#I don't play Lancer

[lancerious]

thank you for being #1 lancer fan the world needs more lancer fans

Ho ho ho, of course!! Lancer is CRIMINALLY underrated I tell you, kid deserves WAY more attention than he currently gets

Glad to see another Lancer fan pop in <3!

[parallelshore]

How am I going to not do Deltarune fanart when Kris has the best poses?

[momotech764]

i am this close to just begging people in the streets to DM a 5e campaign for me to play in. it's so bad

[c0rpsedemon]

the thing about the queer media tournament that really gets me is that last i checked there wasn't a single mxtx work on it. like not even the untamed made it in and don't get me wrong the og mo dao zu shi books are huge but cql is def more popular among tumblr circles. idk it just really rubs me the wrong way how every single piece of western media that ppl have ever gotten a lil bit aggressive abt shipping with is there and then for east asian media there's utena and madoka magica and the handmaiden and last i checked that was pretty much it. and then for the rest of the world there's next to/nothing but idk enough to really make judgements there.

[jjangredpanda]

[sol-shines]

GOT ACCEPTED INTO A LANCER CAMPAIGN AT MY SCHOOL'S TTRPG CLUB. WE ARE DOING IT SCARED

[the-foley-knoll-horror]

Big fan of reading through adult TTRPGs and then never playing them

[carthus-flame-arc]

I need to be a pilot in a mech hunting Kaiju

I need to be a pilot in a mech hunting Kaiju

I need to be a pilot in a mech hunting Kaiju

I n-

[gender-euphowrya]

giving ffxiv another go on the free trial weeee

[ferronickel]

In honor of reaching 300 followers and getting record page views on the Looking Glasses website today, I set aside some time to do some doodles.

Here's a sadboy tax for @bleakoutlo, who didn't ask for anything specific, so here's the gang playing doing a sport!

@scratch-lunin noticed I referenced Tenna on one of the pages, and asked what my design for them would be. I went with TV whose "body" is made of static and can change for their fight as they "change channels". (Sorry this is so so late, your ask corresponded with the exact moment I needed to stop drawing for a while to recover from my rsi)

[satsuki-yumizuka]

Favorite ffxiv job?

[vexwerewolf]

If we talk about the aesthetics of technology in Lancer, we can divide each of the Big 4 along lines of form and function.

IPS-N: Pure Function

IPS-N cares only what a mech does. It doesn't need to look good or pretty doing it - it only needs to be able to do that thing well. It's notable that the Raleigh, arguably the most form-oriented of the IPS-N frames, is also considered to be the company's biggest commercial failure - they strayed from their core design principles and got punished for it.

Harrison Armory: Form Follows Function

Harrison Armory still leans pretty heavily towards the functionality side of things, but it isn't satisfied with doing a good job alone. Yes, the mechs have to perform well, but they also have to look good doing it. There's no practical application for the Sherman's sleeveless coat or the Tokugawa's dainty little tassels, but they don't hinder combat functionality and they make the mechs look dashing. In comparison to IPS-N's coarse, industrial, almost unfinished look, HA mechs look stern, austere and imposing. There's a smoothness to them that you just don't get on IPS-N frames.

SSC: Function Follows Form

SSC is where we start to plunge into aesthetics-forward mech design. The Death's Head isn't six-legged because it's a sniper - the Death's Head is a sniper because it's six-legged. SSC came up with a mech design and asked: "what would this do best?" A six-legged chassis provided a more stable firing platform for precision weaponry, so that was what it did. Shapes and appearances are invented, and then a use case is discovered for them.

HORUS: Pure Form

It might seem weird to classify HORUS as "pure form" when their mechs largely don't have a consistent visual identity outside of the examples in the book. However, if we look a little deeper at the definition of "form," the explanation becomes clear: in some ways, HORUS is in the business of making statements, not mechs.

For anyone who's actually played a HORUS mech in Lancer, you may have noticed how awkward they are to actually pilot. Their statlines are, on paper, often very poorly suited to the sort of work they have to do. The Gorgon is built to attract attention and draw fire but has no armor. The Manticore is meant to be a front-line fighter but is quite slow. The Minotaur is meant to be a tech platform but has a low sensor range. The Pegasus' one functional trait doesn't apply to any of the weapons in its equipment package!

This is because HORUS mechs are designed purely as a testament to a certain discipline of technology. I remember expressing irritation with a friend's NeoGeo-for-X-Box emulator once, that you couldn't reconfigure the controller mapping so that it was easier to play with the X-Box controller. He remarked that it was meant as a historical preservation tool that perfectly duplicated the functionality of the NeoGeo, and that the only reason you could even play games using it at all is because that was a function of NeoGeo arcade cabinets.

That's how HORUS mechs are - their usability as chassis is broadly a side-effect.

[moonyistired]

Moony, 2019: Oh man, I sure love Lancer. I know, I'll make an OC that is his teacher and caretaker. He deserves all of the love. Oh and I guess the teacher can be in some sort of on/off relationship with Rouxls too, that sounds fun.

Moony, 2023: So angst, right? We're writing angst? Parental angst? Check. Love triangle angst? Check. Losing your best friend angst? Check. Oh man, did I hear unplanned pregnancy angst? Don't mind if I do, check.

[boss-hoody]

So I started playing FF14

I made a big boy and went with the pugilist class, but quickly realized I don't like how it plays. So I made a new guy, a Miqo'te, because I liked the tail, and went with Lancer, knowing it would eventually become Dragoon, and that I would eventually have access to a bevy of goon-based puns.

On day 1 I had a small emergency and had to go AFK in the middle of a dungeon as we were fighting hallway mobs. I quickly typed out "afk emergency brb" and left. I expected to come back to flames and bitching, but I came back to the party dancing around me.

On day 2 I saw a lalafell using an emote to blow another lalafell who was sitting on a bench right next to the New Gridania Aetherite. I no longer trust Lalafells.

On day 3 I ran to the edge of the stage to avoid Titan's AoE, not realizing what it does. I fell into the abyss and respawned, dead, in the middle of the stage, directly under titan. I remained dead for the duration of the fight, enjoying my view of Titan's taint.

On day 4 I sat down, put on my smart guy glasses and set up my hotbar properly. Also I became a DraGOON.

On day 5 I obtained a chocobo and promptly named him PRESIDENTE, as is tradition

On day 6 I realized and came to terms with the fact that as a spear wielding DPS, my job is to stand behind the boss and poke it in the butt with my long pointy stick for the duration of the fight.

I am currently working towards obtaining Gae Bolg, a weapon named after the spear Celtic Hercujesus, Cu Chulainn used in the old legends. I am required to do this as both a DraGOON and as someone of Irish heritage