#half elezen

[ahollowgrave]

-- prying.

[myreia]

—Warrior of Light & Darkness

Last piece of the year! I started drawing a year ago and wanted to revisit the very first Aureia I made, but got a little sidetracked and changed a bunch of things. I think this is my favourite version of her so far hehe.

December 2024 Aur under the cut!

[bluedorke]

Let me post here to

Sloppeh edit of Astrie with elezen ears vs viera ears.

Canonically she has a long neck like an elezen but her ears are where I get stumped on which to make canon. So I'm thinking of just having in the 1st canon verse rabbit ears and the 2nd elf ears. As for AUs it depends on what I feel is more fitting for the AU.

Regardless of her ears, she always has a bunny tail.

[serifyism]

Since I'm a bit more comfortable sharing some of my art now I may as well show something I'm actually pretty proud of.

It started out as practice/just an attempt to draw Rinji with his hair down (with a tiny bit of mix in of 'Styled For Hire' which I used before 7.0)

He turned out looking all sleepy and I thought it was a perfect image of how he might look when he wakes up in the morning and I ended up liking it a lot!

[eemamminy-art]

I've been playing ffxiv all these years and I only learned two days ago you can get a headpiece with daisies… 🥺 best 1300 gil I ever spent

[junknets-junk-net]

I sit and I wait Like a loyal dog, I'd be here anyway My words excavate Age-old feelings, boring, fleeting, all the same Shadowed whispers shake the ground beneath And fall on ears who've grown numb to everything - Hounds, The Flatliners

Everyone finds a way to cope with loneliness and loss.

In the years following the two boys' separation but preceding Fray's willful annihilation of his memories to become the Onyx Shade, he had conjured life into thought. The "Lucient" that accompanied him in his teen years was nothing more than a figment of his imagination, he knew that at first. A friendly face to help him deal with the stresses of life at the bottom of society, a voice that sang only of hope and curiosity. "He" narrated Fray's every action with the chipperness of the boy "he" was based off of, and gave voice to the lighter parts of Fray's soul that he'd hidden away for his safety. Clothed in a prince's garb of feathers and light, just like the symbol of their friendship love. Over time, however, his dependence on the construct grew. His fear of interpersonal relationships born through his Echo revealing the darkness inside others' hearts, the horrors he witnessed in the Brume, the soul-straining rigours of training to be a Dark Knight, it all chipped away at his sanity little by little. While in front of Ompagne and/or Sidurgu he could remain masked, when alone he would retreat into the arms of his make-believe prince. The praise and kind words his younger self assumed were just mantras like prayers to the Fury now were seen as a genuine soul-to-soul communication with Lucient. Then the words began to twist, sometimes encouraging Fray to isolate himself, sometimes shying away in fear of Fray's intensity. All of Fray's repressed desire and longing for love was projected onto this idol of his friend, driving his mentor and fellow apprentice away with his sheer devotion to this invisible god, further making him spiral into self-destructive escapism...

Some more insight into the past. Let's continue putting Fray into the pear wriggler. It's what every Dark Knight needs to grow strong and healthy. Bonus Shot:

[soliyl]

you do things for your children, even if they won't remember it

[nightingale-xiv]

I was a heavy heart to carry.