#npc: jullus

[m-s-ka]

silly comic from patch 6.4... i kept thinking misika's dynamic with zero would be funny but uncomfortable for anyone else around LOL

#they dont know theyre being weird #draws #ffxiv #oc #oc: misika #npc: zero #npc: jullus

[velnica]

They are so Sanson/Guydelot coded I gotta ship them hnggggggggggg

#jullus pyr norbanus #Menius #Like literally the minor NPC #From the Alpha/OMG questline #Turns out to be Jullus's boyfriend #I SHIP IT #This is my favourite ship trope #island sanctuary #6.55 spoilers

[menphinaswhitemage]

I do the new Island Sanctuary and immediately have to gpose upon seeing how beautiful Jullus is.

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #gpose #ffxiv oc #ffxiv gpose #ffxiv wol #audrey valentine #hyur midlander #jullus pyr norbanus #6.55 spoilers #I have a RP Audrey and a WOL Audrey #RP audrey will only ever be paired with her (almost) wife #but WOL Audrey has hauchefaunt and then after he dies its a toss up between three different people #mainly estinien but also Gaius and Jullus have potential #ALSO ZERO #theres too many good NPCs for me not to have some fun blorbo gpose time #it good for the imagination to see how audrey and my other characters might come about a relationship with others

[kamille-is-real]

I have become cringe and started gposing. I'm still new to it, so I'm not too good yet, but here's one I made of one of my alts acting all lovey dovey with Jullus

#jullus pyr norbanus #jullusxwol #wolnpc #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ff14 #ffxiv #au ra xaela #xaela #ffxiv xaela #ffxiv gpose #ff14 gpose #gpose #gposers #wol x npc #wol x jullus

[nyalisa-landale]

alisa vs eorzea: a visual guide to why being short in eorzea sucks, actually, ft. stormblood, shadowbringers, and endwalker spoilers

#azu plays ffxiv #ffxiv spoilers #i had to remodel the bathroom for this and naturally now that i've set it back to rights i can think of a bunch of other npcs #including the city-state leaders who i meant to include but just. forgot. oops #ofc most of the different groups i could think of are three characters but. as you can see. i had four for each set OTL #so you get stuff like nidhana t-posing over little varshahn or jullus just being kind of. there with the rest of the garlean royal family #i tried to keep the camera in exactly the same place and then. i did not. #also it's funny to see who insisted on t-posing and who didn't

[picaroroboto]

For the past couple days, I've been unfortunately cursed with thinking about Zenos yae Galvus. I don't even particularly like him - not that I dislike him either, Zenosfuckers you can put your scythes down - but it seems to me like a lot of the fandom either greatly misunderstands him, or doesn't even care to try to understand him, which from an objective standpoint as someone who cares deeply about writing in video games kind of pisses me off. But I'm more pissed about the fact that I'm apparently going to keep thinking about this issue until I actually write a character analysis of him.

Q: "But, what even is there to analyze with him? Isn't he all about wanting to fight the WoL and nothing else?"

Well, you wouldn't be wrong with saying that. That motivation is at the forefront of his character, and even if you look closer, everything about him comes back to either "violence" or "lack of understanding of others". But there are more meaningful sides to his deceptively simple character. That question of meaning is what I really want to look into - what does his character mean, what symbolic or thematic role does he play in this story?

Q: "Better question: why are you posting this on your art blog/Fate meta sideblog?"

Good question, with a stupid answer: I have all of 6 followers on my FF14 sideblog, and around 150 here. Let's go under the cut so they don't have to read a wall of text, unless they want to.

When you look at and compare FF14's villains, you can see a very clear change, no doubts thanks to the change in main writers. ARR Gaius and Thordan are more or less two-bit villains - Gaius's memeable iconic Praetorium speech gives us insight into how fascists try to justify themselves but little into Gaius's actual personality, while all Thordan gets as far as depth of character is an NPC in a sidequest remarking that he wasn't always a bad person and was probably doing what he thought best for his nation. Nidhogg is a little more understandable, since revenge is a relatable motivation to anyone who's been hurt by others. In Stormblood, Zenos and Yotsuyu are both presented as deserving of pity even as they do terrible things. Come Shadowbringers and Endwalker though, the story takes a greater interest on why villains like Emet-Selch and Elidibus do the things they do, and the player is allowed more options to try to understand them and see how similar they are to the WoL. Hell, Hermes and the Endsinger are barely "villains" at all, with the level of sympathy the story shows them.

What I'm getting to here is that Zenos, with half his arc in Stormblood and the rest in Endwalker, is sort of caught in the middle of this shift. He played the role of the rival character in Stormblood really well, but come Endwalker, he's standing on a stage full of heroes and villains with grand causes and deep motivations, as the guy whose sole motivation is fighting for pleasure.

It seems he's not unaware of this contrast himself - when Jullus confronts him for ruining Garlemald for no good reason, he retorts with "Would you be happier had I a good reason?" Zenos makes no attempt to justify his own actions and doesn't care that his reason seems incomprehensible and unforgivable to others. Yet in that same cutscene Alisaie hits him with the fact that if he keeps living solely for pleasure, he'll die alone. When next we see Zenos, he's alone at the Royal Menagerie waxing philosophical about what he really sought in the battle with the WoL.

See, what really motivates Zenos isn't just the thrill of battle - this guy has gotten Battle High and the joy of human connection confused. Really.

Even before he gets so perturbed by the idea of dying alone, there's other suggestions, like his proposal of friendship to the WoL when they fought in Stormblood, and then later his dying words in which he explains that he never understood others - at his core, he's just lonely. I know there's an official side story that tells it, but you don't need to know the exact details to glean that he had some sort of tragic backstory. Sad, but not a surprise, considering he's the prince of the Garlean Empire, raised to take the throne and continue the Empire's legacy of violence.

