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Arkin [DT 7.3]
@arkinfluffson.bsky.social
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FFXIV catboy, g'raha enjoyer, housing gremlin & unfortunate frontline enthusiast. Primal/Exo

Me irl: artist, writer, 40, she/her [🔞, no AI/NFTs]
My fic: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Chickadddddd

#arkinposting #arkinwriting #arkindrawing
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Arkin [DT 7.3] @arkinfluffson.bsky.social · Aug 9
Day 7: I Love You for #WoLGrahaWeek2025 (and today, #grahatiaday!)

I did it, I finished Take Me Lost, Make Me Found! Enjoy not one but TWO final chapters for G'raha and his Warrior 💕

Read Chapter 8 and 9 here: archiveofourown.org/works/619446...

[ #ffxivfic #shbspoilers #wolgraha #arkinwriting ]
“Why me?” G’raha whispers, though perhaps he begins to see the shape of the answer. Arkin smiles, his hand grazing G’raha’s shoulder, trying once again to heal the hurt there. This time, G’raha focuses on relaxing. “I could ask you the same thing. I saw you, you know. In an Echo. You spoke of giving up your life for mine. And not only your life, but your precious time spent living. Why me? I wondered. Because I’m the Warrior of Light and Darkness? A tool worth saving at any cost?” G’raha is already shaking his head, but he stills when Arkin thumbs over the shard of crystal in his cheek, wiping the tears there. “Will you tell me?” his Warrior asks, so close their breath mingles. G’raha’s heart hammers in his chest, and he can feel its mirror all the way in Arkin’s fingertips. They find one another’s gaze, dizzy and almost overwhelming in their shared intensity. It was a truth G’raha had hardly let himself consider, even within the confines of his Tower, his hood and robe shed in the solitude of the small hours. He pauses, unsure of how to give voice to it. “It was the memory of you at first,” he begins slowly, “of our short time together. Those memories warmed me when little else could. And then, as the years passed… it was the myth of you. From what few scraps I had gathered before I arrived on the First.” The words come faster now, tumbling out of him. “Accounts spoke of your strength, aye, but even more of your boundless kindness, and I pinned my hopes on meeting that man once more before my end. But from the moment you let me into your room that night… the way you opened your heart for me, I—” The admission bubbles up, spills over. “‘Twas because I fell in love with you, over and over and over.”
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hnjun.bsky.social
Strawpage request

It's always a yearning competition

"kei walks in on graha sleeping with kei body pillow"
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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mochanox.bsky.social
I forgot to post this here, back when Kael still had short hair!
A little character dynamics study!

God, I love drawing Estinien. I can’t wait to doodle some Wolstinien with Bunlady >.<
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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singing-swan.bsky.social
🎨 Bon appétit!
Nao is seated, with G’raha on his knees between her legs; he’s very enthusiastically eating her out. She looks flushed but can still manage a satisfied smile, calling him a good boy 🩷
August 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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singing-swan.bsky.social
Wanted to try and redraw my very first wolgraha comic! One year later and I still love drawing them be pining disasters 🥰

#wolgraha #wolexarch
A wolgraha comic between the Crystal Exarch and a female Au ra named Nao. They’re walking around Crystarium, with people staring at him in a very unsubtle way. She elbows him teasingly and says “They’re all staring at you pretty hard, huh.” He lets out a small laugh, then responds sheepishly: “Well, after all these years… I can hardly fault them for finally indulging their curiosity.” “They probably need to get used to their old Exarch turning out to be so cute, too”, she responds, her teasing look still on her face. In the background, he looks shocked, his ears straight and a small blush on his cheeks; he’s definitely picked up on her calling him cute. He turns to her, blush spreading and lets out a flat “What.” She looks back and answers identically, starting to blush too. She’s starting to realise the word she used. Then he looks down, entire face nearly as red as his hair now as he squeaks, “thank you???”. She’s still looking at him and appears increasingly panicked and embarassed. “…You’re welcome,” she replies, trying (and failing) to play it cool. In the last panel she closes her eyes and tries to hold it together, smile shaky and cheeks blazing as she’s internally screaming “WHY DID I SAY THAAAAT”. Next to her he looks lost in his own world, the wiggle of his ears making his happiness plain to see. The word “cute” repeats endlessly in his mind; he’s going to ride that high for a while.
November 8, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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eurogamer.bsky.social
"Neither safe nor accessible" - Final Fantasy 14 fans raise big concerns about next US Fan Fest event, claiming Square Enix risks failing disabled players again

