#ffx jokes

[florestxiv]

Kache's Azem reveal 🌊

50% chaos gremlin, 50% shark concept appreciator. Probably only exists to annoy Hades in every possible way.

[astralarias]

"w/ol would win because of xyz, the commander doesn't stand a chance" no the commander would win because they are my favourite and i love them actually <3

[nebuvoid]

when i first played FFX as a teen and saw Lulu's massive gazongas on display constantly (that victory pose man) my brain came up with the term 'Titty Lulu' which means 'character, usually a woman, that has a huge rack in a comically revealing outfit and its a miracle that theres no nip slip'. pops into my head everytime theres a character with massive honkers on display now.

[elementalwife]

the real ones will know my hustle

[wombocombo4x3]

FFX

Just watched FFX and hoo wee that was certainly a cliff hanger. No one told me Wakka bit the bullet during the airship chase. And Auron at the end, what a tease.

[ofweave]

"wait for me?" ffx au :(

❝ shouldn't that be the other way around? ❞ gale is smiling, but the way he has both of his hands wrapped tight around his summoner's staff betrays his anxiety. they've bested the cloister of trials ; now, standing before the chamber of the fayth, gale cannot help the selfish desire to want wish in there with him. they both know he's not permitted — gale must face this final challenge alone.

and he must succeed. he must obtain his first aeon and become a full - fledged summoner. the high priestess demands it. he ... can do this. not because she told him he must, but because wish believes it. surely he wouldn't have become gale's guardian otherwise.

he reaches to brush his fingers against the other's arm. ❝ try not to get into too much trouble in my absence? ❞

hadestown sentence starters.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

You have to appreciate how Yuna insults Dona so politely. And likewise, Lunafreya does the same thing when it comes to Leviathan. And if you aren't clever, you might not even realize you'd just been insulted by them!

And Luna's character was somewhat inspired by Yuna's. She was even really named for her (as "Yuna" and "Luna" both mean moon and are only one letter apart). So I wonder if the devs, perhaps, were thinking of that Yuna scene when they made the Luna one.

[auronlu]

What is... crack?

While the name does come from the illegal substance, when it comes to fiction it refers to a scenario that is so bizarre and basically implausible in canon that it seems like the author must have been under the influence while writing it.

Crack fics are intentionally absurd and ridiculous and often they are also humorous. They are not supposed to present actual theories about canon stories, but a test on how far someone could go with the source material. It's not easy to create a well-written crack fic, even though it can be easy to write crack.

There is also the possibility of crack pairings (also named Crackships). They are pairings that are completely out there, often not even from the same universe and they make people ask themselves, how anyone could look at those characters and make them end up with each other.

[luckydicekirby]

fun thing I'm enjoying this go round of replaying ffx is like. the fact that braska's pilgrimage was considered a joke at the time, but he's known in the present as this great iconic figure. and in fact you only really learn he wasn't well liked from one of the optional jecht spheres. braska and auron are famous and beloved and remembered as heroes! no one seems to remember that braska's wife was al bhed--it's at least not common knowledge enough that it's news to wakka. no one remembers auron being in disgrace for refusing to marry some important guy's daughter either! (i had also forgotten this and was really knocked over by it. really really forgot that auron is just gay like absolutely for real.) it's just like, yeah, of course that's true—a summoner is more useful to maintaining yevon's power when they're dead, and then anything inconvenient about them can be erased.

[sevi007]

Warning! I will be blogging about my first Tales of Abyss playthrough here. If you don't want to see it or be flooded or smth, blacklist "sevi plays tales of the abyss"

@magicmetslogic get tagged!

Soooo started Tales of the Abyss now! (I kept thinking it's called Tales of Abyss, without the "the", RIP me) Must say, this immediately felt incredibly different of a premise to Vesperia (the only Tales I have finished til now) and Zestiria (which I... maybe barely passed the prologue, lol). I think a lot of that is because of Luke and his situation. Getting into that later on.

But! Let's start from the top.

Absolutely gorgeous opening for one, really loved it. I probably got spoilered without realizing it, but with no context, that's not terrible. I remain blissfully unaware!

It immediately felt a bit faster paced story-wise. A bit more emotionally taxing on the protagonist, too. To start, I open the game and get immediately met with red-headed, hot-headed Luke (who is fittingly spoken by Yuri Lowenthal, who voiced Tidus in FFX) and Ithink he's an upbeat headstrong guy - which he is but -

I barely leave his room to get thrown a skit immediately:

I hit the mental breaks when I read that because what. What. You just kept your kid inside like a pet or something?

I mean, in Vesperia, Estelle had a sheltered upbringing as well, and was certainly a bit on the naive side, but she at least was acutely aware of the world outside of the walls of her prison. Luke is not even given that, which you realize approximately two minutes into the game since his only contact to the outside world seems to be his swordfight trainer Van. I am absolutely flabbergasted. This is damaging to a kid!

