#Emet Selch my fucking beloved

[everfaye]

the best thing about emet-selch ffxiv is that objectively, he’s absolutely completely morally wrong in everything he does, like he’s out here literally trying to destroy the world by toppling governments and inserting himself into empires decades in advance so that he can control more of the world generations later because homie is an immortal being who is really into the theatrics of it all, all because he’s throwing a tantrum that things aren’t the way they were a trillion years ago when he was a big boy on the playground and now the monkey bars are broken. and he wants to study you like a bug but then he threatens to kill your friends and leave you to succumb to turning into a mindless monster but. buT!!! then you spend like 3 minutes in his mind and ur like, yeah ok i get it. 

#like genuinely i have not come across such an interesting and multifaceted character #he is the only character #kudos to the writers of shb and ew because he was THE character #ffxiv #emet selch #i saw some art of him and now im back in ffxiv mode #might have to log in i think im behind in story and shit anyway #and my GOD that story gives me feels #like how is it going to be so goddamn good #cheesy yes #but so fucking good #also his boyfriend is hot #hyth my beloved #back on my ffxiv bullshit #rach post

[honeyidareyou]

going to actually start using tumblr again i swear. apologies in advance that this blog will become 90% ffxiv lol

i might make a side blog for ffxiv ocs eventually as i have SO many

anyway hello! i’m going to try using cohost more too that site seems chill, feel free to say hi if you’re on there!

here’s where you can find me generally (mutuals feel free to ask about discord i am way more responsive on there) https://linktr.ee/sianach

#also finish some art #apologies for a lot of Emet-Selch and Zenos and Estinien lol #endwalker did such a disservice to Emet-Selch’s character tho ngl #and i am sad 90% of the art i see of these three is shipping (which is fine! i just like them as characters) #also a lot of Ysale and Fordola and Yotsuyu (Yotsuyu my beloved!!!) because the game is awful to all of its most compelling women #and also i am a lesbian lol #me @ myself: FINISH SOME FUCKING ART U COWARD #no but really my health has just been shit and i’ve been on the waiting list for surgery for like three years now ugh

[noxtivagus]

watching the invincible orchestra version n i'm mentally unstable rn

#FUCK. IT'S SO LOVELY #MY POOR HEART OH MY GOD THE VOCALS THE INSTRUMENTS AT THE START N #it's so heavenly. it's perfection what the fuck #i'm emotional waaah emet-seelch my beloved :<< #the desperation the pain in invincible n. the power the ost has is just so wonderful #IT'S SO FITTING . of emet-selch caliber n his story n everything >< #i'm gna watch from the heavens pls pray for me i'm gna cry #I GOT CHILLS FUCK #I LOVE THAT PART SO MUCH........... THAT #OH MY GOD THE LYRICS???????? #AAAAAAAA IT SOUNDS SO GOOD I'M GNA CRY #the. I CANT PLACE MY MIND ON IT BUT YK THE INSTRUMENT IN THE BACK #this is so good this is so good yk if i listened to this live i'd actually collapse n be overwhelmed with emotion #the lyrics ily ily ily ily ITS SO HEAVENLY #omega f & m are so gender please step on me #OH MY GOD ESCAPE. ASCENSION???? IM GNA CRY #i am left w just chills i have no more words help me #wait i forgot invincible has lyrics i'm gna cry #'these memories ache with the weight of fate' my man my bro ily please kiss me #'now breathe deep of the darkness beneath the flood / where all of the proud angels drink to their deeds of blood #their lies twisted and torn into dreams they're spun' #'yet ever we still stand tall / invincible / never we fall' i love you . #edit/ i've been watching stuff w apollo for like hours now n it's rlly fun #but we took a break for a bit n i was planning to nap for 30 minutes until 4 but my mind my mind my mind it #when the world is silent when i'm not distracting myself with something it just. #it hurts it hurts this emptiness torments me it hurts so much i want to just.. do better be better but my #mistakes n regrets n shortcomings haunt me. i'm sorry i just want to be happy but i feel so.. distant from everything n it hurts so much #i don't want anyone to worry so i'll bury it n tell myself i'm alright w this distance but i'm crying i don't want to hurt myself again #i burst into tears rn it hurts a lot but i know i'll get through this. i always do. i'll be fine i'll be fine i can handle this #i just. i'm not gna write too much here but fuck i just want to be me. to be real n. alive n. 🥹 free to be me n what that means to me yeah..