At his core, he's a very lonely person, but also a thing of violence, raised using violent methods for the purpose of causing more violence. Violence is how he lives and breathes - the only way he gets any sort of connection with others in a world of hurting and being hurt is the brief connection warriors dueling as equals can sometimes find. Don't deny that this sort of connection exists - FF14 is great at making fights that are both fun and tell a story. Hence, why he goes crazy for the WoL, but also refers to them as "friend". In their fights, he senses (or thinks he senses) similarity between him and them. Beneath all the madness is a pure, genuine joy in seeing the self reflected in the other...but he also instantly gets on the train to projection-town, population Zenos, and assumes the WoL is exactly like him, ignoring or failing to notice that they also fight for deeper meanings. The worst part is, he doesn't even notice that what he's actually seeking in fighting them is connection until Alisaie's aforementioned callout.

So he goes and angsts for a while, then turns into a dragon again and flies across the universe to help us kick the Endsinger's tail feathers, then issues his challenge for that duel he'd been longing for. But what's changed is that he starts with a question - "Such pleasures you sought for their own sake, and for no other reason, is that not so?". Dying after the duel, he's full of questions too: "Was your life a gift or a burden? Did you find fulfillment?" Alisaie's suggestion that he'd die alone actually spurred him to realize what he actually sought in the WoL, and now he's asking all these questions in an attempt to, for the first time in his life, genuinely connect with another human being.

The questions aren't important just because they're a sign of how Zenos has changed in Endwalker - they're actually the thematic heart of Endwalker! ARR may have had "Answers" as it's theme, but EW is the expac of questions. Namely the biggest question of all: What is the meaning of life? Different characters have different answers to that, leading to the grand-scale symbolic conflict being the Endsinger's despair - her belief that there is no meaning in life - versus whatever reasons the WoL chooses to live for, left, as always, up to player interpretation.

When you look deeper, Zenos isn't actually as out-of-place in the symbolic conflict as he first seems. His depressed worldview - that metaphor about drowning in a swamp again - seems to align with the Endsinger's view about life being meaningless. But he aids the WoL in defeating her. In that way he serves as part of the answer to her question about the meaning of life. He may have resented life at times, but he still found meaning in chasing pleasure. Not the strongest or most beautiful reason to deny oblivion, perhaps, but it did enable him to help the WoL triumph. I think of Zenos's philosophy as being connected to the concept of "Amor Fati"...largely because this quote explaining it sounds like something he'd say, or at least agree with on some level:

"and if our soul has trembled with happiness and sounded like a harp string just once, all eternity was needed to produce this one event—and in this single moment of affirmation all eternity was called good, redeemed, justified, and affirmed."

So he does have a meaningful role in Endwalker, as the "Amor Fati" against the Endsinger's "Memento Mori". I think that in this the story shows that his reason for living, while somewhat shallow, is not necessarily a morally wrong thing in and of itself (setting aside for a second all the people he hurt in his pursuit of that). It's just that, since it is a lonely pursuit that denies everything except for his target, it still feels empty. The core of the counterargument against the Endsinger's despair is that both pleasure and fulfillment are necessary to live a meaningful life in a meaningless universe, and that's why Zenos is here in Endwalker. Why he even exists in the story in the first place.

Even if you're one of the people who deeply hates Zenos...well, you probably wouldn't have read this whole thing if you did, but I still think it's important to read into characters you dislike, because every character in a story is written for a reason. Plus, trying to understand even their worst enemies is one of the WoL's key traits as of ShB and EW. With his last breaths, Zenos was trying to understand the WoL too - carrying this understanding of him with you as we move into our next adventures is the least you can do for your "friend".

#ff14 #ffxiv #zenos yae galvus #zenos viator galvus #endwalker #ffxiv meta #endwalker spoilers #meta posting on my art blog #god why did i spend my afternoon on this all this proves is that I need to be put in an English class again purely for enrichment purposes

[witchloversupreme]

So, I was thinking about Garlemald lore again, because I'm mentally ill and obsessed, and I had a kinda fucked up thought. Explaining it is gonna take some doing, so stay with me.

If the garlean historians are to be believed (and the Sharlayans agree (As seen in Encyclopaedea Eorzea 1), so they're likely correct), roughly 1500 years ago, the garlean people lived in Corvos alongside the G tribe, in a situation probably not dissimilar to the M and Ala Mhigo, with a sedentary tribe fairly peacefully sharing their territory with a nomadic one.

Okay, so, here's where shit gets a little bit tricky.

There is only the ONE race of Garleans (Unless you count Jullus and Cid as a different race for being Short Kings), unlike all the other species of humans, who have at least two (Midlanders/Highlanders, Xaela/Raen, Dunesfolk/Plainsfolk), and sometimes even three (Duskwights/Wildwood/Ishgardians, Hellsguard/Sea Wolves/Far Eastern). This implies a very, very small, and very specialized population. A population that could, very easily, be displaced by a larger, more powerful group, like (as the historians posit) a large tribe of Elezen from what would later become Bozja, who, very likely, were themselves, forced from their homelands by invading Roegadyn and Hrothgar. If this tribe was sufficiently large (and magically skilled) enough, they could have very easily expunged the proto-Garleans from Corvos and forced them northward.

The Garlean historians claim that this forced exodus pushed them all the way into north central Ilsabard, but this is incredibly unlikely, as no matter how devoted to a people's total annihilation a tribe may be, hounding them the entire distance from Fantasy Greece to Fantasy Siberia is more than a bit ridiculous. But I digress.

What is more likely is that the Garleans were forced more westward, nearer to proto-Werlyt, where they likely settled for a time, before expanding north into the mountains which cut the continent in half (it is still violently upsetting to me we don't have a full map of Ilsabard). A few centuries of relative peace followed, where the proto-Garleans expanded ever so slightly further north, before, once again, they lost a war, most likely one against Hyurs and Raen from either Proto-Werlyt or Proto-Thavnair, and lost their southerly territories.

With no other option but continue colonizing northward, the Garleans did exactly that, eventually founding "Garlemald", the city, a few decades later, and the rest is, quite literally, history.

