#Banana plays FFXIV

[deathandthesoul]

Main tanking feels like driving a car and the ride's going smoothly and you take a look in the rear view mirror and everyone's on fire or dead

[galpalaven]

kiri had a photo-op with a fan uwu

[rigil-kentauris]

i think the other legates would have torn valens to shreds

like im glad he didnt win his little weapons gambit but i would have paid money to see him step foot in the capital and see all thirteen other legates turn slowly and look at him with who is this clown expressions

[cobaltfluff]

HELLO AMAZARASHI'S ED FOR NIER USES CATCHER IN THE RYE IMAGERY??? MY EMOTIONS

[bananarose]

Banana Rose Warrior Of Light

The ever-vaunted Warrior of Light. All 3 feet of her. She may be small but all those who have made the mistake of underestimating her have come to regret it. Her prowess on the battlefield rivals her intense passion for her friends and fellow scions, for whom she will always fight for.

From humble beginnings as a fledgling conjurer in Gridania, she has always had a taste for adventure and a drive to help those in need. Whether that means delivering a few sandwiches, or providing some much needed healing magicks amidst war and carnage.

In her free time between bouts of exploring new places and saving the world, you can find her serving up delicious breakfast foods at the Sunnyside Uppies cafe in Gridania's Lavender Beds.

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Thank you for checking out my character information! I'm gonna drop some quick info below so you can continue to get to know her! Full Name: Banana Rose Nicknames: Rose, Nanners Pronouns: She/They Canon Classes/Jobs: White Mage, Dancer, Astrologian, Culinarian, Weaver Origin City: Gridania Likes: Cookies, making new friends, trying foods from all over Eorzea and beyond, biting ankles teasing the tall folk Dislikes: Summer in Gyr Abania, being treated like a child, eggs

This character is my main character, the one I made years ago to play the game with. I made her prior to any interest in roleplaying within ffxiv and as such she is, for the most part, a self-insert character. Her story follows the events of the game, with my own personal tweaks and headcanons here and there, and some posts about her may contain spoilers leading up to and including the latest major story patch. I will do my best to tag any major spoilers, and to avoid spoilers during in-game rp, but sometimes I can make mistakes!

[nekowreck]

well kids today we learned ourselves an important lesson. dont play ffxiv. nobody dodges the orange shapes correctly, and when you tell them how to, they have a meltdown. okay? play metal gear or donkey kong country. no orange shapes in those ones. donkey kongs got yellow shapes, i call them bananas. okay?

[astrxthesiai]

SHIPPING INFO. answer the following for your muses so people know how shipping works on your blog.

IMPORTANT: ;-; The comfort of my rp partners is key.

What is your OTP for your character(s)?

A whole bunch, I should probably make a list… Oops.  Some will not make it to the list, and be kept a secret.

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

Ages will depend on the character and verse at the mun/mod’s discretion.  Final Fantasy XIV, many of its characters are in their 20s and 30s or physically are in that range.  As an example, Miyuki is 19-21 in one verse and as Sarangerel (FFXIV verse) she is in her 20s.  Miyuki is around 19 in her Banana Fish verse (In that verse, nsfw is the last thing on Miyuki’s mind).  If we are playing flashbacks to memories in pre-established pairings, I will age down the characters as needed and nsfw will not appear.

Ten to fifteen-ish years tops for those over the age 18 and 21.  I do have a character that has a thing for older men.  She is 26-28.  For immortal characters, it really depends on their physical age and the headcanons.  I also want to keep things comfortable.

Four-ish years for anyone in the 18-21 area, again over the age of 18.  I am looking at you in some of your verses, Miyuki T8<.

It gets tricky in the 17-19 area, so I steer clear of nsfw.  This also includes fade to black.  Eiji is considered an adult in Japan at 20 years old and Ash is considered an adult in the US at 18.  For that pairing specifically, and anyone paired with Ash, I steer clear of nsfw.  That is the last thing on Ash’s mind and for Eiji’s.

Two years for anyone 17 and younger.  I steer clear of nsfw.

Who are other characters you ship your character with?

Check the list.

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

Yes, or I won’t know if you wish to ship with me.  I’d love it if it just happens in a meme one day, but otherwise I’m oblivious.

I would like to get to know my partner a bit more before we do though.  However, I am very shy and guarded.  I roleplay f/f, nb/nb, f/nb, m/nb, and m/f openly, but when it comes to m/m, I usually do that with friends because I am inexperienced with writing sex between men.  However, when it comes to nsfw headcanons, that is a different story.

