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Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Shattered dreams.

#gpose #localizard #yotsuyu #woltsyuyu

November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Scientists have figured out the secret.

#wolqotd #localizard

November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Yeah she also saved the multiverse so she's cool in my books.

November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Get your damn ears outta the caption etc. etc.

November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Hell, why not. We'll see how this goes.

November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Reading my wife's writing is an experience. Most of the time she writes these incredibly flowery, beautifully resonant scenes that capture the core of her characters' feelings, but every so often she slams me with this:

November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Starting off the new chapter right: With Kasumi being the most flowery lesbian to ever attempt and fail to bodysnatch her true self in a misguided attempt at self-care.

November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

P-Parappa? What happened?

November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Assorted Storms: Chapter 7 - Closed

While celebrations ring out across the Crystarium, Arashi prepares herself for a very important guest.

#ffxiv #ffxivfanfic

archiveofourown.org/works/699146...

November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

It's midnight, which means I get to throw this out here and then forget about it for the next forever. That's how ideas work, right? Yeah. Right.

A snippet of text which reads:

'WoLTsuyu Week - Theme: Duality

Day 1: Waxing/Waning
Day 2: Freedom/Chains
Day 3: Sweet/Bitter
Day 4: Summer/Winter
Day 5: Longing/Loss
Day 6: Adored/Despised
Day 7: Full/New

At least, that's the idea if it hasn't been done before. But I have to figure out several things first:

1. HAS it been done before? Is it happening again? I genuinely don't know. I've tried checking Tumblr but that's nigh useless, and Bluesky is worse than useless. So... Hmm. Maybe AO3 will have something? Worth checking.

2. Dates! When? Want to avoid WoLyse week (so I don't murder myself with too much writing), but also want to avoid other big shipping weeks (apparently WoLNero week was the same week as Lyse this time, which was... awkward). So:
2.1: Patch 4.3 day for a week! Makes sense, it's Yotsuyu's big send-off, seems the obvious choice. So that'd be 22-29 May. Six months away. Will I remember in that time? Hmm.
2.2: December 5-12! Birthday week. Fuck it! Nice and close, but with enough time to drum up attention. Too close, though? I have no idea. Probably.
2.3: Full mooon??? Time it to end on the full and/or new moon? Lunar theme, it fits, but also that's a bastard and a half to figure out. Especially if it runs year-on-year.

3. Does. Anyone. Actually want to do this aside from me? That's the million dollar question, huh. Obviously it'd be writing, gpose, art, whatever, but interest checks would probably be helpful ahead of time. Hmm. HMMMMMMM.

4. Graphics! That... should be easy enough, honestly. I've got an idea in mind already, just need to find the cutscene and snatch a screenshot. Get ideas from other WoL ship weeks for formatting and such. Just gotta find 'em again.

5. AO3 collection Question Mark??? I don't know how to do that. I don't know if there's any point in doing so. I need to scream into the void first and see how many Yotsuyu fuckers scream back.

So yeah. Some teething issues to figure out first.'

November 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

No matter the universe, no matter the partner, lizard will never quite know how to deal with a new relationship. Lord help her when I get to Wheels of Moonlight.

November 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Using Photoshop for something more than just crimes. Nobody is more shocked than me, believe me.

November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Meanwhile, with the other lizard. No, not that lizard, the other one. No, not that one either-

November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

On the road again.

#ffxiv #gpose #localizard

November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Very little Arashi, very much me. Well, Arashi might be defined as a menace to society, but y'know. Mostly chosen to identify myself a little, keep things snappy, make people smile.

#wolqotd #localizard

November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Earth and Sky.

#ffxiv #gpose #localizard

November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

This actually came up in the latest Au Ra August, but I never got a chance to properly talk about it. This would be a post-EW quest while Arashi is recovering from her injuries sustained in Ultima Thule. She wants to get a pearl for her anniversary but can't make the journey.

#wolqotd #localizatd

November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Anyway, back to the things I should be writing instead of letting my whims throw the lizard back into the rabbit's arms. Note that this does not mean said lizard is safe, mind you. Far from it.

November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Anyway, here's a proper reference for the long-suffering viera. Also a handy height comparison. A fulm of difference without even counting the ears.

Also Sanda (the chocobo) is here. Hi Sanda (the chocobo). Please get off the table.

November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM

Wren, A Bird

@wordybird.bsky.social

Okay, lizard. We're just here to get a good reference picture for Lyna to use when we write more of whatever you two have going on. Just be cool and- Hey, no. No, stop that.

HEY! LIZARD NO!