(And no, this is no normal response to your kid getting kidnapped. Protecting him is one thing. Putting him on house arrest a whole other. I suspect it's not just a security thing but there is more going on here.)

And then next mental break: What the hell is Flynn Scifo doing here?

I'm joking, I'm joking. And yes I have been informed that technically, Flynn is a copy of Guy since Vespy came out later. But still. With my minimum knowledge of Tales, forgive me for immediately drawing connection to Versperia at every turn. And the likeness is startling! XD He seems to be a good guy that Guy (pft) so for now, I like the boy.

(Stop climbing outta windows like a thief though!)

Ah. Really glad I decided to explore the rooms a little. This is...

Well. I assume this was meant to be one of those anime-typical jokes of "haha, he's afraid of this or that" but... call me old-fashioned or a snowflake or whatever the correct term is but I don't think this is very funny. These two quite literally have him cornered, and he looks outright terrified of them. And instead of backing off - or Luke rescuing him - we just have to leave again? Uff. Don't like.

Never quite liked making fun of things others are afraid of, not even if it seems silly from outside.

... Oh wow. Luke is even more sheltered than I thought. This seems to be general, public knowledge, and he got nothing? Does he not get any kind of schooling while on house arrest?

From their reactions, this is not something he is supposed to know but forgot, but more like, nobody even told him. That's... okay. I seriously question his parents right now as well as Van for not teaching him even basics of the outside world.

(On the other hand, in a sense of dumbing it all down for a new player, this is quite genius. Given that Luke needs to be explained everything, so does the player learn at the same time. but still. Questionable decisions all around.)

Utterly. Questionable. Decisions.

Yes I'm already going full on protective mama bear mode on Luke. Give me a caged, sad kid who tries to put on a loud and confident facade and I immediately go "mine" XD

And now, for that faster pacing...

Ma'am I JUST finished the tutorial would you please refrain from killing me til I got to practice some more!

[blossom-adventures]

Kupo Con: Pom2, London, 15th & 16th September 2023

Where do I even begin! What a weekend!

Long story under the cut, because I need to tell you everything 😆

Starting off on Friday the 15th, we drove down to our hotel in Watford, which allowed us to get a train into London for Pre-Reg, which was available for Patreons of KupoCon, to get our tickets.

A lot of people were there and I probably knew half of them, or more, from the Discord Server but I was too nervous and shy to go over and say hello. Until I saw the only one I’d met previously, I went over and said hello! She then introduced me to one of the other people there, the cosplayer who won the “People’s Choice” Cosplay award last Kupo and who has been incredibly supportive of me every time I’ve shared progress on Discord and our meeting went like this… (using initials for privacy ☺️)

L: “Hey R this is P, from the discord!”

R: “Are you Blossom!?”

P: “Yes!”

R gives me a big hug

I spent a while talking with him and I think we became fast friends, I felt like I’d known him for ages! (Technically kind of had, because we’ve been talking in the discord) and I was really nervous but he was so lovely and made it so easy to talk to him!

Then, because of train times, we had to leave, but I’d met several of the other cosplayers (mainly Clives… no joke! I met 3 all at the same time!) and I was absolutely buzzing for the main event!

Saturday the 16th, the main event! Me and my mum got to the venue just as the doors opened, within 10mins I was in an elevator with a Noctis cosplayer, who jokingly asked if they’d survive this elevator ride! 😆 I then had a Sephiroth comment on my cosplay as I walked past

I met up with R because I knew how excited he was to see my cosplay, we had another hug (as much as we both could manage anyway; I was in a tight black coat and he was in full Clive cosplay) and he went off to support his friend who was dressed as FFXs Ifrit!

While waiting for the Opening Ceremony to start, I got given my first Masquerade Token! I was beside myself with excitement! I couldn’t believe it!

The Opening Ceremony was so fun! I met a friend who I’ve known online since December, which was amazing!

And then the Cosplay Parade happened! John Bentley (Barret FFVIIR) and Liam Mulvey (Libertus FFXV Kingsglaive) were presenting it, they were both so enthusiastic about it! I was really nervous because I was stepping up onto a stage in front of a lot of people, but I did it, and Liam’s reaction was priceless!

Then we went on our way, wandering the stalls and doing quests. Every time I passed R and his group, he checked in with me, to make sure I was ok and having a good time, which I really appreciated as it was my first Kupo and Cosplay.

Then I joined the queue to meet Liam… I said hello and gave him a print of a commission I’d had done earlier in the year and then he signed my own copy of the print… and then he gave me a Masquerade Token and I was lost for words! Because I didn’t realise the guests would also have tokens!

