It hurt him, sometimes, to watch the two of them in their halting courtship dance. He could see so much of their fathers in them.

A little internal sketch: Auron reflecting on the two men he has lost, and their children he has sworn to protect.

Macbeth had always seemed marked out for greatness. Indeed, that was why Banquo loved him. But with the fruition of the Weird Sisters’ prophecy, he now finds his heart divided — and the seat of terrible suspicions.

Grandpa said Mog was made to protect her, but Mog is so little and meek.

2022 note cute pre-canon Eiko & Mog

Fran is hard to fool.

2022 note excellent Balthier & Fran banter

Steiner does some reading on chocobo development.

2022 note bittersweet Steiner & Bobby Corwen

Tending her garden.

2022 note lovely vivid scene of Aerith growing her flowers

After an unexpected interruption, Sephiroth gains a new training partner.

2023 note a cute little developing-friendship scene

The mountain is dreaming a dream you cannot concern yourself with, summoner. Do not think about this. Zanarkand beckons.

2023 note really cool and fittingly creepy-colourful-tragic

Alternative link: https://laughingpinecone.tumblr.com/post/716130261030567936/the-mountain-is-dreaming-a-dream-you-cannot

Little skills.

“You don’t get it. Everything’s changed. Before it was only glamorous porn stars, desperate Eastern Europeans, and German perverts making porn. But now anyone can.”

2024 note: canon-typically sublime banter/neuroticism.

“Thank you.” When Ashe at last spoke, it was quiet, flustered, an edge of embarrassment to her tone. “I... am not so used to this.”

Basch huffed a laugh. “It’s been a rough few years.”

“Stop,” Ignis snapped. “Stop touching me.”

Gladio huffed, but his hand moved away. “I was just trying to help.”

In the weeks after Altissia, Gladio’s constant presence is more than Ignis can take.

Vector State University is a medium-sized publically funded university in the Midwestern United States. It is well-known for its school of education, robust engineering program and its modern campus close to a major city.

This is where our story takes place.

Still reeling from Rachel's death, Locke throws himself into fighting the Empire, letting the Returners give him purpose.

And they tell him to cozy up to this fucking guy.

Sabin is adrift, and his brother longs to anchor him.

The death of a king, the future of a country, and the bond between two brothers: the story of how Edgar let Sabin go.

[Further warnings/labels:
Incest (twincest). Questionable consent (dubcon). Explicit sexual activity (cocks). Underage participants in said explicit sexual activity (the twins are 17). Badtouch. This story rolled in a pile of wrong.]

Over the course of their adventures, Edgar and Celes open up to each other. As much as either of them is able to.

The Blackjack has crashed, the survivors thrown on their own resources in a ruined world. Locke thinks he's the only one.

2022 note in my main fandom of the time, and by someone who had written one of my favourite fics in the fandom. Really felt like I won yuletide that year.

“Wow,” said the information desk attendant, sincerely. “Wow, yeah, that was so completely inspirational and cool, like, seriously. I can’t even explain how much I enjoyed the experience of listening to you share your feelings while I looked up the appropriate party events timetable to meet your needs and suit your desires, like, wow. Would you like the schedule formatted for neural net download or upload to your techno-reader?”

“Could you just print it?” asked Arthur.

(The highest and most mysterious level of Kathtyx 21-C's legendary hierarchical party culture is only for lifeforms who can prove the extraordinary length and strength of their relationship. For the sake of a party, Ford and Arthur are ready to fake it till they make it.)

He's been spending way too much time thinking about Auron's face.