So recently I've been trying to get a friend to tell me more about their WoLs, but ofc they are UNBEARABLY NICE [you know who you are] and insist that I share stuff about mine too in return. So I'll start this 1 character at a time (I actually have 4 FFXIV characters!) and I'll slowly talk about them with reblogs. If I'm understanding tumblr right lol But I'll post these kinda slowly
I'll try to add pictures for them at least, so I'll hafta log in and take a few, especially for Ibahko and Ira. I don't play them often but they also have stories! But first a little info about how I see my 'WoLs:'
So I don't actually differentiate my WoLs from myself, their own story, or the MSQ. Some actions or events might seem contrary, but I don't see contradictions as like...a break in their natrative. My characters exist primarily in my mind and that means that they're a bit nebulous by nature.
Chiteni is the easiest for me to make an example of, here: let's take the DRK questline in general. He IS the WoL in his story. The one in MSQ. Those events do happen in his story - including meeting Fray and Sid and Rielle. HOWEVER in his personal canon he wasn't trained by them. He had another teacher entirely. And he met his Shadow when he was young - a little ways into his 8th summer. These two things kind've conflict because they are both his canon. The DRK questline is just as real to him as the headcanon I made. I see no reason I can't just have both just because some folks find that confusing! He isn't 'trained by a knight then by Fray later' he is trained by them separately and simultaneously. They are BOTH his first teachers. You could see them as divergent paths if that makes it easier. Or even alternate timelines. Whatever makes sense to you.
But just as I refer to him as 'me/he/we;' he has his own story, he's the character in the game's story, AND he is my avatar that I play as. These things don't exist to cancel each other out; they exist simultaneously and separately whenever I want them to.
I at least want to establish this before I start to talk about them, because I know people feel very differently about the importance of actually being the WoL vs saying like..."My character isn't actually the WoL." All 4 of my characters are, and though their personal stories may conflict with the canon plot, I just want to make it known all of it is still part of their stories. I don't feel the need to say my characters aren't the WoL because like...'how can Chiteni be trained by Fray AND the knight from his childhood if he's been a DRK since a young age?' These are stories and they're meant to bring me happiness. The cake isn't real. I can have it and eat it, too. Everyone can. Contradictions don't bother me because my mental landscape isnt made of solid ground, anyway. Why should their stories be founded upon such?
That's not to say I mean disrespect if it matters to you, ofc! My characters are me/them/us simultaneously at all times and that's just how I like it. If there's a contradiction I honestly am not bothered by it. So with that said, I'll post about them in response to this soon! I hafta think of what I want to actually SAY tho lol
But I'll be going over both headcanon and MSQ so I just want to be sure nobody is confused
