LIGHT UNYELDING

FFXIV-centred sideblog of @feliciadraws, dedicated to the bespectacled paladin and Warrior of Light, Lila Dawnefyre! Side note; expect plenty of Haurchefant appreciation, lots of HaurcheWol and other such Eorzean mischellany

[thoughtkick]

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.”

— Carl Jung

[feliciadraws]

So I’ve gone insane and decided to make a Haurchefant alt for funsies and so I can play dolls with him haha

He’s currently on Kraken in the Dynamis data centre but since Lila and my Mei alt are on Malboro he spends most of the time there!

[bespectacledpaladin]

Update time! Now a little word of warning for any of you who might be a little bit squeamish, this chapter does contain a rather gory description of a yak being killed, so reader discretion is advised- cw animal death? Lila's training as a dark knight is well under way, and as Fray takes her out to Coerthas Western Highlands, progress is made, and with it unsettling realisations come to light. Tagging my usuals: @riichiigo @mrslittletall @wataridori-art @janzoo @spotofmummery from the FFXIV Writers community

You can read it here on AO3! The Dragonblade Saga: Prelude in Ice and Silver - Chapter 26 - feliciasgalaxyofwords - Final Fantasy XIV [Archive of Our Own]

[glanzdrei]

[nixscriptum]

[quotefeeling]

“I’m not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time.”

— Sage Francis

[bespectacledpaladin]

Fanfic update time! And yes, I remembered to post the link this time hehe *derp* Alphinaud reflects on the earlier confrontation in Saint Valeroyant's forum and encounters his own personal Trolley Problem, and Fray might be a creepy cryptid but he's a very good therapist. Tagging my usual lovely supporters and mutuals, thanks a bunch!: @riichiigo @mrslittletall @wataridori-art @janzoo @spotofmummery from the FFXIV Writer's community

You can read it here on AO3!

The Dragonblade Saga: Prelude in Ice and Silver - Chapter 25 - feliciasgalaxyofwords - Final Fantasy XIV [Archive of Our Own]

[bespectacledpaladin]

To all those who observe, happy Easter lovelies! Okay so apologies for the shameless filler chapter, I got a little too attached to an OC and ended up giving her an entire chapter dedicated to her.

In the wake of the earlier chaos and in the midst of simmering tension, Thomaisette and Hilda find common ground in each other and briefly bond over the struggles they faced at the hands of Ishgardian society.

Tagging my lovely usuals and supporters of this fic :

@riichiigo @mrslittletall @wataridori-art @spotofmummery from the FFXIV Writers community @janzoo

You can read it here on AO3!

Edit; Thanks again to @mrslittletall for reminding me that I forgot to post the link haha

[headphonetrash]

Haurchefant is so so cute with the lightsticks omg 💙

(Scuffed recording but I left my game on to just have him on the other monitor a few nights ago)

[flohgna]

A hero's smile.

SPOILER HEAVENSWARD

The French trad of his last words is SO good, I didn't want to risk spoiling anyone by posting it in caption, but it was in my mind the whole time I drew this.

"Heroes can't be sad... But you... You have such a pretty smile... Try not to forget mine..."

RIP APART MY HEART WILL YOU???

Also yes, the flowers are forget-me-not.

[bespectacledpaladin]

Sorry for the delay in releasing the newest chapter :/ this one came out much longer than I expected (again) and I haven't been able to write much this past couple of weeks because I was sick with a really bad stomach bug, but thankfully I'm better now! Anyways, on today's episode of Lila Dawnefyre Can't Catch a Frickin' Break, even after finally seeing Haurchefant again Lila is thrown back into the action once again, a familiar face joins the fight, and Lila sees the door to a darker path opening before her.

Tagging my lovely usuals @riichiigo @mrslittletall @wataridori-art @spotofmummery from the FFXIV Writers community and my wonderful new friend and fellow Haurchefant Appreciator @janzoo!

You can read it here on AO3!

[bespectacledpaladin]

The Daemon’s Nest

The Pandæmonium raids are actually peak I’m not even joking

also bonus portrait of Lila under the cut because halo/angel imagery and Lila is such an irresistible combination

[byjove]

knight boyfriend that keeps asking you if you’d love him if he was a wyrm

[bespectacledpaladin]

Time for a fic update! I did a bit of research writing this one and ended up in a bit of a writing research rabbit hole hehe :p anyways:

A look at the strange surprise changes Haurchefant’s body undergoes in the wake of the Vault, as told through the eyes of the chirurgeons treating him.

Tagging my usuals:

@mrslittletall

@riichiigo

@wataridori-art

@spotofmummery from the FFXIV Writers community

You can read it here on AO3!

EDIT; had to fix a backdating issue and for some reason the new link wouldn’t post right away so I had to link it differently :p

[feliciadraws]

The ending of Heavensward but instead of the eyes of Nidhogg Thordan drops two white Monsters and they turn Estinien into a third

[feliciadraws]

My fellow Haurchefant appreciators and Vault survival truthers

It has come to my attention that we as a people do not take enough creative advantage of the lore potential surrounding near death experiences and temporary death considering how much funky lore there is surrounding aether and the lifestream within FFXIV.

Gimme all the juicy “survives but irreversibly changed/comes back wrong or changed in some freaky way” AUs! Get wild with it! Get freaky with it!

[feliciadraws]

Soooooooo writing the latest chapter of my Haurchefant Lives AU longfic has taken me down kind of a weird research rabbit hole; basically in order to write Haurchefant being in a coma and the doctors examining him better I ended up watching a bunch of videos on the medial assessment of coma patients and reading a bunch of online papers and guides about how to assess a patient's comatose state, all of which are aimed predominantly at medical students (I also googled stuff like vintage doctor's instruments) to make it feel more authentic. It got me thinking about what other weird rabbit holes other writers have come up with and now I'm curious hehe