#surkysayle

Chapter 4: Okay, if you’re so great, you do it—here’s the pencil, make it work

❆fandom: final fantasy xiv, ffxiv ❆characters: Ysayle Dangoulain, Redolent Rose, Mylla, elezen OC (Melisande), other OCs ❆relationship: heavily referenced wolysayle yearning ❆dynamic: gen, implied f/f ❆rating: m ❆key tags: fix it fic, Ysayle Lives AU, recovery fic, POV Swap (Melisande > Ysayle), flashbacks, Echo vision, character study, Ysayle's mine now so I get to decide how she develops from here on out, Spoilers for late Heavensward and Stormblood, Coerthas worldbuilding ❆content warnings: cursing, general crudeness, implied character death, canon typical existentialism, irreality, grieving, character death, references to atrophy and unbearable pain, mc hurts herself trying to rush recovery, family deaths, fire and related injuries, homophobic Ishgard as a setting, referenced animal death but no animals depicted dying (extinction discussed a lot, however) ❆chapters: 4/? {ongoing} ❆words: 23,512 {66,716 in total} ❆series: Snow and Dirty Rain {Ysayle Lives AU}

There weren't many things that Ysayle could call her own even in the modern day, having lost much of it in the Calamity and in her own recent folly. Loaned this and that as she tries to get back on her feet - quite literally, this time - the only thing she could really call hers was her first staff…wherever that went. It had a bloodied history that hurt to recall it - both in its nature and the lengths it took to get it - but now she's stuck with naught. She must find a way to build herself back up, and to that she must accept this aid that she feels she does not deserve in whatever form it comes in: be it rough handling so she might walk again, or clothing with far too much care put into it for someone such as her.

And all the while, Melisande remains colder than Ysayle's own persona - a bitter bastard to the very end.

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Fix it fic/Ysayle Lives AU that's part of my Snow and Dirty Rain au. Timeline goes over the end of 3.0 to 4.0, and is predominantly in Ysayle's POV (chapter 1 is Melisande's POV, chapter 2 is how things will go). From her recovery, to her building a new life for herself - Ysayle's newfound freedom allows her to explore what's going on in Ala Mhigo while the Warriors of Light are in Doma. A few misadventures, a lot of sapphic yearning - all of this to lead into i had a dream about you.

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Someone's making sfw pregnancy upscales on the archive and I got in my feels about these two 🥹 Especially because this is going on during 6.X, just spending whatever time they can between the attempts at rescuing Azdaja.

+ hand shot because I'm Dying

❆fandom: final fantasy xiv, ffxiv ❆characters: named warrior of light (Surkukteni), Ysayle Dangoulain, Krile Baldesion, Tataru Taru, Ardbert Hylfyst, oc (Melisande + others referenced) ❆relationship: wolysayle, referenced wolestinien & wolcylva (neither estinien nor cylva appear, though) ❆dynamic: f/f, referenced m/f ❆rating: e ❆key tags: xaela wol, bi+intersex+bigender wol, polyam wol, sapphic bi4bi, YSAYLE LIVES BITCH, hurt/comfort, POV swap (Surkukteni > Ysayle > Surkukteni) ❆content warnings: cursing, implied character death, canon typical existentialism, dream fic, irreality, grieving, vaginal fingering, sapphic blowjobs, temperature play, clothed sex, praise kink, discussions of gender, reference to sexually fluid au ra (and how Surkukteni is intersex within that), brief discussion of sexuality (in a fairly humorous tone) ❆chapters: 4/4 {complete} ❆words: 31,395 ❆series: How to Obtain a Polycule (ft. Emotionally Constipated Dumbasses), Snow and Dirty Rain {Ysayle Lives AU}

If it wasn't bad enough that Surkukteni had not been allowed the time and space to grieve, her dreams became quickly plagued for a love she'd lost years ago. There's a strange sentience to this Ysayle that haunts her dreams, but was that really important? If she could seek some sense of closure for her broken heart, she'd take it even if it meant reopening that wound every night.

