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In-Universe Worldbuilding post about the White Pebble Island ft. some fancy moths in regional and formal dress.
They could feel the energy in the Reach as soon as they walked through the illusioned entrance.
Of course they heard tell of what happened at Castrum Oriens, and how because of it the Eorzean Alliance finally had a presence in Gyr Abania. It is why they had made their own way back, to help where it seemed they would make the most impact.
Still, El had never seen so many people here before, all moving with purpose and with an excitement that was far overdue for the resistance.
it’s kinda crazy to think about how this community will basically like. live forever.
for example, when i am in my late 20’s, a whole new generation of tickle lovers will be discovering this space and joining our community. that’s just nuts to think about. people will be loving tickles / tickleposting forever and i think that’s very beautiful!
“i truly doubt all of this necessary,” she protested, breaking the silence that had settled over them.
“all i did was sprain my ankle. if we simply rested for a few hours, i’d be fine to walk on my own.”
“well, sprained ankle or not, we were in no position to stop and let you rest,” lohen replied, briefly pausing in his tracks to adjust his hold on her before continuing along the dirt path through the forest. “unless you actually preferred i took on that huge hoard of monsters alone?”
amélie opened her mouth to retaliate, but now that he’d reversed her previous logic on the situation right back at her, it ultimately won against her pride. in the end, all she did was mutter something incoherent under her breath before begrudgingly relaxing into his hold (finally). lohen smiled to himself in silent victory.
“that’s what i thought. but don’t worry my dear travel partner — at least now, we’ll be able to make it back by sundown, which means i’ll finally treat you to something at the angel’s share.”
‘oh.. that’s right.’ today was their last day of adventuring together and in commemoration of that, he’d promised her a proper farewell in the form of a meal. although amélie always knew this day would inevitably come, a part of her can’t help but feel slightly melancholic about it. her adventures with him were initially born out of necessity, but perhaps somewhere along the way, something genuine had formed. a connection.
“alright fine, but no—”
“no alcohol. i got it, dove.”
unbeknownst to amélie, lohen’s hold on her tightened… just the slightest. that evening, as they drank and ate together beneath the stars, reminiscing on their time together, he made a promise.
“the next time we see each other, i’ll be even stronger…and i’ll protect you from more than just mere monsters. so you better stay out of danger until then. if you don’t, then i’ll come find you myself, no matter the distance.”
if only you’d kept your end of the promise dove..
woah.. Critter and Creature content?? who would’ve seen that coming (- ⩊ -꧞) actively shrinking in on myself i havent posted ss art (new) since june- BUT TYSM ONCE AGAIN TO THE SWEET AND AMAZING KUESOOS2 ON TWT FOR THIS COMM🥹🤍this is my second time commissioing them and i am so. super duper. very happy!!!!! AAA THEYRE SO WONDERFUL definitely a hard recommend from yours truly <3
thinking more about pro hero!touya. i know people generally view it as the "touya and shoto are happy and have a good relationship" but i don't view it as such, at least not from the get-go.
i don't think pro hero!touya would be very different from canon touya tbh. the only main difference between them would be that one is a hero and one is a villain. he's not very cruel (towards innocents) or cold hearted like canon touya was when he took on the identity of dabi, but pro hero!touya (for a while) still very much resents shoto in a way and is still trying to be "enough" for enji. he survived sekoto peak and he's not going to let himself be outshone by shoto and discarded by enji again, basically.
and this isn't to say i think he would treat shoto like shit either. i think, for the most part, they would still get along fine, but they're not very brotherly. touya gets along with shoto for the sake of his siblings + rei, but he's still very much trying to stay above him. he made that very clear when he decided to continue pursuing hero work. shoto gets along with touya, also for the sake of their family, but also because he just wants touya to like him. if he goes against him too much, that chance might just be lost, he thinks.
it's a very awkward situation for shoto. his own self loathing and guilt allows it to happen, but he also wishes he and touya could be regular brothers. he's very aware that touya is actively working against him in a way and it's just weird. he doesn't really know what to do about it, so he just lets it happen. after all that his own existence has done to touya, shoto feels like he doesn't really have the right to try to steer him off that path, even if he really wants to.
This Fleeting World - Chapter 1
“Please… Only you can do this, my final hope. My dreamer.”
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Chapter 1 part 1 of my fanfiction series In Somnis is now live!!
