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tiny-cloud-of-flowers · 3 months

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hi arii !! have u ever thought of xenoblade aus with ur other f/os? 🤔 i suddenly started imagining luna as a driver LOL but since uve been thinking abt xbc a bit more lately i wanted to ask since the concept is soo cool

Hello Clara!! Thank you so so much for sending this in, it really means a lot to me~

Ooh, I am not sure I have considered Driver Luna before, but I am now absolutely going to try to. Azami was my instant first thought for who she would resonate with, but that's more of an aesthetic thing. However, I also think Luna would work well with many healer Blades, though I can see her wielding Bitballs moreso than I can Knuckle Claws. (Which is perhaps ironic considering that there are no dark-element healer Rare Blades in XC2!) Did you have anyone else in mind from your sudden imagining (either in terms of who Luna would resonate with or perhaps how any other Reborn characters would be put in the game)?

Regarding Xenoblade Chronicles AUs with other F/Os, I have considered something like this in the past, but only for my selfship with Aqua, as far as I can remember. In that, the idea was less of an outright AU and more simply that Aqua and Aria had come to Alrest (hey, that's you) at some point after KH3, probably as part of their search for new potential Keyblade wielders in different worlds (partially because, while there's definitely scope for Heartless invasion, I'm struggling to think of how that would actually play out from like a game perspective). As part of their investigations, the two would pose as Blade and Driver, with Aqua pretending to be a Driver and Aria pretending to be her Blade, since - despite Gormotti being a thing here - Aria sort of has a few too many inhuman traits to properly pass as one, I think. Like the wings, and the seams, which may or may not be able to be mistaken for ether lines. She'd specifically be pretending to be a dark-element attacker Rare Blade of some kind, perhaps even being assumed to be Legendary considering the unique nature of her "Blade weapon" (which here would, I suppose, just be Aqua using whichever Keyblade she can summon that looks most like something Aria would have given her..?)

That is the only sort of AU-adjacent thing I can really think of having come up with beforehand, and even then it's more "XC in KH" than anything else. However, here are some other considerations, if you'd like them:

Calanthe and KOS-MOS getting thrown into XC1 instead of XC2 may not be overly feasible, but it's a concept and a half for a number of reasons. Like, imagine being Shulk and co. right after Citri and Fiora get captured at the start of the game - setting out to save them both and taking the fight to the Mechon, and then all of a sudden encountering someone who looks way too much like Citri and has a lot of her same interests (like tech!), alongside a potentially-mechanical? other woman who is incredibly powerful but whose abilities sometimes seem a bit too Mechon-like. Who are both apparently not from this world. And then starting to learn about Faced Mechon and their pilots. And then finding out that Citri and Fiora got turned into Face pilots. There's so much potential for an interesting up-and-down dynamic there, I feel!

My selfship with Zero feels like it could be pretty easily ported into XC2 with how Blades work there and how that can potentially be paralleled with voidsent pacts. You could either make Zero a Flesh Eater given her hybrid nature in FFXIV, or go down the route of her being a Blade that Zenos manages to steal and forcibly resonate with, then maybe Lorenza somehow restoring her memories to her after re-resonating with her? I feel like Lorenza could also fit well as a Blade, though, so hmm.. There are ideas there, but i'm not settled on either one yet.

I'm thinking about the recent Clio rambles.. I'm thinking about the whole "preserving her heart" aspect.. I'm thinking about how I literally described that as being able to take "the Sora route or the Jin route" (if you know then you know) and settled on something more like Sora's for KH.. I'm thinking about Aria taking the Jin route in XC2 and subsequently occupying a position like his in the story.. Yep, nope, that can fit, can't it

Both XC2 and DQIX have an Yggdrasil, and angel equivalents, and so on. I therefore really want to put Pavo and Ardea in here somehow. Maybe, Pavo and Aquila as the Aegis Blades (twin symbolism there would be fun), and then other Celestrians (so, including Ardea) as other Blades.. maybe Ardea becoming a Flesh Eater to represent her loss of wings and halo in DQIX? I feel like this could make Corvus Amalthus (he’s Aquila’s mentor, Amalthus is Malos’ Driver), but surely King Godwin would fit there better given how Indol is.. unless I say the Gittish Empire replace Torna..? Maybe Corvus would be better as the Malos equivalent (final boss and all), so maybe Pneuma could be Celestria - but then where do I put Pavo and Aquila, just ordinary other Blades like Ardea? Or would he be her Driver who then also pretends to be Ardea's despite her not needing one?? There is absolutely something here, I think, but I feel like I may be the only one with enough knowledge of both games to try and make it work. And I currently am not able to make it work, so.. take what you can make of my attempts, I suppose =P

It is now gone two o'clock in the morning and I have to be in the lab tomorrow (though thankfully not until the afternoon), so I should probably leave it there for now. Still, thank you very much for sending this in, friend, and I hope that these are alright as novel concepts ^-^

#heart of the void #selfshipping #selfship AUs #oh this is going to be an absolute *tangle* of tags #love: dark dreamer (luna)#love: wayfinding waters (aqua)#selfship: survivors of the dark (aqua/aria)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#self‑insert: vessel of nemesis (citri)#sort of #love: final memoriate (zero)#self‑insert: wings of the void (lorenza)#love: crown of clovers (clio)#selfship: of flowers unchained (clio/aria)#love: winged watcher (pavo)#self‑insert: clawed heron (ardea)#of gods and titans (xenoblade chronicles)#out of the inbox #selfship asks #clara tag!#sorry to all the others but I will *not* have space in the tags for them all #this was very fun to think about #repetition tw #possibly for the arilio bit #you can probably tell how excited I was to think about some of this even if I didn’t reach many concrete conclusions

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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Here is my post for the fourth day of September! ..I don't have a caption for these renders, I'm afraid, but they basically sum up my entire selfship dynamic with KOS-MOS in one go - KOS-MOS is being ultra-powerful and amazing and awesome and gorgeous, and my self-insert Calanthe is very in love with her because of this. Even in such dangerous places as the Land of Morytha (hence why the lighting here is so.. green).