[yloiseconeillants]

OK SO SPEAKING OF INDULGENS:

the whole backstory on yloise's ancient being like, emet-selch's EX and not like, azem lmao is that her brother is one of the few people who like, actually died died in the Days of Paradise (an accident) before the Final Days and given that Amaurotine Culture has no framework for processing grief (they don't even say the Death word, if Hythlodaeus' reaction to Hermes saying it in Elpis is anything to go by) and Ariadne Did Not Deal With This in Any Way That Could Be Considered Healthy and basically gave up on everything and pushed Hades out of her life because he had been to the Aetherial Sea! He could have fetched Midas!! But he didn't and didn't understand *why* she was so upset that her brother had ~returned to the Star (it wasn't his choice to do so) (my OC emet-selch then spends the next several millennia learning about how much damage grief can do to a person I guess). Anyway this is a thing that's just Between Them for the rest of the ancient days even if Hades and Ariadne end up trying again (and they do, to no avail, but they keep trying anyway) (again. and again. and again.) (maybe next time it will be better) (it has to be).

ANYWAY fast forward to like, idk, the War of the Magi, wherein Midas has reincarnated as Tursas, a Nymian Marine, partnered with Ariadne's Nymian Scholar, Louhi. Tursas dies at sea and Louhi Also Does Not Deal With This in Any Way That Could Be Considered Healthy and like, blows up the Aetherial Sea so that she could do a necromancy and Emet-Selch has to scramble to fix this and it ends up making Midas' soul WEIRD and the next time he reincarnates near a Calamity is ERASMUS REED, beloved tank who will not die to the point of like

just hovering between states

thus: void zombie erasmus. who has been sitting in my plot for a decade but !!!!! i recently decided on how to resolve this, and it's Yloise as the Warrior of Light playing psychopomp and calling on a favor from the esteemed Emet-Selch (deceased) (very deceased) (but still hanging out in the aetherial sea). And given that the last time she tried to pull something like this, it was in the opposite direction and she blew up the Aetherial Sea, so he helps Erasmus actually die and return to the lifestream or whatever the fuck we're calling it in FFXIV. Anyway: this actually resolves the entire Thing Between Ariadne and Hades so I can put their entire drama to rest (unless like, idk, he pops up again in dawntrail and yloise has to put her clownshoes back on). GPOSES:

#soap opera notes #endwalker spoilers #absolute fucking waffling nonsense #perceive at your own risk

[yuri-cocaine]

ffxivwrite2022: bolt

Emet-Selch didn’t need to show a Costco membership ID. His scintillant Convocation mask was enough, like a strawberry poison dart frog was enough to shoo predators away. In this case the predator was a bored employee smacking gum and not actually caring. This metaphor was running away, just like Azem was running away to grab samples. 

Every Convocation member was automatically a Costco member too, which was a great perk. Often the only thing Emet-Selch needed to buy was a mountain of ibuprofen, because he could simply create everything else he wanted. Still, not everyone was a genius like him. And some people just enjoyed getting lost in the expansive concrete aisles. Once Azem accidentally got locked in overnight and the store managers found her eating raw lettuce in the freezer the next morning.

Hythlodaeus, Emet-Selch’s achingly beautiful husband, was pushing a shopping cart along and admiring the kumquat trees. There were so many kumquat trees. 

Hythlodaeus opened his mouth.

“No,” said Emet-Selch.

“I didn’t even say anything yet,” said Hythlodaeus.

“Look at what I found,” said Azem. She lugged a twenty-foot skeleton behind her. It was only September but it was never too early for Halloween stuff. 

“No,” said Emet-Selch.

