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[alamhigyoooo]

FFXIVWrite 2020 Masterpost

happy FFXIVWrite everyone! here is a masterpost for all the pieces I’ve written for this year’s event! right now, everything will link directly to ao3 since my relationship with tumblr formatting is terrible but i hope to transfer them to tumblr when i have some spare time! 

best of luck to all the ffxiv writers out there, and happy reading!

1. crux - wol & tataru taru, hinted wol x g’raha tia

2. sway - wol & ryne, wol & thancred waters, ryne & thancred waters

3. muster - wol & fray

4. clinch - wol x aymeric de borel

5. matter of fact - wol & lyse hext

6. scar (free day) - wol x crystal exarch

7. nonagenarian - wol & ardbert

8. clamor - wol & estinien wyrmblood, hinted wol x g’raha tia

9. lush - no pairing, wol backstory centric

10. avail - azem & emet-selch / azem x emet-selch

11. ultracrepidarian - wol & scions, wol x crystal exarch

12. tooth and nail - wol x aymeric de borel

13. pugnacious (free day) - wol & thancred waters, mentioned wol & alphinaud leveilleur

14. part - wol x g’raha tia

15. ache (NSFW) - wol x aymeric de borel x g’raha tia 

16. lucubration - wol & alphinaud leveilleur

17. fade - hinted wol x g’raha tia

18. panglossian - no pairing, wol introspection

19. where the heart is - tons of relationships, wol introspection/backstory centric

20. hoe (free day) - wol x aymeric de borel x g’raha tia

21. foibles - aymeric de borel & estinien wyrmblood, mentioned wol x aymeric de borel

22. argy-bargy - wol & cid nan garlond, wol & nero tol scaeva, hinted wol x g’raha tia

23. shuffle - wol & emmanellain de fortemps, wol & artoirel de fortemps, mentioned wol x aymeric de borel

24. beam - no pairing, wol introspection

25. wish (NSFW) - wol x sidurgu orl

26. when pigs fly - no pairing, wol introspection

27. bite the bullet (free day) - wol & ryne, wol & thancred waters, ryne & thancred waters

28. irenic - wol & alisaie leveilleur, wol & yotsuyu goe brutus

29. paternal - wol & ilberd feare

30. splinter - wol & azem, wol backstory centric

[alamhigyoooo]

quick emotional release below the cut LOL

i seem to have a trend of end of the year depression that’s been the norm for almost three years now? and it’s a little bit sad; i can’t really remember a winter that i haven’t been struggling. part of me wonders if it’s because of a post-fall high or something, but i think i just need to get better about managing my lows in general

it’s really hard because i have ideas upon ideas on backlog, and i dream of some of the content i want to create, but there’s just no energy to put stuff out, and that’s the hardest part of all LOL

[alamhigyoooo]

i am free but at what cost

[nichroous]

FFxivWrite2020 Participation Prize 

for @alamhigyoooo of her lovely character, Hallura!

Thank you for hosting, @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast!

[alamhigyoooo]

poc wol appreciation week day 1 - vacation

a wise man travels to discover himself - james russell lowell

[alamhigyoooo]

i wont lie even tho today was arguably the busiest ive had in a while its also the first in a while that ive had time to kind of just recede to a creative happy place, so i'm just super pleased and i have ideas that im stoked for and YES

[igayorhm]

POC WoL Week Day 1: Vacation

It’s POC WoL Appreciation Week! A week meant to show love and support for all our lovely poc content creators and their characters. Oct. 25 through Oct. 31 I will be posting daily screenshot prompts. Though if you have ideas for other forms of media you are absolutely free to do so!

Remember to be kind and supportive and most importantly have fun!

[nyarados]

someone in a fanfic: s-stutters in embarrassment

me, closing the tab: sorry I must go

[hellishues]

Unrealistic Stuttering: “S-sorry I-I d-d-didn’t m-mean t-to…”

Realistic Stuttering: “Sorry, I uh… I didn’t mean- I didn’t mean to do that…”

When people stutter, they usually reword what they’re saying as they speak, and subconsciously insert “filler words” such as “uh, like, you know,” and etc.

[lianabrooks]

*puts on speech therapist hat*

ACTUALLY! It depends on why they are stuttering. 

