Just Having Fun

I’m just having fun.

[leikofforest]

Being a creative married to a non creative is such a funny thing. Take my husband. Super supportive. Always loving and takes plenty of shifts with the kids so I can get quiet time (we both work full time and share house chores and kids). But if he sees me writing something emotional, he’ll worry why I look upset or about to cry, or extremely angry. And he’s just looking out for me on the one hand. But on the other, how can I explain the inner turmoil of that man who just had to witness his daughter get killed before she murdered everyone while his other daughter is dying and he’s already lost two wives, and he still has to keep it together…

And then the horror of the one daughter at seeing her father barely react (not knowing his inner struggle) as her older sister was just killed and tried to kill her?

Idk. Maybe I need to write sone lighter stuff. Lol

[leikofforest]

You ever hear about a slow burn? Well I want to write a no burn. We take our favorite romance tropes and write them not working. Better if it’s comedic friendship. That whole pretending to date to get family off your back? Instead of the attractive obvious option, they have to brag their incompetent friend who can’t act to save their life. Better yet, both are ACTUALLY grossed out at the idea of dating. There was only one bed? None of this “Oh no! You take the bed while I take the floor,” and “Oh there’s plenty of room.” Instead it’s a battle to the death over who gets the bed because “Ew, you stink!” Or “It’s too small and I have a bad back!”

I’ll get to writing this fic eventually. But feel free to take the concept and run with it. I would love to read your no burns on AO3.

[leikofforest]

I have the perfect FFXIV Isekai fanfic idea. We have a stay at home mom of toddlers Isekai into Eorzea. She ends up solving all of Eorzea’s issues my trating everyone like their toddlers. Beat part, doesn’t even realize she’s doing it.

Lahabrea/Ultima fight? “Hey! That’s being a bully. You do NOT take things without asking. I’m very disappointed in you , Mister!” (In reference to destroying a bunch of stuff and stealing Thancred’s body.

Warriors of Darkness? “I know he seems nice, but talking to strangers can be very dangerous! Let’s sit down and eat a snack and talk about it.”

If you have any other ideas along this line, feel free to take this idea and run with it. I just request it be wholesome and funny.

[leikofforest]

“If you see an attractive girl character on a game, it’s probably a dude. No woman would make that kind of character.”

Me, a straight woman with boob sliders turned to Max, long flowing red hair, and wearing the tiniest outfits I would never wear in real life. My husband playing a character that looks a lot like me irl and is in the most tasteful and pretty outfits talking and how attractive his character is compared to my above mentioned character.

Yep. You nailed it.

[leikofforest]

So I want an FFXIV fanfic where the main character is the Warrior of Light’s roommate. You have the main character wondering where their roomie keeps disappearing to. MC needs to be insanely chill about everything. Ascian at the front door? “Sorry. Roomie isn’t here right now.” And then later “Hey dude, there was this creepy old guy asking for you. Did you ghost your family or something?” And just continuous jokes about how the MC doesn’t get that their roomie is the literal savior of the world. “I don’t care that you had to flee Ul’Dah. Rent was due and you left me hanging, Man!”

[leikofforest]

PSA: top off your pumpkin spice lattes with cinnamon. Not caramel. Not more syrup. You will love the contrast of the cinnamon and sweet pumkiny flavors.

Sincerely: someone who hates pumpkin spice myself but still understands flavors. You’re welcome.

[leikofforest]

I want to read a vampire romance. But instead of a teenager, it’s a late 20s to 30s adult the vampire is trying to approach.

Why you ask? Simple. Experience. Vampire guy appears younger and instead of falling for them, lady just adopts the vampire as a younger sibling (much to the chagrin of our centuries old vampire). Cheesy lines about his passions and attraction to her gets met with a laugh and a “Where did you steal that one from?” His talk about his unending devotion and tortured soul gets met with a snack (that he can’t eat) and a talk about actual healthy relationships.

Anyway, instead of becoming a couple, he is continuously frustrated because “It works on everyone else! Why isn’t she falling for it.” But no actual hurt feelings. Just a funny story.

Oh! And turns out she has an utterly devoted long distance boyfriend, and of course she told him all about her new adopted brother (Must I remind you I am centuries old!” And the two continue to treat this vessel of undeath and power like their little brother who comes over too much but they love anyway.

[leikofforest]

I’ve read a lot of isekai fics and cringe to think of how uncool I would be. Like I imagine if I were isekai’d into FFXIV how many embarrassing things I would do and the situations I would unavoidably get myself into.

Like I imagine getting caught badly singing and dancing to Despacito while not fully remembering the lyrics, and then would commit murder on whoever caught me. And then the world would fall into a Calamity because I would be a criminal on the run instead of saving the world. And then I would get caught by whoever they sent after me because I am just not slick and can’t run without tripping.

All this too say I can’t do prison, guys. Especially not with whatever hard core criminals are in Eorzean prison, guys. Don’t isekai me.

[leikofforest]

One thing that’s really great about FFXIV is how it presents characters in their late 20s-30s as still being fairly young. Look at the difference between how Thancred is presented vs say Auron (both really great characters). Auron is 35 and is seen as the old timer of the group. Mind you, he’s definitely of an age to be a responsible adult to 17-year-old Tidus, but comes off as an old man. Vs Thancred, also a father figure to a teenage charge. Still, he’s popular with the ladies, and is still fairly youthful in his presentation. Definitely not a kid, but he’s not presented as being childish or not acting his age. Y’Shtola who is likely in her late twenties is still a beauty that catches many hearts (without being overly sexualized, might I add). As a person in their late twenties, it’s nice to see a more age diverse cast. We even have actually middle aged characters as prominent figures in the story. It’s a nice change of pace.

[leikofforest]

Male leads in romance novels and comics are always like, “I only look at you, you’re the most important person in my life to the point that I can’t even imagine being married to anyone else, and I find you to be the most attractive woman in all of existence, but I totally can’t love you because of tragic backstory where I don’t believe in love. But also, don’t look at any man but me and let’s get married.”