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

It really depends…?  In the past, I was obsessed with shipping, to be honest.  Now, not so much.  In fact, I generally like bickering and crack to happen.  Keep me on my toes, I’ll do my best to do the same.

Are you multi-ship?  

For the most part, but for some characters on this blog, I am no-ship or single-ship.  My partners can have different statuses when it comes to shipping.  I’m also interested in polyamory between characters if all muses are equally loved.  While that may not happen in real life, I’d like to dream.

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

I ship a lot of things in the fandom and see potential ships, however, I love rarepairs and crack ships.  I am OC x Canon trash, but I am OC x OC and Canon x Canon friendly.

Finally, how does one ship with you?

Get in touch with me and tell me about a ship you want to have with my character.  Platonic, familial, antagonistic, or Romantic, give it to me straight.  Send an ask, I am shit when it comes to Tumblr DMing.  (I am a deer in the headlights.)  For romance and anything explicit, I may say nay or yay depending on my muse/character’s headcanoned preferences.

Tag: Everyone. 

Tagged from: You mean stolen from the dashboard ;_;

[cerastes]

new FFXIV outfit. Now you too can say "Wifi Savage raiding is alright if you are close to the router"

This is literally the only thing that’s made me feel a bit bad for not playing FF14 anymore ever since I stopped, not being able to color this banana yellow, make a “WARUI NE” macro that plays whenever I use Aeolian Edge or Bhava, and finish instances with “I don’t even play this game”.

[callmearcturus]

Dave wouldn’t play persona, but DIRK would and he would somehow convince Dave to play too (maybe for the ~irony~). If not dirk, then roxy def would and she can totally convince any of the striders to play. Actually maybe she started it first

Roxy plays everything. I think she likes SMT more because its more strategic. Dirk likes Persona over SMT because he'd never admit it but he likes the life sim elements and gets invested in characters on a level Roxy doesn't.

But Dirk cried at Undertale's ending and Roxy did not, so. That said, both of them agree Digital Devil Saga is fucking bananas shithive and love it.

I am still holding firm that you could not make Dave Strider play a story-driven RPG over 30 hours long. At best, he'll watch Karkat play, but only sporadically and he'd need recaps of what he missed. He'd do FFXIV with his friends but it's a social thing. Without the group play element, Dave's just not there for it.

[deathandthesoul]

The game models in FFXIV don't do Estinien justice. He can canonically do pushups singlehanded with one finger. He should be ripped as all fuck. Insane levels of beef. And think about how high he can jump. He has to have an ass that won't quit. My master's thesis

[nochi-quinn]

candela obscura chapter 1 episode 2: hey entire table what the fuck

still enjoying matt in shirtsleeves

still weird that his wrists are naked

are his sideburns going grey? like under the bulk of his hair

this is a scene that jumped into matt's head fully formed and he has to give all the details

source: been there

auggie!

that's my son!

vexnvax syndrome strikes again

going 'yum' just as charlotte's art pops up: correct

if there's one thing anjali's going to do it's play a hot lady in period clothing

"I've been smoking since I was eight" "then you can find your own smokes"

"sir, ma'am - " "doctor"

mala: the three genders

is "otherwhere" like ffxiv and "anyroad" or is it like. a place.

if there's one thing laura's gonna do it's try to get a magical item out of the GM

thank you, howard

witcher potion

auggie, whose friend turned into an ice ghost not even a month ago: fuck you, werewolves aren't real

arlo: maybe SOME PEOPLE - not me - are just SHY - I'm not tho - and have TROUBLE with PEOPLE - except me, I'm fine

bidet

"let matthew know" snickersnort

"what's my name?"

your name is also matthew

I don't know why "make a sneak" makes me smile but it does

howard just faceplants in the background

the story's too long to tell here but one time a woman brained herself on a hamster cage in petsmart and that's all I could think of with the guard blocking auggie

this voice is very endearing

not weird but WEIRD weird

all this for a loaf of bread?

matt making up names off the top of his head

aha! drugs

oh no

Quite Betrothed

fate dating au

"have you ever seen boiled bacon?" revolting!

