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LynMars
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Trainer & tech writer by day; fiction writer, gamer, lover of SFF always. 45+ She/Her. lynmars79 & autumnslance on Ao3 & Tumblr. Banner by Herssian. Avatar is my cat, Chel.
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Aeryn & Dark do not, tho they have favorites they often wear.
C'oretta is a pinks girl. Various shades are prominent in her clothes & I judge hairstyles by how well they show highlights.
Iyna often does different greens to match her highlights, eyes, & claws, but also wears complimenting colors.
FF14 screenshot of C'oretta smiling broadly. She is a fair-skinned catgirl with blue eyes. Her blonde hair has pink highlights. She's wearing pink cherry blossom earrings and hairpins, and a warm pink top with a darker scarf. The background is a large soft pink chair. FF14 screenshot of Iyn smiling, lips closed. She is a dark-skinned and freckled rabbit woman with bright, light green eyes. Her black hair has turquoise highlights. She wears a magitek targeting device on her head, and her sleeveless top is white and a pastel green that matches her eyes.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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10+ yrs ago I made a femroe to try out the game as the new HW expac came out.
In Nov & Dec 2017 I made a couple alts to replay the story, see other city-state starts, 1 was my fanfic WoL & she refused to behave as initially planned.
In Dec 2019 I made a bunny I didn't intend to keep & here we are.
FF14 Lodestone screenshot from Dark Autumn's page showing the Achievement "Storyteller 1 - Complete 10 unique quests" earned on 6/3/2015. FF14 Lodestone screenshot from C'oretta Khell's page showing the Achievement "Mapping the Realm: Western Thanalan - Visit Western Thanalan and unlock the area map" earned 11/29/2017. FF14 Lodestone screenshot from Aeryn Striker's page showing the Achievement "Just Talkin' 'bout Shafts 1 - Achieve archer level 10" earned 12/9/2017. FF14 Lodestone screenshot from Iyna Cauld's page showing the Achievement "Mapping the Realm: Middle La Noscea - Visit middle La Noscea and unlock the area map" earned 12/16/2019.
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Aeryn is often considered beautiful, tho she doesn't think about it much.
Dark knows she's smokin' hot & can & will use that with others.
C'oretta is cute & attractive to some for sure.
Iyna does get reactions for being pretty & striking, but she doesn't really comprehend it.
FF14 screenshot of Aeryn, a Midlander woman with light brown skin, long black hair, and gray eyes looking at the viewer as she smiles. There are white violas in her hair, she has dangling red gem earrings, and she wears a low-cut red leather bustier. There is a black leather choker at her neck and a black belt with her top. FF14 screenshot of C'oretta, a Miqo'te with fair skin, long blonde hair with bright pink highlights, and big blue cat eyes looking at the viewer as she smiles brightly, hands up in front of her as she glees. There are pink cherry blossoms in her hair and on her ears, she has gold bracelets, and a pink and white top with a purplish scarf. FF14 screenshot of Iyna, a Viera woman with dark black skin with freckles across her cheeks. She has black hair with turquoise highlights, pulled back. Her eyes are also a bright turquoise, appraising the viewer, her hands with long, claw-like nails at her chin. She has a high-tech aiming eyepiece on her head, and wears a white and pale green top. FF14 screenshot of Dark Autumn, a Roegadyn woman with warm brown skin, black hair framing her face, and golden eyes looking into the viewer as she smiles. There are white flowers in her hair, she has simple gold hoop earrings, and she wears a shoulder-baring white and gold top.
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Using them as window backdrops seems the thing, tho we also have 2 set up as the backdrop of a "balcony" in a private room in my FC.