The three of them walked side-by-side like those groups of annoying shoppers who just had to take up as much space as possible, but since they were a bisexual poly couple it was okay for them to do that. Hythlodaeus floated towards the deli section like a lavender luna moth and gracefully took some samples of salami to share with his beloved. That was just how gracious and wonderful Hythlodaeus is. Truly there was no better man on the face of Etheirys. 

Azem scurried back with a box of chocolate chip cookies, and another box of boring oatmeal raisin cookies for Emet-Selch’s boring tastes. Azem was cute too, in a gopher sticking its head out of a golf course type of way. 

“Do they sell weed at Costco,” asked Hythlodaeus.

“I’m so sorry, my love,” said Emet-Selch with a heavy heart. “They do not.”

“Oh.”

He could not bear to see his darling Hythlodaeus disappointed. He will have a very stern word with the CEO of Costco later, and demand that they stock the finest of weeds.

Azem filled the cart with fifty bundles of toilet paper and they went to check out.

For lunch, the three of them went to get the fabled $1.50 hot dog and soda combo. Back in the days of paradise, people just turned cubuses into hot dogs, but now there was something called food safety and hot dogs were made from pigs. Emet-Selch got Diet Coke. Hythlodaeus got Sprite, because he was as lovely as a flower sprite. Azem made a horrific concoction of every single drink from the machine like a gremlin. What the fuck is wrong with her. 

They sat down at the least crumb-covered table and ate their hot dogs. Suddenly, there was a huge peal of thunder, loud enough to give everyone tinnitus. A great bolt of lightning tore down from the heavens and completely obliterated the entire Costco except for the food court. 

Emet-Selch woke up. There was no lightning. It was just magitek weaponry tests outside the palace. Hythlodaeus was still dead, Azem was still dead, and these malformed abominations could never conceive of hot dogs, much less ones that only cost a buck fifty. 

He got up and checked the expiration date on his aspirin. 

#ffxivwrite2022 #i had something else to do so this is a shitpost sorry

[macarensesangles]

maerchen route pt 1 let's go

this is going to be a long post bc i dont want to spam your dash. so buckle up

we start with our beloved mc princess of the horizon getting lost in the woods. natch.

oh shit who could this be

the thing about maer's route in this game is that he's pulling an emet-selch on you the whole time and thinks you're elisabeth. and you have to deal with that.

this was before the ACTUAL ALBUM CAME OUT!!!!! so the artist had no way of knowing he was totally amnesiac and didn't actually recall who elisabeth was, NOR that the other main conceit of the route (that you're Her Descendant (spoiler alert)) would never work bc elisabeth never got married (and nein reveals that even if she had she's infertile), but it's kind of funny anyway. like what compelled her to do it like this knowing full well the album would come out in like december of that year. like idoido came out in june or july

anyway i don't remember what the correct dialogue options are. this route was always a major pain in the ass compared to the others, like, it's MUCH harder and you do get stuck in circular arguments with maer not infrequently if you're not careful. i'm going to tell him i'm definitely not elisabeth though let's see where that gets me

ok

i love this dialogue option bc how do you say o.O out loud. im going to do that to him.

i think the first dialogue option is the one that pisses him off? i don't remember, but the reason this route is "dangerous" is because if you say the wrong shit and make him too mad he just arbitrarily kills you. or i guess possesses you? i would click it but i kind of don't want to get the bad ending bc this one is sooooo long and if you fuck up you have to start from the beginning

i hate that im still sitting here like heehee maer cute <3 also i never paid attention to it the first go round but i like the design of his dialogue boxes a lot

im in the danger zone now bc i vaguely remember one of these lines making him frantic but i'm not sure which one.....augh. i'm picking the second one

DON'T MAKE ANGRY EYEBROWS AT ME!!! BABE!!!!!!

i would never say no to banging a ghost.

WHY IS HE BLUSHING I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING BLUSHWORTHY....

even with not screenshotting it every 2 seconds getting thanatos' good ending was way faster than this. god. anyway there's obviously only one good option here. i think maybe im instinctually remembering how to do this route correctly.

it's ok baby i'm here to make something so lgbt happen to you

i'm picking the third option, but i think the first works too? i don't remember. i haven't even scratched the surface of this one if you piss him off enough elise shows up. why this route is far and away the longest i have no idea. maybe that was for me. maybe it was doen for me

awww <3

picking the second one bc i feel like i always pick the second one but if it gets me the bad ending i'm going to throw myself off a cliff

tumblrista voice I CAN FIX HIM. (except he's right.)