Comments on and reblogs of my work are always okay, and appreciated, but are by no means required!~

#a call from the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #xenoblade chronicles selfshipping #xenosaga selfshipping #..sort of. since that's what KOS-MOS is originally from. even though this is her XC2 version which is canonically not the same KOS-MOS #it's okay right #this post is okay to reblog!#selfship #selfshipping #heart of the void #love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#sapphic september 2022 #it is very subtle but KOS-MOS *is* smiling slightly in the second render #just because she was made to be a combat android doesn't mean she can't feel emotions or express them after all #especially given that here she is a blade with some android traits rather than strictly an android like she is in xenosaga itself #eye contact tw #ask to tag #I probably should have desaturated the background a bit considering the land of morytha's actual in-game appearance #but oh well #I probably should try and get more.. ahead of myself as well. like.. preparing renders in advance of the days I intend to post them #since (as is the case for many) this is going to be a pretty hectic month for me #but i'm determined to see this aim through!!#KOS-MOS' crystal shell only appears when she's in combat so.. just pretend there were enemies behind the camera in the first render #that she promptly completely destroyed because she is very overpowered and I love that for her

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void-kissed · 11 months

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Hello friend it's ya boi Berry I saw the post abt what fandoms would ship irt your SIs and as someone who spent hours looking at ships in this fandom I have thoughts.

Sapphire: Nia would def be a ship w her. Mythra as well, I tend to see most characters shipped w one Aegis often shipped w the other. Her excitable nature playing of Mythra being more guarded would intrigue people.

Calanthe: Shion/Koshion ot3 deffo would happen. That fandom is wlw paradise for ships lol. Helps she and Shion have a lot in common -- invested in KOS-MOS, glasses for reasons other than eyesight, Zohar shenanigans.... T-elos in saga and 2 both would also happen. Similar to the Aegis situation I find.

Aline: Def would be shipped w Haze as well as prolly her and Lora as an ot3. Her and Brighid also feels possible -- jewel of Mor Ardain and a village girl would go hard for ppl. Curve ball here but Avalon as well. Blade Driver pairings are super popular and I figure that'd extend here too -- they're friends so some ppl would ship em.

Citri: Fiora and Shulk predictions are spot on. Reyn would also be a potential one bc of the similar childhood friends angle, tho might be more popular w her in ot3+s. Melia also feels incredibly possible, actually -- people in recent years have really been feeling her wlw vibes and chances are she'd have cute interactions with Citri, making her a potentially popular choice. Linada might also be one of only bc she and Vanea are somewhat shipped -- ship her w one gf why not the other? Lots of ot3+s here specifically would happen I think.

This has been berry can't sleep and is autistic about ships in xc fandom hour. Thank you

HELLO BERRY THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR THESE and also I really hope you were able to sleep. Sorry that they took so long for me to write out responses to!

Sapphire with Mythra would be pretty interesting actually, especially with the context of Mythra first appearing in XC2 not too long after Sapphire joins the party in Chapter 3. Not perhaps the best of introductions Plus, with Mythra’s connection to Poppi, that’s another way the two can kind of come together despite being quite different personality-wise! And, I can also definitely see shipping happening with Nia, haha. Not only out of catgirl solidarity, but there's also a Blade Eater/Flesh Eater contrast, which is made more fun by the fact that the Blade whose Core Crystal is in Sapphire was a healer Blade~

Today I found out that Shion doesn't wear glasses to correct her vision either, huh. I didn't realise they were a sentimental thing for her (from what I read on the wiki)! Anyway - yes, you're right that Calanthe and Shion do have possibly a bit too many similarities, oops, but you're right that it would definitely make them fit ships! Shoutout to Xenosaga for all the wlw ships, honestly. t-elos is someone I had not considered, but honestly now you mention it I can absolutely see it. Calanthe is not an overly confident self-insert, so that combined with t-elos' general demeanour would be quite the contrast, hehe. Plus, if going by her XC2 version: glasses solidarity again!

I would definitely call Aline with Avalon a curveball for the reason that Avalon isn't attracted to girls (I keep considering shipping them with Minoth, or possibly one of the other two male Blades), but at the same time I can see it persisting despite that, given what some people are unfortunately like. I will readily admit I hadn't considered Aline with Brighid, but I can definitely see the logic in it, haha - you're right that that kind of trope can be pretty fun! And, yes, Aline with Haze does definitely sound very cute, I can definitely imagine it ^-^

Regarding Citri, I don’t know how I forgot about Melia! My first attempts at making an XC1 self-insert was to selfship with Melia, actually - that self-insert was a fellow half-High Entia, also called Sapphire but without XC2 Sapphire's energetic-ness. Citri has actually probably turned out somewhat similar to that initial iteration, now that I think about it, despite her lore now being different (and me thinking of her as an alternate version of Calanthe, not of Sapphire). In terms of the others, I can definitely see them happening through OT3s specifically, as those would give more opportunity for more dynamics to develop properly, you could say.