For those who are new here this is a transmigration KHR fanfiction taking place pre-arcobaleno curse featuring my original character, Apple that is told in a non-linear format! There will be KHR related hijinks and some oc/canon ships so please proceed with caution!!
sensei morro ref (is it really an au if it's part of your personal canon)
After about a week of pacing in circles in complete insanity and awe of the storytelling and characters writing in this update and in amphoreus's story as a whole, I managed to sort some of my thoughts in regards to this story's beautiful approach to metanarratives, the implementation and subversion of the classic tragedy, and specifically the emphasis on the indomitable human spirit.
From a writing perspective, it would be very easy to have phainon completely lose himself after 33 million cycles. To go down a corrupted path because of, and in spite of, what he initially believed in. This is exactly the perspective lygus embodies - the perspective of an enjoyer of tragedies, someone who ravenously devours the suffering of others as his form of relishing in destruction . But the beautiful thing about phainon's character and his story is that he subverts these narrative expectations, embodied by lygus and experienced by us as an audience - he refuses to give in to a tragic faith. He goes down a horrific path but refuses to lose sight of himself and his goal, etching - or probably scorching - what set him on his journey deep into his heart. With every cycle he completes, starting with the four-millionth cycle, he has to live with the harrowing reality of remembering the losses of every single one of his comrades as he stands by and watches, along with the horrifying guilt of being in charge of those deaths as khaslana. But for this precise reason, he won't let this story, this prophecy, this program, to unfold as planned, as expected, or as hard-coded. And that's what makes him phainon, the ideal tragic hero - and never an antagonist.
This spin on the chosen hero is a classical device often used, but i find its execution very compelling - where phainon inflicts on himself the fate of a sacrifice. Through the most painful way possible, phainon managed to wrestle lygus for control of the story - and reshapes its meaning, passing the torch on to the trailblazer. He's essentially tied to his narrative role by his own self, while completely redefining it in his own hands. phainon's character manages, in a single patch, to reframe the entire narrative we've seen so far in what is an excellent play at foreshadowing and subversion, hence completely redefining the meaning of the prophecy by his own acts of agency against the mechanism he's stuck in. The prophecy foretells that the world will get reshaped by kephale's memories, And phainon both proves this fact true and also subverts its original meaning on a groundbreaking level, and for all the most terrible of reasons. Phainon quite literally continuously reshapes the world through his memories by resetting the story constantly. Revisiting his memories constantly. His memories are the only thing preventing his crumbling world from destruction and the horrific entity of irontomb from unleashing. Those memories, however, are always riddled with his trauma, fury, loss, and his own bloodstained hands. Through his own terrible self-inflicted loop, phainon reframes the narrative on both a textual and meta-textual level.
It's so ironic and so self contradictory, and that's the reason it works so well. The more phainon destroys, the more his guilt accumulates and grounds him to his original, utterly selfless cause, despite seemingly betraying it at every turn. and that's a testament of just how much he was meant for this horrific role - despite seeing himself as unworthy, having stained his hands for the sake of what is effectively a futile endeavor of stalling - the only reason he's pushing himself forward to such extremes is because his hate is fueled by his intense love of others and complete disregard of himself - quite literally parting ways with his hero within every cycle to let go of the hesitation that could cause him to waver. Its such an awful paradox. The selfless hero abandons his heroism in order to become an even more selfless hero through acts of destruction. To save others, he must forsake his self, and for that end he has to retain his core of selflessness which defines him as a hero. And that goal drives him both opposite to his ideals and also proves his ideals more than anything ever could. As hyacine says - he has never lived for himself, and with this self-inflicted timeloop, he's doomed himself to never be able to live for himself, making his line in the trailer which he aims at aglaea terribly ironic - "it wouldn't be bad to live for yourself".
This sort of oxymoron plays on phainons painful and honestly brilliantly executed duality between frailty and durability. He's incredibly empathetic, emotionally frail, honest and genuine. and it's precisely that sensitivity that turns into the fuel of rage - it's the essence of the destruction he embodies, because it is first of all fueled by his love. It allows him to endure. As we see in the animated short's end, in essence, phainon is somehow that same little dreamy eyed boy who wanted to protect everyone around him.
It's why I think it is honestly so much more satisfying that phainon hasn't gone through a proper corruption arc. His power lies in being able to retain that spark of idealism and core of selflessness at the service of those he loves, however faint and regardless of how much he must burn himself to keep it alive. In this way he truly embodies the indomitable human spirit. But in the name of selflessness. He's changed so much and yet as he says: he endured. He's still phainon. And that's so much more satisfying than the alternative.
That's the central thesis amphoreus's story has embodied until now - about how tragedies are impactful only insofar as they are meaningful. and lives gain meaning from within these tragedies - in the face of the futility embodied by the destruction, persistence turns into agency, and finally, changes the story from within.
