#( ╳┊❝ OOC: The Lady Is Talking ❞. )

[biff-adventurer]

fuck lore strictness. seriously.

i don't care if you're a spongebob squarepants oc adapted for xiv. that's way more interesting and endearing to me than a character pretending to belong 100% to the game. fan content will never be canon and that kind of authenticity is both pretentious and impossible. unless you're part of the actual writing team, your work will always be fannish. and fan content is only at its best when it interprets, creates or transforms its source material. that is how art is actually made. by pushing boundaries and commenting on the themes at play.

plausibility and its degrees are there to let people in. i don't care whether they want to opt into the world of that character or not. "it's too much of a stretch" is not the fucking same thing as looking down on people for being cringe. but it's often used as a cover for judgment and elitism, and that's literally the opposite of what the ffxiv team is about.

yoshi p said, if you believe it can happen, it can happen.

square enix is a company that wants to sell a game. if the demand in the fandom is strong enough, or even if their own rules get in the way of telling a profitably interesting story, they will even change the lore or disregard it altogether. that's what leads to inconsistencies. and, honestly, consistency is not necessary to understand the themes of the story. if you want to make it happen, you can interpret as you please.

obviously, media literacy is at an all time low. some people break the lore without even thinking about whether or not it's even the same game anymore, or if they'll find any partners to be compatible with them based on how much they deviate. there are people, in the same vein, who literally say, "if it does not exist in the game, there is no basis for this idea and we will reject it." that kind of conservative nonsense is full of pretension and repression. both directions lead you into nonsense and, depending on the person's biases, move them to write stories riddled with unintentional bigotry.

i used to think my meteor survivor one punch man himbo would be seen as the lowest of the low. nope. people i know, thoughtful people, enthusiastic people, have been treated like shit because of this attitude of elitism. yeah, yeah, it's nothing new, but it fucking sucks. we're all playing dollies. most people prefer the playing part of roleplaying without actually behaving as writers. but the ones who delude themselves into thinking they are good writers, then go on to treat others like they are less than, is fucking ridiculous.

anyway, i'd much rather play with foster's home for imaginary friends adopted for xiv than pretend to an imaginary standard unrooted in compassion or the spirit of real creativity.

[r3dblccd]

TOON ME! (A) & (B) | mun vs. muse

practically snatched from @caelcstis

mun | minsung mrithun | nao (in the angel verse) yongsun | ubon

[lunarruled]

Headcanon: Aunt Joan

This woman means just as much to Kyleigh as her actual mother does. Aunt Joan took her in (along with her husband Uncle Tony) to raise her and guide her through life after her biological parents were killed. She was the one who told her about what she was and tried to show her how to adjust to that new world. She's the woman that put up with all the fighting and lying that Kyleigh did when she was younger, the one who she went to when she was upset about something, and the one that would laugh right along with Kyleigh at all the dumb things she thought were funny. And while she no longer lives with her aunt or works at the diner (depending on the verse), those places will always be Kyleigh's true home. So if she talks about her aunt with you that means she feels comfortable around you, trusts that she can tell you about the place she holds so dear to her heart. Now if she takes you to meet her aunt, well then that means you must be VERY special to her. But be warned; if Aunt Joan doesn't like you she will tell Kyleigh, and that means she will have a tough decision to make about you continuing to be a part of her life.

[missallanea]

thinking about some of my D&D characters that I'm not playing / haven't gotten to play... my earth genasi monk with a shattered chest that looks like boulder opal fissures. the half-elf ranger raised by dwarves, who doesn't understand why she hunts so much better at night. the mushroom druid elf who lives deep in the swamps. the shifter blood-hunter whose clan sought to gain more strength, landing her in prison. the living shadow tiefling, with a trail of bodies in her wake. a wild magic sorceress with no idea where she's from or where she's going.

[araneitela]

Sometimes I forget that I'm almost only 35, because I'm mentally so tired, I feel like I'm 72.

[deathfavor]

old people are so wild omg 😂

[storybounded]

I love my good boy. I don't talk about him often, but my street suave pooch is really fun to play whenever I get the chance 👏

[cauterisen]

truly need a ymza and kronk dynamic for kimiko if i'm being so honest

[tymptir]

Otps + notps + garlan

Sunshine boy deserves happiness so that’s always the primary OTP 😫 but for the purpose of the meme . . .

OTPs - Garlan x Leonette being one of the few marriages happening from love and not politics will never not make me cry tears of joy so here we are. I do have a massive soft spot for Garlan x Sansa too though ngl. the only Tyrell who was consistently kind to her . . . Garlan is the knight in shining armor Sansa always imagined and she looks at Loras instead 😒

nOTPs - no specific one tbh. other than me not seeing Garlan with men, but that’s not nOTP territory but rather a shipping preference.

[morningflew]

follow me on my multi and watch me yap about the girls thanks

[slverblood]

Today is gonna be another hc day. It will spark joy.

[marshalforgotten]

Alkebu-lan would be fascinated by Shadow, honestly. She would pester him with questions like an adhd kid with an emo kid.

[therestingplaceof]

*ahem*

pardon me for this but oh my gosh was that so good <3333

i love it like a lot a lot :D.

the writing.

the flow.

all of it was so nice and good :D.

but, wait, is that the Lady of the House’s (please forgive me if i am wrong with the title. i got horrible memories T^T) real name or is it just like a placeholder name?

i’m curious now :D.

or do i have to wait and see like the others :/?

//ooc:

WAAAAAAAAAAAAH THANK YOU SO MUCH 。゜゜(´Ｏ`) ゜゜。

ahem to answer your question, I think you're referring to "Rusalka" and "Shlyukha"? A rusalka is a sort of malicious spirit that's associated with water, and is often called Russia's version of the mermaid (apparently. I know zero russian, and google is a good friend of mine)

And "Shlyukha".... is uh. a very rude word for women/prostitutes. it means like whore, slut, or hooker, that kind of thing. (again, per what google tells me.) Hence her response to what he said.

[ravarui]

//When you are minding your own business by ironing your outfits in the hotel room

but suddenly the people in the room next to us start having really loud sex.

[andrewknightley]

Im playing the witch hunt dlc and the npcs are commenting how i fucked a pirate and 3 nugs i cant believe this

[lordgortrasha]

// there are absolutely Gortash enjoyers in the city who steal his posters and hang them up above the bed somewhere private