..Sorry that this took me so long to properly get to, but thank you so so much again for sending this in, friend!! It really means a lot that you took the time to write this out in such a way, so thank you ^-^

#a call from the void #heart of the void #selfshipping #self‑insert: gem of garfont (sapphire)#friend: light of the aegis (mythra)#friend: catgirl solidarity (nia)#appreciated characters: shion #self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#appreciated characters: t-elos #self‑insert: hope without courage (aline)#friend: shattered light (avalon)#friend: jewel of the empire (brighid)#friend: windfall memories (haze)#self‑insert: vessel of nemesis (citri)#friend: heir to a lost throne (melia)#why did that tag take me so long to remember #appreciated characters: linada #waaah that was a lot of tags i probably missed some and I apologise if that is the case #of gods and titans (xenoblade chronicles)#out of the inbox #selfship asks #berry tag!#it is now late and I am now very tired myself but hopefully these answers are alright #thank you very much once again

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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Calanthe: "KOS-MOS, look! I got it working!! It's not crashing anymore!!"

Here is my piece for today, which is the twenty-second day of the month! It's, again, just a simple little concept - namely of Calanthe getting excited about a piece of code finally working as it should do, not really expecting too much of a response from KOS-MOS because she isn't particularly loud like that, but.. if Calanthe were just to turn around, she would see how proud KOS-MOS is of her through her expression ^-^

Comments on and reblogs of my work are always okay, and appreciated, but are by no means required!~

#a call from the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #xenosaga selfshipping #this is kind of more set *in* the world of xenosaga compared to xenoblade chronicles so I won't use the latter tag #even though the model I used here is that of KOS-MOS as she appears in XC2 rather than one of her xenosaga models #sapphic september 2022 #this post is okay to reblog!#selfship #selfshipping #heart of the void #love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#selfship: encoded emotions (KOS-MOS/calanthe)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#although ironically this is kind of set in her actual world for once #ask to tag #might have gone overboard on the diffusion for this one but it's alright right

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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the courageless girl who so loved the knight of torna the mercenaries’ gem so beloved by an aegis blade the curious mind sent down to a world unfamiliar

As of the day of me posting this, there’s only one month to go until the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and I for one am extremely excited. So, I decided I would try my hand at remaking a render I made back in December to celebrate XC2’s anniversary, and this is the result! I like to think I’ve improved, not only because Sapphire and Calanthe’s designs are more finalised but also in things like the lighting. I hope you like it! ^-^

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void-kissed · 1 year

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For the SI development meme: 4, 5, 6, and 8 for any or all of your Xenoblade SIs?

Sure thing, friend!! Thank you very much for sending these in, it really means a lot!~

(question source: "Self-insert Development Meme" by blushpanda)

Hmm.. You know what? I didn't catch this when I first read your ask, but I now see that you wrote "for any or all", rather than just "for any". So how about I answer all four questions for all four (well technically three but functionally four) self-inserts? ^-^

..That'll make this quite a long ask answer, so I should probably go under the readmore, haha.

Alright, here we go!~

4. Do your self-inserts have a backstory? Tell us about them! How do their backstories, if any, define who they are? How do they reflect their relationships now? Their hopes and dreams? - ..In short, yes to the first question, so to elaborate:

Sapphire's backstory is that she was born on Gormott to Gormotti parents, but while they were sailing across the Cloud Sea, their boat was swallowed up by the Urayan Titan and became shipwrecked. Sapphire was still a young child here, and sustained many serious injuries, mostly to her back and her arms. A team of Garfont Mercenaries led by Vandham himself went to the mouth of the Titan to investigate, and found Sapphire in the wreckage - none of them had brought any healer Blades with them, so Vandham picked her up and ran all the way back to Garfont Village with her in his arms to get help. To this day, none of the mercs are quite sure how she survived, considering the extent of her injuries and the time it took for her to be healed - but she did, and Vandham immediately decided he would adopt her as his daughter (naming her Sapphire), so from then on she grew up in the village amongst everyone else and training alongside the mercs until meeting the party when they arrive in Garfont Village themselves.

Aline's backstory is that she was originally a resident of Torigoth Village, one day unexpectedly becoming a Driver after unearthing Avalon's Core Crystal in a field. When the village was razed, she fled, becoming separated from Avalon in the process - Lora and Haze, at Avalon's request, found her hiding in a rainy forest nearby. There wasn't much time for her to introduce herself before the party were attacked by Gort and his mercenaries - Addam and the others were impressed by Avalon's abilities, so they asked him and Aline to accompany them on their journey, and Aline was somewhat nervous but tentatively accepted (mostly both for Avalon's sake because they actively wanted to help, and also because she had nowhere left to go now. And also to get to know Lora more).

Calanthe's backstory is that she was initially a programmer in Vector Industries' First R&D Division; specifically, she was part of the team responsible for coding KOS-MOS' emotion module. She had been working on a modification that would remove the limiter placed on KOS-MOS' emotions, allowing her to express emotions whenever she desired as opposed to only when her module deemed it necessary; she was in the middle of fitting this modification when the Gnosis attacked the Woglinde, causing KOS-MOS to self-activate and resonate with the Zohar. Since Calanthe was in physical contact with KOS-MOS at that moment.. she accidentally gets transported across universes into Alrest, appearing outside the room where the Conduit (as it is known there) is kept. In the process, she also accidentally awakens the Blade version of KOS-MOS from her Core Crystal, and has a very confused conversation with the Architect himself before wandering out of Elysium. She gets as far down the World Tree as the 7th Perimeter Skyport before accidentally falling off, causing KOS-MOS Re: to jump down after her; the two fall through the Great Void before it completely closes and end up falling into the Land of Morytha, where Poppi spots them and flies up to help them both before they hit the ground. This then allows Calanthe and KOS-MOS to meet and join the party.

