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HUH YEAH WHAT KIND OF PIECE OF SHIT WOULD DO THAT MY MAN? WHO COULD EVER?????

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It would be really funny if the Blood Lily is something only the wol can do. No modern white mages have done that one before and Kan E Senna is too scared to bring it up to you

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guy from a generic fantasy world that finds themself isekaid into another, equally generic fantasy world

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Dynamic references to the swinging action of the scythe-like weapons by 止戈zhige

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i decided i wanted to vaguely put out my thoughts on one particular thing on dawntrail

i'm not a good wordsmith or anything so don't expect anything profound lol

not that i think this will reach anyone anyway, it's almost 5am

i'll put it under a cut, that seems polite

generally i liked dawntrail but the thing that particularly bothered me (and, from what i understand, many people) were the scions.

ffxiv spent basically every expansion having you get to know these characters in one way or another until shadowbringers and endwalker where it really started hammering in that these people are supposed to be your very good friends, probably even your family.

well, the wol's but you get it.

like, to me, at least, there was definitely a found family vibe going on at the end of ew. and i liked how much it showed how much they cared about the wol.

but then dawntrail happens and, as my partner put it, they just kind of become like your coworkers? and, in some cases, coworkers that don't particularly like each other.

they sure are there. and you sure do stuff together. but. it definitely doesn't particularly feel like you went to the ends of the universe with these people except for maybe that one (1) scene with g'raha. there were a lot of opportunities to just add a little extra something to acknowledge the connection between the wol and the scions but it's left empty.

and i get it, we're building up a new story arc, we want new characters and backstory and stuff, but i feel like with that, we really could have just... left the scions to do their own thing? maybe call them in towards the end 'cause we need the big guns now but.

idk.

maybe we just go to tuliyollal with krile because she's technically the one we know about the least and she has reason to go anyway and then later in patches we have to find the scions for whatever reason and tell them about all the crazy shit we went through.

honestly estinien can still be there like a fucking cryptid, seems accurate. just maybe give us a bit more lol

doing this weird halfway thing really did a disservice i think and they should've went all in on the scions being there or just not had them come with the wol at all.

buuuut that's just meeee

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More assorted doodles of my FFXIV Catman and friends...

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Jumbo Ask Game

Relationships

💖 Has your OC ever been in love, be it romantic or platonic or otherwise? Who with and did they ever express their feelings or keep it private? How long did these feelings persist / do they still feel this way?

❌ What kind of things would end any relationship for them? Is there a history behind why these things bother them? Could they ever take someone back despite this? If so or if not, why?

💋 How affectionate are they with their friends? Their family? Their romantic partner(s) (if they have any)? Are they more physical or emotional when it comes to displaying their affection? Why?

🌹 How easy is it for them to connect with others and make friends? On the flip side how easy is it for them to make an enemy of someone? Are they the kind of person who hangs around the food table at a party and never talks to anyone or are they the type who can talk to anyone?

🍒 What kind of things do they expect from their relationships? Does this differ between platonic relationships and romantic ones? Is your OC “demanding” or a door mat? What kinds of things do people expect from them in a relationship?

Preferences

🔥 Give us a list of general likes and dislikes, such as colours, textures, music, weather and other stuff!

🍊 What is your OC’s favourite meal? Snack? Dessert? Drink? Any reasons behind this besides liking how it tastes?

What is your OC’s most hated food? Stuff they can’t stand to eat or drink?

🍑 Where is your OC’s favourite place to relax or calm down? Recount a story of their time spent in this place! What makes it so special to them?

Is there anywhere your OC hates to go to? Anywhere that stresses them out or have negative memories of?

🧡 Who is your OC’s favourite person? Why is this person the top of their list and have they actually met them (an idol or rolemodel or celeb can be someone’s favourite after all!).

Who does your OC absolutely hate, the one person who they’d sell to Satan for one corn chip? Why do they loathe this person so?

📙 What kind of subjects (of conversation, of discussion, in school or whatever) does your OC find interesting or engaging or that they can talk for hours about? What kind of stuff do they just find fun?

What things bore your OC to tears and they couldn’t care less about? Why?

Emotions

😊 What can make your OC smile even when they’re feeling down? What cheers them up and makes everything feel better for them? Is your OC genrally a happy person and do they enjoy making others smile? What about your OC makes others happy?