Now, with that lore dump out of the way, we can get to the real meat of my thought.

Almost all evidence points towards the Garleans simply being another species of human, just like Hyurs, Elezen, and Au ra, and not a "created species", like the Ixal, and, therefore, they definitely had a mirror race on the other shards.

But where the fuck are they?

I have seen neither hide nor hair of a single Garlean, be it in the flesh, as a statue, or in a tomb in Amh Areng, Kholusia, Lakeland, or Rak'tika. There's absolutely nothing to show that the Garlean people existed on the First, which is very, very fucking strange, as even the Amalj'aa and Ixal (sort of) have mirrors on the First in the form of the Zun and the Amaro.

I can think of two answers to my question:

The Doylist answer, (which is much less interesting), is just that Square either forgot to make any Garlean NPCs for the first, or decided against depicting First!Garleans, possibly because the race both didn't have an equivalent from a previous FF game, like the Hrothgar/Ronso, or Elezen/Elves, nor were playable, like like the Au ra/Drahn, or, because the Garleans are the go-to "Bad Guy Race" and they didn't want to confuse players.

The Watsonian answer, (and the one I subscribe to), is that the First!Garleans are extinct, having been driven to the brink by The Flood and over the edge in the ensuing century of strife, alongside many, many other species and peoples.

#This is probably almost incomprehensible #It is five in the fucking morning for me #and I woke up from a dead sleep to goz this autism onto your timelines as if by Divine Mandate. #Anyway #I really hope we get more Garlemald lore in general #For being THE main (non-magical) bad guys of the setting #we really do know jack shit fuck all about their history and culture #And the crumbs Endwalker gave us really doesn't fucking cut it #ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #garlemald #Shadowbringers Spoilers (kind of) #Shadowbringers #Endwalker

[tsunael]

Tsuna -

Thancred

Urianger

Jullus

Tataru

describe your OC's feelings/relationship to an NPC.

WHOA THAT'S SO MANY. Huge post incoming lmao.

You probably didn't mean the first one like this but...

What does she think about herself?

So, her opinion of herself lessens over time. She is tempered from a life of entertaining strangers, of becoming a living work of art, and that involves living in a world of putting on a mask every day. At first she's proud of herself and her status, and being appreciated for her beauty make living in a Hyuran-dominated space feel validating. She worked hard to get to where she is-- especially in a caste-system like Kugane's.

Her only goal is to earn her keep at the okiya, and to gain a patron (a danna) in order to repay her debts so that she can retire and look for her father in Thavnair. This, of course, doesn't quite happen the way she envisioned.

There's a clear moment she starts taking on guilt and it begins when she first killed a Garlean soldier and is forced to flee the country. I think the guilt just compounds from there until she feels she is undesirable and unclean for the things she's done. Eventually she will have to take measure of her worth, and pit them against the traditional Raen morals of her upbringing: does the good she has done outweigh the lives she has taken? Is it peace if it was written in blood?

Thancred.

Sweats. Well, for starts, he's one of the few that aren't eager to lick her boots simply because of her power and she has always appreciated that about him. He sees her as she is, and she has always appreciated that about him-- what she doesn't know is it's because he sees himself in her.

Their relationship is rocky though, and to be clear it's always been full of highs and lows. He humours her lack of experience as an adventurer because Minfilia takes a liking to her, but at the same time he also sees Tsuna as a potential conquest, which she repeatedly rebukes. His cocktail of emotions spill over in 3.2 that really sours their relationship until SHB proper (5.0?).

What does she think of him, though? He's refreshing, frustratingly dry-witted, incorrigible, and sympathetic. She also knows he could love so deeply if he just allowed himself to be loved in return.

Urianger.

Amiable at first. Another Eorzean who speaks in a strange bastardization of the common tongue, and so she often has difficulty understanding both his speech and his allegiances. Once, he gifted her a book on Sharlayan astrology after expressing an interest in conjury, and though she never gained a knack for it, she has kept the deck of cards ever since.

It made his subsequent betrayals hurt worse, however. He broke her trust not once, but twice. After the events at Gulg she has found him nothing but shady-- a complete enigma even after she had thought she finally knew him. Even though he does what he does with a heavy heart and good intentions, they tend to invite the worst kinds of trouble.

I haven't a clue what this relationship could be called but it is friendly. He has no ill-will towards her, and never has, and neither does she. She definitely finds him mesmerizing to look at, though. I suppose she keeps a wide berth from him if she can help it, simply because her trust is not something so easily won back.

Jullus.

Ouch. Oof. Rough. Similar to themes I mention in my Fordola question, Tsuna has prejudices against the Garlean people whether they be military personnel or civilians and I consider this a flaw she needs to overcome. Learning of Arenvald's heritage did much to distil her initial prejudices, however, Jullus and her are (at first) a hair's breadth from knocking heads.

(As a personal aside, having just finished the island sanctuary quests yesterday I was actually wondering at the time about how uncomfortable Tsuna might have been while breaking bread with all those Garleans lmao.)

I do think she softens on them as a people, and subsequently Jullus, but it takes time. Jullus, himself is meant to represent them as a whole to the player imo. There are just too many layers preventing her from seeing him as a person when he is such a product of his environment. I wouldn't doubt if he kept his mistrust of her as well.

TATARU !!

They are best friends for certain. Tataru lives for her stories, and has a great time accompanying Tsuna whenever she can. Tataru has a real adventurous heart and she definitely lives vicariously through her in that way. Aside from that, their relationship is full of gossip over tea and all that-- mostly Tataru doing the spilling. I think Tsuna does really well with Ul'dahns extroverts that are really forward lmao.

Minfilia isn't around anymore and I imagine Tataru gets very lonely without her best friend. Tsuna will never be a replacement for that relationship, but I think Tataru appreciates her presence.

