would you smooch a ghost?

runic | they/them | chaotic bi gamer | fic writer | sometimes anime & writing resources, always video games & ladies

[runicmagitek]

Figured I'd make a proper pinned post bc reasons, so here goes:

I'm Runic! (they/them) I've been gaming since I was 4 and it likely shows. Vast majority of what I share here is gaming related.

I'm a Very Queer Adult, which also shows lol. Just juggling a lot of shit irl and here to unwind.

I love to write, evident in all the damn fics I've written. I'll write just about anything, but I do love me some angst and hurt/comfort. I occasionally write NSFW stuff, which I'll do my best to flag.

I don't take writing requests unless I've recently shared an ask game with writing prompts. I also don't accept fic commissions.

95% of my reblogs are done via a queue (that I sometimes shuffle). So if I like something and then reblog it weeks later, that's why.

Totally cool with anyone swinging by my ask box/messages to say hi or shoot a random question or simply chat! Just, I dunno, don't be an asshole.

You can find in these places too!

[AO3] where you can find all my fics ever [Bluesky] I post here occasionally [Carrd] where I house my transformative works policy, random FAQ stuff, events/zines I've been in, and the running list of (semi) active WIPs

[paintedhen]

rise @mettatonmay

[diadegma]

[augurm]

[runicmagitek]

Firestarter (Aerith/Tifa - Final Fantasy VII)

( so uh.... yeah, I'm REAL NORMAL after that FF7 Revelation trailer reveal. One line from Tifa in her black mage outfit was all it took for me to gnaw on my laptop and smash my face against the keyboards until this popped up. Anyhow, I had a lot of thoughts and feels about Aerith teaching Tifa how to use magic, so enjoy this fic about exactly that )

Sparks flourished and fizzled out. After a lull, they emerged again, brighter than before, yet twice as volatile. Tifa muttered a curse. Working the bar had subjected her to several injuries over the years, from grease burns to scalding water. Misuse of a fire materia, however, singed her fingertips the worst.

The green orb nestled in her lap, still warm from the recent use. It possessed an innate glow, though didn’t offset the darkness. Tifa didn’t mind. Her options were limited for practice, and the group planned on departing at first light.

Plus it had been a while since she sat at Nibelheim’s water tower under the stars. Who knew when she’d have that opportunity again.

Furrowing her brow, Tifa cupped the materia. She envisioned the steps needed to start a campfire, then maintain it. Tension swelled in her shoulders. Knuckles blanched. The sparks popped into existence, but the heat spiked and Tifa recoiled with a yelp. The materia slipped free and plummeted.

Another failure, another reason to give up. Not just for tonight, but for—

“Yoohoo!”

Tifa stiffened. Shit. She knew that voice.

Peeking down, she managed to make out the familiar silhouette, waving and holding up the materia.

“Looks like you dropped this!”

[read more on AO3]

[villainwithacrush]

[runicmagitek]

Firestarter (Aerith/Tifa - Final Fantasy VII)

( so uh.... yeah, I'm REAL NORMAL after that FF7 Revelation trailer reveal. One line from Tifa in her black mage outfit was all it took for me to gnaw on my laptop and smash my face against the keyboards until this popped up. Anyhow, I had a lot of thoughts and feels about Aerith teaching Tifa how to use magic, so enjoy this fic about exactly that )

Sparks flourished and fizzled out. After a lull, they emerged again, brighter than before, yet twice as volatile. Tifa muttered a curse. Working the bar had subjected her to several injuries over the years, from grease burns to scalding water. Misuse of a fire materia, however, singed her fingertips the worst.

The green orb nestled in her lap, still warm from the recent use. It possessed an innate glow, though didn’t offset the darkness. Tifa didn’t mind. Her options were limited for practice, and the group planned on departing at first light.

Plus it had been a while since she sat at Nibelheim’s water tower under the stars. Who knew when she’d have that opportunity again.

Furrowing her brow, Tifa cupped the materia. She envisioned the steps needed to start a campfire, then maintain it. Tension swelled in her shoulders. Knuckles blanched. The sparks popped into existence, but the heat spiked and Tifa recoiled with a yelp. The materia slipped free and plummeted.

Another failure, another reason to give up. Not just for tonight, but for—

“Yoohoo!”

Tifa stiffened. Shit. She knew that voice.

Peeking down, she managed to make out the familiar silhouette, waving and holding up the materia.

“Looks like you dropped this!”

[read more on AO3]

[possumbound]

*crickets chirping, loud microphone feedback sound, random guy in the audience coughs, etc etc*

[men4ce-red]

i feel like im battling the worst art block of my LIFE and im scratching him into the canvas like a madman to combat it- trying to figure out how to draw/proportion him while simultaneously feeling like i cant draw at all (GRIPPING MY HEAD)

[yinza]

What if I also did a quick Barrifa.

[Image Description: Digital artwork of Barret and Tifa, shown from the waist up. Barret stands behind Tifa with his arm around her waist, resting his head against hers. Tifa is tilting her head back towards him, and her left arm rests across his. Both have their eyes closed and are smiling softly. /end ID]

[clausilly]

krih

[seilidare]

MY GOAT IS BACK

[paintedhen]

[latiyao]

doodle

[hylluslepus-deactivated20230207]

Some of yall will be like Omg I love this character <33 and then be talking about a bastardization of that character so extreme that is now just your oc with the same name

[hylluslepus-deactivated20230207]

I did not write this to be a "Haha everyone does that its so funny" thing I wrote it to try and make some of you realize that while headcanons can be fun when you get to a point where your interpretation of a character is entirely unrecognizable from the original just make an oc what is the point of trying to claim its that character. Also so many of you just straight up are playing into racial stereotypes when you do this like you Seriously need to think of how you're interacting with characters of color and which characters you're headcanoning as poc. So many of you play into the mammy stereotype or the unemotional/hypersexualized asian sterotypes without even fucking realizing it and I'm sick of seeing it. Could yall take two seconds to think critically about how you're interacting with characters because it doesn't matter if you're playing into racist caricatures unintentionally its still racism.

[cheezydraws]

joining the vestenna meta

[tealovesdilfs]

I can show you were my LOVE hides

It's a heartbeat on a hard drive~

Quick mettaton drawing based of the fan song "hard drive" by Griffinilla