"I have moments where new information makes me somewhat uncomfortable" autism mood

"I'm gonna touch it" to "this was a mistake" pipeline

if any of them were gonna succeed this seems like where you would want to succeed

yeah, DEAD SCIENTISTS, HOWARD

howard is now craving bacon

I WAS JOKING

I also enjoy this voice very much

aha. veterans.

he is An Doctor

bottom table is ND as f u c k

channeling patrick loller from tiktok: "if you thank me for my service you have to give me $5"

pocket bacon!

yeah see, $5

"we're not doing Get Help"

and that's just what the couple did to the room!

oh shit it's the fuzz

"our first victorian shit!" robbie what

joke three people in the world will get: you can only poop in the designated areas

the whole table: howard no robbie: HOWARD YES

nose punch go CRUNCH

"HOWARD WENT ROGUE"

howard said acab

what is anjali feeding her dice

robbie do you want to tempt the wrath of the whatever

the secretary's a werewolf

with a very cute accent

"he was a horn player" "I bet he was"

"s e x u a l i n t e r c o u r s e"

howard

"I wanna take his badge" fearne lives

he ran into a doorknob"

"WHY DID YOU TALK"

"stairs is faster" confused me until I remembered some people can actually walk down stairs instead of having to take them one at a time, one foot then the other, while clinging to the rail for dear life

laura

the way my brain autofilled "stayed open during the pandemic"

"is he a tall lanky boy" tailed by slenderman

grumbles in public transportation

everybody gets to punch a cop!

cable car fun fact: I was reading dashiell hammet for the first time and had to google what a broadway car was bc he said it like 90 times in the first three pages

and I'm STILL not sure I got it right

"how do you know I'm OUP" "the everything about you"

"my name is gertrude! I mean ethel!"

"spend all the drives! you won't need them later!"

"steal the man of the cloth's cloth!"

[witcher voice] for your discretion

"if only you knew how I was making my money"

ty for not popping your shoulders out on stream anjali

(I originally said "popping them out" and decided specificity was necessary)

this music is a+

"first name trio" is a good name for a band

disco elysium crossover

"she's having an idea….and it hurts" mood

"SHE DID IT" my crackpot theory is vindicated

that is certainly a way to put it

eddie? eyes emoji?

ashley very quietly reaching for her pencil

bacon plague!

banana spiders

"make sure you bring your hand with you"

c o n s u m e

"I've been working on this really great YA novel" MATTHEW I have already snorted lemonade through my nose once tonight, you can't say shit like that

ARLO

AUGGIE

I love them

why was my only thought AT THE OPERA TONIGHT

"do I recognize her as a TA?" "she's an ex-student" you get how that's worse, right

you have buried the lede slightly arlo

anjali: "I shouldn't curse" matt: who told you that shit

"that's poor people talk"

classism!

arlo

"THAT MAN TOUCHED MY BREAST"

"JEEEEEEEMY GOD"

we never should have given matt buttons

matt you live in LA you're giving them all trauma

kickin buddies

[pounding table] werewolf weREWOLF

that's. not a werewolf.

that's a bloodborne monster

just the panicked yelling dlkfjls

I too yell wordlessly when forced to make decisions

"until it was trying to merge with your body" hate THAT wording

hey matt what the fuck

HEY MATT WHAT THE FUCK

"if I'm still aliVE YOU NERDS HELP ME" bakugocore

"its own viscosity" despise it

hey. hey howard. whatcha doin.

[justin mcelroy voice] DON'T DRILL A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD

DON'T YOU PUN RIGHT NOW

hey robbie what the F U C K

"a gun! :D"

hey. hey arlo. hey arlo whatcha doin

some fullmetal alchemist shit is what

I hate everything about this

laura has just decided all her characters are coloring books now

"this arm doesn't have function anymore" oh mood

"takE IT, ROBBIE"

"you just do. what other choice is there?" hey I don't need this right now

hey howard what the fuck

HOWARD'S HAUNTED

see this is why you don't drill a hole in your head, you get ghosts

[neriyon]

9 people you'd like to get to know better

Thanks for the tag @wingedasarath !

Three Ships

Wangxian (Lan Wangji x Wei Wuxian) - Listen, it's not one of the most popular popular ships on ao3 for nothing (67k+ works, wow!). I'm a sucker for these soulmate type ships and with these two you get like, ShB levels of emotional damage while going through it. AND LWJ'S SMILE! HOW CAN YOU SAY NO TO SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AT HIS HUSBAND WHILE SMILING LIKE THAT? (this is your daily propaganda to go watch/read mdzs or untamed)

2. Shizuo x Izaya - True love is throwing someone with a vending machine (lol).

3. RinHaru - I'm pretty much throwing a dart at the dartboard to pick the last one but during the rein of the swimming boys, I was pretty avid RinHaru fan. I've literally not interacted with the Free fandom in years tho, I've graduated the sports anime bl and moved on to sword bl (danmei) lol.