Also as a personal observation, though it doesn't have anything to do with their relationship per se, the last Tataru quest ended up being very thematic for Tsuna and I was losing my mind over it. The worries of diaspora losing their culture, the guilt of feeling that you're not doing more for your people, and then it all culminating in recreating Tataru's mother's heirloom. (Tsuna keeps her own mother's wedding ring with her and it's an important part of her story.) I just found it all very fitting for the two of them!

Also, Tataru definitely sewed her a dress for her date dinner with Aymeric, and would do so again. She's the kind of friend that's like 'I'm going to make you look so smoking hot this guy loses his religion over you'.

#asks ; playing postmoogle #thefreelanceangel #thanks for sending! #ain't nobody gonna read all this but it was fun to put down #lore ; weaving a story.

[sheyshen]

ok finished the 6.55 stuff. so vague thoughts some spoilers ahead:

MSQ: -I love wuk lamat already and i'm for sure curious how things will go for dawntrail, though i am not about raya possibly having to go against thancred oh no. -only complaint that i had was raha's voice acting felt off, like he was distracted while recording and wasn't "in character" all the time (voice was too low in spots and delivery felt wrong for the situation and animation, and a few times it felt like it was the first time he was reading the lines) -did i mention i love wuk? because i do.

Hildi: -UFO UFO UFO -no notes, it felt like a hildi chain and i'd been hoping i'd get the UFO as a mount since it first showed up -Asura trial was interesting, went in blind so sorry to my group i was learning on the fly (tho i mean it's day 2 we all are)

Island sanctuary: -JULLUSSSSSS!!! -he was such a cutie and so bad at taking a break i loved the whole quest so much -especially the bit that it sounded like emm and sicard had been planning on how to smuggle him outta garlemald since they visited -only disappointing this was he was the last! ahhhh i wish we could invite npcs to visit, doesn't have to be anything involved just to let them be there on the island for a bit. -thanks for the HQ cheese -also, i dig whatever vibe jullus and manius had going. and was nice to have a mention of the little quest with alpha and omega

Allied Tribal quest: -I loved it, the race was so much fun and i'm glad we get to keep the trophy as a deco. and the dance is so fun (though rip the WoL's knees) -will need to have a whole lineup of people doing the dance sometime, it'd look great if we can time it right -only one singular complaint -where. was. nhaza'a???? they mention him on the radio after the quest is over but he didn't show up at all and i'm disappointed. -btw the radio has like four or five different 'news' blurbs it cycles through if you click on it.

Tataru's Grand Endeavor wrap up: -oh man made me tear up -and the flashback ahhhhh -I really loved getting to see everyone from the sharlayan deliveries for it, though it does make me curios if those aren't finished will you only get the ones that you have? or different comments? -editting on: I like that there's a comment that the people who helped restore/create the necklace for tataru checked in to see if she liked it but i kinda wished we could've gotten a comment from them if we visited them (hancock still says his "i don't want to see you in an early grave" lines for the post variant dungeon and gaius still has his comments about working with the resistance and getting werlyt on it's feet so i assume leofard's are also the same too) might be too much to request but woulda been nice touch lol

all in all i loved so much of it and makes me look forward to what's planned going forward! next is wow, though i have been digging through cutscenes so i have an idea of what happens but i wanna play through it myself >:3

#xiv spoilers #6.55 spoilers

[autumnslance]

LynMars’s FFXIV Write 2022 Master Post

Writings completed for this year’s daily challenge. As usual any of my ship-related content is marked with an asterisk (*) to seek or avoid as needed.

The goal this year was to write less than I have in previous years; to allow myself shorter scenes and not push myself on free days. To actually relax, have fun, and not stress about writing “enough”. To make my prose just as long as it needed to be.

Overall, I succeeded in said goals.

Breakdowns and commentary under the cut for those interested!

1. Cross - Two travelers’ journey over time & adventuring together. 2. Bolt - Iyna doing her duty as a rebel versus the Empire. 3. Temper - Midgardsormr keeps a promise to forge a hero. 4. Free Day! 5. Cutting Corners - Dark Autumn after a company officer meeting. 6. Onerous - Thancred & the Immortal Flames, post-Ifrit. 7. Pawn - Emelia obtains passage for her family to Thavnair. 8. Tepid - Zaine realizing he doesn’t belong with the Radiant Host. 9. Yawn - Aeryn escaping the Bloody Banquet through the tunnel. 10. Channel - C’oretta’s thought processes. 11. Free Day! 12. Miss the Boat - Urianger, Moenbryda, and regrets. 13. Confluence - Venat tracing the flow of fate. 14. Attrition - Ser Ompagne has a brief theological discussion. 15. Row - Dark versus a certain baby behemoth. 16. Deiform - Dark, Aeryn, Iyna, & C’oretta in Delubrum Reginae. 17. Novel* - Aeryn, Thancred, & a borrowed book over time. 18. Free Day - Memory* - Aeryn & Thancred discuss his possession. 19. Turn a Blind Eye - Lahabrea contemplates his mistakes. 20. Anon - Ryne learning two opposing definitions of the word. 21. Solution - 2 Azems discuss the plans for the Final Days. 22. Veracity - In a possible future, Iyna ensures history’s truth. 23. Pitch* - Thancred knows how to distract Aeryn when necessary. 24. Vicissitudes - Ascian viewpoints on their stolen mortal bodies. 25. Free Day! 26. Break a Leg - Iyna & C’oretta help the dancers at a recital. 27. Hail - An Estinien PoV of the final fight in the Aitiascope. 28. Vainglory - The Warrior of Light isn’t what Jullus expected. 29. Fuse - Tanzel thinks of ways to handle his stepchild’s temper. 30. Sojourn - A family of travelers, in 1 lifetime & perspective.

Totals: 18,813 words.

A bit more than my 2018 (around 16k), less than my 2019 (21.4K), and way less than 2020 and 2021. I was realistic about my time and energy, asked myself what is the core idea or scene I really want to get across, and any spot-editing was for tightening wording and phrases. I feel like it got harder to keep writing shorter as the month went on and my focus slipped--and I really got into a writing groove!

