The person who used to be your best friend? You didn't see them all summer. They just posted on Instagram and there's not a picture of you.
The boy you thought you were in love with? He's happily moved on and sometimes you still wonder if it could have worked. It's not attraction or desire, it's guilt.
The girl you started at in Geography last year texted you, and you didn't respond because you didn't realize she still thought of you. Now it's too late to text back.
Your parents, they don't love you like they used to love you. They yell more than they have conversations with you anymore.
But you know what else?
Your current best friend is making you matching bracelets.
You have a right to move on.
Maybe you'll see that girl again, or maybe you'll find another one.
You're gonna move out one day and your relationship with your parents will heal. Or maybe it won't, but you will.
Life isn't defined by bad moments, it's defined by the good ones.
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Hello pls share more about X’rhun Tia’s fencing club for ladies
OKAY SO.
The very tl;dr of X'rhun Tia's Fencing Club for Ladies is that I saw firelightmuse's Yume and G'raha in some very pretty regency shots. It got me in the mood and I made some shots with Rowan and Urianger and had a few rambly posts. (And also a Hark! A Vagrant shitpost.)
That was going to be it until Netflix's Persuasion came out. I decided to watch some reviews before spending my time on it myself and... hoo boy, the critics were properly furious at the adaptation. I remember taking a walk after watching the reviews and my spitegoblin declared that could I write better. So I wrote two chapters in like two weeks, and then promptly ran out of steam. Turns out that writing Eorzeabeathan when you're trying to copy Ms. Austen's works is much more trying than I anticipated!
But, uh, I got it outlined if I ever get the energy to pursue it again. Under the cut cuz I'm wordy...
-Louisoix survives the battle of Charteneau. IDK how it happens, but he returns to Sharlyan and the Circle of Knowing just kind of vibes around Eorzea for the next five years.
-He hires X'rhun Tia and Arya to teach fencing/red magic for Alisaie and opens it up to the public.
-Alfinne's aether still gets messed up from Charteneau, but she's getting treated by Papalymo.
-Papalymo returns to Sharlyan, and invites Alfinne and Rowan to come with so he can keep treating her.
-Rowan meets Alisaie at the Fencing Club and then gets invited to various social functions through that connection.
-Which includes meeting Urianger.
-AND THEN because I decided there needed to be more drama, Emet-Selch is visiting Sharlyan as a diplomat.
-The group figures that he's not quite who he says he is, and Louisoix summons the others back to try and keep Sharlyan safe.
-This includes Moenbryda, who is just the embodiment of chaos to Urianger's and Rowan's slow and sweet romance.
-That gets resolved when she reveals that she's more interested in women at that point and starts dating Lyse.
-But not before she teases Rowan by setting up a fencing duel between the two of them for Urianger's heart.
-So all the Scions are there (maybe even Minfilia, I'm not sure where I would put her).
-And they're trying to figure out what to do with Solus (because Emet is the type of person who would name himself Napoleon when trying to hide the fact that he was Napoleon, emperor of France).
-And Rowan is learning Red Magic and is very good at it and the Fencing Club has like, a recital or what ever?
-And it catches Emet's eye cuz of course it does.
-So then he keeps trying to get her attention or what ever.
-And because this is all the most self-indulgent exercise anyways, he challenges Rowan to a fencing duel.-To ensure that she actually participates, he promises to have Garlemald cease all hostilities if she actually goes through with it, and to hunt down the Circle of Knowing if she does not.
-So obviously, Rowan agrees.
-But he also adds more to the wager! If she wins, he'll help their cause. But if he wins, she has to marry him!
-So, you know, drama.
-Because I'm going for an Austenian angle, Rowan ultimately wins.
-And then Urianger proposes and they all live happily ever after :)
There's also more regency flavoring to everything, like Forchenault doesn't really like Rowan's "wild influence" on his children, but that's what I got. Feel free to borrow ideas or what ever!