Set in Shadowbringers and ending in 5.3, this is Ysayle's reentry into MSQ. Chapters 2 and 4 are spicy, emotional support Ardbert through half of it, and a sequel planned very soon. I can confirm that this fic made someone cry, so have fun <3

❆fandom: final fantasy xiv, ffxiv ❆characters: named warrior of light (Surkukteni), Fenrir, Ysayle (in a flashback) ❆relationship: implied: wolysayle ❆dynamic: gen, f/f ❆rating: t ❆key tags: xaela wol, bi+intersex+bigender wol, grief fic ❆content warnings: cursing, injuries, animal injuries (he's fine), grieving, blood, canon character death, gore relating to healing ❆words: 6,786

No longer canon to my WoL's timeline as this takes place in 5.X, while her dealing with Fenrir has shifted to 3.X.

Surkukteni is asked to deal with something attacking and killing patrols out near Snowcloak. Frustrated that she can't seem to get a break regarding reminders of Ysayle's death, she goes in to get this job done quickly-

-Only to find that the warbeast, Fenrir, had survived.

Exploration into shared grief between Surkukteni and the hound raised by Ysayle. Because why not?

I'm tagging @hyllhund @lordguru @morgmot @starstrider @lcvnderlaced and @sheepwithspecs to do it too, but don't feel obligated to! This one just knocked me on my ass and I felt the need to spread it to others lmao

So first off, Surkie's POV:

FUCK. COME ON NOW WHAT THE FUCK ;A; IT'S THE WRONG ANGLE BUT IT'S STILL ON THE FUCKING NOSE CONCERNING HEAVENSWARD. AGH. she literally was waiting until the end of the dragonsong war to tell ysayle because she didnt want to distract from that, she was literally gearing up to say something and COULDN'T. AND FUCKING /CANON/ HAPPENED.

...well it happens for non-wol surkie. wol surkie, it still "happens" but gestures at that one fic of mine. either way, ow. why.

Ysayle's POV:

Yeah I'm fucking bawling. These are accurate af even if it's not 100%. Ysayle was fucking hooked from the moment they met and fought in Akh Afah, especially taking interest because she knew Surkie to be someone she could potentially sway to her side of things. But also you get the soulmate shit between them and AGH.

FUCK.

Chapter 3: I talk to you as if you’re really there. Are you there, sweetheart?

❆fandom: final fantasy xiv, ffxiv ❆characters: Ysayle Dangoulain, named Warrior of Light (Surkukteni) in an Echo, elezen OC (Melisande) ❆relationship: heavily referenced wolysayle yearning ❆dynamic: gen, implied f/f ❆rating: m ❆key tags: fix it fic, Ysayle Lives AU, recovery fic, POV Swap (Melisande > Ysayle), flashbacks, Echo vision, character study, Ysayle's mine now so I get to decide how she develops from here on out, Spoilers for late Heavensward and Stormblood, theistic world building through textbooks ❆content warnings: cursing, general crudeness, implied character death, canon typical existentialism, irreality, grieving, character death, references to atrophy and unbearable pain, mc hurts herself trying to rush recovery, family deaths, fire and related injuries, homophobic Ishgard as a setting ❆chapters: 3/? {ongoing} ❆words: 16,052 {43,160 in total} ❆series: Snow and Dirty Rain {Ysayle Lives AU}

Despite being known for being a deathly powerful mage as Lady Iceheart, Ysayle's aptitude for magic was sorely lacking prior to the Calamity. She'd struggled a great deal to master it, and in a frustrating relapse she was back at the start with no magical capabilities so to speak. Beyond her magic being slow to return, and the dreadful state of her atrophied body, Ysayle still is not convinced this isn't Hell. But regardless of if it is or isn't, she must do something — anything! — to get her strength back so she might relieve the one she dearly loves and sorely misses of the belief that Ysayle had died at Azys Lla. It's a task most pressing, as it's a vicious grief that would see Ysayle's love consumed and destroyed.

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Fix it fic/Ysayle Lives AU that's part of my Snow and Dirty Rain au. Timeline goes over the end of 3.0 to 4.0, and is predominantly in Ysayle's POV (chapter 1 is Melisande's POV, chapter 2 is how things will go). From her recovery, to her building a new life for herself - Ysayle's newfound freedom allows her to explore what's going on in Ala Mhigo while the Warriors of Light are in Doma. A few misadventures, a lot of sapphic yearning - all of this to lead into i had a dream about you.