a home for everything else

for stuff i like unrelated to my oc's main blog @soulshards

[soulshards-ooc]

Main blog over at @soulshards, likes and follows come from there.

Side blog with my special boy Ezie @bloodredhands.

This is for reblogs/shouting at my friends and people in the FFXIV community!!

[shadesofblades]

FFXIV Polyamory Week; Day 3: Dusk

Bites Himaa = @soulshards

Enkh Qestir = @midnightmagicks

Ashai Arulaq = @songs-of-light-xiv

Shunbai Kagon = mine

[shadesofblades]

FFXIV Polyamory Week; Day 4: A Warm Greeting | A Parting Kiss

Bites Himaa = @soulshards

Enkh Qestir = @midnightmagicks

Ashai Arulaq = @songs-of-light-xiv

Shunbai Kagon = mine

[shadesofblades]

(don't usually like to advertise my ko-fi unless its for commissions but i just started a new goal on there to help with the costs of paying for medical stuff as well as our cat's medical stuff! please don't donate if you are not in a stable place to! you can check it out here)

[iron-sparrow]

elftober〔16〕faith

⸺ with it. my heart shall know no fear [ bsky ][ prompt list ]

[rivalwings]

AWAKEN.

[songs-of-light-xiv]

The Silent Stranger ft. @midnightmagicks oc, Enkh

[punchelf]

ELFTOBER DAY 1 : SELF PORTRAIT

[ahollowgrave]

Soul (noun): A part of humans regarded as immaterial, immortal, separable from the body at death, capable of moral judgment, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state. I got soul, but I’m not a soldier.

Prompt from the 2021 prompt list. Prudence.

Odette’s faith is part of her every act. You see it in the lines of her brow, the pinch and purse and pluck of her lips, the gestures of her hands. You see it when she moves in front of you to take a blow meant for you, to prevent your retaliation. It rings in her voice when she speaks her mind; all prayer soft and chilly. Not… cold as in distant. Cold as in come closer. Cold as in, bundle yourself within the down of her love so that you might weather the storm together. 

It is the thing that makes her tears so precious when she cries over a slain primal. Over a dead garlean. Over a lonely grave overlooking a city. It is in the waves of her too loud braying donkey laugh when you say something juuust inappropriate enough. You left your faith behind in Ishgard. When it was clear Halone allowed corruption to fester in her worship. When Halone did not deem to prevent your injury, when you lay dying in the holy halls of the Vault and thought She’d come for you. Stand over your writhing body and release you from the pain of it all. Draw you into Her frozen Heaven.

In the end it was only Odette. Kneeling at your side with tears in her eyes, tracks of fallen ones carving paths through the blood on her face. An expression of grim understanding. Her hands are on you but they feel so far away. A memory of a memory of a memory. You’ve never seen her touch another person. A hand - yours - reaches for a fall of her hair; pure and iridescent like moonlit snow. Then it was like ice water in your veins. A pain that flooded and filled every ilm of your body, etched on the contours of your bones. You woke four days later. You left Ishgard with her.

Later in your life, when you are old and your body hurts from your adventures and your keen eyes are foggy with age, you’ll once again ponder about faith, about the fate of your mortal soul. And when she takes your hand and runs her thumb across your knuckles, presses a kiss to the back of it and you admire a face that has been untouched by the passage of time you will know only comfort. In the end, it is only Odette. 

[impossible-rat-babies]

ecaate my beloved.............................

[thefreelanceangel]

"The Erl-King" by Angela Carter

[voidsentprinces]

[whitherwanderer]

FFXIV Bird Minion Glams 🐣

23 // Doman Magpie

[shadesofblades]

Warmth.

[midnightmagicks]

༺｡° .ᘛ𓆩♡𓆪ᘚ. °｡༻

[shadesofblades]

Moonfire 2025!

Thank you for being such good friends, my chocobros...

@avampyone, @naejlas-axe, @placesyoucallhome, @valdiis, @briar-ffxiv, @prettygayway, @bloodredhands, @midnightmagicks, @chocoblep

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[sea-wolf-coast-to-coast]

FFxivWrite is taking a year off!

Returning September 1st, 2026

For the first time in 9 years, I’m putting the writing challenge on hold, returning next year on September 1st, 2026.

Life is extraordinarily busy: I had a baby toward the end of July (yay!) and am in the thick of sleep deprived, early postpartum. Between new baby, family adjustment time, work, and my hubby in school, running the challenge this year would just be too much, even with my awesome team of friends to help out.

Putting the challenge on hold was an agonizing decision that was not made lightly, but at the end of the day self care and real life must come first.

In the meantime, if you're looking to scratch the FFxivWrite itch you could use this time to go back to previous years that you may have missed and write to those prompts (no forms, no prizes). Or, consider organizing your own challenges amongst your friends, discord groups, FCs, etc. I bet if you keep an eye peeled you'll spot other FFXIV writing challenges as well. Links for all prompts can be found on the FFxivWrite Carrd website.

Should you choose to run your own challenges this year, I ask that you please refrain from reaching out to me to ask for help or advice. I really needs this time to focus on family and big life transition. 💚

I’ll see you in September 2026!