www.eurogamer.net/final-fantas...
Final Fantasy 14 trailer screenshot showing close-up of Sphene, with short grey hair and oversized yellow collar
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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naejlas-axe.bsky.social
Caught in the Jackal's jaws

aka

Being made to do something unnecessarily dangerous by @mistswarden.bsky.social's Steak and frowning about it even though you know you'll go through with it anyway.

(His sisters beat the shit out of you the last time you *could* have helped him and chose not to.)
Lejo stands at a bar with ale in hand, while Steak sits on the bar and leans in close, clinking his own ale against Lejo's. They are framed by the jaws of a great beast.
June 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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etheirysformula.bsky.social
ALL MY DREAMS. COME TRUE
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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carmenfflv.bsky.social
Haurchefant ✨❤️ #ffxiv
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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tsuyuna.bsky.social
good boy, etc.

| #gposers • #nsftuna • #thanshtola |
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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darthourobix.bsky.social
i'm so sorry to everyone and but especially to steven yeun
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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allaganeyes.bsky.social
this explains why hes so good at voicing graha
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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decafdraws.bsky.social
Fan art based off Eorzea Academy

#graha #yshtola #ffxiv #ff14 #EorzeaAcademy
G'raha Tia is in a school uniform, standing by a window. He appears to be speaking to his teacher, Y'shtola, who is dressed in a sweater writing something on the chalk board. G'raha speaks: "Y'shtola, do I strike you as 'submissive and breedable'?" Y'shtola answers: "G'raha, the only thing you ought to worry about is making sure your paper is submitted and readable."
May 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
arkinfluffson.bsky.social
Elysium, Arkin's Lightwarden, might use Weight of the World (Prelude Version)

...may have gona down a big rabbit hole listening to raid themes for the past hour 😅

#arkinposting

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPSO...
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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dawnforged.bsky.social
8. Trial

Duty pop: Feast of the Ascension

"The unthinkable has happened—the Warrior has succumbed to the Light. Though it pains you to put what once was your dearest friend to the sword, you know it will only be a mercy. Free the beast from its sorrows."

#origposes #MiqoMarch #MiqoMarch2025
a monstrosity in white and gold appears in a celestial arena. the beast's face is blank like a mannequin, and it has 6 pairs of arms wreathed around it. its lower half is quadrupedal, almost mechanical in appearance. wings of white and gold unfurl, the only display of emotion. the caption reads: lightwarden algea, the unforgiven.
March 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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dawnforged.bsky.social
Combining two weeks' worth of #SixSentenceSaturday into one post so that means I get 12 sentences, yes? Yes. And that means you get a baker's dozen :)

Bad end AU: the birth of Blasphemy Potheinos.