2 of the main FC 1st floor, 1 FC room, 1 of my alts' apartments:
FF14 screenshot of a sitting area consisting of, starting on the left, a fireplace with flowers upon the mantle, a large picture window of a full moon night sky with red and gold curtains and stained glass tops, a purple leather couch with red throw pillows all upon a furry white rug with red trim, and a floor to ceiling bookcase off to the right side. FF14 screenshot of a kitchen, pink stone oven center bottom with various vegetables, spice rack, and pot on top of the counter, sink to the right with aprons hanging on the wall above boxes of fruit, part of a stove and its shelves to the right. Herbs hang over the window showing a misty forest beyond. The curtains are in fact blue, matching the walls. FF14 screenshot of a nice wooden balcony, a simple couch along one side, a small table and chairs in the middle. Outside the timber beams and roof are rocks and plants, and a view of the Ala Mhigan palace in the distance. FF14 screenshot of a rather pink themed and decorated apartment in Shirogane, 2 large Doman support beams framing a window showing Kugane at night. Plants grow along a shelf above the window, an illustration of the 4 Lords above. On a shelf before the window is an orchestrion surrounded by job stones. There's a pink bench in front of the window.
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Mostly Aeryn & Zaine, prelim tests while writing some backstory. I haven't tried to adjust a mikitten for C'oretta, & despite the prevalence of Viera/Shetona in recent years no kids for them, & forget child Roe models the devs sure have. 😉 I don't cosmetic mod so I suppose I'd have to comm those.
FF14 screenshot of 2 human children, both with light brown skin and black hair. The boy is much taller, his hair short and messy, he wears a green vest with gold embroidery and loose white pants as he smiles down at his sister. Her hair is in 2 long braids, her vest is white and blue with the same embroidery, a leather belt with her loose tan pants. They stand on a tropical beach outside a seaside town, a place inspired by South Asia.
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Because they were each made years apart, 3 of my 4 FF14 OCs ended up black-haired. There's probably more among my various TTRPG & original writing characters, & a few among my old WoW alts.
FF14 screenshot of Aeryn, a midlander woman with long black hair, the right side braided away from her face. She has light brown skin, gray eyes, and wears a red vest with gold and black trim, and a dangling red gem earring. She smiles slightly at the camera. The background is high tech glowing screens with scripts on them. FF14 screenshot of Iyna Cauld, a black-skined viera woman. There are turquoise highlights streaking her shaggy black hair, matching her turquoise eyes. She wears a light green vest with fancy gold trimming, and a gold headband/ She stands idly, looking bored, in a room in Limsa Lominsa at night. FF14 screenshot of Dark Autumn, a roegadyn woman with brown skin and long black hair in a ponytail, bangs over her forehead and framing her face. Gold-rimmed shades cover her golden eyes. She wears a dark leather cuirass with gold cloth sleeves showing, and gold earrings. She looks directly at the camera.The background is the red wood cabin door of the Tural inn room.
August 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Dark Autumn sighing over Carvallain & Rhoswen's annual foolishness crashed my game.
FF14 screenshot on a high wooden platform. Carvallain ( dark skinned elf man in blue pirate clothes) and Rhoswen (fair skinned human woman in red and black pirate clothes) facing off. Between then, Dark Autumn (tall dark skinned roegadyn woman in bikini top and cutoffs) shrugging with resignation.
August 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Patch can be downloaded, complete patch notes are available, and the new Launcher background options from Endwalker are up. Enjoy, Venat and Zenos lovers.
Screenshot from the FF14 Launcher of a cinematic render of Venat, a pale woman with long white hair, bright blue eyes, wearing a white robe with a white mask hanging on her chest. Above and behind her is the bottom half of the moon. Screenshot from the FF14 Launcher of a cinematic render of Zenos Galvus, a fair skinned man with long blond hair and a round white Garlean 3rd "eye" in his forehead, wearing his black leathery adventuring outfit, long red cape, gold metal armor bits and accents, his scythe ready but obscured by the side of the menu. Behind him are fiery embers over Garlemald's transformed palace, the moon hanging large overhead.
