So as y'all know I've been hyperfixated mainly on FF14 and FFSOP as of late. Y'all also know that my royal s/i is my ff14 s/i because I want all my loves together~! (Canon be damned, my worlds now!)
BEWARE: Spoilers for FFSOP and FF14 (mainly Shadowbringers)
So some of you also know that at the end of SOP Jack and his friends become the bringers of darkness Chaos and the Fiends of Chaos in order to create new Warriors of Light for the land they inhabit. Well, in FF14, Guess what your character becomes?
Ding Ding Ding If you guessed a Warrior of Light, you get a cookie and kisses from your f/o (the kisses were gonna happen regardless, but yeah)
Well, the organization that Thancred and all my friends/family are in -- the scions -- work with the Warrior of Light to bring light to Eorzea! And any beings of darkness are considered an enemy...
Well, Jack still has his 'day job' as my s/i's royal guard! So when she ventures off and ends up staying in Eorzea longer than planned, you know he and our friends aren't too far behind. The only problem on top of the internal cruel twist of fate of me being a WoL is that people in Eorzea can see others' aetherial balance...
So let's just say the first meeting between factions was very... tense to put it lightly. If it wasn't for me so excited to see Jack, Jed, Ash, Neon, and Sophia, then vouching for them to the point I said "I'm a princess and the only one who can slay primals! If you wanna fight these guys, I hope you found someone else who won't become a mindless slave to the primals 'cause I'll quit. Not my land so it really shouldn't be my problem BUT IT IS!"
Needless to say, everyone lowered their weapons but kept their eyes peeled for any sort of slip-up from the other side. Especially Thancred when it came to Jack... If anyone asked, he said it was simply because he couldn't risk such darkness corrupting their strongest ally further... But who knows why he'd spy in on softer moments..?
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Now fast forward to ShadowBringers where I and the scions find ourselves in a situation to save a world overrun with Light. This place is so off-balance that the light has turned many of its inhabitants into angelic-looking monsters known as sin eaters who only live to consume aether!
So now it's my job to slay the mightiest sin eaters known as Light Wardens in order to bring darkness back to the realm and restore balance.
The only problem is I'm the only one who can take in their light without transforming immediately myself. But even then we don't know how much light I can take...
Fast forward EVEN MORE to the death of the final Light Warden and me taking in their light. That was the straw that broke my frail form's back and instilled the beginning of a transformation.
My daughter Ryne (A girl originally known as another Minfilia since she was bestowed powers to prevent a total flood of light) was powerful enough to halt the corruption but not cleanse it and no way is currently known!
SO with that said what if Jack and our friends were also with the scions. Therefore when they see the transformation and how some of my allies will be so quick to turn against me should I show any signs, they decide to join me in the enduring battles since who better to bring back the darkness then those who embody it?
Also cue a moment where I make Jack promise to kill me if and when I lose myself, much to our mutual dismay
But with that said: a whole sin-eater AU has been in my mind so I even have a design at behest of my bestie @floweringforgetfulness for biblically accurate Becca (I still lose myself to giggles with that) I have a design (THANK YOU BESTIE!!!!!!)
The only thing is that as a Light Warden/Sin Eater they usually go by names like "Innocence" "Tesleen the Forgiven" "Eros" "Philia" so I kinda wanna keep that name so I was thinking something along the line of Paitence since the others are like greek forms of love/virtues
So I've been meaning to share my two commissions that I got from my absolute best friend @floweringforgetfulness I love them both equally! But I don't know if this is my brain just thinking of things or if she intended this but I really love how when you look at them together it kind of shows Thancred's growth with me.
Like on the left is when we first met so he is his Charming, more Carefree, chivalrous, flirty self trying to make the pretty new recruit swoon. But on the right is after we have both lost so much, so many of our friends, and we have technically even been separated for 5 years, so when we do reunite and like always I'm ready to throw myself head first into danger for the sake of everyone else and he has lived with this possible event of me dying and not being able to do anything about it, he loves me too much to let me go alone!
And I just absolutely adored it so again shout out to Ren and her amazing art!!
Anyway here’s a super quick design of my s/i for @the-storyteller-and-her-soldiers ‘s royalty AU. I usually make my characters wear egl fashion because it’s fun do draw but in this case it was a very natural fit for the aesthetic. I wanted to design a character who contrasts with the healthy and strong empire and consequentially finds it hard to connect to her home country.
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