tw: body horror, character death

#wol:caluto #oriwrites
#SixSentenceSaturday 11/8: Clear direction / the scent of food + 11/15: Ignoring someone / something breaking If nothing else would raise Calu'to's spirits, Cahya thought, then surely his favourite dish would at least do him some good; steam and a savoury, honeyed aroma wafted from the tray as she approached the weathered, time-worn door that led to the bedroom her brothers once shared, cracked ever so slightly just as she'd left it so she could hear if he stirred. She gently knocked in the pattern they'd used as children to let him know she'd come calling, listening and frowning slightly when she received no response. "It's me," she said, and pushed on when still he did not answer, "I know what you—actually, no, I can't possibly presume to know what you're going through right now, but…" Sighing with a heavy heart, she nudged the door open with her foot to peer around the door. "You can't keep skipping meals, you know he wouldn't want you to—Calu'to!" The tray slipped from between her fingers and fell to the floor with an almighty crash, earthenware shattering upon impact and hot food scalding her where it spilled down her front, but Cahya felt nothing, heard nothing over the sudden thundering of her heartbeat rushing in her ears—she could only stare in abject horror at the scene unfolding before her. Calu'to sat curled upon himself on the edge of his old bed, shoulders hunched up to his jaw as he gripped, tugged, clawed at his hair, wild-eyed and muttering to himself—but most alarming was the dark, malicious aura that visibly emanated from her brother's form. Every fibre of her being screamed at her to flee, but somehow Cahya marshalled the courage to force herself into action; on trembling legs she nevertheless staggered forward, meaning to cross the room whose threshold she'd paced a thousand thousand times before, a shaking hand outstretched before her, so close she could feel the chill of the dark aura send goose pimples up her arms and down her spine— "No, get back!" Strong arms embraced her from behind and wrenched her away at the same moment Calu'to's head snapped unnaturally toward her, like he'd finally noticed her presence, those wild eyes now fully fixed upon her like a beast upon its prey; most frightening of all, his sclera had bled an inky black, hollow and dripping down his chin, and she recoiled back with a petrified shriek. Her rescuer wrested her further still, maneuvering her to stand between her and the twisted form of Calu'to, and it wasn't until they spoke again that she recognized the voice as their oldest sibling. "Get ahold of yourself, brother!" cried Calu'a, the crack in his voice betraying terror equal to Cahya's own, and he backed the both of them closer to the door even as he held her steady and barked, "Go find Da!" though he needn't have said it—a breath later Uda'li burst into the room with his staff drawn, and the indescribable look that dawned upon her father's face when he laid eyes upon his youngest son made Cahya's stomach lurch. She spun back around in time to catch the last glimpse of humanity flicker in her brother's eyes—the last she would ever see of him at all—as recognition lit them for the barest moment, before a guttural cry that wretched itself from Calu'to's lips, his form twisting and contorting in the instant the swirling darkness grew to a tempest and engulfed him in a macabre cocoon; even through the roaring winds, the crunch of bone and agonized wails bore into Cahya's very soul for what seemed an eternity—and at the end of it all, the horrific visage of the nightmarish creature that emerged from within would haunt her for the rest of her days. With one final gut-wrenching, almost mournful screech, the monster took wing—house exploded around them, and Cahya was blinded by a flash of white magic as Calu'a flung himself upon her, and she knew no more.
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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dawnforged.bsky.social
#wolqotd #wol:erahez

Lightwarden AU: Algea (E’rahez) uses “From the Heavens (Orchestral)”

Our shadows lost in light, this life
A fleeting kiss
Hark! Temptation rings!
Virtue slips through hands a-clenching wicked fruit
Passion festers, black'ning sinless souls to root