August 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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I write some things about my WoL & various NPCs, especially Thancred. Sometimes gpose things on Tumblr about my WoL & other OCs.
archiveofourown.org/users/LynMar...
autumnslance.tumblr.com
FF14 screenshot collage of 4 women of different races. First is Aeryn, a Midlander Hyur women with light brown skin, long black hair, wearing a white flower hairpin and red vest. Next is Dark Autumn, a roegadyn woman with brown skin and hints of black hair under her black western hat, wearing a red vest. C'oretta Khell is a mi'qote (catgirl) fair skinned and blonde haired with pink highlights, wearing pink traveler clothes. Iyna Cauld is a viera (rabbitgirl) with black skin and black hair with turquoise highlights, long turquoise claws on her hand, and wearing a light blue jacket and gold accessories.
July 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I was a little girl in the 80s & on a trip to my grandparents house, my then-teenage uncle was watching TNG. "Skin of Evil" happened to be the episode. I don't know if it was 1st run or a rerun, but he explained to me what happened, about Data & his reaction in specific, & I was hooked from there.
A still from Star Trek: The Next Generation from the episode "Skin of Evil" showing a memorial hologram of Tasha Yar in a green field before a blue sky filled with clouds. Yar is a human woman with fair skin, short blonde hair, wearing a gold and black Starfleet uniform, her hands clasped before her as she looks ahead to deliver her final words to her crewmates.
July 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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They shouldn't be. It's grossly overpriced for the cheap materials involved for a cuff that looks too heavy to stay on.

SE merch dept is SO BAD at this. Overpriced fashion items & random collabs (camp gear?) instead of learning what fans actually want & catering to that for reasonable prices.
en.finalfantasyxiv.com skeet on 6/20/2025 saying: We are pleased to announce a collaboration between #FFXIV and custom-made jewelry company K․UNO, featuring a faithful recreation of the silver ear cuffs worn by Alphinaud and Alisaie! Now available for pre-order ✨ sqex.to/ncwQa (Underneath is a promo image of Alphinaud and Alisaie and sample images of a replica of their signature ear cuffs, both on the twin's image and shown on either side of a person's head. The ear cuff is made of 925 sterling silver and white chalcedony and its listed price on the linked site is $399.99.)
June 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Aeryn's older brother Zaine was the 1.0 WoL. She returned to Eorzea in part to find him, after their mother passed away & she took time to prepare herself. Her chocobo Snowlight used to belong to him & when I read the Legacy Chocobo desc, I wrote a story about her & eventually becoming Aeryn's bird.
FF14 screenshot of a man strongly resembling Meteor/Ardbert, but with black hair, light brown skin, and gray eyes, wearing the original Warrior artifact armor in brown, the Bravura axe over his shoulder as he looks into the distance.
June 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I was helping demo & explain lighting & cameras in gpose and managed a nice shot of Ace/Demisexual colors in Aeryn's hair.
FF14 screenshot of a human woman from behind, in a white top, her black hair reflecting gray, white, and purple colors thanks to the lighting.
June 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Made another #ffxiv tutorial, this time on how to cycle currencies on the HUD directly as we farm FATES for Gerolt once more. Don't over-cap your Bicolors! Or Tomes, or whatever else you want a handy eye on. Alt text included on the example images on the blog:
autumnslance.tumblr.com/post/7858127...
FF14 screenshot of the corner of a HUD, the red and yellow circles of the quick menus at the bottom, the gear and inventory tracker above it, and just above that, the currency tracker displays 897 Bicolor Gems.
June 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Way to go #ffxiv for managing to line up a patch that has both the rainbow-loving moon bunnies and their trans-colored exploration icon, and now the lizards with their rainbow vegetable and fruits, launch in a patch hitting over Pride.
FF14 Cosmic Exploration symbol,a little Star Trek influenced with a similar small arrow icon with beams flowing down in a triangle pattern, surrounded by circles. It's in blues, pinks, whites, and gray. FF14 cutscene shot of a lizard-like Mamool Ja person looking at crops of glowing, multi-hued fruit hanging from small trees. FF14 top down screenshot of a woman on a white chocobo amid rows of rainbow-hued watermelons
June 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The only problem with Disabling External Apps is...it doesn't actually do that. If a user decides to use the A\I apps, it just sends the output to them in DM. And frankly I'd rather know when someone in my server uses them so I can act.