OBVIOUSLY i'm picking the second one, but the first one is also a real ending you can get. why you have the option to get cucked in this route i'll never know.

well. i say i'm picking the second one, but i clicked on it like 12 times and it didn't work, so i think i have no choice

she shows up in her own ending and also in the protag/maer ending dont worry. i can still turn this around THIS IS HOW MC/MAER CAN STILL WIN

im obviously not getting passed up in my own romance fantasy.

I DID IT IN ONE TRY #MLG

oh i hit image limit. fuck. hold on.

[jakey-beefed-it]

Continuing on with post-base Shadowbringers. Spoilers ahoy.

Managed to get a few of the Eden trials knocked out. Met Gaia. She uh, hm. How to put this-

She met the Scions, decided they were preps, and put her middle finger up at them.

Oracle of Darkness, eh? Alright, sure, why not. Can’t say I feel she/her call toward darkness or whatever deserves Emet-Selch’s leitmotif, but maybe this was something he put into motion before his death and that justifies it.

Back in the Source, hoo boy, Zenos has really turned himself into the cause of, and solution to, most of my problems. Black Rose? Garlean Empire expansionism? Gone, because they were getting in the way of his obsessive hunt. Shanked his own dad and didn’t even want the throne. Amazing. Fucked off with a shadow teleport, full-on Ascian style. Apparently the artificial Echo is that good. Goddamn, okay.

Elidibus’ true voice sounds an awful lot like Terrence Stamp, and that is a good thing imo. While not as compelling as Emet-Selch (who is?), he’s at least got complex, comprehensible emotions. The bit where he puts you through the gauntlet of phantoms of your own friends because “It’s not like you care who you cut down, if they’re someone’s beloved or not” is super compelling. 

Varian specifically has some hangups about only being good for killing, so first Zenos’ “Ah! You’re a beast like me” and then Elidibus “You are death, and only in death shall you serve any purpose” has him be like 

But yeah, the man can’t even remember what he’s fighting to restore, but he knows he swore to someone important that he would, and so by god, he’s gonna do it no matter the cost. Pretty compelling! Again, not Emet-Selch compelling, but what is.

So then there was an (illusory?) ‘starshower’ first in the Crystarium and then Eulmore (complete with vision of lost Amaurot) and then uhhhh everywhere in order to awaken the Echo in as many people as possible but you know

#Jake plays Final Fantasy XIV #Shadowbringers spoilers

[emetkoto]

for the fandom ask game: ffxiv?

❤Favorite character/😍Character you have the biggest crush on/💐Comfort character

All 3 of these are Emet-Selch! I just uhmmmmm....really like him ouughhhhhghg,,,,,but like. a completely normal amount. but also not normal at all. im a little bit insane about him <3 he stuck his grubby little hands into my brain and rewired it so it was only him!!!!

👿Least favorite character

🤝Character you relate to the most

Hermes........that shit hit a bit too close to home tbh

🔥Character you think is overrated

Zenos.......I just personally find him kinda boring

🧨Character you love to hate

Hildibrand <3 I love him dearly he is like a son to me but also I love to bully him!!!!!! he is just so pathetic <3

🙈Character you always forget exists

Y'shtolas sister,,,,,,why did they only use her once in MSQ and in the Summoner quests and then never again.....I hope she comes back someday

🐰Favorite non-human character

ALPHA AND OMEGA MY BELOVED!!!!!

❤️‍🩹Character who deserved better

YSALE......WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!! WHY DID THYE DO THAT THEY LITERALLY DDNT HAVE TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also moenbryda i get so mad whenever i get to that part on an alt bc the disrespect is unreal

#words of mimi #ffxiv

[cherry-blossomtea]

Hopefully I actually finish this project but just in case here’s a sketch before I ruin it with color

#yes I traced the robe decals fight me #god knows I wasn’t about to freehand it #ffxiv spoilers #shadowbringers #ffxiv #my art #Emet Selch my fucking beloved #veramax art

[cloudyyoungjaes]

update: endwalker broke me <3

unhinged ramble will have to wait i am utterly BROKEN.

