Written Closet

Friends demanded I get a tumblr and post my writings on it. Who am I to disappoint?

[kskellington]

Hi.

Yeah, we'll go with that as a title.

I am Skellington also known as Skelly. The K part stands for Kian. Nice to meet you and welcome to my "About Me Pinned Post".

First and foremost while this tumblr has mostly FFXIV related things, I originally made this tumblr to randomly post my writings. Never really got into the habit of that (still haven't) but I'd like to get back into it at some point.

So this isn't an FFXIV only place and likely never will be. Its just my gaming fixation atm.

Second, this year (soon to be past) of 2025 I finally got the diagnosis that I wanted and it turns out that I'm AuDHD - Autistic w/ ADHD. While I've started to demask over the past few months, I haven't fully quite yet. So I have 0 clue who exactly I am, what my full range of interests are and all the other things that come with being neurodivergent.

Part of that demasking may be going along with my ADHD impulses and just... post. Maybe that means I'll go back to old ask games and answer questions that interest me. Maybe I'll share what my obsession is. Or maybe I'll reblog something that I wanna reblog. I'm burnt out, depressed and tired and one of things that'll help is to just do things that make me happy even if it means I'mma be weird. Figured I'd give ya'll a heads up.

Also, I post sporactically. You may not see things from me for weeks. Either I'm too shy/scared/embarrassed to post or I am in a losing battle with my Autism and ADHD fighting over my brain to do anything.

Third - I got sideblogs! Mostly to keep things organized (despite the fact my brain will never fully submit to it). Every now and again I'll update one of them but the more prominent of them for the moment is @peddlestox-shinyrocks because I need more joy in my life and my lalafel gives me joy. I will try to also reblog here when I update the others, but no guarentees.

Here is the previous pinned post about my list of characters that is probably going to be updated with characters outside of FFXIV at some point!!!!!

Now with that out of the way lets get into the more about me stuff.

As of this exact time I am 30 turning 31 by the end of the month (Dec).

I work a 40hr week with a rotating schedule at a retail job I hate for money I need to live (and to indulge in expensive hobbies).

I game. Often.

I write. Often. In my head. ...And sometimes on paper.

I have a BlueSky; I have a Twitch. The latter I plan on starting up more regularly but that'll depend on my scheduling and forcing myself in a routine that my brain isn't going to want to do. (And find games to play while at it). I also have a twitter but I'm pretending it no longer exists :(

I can speak through nothing but .gifs. If my friends were on tumblr, they would be able to back me up on that. It is my talent and I'm weirdly proud of it.

I am asexual nonbinary afab. Due to my current living situation I don't feel comfortable taking all the steps in fully presenting as nonbinary. Maybe when I have my own place to live and I'm not sharing a space with roommates.

I love to world build. I can spend months obsessing over fleshing out a random obscure race/area/world in general just to get lost in my head and go to my happy place.

Here's a list of games I've played/am playing: Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy IX, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Tales of Legendia, World of Warcraft, Palia, Dreams of Mirror Online, ArcheAge, Baldur's Gate 3, Dungeons and Dragons (3.5, 5e 2014 and Pathfinder), Grimshire, and a whole bunch of stuff I played that I don't remember on the GBA, Steam List, and old MMORPGs whose servers are loooooooong gone.

My favorite game genre is MMORPGs.

My favorite art style of games is pixel.

My list of anime watched is longer than my list of games. Just know that most of them are pre 2015 and anything recent I likely don't know about. Yet.

My favorite color(s) is silver and every color a rose comes in.

Yes, I love roses.

I had two pet rabbits. One named Mikki and the other Persephone. They have both sadly passed away.

I like playing healers in MMOs. Less so because I like playing the support role and more so that its chaotic enough for my ADHD and routine enough for my autism.

My favorite healer is Restoration Shaman from WoW: WotLK or Cata.

I know how to crochet. Haven't done so in a while, but am thinking about getting back into it.

I guess you could call me a pagan. I don't quite subscribe to the practice, I don't think it works well with my adhd. But it is something I want to get into.

I have a deck of tarot cards. Can't really read them quite yet, but I do have them.

