yurishtola fiend

you must do your Paperwork (the ubiquitous interstitial task of all ferdibert fics) just like ferbies do. and then you can get to the plot of it all (ferbie time)

one of tomte's highest peaks
ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/glamour/3278...

no see youre doing it bc you have a Theme. a Signature. you have a Concept and youve been sticking to it for years. and this is extremely valorous.

I WISH I COULD HAVE MADE IT...BLOWING KISSES REGARDLESS

Surely the Warrior of Light is as virtuous as the savior of the realm should be. Surely. He must. Surely Thancred only feels like this because he's at rock bottom following his possession by Lahabrea. Surely it's his own fault he feels so miserable and uneasy around Meteor. It must be. It has to be.

woe. bad meteorcred :(

3.4k words, M for mature topics (check content warnings at start)

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zodiark was sundered with the source, and all the different zodiark pieces got put in each shard's moon! so when a shard would get rejoined to the source, that shard's moon was also along for the ride

god the scientist guy from 7.3.......... like on one hand it does add another layer of horror to calyx's disgust with his own body. really heartbreaking subtext. on the other hand: stupid joke with the locker is not the way to deliver it if that was the intent

and even dulia does not get to escape the running joke of her crushing/suffocating her husband with her size and strength! her hugs are "Too Much". like i am glad they thought to balance it out a little but with that joke and her being a representative of hedonismville... sigh.

ROY! ROY! ROY! ROY! ROY! hey. why does the rapturous audience have so much farm equipment. and theyre getting closer...

who'a a good doggie: pinkie pie versus ilya tozanov.

crazy matchup though i gotta say

excuse me. poll runner. i only just met you today. i need to inform you theres been a grave error

the over the top jiggling/sloshing noises in the transformation sequence are so cruel. not to mention the shit people will say in chat. what if i got a hammer

dog coded character tournament on tumblr and nobody submitted thancred .

and i don't like homophobic caricatures as a cheap shitty way to try and make the audience hate a character. much like how it is detestable that vauthry is a fatphobic caricature

i suppose one could argue that it is meant to support werlyt's themes of the empire chewing up children, but it is plain to me that valens is characterized as a sadistic gay pedophile to make him as villainous as possible so that gaius looks better in comparison. bc that's the point of valens.

- the magenta armor
- the milk drinking
- the campy animations
- the way his stable of orphans is only boys
- the gratuitous shots of him with one of gaius' kids strung up getting whipped in a dungeon
- his lack of combat prowess (impotently tapping frantically at his ipad)

it is. kind of wild the level of hays code homophobic caricature villain that valens is

i miss you vrtra... my bestie vrtra... gentle and kind vrtra... have fun being a benevolent head of state and hooking up with estinien whenever he wanders by

digital portrait painting of varshahn from ffxiv in a semirealistic style

eye of the satrap #ffxiv #ffxivart

fortuna click your heels together 3 times and you can make size diff yuri happen

oh i am going to be picking out tense mistakes in this forever. i naturally write in present tense and for this i decided to go w past tense. i have my reasons but also God Fucking Damn It

is someone they cannot trust. someone who would abuse that power. with meteor specifically he is John Finalfantasy - he is default masculinity. and there's some good reasons to be afraid of the ways in which men will seek to control and manipulate!

to not actually be worthy of interpersonal trust and/or very likeable a very interesting narrative, because it flips the Fantasy of video games on its head. it's a terrifying and relatable sort of powerlessness on behalf of the NPCs that the person w the god-given right to actually Affect The World

i have always been interested in flawed and imperfect player characters, especially the "defaults". the default player character is given supreme power and preference within the world of the story. they are exalted and special and the chosen one. and i find the terror of the chosen one turning out

🧙‍♀️🪄(DEEP SIGH) fine. for thancred day ill turn him into a dog for a week

She tapped her knuckle against his chin. “You didn’t shave this morning.” No use putting up a front with her. “Too tired to bother. Slept like shite.” With quick, firm hands, Y'shtola fixed his collar so that it lay neatly and fully out of his overshirt. “Stand up straighter, Thancred,” she said crisply. “You’re a Scion of the Seventh Dawn and they’re about to announce a new Astral Era. Don’t slouch around these halls like a dog waiting for the next kick.” The rare moments Y’shtola decided to get motivational are to be treasured as well as endured. She didn’t like doing them and he didn’t like getting them, but they’re prickly little gifts all the same. “I promise to not give any mournful howls so as not to disturb your scholarly work.” She forced eye contact. “I mean it.” He broke it, since he’s a coward. “I hear you.”

fave part of this is y'shtola... i love you catgirl who can sense a snake in their midst and can only express her concern for her friend by telling him he looks like garbage and then sending him to hang out w their other friend

Surely the Warrior of Light is as virtuous as the savior of the realm should be. Surely. He must. Surely Thancred only feels like this because he's at rock bottom following his possession by Lahabrea. Surely it's his own fault he feels so miserable and uneasy around Meteor. It must be. It has to be.

woe. bad meteorcred :(

3.4k words, M for mature topics (check content warnings at start)

archiveofourown.org/works/80952891

i'll only be able to be there towards the end due to the new commute - but i'll endeavor to make it!!!!!!!!

shoutout to nigellllllllllll