From Discord Support: support-apps.discord.com/hc/en-us/art...
Disabling the “Use External Apps” permission will prevent external apps from posting publicly on your server. However, these apps can still be used; they will reply privately to the individual through an ephemeral message. This allows other Discord users to keep access to non-intrusive functionality that apps may offer, such as message translations, without being visible to other users.
May 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Physical copy of "Der Katzenprinz & Other Zemnian Tales" arrived. I do mostly ebooks cuz of apartment life but the art by Charlie (Newt) Borovský is too gorgeous. The wonderful stories are by Liam O'Brien & the 3rd especially is a gut punch once a #CriticalRole fan realizes its origin. 📚
Art by Charlie (Newt) Borovský from Der Katzenprinz, starting with a scrawny peasant boy in a field, following a striped cat dancing on his hand legs and holding a hat under a foreleg, leading the boy on. The scene transitions into a dark and spiky wood, where 3 children (1 dark-skinned, 2 pale) encounter a hag whose body seems partially made of plants. The scene transitions again to a mountainside, where a small bird girl with blue feathers and a purple dress points up to a city nestled among the multi-hued clouds.
May 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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@herssian.bsky.social is lovely to work with & the eye banner for my FF14 Azem is great.

Pandora tended toward either white or black iridescent hair - or both at the same time - & had "kaleidoscope" eyes of multiple shifting colors at once. Strange by Amaurot's standards, but she liked it that way.
A close shot of a person's eyes framed by shimmering, iridescent hair strands. Their skin is a light brown. The hair on the left is opalescent, on the right it's a dark "oil slick" rainbow. One dark strand falls over the eye on that side. The eyebrows are also iridescent. The eyes stare straight at the viewer, in shifting multi-colored hues.
April 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Glad you reposted, I almost forgot. Congrats & thanks for the opportunity. 💖
FF14 screenshot of Aeryn Striker, a midlander woman with long black hair (loose on the left, braided away from her face on the right), gray eyes, and light brown skin. She grins at the camera in a nearly three-quarter view. She has a white flower hairpin, a dangling red and blue gem earring, and a white and blue leisurewear top. Her nails are painted blue to match her top as she holds her hands together. FF14 screenshot of Aeryn as before, more from the front as she smiles and looks off to side, hands held up in front of her and pressed together.
April 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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New Hatching-tide parasol compelled me to pose Aeryn & Thancred in the rain. #ffxiv #wolcred
FF14 screenshot of Thancred (fair skinned, white haired human man, in a casual open white top and jeans) and Aeryn (light brown skin, long black hair human woman, wearing a white flower hairpin, a white and blue leisure top, blue skirt), strolling under a shared egg-like holiday parasol in the rain. Their fingers are entwined over the handle as they look at each other, smiling. The background is Gridania's Hatching-tide festival decorations and visitors. FF14 screenshot of Aeryn and Thancred as before, but from behind as they stroll away from the festivities to other parts of the woodland city. FF14 screenshot of Thancred and Aeryn as before, but leaning close into each other, the parasol dipping forward slightly to obscure their kiss as they continue to walk away from the Hatching-tide festivities.
April 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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4 mutuals + 4 gposes
@theepicreboot.bsky.social got me! I'll try to keep it to 1 example for each of my ladies.