Divination has called to me well before Astrologian became my choice of healer. I've wanted to work with pendulums since my pre-teen years.

[kskellington]

Reverse Asks

At what point did your OC consider their childhood to be over? Was it a milestone in terms of age? Or did it follow a particular event? Did they feel ready for adulthood at that point?

Svangeir considered his childhood with his mother to be over once he was to leave with the Warders at roughly the age of 17. Given the long age of viera, they, and he personally, didn't really consider himself an "adult" until his early 40s as that was the age he tried to sire (a bit young, but not unheard of).

Amongst the Warders he wasn't considered an adult fully until he was able to lead a band of young bucks himself.

Amalthea believed herself to be passed childhood when she began studying her father's business, though her parents wouldn't have thought she was an adult until she was 17.

A'kiva was considered an adult when he was the last borne male remaining of his father's tribe though he wouldn't believe he was until about 15.

[kskellington]

Character Blab

As today is Flower's actual bday @diggingforkuponuts we'll have extra blurbs. These are stuff that have no asks tied to them, just stuff I wanna share in honor of the Reverse Asks.

Mass character blurb let's go.

I don't speak about Ivan enough.

This is my Unseelie Fae from the First. He and several other fae like him were meshed with the Void in an attempt to make creatures (they could control) to fight the Lightwardens. Didn't work.

As Ivan was previously a fae of ice, he has more control over some of the others (as that was the closest to Light to balance out the Void). As such, he was tasked by the previous Titania to put down his brethren since they could not control themselves and they would be a threat to themselves and others.

When Titania became corrupted and turned into a Lightwarden, he was locked inside the castle with them and only freed after Xyn took them down and Feo Ul took his spot as King and thus serves the new Titania as he did the former.

Given that he was reborn as a headless fae, his new name is Gan Ceann or, more commonly known on the Source, dullahan. He gained the name Ivanaux after he crossed the expanse to the Source (and adopted an elezen name as he looks the closest to one of them) to watch over a child who he formed a bond with.

I don't really have much to add to Fuku that I haven't said before but there is a little bit I don't think I've mentioned.

He is a Far Eastern raised miqo'te. He came to Eorzea to find out more about his kind. Knows his mother's name, his half brother's name, and his sire's. (He doesn't get along with the latter two, and his mom has passed away.) He found out that his mother was a gleaner, and as he is the last known surviving family member, Sharlayan allowed him to take any of her journals that were not needed for extensive research.

He is female to male transexual (and knows what his Keeper name would have been). His girlfriend is male to female trans. And thanks to (echo) the Wonders of Fantasia Now Being Canon (end echo) they can have the bodies they desire (and his girlfriend is now a viera instead of a hyur).

He is from the Skatay Mountains (specifically his village is at the base).

Svan has older (and younger) sisters from his mother's mate though none of them consider themselves siblings.

He is the only child of his mother. They have no idea where his dark hair came from, nor the tail. They just assume it's from his sire.

He has sired 6 children. The first along with the mother died in childbirth and the last is the only one he has met.

Due to losing an arm defending his village his youngest was named after him (Svenja).

He currently lives with his mother, daughter, and mate A'kiva somewhere in the Shroud.

He has adopted Astvaldur (Flopsy) and another infant viera (A'caedia) as his own.

He is one of several leaders who lead a clan of viera and miqo'te.

Never came up with a lalafel name for her and after Kwas ain't gonna try one now!

Amalthea was born to a wealthy merchant who, despite training for it, turned his enterprise to her younger sister. She left Ul'dah and joined Trachenstyr's band of adventurers where she met her husband A'shavirr and eventually Quennelaux.

They get drafted into Carteneau and of the five of them, Trachenstyr was the only one who didn't make it. It was hard loss on all of them that ended on the party splitting ways, with her and Quen, soon to be Xynal, parting on horrible terms.

She and Shavirr eventually married and started both a family and a business. On the surface, it is an alchemy shop. Underneath it is the Ul'dahn version of the Theives' Guild ran by Shavirr and their adult children.

