Riol Is A Good Man.

Riol is a good man.

He is kind, a capable intelligence agent, ever a friend and strong shoulder when she needs one. His eyes are sharp and his heart is true; she has never doubted him. He has held her tenderly, in love and in sorrow, and stood as a stone against her storm. He respects her, makes her laugh. He’s there for her victories, and defeats, and has stood with her against betrayal. 

How easy it is to love him, and she does.

But he is not her soulmate.

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It was easy, until it wasn’t.  It was passionate, until it wasn’t.  She was there, until she wasn’t.

She is the Warrior of Light and he only human, and this is not their story. 

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There were never dramatic moments between them, no profound declarations. Even when it ended there were no tears, no impassioned pleas. Only the silence of her absence and the impossible distance between them. 

The stolen moments between missions, intimate trysts amidst the stirrings of war, gave way to the demands of duty, an unrelenting call that neither could escape.

He is busy and so is she. There are enemy lines to scout and reports to make, burning villages and cries for justice. Most days there are malms between them, that became oceans, became stars.

He still cares, he will always care for her, but loving her is like loving a distant star. Burning bright, but cold and alien. And how could it be anything else? More and more, she is the Warrior of Light, and forgets how to be Alannah Corvaine.

And when she returns from the First there is a light gone from her, her spark diminished to a sputtering ember that she buries beneath dead coals. 

She is all grief and rage, and he does not know this woman who goes to war against Garlemald. 

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y'shtola

interest check — ffxiv gpose community.

There are already some FFXIV communities out there on this hellsite:

@spotofmummery runs the general FFXIV community and FFXIV Writers

@ungrateful-cyborg runs FFXIV Roleplay

@gatheredfates runs Seafloor

I also recalled seeing discussions on a FFXIV Art community, though I don't know if it's already created and running.

Long story short, this is an interest check to see if people are interested in a community focused on virtual photography in FFXIV. If there is enough interest I'm happy to start one.

school au

the concept and idea of “you can always start trying to be a better person” is extremely important to me both in media and irl and i continue to be deeply deeply disturbed by the trend on this site pushing that these ideas in media are bad writing or even morally reprehensible

because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person 

from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating

it’s fucked up.