#begginonmyknees.mp3 (Thana Talks) #((EMET SELCH AND HYTH MY FUCKING BELOVEDS))

[budugaapologist]

me: i have left my assassins creed phase!

assassins creed 4, syndicate, liberation, and elise de la serre looking at me: no you havent

me, laying on the floor, tears in my eyes: .. no i havent..

#i hate ubisoft but fuck if i love ac4 and the characters from the other games #and syndicate is kinda my emotional support shitty game so #i talk #assassins creed #i still treat jacob like a self insert unfortunately but i am too much him #better than my own girlfriend telling me i look like and stand like emet selch :( #beloved please say sike #i should clarify i enjoyed origins but like the only part of it im still attached to are shadya kensa and khaliset #liberation im being freed from though because i can walk around saint denis in red dead online

[foxtsumus]

i'm not elaborating on this on twitter bc that place is a nightmare. But

#i . actually don't like graha tia that much. even back in crystal tower i didn't like him. ur not special just bc u simp for me and our #first interaction was u wasting my time. remind me again why that would make me like u. #and on the first not only did he convince urianger to lie to me but he also had NO BACKUP PLAN FOR IN CASE THE DEATHBAIT WITH ME AS THE #TITULAR BAIT DIDN'T FUCKING WORK. SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO JUST ROLL ME AT EMET SELCH LIKE A BOWLING BALL WHILE PRAYING THAT AS I EXPLODED #I'D TAKE HIM WITH ME! YOUR PLAN WAS LESS EFFECTIVE THAN A LITERAL FUCKING GHOST. #AND this one is much more petty than that last one but. for someone who desperately wants to be a hero he's pretty bad at just accepting #the credit when it literally falls into his lap. don't make the last thing you say as you plan to die some martyr complex bullshit that #isn't even true. for the love of g-d just say you're dying for me. don't worry about it hurting me or being a weight on my conscience #you're not the first and you won't be the last #and i can forgive a LOT i really can. but he's also a redhead. so any chance of me putting up with all the rest of that is unfortunately #out of the question. #the only redhead for me is queenie ig #anyway. thanks for coming to my TED talk to all of my sweet beloved followers who are diehard graha simps go for it i will just never shed #the same kind of tears for him as i did for haru or elly. #vposting #g'raha tia #ff14

[noxtivagus]

head in hands thinking of hermes n ebenholz

#🌙.rambles #rereading question of life again a bunch today n. hermes.. searching for the answer to change in other stars. #my bro. my dear. beloved. i daresay the answer's been w you all along.. in a way #I FEEL. SO MUCH FOR HERMES. BCS HE FELT SO LONELY N DIFFERENT IN THE IMPERFECT SOCIETY OF ETHEIRYS #but bro if you're an aberration then fuck it i'll. be one too yk? you won't be alone #i haven't finished lingering echoes yet on yt or wtvr but #that freedom he rlly yearned for.. that touches me so much. i can't even begin to explain it oh my god #out of all my favs in ffxiv i probably talk abt hermes the most. in terms of his chara he's probably my fav #but alphi n emet-selch r equally as special as well i rlly don't have a fav in ffxiv 😭 #in arknights. i rlly don't know much yet but with chara design there's mostima n lappland that definitely caught my eye the most #but. even w those two n others as well. ebenholz i think was the chara that i knew wld be my fav #n then help my mind has two definite like. IDK HOW TO SAY IT BUT i'm rlly thinking of both hermes n ebenholz at the same time #n. one of my ocs too. who srs just. helpp i project sm unto him he's probably like my no. 1 ideal type #ständchen & dead butterflies & no plan r the three songs i'll obsess over today it seems >.> #dead butterflies w the context n the. word choice the imagery the emotion in it :^) so special. so meaningful. #to me it. it's like a persisting emptiness. a sorrow that doesn't ever quite go away. fitting w the context of yk yeah i think #no plan! hozier! THE LYRICS R SO PERFECT MY MAN ILY #i rlly relate w the meaning behind the lyrics of the song <3 #n then ständchen T_T EBENHOLZ.. N THEN. YK THE MELODY FROM SCHUBERT #i love music so so much. n everything about music. the meaning behind it n what it means to me as well n. yeah. YEAH #wait. i'm still obsessed w doomsday :^) sobs n talk from hozier too.. n. running in the dark. yeah #doomsday.. dealing w loss. inevitability of mortality. talk w the flowery insincerity oh my god. n then. #running in the dark i can't even rlly say bcs the song is just. rlly means a lot to me personally T_T it's so comforting #once i learn more of arknights! i will certainly write what i think of it in a different light someday #i think. i can rlly emphatize w these song themselves. the meaning behind them n the context n #i'm also very aware of what it personally means to me n #that small certainty in smth that's rlly just so vastly uncertain brings me some ounce of comfort. #curiosity of the unknown gives me comfort too. i've never rlly been one to hide or run away from what i fear bcs i still find it interestin #i just. rlly love sm things in life. i'm rlly glad i can still hold unto this part of me despite the painful things as well #but i'm one that. i. have to appreciate life wholly. it gets overwhelming tho but i still strive to just be myself n what that means to me.