She has a familiar named Ducky that, due to consuming too many potions of fantasia like properties, whenever he eats, drinks, and sometimes wants, turns into a random creature at his leisure.

She currently has a legion of 13 children (mostly tuplets, with only the last one being a single child). And with Shavirr now being a hrothgar, she expects another dozen or so.

I have seen interest in my bean so I shall deliver. This is probably the longest I'll go into his backstory so~

A'kiva belongs to an A tribe of miqo'te who live in the La Noscea mountains up and away from Costa del Sol. His father had a quirk that's passed down to all his sons that they grey early regardless of what hair color it was originally (Kiva's was brown).

While Kiva was just shy of being a pre-teen a rival Tia wanted to come and take over the tribe (as one does) and after he lost, he employed voidsent to take over what he couldn't. His father and all of his older brothers were the first to go, followed by a bunch of his aunts/sisters/cousins who refused to submit until the tribe was broken into compliance.

I'm not going to fully disclose everything that Kiva went through before he got to the age of 17, but we'll say he was manipulated and his younger sister A'lana was used as leverage.

Around this time, Svan was in Costa waiting for a ship to go back to Bozja to fight with the resistance and met Kiva through finding his younger sister. The entire week he was there Kiva did try to spend with him, and by the end of it, Svangeir got him, his sister and his mother out. (and much later got the rest of his tribe)

Kiva was admittedly enamoured by the viera and perhaps impulsively, decided to hitch a ride onto a boat leading over to Bozja (getting found and hearing his story they decided to let him continue onwards) all to see the older man again. Almost on the battlefield.

Svan was... hesitent to start their relationship considering their age difference and Kiva's blatant hero worship, but after all has been said and done, he doesn't regret taking A'kiva as his.

Kiva has a sponge silkie (like Kwas) who he had Svan name since he was the one who got the cutie. (His name is Lokir/Loki, he's a glutton and very loyal to A'kiva specifically, Svan absolutely named him after the Lokir from the tales he grew up with as a kit - yes, that Loki - and he also doubles as Kiva's familiar to use his limited aether.)

He will eventually learn pictomancy (and the paint will show up as water colors in nods to Loki) and become a lot more cocky than he is now. At the moment though, he's a shy boi with two daughters he loves very much.

I should add my WoW characters here but I can't be assed. Maybe another day

[kskellington]

Reverse Asks

Do they have creative hobbies? (things like gardening, coding, terrarium/fish keeping etc count for this)?

I'm not sure if they're creative but they are hobbies. Kiva tends to some sheeps and trades their wool to Gridania after they're sheered. He also makes potions and poultices to aid the healers in their tribe.

Svan's a smith. When he isn't in meetings or training his daughter he'll be at his forge maintaining weapons and armor. A few times he's made other things out of metal, but mostly defensive items.

Potion making. She's been known to make some rather absurd stuff that people cannot believe actually works. She's been rumored to have made the original Fantasia potion, but she has never confirmed nor denied this.

Baking/cooking, sewing, jewelry making (mostly earrings), wine making (not the best at it but still does on occasion).

Kwas is known for her goldsmithing. Its in the gobbie name (Shinyrocks). But she also can make stuff out of woodworking (decorative boxes, chests, toys) and tailoring (clothes, toys, blankets, pillows etc).

[kskellington]

Reverse Asks

Has your OC ever made a conscious effort to change their voice? Perhaps by trying to rid themselves of a particular accent or making themselves sound more assertive?

Kiva has, or is trying to. Mostly to sound a bit more educated (so he has more confidence and so their youngest daughter A'caedia doesn't pick up his speech).

Flopsy (Astvaldur) I'd say yes. To be a bit more assertive. He is mate to a Nunh after all. Still most any other times he's, not quite soft spoken but also not aggressive.

[tea-ffxiv]

Join us at 7:00 PM eastern daylight time (EDT) on Monday, June 29th on the Balmung server at the Shroudrose Teahouse and Tavern located at Lavender Beds, Ward 5, Plot 58 nearest the Lavender Northeast Subdivision aetheryte. Come try Shroudrose’s specialty blends of tea! Enjoy a cup in our tearooms on the main floor and second floor (including our far eastern themed rooms), or purchase some loose-leaf to brew at home! You can always cozy up in our library to read or get some work done while you enjoy a cuppa. Snacks and treats will be available to compliment your tea.