I could have definitely gone on longer for some of these, and do have other scene ideas and notes in the drafts. But for the 24 hour challenge I tried to keep them short, though they’re each as long as they need to be.

I did mean to put out old WIPs again on free days, but that time/energy factor combined with busy weekends, so I took them off. "Memory" actually came out of "Yawn" and was plinked at over the week before it went up for the 18th.

Only a couple wolcred fics this year; got in a good mix of NPCs and OCs, with Iyna taking a bit more of a POV spotlight in the non-Aeryn-focused stories, though all the girls got at least one. More Ancients and Ascians than I generally go with, though still made sure some favorite Scions got in there. And a bit more of Aeryn's family and backstory, as getting Thavnair finally has put that forefront in my brain.

I was hoping something would spark an idea for an Avengret chapter I feel is "missing" but I may have to resign myself to the fact that chapter doesn't want to be written as I continue revising last year's unexpected longfic. Thankfully this year's prompts were all standalones.

More Breakdowns:

Longest: 17 Novel, 2073. Shortest: 15 Row, 220.

Between 1500 - 2000: 24 Vicissitudes (1522), 29 Fuse (1678) Between 1000 - 1499: 18 Memory (1034) Between 500 - 999: 3 Temper (537), 8 Tepid (500), 10 Channel (586), 12 Miss the Boat (824), 13 Confluence (702), 14 Attrition (683), 20 Anon (839), 21 Solution (532), 22 Veracity (857), 28 Vainglory (864), 30 Sojourn (989) Between 200 - 499: 1 Cross (386), 2 Bolt (299), 5 Cutting Corners (445), 6 Onerous (488), 7 Pawn (300), 9 Yawn (375), 15 Row (220), 16 Deiform (375), 19 Turn a Blind Eye (277), 23 Pitch (481), 26 Break a Leg (462), 27 Hail (485)

General WoL: 1 Cross, 3 Temper, 13 Confluence, 22 Veracity I tend to default to feminine pronouns when writing Generic Default WoL.

WoL Aeryn (as an adult): 6 Onerous, 9 Yawn, 16 Deiform, 17 Novel, 18 Memory, 23 Pitch, 27 Hail, 28 Vainglory, 30 Sojourn

Wolcred: 17 Novel, 18 Memory, 23 Pitch.

Child Aeryn: 7 Pawn, 29 Fuse

Aeryn’s Family: 7 Pawn, 8 Tepid, 29 Fuse, 30 Sojourn

Other OCs: 2 Bolt (Iyna), 5 Cutting Corners (Dark), 10 Channel (C'oretta), 15 Row (Dark & Violet), 16 Deiform (Iyna, Dark, C'oretta, Aeryn), 21 Solution (Pandora), 22 Veracity (Iyna), 26 Break a Leg (Iyna & C'oretta)

Ancients & Ascians: 13 Confluence (Venat), 19 Turn a Blind Eye (Lahabrea), 21 Solution (Venat), 24 Vicissitudes (Lahabrea & Emet-Selch)

Other NPCs: 3 Temper (Midgardsormr), 12 Miss the Boat (Urianger, Moenbryda, Louisoix), 14 Attrition (Ser Ompagne), 20 Anon (Ryne, Ran’jit, Thancred), 27 Hail (Estinien, other Scions)

#Final Fantasy XIV #FFXIVWrite2022 #Lyn Writing #Aeryn Striker #Dark Autumn #C'oretta Khell #Iyna Cauld #Scions of the Seventh Dawn #Endwalker #Shadowbringers #Stormblood #Heavensward #A Realm Reborn #Backstory

[astralfrontier]

The Scions of the Seventh Dawn Aren't Cops

I saw a post that expressed uh, let's say confusion, about the Final Fantasy XIV community and the in-game NPCs, and how they handle the current storyline villain, Golbez. I think the idea was that if the villain has good vibes (looking at you, Emet-Selch), they get a break, no matter how many millions of people they murdered.

I don't think it's about vibes, although there's plenty of people who get hot for some of the villains.

I think it's that the main characters - the Scions, and the WoL - aren't cops, and this comes as a surprise to a primarily American audience that's used to cop protagonists.

What do I mean by that? Let's run through the villains from ARR to the present.

The Ascians. Effectively dealt with, with most of their top level leadership killed off for real by the Warrior of Light. These were the guys creating calamities to try and combine worlds with the Source, bring back the Unsundered World, and in the process execute global genocide. But their circumstances engendered a lot of sympathy, both from players & characters.

The Garleans (including Doman collaborators). Several - Nero and Gaius from ARR, Jullus from Endwalker, etc. - are now effectively allies of the WoL and friends. Others got killed during the Grand Companies' military actions e.g. Operation Archon, or under unique circumstances, e.g. Zenos.

The Syndicate - although members of the Ul'dah Syndicate have tried to kill the Scions, and/or have hurt their allies (Nanamo, Raubahn...), they've basically been left alone by the Scions.

Thordan and the Heavens' Ward - attempted to ascend to godhood, killed friends (I miss Haurchefant), and got killed. But there's plenty of sympathizers and hardliners still active in Ishgard.

Nidhogg's Brood - Nidhogg got killed, hostile dragons get killed when encountered, but otherwise the Dragonsong War wound down through acts of peace.

Vauthry and Sin Eaters - Big V got killed when he tried to Angel Up, and the Ascians behind it all got theirs.

Golbez and the Voidsent - if you know you know.

So what do these people have in common?

If you aren't actively trying to blow up the world at the moment, the Scions will not come for you. If you are, they will try to stop you doing what you're doing, even if that means killing you.

But. The Scions are not here to chase you down for your crimes. They do not maintain a prison. They do not tend to hold grudges, but they're wary around dangerous, risky people. They're not focused on policing people. They're focused on responding to active threats to life. If a threat ends, they leave it to other people to deal with whoever was enacting that threat. That might be a city-state and its leadership, a military alliance, or whatever. But if you stop doing the thing the Scions are here to stop, they'll move on. If you reverse course and try to do the right thing, they may even team up with you.

#final fantasy xiv

[starrysnowdrop]

Thoughts on Patch 6.3 MSQ, Myths of the Realm, and Tataru’s Grand Endeavor

Everything is under the cut! Avoid if you don’t want any spoilers!

So far, this was a solid patch overall, though I do think it feels a bit shorter than I would’ve expected. I guess I’m still not used to 6.3 not being the end of a particular expansion’s story arc, unlike 3.3, 4.3, and 5.3 was, and all of those were massive patches in terms of story. We are still in the middle of this arc about the Void and saving Azdaja so it feels shorter. This arc also feels much smaller in scale than some other previous arcs, but that’s not exactly a bad thing. After saving the whole star from literal oblivion and despair incarnate, it’s nice that the story right now feels different in that way.

I will admit, after 6.2, I wasn’t invested in the msq much at all, but 6.3 has made me a bit more invested, though not nearly as much as I feel that I should. Perhaps it’s because there hasn’t been that much build up and the plight of the people of the Thirteenth doesn’t hit me nearly as hard as the First did. I do think that most of the emotional beats that did really well are because of Zero’s character development and not the storyline itself.

Speaking of Zero, they’ve done a fantastic job on her character development and I’m looking forward to seeing more of her in the next patches. I’m very curious as to what they plan to do with her character. And I don’t know how most others feel about this, but boy did I get shippy feels from Zero and Jullus. I’m just here to say that I ship it.

Last point on the msq is that I’m wondering if any of this arc is going to carry over into 7.0 at all, or is this just a smaller story arc that is more self contained? I can’t help but feel like a lot of this seems like… dare I say, filler? I seriously hope I’m mistaken about that, but I worry that this won’t have much impact once we get to 7.0, whatever that might entail.

The highlight of the patch for me was Myths of the Realm. I’m enjoying the alliance raid series SO much right now, and learning more about the Twelve and battling them has been so much fun for me, and so has been my theories about their origins and their motive for fighting us. Euphrosyne is just as amazing as Aglaia was, and I’m obsessed with the fights, the gear sets, and the music. Literally obsessed with “Dedicated to Moonlight” right now, as I have the song on repeat on YouTube.

Oh, and Deryk is Oschon. It’s not even just a theory anymore to me. I’ll be way more surprised if he wasn’t. Same with what I think their origins are. The Twelve, plus the Watcher on the Moon, were the ones who summoned Hydaelyn, and they are making sure that humanity will be alright without them, now that Hydaelyn is gone and their duties are done. That’s my theory, and once again, I’ll be shocked if that’s not the case.

Lastly, this was my favorite part of Tataru’s Grand Endeavor so far, as I love the Four Lords and seeing Tataru with Hancock again was such a treat. Another npc x npc ship that I love. Oh, and Yume with the Flaming katana!!! Holy shit, can she keep it??? Like for real, seeing her with a flaming katana was so much of a serotonin shot for me, just perfection.

Anyways, that’s all I’ve got for now. Feel free to chat with me on your thoughts on patch 6.3! Do you agree with me, or am I just wrong about everything?

#ffxiv endwalker #endwalker spoilers #patch 6.3 spoilers #6.3 spoilers #myths of the realm spoilers #euphrosyne

[imperial-nuisance-rudje]

i reserve the right to be a hater occasionally and that is your warning

i'm still not seeing where people are coming from with "oh 0/jul_us is supported by text", saying that is pure "a guy and girl interacted positively so they must be in love" coping bc they don't want to think about an uninterested woman. like, it's pretty clear Zero's just navigating the raw concept of platonic relationships. I like the occasional Y'sh/Zero but i'm hardly going to claim it's supported by anything but vampire imagery being hot (including Zero's own personality tbh, she reads as notably disinterested in anything but friendship and we have other examples of voidsent being tooth-rottingly gross over each other to confirm sexual relations and romance still exist in the void--zero's the single most aroace major npc in the game rn).

...also this game doesn't do romance subtly, not for NPCs outside of extant relationships. the most subtle romantic hints i can think of for stuff clearly meant by the writers to be hinting at romance is that aymeric gives wol a fucking dinner date and multiple jabs from other characters about a crush on the wol. Even the relationship between Y'shtola and Runar has all the subtlety of a bag of hammers, even with them leaving room for it to be read as platonic because canonizing Y'shtola in any relationship would piss a lot of players off. Zero and Jullus have nothing even close to that.

note that none of this is a jab at the ship itself--like i said, y'sh/zero has about as much support. it's specifically about ways of talking about certain scenes.

anyway for non-ship related haterade as a palate cleanser: the fact that it takes 4 patches of zero trying to work out friendship for the wol to think about zenos, a man whose first death was preceded with him asking the wol for companionship (even if he clearly doesn't believe it possible to obtain at the time), is a massive insult to the intelligence of even a wol who hates him. i don't know who this subplot is written for, because the zenos haters have spent the entire time being annoyed about him being brought up and my fellow zenos enjoyers are mad because the wol that offered zenos a hand in 4.0 has been ignored studiously for all of endwalker. You don't... have an option in the game that long and fucking disregard that it was there in later work. You put the option there, you built your bed to lie in! Fuck you!

[cinnabun-faerie]

Characters I'm writing/not writing for (Updated 01/26/23)

A/N: New year so it's being updated / changed

You can find the FAQ + Guidelines here

You can find the Requesting Rules here

Note: If there is a character that is not listed here, feel free to ask me about them! Please be aware that I may not know some characters/how to write them.

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Buddy Daddies

Characters I will be writing for

Rei Suwa

Kazuki Kurusu

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Danganronpa

Characters I will be writing for

THH

Makoto

Byakuya

Celeste

Mondo

Mukuro

Toko

Syo/Jack

GBD

Fuyuhiko

Gundham

Hajime

Ibuki

Izuru 

Kazuichi

Mahiru

Nagito

Sonia 

V3

Kaede

Kirumi

Kokichi

Maki

Miu

Rantaro

Tenko

Characters I will write if requested

Gonta

Characters I will not be writing for

Hifumi | Junko | Sayaka | Yasuhiro

Akane | Hiyoko | Mikan | Nekomaru | Teruteru | Ultimate Imposter

Angie | Korekiyo | Ryoma | Tsumugi

Monokuma | Monokubs | Usami

Characters from UDG

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FFXIV

Characters I will be writing for

Scions

Alisaie

Alphinaud

Estinien

G'raha Tia

Thancred

Urianger

Y'shtola

A Realm Reborn

Cid Garlond

Heavensward

Artoirel

Aymeric

Edmont de Fortemps - Platonic only; usually written as a father figure

Emmanellain

Haurchefant

Ysayle

Stormblood

Gaius

Hien

Lyse

Magnai

Yugiri

Zenos

Shadowbringers

Ardbert

Exarch

Lyna

Ryne

Endwalker

Emet-Selch

Erenville

Fandaniel

Fourchenault Leveilleur

Hermes

Hythlodaeus

Jullus

Venat

Zero

Varshahn / Vrtra

Bonus (Raids, etc.)

Erichthonios

Themis

Characters I will write if requested

Ameliance Leveilleur

Characters I don't write for (currently)

Note: I may write for them in the future

Cirina

Francel

Gaia

Sadu

Stephanivien

Yotsuyu / Tsuyu

Sidurgu

Characters I will not be writing for

the three leaders

Krile

Tataru

Raubahn

Ascian Elidibus/Lahabrea

Gogetsu

Hancock

Soroban

most job npcs/random npcs

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Fruits Basket

Characters I will be writing for

Hatori

Hatsuharu

Kazuma

Kureno

Kyo

Momiji

Shigure

Tohru

Yuki

Characters I don't write for

Note: I may possibly write for these characters in the future

Arisa (Uo)

Ayame

Isuzu (Rin)

Kagura

Kakeru

Ritsu

Saki (Hana)

Characters I will not be writing for

Akito

Kisa

Hiro

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Jujutsu Kaisen

Characters I will be writing for

Kento Nanami Satoru Gojo Sukuna Yuji Itadori

Characters I will write if requested

Megumi Fushigure

Characters I don't write for

Mahito

Nobara Kugisaki

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My Hero Academia

Characters I will be writing for

Dabi

Denki Kaminari

Eijiro Kirishima

Fumikage Tokoyami

Hanta Sero

Himiko Tojo

Hitoshi Shinso

Itsuka Kendo

Izuku Midoriya

Katsuki Bakugo

Keigo Takami (Hawks)

Kyoka Jiro

Mezo Shoji

Mina Ashido

Neito Monoma

Momo Yaoyorozu

Nejire Hado

Ochaco Uraraka

Rumi Usagiyama (Mirko)

Shota Aizawa

Shoto Todoroki

Tamaki Amajiki

Tenya Iida

Tomura Shigaraki

Toru Hagakure

Toshinori Yagi (All Might)

Characters I don't write for (Currently)

Note: I may possibly write for these characters in the future

Koji Koda

Mashirao Ojiro

Rikido Sato

Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu

Tsunagu Hakamada (Best Jeanist)

Characters I will not write for

Minoru Mineta

Endeavor

All for One

Twice

Most of the villains tbh

Most of the UA Staff

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Obey Me

Character I will be writing for

Lucifer

Mammon

Leviathan

Satan

Asmodaeus

Beelzebub

Belphegor

Diavolo

Barbatos

Simeon

Solomon

Thirteen

Mephistopheles

Raphael

Characters I will not be writing for

Lilith

Luke

Michael

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Ouran High School Host Club

Characters I will be writing for

Haruhi Fujioka Tamaki Suoh Kyoya Ootori Hikaru Hitachiin Kaoru Hitachiin Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka Umehito Nekozawa Ritsu Kasanoda

Characters I will not be writing for

Renge Houshakuji

pretty much anyone who is not main cast (there are two exceptions)

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SK8 The Infinity

Characters I will be writing for

Miya Chinen

Reki Kyan

Kaoru Sakurayashiki "Cherry Blossom"

Kojiro Nanjo "Joe"

Langa Hasegawa

Characters I will not be writing for

Adam

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#writing #character writing #buddy daddies #ffxiv #danganronpa #obey me otome #my hero academia #fruits basket #sk8 #jujutusu kaisen

[sezja]

Hello o/

For your free time. Remember to always rest <3

Excuse me but more doubts about Sanaii:

Favorite hairstyles?

Most hated job?

Places she dislikes?

Any friends or other relationships? Who she trusts more? Anyone she goes to if she needs it?

What does she feels and thinks about her dads?

Cold weather or warm weather?

Is she too burdened by the Warrior of Light title?

Does she enjoys helping people?

Questline that most suits her (I’m thinking about class/job ones but you can choose another)?

Does she has favorite npc? Any type of thoughts or feelings about this canon character from admiration, respect, love of any kind, anything.

Favorite glamour set?

Any item she always has with herself?

Religious or not?

I will come back but enough for now :D

Favorite hairstyles: She likes to keep her hair long, but ties it back out of her face so it doesn't get in the way - she likes ponytails, buns, and other up-dos. It's a real shame the hairbuns... do what they do on miqo'te, because otherwise I think she'd love them.

Most hated job: She's tried and failed to get a handle on DoM jobs - for role quest purposes she's going to pick up RDM and SGE, neither of which she's particularly fond of. She likes X'rhun and Arya (she and Arya are great friends and maintain a steady correspondence), though, so she keeps making her best effort at RDM... even if the magical aspects baffle her and she'd rather just practice her swordsmanship.

Places she dislikes: Nowhere, really! She finds something to love everywhere she goes. It's part of why she decided to follow in Zephyr's footsteps and become an adventurer. If anything, Garlemald is grim and depressing so she hates going there - but she's very fond of Jullus, and she hopes to see something beautiful grow where the Empire fell.

Friends or other relationships: There's Arya, as mentioned above; they're pen pals. She also bonds with Alphinaud and Alisaie, finding it far easier to talk to them than anyone else in the Scions - especially Alisaie, who understands her frustration with politics and keeping up appearances. Sanaii tends to talk to Alisaie if she just needs to vent about something. They'll go talk it out over sweets, and if that doesn't work, they'll go fight something until the frustration's gone.

How does she feel about her dads: She loves them all dearly. She doesn't talk about them much, keeping them well away from the public eye and associating them with her as little as possible - she knows she has enemies, and those who would use her family against her if they could. She tries not to tell them too much about what she's up to after the events of ARR and 2.x, not wanting them to worry. They try, then, to follow her story as best they can by following gossip and news.

She knows, of course, that they aren't her blood family, but her first clear memory is of R'azit hauling her out from beneath the burning remains of a house, and R'enze cutting a path to safety. They will always be her fathers, as far as she's concerned.

She's particularly soft on Zephyr, who can't fight much on his own (he's an archer, but his skills lie more in hunting than on the battlefield; as an adventurer he has always relied more on his skills outside of combat). It's from Zephyr she's learned how to navigate social situations - and frankly, he's the only reason she can negotiate with the leaders of nations without embarrassing herself.

Cold weather or warm weather: She'd rather be warm than cold, but she'd rather be cold than hot.

The Warrior of Light title: At first, she thinks it's kind of fun, being a Warrior of Light like in the stories - she's proud of it, and likes to hear herself referred to in such a lofty way... but in time, as the weight of the title really starts to sink in, she finds herself quietly hating it as it consumes the rest of her identity. It is a burden, and one she can't set aside; it starts to feel like a leash, and the whole world has a grip on it. She alternates between being angry at Hydaelyn for choosing her, and anger at herself for not wanting that burden, which someone has to carry. She learns to carry the title - and its weight - with a little more grace over time.

Does she enjoy helping people: Yes! Very much so. It was what appealed to her about Zephyr's particular style of adventuring - stopping to help anyone who had need of an adventurer's aid, whatever it might be. No matter how big or small the task. No matter how grand or how meager the reward. He taught her that the purpose of an adventurer isn't just to see the world, but to leave it a better place than you found it, even if it's just improving one person's day in some small way. She doesn't always seem like the type, but she does love helping out, and feeling helpful.

Questline that most suits her: I can't remember the names of any of the NPCs involved off the top of my head, but the questline in Shadowbringers, in Lakeland, where you're sort of helping a hume girl follow in the footsteps of her father, a healer? That one.

Favorite NPC: Oh man, it's hard to say if she has a favorite. I don't presently romantically ship her with anyone, so the possibilities are endless here - she can find something to love in most people.

I feel like she's very partial to Jehantel, seeing something in his gentle melancholy that pulls at her. I'm not sure she'd have agreed to go along with Sanson and Guydelot after their bickering at the start, if Jehantel hadn't asked it of her. (She warms to them, of course, but neither of them really put their best foot forward, and she's very grumpy about being asked to go along with them - and they're not thrilled at the prospect of a sullen teenager attending their quest, either.)

Favorite glamour sets: I don't know yet! She likes comfy, pretty things. I still need to get a feel for her sense of style.

Items she carries with herself: She secretly still carries the fox plush she carried with her when her dads rescued her; it's buried deep in her pack. She only pulls it out when she needs extra comforting.

Religious or not: Mildly. Agnostic, mostly. As R'azit puts it, "I only speak to the gods when I'm angry at them." She believes there's a force that controls the world and its fate, but she's not sure it's the Twelve. She's quiet about that, though.

Obviously, she knows Hydaelyn exists, but sees Her as more of a partner than a god.

#lefox sanaii #thank you as always <3 <3 <3

[universal-kitty]

    Alrighty, one more post for the road! Masterpost of FFXIV crushes and whatnot that I have... Gonna mark down those who’ve been listed with [ ♡ ], and that’ll be that! (OCs not included bc they’re a given.)

   Also, as always-! If there’s content involving a canon chara you’d wanna prefer...not seeing, lemme know! Never any hard feelings; I caught a LOT of feels over the course of this game and it makes sense now more than ever that I’d have faves that’d “step on toes” of other people and whatnot. So I get it!

    As always: I recommend blocking OTP tags (which I make...both whenever I can + on rq of others), but encourage not doing so to chara tags! I’m okay with sharing!!!

WoLs / OCs: 

Ah'dan Khonturr 

I'karus Tia

Altan Olkund

Valmir Djt-setlas 

 Canon NPCs: 

G'raha Tia -  ♡

Haurchefant Greystone -  ♡

X'rhun Tia 

Sidurgu Orl 

Zenos yae Galvus -  ♡

Estinien Wrymblood 

Emet-Selch / Hades + Hythlodaeus

Nhaza'a Jaab 

Foulques 

Daidukul Buduga 

U'odh Nunh 

Thancred Waters 

Feo Ul 

Erenville

Cid Garlond

Kai-Shirr

Moren

Esugen Oronir + Mauci Dorthal

Jullus pyr Norbanus

Ardbert

Riol Forrest

#Aki speaks #so....I don't have a lot listed basically LMAO #otp; seek her to keep her #otp; love and war #GRANTED that's bc there's been a lot of me #being uncertain...on who'd stick around long term #cause that was important to me at the time #AND I was embarrassed at liking so many #so it kinda...messed with me a bit #HOWEVER I am cronge and free sooooo #stopping worrying abt that!!!!!! #now it's just Post and Let Be #anyways yeah uuuuhhhhh #I've thought abt ALL these mofos an unhealthy amount #if you'd like.....do ask abt them #and I'll ramble off abt whatever's in my head