[lovehotelreservation]

(Re)spite

Summary: Hathe and Emet-Selch needed a break.

For Hathe, it was to preserve her energy and ease her nerves before ascending The Ladder for the daunting task of putting an end of Vauthry.

As for Emet-Selch?

He just needed for the glint of that painfully familiar shard to stop tormenting him so.

Rating: NC-17

Pairing: WoL!OC/Emet-Selch

Continuation to “Mea Culpa”

BEEP BEEP SAD GRANDPA SEXINGZ ON THE WAY !!!

THANKS SO MUCH TO MY LOVELY COMMISSIONER FOR THIS BLESSEDLY ANGSTY OPPORTUNITY!!!

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It just wasn’t the same.

There was a time when Emet-Selch set his eyes upon the Warrior of Light as something more than just a pawn in his plan, more than a fascinating subject in his observation of the mortals within the First.

An era long lost, but one he yearned so dearly to return to--it was during those blessed bygone days when he mockingly called out to the savior of the realm as not “hero”, but Azem.

As much as he wanted to deny it, he preferred truth over delusion.

The shard of his beloved Azem was here, lingering within the possession of the Warrior of Light.

Hathe.

But now, as he found himself lingering around the proximity of The Ladder in the mortals’ ongoing efforts to thwart Vauthry’s plans while the Kholusian sun mercilessly bore down upon him, his eyes were not softened with affection as he gazed towards her, but fixed in a scrutinizing stare.

It just wasn’t the same.

Hathe’s aether.

Corrupted cracks had since formed during her adventures in the First, all because of her misplaced faith in the Crystal Exarch.

Honestly, for all the glares and huffs that he received from her, it truly was baffling that she did not do the same to The Crystarium’s leader.

His lips were beginning to form a pout from this biased treatment.

“How are you not boiling in that thing?”

But then his lips curled into a grin as his gaze shifted to the eyes of the inquiring voice.

Lounging beneath the shade of one of the old workshops was Hathe, who retreated to this distant corner of The Ladder to preserve her energy before the ascent up to Mt. Gulg while the other Scions and the Eulmorans worked together to get the Talos running once again.

Clicking his tongue in a tsk, Emet-Selch threw his arms open wide in overexaggerated faux shock as he remarked, “My, my, hero--how brazen of you.” 

He approached where she sat in a saunter, crossing between the distinct line on the pavement to where the blazing sunlight treaded no further into the cool shade as he continued, his voice donning a playful innocence, “Did you wish for me to strip for you so badly?” Tilting his head, he pressed a thoughtful finger against his cheek with a smirk as he purred, “Have you missed my warmth in your bed that much?”

A roll of her eye and a sigh out of her painted lips.

“I should have just stayed quiet and enjoyed the peace.” Shaking her head, her arms folded over her chest as she reclined further back against the wall. Her eyes shut, hoping he would take this as cue to leave her alone.

But the sudden presence that appeared right by her side entailed otherwise.

As did him crouching down, a silent affirmation of his intentions to stay.

Not even the sensation of gloved fingertips cradling her chin had her look towards him, let alone fluttering her eyelid open to perceive his existence.

“Oh come now, you act like my presence hasn’t enriched your life for the better--”

He drew closer to her.

“--truly, wouldn’t you prefer I over the Exarch?”

The heat of his breath fanning over her ear never failed to make her shudder, a sensation that she was ever reluctant to enjoy.

She had a feeling as to where this was going. Though her better judgment would have her shoo him away before matters progressed further--especially given their relatively close proximity to the rest of the Scions and the others--it was either indulging in pleasure or quietly stew in thought over both the task of sending Vauthry crashing down while dealing with the Light that was poisoning her aether.

But that didn’t mean she was going to be that compliant with the man who was meant to be her nemesis.

And thus her eye opened, the sight of which made him wish she didn’t have to keep that eyepatch of hers on.

Azem’s eyes were among the features he cherished most about her after all.

But as ever the contrast between his lost love to the fragmented soul who stood before him, she huffed in defiance, “I’d prefer you let me relax before I pick up the pieces of your meddling.”

Her tone was soft, but the irritation laced around each word was as prickly as could be.

Emet-Selch only smirked in response.

“Meddling I object to, but letting you relax--” His thumb traced over her lips, caring little for the smudge of rouge that stained the whites of his glove--if anything, he relished it.

Continuing on, he kept her right in his sights as he tsked haughtily, “--honestly, by now you should know to be more direct with me on with your desires, hero.” 

The distance separating them closed further as he drew his thumb away, eliminating the space between his face and hers until their lips were barely an ilm apart as he mused, “Has anything else even come close to having that beautifully battleworn body of yours be at ease like my touch?”

She expected a kiss next.

But ever full of surprises, Emet-Selch only smirked as he teased, “Save for those ruffians who have felt the might of a keg of ale smashed upon their heads during those bratty youthful days of yours, of course.”

Hathe’s eye narrowed with sheer annoyance. “Gods, you really need to shut up.”

And it was with those huffed words that her hands cupped his face as she brought his lips to hers in a kiss.

A kiss for distraction.

Hathe and the tumultuous road that she was due to tread any moment now.

Emet-Selch and a yearning that he never could bring himself to ever relinquish in the days that have passed.

As delightful as it was to indulge in the gorgeously toned physique of the renowned hero during their many trysts in the nights since passed in her personal suite, it was still an utterly peculiar experience for his fingers to roam over physical familiarity with a soul that thought him to be a stranger, an enemy.

Ever more the thorns that had long formed around his heart embedded further and further.

In the end, she was just to be a vessel to enact his life’s work, his purpose to continue and carry on the will of his people.

And yet, he still found himself being so attentive, doting even, to Hathe’s pleasure as he shifted her clothes around--being mindful to not rip, else risk being punched back to The Source as she warned--, his lips kissing over her breasts, his tongue skillfully lapping over her nipples while his gloved fingers slipped beneath the waistband of her pants, seeking to press and caress over her panties.

A warrior like her could handle some roughhousing, as he would often tease while fucking her into the mattress during his numerous late night visits to The Pendants.

But here, in this moment, hidden away in the shade, while she was more eager to peel off his robe, he was more in mind to take his time with her.

Bodies intertwined, an affair meant to exist only in the shadows.

She lied beneath him upon the ground while he eased his cock in and out of her core. Far from pounding but nowhere near delicate, he pumped himself at a lively pace. More kisses than bites were pressed onto her neck, one hand clasped around her waist while the fingers of the other slipped between their bodies to rub slow--and dare he say sweet?--circles against her clit.

It just wasn’t the same.

“What’s with the tenderness?” Hathe murmured breathlessly, her back arching as she continued to find her senses stimulated all the more. Though there was a teasing inflection to her voice, he could hear a layer of pure curiosity at its foundation.

