Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Poly discourse in the alliance raid?
Followers should be 18+ because of occasional spicy reposts. Fanfic at https://archiveofourown.org/users/Seiberwing. Info on my OC Dollmaker is at https://dollmakerffxiv.carrd.co/
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Poly discourse in the alliance raid?
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I wrote that fanfic once :3
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
That's....that's such an arbitrary and weird line to draw??? how are those not all the same thing sometimes
𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕖🍃 (@sagegarnish.bsky.social) reposted
This comic is one reason why I will never be okay with banning fictional noncon. It’s fake, it’s not real. It’s fantasy. Plus: any rules you make about forbidding it WILL impact victims ability to talk about what happened to them.
Lamprey (@lamprey.bsky.social) reposted
Moon Woon (@ectojyunk.bsky.social) reposted
Aforementioned Emet and Exarch's first time comic. Probably 80 years pre-shb. Their size diff goes crazy as is... and... yeah. #🖌 | #exselch | #emetraha
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
thank you for giving Urianger sleeves it is cold in space
kermes @ 5.55 (@callinemachine.bsky.social) reposted
#shadowbingus #callinemachinegobrrr probably ooc I don’t even. I don’t care.
🎼 Clef (@clef-tes.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
A chosen few have been anointed by Tylenol to become a priestly caste, each an expert on their own niche knowledge
Mharwyb’s Gen Fic Canon (@horsetuna.bsky.social) reposted
tadpole Alisaie & Y’shtola CW: (elezen) puberty angst, brief menstruation reference, very mild implications of childhood bullying (1/4)
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
It's what G'raha would have wanted.
The Male Hysteric (@graay.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
People act like there's a stark line between trauma and fetish and that seems like a perspective that someone who has never Been There would have.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Also sometimes those two groups are the same kind of people! I know several people whose fetishes and traumas have a direct intersection, because brains are wild like that.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you're the third specifically wolgraha shipper to say that! Folks like seeing the ship from different characters and angles. (Yes I'm quantifying and coding the data. Yes, I like charts. Yes, I am a nerd.)
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
And it does clean before company! The playroom looks great.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
i knooooooow.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social)
When your favorite prostitute somehow replicates a variant of an ability you thought was unique to you alone, except he does it badly and now needs his finger reattached:
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social)
Up until (and including) Martyn, Dollmaker's entire sex life was paying people to come over and be a doll for it, which occasionally involved sexual contact. So yeah Dollmaker's basically always hosting. Martyn has two roommates wtih good sense of smell so it's probably for the best.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
going to st. louis to put this all in my mouth
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
i often have had dragons do that
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Awesome!! Balsaljen is a solid guy, he's earned it.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, sorry!
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly!!!! Hell, i can write the same character with multiple sexual preferences in seperate fics. He's my little action figure to play with.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Raubahn would be proud of you.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
My headcanons are definitely "everyone is whatever sexuality would be most interesting for the story I want to tell*. And this includes straight, sometimes that is what works best for the story." *sometimes that story is porn
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Bestie, have you...perhaps looked into an ADHD diagnosis.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I was trying to figure out what the opposite of a one night stand was, and went with 'uhh sex that is. not that. sex in a relationship.' It was not very well thought through, i fear.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
if there's straight people in this game i haven't met them yet
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Also I'm going back organizing all the data, and it's very funny that these two answers came RIGHT after the other:
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Like "who doesn't like looking at their favorite colors", I don't even think about that BUT i seem to like green and purple themed characters more than others....much to think about....
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I really adore characters where the reader/creator knows things about them that they just do not know about themselves, personality wise. So I feel that.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
i would NOT have that stamina lol
((_ _))z27 @ 7.0 (@dizzypyon.bsky.social) reposted
I love how a person’s wol is a reflection of themselves in some way. I can’t really separate the wol from the player for that reason, so my answer is really just that if I appreciate the player, I appreciate their wol as if they were their art piece or pet x)
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Stunning!!!