youtu.be/W3mB3Q1rlok?...
April 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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winter.etheirys.social
i'm tapping the sign because a lot of people just seem to forget that "nsfw" doesn't just mean porn. it means "not safe for work." would i get sent to HR for having this on my computer monitor? yes? then it's not safe for work. for the love of everything that is holy, stop erasing the meaning.
rembutt.bsky.social Rembutt🏳️‍⚧️ @rembutt.bsky.social · 24d
Look, I get it.
Fuck the system.
But please for the love of god label your shit if its nsfw.
If someone is naked, it's nsfw.
It means: Not Safe For Work.
This isn't a euphemism.
It's literal.
If I open blue at work for a cheeky scroll to see how moots r doing, I shouldn't have to watch my 6.
Thanks.
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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enduro.bsky.social
Getting hung up on Bajihri men, am I right? 😏
#wolgraha #ffxivart
Page 1 of a 4 page comic. Panel 1: Raih'a sits atop a peak by Saint Coinach's Find. Panel 2: Raih'a looks surprised as G'raha says from behind him, "I would've expected you to be off visiting your sister by now." Panel 3: Raih'a looks back at him, answering, "Ah...no. Her sisters and mother are visiting this week, and it's usually better for all if I make myself scarce on such occasions." Panel 4: G'raha sits down beside him, wondering, "Mayhaps this is one of those odd Keeper things...?" Panel 5: Raih'a explains, "In our tribe, the men travel." Panel 6: A shot of the moon as Raih'a continues, "They visit their families but a few times a year, arms laden with what the Shroud cannot naturally provide." Page 2 of a 4 page comic. Panel 1: G'raha looks surprised as he listens, thinking, "He's usually so reluctant to talk about himself..." Panel 2: A shot of Raih'a's parents, embracing, as Raih'a narrates, "Deeply bound as they were, Father stayed with Mother for moons at a time, reluctantly leaving only when supplies truly ran dry." Panel 3: A faded shot of Raih'a's father, smiling as he looks back. "But on one such resupply journey, he...never came back." Panel 4: A memory of a young Raih'a seeing his mother crying in another room. "Mother never even found out what happened. There was no body to bury, no answers, no closure." Panel 5: A shot of young Raih'a peeking, looking upset as he watches. "I think it tore her up inside, somewhere deep enough in a place that could not heal." Panel 6: A shot of Raih'a, smiling as he looks back. He appears very similar to his father. "You've asked before if my mismatched eyes bothered me, remember? Well, I've been told I look just like Father. Unlike his daughters, I even have one of his eyes." Page 3 of a 4 page comic. Panel 1: Raih'a closes his eyes with a bitter smile. "It must have hurt her all these years to see him in me. These days, I'd rather not remind her of unpleasantries if I can help it." Panel 2: Raih'a looks up as G'raha responds, "...I don't know, I wouldn't worry that much about it." Panel 3: G'raha flashes a cheeky smile. "After all, -you're- not handsome enough to get -that- hung up about, Raih'a Bajihri." Panel 4: They look at each other for a moment. Panel 5: Raih'a smiles as G'raha is caught off-balance by his response - "...You think I'm handsome, G'raha? (That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me!)" G'raha thinks, "Nevermind! I don't care! I -hate- this guy!" End of scene. Page 4 of a 4 page comic. A banner in the upper left corner reads: Extra - Many years later, Graha Tia remembers something a little embarrassing. A chibi G'raha in modern day is grabbing his head, looking flustered as Raih'a peeks over his shoulder with concern, going, "...Raha? You okay?" An arrow pointing to G'raha is labelled, "THE most hung-up guy in all the Shards, actually."
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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fugashi117.bsky.social
11/26 いい風呂の日♨️
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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keelster361.bsky.social
TW: Pet sickness.

My darling cat, Honey, is sick. She's currently at the vets and being monitored. But the bill is going to be high.

Our insurance will only cover so much and we're struggling.

If anyone can help donate I'd be forever greatful...or please share

Link below

#donate #share
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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syousinnproject.bsky.social
漆黒のヴィランズ
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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dolcet.bsky.social
🌷 EMERGENCY DISCOUNT COMMS! pls 🔄 5 slots available! need $95 before 11/28 for rent. anything more will be for food if you see this post comms are still open!
🍯FB: $85
🍃HB: $55
✨BUST: $45
🍅CHIBI: $35

☕️: ko-fi.com/dolcet/commi...
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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hellocloudy.bsky.social
Hiiiii! I have ✨cat stuff✨ - stickers, prints, pins, keychains, coasters, ceramics.......

hellocloudyart.etsy.com
ceramic worry stones, shaped like loafing cats a bunch of colorful prints, mostly depicting cats a holographic sticker of a small black cat peeking from behind a sword stuck in a rock a set of 4 coasters depicting black cats surrounded by black plants on a blue background with moon and stars
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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shaaloani.bsky.social
Griffin Hatchling my beloved birb. #FFXIV #FFXIVART #LudoART
sketch of a griffin hatchling from ffxiv
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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mgosketches.bsky.social
Old Pikachu
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM