#@firelightmuse

Hey everyone! I figured that with the new followers that I’ve gotten over the past few weeks, I need to write out a proper introduction post for myself and my blogs (including my brand new one that I’m finally sharing with y’all)!! So without further ado…

Let’s start with me. You may call me Hali, and I am a 40 year old woman, born and raised in New Orleans who is a HUGE sci-fi/fantasy nerd, especially for Final Fantasy games. I am now a full-time caregiver for my nonverbal special needs son, but I was a college English teacher for several years where I taught academic writing and rhetoric. In the FFXIV community, I am a fanfic writer and gposer who is mostly found here on Tumblr, but I do use Bsky as well, which you can find HERE!!

As far as my OCs go, my main WoL OC is Hali Aloke, a funny, positive, sunshiny pink-haired lalafellin woman who is shipped with Aymeric and her Azem, named Urania, is shipped with Hermes. Hali is canonically an Astrologian and Pictomancer, and she can be found right here on my main Tumblr blog!!

My second WoL OC, who was my first FFXIV OC but who is now a non-Azem WoL, is Yume Aino. She is a disgraced ronin from Hingashi who has been seeking to regain her honor by becoming an adventurer and joining the Scions. Yume is shipped with Zenos, and she is canonically a Samurai and Reaper. She can be found on my side blog @firelightmuse!!

And last but not least, I have very recently added a third blog that is mostly reblogs of random aesthetics and stuff from other fandoms, where I have recently been obsessed with liminal horror, in particular Kane Pixels’ Backrooms series and film. This blog can be found here @zanarkandreamscape in case anyone would like to follow it!

And with that, that’s about it for me and my content! Oh wait, one last thing!!

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Hmmm. *Mimble stirs his tea thoughtfully".

Restrained - Not at all showy. Elegant and functional, like a beautiful marble dam that keeps the mountain lake glassily placid. At least until the floodgates are opened and then....passion, recklessness, perhaps even... anger.

*sips tea contentedly*

Self-Determined - A woman in full possession of herself, or one who aspires to be so. Ironic that one who expends so much effort in practicing self-restraint fears a cage above all else, but then her restraint is her own and the key to the cage is held by others.

*grumbles as he discovered the cookies have raisins rather than chocolate chips*

Ardent - Clearly very much in love, but able to retain a sense of propriety in public. Passionate though; devoted even. There must be something very special about the object of her affections, as if she had to travel a long way to find them. I can imagine others being jealous, but then again, such is the burning honesty of her love, perhaps others find themselves comforted and warmed by being near to it?

Ah young love. *Mimble smiles as he toasts their happiness with his teacup*

That’s very kind of you thank you. I enjoy learning about peoples OCs and I appreciate the fantastic creativity and effort people put into their responses. My biggest fear is asking a silly question or annoying someone, so thank you for the reassurance 😊 xxx