Citri's backstory is that she grew up as a resident of Colony 9, and has been friends with Shulk in particular (as well as his friends by association) since her childhood. When Colony 9 was attacked by Mechon, she was injured and captured, being taken to be turned into a Face unit alongside Fiora (who suffered a similar fate). Due to Citri's friendship with Shulk, who had since begun to wield the Monado, she was chosen by Vanea to pilot Face Nemesis and become the vessel for Lady Meyneth's soul. The soul transfer worked, but Citri ended up retaining her memories and consciousness coexisting alongside Lady Meyneth, allowing her to start to get to know both her and Vanea.

..Ah, this is already a long answer. Oh well!

5. Do your self-inserts have any magical talents or otherwise special abilities? Are they passive, like the ability to befriend animals, or dangerous power that the villains want? Or if they're evil - any powers the heroes want to stop? - This varies across the four!

Sapphire has the somewhat mysterious power to crystallise atmospheric ether! This ability is rather strenuous for her to perform, and she can only do it on a small scale. However, it enables her to fix Blades' Core Crystals that have been cracked, allowing those Core Crystals to be reawakened again when they would otherwise not have been able to. She doesn't know why she can do this - in part, some of her initial motivation for joining the party is to see if she can find out - but it's because she has shards of Avalon's Core Crystal inside her, and ether crystallisation was how they used to be able to heal both Drivers and Blades, so the fragments of their Core Crystal in her body are what meant she essentially "inherited" that unique ability of theirs.

Aline doesn't really have any particular magical powers, but she does have the aptitude required to become a Driver, as she found out when accidentally resonating with Avalon! She is also quite good at befriending or calming down scared animals or creatures, but this isn't really a magical talent so much as it is just "her natural personality makes her comes across well".

Calanthe also has aptitude despite not actually being from Alrest, as she discovered when she awakened the Blade version of KOS-MOS. You could argue there's also some potential for magical stuff by virtue of having literally gone through a gate between universes despite being an ordinary human, but.. so far nothing is planned for that. She's just a very out-of-her-depth-in-a-whole-new-world programmer.

Citri may also not really have magical abilities (at least, unless the whole "harbouring the soul of a goddess inside her" part counts), but she is unique for being able to pilot Face Nemesis. Her new robotic body also makes her a lot more resilient than she would have been as a Homs, and probably also gives her faster reflexes and higher strength and things.

6. Do they fight? What’s their weapon of choice? Do they stay on the sidelines? What would it take for them to get off the sidelines? Revenge? Saving a loved one? What’s the motivation for them to fight, or to stay OUT of a fight? - Yes, all four fight in various ways and levels of willingness to fight!

Sapphire is fairly skilled in combat thanks to growing up amongst the Garfont Mercenaries, who taught her how to use a fair few different weapons (sometimes at a bit too young of an age, but it was fine). She doesn't actually become a playable character until after Chapter 4, when Tora decides to go back to Gormott with his father in my version of events and she takes up the role of Poppi's Driver (since Poppi is an artificial Blade). When this happens, she is excited to finally be on equal footing with the rest of the party, and doesn't shy away from fighting if it seems like the right thing to do!

Aline does not enjoy fighting, but sometimes has to as part of travelling alongside the others. Her weapon of choice is a sickle that she'd previously used while farming, and she starts off as the wind element, but can change this. Her non-combative disposition may be a large reason of why both the Blades she awakens during the TTGC story are healers. If she does have to be in a fight, she much prefers supporting her allies and staying back from the main fighting - the most offense she will choose to muster is self-defense if something gets too close or possibly debuffing enemies to make them easier for the others to take down.

Calanthe also isn't that much of a fighter, but is more willing than Aline - it's moreso that she isn't used to it, but can adapt fairly well. Her main weapon ends up being KOS-MOS' Ether Cannons, which is good because it keeps her a bit further back from the action while she's inexperienced; she tends to pass the cannons back to KOS-MOS for her to do specials very frequently, especially initially when she has no idea how to use these two massive Zohar-shaped cannons she's just been thrown. But with how overpowered KOS-MOS is, Calanthe still definitely holds her own (and gets flustered by KOS-MOS' awesomeness often).

Citri can also fight pretty well! In my version of events, she takes Fiora's place as the seventh playable party member (since.. she kind of fills in a lot of what her role in the story used to be, oops). She isn't naturally someone who starts fights, but at the same time she isn't afraid of fighting, especially considering the story parts she is playable for because she is confident in what needs to be done and who needs to go down (especially after the events of the Mechonis Core where she is a lot more driven to defeat the villain).

8. How do they fit into their canon world? What’re their roles to play, if any? Do they have big destinies? Or do they more live as side characters that’re helpful for the protagonists/antagonists? - All four have different roles, but the extent to which they are "main" or "side" characters varies a bit!

Sapphire is a member of the main party from Garfont Village onwards, though she only becomes playable herself after the end of Chapter 4. I think she would be quite prevalent in the story due to her relationship with Pyra, and the fact she is with the party for a lot of the overall story, especially since Tora leaves after a certain point in my version of events so there are less characters sharing the spotlight. I also think being a more important character suits her in terms of her personality, if that makes any sense!