⭐ What is your OC afraid of? Any crippling phobias or some such? How do they act when scared and what helps them calm down? Does anyone ever find your OC scary? Why?

🍋 Does your OC act petty and jealous easily? What sort of things make them feel like this and do they experience guilt for getting so worked up? How do they deal with these emotions when they get them? If your OC doesn’t feel like this often, why not?

📀 How easy is it to shock your OC? To confuse them? To lie to them, to manipulate them? How are they with feelings of trust? Can your OC be trusted?

💛 In general, how in control of their emotions is your OC? Do they have a good hold on them or do their emotions control them, not the other way around? What do you think is the reason behind this and is your OC ever concerned about their lack of or good control?

Mental Health

🌳 Compare your OC to themself from 10 years ago. How has their mental state changed since then, how have they aged and grown up? Would they say they’re in a better place than they were back then or do they need help? What advice would they give their younger self? What advice would their younger self give to them now?

🍏 Does your OC have any triggers? What is the history behind these triggers and are they related to any disorders or mental illnesses? In what ways does your OC react to being triggered?

🥝 What does a bad mental health day look like for your OC? Walk us through it with them. What kind of things can help them out of this slump and what kinds of things comfort them when they start to feel like this?

🍐 What is your OC’s mentality? Are they overall positive? Negative? A bit of both? Describe their thought patterns and reasoning behind their choice making!

💚 Talk about some of the traumatic events in your OC’s life. These events can be ones that have happened to them or a loved one. These events can be minor or major.

History

💧 What is the earliest memory your OC can recall? Do they know what their first words were or remember where they took their first steps? Do they have any mementos of their childhood they’ve kept such as a stuffed toy or tiny baby clothes?

🌠 Who was your OC’s first friend? Do they remember them or are they still friends now? Talk about some of the people your OC has lost contact with over the years. Do they have any regrets about losing these people and would they revist them if they could?

💙 What did your OC want to be when they grew up and why? Did they have any lifelong dreams or ambitions they never got to work on or are they currently working to achieve this dream? Has their life taken a very unexpected turn and put all these plans on hold for a while or have they given up on any dreams?

🌀 Where is your OC from? Where were they born? Do they still live there, if not why did they move? If they still live in the area how has it changed since their childhood? How many places has your OC lived in and where has been their favourite?

💤 What was your OC like as a baby, a child and as a teen? (if your OC is a teen or a child, what will they be like as an adult?). How have they changed since then? What lessons have they learned and what things about their youth do they miss the most? Do they have any general regrets?

This or That

🍇 Day or Night? Sun or Rain? Summer or Winter?

🛍️ Function or Aesthetic? Skirts or Pants? Heels or Flats?

🔮 Star gazing or cloud watching? Hand-holding or snuggles? Early mornings or late nights?

💜 Music or Silence? Swords or Spells? Cities or Nature?

🍆 Tea or Coffee or Hot Chocolate? Sweet or Spicy? Fruits or Vegetables?

Features

🌸 What does your OC’s voice sound like? Their laugh? Are they good at singing? Do they have an accent?

🎀 Do they wear a specific accessory with a special meaning behind it? What is their usual fashion sense like? What do they wear when they want to be comfortable and what do they wear when they’re going to a fancy party? Or do they just not care?

💗 What would your OC say is their best feature? Why? What do their friends / family / lover(s) / people they know think is their best feature and why?

🌺 Does your OC have any tattoos or other body art? Does their body art have any specific meaning behind it? Do they have any scars? How did they get those scars? Any birthmarks?

🌷 In what ways would your OC alter their body if they could? How would they do it using mundane means (hair dye, surgery, make-up?). What is their ideal look for themself?

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curious about ffxiv player age distribution because i feel like most of the players i see are older than me so poll time!!!

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"Hyur are so boring, why would you play a human in a fantasy game?"

Fine. Whatever. You find the idea of playing a human boring. But I'm kind of getting sick of people saying this to me, a hyur enjoyer, sometimes even directly under my own screenshots of my OCs.

Hyur in FFXIV are a *wildly* fascinating take on the "humans in a fantasy setting" that we often see in video games. They're an almost complete subversion of "humans are the dominant culture that everyone assimilates into and also they did a colonialism at some point, which is why their language is The Common One".