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
To some degree I think they like it because we like it...but if it's milk in a bowl this man will do anything for it. Trying to have breakfast while doing roulettes is a hazard because there is extra aggro to watch out for.
白白的小仓鼠 (@bbdxcs.bsky.social) reposted
《退坑出物》 #アルひろ #FFXIV #FinalFantasyXIV #MeteorSurvivor #Meteor #ff14 #Ardbert
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Favorite one night stand (if he had one), and why. (if not, favorite uhh monogamous stand.)
debs 🏴☠️🍉 (@edstede.bsky.social) reposted
happy bisexuality visibility day to all my pirate friends and vampire friends
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
mine is an absolute fiend about any milks. anytime there is cereal it is his personal mission to Get In There.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
your skill with this is insane ngl
Holland (@roaldseth.bsky.social) reposted
Proud to announce a no-longer-a-WIP Wednesday 🎉 【 On Equal Footing 】 a #MHRise × #OctopathTraveler fanfic ・Fugen/Z'aanta ・Rated E: Hunt Gone Wrong, Injury Recovery ・Chapter 5/5 | 31.3K words ・QUEST COMPLETE Please refer to AO3 for full tags. 🔗📖⬇️ archiveofourown.org/works/604149...
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Him!!!
Holland (@roaldseth.bsky.social) reposted
Raffle prize done for kelbunny (Tumblr) ⚖️🟡 Roland Glenbrook | #TriangleStrategy
Lady Cait'alla Rijin-Weiss of Doma (@ff14herelegancy.bsky.social) reposted
Did you know... ⛩️🌾 You can donate items to the "Donation Basket" located at the Shazenkai in The Doman Enclave, to receive a payment slightly higher than most Foreign Sellers. 🧐💰 This gratuity for donations maxes at 200%. The budget resets every Tuesday at 8 a.m. GMT. #DomanEnclave
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Exactly! He did this "for" Solus, almost. In his name, as you would fight for a lover.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I think he hero worshipped him a bit, so Solus was an active motivation for it
Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! (@sacredsapling.bsky.social) reposted
Reposting this point in particular. Stop stealing survivor terms to fuel anti/puritan culture.
Mharwyb’s Gen Fic Canon (@horsetuna.bsky.social) reposted
Sharlayan gets invaded and Ameliance begs Urianger and Thancred to each take a twin and flee and then years later, at summer camp, the two of them realize they’re twins,
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Not quite the same as knowing Solus was personally an Ascian....Calline can still ruin his day personally
kermes @ 5.55 (@callinemachine.bsky.social) reposted
If Gaius knew this I really wish there was some indication. At all. That it affected him. Lmao
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Ooooooh interesting, i hadn't heard that about the JP side
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you, and i hope your surgery went smoothly
kermes @ 5.55 (@callinemachine.bsky.social) reposted
Do you think Solus was still doing Emet-Selch’s gay little wave when he looked like this too or was the arthritis too bad by that point
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Garlic Empire.... tasty....
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Tbh it's more the other side i blame, for nobody catching the error earlier. But from what i hear things were very chaotic around then at SE.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
To the best of my understanding the character was always intended as female, and it was just that the localizers didn't see their body under the armor and made some assumptions. Was that it?
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
It was just funny having someone else call it out that way, I suppose.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
yesssss excited
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Like it's not 'this one is me and this own is my idealized partner', but both have aspects of me and what I want and need from others. (Dollmaker wants love, Martyn wants safety, Dollmaker wants interaction and Martyn wants a nap, etc.)
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
'When you fuck up a localization so bad the character accidentally becomes trans'
Yunna🌿 (@taotaotuzi.bsky.social) reposted
Finished Churning Mits side quests... the localization was something
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly folks who are just wholehearted 'i'm on some weird shit and i'm open about it', i respect those folks, even if it's not my own personal weird shit. It's that freedom from cringing that is so nice to see.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
That's really why i wanted to ask the question in the first place, I love how many different perspectives from my own I've been hearing. It makes me think about things differently.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
"3. Obsessed creator. If you’re not constantly talking about them, I find it hard to care myself." For sure, for sure. I've had a few experiences with people who were very reluctant to discuss their OC, and I found it confusing. Don't we all want to yell about our little guys?