Aline joins the party right before the first fight against Gort, and continues to be a playable character within "Team Aline" (which consists of her, Avalon, and later Ursula) for the rest of the game! From there, she acts as a supportive character to the others. Despite the fact she appears so early in the game, TTGC comes across as very focused on Lora, Jin, Addam, and Mythra specifically, so I think she would be an important but not necessarily "main" character (especially also considering her naturally more introverted and less spotlight-hunting personality).

Calanthe would join the party during Chapter 8, when they encounter her and KOS-MOS in the Land of Morytha. I think she could be playable, given that KOS-MOS being her Blade indicates that she could go on to awaken more Blades, but at the same time that's very late in the game to have a new party member join. She doesn't have that much story relevance considering she's not from the world of Alrest, so she'd be more of a side character who only gets developed more if you make the effort to go back to Alrest and do sidequests and things in the final two chapters before beating the game.

Citri is quite important within my version of events as the vessel for Lady Meyneth, whom she ends up forming a close familial connection with! She and Fiora both share the whole theme of "reasons for Shulk and Reyn to fight the Mechon and figure out what happened to them both", as well as being a link between the Homs and the Machina by virtue of being a Face unit (although Citri has a notable difference in a) the whole Lady Meyneth thing but also b) she's the only Face who retains her original hands, due to a mechanical defect in the ones she was meant to have had).

Overall, I would say that Sapphire ends up the closest to a "main character" out of the four.

Phew! That was a lot of writing! But, hopefully it was all okay - this, if nothing else, will serve as an excellent reference post for introducing new people to my Xeno self-inserts. So, thank you very kindly for the opportunity to write all this out!! ^-^

#a call from the void #heart of the void #selfshipping #self-inserts #oh boy here we go this is going to be a lot of tags. let's go in order of mentions so I don't miss anyone hopefully #self‑insert: gem of garfont (sapphire)#father: the dad from down under (vandham)#self‑insert: hope without courage (aline)#friend: shattered light (avalon)#love: knight of the people (lora)#friend: windfall memories (haze)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#daughter: poppi power! (poppi)#self‑insert: vessel of nemesis (citri)#love: a wish for peace (vanea)#mother: soul of the mechonis (lady meyneth)#is that everyone???#of gods and titans (xenoblade chronicles)#familial F/Os #platonic F/Os #out of the inbox #selfship asks #berry tag!#*phew!*#maybe this should be the only one for today. but! it's done! hopefully! I didn't really proof-read it but hopefully it's okay #echo's info posts

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tiny-cloud-of-flowers · 9 months

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encoded emotions (KOS-MOS/Calanthe)

setting: Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Xenosaga Episode I romantic F/O: KOS-MOS, KOS-MOS Re: self-insert: Calanthe Marsanes names for the selfship: encoded emotions, calOS-MOS selfship start date: 12th May 2021

Content for this selfship: on this blog | on previous blogs

Some more things you may wish to know about this selfship are under the readmore!

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#heart of the void #selfshipping #info posts #selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#of gods and titans (xenoblade chronicles)#posts to keep track of #unfinished posts

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void-kissed · 1 year

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Echo's romantic selfships: Encoded Emotions (KOS-MOS/Calanthe)

"I know you are amazing, but you still never cease to amaze me"

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romantic F/O: KOS-MOS (Xenosaga, Xenoblade Chronicles 2)

character tag: love: power of another world (KOS-MOS)

selfship tag: selfship: encoded emotions (KOS-MOS/calanthe)

paired self-insert: Calanthe Marsanes

self-insert tag: self-insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)

selfship start date: 12th May 2021

comfort sharing romantically: not comfortable

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KOS-MOS is a specialised combat android with a powerful artificial intelligence, created by Vector Industries in order to fight the Gnosis. Calanthe Marsanes is a promising young scientist and programmer working within Vector Industries' First R&D Division, who was part of the team responsible for creating KOS-MOS' artificial intelligence system.

While Calanthe was fitting a modification to KOS-MOS' emotion module in order to increase her capacity for expressing emotions, KOS-MOS' connection to the Zohar caused Calanthe to be inadvertently transported into the world of Alrest when Rex awakened the third Aegis Sword and connected to the Conduit, due to her being physically in contact with KOS-MOS at the time. When she arrived in Alrest, Calanthe inadvertently resonated with the already-present Blade version of KOS-MOS known as KOS-MOS Re:, who is able to share and exchange information and memories with her Xenosaga counterpart via the Zohar/Conduit.

The pair ended up falling from the top of the World Tree into the Land of Morytha, being saved by Poppi. They now travel as a Blade and Driver alongside Rex and the rest of the party to try and figure out what happened to Calanthe and whether there is a way for her to go back to her own world, while she herself tries to adjust to life on Alrest alongside the Blade KOS-MOS, who she believes is the same physical entity as the KOS-MOS in the world of Xenosaga. In the process, KOS-MOS surprises Calanthe by expressing romantic feelings for her, which she reciprocates gladly.

