My RBB 2024 piece is!!! here!!! (and boy did I have some trouble finishing it lmao)
I'd apologize for the watermark but given the Everything, I will not.
In true me fashion, it's a crossover AU! I worked with @bibright as my writer to bring you defiance of prophecy, but Ignis this time!! He's really gone through the wringer, it's super good and there's a whole novel's worth of reading thanks to him!! You should read it if you like shadow of the colossus or want Noctis to live or (like us) love a man who's so devoted he'll corrupt himself to save his king's life.
The fic is here!! go read go read!!
[ID: an illustration depicting The Mystic, a massive armored figure standing in ancient ruins, and Ignis standing beneath with daggers in hand ready to challenge it. the sky is stormy, with lightning crackling behind it. It holds its arm out, pointed toward Ignis, with magic glowing around its wrist. Ignis stands at the foot of the stairs leading to its base, his clothes scuffed and ragged, with Carbuncle sitting on his right shoulder and the Trident of the Oracle strapped to his back. Where his sleeves are ripped, glowing runes are exposed on his arms.]