This event is bi-weekly at 7:00 PM eastern time the first Monday and third Monday of each month (and fifth Monday, if applicable).

If you’d to learn more about our FC including details on our Information Brokering and Private Investigations services, our Recruitment, Discord, and more, please go visit our carrd: https://teaffxiv.carrd.co/

[kskellington]

Mega List of Reverse Asks

Here they are all in one post. Xyn and Kwas have their own separate blogs where I answered. Everyone else will (usually) be on here unless otherwise specified. (And if they have their own blog it will be linked here)

I did not have the forethought of tagging which asks I answered (I literally did like 29 in the first day of the announcement) before I queued most of them. But I did make sure I copied the whole question (and did as many different ones as I could find).

Each will have a blurb about what the original question is so you can pick and choose at your leisure.

I'll add them slowly as the days go by one they're posted. Thanks to @diggingforkuponuts for the idea and Happy Early Birthday!

Main Blog @kskellington:

Who makes them feel safe?

Will your character ever get to live normal life?

Uplift blogs dedicated to npcs

A blog I am personally invested in

What holiday would they get rid of?

You told your character they aren't real; how are they taking it?

Tbd

Side Blog for Xynal @qxynalvaleroyantb:

Day One - About Siblings

Day Two - About Temperment

Day Three - Social Status

Day Four - Singing Ability

Day Five - Immortality

Day Six - Kinks (mature tagged)

Day Seven - Prude? No

Day Eight - Why I retcon all of EW

Day Nine - Dating Advice

Day Ten - Fresh Start

Day Eleven - Valuables

Day Twelve - Running Gag

Day Thirteen 1, 2 - Sibling Relations

Day Fourteen - Fate's Role

Day Fifteen

Side Blog for Kwasei: @peddlestox-shinyrocks:

Day One - Mindwanderings

Day Two - Can she sit still?

Day Three - FarTravels

Day Four - Story Connections

Day Five - CraftyCloths

Day Six - About Gobbiefel

Day Eight - JinglyShine

Day Nine - Intimate Manythoughts

Day Ten - HiddenGob

Day Eleven - HeadGob

Day Twelve - Uplander Cloths

Day Thirteen - Gobbiemask

Day Fourteen - Gobbielook

Day Fifteen

[kskellington]

Now updated to day 15. Except for the main blog so you're not spammed 3 times over every day lol

[kskellington]

Reverse Asks

How would they react to finding out they are a fictional character?

"Pssshk. Peddlestox not realgob? Not gobbiefel not realgob, but real not realgob? What mean?????"

"Please save us from this hell." "I'm getting sick and tired of being forced into everything." "If you put us with Menora one more time I swear to whatever god(s) of whatever universe you put us in-"

"And? Y'all ought to be happy I don't exist."

[ellipsus-writes]

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[kskellington]

Reverse Asks

Which holiday would they abolish?

All Saint's Wake. Post-haste.

Neither one of them like Spoopy season. And you can't convince either one that the voidsent who usually flock to the event are "good".

A'kiva has had pretty bad run ins with voidsent as one nearly wiped out his former tribe. The only reason he'll ever go to the mansion, is to see the cute candle ghosts (THAT I NEED TO HAVE AS DECORATIONS SE! GIVE 'EM ALREADY!).

Kwas just hates anything and everything scary. Can't stand ghosts, voidsent, haunted anything. No monsters, no masks, horror stories, nothing.

Valentoine's Day.

Amalthea just doesn't care for the "ultimate day of showing one's affections to their significant other". She'll show her love the entire year. One day doesn't make it more or less special. The color scheme she can get behind. The hearts and frills though? She'll pass.

Xynal I'm sure people will do a double take at. Boy doesn't hate Valentoine's Day. He just doesn't want to be hounded with flowers. Xynal can dish out all the sweet romantic things. He has a really hard time taking it and not getting flustered. He's more open to his husbands showing affection to him back, but if he never had to deal with Valentoine's Day again, he'd GLADLY be rid of it.