A Nervous Stutter results in what is called Mazing, or rewording the sentence. That is the classic “I, um… well I… look it’s just that… so we…” that @hellishhues is talking about. When someone is mazing their words you’re seeing a form of Speech Apraxia where the brain is having trouble forming verbal speech. This can be brought on by brain damage, memory loss, anxiety, nerves, and several other things. 

The root cause of a nervous stutter is a disconnect between the mouth and the brain. 

With this you will also sometimes see the classic “S-s-s-sorry…” especially if the person has been training to speak clearly and is now at a point of fatigue or stress where they are not mentally capable of forming the words.

The other kind of stutter is a Physical Stutter, sometimes referred to as slurring, and another facet of Speech Apraxia. This stutter is caused when the muscles of the mouth, tongue, and throat are physically unable to form certain sounds. This is most often seen in the very young and victims of brain trauma. 

Sounds are acquired at different ages, so a 2-year-old will probably not be able to clearly pronounce certain words (which is why toddler sound so off when they’re written with developed dialogue). These mis-pronunciations are sometimes referred to as lisping, but only if the sounds are run together. If the person starts and restarts the sound because they got it wrong, it can also sound like the classic sound stutter. 

But it all depends on why the character is stuttering!

Do they have Speech Apraxia, Audio Processing Disorder, muscle dysfunction, or another medical reason to stutter? (1)

Are they stuttering because of anxiety, stress, or fatigue? (2)

Does the stutter stem from intoxication or blood loss? (3)

All of those will sound different! 

1 - Will have mazing, repeated sound stutters, and be the classic stutter that annoys OP.

2 - This is where you’ll see the repetition stutter, mazing, rephrasing, and filler words.

3 - This is where you are more likely to see starts and stops and slurring of words. 

[officialqueer]

My mum has apraxia and I just wanted to say that’s one of the most concise and clear ways I’ve seen it explained, thank you!

[god-of-all-things]

I (as far as I know) don’t have a stutter, but sometimes I do the classic fic stutter because (as I perceive it) my brain runs faster than my mouth and it echos itself to catch up

[whitherliliesbloom]

Crownsblade Recollection

[alamhigyoooo]

look not that im sitting in my car before work blasting "to the edge" but

[sea-wolf-coast-to-coast]

FFxivWrite2020 Recap

The final numbers are in, the participation prize winners have been randomly selected, and we are officially finished with #FFxivWrite2020!

8,757 total entries were submitted in 2020!

This includes all entries that were submitted via the Google Form, including late entries (and excluding duplicate entries).

That’s 2,214 more than last year (6,543 total in 2019), 5,116 more than the year before (3,641 total in 2018), and 6,532 more than the year before (2,225 total in 2017). Which brings us to 21,166 total entries over 4 years!

Pretty crazy, right??

And, we have 61 volunteer artists this year!! Which means that this year there are 61 prizes.

A breakdown of the stats + announcement of the Participation Prize winners are below the cut ~

Keep reading

[alamhigyoooo]

lordt i'm about to go through crunch time hell pls pray for me LOL

[amememightywarrior]

he’s got the nyoomies

[alamhigyoooo]

i legit spent 9 hours in bozja my eyes are gone and i still havent finished the story

[autumnslance]

Mikoto: I appreciate your willingness to help, but must you always place yourself in such peril? …I’m sorry. I understand you only do what must be done. We all have our roles to play, and I promise to fulfill mine as best I can. Stay safe out there, won’t you?

Another of the WoL’s friends expressing concern for their safety and everything the WoL throws themselves at whenever asked.

[alamhigyoooo]

bozja thoughts

under the cut for spoilers im going to call yoship myself (i swear its funny)

LITERALLY THIS IS THE FUNNIEST FUCKING INSTANCE EVER

think of every single trial or raid or dungeon youve ever wiped in

all of it is in bozja

deadass my party of 8 got absolutely demolished by coincounter 2.0 and then someone pulled the morbol boss that i screenshot earlier and everyone Died

THEY HAVE THE CHOCOPOCALYPSE AND THE FREAKIN MATH BOSS FROM RIDORANA

my head hurts ive been in bozja since 3 am but god this is so much fun...i’ve only made rank 8 so far but i’m really in love with the story so far and the characters they’ve given us and i am ABSOLUTELY incorporating this stuff into hallura’s lore

[alamhigyoooo]

yoshi-p turn on your location i just wanna talk