they always have been. He may pretend to be the lone wolf still, but Qhol’a knows whom to expect the moment his own image threatens to shatter under new weights.)

and when they have to choose between experiencing the world around and a long life with loved ones? How can one value one more than the other when new things greet you with such a feeling of wonder, and most all you can learn is on the pages of tomes from long ago to this day; when those by your side are your life

(but it’s a choice Y’shtola makes. Sometimes Qhol’a wonders if it’s actually for her friends that she channels her own aether to see, in her own, unique way but see nonetheless. She could’ve chosen otherwise, not shortening her own life, but also not delve with them to the deepest dungeons and soar to worlds beyond without losing years to practice; chosen to miss on travelling side by side. Such dedication to what matters, he cannot but appreciate.)

and are all that matters. And how can one expect to be welcomed when they allow themselves to be turned against those loved ones? To be there to pave the road to their destruction? Is there a way to earn forgiveness after that? Is it found in going ahead no more in shadows but for all to see, so others will never be struck again

(but there is no need for such things. When Qhol’a approached Thancred after the fight against Ultima, against Lahabrea, with a warm drink and a heavy blanket, it’s not to say “I forgive you.” When he gives the man the tea, wraps the blanket around his shoulder and sits next to him, leaning on him so he can feel again, it is to say, “I still trust you.” After Zenos steals Qhol’a’s body, Thancred comes to him with tea and a blanket, before leaning against him. No words are needed.)

or is the answer in getting stronger? To grow with each step, run to catch up to the one you so look up to, despite knowing you might not catch up? But is there any point in reaching for something you cannot have? To look at the world and take the risk of being disappointed when you fall and lose; should one still hold on to hope

(but she does. Alisaie is nothing if not stubborn, and when that means that she finds a way to rescue not only a child she looked at the stars with, but countless others, its proof enough. When she hesitates, Qhol’a is always there to remind her that she has done incredible things: not just helped someone else achieve it, but been at the lead. And the rivalry? Qhol’a will never stop moving as long as she’s there to catch up.)

that in the end, all will be well?

Journeys are long things, and poses many questions for one to ponder. Sometimes, Qhol’a finds the answers scattered on his path, and there are answers that he didn’t even know he was looking for.

Other times, however, what he finds are not for him, but for those around him: the ones he’s gathered to stand with him in sun and storm. Answers to their problems, new ways to see the world and themselves, picked up by one man.

Of course, the same can be said for his friends: without them, there are a great many things he would’ve never found. It’s a little miracle that works only when it works both ways, friendship.

The warm thing that you hope to never let go of.

#ffxivwrite2023 #ffxivwrite #writing tag #and so it ends! #somehow I made it through all prompts despite having my doubts #and yet again the ending was a rather nice one :D #I mean sure this needs a lot of editing but as it is #it's good enough

[buckybarnesowl]

Chapter 8! It’s actually here! Sam and Bucky actually talk!

#it's good enough #sambucky #sambucky fic #tfatws #tfatsw fic #winterfalcon #height of the feeling #i love these two so much #i just want them to have each other

[wtf-amiru]

The custom face I made for A'miru just makes me happy

It could use some serious refinement but also A'miru always does her makeup messy so really it doesn't really need it but art wise i could honestly clean it up and add a lot of detail but eh, for a first attempt I'm fuckin' happy with it.

#lil gremlin #there are issue i know only i can see #that are easily fixed #but eh #it's good enough #how many buts can i put in one sentence

[forecast-rain]

I- I think I might've done it. Hahahhahaha.

#cloud posts #it still looks kinda off but whatever #it's GOOD ENOUGH #now coloring. #ahaha.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Expanding a thought from a conversation this morning:

In general, I think "Is X out-of-character?" is not a terribly useful question for a writer. It shuts down possibility, and interesting directions you could take a character.

A better question, I believe, is "What would it take for Character to do X?" What extremity would she find herself in, where X starts to look like a good idea? What loyalties or fears leave him with X as his only option? THAT'S where a potentially interesting story lies.

In practice, I find that you can often justify much more from a character than you initially dreamed you could: some of my best stories come from "What might drive Character to do [thing he would never do]?" As long as you make it clear to the reader what the hell pushed your character to this point, you've got the seed of a compelling story on your hands.

#writing #writing advice #my writing #I think 'ooc' is a bogeyman that casts too big a shadow for fanfic writers #stop thinking 'is this ooc?' #and start thinking 'have I given this character a good enough reason to do the thing?'

[nightgoodomens]

Michael Sheen retweeted this and my love for him grows every time he calls his Angel out on his bullshit and sides with poor Crowley

#Michael sheen #the legend #he loves Aziraphale enough to call him out on his bullshit #and he loves Crowley to admit when he is treated like shit #good omens #crowley #ineffable fandom #good ineffable omens #ineffable husbands #ineffable boyfriends #ineffable dumbasses #ineffable idiots #ineffable lovers #aziraphale #aziracrow

[essektheylyss]

"must a story have conflict?" yes. hope this helps <3

#this is about many things but also none of them in particular lmfao #truly what not understanding how conflict operates does to a mf #me vs my executive dysfunction trying to focus enough to finish reading my book this weekend is a conflict. #like good lord

[idlestories]

not just ‘he would not fucking say that’ but ‘he would not, under torture, admit that’

#he is not in touch enough with his feelings to say that! he will say anything BUT that! #that thing about ​characters getting a good grade in therapy etc etc #writing

[spitblaze]

I don't see people gas up gnc and butch transfems nearly enough, can we get a fuckin round of applause for gnc and butch transfems

#spitblaze says things #transgender #transfem #mtf #several very good friends of mine are butch/gnc transfems and they both rule immensely #also theres just not enough appreciation for butch/gnc women generally but especially not transfem ones #not to do performative activism while having a post about not being a performative activist going around #i just wanna shout out a group that i feel is often overlooked #doin numbers