[kskellington]

Mega List of Reverse Asks

Here they are all in one post. Xyn and Kwas have their own separate blogs where I answered. Everyone else will (usually) be on here unless otherwise specified. (And if they have their own blog it will be linked here)

I did not have the forethought of tagging which asks I answered (I literally did like 29 in the first day of the announcement) before I queued most of them. But I did make sure I copied the whole question (and did as many different ones as I could find).

Each will have a blurb about what the original question is so you can pick and choose at your leisure.

I'll add them slowly as the days go by one they're posted. Thanks to @diggingforkuponuts for the idea and Happy Early Birthday!

Main Blog @kskellington:

Who makes them feel safe?

Will your character ever get to live normal life?

Uplift blogs dedicated to npcs

A blog I am personally invested in

Side Blog for Xynal @qxynalvaleroyantb:

Day One - About Siblings

Day Two - About Temperment

Day Three - Social Status

Day Four - Singing Ability

Day Five - Immortality

Day Six - Kinks (mature tagged)

Day Seven - Prude? No

Day Eight - Why I retcon all of EW

Side Blog for Kwasei: @peddlestox-shinyrocks:

Day One - Mindwanderings

Day Two - Can she sit still?

Day Three - FarTravels

Day Four - Story Connections

Day Five - CraftyCloths

Day Six - About Gobbiefel

Day Eight - JinglyShine

[kskellington]

Updated to Monday. Will post the next update next Monday.

[fourteenthz]

FEEL THAT IN THE AIR, FRIEND?

Another lovely summer is upon us, and that means it's time to celebrate with yet another xiv event!!

Since the plan is to stretch it throughout summer, I’m doing a longer “deadline” for each prompt + an opening and closing day. This way, we can star/end together but still have our own pace in betweens <3

MAKE SURE TO USE: #XIV HEATWAVE FESTIVAL

As always with my prompts: you will get a theme + a specific prompt + a quote. This time, since it's weekly prompts, you can use any of the 3 prompts any time during that week. Be it just one or multiple posts per week, mix and match some of them, skip others entirely - you do you!

— GUIDELINES:

this list is intended for every medium! I once again made sure to add quote prompts to make it easier for writers, but feel free to pick and choose whatever you want: gpose, art, gifs, writing, anything goes!

none of the prompts are mandatory, specially not this time. you have 3 prompts every week to use them as you please!

NSFT works are welcome. You know me by now and know some of those are purposefully suggestive, but feel free to go crazy with any of them! just remember to tag and label them accordingly to those who don't wish to see this type of content.

It starts in JULY, so we have a month to prepare + during the weeks.

Still, if you can't make it on those dates, trust me, there's no real deadline. This is intended for all summer but if you ever feel like following it later, feel free to join!!

Make sure to use and lurk the hashtag: #XIV HEATWAVE FESTIVAL to support your fellow creators and DRINK WATER!

— WRITTEN PROMPT LIST:

JULY 01: heatwave, melting, “it's too hot...”

JULY 02 - 05: water, swimming, “come on.”

JULY 06 - 12: fun, competition, “there are no rules.”

JULY 13 - 19: sunkissed, golden hour, “look at you.”

JULY 20 - 26: beach, bonfire, “don't touch that-”

JULY 27 - AUGUST 02: wander, drifting, “where are we/you?”

AUGUST 03 - 09: fresh, camping/hiking, “try some!”

AUGUST 10 - 16: sweat, bathing, “turn around.”

AUGUST 17 - 22: glow, stargazing, “what was that?”

AUGUST 23: chill, moonfire, “look up!”

[kskellington]

Reverse Asks

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC in whom you feel particularly invested.

I am 100% invested in @mimble-sparklepudding's Humble.

I don't care if its weird to call a giant roe man adorable, he is. I'm sure he's a powerhouse on the battlefield (and terrifying) but I just see a giant teddy bear who'd love to be hugged and give hugs to others.

And I find his relationship with G'raha so adorable. Two shy(ish) beans getting together and eventually flourishing. *chefs kiss* I live for the sap.