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
This is gonna stick with me, I think!!! I hadn't even thought about color pallets and now I won't be able to unsee it. :D
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I have seen some 'Haurchefant becomes the WoL in an AU where original WoL dies instead of him', which was a fun idea.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Big same! I eat worldbuilding like candy, i swear.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social)
This reminds me - my mom was reading my Dollmaker/Martyn fic (yes she reads my fic yes the smut too) the other day, and paused, and said "Wait a minute. Are you like Dollmaker or like Martyn? Because both of them are like you." Dollmaker's the OC but I write both of them to have a lot of my traits.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I think that's really insightful!! And I fully agree - every character I write (even pre-established NPCs) has some bit of me, and I'm sure it's the same for other people. It's interesting seeing people through that lens, for sure.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Oooh, intriguing concept. (I feel like @horsetuna.bsky.social has written more on the Wol/Thancred breakup than the WoL/Thancred romance and it continues to amuse me, for sure!)
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
2 is so great, old people supremacy. (It's me i'm the old people)
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
sounds like reason enough to follow you to me!
OccasionalStorytelling (@occ-story.bsky.social) reposted
it’s the new year. everyone please use this time to make porn that you like and to be nice to people
kermes @ 5.55 (@callinemachine.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Bomb lamps: pinch cheeks out of 10 bsky.app/profile/aeri...
FanAstraea (@fanastraea.bsky.social) reposted
as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?
nephilimirium is lost somewhere (@nephiieatsuranium.bsky.social) reposted
in the bleak midwinter #ffxiv #ffxivart #pastsolusau (< i am putting all of young solus content on this tag)
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like the importance of "my friend made them and I love my friend so I love the OC my friend made because my friend made them" cannot be underestimated.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social)
@callinemachine.bsky.social your lamp judgement is required for this chandelier. are those lamps.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
tbh i feel like everyone being on edge because of the bigger fish is also why people are more tetchy. so everyone gets set off easier and is less graceful.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly it's at the point I think the people vaguing about it don't even know I was the one who posted it, so it'll probably go away soon. But it did rather fuck up my day, so I appreciate folks saying kind things like this about it.
✨Owl @ Broken Chains Zine out NOW!✨ (@owlboxes.bsky.social) reposted
Still open for a couple of hours! Come join us! :3
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
oh also monsters. i am usually here for the monsters. and the smooching of the monsters.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social)
THIS IS SO FIRE (and ice)!
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
I love how many of the responses to my question are just "I like seeing people make an OC". It's charming.
Odlan Solaz - Orc (@odlansolaz.bsky.social) reposted
Hmmm...well It comes in several layers so I'll try to be as precise with it as possible. 1) surface layer: if your overall aesthethics or theme catch my attention. This is essentially what I me hooked. 2) their story: I like to know who, what and why your character is who they are.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social)
Much like Aulus this also resulted in me facedown on the floor after repeated punchings. Ah well.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social)
I think it's less the specifics and more the execution, it's kinda hard to say. Some things just grab me and some don't - but I like when it's something unexpected. Something you don't usually expect to see in that role.
lady protector | 7.3 spoilers (@bluberryffxiv.bsky.social) reposted
im a chronic oc enjoyer and with ffxiv in particular im just endlessly fascinated by how we all can play the same game and come up with vastly different interpretations of the world. its hard to say specifically what draws me to someones wol, i guess its simply if they talk at all about them
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you <3
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
But that's...not what I said? I said I didn't usually find them interesting. That was it. I didn't put a value judgement on it.
Aerial Squid (@aerialsquid.bsky.social) reply parent
i feel like the only person you should be obligated to in these things is yourself, yeah?
asa @ apathy is death (@eilistraeee.bsky.social) reposted
i simply cannot resist a character who is an embarrassing idiot loser