Tagging
@evpsy.bsky.social
@ladysummoner.bsky.social
@biot08.bsky.social
@windupdrg.bsky.social
FF14 vertical screenshot in black and white, with red highlights on the 2 figures. Aeryn, a human woman in leather traveling coat and cape, falls through the air, reaching down to Elidibus/Ardbert, a human man in warrior armor, who reaches back up to her as he also falls. The ghost city of Amaurot in the Tempest is the background. FF14 vertical screenshot of Iyna, a viera (rabbit) woman with very dark skin and hair, turquoise blue highlights on her ears, in her hair. Her claw-like nails and eyes also match. She wears a fancy purple mage robe with gold highlights and jewelry, all in dramatic purple and green lighting. She looks at the camera from the side, a hand raised to her face, a wickedly amused expression on her face. FF14 vertical screenshot of Dark Autumn, a dark-skinned Roegadyn woman in a shiny yellow tunic and cape, leaning on a fancy fireplace, watching the flames in the hearth. A trio of candles also glow atop the mantle. FF14 screenshot of C'oretta, a tanned,blonde catgirl, looking back grinning at the camera as she stretches up her bare right arm. She wears sunglasses on her forehead, and a backless, sleeveless halter top and loose pants, all in pinks and whites. The early sunset sky over desert mountains is the background.
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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This is hard as I took a lot of fun shots for Febhyurary over on my Tumblr. But I think in the end the winner is creating a scene where my & @ladysummoner.bsky.social's gremlin WoLs get scruffed by our long-suffering raid lead, @biot08.bsky.social (Riven & Aeryn probably deserved it honestly).
FF14 screenshot of a group in a rocky, barren landscape with a massive burst of purple electricity filling the background. An armored Roegadyn woman looks startled by an Elezen woman with short purple hair, glasses, and simple dark clothes holding up two Hyur woman by the back of their necks. The fair brunette in modern street clothes looks mad and kicks, while the tanned black-haired woman in a fancy red dress looks more startled. The male Au Ra and Miqo'te healers, in matching scientific jackets, blithely ignore this scene as they discuss off to the right.
March 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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More worried about "yet another boring hyur chic in yet another wolcred ship."

But I've been in fandom a long while & passed thru the Bioware furnace, so whatever.

Keeping the NPC's characterization believably in line with canon while also how is he affected by the ship is always a fun challenge.
a collage of various FF14 screenshots featuring NPC Thancred Waters (fair-skinned, white haired human man, often wearing white) and OC Aeryn Striker (a light brown, dark haired human woman in a variety of fashionable outfits usually in red or blue). The collage depicts various moments of relationship interactions, as a battle couple but also playing games, hugging, chatting, dancing, reading, kissing, etc.
March 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Got a lovely comment on this 6 year old fic about Thancred recovering in the post-ARR patches. Written before the ARR revamp. Scion Sylphland quests I miss you still. archiveofourown.org/works/18397334
Rating: General Audiences. Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply. Category: Gen. Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV Characters: Thancred Waters, Y'shtola Rhul, Yda Hext, Papalymo Totolymo, Minfilia Warde, Homei Nagae, ,Urianger Augurelt, Yugiri Mistwalker, Jacke Swallow Additional Tags: Other characters mentioned - Freeform, Post-Possession, a realm reborn, Recovery Language: English Series: Part 3 of That Damn Rogue Stats: Published: 2019-04-08 Words: 9,953 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 24 Kudos: 165 Bookmarks: 38 Hits: 1,743 A Constant Distant Thunder LynMars79 Summary: Some ideas for Thancred's post-ARR recovery, up to the middle of 2.3. Written before the ARR-revamp in 2020, so references some things from now-removed questing. Notes: (See the end of the work for notes.) Thancred watched the Warrior of Light stride out the door, head high, steps certain, even knowing Ifrit waited at the Bowl of Embers, and far stronger than before. Once again, Thancred would not be there to help. This time, rather deliberately. He ground his teeth and reached for the brown bottle holding down some of the reports from the Immortal Flames. When he tipped it back, however, it was empty; only a single sluggish drop teased his tongue. Godsdammit.
March 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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I absolutely use Claws of the Beast on my Viera alt, Iyna, for them good long bun nails. She trims & files often. Maybe has an emery post in her home to help with that.
FF14 screenshot of Iyna Cauld, a Rava Viera (rabbit) woman with coal-black skin and hair. There are turquoise green highlights in her hair, matching her eyes. She wears gold earrings and a headband, and a white poncho-like top with silver embellishments. She holds up her right hand, admiring her long claw-like turquoise green nails.
March 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM