#azem

[tritoch]

crazy to me that lots of people are insistent the azem/volcano/grapes story isn't about the grapes (specifically, i disagree with the strongest version of this claim in which the grapes are irrelevant or solely a lie/misdirect, and azem's sole concern is the people of the island and their livelihoods). separately from its humanist concerns (which are very real), ffxiv definitely sees life's boundless biodiversity as something worth upholding and preserving in itself. so much of the game touches on this, from DoH/DoL questing to endwalker msq. it is also a game that frequently celebrates the simple pleasures of eating and drinking and the more complex satisfaction that comes from sharing a meal with loved ones or cultivating life in harmony with the natural world. yes sure it's about the people and their way of life but it's also one hundred percent literally about the grapes, too, which are worth protecting in themselves.

of course it's about the grapes. have we forgotten our own adventuring story was once also about grapes, lost to unnatural disaster?

and about the ways that the shared pleasures of food and drink and the focus and purpose provided by the pursuit of craft can shape a life?

a story in which shared devotion to grapes and attention to their regional variation, in connection with the land, serves to bridge old enmities and revitalize communities

it was about the grapes! it has always been about the grapes since a realm reborn!

[jrpgdog]

[galacticsabc]

Let's haunt the narrative together!

[pilinonia]

stardust utopia

[silentmight]

Born to be Azem 🙂

[gravenmyth]

“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” 💫

[asteriasfallingstarsandtears]

One of my favorite parts of Endwalker is Emet-Selch seeing the Ghost WoL, immediately clocking it as Azem Something and going No, Not Today Satan while Hythlodaeus is sitting down beside the Ghost WoL and making pspspspsp noises at them and offering them free hugs and Emet's Aether and giving Emet the biggest wettest puppy dog eyes of Can We Keep Them?

Meanwhile WoL is having some emotional whiplash and an existential crisis.

[caemidraws]

Enodia for @persychan ☆*:.｡.

[starshucker]

did somebody order CONVOCATION GLYPHS 🗣️💯

[tt-vision]

Kholusia night - a lil' Shadowbringers snippet 🌃

[nekohooch]

Otakon was amazing. Finally getting to wear my Azem summoning circle gown in person was so much fun. I had multiple people stopping me to gush over my costume and people from HERE telling me they saw it online and were so excited to see it in person. I haven’t been to a con since right before the pandemic and it was so nice to come back to a space I love so much. My goal of someone knowing what I was without me explaining was reached (thanks to the ffxiv photoshoot)! And I can’t wait to see the pictures of the group photo shoot. I added more details to the costume and (minus the stars which were my nemesis falling off the whole day) everything was perfect.

The gown itself took about 100 hours total. 85 originally and 15 to add finishing touches. The top is gold lamé and the chiffon overlay was ripping so I removed it. I have a whole costume breakdown under the tag for the original dress creation.

The necklace has an Azem summoning stone that my fantastic friends brought me from Fanfest which I repurposed. The most added details are the stars. I felt the black spots between the p design and the beams was a bit too big and wanted something to bridge the gap. I also considered adding my statics job symbols in the circles but they keep changing jobs XD

I added some more filigree details to the main Azem design in the front of the gown and individual rhinestones to each of the right angle v filigree and each of the small mirrored circles that make up the big circles because I’m extra along with a gold ribbon for the hem

Then I decided to add lights

Again because I’m extra

I don’t have skill with LEDs so I used individual 6ft fairy lights with tiny battery packs. I painted each battery pack black because the white shows through the skirt especially when lit up. There are about 75-90 battery packs I lost count at 2 am on Wednesday honestly ahaha. I looped them twice up and down so the effect would be less spaced out but I might edit that in the future if I figure LEDs and how to get more powerful ones because they weren’t really strong enough for 10 hours (you can faintly see them in the pictures above) and I kept turning them off when I sat. I used the same petticoat but added a hoop skirt because I was wearing tennis shoes (sadly sensible instead of fashionable) instead of my platform boots.

When people complimented me I would ask if they wanted to see my favorite part (which is spinning) and the laughs and gasps of delight were fantastic. Overall I’m so fucking proud of this costume. Thank you to all of you fab people from the FFXIV coordination who said such kind things I’m so flattered and lovingly overwhelmed. It was an amazing return to cosplay.

[nephiieatsuranium]

choose your fighter: sleepover edition

[okolnir]

The Final Day

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commission of saku's lovely azem :D

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help get book 2 of AMONGST US get printed!

⭐https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shilin/amongst-us-2⭐

[koukouture]

Whoever said that there is horror in soulmates is right and it's doubly true for Azem and Emet Selch. There is no choice but to love the other. How many times do you think Emet Selch has killed one of Azem's incarnations, intentionally or not? No matter how far he traveled every single path lead back to Azem and that's terrifying. He can never escape his own feelings.

[pilinonia]

some keychain concepts

[radioinactivity]

who is it you really love