001 for Onyx and Alphinaud!
001 | send me a ship and I will tell you:AH you guys make me speak of my pc/npc ships *IS EMBARASSED* //v//
when I started shipping it if I did:I’m trying to remember when I seriously did. I knew it was considerable for a while, but didn’t ship it…I think it was during Alphinaud’s speech after fighting Hoary Boulder. There was a lot of depth in it and for the first time, we saw loads of HONEST, GENUINE expression of his gratitude for her and while he was still approaching things in very wrong ways (Crystal braves, etc. etc.), this was the point where I saw he was growing. that at least the WoL’s relationship to him brought all the good points about.
my thoughts:my emotions for them became unreal. they go such long ways and I just feel like they’re soulmates, the main characters of my heart. they went through so much, together. the development is fantastic and I LOVE how close they are now. While I do ship them romantically now, their friendship is MOST IMPORTANT and comes before everything else. in my head, they’re both leaders in their own ways. alphinaud leads onyx in ARR and she follows. It’s like you know the person can be a handful but you also know THEY’RE GOOD AT HEART. she’s very loyal to him. we all know about alphinaud’s development and how tables turn by the end of ARR. needless to say, he begins to grow even closer to her because SHE STOOD WITH HIM THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ORDEALS, and they’re still healing from this in 2.5-3.0, but they’re together, so it worked out fine. And he ends up being the one absolutely loyal to HER. He is the tactician, but he follows HER. meanwhile onyx never changed seeing him as her guiding light? I just. don’t ever want them not journeying together ;;
What makes me happy about them:- how much they changed and made the other a better person - they CARE SO MUCH about the other, it’s so pure and good - at the beginning she was a way to get his politic ambitions and arrogant hero complex rolling, but through it all, she became the most important person to him - my headcanon is that alphinaud definitely has a crush by 3.0 and it’s adorable because onyx has no clue (she’s not used to it, she doesn’t KNOW when people are crushing on her because it never happened before?? or did it? she wouldn’t have realized it until stated, most probably)- onyx took a long while to feel comfortable enough to be completely open around people BUT GOSH HER AND ALPHINAUD ARE //SO// CLOSE, she would trust him with anything by now - the thought of alphinaud suddenly being SO MUCH TALLER than her when he hits 19/20 …..and he’s still in love and she STILL DOESN’T GET IT andgodshestinysuddenly and it’s becoming increasingly hard to keep those feelings to himself BUT HE HAS TO, THEY’RE BEST FRIENDS.
What makes me sad about them:- don’t seperate them in Stormblood pls :((
things done in fanfic that annoys me:
things I look for in fanfic:
Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: aymeric/onyx sort of became my other favorite ship for her so…that. alphi/estinien but it’s complicated as stated in my last post ahaha
My happily ever after for them:ALPHINAUD DOESN’T SUFFER UNDER BAD WRITING AKA. IS WRITTEN OUT PATHETICALLY OR DIES they’re forever loyal to each other and always there when the other needs it. alphinaud will either be politically involved or a damn amazing scholar but when he’s with her he can RELAX and she’s more than happy to be that person. sometimes she comes and takes him out on good big old adventures and they FEEL SO FREE AND NOSTALGIC AROUND EACH OTHER if it’s romantically I want alphinaud to finally tell her about his feelings, after years, and she’s so goddamn confused because ?? by the twelve? they’ve been together SO LONG and she never…noticed…and it’s awkward for a good while bc onyx would be totally swamped by confusion, guilt, embarassment and hEARTBEAT but that purity that thing they shared, IT’S LOVE. I want her to eventually realize that it’s so extremely reciprocated
who is the big spoon/little spoon:onyxxxx she’s the warrior of light- she handles things :D plus. she’s a miqo’te. she’s aloof for a long time and very very little physical affection is given bc she can be shy and awkward but she comes to trust him so much, she’d probably don’t mind giving him a cuddle if he allows it(this still happens whenever he’s suddenly a tol!elezen tm)
what is their favorite non-sexual activityI love to imagine Onyx finding it amusing to sneak up on him drawing - and while he freaks out at first; probably embarassed, he eventually shows her? maybe even tries to teach her? (she sucks at it for a good long while) and they go on nostalgia walks around the HW areas and draw the places, people, happenings…make their own memorial illustration of their most personal journey together ; 3;/