[kskellington]

Well if you can find her Kwas made it to the parade.

Character limits have been met tho

[kskellington]

Mega List of Reverse Asks

Here they are all in one post. Xyn and Kwas have their own separate blogs where I answered. Everyone else will (usually) be on here unless otherwise specified. (And if they have their own blog it will be linked here)

I did not have the forethought of tagging which asks I answered (I literally did like 29 in the first day of the announcement) before I queued most of them. But I did make sure I copied the whole question (and did as many different ones as I could find).

Each will have a blurb about what the original question is so you can pick and choose at your leisure.

I'll add them slowly as the days go by one they're posted. Thanks to @diggingforkuponuts for the idea and Happy Early Birthday!

Main Blog @kskellington:

Who makes them feel safe?

Will your character ever get to live normal life?

Uplift blogs dedicated to npcs

A blog I am personally invested in

What holiday would they get rid of?

You told your character they aren't real; how are they taking it?

Has your OC ever made a conscious effort to change their voice?

Side Blog for Xynal @qxynalvaleroyantb:

Day One - About Siblings

Day Two - About Temperment

Day Three - Social Status

Day Four - Singing Ability

Day Five - Immortality

Day Six - Kinks (mature tagged)

Day Seven - Prude? No

Day Eight - Why I retcon all of EW

Day Nine - Dating Advice

Day Ten - Fresh Start

Day Eleven - Valuables

Day Twelve - Running Gag

Day Thirteen 1, 2 - Sibling Relations

Day Fourteen - Fate's Role

Day Fifteen - Stress Relievers

Day Sixteen - Healer of Light

Side Blog for Kwasei: @peddlestox-shinyrocks:

Day One - Mindwanderings

Day Two - Can she sit still?

Day Three - FarTravels

Day Four - Story Connections

Day Five - CraftyCloths

Day Six - About Gobbiefel

Day Eight - JinglyShine

Day Nine - Intimate Manythoughts

Day Ten - HiddenGob

Day Eleven - HeadGob

Day Twelve - Uplander Cloths

Day Thirteen - Gobbiemask

Day Fourteen - Gobbielook

Day Fifteen - Guns n' Goblins

Day Sixteen - Gobbiefel from Ul'dah

[kskellington]

Highlight a FFXIV blog that explores an existing canon character in an interesting way.

Hey these were apart of an Ask Game. They count!!!

@bloodsworn-marshal For their take on Pipin.

@spotofmummery of course for Amon

@aroseyetbloomedwrites for Francel <3

I'm sure there's many more out there who I haven't seen pop across my dash, but I do salute thee (and all who wolnpc ship).

Giving a canon character some depth and inviting new ideas on their personality is not only a feat but a treat for the rest of us starving mortals who haven't a crumb of imagination.

No I'm serious. Its been a long while since I've wanted to dive into the headspace of a canon character. Years at this point. Partly because I got interested in my own characters, and partly because I was pushed away from it. So I am woefully out of practice.

But I remember wanting to learn every single piece I could about them and adding things when there seemed to be a blank space, getting a bit upset at retcons that didn't make the character feel more alive but more flat and the overall joy and comfort that it gave me. And I am happy that there are people out there who still take random character number 32 and say "them? them's important and here's why" and not get chased away from it.

So hat's off to you all, mentioned or not.

[kskellington]

Reverse Asks

Will your character ever get to live normal life?

Not if I have anything to say about it. And I do!

But no. There has never been anything "normal" about my boy. He's a half-drow born into the world of Faerun from a happy union of a drow and a human who is a Divine Soul sorcerer, which means somewhere in his family line there's been a celestial being.

Elder Scrolls? Dunmer. Married to a Orismer. Raising a khajiiti kitten.

....Monster Hunter? Boy is a Wyverian from a clan of Wyverians whose vocal chords can mimic the roars of the monsters they hunt and live along side (my reasoning for him to continue to be "mute" in Wilds) who's friends with a half blind crazy woman who drags him into things.

AND HAVE YOU SEEN THE PLOT OF FFXIV????? WTF IS NORMAL!