Meanwhile, hyur in ffxiv? They're MIGRANTS.

They're NOT the dominant culture. Are they the most numerous population in a lot of places? Sure. Because they have kids out the wazoo, but I digress. Hyur in ffxiv are defined by their adaptability and willingness to assimilate. They're *so* defined by adaptability that there are at least three major historical events throughout the astral and umbral eras called "The Great Hyur Migration". Hyur only arrived in Ishgard after the dragonsong war had started and you'd be hard pressed to find any modern Hyur born and raised in Ishgard who would define themself as anything *other* than Ishgardian. Their names may be slightly different than Ishgardian elezen, but I would theorize that might just come down to class dynamics as while hyuran noble houses exist, they're not common. However in Hingashi they've completely assimilated into eastern Raen culture, as an example. I actually hesitate to find any place we know ingame to be completely dominated by hyur, because in Gridania despite the elementals picking hyur to be padjal the culture seems to be most influenced by wildwood elezen, and in ala mhigo while hyur are the most populous of demographics, the entire culture seems to be a marriage of hellsguard and miqo'te. Ul'dah is clearly highly influenced by lalafell above all, and limsa lominsa is heavily developed by the sea wolf roegadyn. Hyur just kind of fit themselves in and adapt to what everyone around them is doing.

So why is the language spoken by all the peoples in Eorzea the same? Isn't that the hyuran language? Nope! It's pretty explicitly said that the common language is a pidgin tongue that was deliberately developed by merchants and was adopted widespread out of convenience. They even say that Tural took inspiration from this in developing their own (and it's only coincidentally similar enough that your party can understand it with minimal language barrier, funnily enough. That's a hilarious way to handwave 'eh, game mechanics' tbh).

Anyway hyurs are really cool and I really want to see more people appreciating them for the interesting lore they do have and also exploring this concept more. Like making their hyurs naturally predisposed to learning multiple languages for example.

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stop letting me say whatever i want

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Just a little curious.

Personally I use Anamnesis cause something about the lines all over the body with Ktisis activates my anxiety and I'm nice and comfortable with Anam. (Honestly, I already had to learn an entirely new tool once, I don't want to do it again.)

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some other fun gpose things from ktisis and brio :>

ktisis - autosave function don't let the ddos attacks get you down.

ktisis - pose monsters, mounts, and other unusual models by toggling on the "other" and "body" bones

ktisis - wrangle full control of the camera mess around with the camera's position, field of view, rotation and more. lock it to one character even as you edit others. disable collision and turn off the game's limit on how far the camera can be moved or rotated.

brio - make some fun effects (with these two boxes at the bottom of the appearance popout)

alpha adjusts transparency wet/wet depth does what it says on the tin tints make your character and gear fully change color, great for silhouette effects. the body/hair/other color options give you control over things like body and skin gloss too. i've used this to give a gold luster to skin for a sin eater look.

examples of alpha and tint adjustments:

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I have a few of these tbh. The most obvious one is one I've mentioned before but pretty much anytime some Garlean or other is spouting off about how if we really wanted a peaceful world we'd stop fighting them because the Empire is nothing if not internally peaceful Lyneth would be climbing up them like a tree to grab them by the face and scream "SUBJUGATION IS NOT PEACE!" until they got the message or passed out from the violent shaking.

As for snark, the biggest example I can think of there is that Lyneth would not have let the Exarch get away with pretending not to know anything about G'raha Tia. As soon as she asked about him and got told "Oh.. uh.. never heard of him." she would have spent the rest of Shadowbringers right up until the reveal snarkily calling the Exarch "Not-G'raha" at every opportunity. "That is a fascinating insight, Not-G'raha. Glad you're here and able to control this tower even though you are definitely not the only guy I know of who can do that. Obviously."

Silly FFXIV WoL Question.

Do you have any headcanons for how your WoL may have responded to notable pieces of NPC (or antagonist) dialogue during the MSQ?

Was there a statement that they could not help but challenge? A sentiment with which they voiced their wholehearted agreement? Perhaps a proclamation to which they could not help but respond with a snarky aside? Or maybe even an innuendo that they couldn't resist pointing out...