#a call from the void #echo's info posts #something to keep track of #heart of the void #love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#delayed echoes #I certainly hope those are the correct tags #selfshipping

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First off, happy birthday! I hope it's a great one! For the meme... 5 for Calanthe and KOS-MOS and 8 for Citri and Vanea? :)

Aww, thank you so much for this! It has definitely been a good day overall, I would say ^-^

Also, thank you very much for sending the questions!!~

(question source: "🎁🎈 selfship ask meme ~ birthdays!!!" by sennamybeloved)

5 ~ who is invited to your birthday? your friends? people in your F/O’s canon? - This depends on whether these birthdays are taking place before or after Calanthe gets thrown into Alrest, but I'll focus on it being afterwards, since that's where my selfship with KOS-MOS is mostly based despite Calanthe originating from the world of Xenosaga. I think it's safe to say that the whole of the XC2 main party would be there, maybe even as the ones setting up the party to help Calanthe feel more welcomed as part of their world! It'd sort of be difficult to not invite some people but still invite others in the current travelling/adventuring situation, haha.

8 ~ is there anything super special your F/O does for you on your birthday, other than throwing you a party, buying you a cake, etc.? - I like to think that one of the things Vanea could do for Citri is to take her to different areas of Mechonis that Citri wouldn't have experienced before but that Vanea is familiar with - somewhere where a wonderful view could be seen, just for the two of them to get to experience together; it's a present you can't physically give someone, but it's still a memorable gift nonetheless. I'm afraid my knowledge of XC1 is not quite able to let me provide an actual example of where we would go, but I think it would be nice to spend that time with her together, away from worries about the world even if just for a little while. Plus, it would be special to hear more about the titan and all the memories Vanea has of it, especially given Citri's status as such a newcomer there (for lack of a better word).

I hope that those answers were alright!! Thank you very kindly again for sending this in, it means a lot to me ^-^

#a call from the void #selfship #selfshipping #heart of the void #love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#and then also vanea my beloved #love: a wish for peace (vanea)#selfship: a love to last millennia (vanea/citri)#self‑insert: vessel of nemesis (citri)#out of the inbox #selfship asks #B tag!#very nearly called you valdi when I saw this this morning. that would not have quite been right =P #birthday stuff #my other idea for the vanea one was getting citri a gift that is not just from vanea but also from other machina #as like a way of showing her that she is welcome and wanted in their community despite not being completely a machina #but i wondered if that would just make citri miss her old life and old friends from colony 9 #maybe after they make it to mechonis

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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✨For Calanthe💢 For Mera and 👪 For Sapphire?

Of course!! Thank you very much for all of these! ^-^

(question source: this post by hobgayblin)

Send me a self-insert of mine and..

✨ – I’ll tell you about a friend of hers - Calanthe clicks pretty well with Mòrag when she joins the party! She really admires Mòrag strength in battle, as well as her level-headed personality, while Mòrag herself appreciates how Calanthe remains determined to help out and do the right thing even though she is in such an unfamiliar position. Plus, Calanthe might be able to learn a little bit about how to properly make the best use of KOS-MOS' ether cannons in combat from her, because KOS-MOS' artwork shows her with two cannons and Brighid fights using dual whipswords. So, in a roundabout way, there might be some skills that Calanthe can pick up on from Mòrag as she tries to get to grips with this whole "fighting and being a Driver" thing!

💢 – I’ll tell you about an enemy of hers - Well, Mera's opinion of a certain egotistical lemon man is.. similarly negative to that of the other characters, for a variety of reasons including but not limited to him killing Lady Meyneth. There is nothing to like about him, in her view.

As two of my dear friends most eloquently (and accurately) put it:

👪 – I’ll tell you about a family member of hers (blood-related, adopted, or just something similar to a familial relationship) - I'm pretty sure I used the last one of these that I had for Sapphire to talk about Vandham, but this time around I'm going to talk about Poppi, whom Sapphire pretty much unofficially adopts! Since Poppi is an artificial Blade, anyone can fight alongside her in combat, even if that person does not have the aptitude to become a Driver. Sapphire is an example of this, but the two of them still can fight together like a real (i.e. Core Crystal-awakened) Blade and Driver! I headcanon that Tora stays back in Gormott with Tatazo after Chapter 4 ends, so Sapphire takes his place as a playable party member after this point ^-^

I hope that all of these answers were alright! Thank you very much for sending in all the questions, it really means a lot!~

#a call from the void #selfship #selfshipping #heart of the void #self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#friend: special inquisitor (mòrag)#is that her tag??#self‑insert: daughter of the mechonis (mera)#self‑insert: gem of garfont (sapphire)#out of the inbox #selfship asks #childrenofmeyneth #hold on a minute no we're mutuals. can I give you a name tag?#b tag!#spoilers for XC1 #part of me was like ''was I vague enough about zanza to not warrant that?'' then looked back at what I wrote #WAIT I FORGOT POPPI'S TAG #daughter: poppi power! (poppi)#there

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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2 and 15 for your xenoblade/xenosaga SIs? :0

Thank you very much for this!!

(question source: "ask game: self-insert lore" by inserthaven)

2. when in canon do your self-inserts come in? do you have a scene in mind for your entrances? -

Sapphire first shows up in Chapter 3 shortly after the battle with Vandham, when the party enters Garfont Village. I sort of have an image of her leaping off one of the roofs since she’s quite agile, spotting Pyra and blushing, and then Vandham introduces her as his daughter and then the cutscene goes from there.

Aline appears early into TTGC when the party are exploring what remains of Torigoth Village. She is scared of the party initially because she worries that they are the brigands that razed the village, only to then recognise Lora due to her resembling Rynea. When Gort appears shortly after, she and Avalon help the others to fight him and his allies, which is when they then ask her to travel with them because they are impressed by Avalon’s power. Aline agrees (mostly for Avalon’s sake, as they are her Blade), but also because a) she has nowhere to go with the village destroyed and b) because she wants to get to know Lora and the others more.

Calanthe enters Alrest during Chapter 7 of XC2, when Rex touches the third Aegis Blade in the Vault of Heroes and it resonates with the Conduit; this also affects the Zohar in the world of Xenosaga, which KOS-MOS draws power from, and Calanthe was working on KOS-MOS at that moment so the effect of that power overflow transported her across worlds. She actually appears in the Architect’s room, where she and the Blade version of KOS-MOS (that she awakened upon entering Alrest) talk to him for a bit before exploring the World Tree; however, the two of them fall off one of the skyports and down through the Great Void before it closes, so the party spots KOS-MOS’ distress shot before seeing the pair falling from above the Land of Morytha where Poppi flies up to catch them both.

Mera appears at the same time Vanea does, as the two of them had gone to save the party from Jade Face together. I imagine they would probably notice her underlying resemblance to Face Nemesis here, so she would explain her position as Vanea’s design inspiration and her bond with Lady Meyneth at that point too.

15. how do your self-inserts play a role in the plot of the story? do they help directly defeat the villain, support the heroes, etc.? - All four of these self-inserts are protagonists of some kind, working to stop the antagonists by either directly fighting against them as part of the playable party (in Sapphire and Aline’s cases) or indirectly supporting the playable party in stopping them (in Calanthe’s and Mera’s cases)!

Sapphire becomes a playable character after Chapter 4 of XC2, replacing Tora as Poppi’s “Driver” when he goes back home with his father. She does not have the ability to awaken Blades herself, but since Poppi is an artificial Blade, she doesn’t need to have aptitude to fight alongside her like a typical Blade-Driver pair. Notably, after the first awakening of Pneuma on the Cliffs of Morytha (which in my version of events was only possible since Sapphire filled in the missing piece of Pyra’s Core Crystal with her own ether crystallisation ability), Sapphire kicks Malos off the cliff during the fight, because.. he deserves it at that point.

Team Aline (which consists of Aline herself plus her Blades Avalon and Ursula) would be part of the party of TTGC after visiting Torigoth Village, although we might not become playable until later since Aline might find and awaken Ursula’s Core Crystal during everyone’s travels. She isn’t much of a fighter herself, but supports the party and wants to stop Malos to end the war.

Calanthe could in theory join the party as a playable Driver with KOS-MOS as her starting Blade, but since Sapphire is already playable and Calanthe would probably not be overly eager to resonating with other Blades despite having aptitude (as well as early Chapter 8 being really late to introduce a new party member), she might just remain a non-playable supporting part of the cast who travels with them. If she had remained in the world of Xenosaga, I again imagine her moreso as someone travelling with and supporting the party rather than a playable character in combat, mainly since I have no idea what type of weapon she would use.

I don’t especially envision Mera as a playable party member (though I reaaaally wish Vanea had been!!), but she wants the people of the Bionis and the Mechonis to be able to live peacefully together, so she works together with the party to help them navigate the Mechonis like Vanea does.

I hope that all of those answers were alright!! Thank you very much again for sending in the ask!!

#a call from the void #selfship #selfshipping #heart of the void #self‑insert: gem of garfont (sapphire)#selfship: to our own elysium (pyra/sapphire)#daughter: poppi power! (poppi)#were both kinda mentioned enough to warrant the tags #self‑insert: hope without courage (aline)#selfship: to fight for what matters (lora/aline)#friend: shattered light (avalon)#daughter: arctic harmony (ursula)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#ah drat the tag for my selfship with KOS-MOS is not showing up #self‑insert: daughter of the mechonis (mera)#selfship: a love to last millennia (vanea/mera)#that will do #spoilers for XC2 #of gods and titans (xenoblade chronicles)#out of the inbox #selfship asks #B tag!#long post #ask to tag #this one was kinda all over the place so if anyone wants me to elaborate on anything then you're more than welcome to ask me to #i want things to be as easy for everyone to understand as possible #selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#there we go hopefully that should work now i've typed it up on my computer

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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"The Blade Bot's attack had knocked Calanthe clean off the skyport in the instant KOS-MOS needed to retaliate. Without hesitation, she leapt off the platform after her Driver, her expression betraying none of her looming realisation that there was nothing she could do to stop the pair falling through the sky, approaching the Cloud Sea far below them."

An image that has been in my head for a long time, and that I have finally been able to render now that I’ve finished overhauling Calanthe’s design. This is how we join the main party despite arriving into Alrest at the top of the World Tree before they get there - we fall down into the Land of Morytha just before the Great Void closes, with KOS-MOS holding Calanthe to shield her from the fall and Poppi catching us both after seeing us from below. So don’t worry - we don’t get hurt from the fall!

Reblogs of and comments on my work are always okay, and appreciated, but are by no means required!~

#a call from the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #this post is okay to reblog!#xenoblade selfshipping #xenosaga selfshipping #..since my selfship with KOS-MOS takes place within XC2 but she and calanthe are from xenosaga #heart of the void #selfship #selfshipping #love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#eye contact tw #ask to tag #I will admit I am proud of how this one turned out. I was happy with how I was able to recreate the glyphs around the world tree #I suggest clicking into these to view them at their native resolution

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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past, present, and "future"

I wanted to commemmorate the fourth anniversary of XC2, and so I created this little render of all three of my self-inserts for the game! (Yes, I know Calanthe is technically from Xenosaga, but all my story with KOS-MOS takes place within the context of XC2, so.. it counts.)

I was also going to have my respective romantic F/Os here too - Pyra and Perun for Sapphire, Lora for Aline, and KOS-MOS for Calanthe - but I wanted to get this posted while it was still the 1st of December in most timezones, so I had to skip that part, unfortunately. Hopefully this is still okay!

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moved-to-void-kissed · 2 years

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orchid in a world displaced, to where do you descend?

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#a call from the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #I was going to just say ''this is a preview for what i'm working on at the moment'' and then I came up with a cool-sounding caption #so although there will be a more ''full'' version of this coming hopefully soon I reckon this can still stand on its own #so #this post is okay to reblog!#selfship #selfshipping #self-inserts #self-insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#calanthe's name is the name of a genus of flowers commonly referred to as christmas orchids #so that's why the caption says what it does #it's going to be a long way down for her..#I also just realised that not only is calanthe displaced from her normal world but alrest itself becomes displaced in a sense #since.. it combines with shulk's world.. to make aionios..#so that actually fits very well #she is displaced from her proper world (i.e. that of xenosaga) into a world that is itself displaced #anyway i'm rambling I hope you like this

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moved-to-void-kissed · 3 years

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“Is this.. the correct method?” “Hehe, don’t worry! You’re doing just fine, KOS-MOS - thank you for this~”

Here is my piece for the twenty-fifth day of sapphic September - it’s just a little cute picture of KOS-MOS giving me (or rather, my self-insert, Calanthe) a kiss! ..I may or may not have completely forgotten about this until eleven o’clock this evening, so suffice it to say I had to get something out very quickly. Oops. But hey, at least I made it in time!~

Comments on and reblogs of my work are always okay, and appreciated, but are by no means required!~

#a call from the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #xenoblade selfshipping #xenosaga selfshipping #this post is okay to reblog!#sapphicseptember2021 #selfship #selfshipping #love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#her outfit has changed slightly again because now what she's wearing under her ''lab coat'' looks like an actual dress I own myself #I just like trying to give my self-inserts things from my actual wardrobe #you'll see that to its greatest extent when I get around to designing echo (my PAFL self-insert) since PAFL is set in real life #well not entirely because the zone but i'm pretty sure it's canonically in a city in belarus in either 2015 or 2020 because of a calendar #so yeah #but that's not relevant now #have a KOS-MOS kiss

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moved-to-void-kissed · 3 years

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"Activating Level 1 Special: R-Blade. Calanthe, I suggest you step back.” “What does that- oh your arm’s a sword now, ah-!”

Here’s my piece for the fourth day of sapphic September! It just about sums up my entire dynamic with KOS-MOS, to be honest - she’s doing something awesome, because everything she does is awesome, and then I (or rather, my self-insert, Calanthe) am just stood there in awe of her power. She’s just so cool ;w;

Reblogs of this post are appreciated, but by no means required! There are also some more renders under the readmore, including one that gives a better view of Calanthe, since I believe this is the first time I’ve actually shown what she looks like!

This was from earlier on in the process since I eventually had to swap out the city stage (I just couldn’t figure out why the floor went all grey??), but here’s a view from the back as well as what I thought was a pretty cool ominous shot from through that glitchy grey floor:

And then here is a separate render of Calanthe on her own, to show her design! It’s.. admittedly a very haphazardly-constructed reference model that I put together in the space of about two hours (the body textures are Aria’s old ones and the base itself was I think originally going to be Noire’s, it’s missing some face sliders - like the blush of all things - and from the back/if you look too closely there are actually loads of pieces of her model missing, oops) - plus I’m not completely set on that hairstyle since it wasn’t quite what I originally envisioned her having, but it works for now! Maybe I’ll end up sticking with this design, I’m not sure.

Her glasses aren’t for any kind of eyesight correction, since my own vision is fine - they just have flat anti-glare lenses to lessen the eyestrain of screen work. I have a pair of them in real life (although I never actually wear them, oops), and since Calanthe is a programmer I thought it would make sense to give them to her. I’m aware that her outfit is not like that of other Vector Industries employees, but.. long story short I’ve been imagining her with something like a lab coat this entire time, and the Vector uniform is also kind of ugly, so this is just what she looks like now. KOS-MOS’ design changed slightly from the Woglinde to Alrest, so.. so can Calanthe’s, or something =P

(Oh, also, because I realised it might not be clear just by looking at her name: Calanthe is pronounced with two equally-stressed syllables, so it’s said more like “cal-anth” than “ca-lan-thuh”. I hope that makes sense; it’s tricky to write.)

#a call from the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #xenosaga selfshipping #xenoblade selfshipping #technically. since she *does* show up as a blade in XC2. which is where I first knew of and fell in love with her.#but she is originally from xenosaga #this post is okay to reblog!#selfship #selfshipping #love: power of another world (KOS‑MOS)#selfship: encoded emotions (KOS‑MOS/calanthe)#self‑insert: in a world displaced (calanthe)#I hope those are all the right tags #as in they have the right hyphen in them #eye contact tw #ask to tag #autoluminous my beloved #I think trying to make it look like night-time actually lessened the glowiness in the final piece but it's fine right #also yeah I had to edit on calanthe's blush after the render. i am aware it looks slightly awful.#this is another reason why i will probably be swapping out her model imminently. so you might have to disregard this design #maybe #sapphicseptember2021 #nearly forgot that one

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