#adam plays ffxiv

[sir-adamus]

Alisaie curing fucking tempering - something deemed impossible even by ancient civilisations with far more advanced magical technologies - and effectively revolutionising the study of Aether and the soul because she absolutely refuses to give up on people is incredible

[hylfystt]

adam: walking around idyllshire on his mount

me, bored: decides to follow on my mount

everyone else in idyllshire: this looks fun i am also going to do this

[thealphabard]

Hey there, welcome to my blog! This will just be a quick introduction and faq!

My name is Jace (he|him), and I'm just an amateur artist who's constantly trying to improve! I have really bad ADHD and absolutely crippling anxiety, so socializing can be really hard on me, but I appreciate it all the same!

If you are here in curiosity of my OCs:

This is Akos.

His bio can be found here if you wish to learn more, but he is a dnd character to a campaign that has since ended :) (my dm has now made a tumblr.) He intends to use it as a look to his creative process on such a wild homebrew. Show him some love. He's an incredible storyteller!

And this is Lae!

I do not have a worked out bio for him yet (but will update if I do) He's my WoL from Final Fantasy XIV. I welcome new players often, and if you wish to find me in game it's Laeroth Gilorwyn and I'm on primal-famfrit :) I'm a retired savage raider basically who's been playing since HW launch in 2015. I draw him often, though, as well as other wols, so if you want to see those, they are under the #ffxiv tag on my blog

And under the break, here will just be some common questions I get all the time:

Q: Where did your username come from?

A: It was actually something stupid I said in discord voice when I was doing pvp on bard in xiv lol it was to make fun of the whole alpha male mentality. I had wiped out like 4 other bards or something that were trying to take me down, and I was the one who came out victorious so I just whispered into my mic "I am the alpha bard" and it made my friends laugh so hard. I changed all my usernames to it as a joke, but then it stuck so here we are, cringy username and all (but also why I'm adamant people call me by name, not username)

Q: What program do you use?

A: Clip Studio Paint :) I've used many others, but csp is just what I go back to every time

Q: What drawing tablet do you use?

A: I use a 22 in stand-up tablet from huion or an iPad air depending on if I have to leave the house or not

Q: What brushes do you use?

A: a litteral metric shit ton to match whatever I'm doing, but my main drawing brushes are actually just the default ones in CSP.

Q: Can I draw your oc?

A: ABSOLUTELY. All I ask is if it involves interactions with one of yours (I welcome this) to just ask about how either would react :D my DMs are always open! If it's a gift just tag me so I can see!!

Q: Can I use/repost your art?

A: this question is nuanced for me in particular. I've had someone use my art of lae before for their own oc, and I would rather that not happen moving forward for any of my ocs and I often do art of other people's ocs and i feel that would be disrespectful of them too. HOWEVER, if you are one of the people I have gifted art to, i do not mind at all if you use the work! All it ask is for credit in wherever you may use it :D

Q: Do you take commissions?

A: Not usually. There are exceptions to this as I have in the past, but I don't open slots or anything like most artists. I have to be invested in the idea, or it takes the fun out of drawing for me sadly. BUT if you are ever curious if it's something I'd like to take on + pricing, you can always ask. I love doing character creation commissions, as that's mostly what I have done in the past.

Q: What games do you play?

A: I play a wide range of games and love trying something new! I play ffxiv all the time and have been working towards a challenging achievement, but otherwise, I bounce between new games all the time!

Q: Where did you meet your DnD group/DM /how long have you kkow them?

A: (I'm shocked to get this question a lot) I've known my dnd group and dm for coming up on 5 years now. I met Mr. Snocaps and many of our mutual friends through ffxiv, and we've just been friends ever since :)

[anneapocalypse]

I don't want to be too hyperbolic about "FFXIV rewired my brain" but like the friends who knew me before I started playing already know this :P and for the people who've followed me since, I cannot overemphasize how adamant I was that I would never play an MMO and how much this game has made a liar out of me.

[asaelfic]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗

Yes let's do it!! All fic authors deserve a little self promotion, as a treat. I have 135 works so picking five is HARD. Every fic I've written has a little place in my heart and I would love for anyone to read any of them. Also I didn't include anything I've cowritten but y'know… if you like Dimiclaude… Rae and I have two fics.

1) with this ring (Dimitri/Claude, 67,351 words, rated E) I'm still really proud of this one. It was written for the Dimiclaude Big Bang and has some lovely illustrations to go along with. I really love both writing and reading long fics, like sinking into a good novel, so I'm always happy when I finish one. I LOVE the arranged marriage trope, it's so fun to play with, and I'd been wanting to write an arranged marriage fic for these two for awhile. The things you can do when your OTP is canonically royalty!

2) lake song (Dimitri/Claude, 58702 words, rated T->E) This is cheating probably, as this is actually a series of 5 fics. But I couldn't pick only one of them, and it's one of my favorite things I've ever written, digging into trauma and recovery and living on after something that's changed not only your life but the world you used to live in. Primarily Dimiclaude, but very slowburn, with background ships and worldbuilding for things the game didn't give us. I really enjoyed writing it.

3) in the age of kings (Emet-Selch/Hythlodaeus, 16069 words, rated E) I have some difficulty writing FFXIV fics because the fandom is very focused on things I'm personally not that interested in, but this fic flowed out of me like it was meant to be. So easy and satisfying to write. I love writing getting-together fics, especially if there's a dash of bittersweetness, which needless to say the Ancients have in spades. It's my love letter to the Hythades ship, I guess, and I'll probably come back to them again someday.

4) all this riot of light (Sylvain/Claude, 15035 words, rated E) I really wanted to write Claudevain, and the different outcomes for different characters on different routes is something I thought about a lot when I was deep in 3H fandom. It all came together and haunted me with a Black Eagles Sylvain post-game idea that turned into this fic, which I still love, and which made me really love the ship as well. So many fun possibilities.

5) who burns like fire on the rushing sea (Ronan/Adam, 63867 words, rated E) I took a years-long break from fic writing and didn't really know if I'd ever get back into it, for various reasons. Then my friends and I all got obsessed with the Raven Cycle, which brought back my fic writing bug and made me remember everything I loved about fandom and creating for a fandom. This was the first long fic I wrote after coming back. I was super proud of myself then and I still am now.

[dhajetii]

….Alright fine. I’ll play tag @alicelufenia even tho it’s kind of triggering a PDA response I’m trying to shrug off :P

Tag game

Last song: crosses by Sleeping with sirens when I first answered this question, but when I finished up the post it was connect to consume by A Swayze & The Ghosts (which is hilarious to me because it’s about social media and here we are)

Currently watching: sort of working my way through Critical Role campaign 2, but it’s taken a back burner due to other stuff

Three ships: uhh… OC/Adam (The Wayhaven Chronicles), WoL/Erenville (ffxiv), Xie Lian/Hua Cheng (Heaven officials blessing)

Favorite color: purple or blue or black

Currently consuming: nothing rn but last thing was Oreo fluff

First ship: oh man. I’m gonna go with the first ship I read fanfic for. Which may have been for fmab? Edward/Winry but quickly evolved into “if I wanted to immerse in canon I’d watch the show again. I’m here for what didn’t happen” which lead me to other ships such as Edward/Mustang.

Birthplace: USA, Missouri.

Last movie: uhm. I’m honestly not sure. I’ve been doing games and reading for entertainment lately, or when I do want to watch something it’s critical role. If I had to guess, it was maybe rogue one? Because I think the last series I finished was Andor and I would have had to go back and watch Rogue One again after that.

Currently working on: not sure how I want to interpret this one. I’m choosing what video game I’m currently fixated on which is Planet Crafters. I’m terraforming a planet lol

Tagging others, sorry :P

Alice already got @aoi-neko so sorry mutuals I’m coming for you @pandecanela @freya-faust @freshias @hairenya @cruelisnotmasonblue @asexualarkhamknight

[mirror-to-the-past]

KH3 is great! Have you tried any of the Flantastic Seven yet? I did them all in my last playthrough and they can be surprisingly fun!

Frankly, people have been up Sora's even back in KH2, Kairi's "He's completely hopeless without us" gets me reeling to this day.

Personally, I'd also add the Beast (or, Adam, is it?) to the group.

Don't worry, Maleficent WILL get to Luxu, you'll see, it's great.

Lastly, about the Toybox trailer... what do you know about Final Fantasy XV?

"Omnis Adoratio Verum Rex"

OMG THE FLAN HEARTLESS HAHA! Yeah, I ran into one at Olympus and feel like I'm playing racing games at the arcade again with how much I struggle to drift. You're right, super fun though and I'm a stubborn person.

And yeah, I'd say Sora's little journey of feeling down on himself while other people chip away at him and put him down predates KH1. The game starts out with "lazy bum" and all the other island kids being like "Yeah, you're not much compared to Riku." And then Riku himself, who's supposed to be his best friend, being a jackass, and who knows how long he was pulling that stunt. The Keyblade-worthiness thing is ingrained in Sora's brain now, since then, and even though Riku has tried to clean up his act since then, you've still got stuff like that Kairi (I know he didn't hear her but still, goddamn, girl) line you mentioned I also went :(( at, Beast/Adam, and other moments reaffirming to Sora's inner voice that's like "uuughh... I'm a looser who won't measure up to what people expect of me just by being meeee."

YEEES. WELL, MY QUEEN MALEFICENT BETTER SHARE WITH THE CLASS. 'Bout to rip off Luxu's hood and then his Master is next in line for my assault.

And I admittedly don't know much about FFXV outside of the development hell (I think it was supposed to be another game or something but I can't remember it's been years lol), and that it's a Buddy Film video game with Noctis the prince dude and his honorary boyfriends on a road trip. I have their sick ass car as a mount in FFXIV.

[monriatitans]

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"Ta-Da!" List: Monday, December 30th

I share my "Ta-Da!" Lists so everyone gets updates and I have reminders of what I've accomplished.

To learn more about "Ta-Da!" Lists, and other ADHD life hacks, check out Jesse J. Anderson's book Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD.

Abbreviations

- O&T: Opinions & Truth Blog - WGS: The Weekend Game Show - ASO: Artist Shout-Out - LPS$: Let's Play Some $#!7! - COTMQ: Cause of the Month Quote - TMA: TitansMonriArt - RP: Rendezvous Point Bookshop - BMAC: Buy Me a Coffee - TDL: "Ta-Da!" List

"Ta-Da!" List

✧ throughout the day: 1. Business: a. WGS: gave a human artist, Daelin Strause, an ASO on O&T and several other platforms; yesterday's LPS$ VOD was uploaded to Odysee; continued preparing the COTMQs for January b. RP: added books to bookshelves, with the help of dezeen, then re-alphabetized them c. O&T/WGS/TMA: continued preparing the Wrap-Up posts; shared today's TDL to several platforms 2. Personal-ish: a. YouTube: watched/listened to shorts/videos by, mostly in order, The Jimquisition, Ashley Embers, Listen2Kristen, ADHD is the new BLACK, Adam Conover, The Financial Diet, Mina Le, Robert Reich, How to ADHD, Mom on the Spectrum, Upper Echelon, Leeja Miller, Madisyn Brown, and Jim Sterling b. Chores & Miscellaneous: did laundry; did the dishes; picked the recipes for this week; folded the bedspread, washed yesterday, with partner; checked the mail c. Read: some of Divergent Mind d. Games & Gaming: played FFXIV with partner and alone

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And that's it for today! Thank you for reading!

May every decision you make be in the spirit of fairness and may the rest of your day NOT go to $#!7!

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Originally published to https://opinionsandtruth.wordpress.com on December 30, 2024.

[nightingalesmelody]

a brief introduction hidden amongst a lot of rambling

hello there.

i've gone by many, many names over the years, so introducing myself is always a little strange. You can call me Nosk. you could probably call me anything that isn't an insult at this point and i'd probably answer to it, but i'll go by nosk for now. i'm 21, turning 22 later this month, and i'm too exhausted to care about my gender identity, so i use they/them pronouns, sometimes she/they.

i'm a musician, i guess. i've mostly covered other people's stuff, but i'm trying to get better at writing my own music. i'm working on a second album (is it right to call it a second album when i haven't even released the first?) and i'm attempting to breach my comfort zone with it, writing about things other than teenage love and angst.

(don't get me wrong, i still intend to write about angst, but i've gotta shake things up a little!)

i've also been trying to write for instruments other than the ukulele. i did take freshman music theory after all, even if i quite promptly changed my major, so i gotta put that limited knowledge to use somehow. i own a guitar and know basic chords, i played bass 3 in the marching band my senior year of high school, and have been playing clarinet since 4th grade (but haven't touched it in... two years at this point, since i changed my major. i've never been particularly good at it. clarinet 3 parts are my favorite place in the world.) i own a kalimba somewhere, and an otomatone (i think), and a mandolin (i only learned how to play 'toss a coin to your witcher' and 'greensleves'.)

college has been.. rough. it's difficult to keep myself motivated to pursue any one degree (thanks, adhd and my constantly shifting ambitions) so after this semester i'm moving back home for a while. gonna try to get a job and save up some money. i think a gap year or two would do me good. so, hopefully i'll have a lot more free time to improve my musical skills.

hobbies-wise... i'm big into ffxiv at the moment. i got into it in may of '22, but i've managed to escape its clutches for a couple months here and there only to be dragged back into the mmorpg grind kicking and glamouring and screaming. one of my friend's statics needed a dps sub last month so my ass got carried through m1s and it was actually pretty cool. first time i've ever cleared anything on-content.

i like jrpgs in general. xenoblade chronicles 2 genuinely redefined and/or recontexualized how i view love/romance/ew. right before i got sucked back into ffxiv, i was playing through nier replicant, and i enjoyed it. i'll get back to it soon. probably. someone from my university's art club is very adamant about getting me to play trails of cold steel, but it has yet to happen. he has pretty good taste, so i don't doubt i'd like it, but as i mentioned, the clutches of ffxiv are hard to escape.

besides video games, i knit and crochet, i guess. i just finished knitting my first shawl made of 100% wool (malabrigo dos tierras, it's divine.)

i collect build a bears, mostly sanrio and dinos, and disney nuimos.

i sometimes write fanfiction (not anything good, mind you) and have so many unfinished novels that i need to finish writing eventually.

ugh. i'm rambling, and it's getting very late (or early, technically.)

anyways, yeah. i'm going to use this blog to post occasional music stuff. i'll try not to abandon it like the rest of my other projects.

my next post will probably be about my music influences.

[sir-adamus]

alright so the current Manderville line doesn't descend from the Mandervillian Godbrand, as the was a break in a generation where the then-Lord had no heirs and adopted, with the explanation for Godbert and Hildy's incredible strength and durability attributed to Dynamis (with the same attributed to Julyan also)

however, there's no indication that the Mandervillians died out entirely, as if any had more than one child then they could easily have survived to the present

and while Godbert does look a lot like Godbrand, he also looks his age. Julyan is - aside from hair colour - identical to Godbrand's wife, and also much older than she looks (not to mention casually wields even greater strength than her husband)

so uh

food for thought there

[hylfystt]

don’t ask me how i got to the top of the kugane tower

[nasrinrin]

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[batteryrose]

channeling my urge to bite people (adam) into foxboy nokto

[doozclops]

People regularly meme about my character's name, but no one ever actually asks about it. 😅

[impossible-rat-babies]

shadowbringers? More like Sad-bringers, eh?

I’m real sad y’all

[stars-and-clouds]

Masterlist of My Major Posts (multifandom)

Last updated: 26/10/2023

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☾ FFXIV:

Ishgardian Hierarchy

FFXIV Astral and Umbral Eras

Ishgardian Curses (writing aid)

Pre-Calamity Coerthas Map (writing aid, not mine/referenced)

Haurchefant and Aymeric’s Kindness (Character Sketch)

Aymeric’s Insecurity (Character Sketch)

Coerthas/Ishgard  Aesthetic Prompt

Borel House Heraldry (HC)

☾ The Wayhaven Chronicles:

(moodboard) Adam Du Mortain

(moodboard) Nathaniel Sewell

(moodboard) My Detective x Adam

☾ Love and Deepspace:

fancast for Rafayel, Xavier and Zayne

Xavier Romance Headcanons (SFW)

☾ Dragon Age:

Fenris, Elvhen Slavery, Golems and Tranquility Theory

☾ Baldur’s Gate:

Why Astarion Won’t Betray Tav Theory

Lamentable is the autumn picker content with plums (I hc completed Astarion’s shirt poem)

Romanced Astarion’s need for power

Astarion Romance Headcanons

Astarion likes sweetness

Astarion moodboard

Astarion and the sweet sweet man

☾ ASOIAF/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon:

Unseen Westeros Compilation

Tolkien vs Martin

☾ Hakuouki/Shinsengumi Kitan:

How to play Hakuoki SSL on PC (guide)

Why Do People Hate Iba Hachiro?

Hakuoki random alignments

Hakuoki as text posts

☾ Moodboards and Aesthetics:

Aymeric de Borel stimboard

Camp Dragonhead during a blizzard

Thanalan during a sandstorm