Forever isn't long enough with you

She/her. Holding up my FFXIV OCs like Simba

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Hello, and welcome to my blog! You can call me Jess, Sass, Sasslett, whatever you'd like. I play FFXIV with my husband and I like to share my writing and gposes of our WoLs! I reblog a lot and don't tag but I also only post about XIV and the occasional random thing that resonates with me. And above all else, I'm here to have a good time, and I hope you are, too.

Our WoLs/OCs:

Varrus Varlineau

The Warrior of Light, an Ishgardian-born Elezen who fled to Gridania with what remained of his family after Nidhogg destroyed his hometown (yes, that family). Being the peaceful, charming, kind-hearted soul that he is, he couldn't help but get himself dragged into some Ascian/Primal/Scion bs, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Jess Varlineau

An orphaned Highlander woman, Jess grew up in the south Shroud working as a barmaid until a stupid, handsome Elezen strode through her doors and convinced her to move to Gridania and take up the lance. She'd always dreamed of adventure, but little did she know exactly what sorts of shenanigans her new best friend was about to drag her into.

(Yeah, spoilers, they fell in love)

You can read more about them in the canon-rewrite longfic I've been working on, slowly being posted to Ao3 here! I just love them so much.

Other relevant links:

My Ao3

My WoLs Tag

My Gpose Tag

My Writing Tag

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big fan of when you peel back all layers of a character and at the bottom of it there's love

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why are they doing this? because they loved someone so much it caused the plot to happen. Grief counts btw

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ESPECIALLY a big fan of when this isn't enough to make them a good person

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get spam message

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tumblr logs me out instead

functional website

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Varrus and Jess for @sasslett ! They make my heart so happy!

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Re lrb, I've been working hard on researching other platforms and setting up servers there - once I've got something I'm confident in (working apps, sound servers, privacy assurances) I'll be moving my FFXIV discord server there. I'll post links here too when it's done if anyone wants to come along.

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Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web

Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open in

Ten days ago, the social chat app Discord announced that it would launch “teen-by-default” settings for its global audience. As part of this update, all new and existing users worldwide will have a teen-appropriate experience, with updated communication settings, restricted access to age-gated spaces, and content filtering that preserves privacy and meaningful connections, the platform said. This, of course, means that to use Discord the way you are used to, you’ll have to let it scan your face, and the internet wasn’t happy. Many communities quickly announced their move to other platforms. Others, like the security researcher Celeste, who goes by the handle vmfunc, were convinced there would be a workaround.  Together with two other researchers, they set out to look into Persona, the San Francisco-based startup that’s used by Discord for biometric identity verification – and found a Persona frontend exposed to the open internet on a US government authorized server.

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“Beyond offering simple services to estimate your age, Persona’s exposed code compares your selfie to watchlist photos using facial recognition, screens you against 14 categories of adverse media from mentions of terrorism to espionage, and tags reports with codenames from active intelligence programs consisting of public-private partnerships to combat online child exploitative material, cannabis trafficking, fentanyl trafficking, romance fraud, money laundering, and illegal wildlife trade.”

Nightmare world

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"So you plan to use yourself as bait," Varrus surmised, narrowing his eyes. "That you're the most skilled dragoon in existence, I cannot deny. But to throw yourself before the great wyrm is foolishness, Estinien. He would kill you in an instant, and then what?"

"There is more to this than you let on…" Alberic muttered. "You seek vengeance for Ferndale."

"Aye. For none know my past than the two of you," Estinien growled. "You know it was for no other reason than to avenge my family that I became a dragoon. Can you not say the same, my cousin, my kin? You, who have experienced the same loss, witnessed the same destruction as I? 'Tis what spurned your desire to become a dragon slayer, do not deny it."

"I became a dragoon to follow in my father's footsteps," Varrus hissed, "not to seek glory in a senseless death. Killing Nidhogg will not bring them back - no matter how much I wish it so. Why can you not cherish what you still have instead of pushing us away for the sake of vengeance?!"

"And so you would follow in your father's footsteps to an early grave, doing naught as Nidhogg returns to finish what he started?"

"Estinien."

"Though perhaps you were too young to remember as I do. Too young to recall the stench of burning flesh, the smoke searing your lungs, the screams of your mother as she-"

"Estinien!"

"No, Varrus," the man growled, "I remember. And I will not stand by and wait for the end to come. Nidhogg took everything from me, and now I shall take everything from him - even if it means my own life."

"Not everything!" Varrus called, balling his hands into fists. "Do I mean nothing to you, Estinien? What of Valissa? Of my mother? Those who have never stopped caring for you, even when you ceased caring for them. What of us, Estinien?"

"What of you? What of those who turned and fled, of those who left me behind?" Estinien gave a dismissive wave of his hand. "They are of no consequence to me. Not anymore."

From Chapter 34 - A Snowy Reunion

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