As a cute little bonus I'll mention that I'm currently very into Canon x OC stuff! Like any ffxiv npc(s) x WoL or stuff like that! You'll get stuff catered directly to you (but you sadly have to cook your own stuff).

First ever ship: Augggghhh my memory is so bad uhhhh maybe Kyoraku x Ukitake? Bleach was like, my 3rd anime ever and I instantly fell in love with their dynamic. Old man yaoi real... (no we do not talk about what happens later in the story I'm living in denial)

Last song: I have a playlist rolling while writing this but uhh it's currently playing ReoNa - R.I.P (youtube link)

Currently reading: Lie Huo Jiao Chou (Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire). I watched the donghua version some time ago and have been slowly chipping away at reading the original novel ever since.

Currently watching: Second season of tgcf! I've managed to dodge spoilers beyond like, first book so far so I'm really curious to see how the story is going to go~

Currently Consuming: Mango lychee green tea and some not that good cranberry white chocolate cookies. Should've bought the triple chocolate ones :/

Currently craving: Choco bananas....

Tagging: uhhhhhh @smolblorbo @azemessence @nikolazuli @ieatsoapdotcom @sherribonne @koijikido and for the last few I'm cheating and just telling anyone not tagged to do it if they want to!

[catboynutsack]

Random hopes for FFXIV Dawntrail in no particular order from a person who's currently about to start the title quest Endwalker (so don't spoil the dungeon/fights and any post EW content)

New playable species outside of female Hrothgar; specifically another animalistic species similar to Miqo'te/Viera in that they're much more humanoid with animal features rather than anthropomorphic animals (like Hrothgar.) Biggest hopes are for a bird like race (similar to Meteion, I love harpies so much and while I know she's a familiar it would be cool to see a playable species based on her) or fish people (similar to Dungeons and Dragons Tritons, again I love mermaids and fish-like people so much.)

Random and small, I'd like to see canonical ages established within the game, maybe with like nameday celebrations of some kind for some characters. It would be so cute to have a birthday party for Alisaie and Alphinaud, I would die for those little dweebs and they're still technically kids and you KNOW their mom would go nuts for a celebration for them. I know there's been canon age mentions in additional content like books and such but ingame would be nice.

Viera hats for the love of God. I'm not a 3D artist and idk the process but it can't be that hard can it?? I know there's a whole design aspect involved bc Big Ol Ears but like. Square Enix is a huge company, surely they can allocate some resources to actually make clothing appear on an entire very popular race. If it's more complicated than I know then forgive me 3D artists, I love what y'all do I'm just uneducated on it 💛

Random as hell again and probably more suited towards an update than a new expansion but. I'd really like them to sorta retcon (is that the right word? Idk it's 3:20 am and I cant sleep) primal weapons so all primals have weapons for all classes. I'd kill for an ice scythe from the Extreme Shiva battle from HW or a pair of Leviathan Chakrams for my Dancer. I know that levelling is an issue but if they were, say, available via trading totems from the fight and synced to their class's lowest level I'd think that could work. Idk as someone who loves primal themed glams but mains Dancer and Reaper it drives me bananas that it's so limited.

A new Important female character that Doesn't Fucking Die or is somehow written off in the same pack for the love of God I swear they disproportionately kill off/write off female characters (I miss Moenbryda and Ysayle every day)

More romantic emotes/activities outside of the ceremony of eternal bonding! Not only is my partner very busy and we often have little FFXIV dates rather than in person things, I'm in a polycule and by the time I started playing my partner was already married ingame to my metamor (my partner's other partner) so I'm locked out of some emotes like the embrace emote while they aren't and it kinda sucks. It would be nice to be able to be romantic with them outside of /blowkiss and /hug and to be able to do couples content outside of the ceremony of eternal bonding. Maybe just a me problem though.

Un-gender all clothing items. I want my male character to wear a craftable bikini top goddamnit, it's fun. Plus it's a beachy-themed expansion afaik so it would make sense to un-gender the bathing suits

Speaking of craftable bikini tops, more craftable clothing for glams and not just combat!!! Cute bathing suits and the such that are level 1 and meant exclusively for glams would be amazing. We have a few already but with the upcoming theme being seemingly being beaches it seems appropriate.

Longer hairstyles. Clipping be damned my miqo'te would rock a long hair look (and his braid, which is the same hairstyle as Fourchenault's, already clips into every top ever so like. C'mon)

Number 1 on this list is the new species being humanoid with animal features. I eat that shit up with a spoon. I love making OCs and a new alt devoted to a species I like is absolutely in the books. Already have done it twice lol.

Improve Aurum Vale for the love of God that dungeon is a nightmare and it's like one of three that ever shows up on rouls on Dynamis

Anyways if any of this bothers you for any reason please just scroll by, these are my middle of the night daydreams when I can't sleep of things that I personally would enjoy in the game, I know my ideas don't apply to everyone and all of them wouldn't really make sense for one reason or another but it's fun to write them down and put them out into the world. And obviously this post isnt gonna make a difference in the game itself, I'm just a rando on Tumblr lol. Thank you <3

[bananarose]

FFXIV Write 2023 - Masterlist

To read all my pieces - ffxivwrite2023 tag

Check out the creator of the challenge - sea-wolf-coast-to-coast

⬇️ Full list by prompt under the cut ⬇️

#4 "Off the Hook" -> Characters: Banana Rose, Lhili Rhutree

A fun look into the relationship between Banana Rose (soon to be warrior of light) and her fellow conjurer friend Lhili Rhutree, as they try their hand at fishing.

#5 "Barbarous" -> Characters: Aurelius S'teel

An exploration of my character Aurelius S'teel, during his time as a conscript in the Garlean army

#6 "Ring" -> Characters: Lhili Rhutree, Mentioned: Banana Rose, Alphinaud, Haurchefant

What happens when one is so racked by grief, that they push themselves too far?

#7 "Noisome" -> Characters: Banana Rose

Maybe the wol is traumatized. This hits better if you've played through Endwalker, but there are no Endwalker spoilers.

#8 "Shed" -> Characters: Lavandin Fi'el, Hien Rijin

Musings on Lavandin choosing that name for himself, and Hien being supportive and sweet.

#9 "Fair" -> Characters: Lavandin Fi'el, Aurelius S'teel

My two viera boys being cute together. They spar, it's fluffy and fun.

#11 "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" -> Characters: Cassius Leander

It's about a vampire... that's really all I gotta say huh?

#12 "Dowdy" -> Characters: Lavandin Fi'el

*gestures excitedly* My boy! Here's a peek into Lav's adventures in self-expression through clothing. *squishes him gently* I love him

#13 "Check" -> ⚠️ Endwalker Patch Spoilers ⚠️  Characters: Check tags (I'm avoiding spoilers here)

Banana, the warrior of light, invites some companions to visit her private island. Shenanigans ensue - this piece is not serious, at all.

#14 "Clear" -> Characters: Lavandin Fi'el, Aurelius S'teel

My two bun boys being in love! Another super cute one, very fluff.

#15 "Portentous" -> Characters: Banana Rose

Odd, freeform poetry, about my wol.

#16 "Jerk" -> Characters: Lavandin Fi'el, Banana Rose

Banana attempts to teach Lavandin how to ride a chocobo - shenanigans ensue.

#21 "Grave" -> Characters: Banana Rose, Lhili Rhutree, Lavandin Fi'el

Three of my original characters enjoy All Saint's Wake festivities in Gridania.

dividers credits: cafekitsune & saradika

[theferalscion]

RPing as Sanson on Twitter, with my Guydelot friend pulling out (he's v tough for them to play with his personality type, no grudge), with other NPCs from FFXIV, is VERY funny, bc I have learned two important things

1. Single Sanson gets EVERY Elezen/tall person on his ass immediately

a. Estinien wants to pin him to a wall and bite him every time they argue

b. Lucia thinks he's cute even though she's trying Very Hard not to

c. Nero.

d. Aymeric visited him in his office and brought gifts, completely unprompted

e. Has become unexpectedly close with Artoirel. Actually took a vacation to stay at the Fortemps manor as a special guest for a week or two.

2. Sanson in general gets every remotely obnoxious person harassing him

a. Fandaniel has found his reactions hilarious and has been harassing him every chance he gets

b. Elidibus has decided they're friends and will just appear in his office/apartment without warning to chat. Left a shark plushie in his apartment.

c. TWO Emet-Selchs following him around for 'no reason'. One of them put his feet on Sanson's desk. The other helped clean his apartment.

d. Estinien called him Captain Banana repeatedly until Sanson had to be stopped from physically assaulting him

e. Nearly punched Charibert for calling him a rat.

It's been a ton of fun and I've even gotten some neat art out of it though I cannot share without permission I can link it!

Sanson x Artoirel

Emet giving romantic advice (yes really)

I know that 'bwuh Twitter is evil' and... It is. A lot less content curation than Tumblr. But the RP scene is REALLY good and it's fun to watch even if you don't participate