The question genuinely caused Emet-Selch to halt in place.

Even if just for a few seconds.

Only before he snorted, his lips curling into a smirk. “You will never see Ascians as capable of love, do you, hero? Since you insist--”

His hands reinforced their grip on her waist, squeezing tight as he quickened the pace of his thrusts.

She was right, however.

Tenderness, affection, love--those were reserved for Azem.

A shallow copy of the woman he loved most was in no need of such pure and precious joys, especially when she was fated to become a vessel for his plans.

The leading role of his grand theatrical production was to take her place in the showstopping climax of the show, and he was ever so delighted to have front row seats.

And yet, his mouth still sought out to kiss hers nonetheless.

A kiss longing for someone he couldn’t have anymore.

A kiss affectionate for someone he needed for greater purposes.

But as they rode out their orgasms, soon falling into one another in a pleasured heap, he still embraced her close to his chest with a grip that did not want to let go in the slightest, his face hiding into her neck.

So familiar and so far at the same time.

It just wasn’t the same and never would things return to how they would and should have been in a kinder life.

#emet selch #emetwol #emet selch x wol #wol x npc #wol x emet selch #Final Fantasy XIV #FFXIV #Fic #super freaknasty writing

[sebastard69]

ACTUALLY The End of Shadowbringers Thoughts

Just cleared Dying Gasp, so here's what I'm thinking!

- First of all, Emet-Selch my beloved Q~Q

- I was RIGHT. Ok, well. I guess somewhat? The wol was someone important to Emet-Selch back in the day, but he didn't realize it until right before he died. Which HURTS tbh. And I was right that the wol has an Ascian soul but I guess... everyone does? If Ardbert and the wol were once part of the same soul, then it follows that everyone on the shards are made up of pieces of the Ascians that didn't survive the Sundering. I was sitting here thinking we had amnesia or something and just couldn't remember living in Amaurot, so I guess when Emet said "Not that you would remember." it was less pointed and just in general no one would remember despite their soul having been there before.

- Speaking of remembering, though, I feel like the wol is... close to remembering? The few flashbacks we've seen when they look at their hand to me indicates such, especially since one happened when talking with Hythlodaeus. Or the shade that represented Hythlodaeus. He said he and Emet used to be very close, before everything happened. Was the wol Hythlodaeus?

- Seeing Ardbert return to his friends in the Crystarium as a parallel to the wol returning made me cry. I genuinely adore Ardbert with all my heart and I'm glad to know that his aiding the wol against Hades didn't destroy him. I worried that it would.

- I knew everyone was going to be ok but that scene before Dying Gasp unlocked had me fucking sobbing oh my god.

- Time to start the post-shb patches!

#ffxiv #ffxiv shadowbringers #shadowbringers #emet selch

[frrrozi]

Tell us about some of your favorite characters from other games.

Mhm okay so, I haven't played that many games but lessgo

WoW Tyrande (I almost hated her until she got her shit together and became night warrior /cry) Wrathion (smug hot dragon man i need not to elaborate on this one) Tarenar Legolas & Gidwin Gimli (minor NPCs that hold a lil place in my heart) Dragon Age Zevran, Leliana, Morrigan from DA:O (Zevran my love and my best buddies) Fenris, Varric, Isabela, Carver from DA2 (yes)(Carver is a lil fucked up but I liked the dynamic between him and older sister F!Hawke a lot) Dorian, Cole from DA:I (They are my everything.) FFXIV Oh man oh god, I don't know I'm emotionally so connected to everyone right now I can't pick a fave. (it's Emet-Selch) Genshin Impact Xiao(my little man..the whole reason I started playing this bullshit) Itto (A HIMBO!!!!!) Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion (I LOVE THE SASSINESS, AND HIS VOICE HHHRRRGH) The Witcher You may guess, I have 2. Overwatch I didn't play it very much, but Reaper and Symmetra my beloved.

#ask #ay sorry my brain juices ain't workin well so I just listed them alfgtaldf #I played other games too but they weren't that memorable i guess