Riding that high, I decided to join the queue to meet John. And WOW! That man is amazing! He’s so lovely and excited and genuinely loves the community! Once he’d signed my print we went to get a picture, and he complimented me on my cosplay, when I said it was my first one, he was amazed! So he told his wife (who was holding my phone to take the picture for me) to video a message, which is of him saying how awesome my cosplay was, then he gave me another Token! I couldn’t believe it! I excitedly told R what had happened and he said how amazing that was too!

By the end of the day and the start of the Closing Ceremony I had been given 9 Tokens! I had been saying in the Discord Server that 1 or 2 would be amazing! But I got 9!!!

I stayed with R for the Closing Ceremony, chatting and laughing, someone he knew from a past event complimented me on my cosplay, which R instantly agreed with, he was so supportive of everything and I will always be grateful for that

Both the “People’s Choice” and “Staff Choice” award was won by a cosplayer who made, and was operating, Hell House from FFVII which was a much deserved win.

It was at the end of the Closing Ceremony that I got a selfie with Ben, I’d spoke to him briefly earlier, after his panel, saying that I was hoping to get into the queue to meet him properly, to which he replied “Ok, Ardyn!”

But looking at the line to meet him I knew I would miss the opportunity, so as he returned to finish off the signings that were waiting for him I asked if I could grab a selfie, and he said yes, as he ran off to his table he said how good my cosplay was too.

I went over to Liam and John to thank them once again for the Tokens they gave me, and how much they meant to me, they both responded with similar things; that it was deserved!

Feeling the lump in my throat from the emotions those compliments caused, I went over and said goodbye to R, knowing I’d likely not see him again face to face until February for the Birmingham KupoCon, I managed to keep it together until I got back to my mum, I started crying shortly after!

Please! If anyone has read this far who is a Final Fantasy fan I couldn’t recommend Kupo more! It was amazing! I’ve never felt so welcomed and included at a convention before and everyone I met was lovely and supportive

Next stop for me is Birmingham in February, until then… “Walk Tall, My Friends”

[green-mountain-goose]

i, ever sitting on the fence, use both firefox and chrome

Ok everyone time for the big question:

[cainballad]

Meeting and chatting with Gregg Berger, the voice of Jecht, was a dream come true and made the whole agonizing flight(s) worth it!

@lastaim and I talked to him about the flight, we talked about how far we’ve come, esp from being from the states. Gregg was very surprised that we came all the way from NJ and told everyone around him; staff and other actors around him. It was an amazing day~ he’s such a great and engaging guy!

We had him sign our acrylic stand of Jecht and our FFX ps2 disc, next to Yuna’s signature~

While Lastaim was setting up the tickets and everything, I had to try and hold a conversation with Gregg who just sounded naturally like a very tamed Jecht especially his tone. 😂 We talked about the Sanctuary and the animals in there and how Australia was beautiful. He said it’s been over 10+ years since he came here. We took multiple pictures with him. He even did a video/audio recording of dialogue we wrote up for him. That blew our mind how he’s able to still sound EXACTLY like Jecht after 20+ years! When ppl were curious who he was voicing, he introduced Jecht as “Sir Jecht” and joked how his body was modeled after his own 😆 The whole experience made our entire vacation as a whole.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET THIS MOMENT AND WILL TREASURE IT FOR THE REST OF OUT LIVES.

We still haven’t recovered from it and keep looking back at the pics and videos and audio from that moment

[witchblade]

joke post that only made me mad because the ffx placement is a joke

[allknowingofnir]

The Frenzy of the Flame

OOC Lore Post from your favorite resident Gideon pretender:

Random lore thoughts while continuing a new non-scoffed RL1 playthrough:

Reanimation isn't something new to Elden Ring, far from it. It's the core mechanic of the game play. You will die time, and again, ad infinitum until you achieve your goal, go hollow, or achieve your goal and THEN go hollow.

Death is broken in the Lands Between, and likely the world as a whole because of Marika's actions with sealing Destined Death and fracturing the Elden Ring. Yet, we clearly see things die. Two noticeable instances are Irina in the Weeping Peninsula, and then Yura the Bloodyfinger Hunter.

True to fashion, they do both return (possibly, I will elaborate in a moment). In Yura's case it's obvious once you reach Mountaintop of the Giants, Shabriri is wearing him like a meat suit that begs you to become a righteous Lord and LET CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD!

Irina is subject to debate/arguable in one respect; Hyetta uses the same/similar model to the girl and taking a quick trip to the Weeping Peninsula once you've started her quest you will see... she is plainly there, still dead. FOR THE SAKE OF THIS POST, consider she is the same person, and we run into something curious. Two distinct people revived by something related to the Frenzied Flame.

Yura is seemingly a vessel for someone either close to or IS the Frenzied Flame itself; Shabriri. You meet him, he informs you Yura died/is dead, and you do with that as you will. Hyetta is a strange case in that, if she is indeed revived by the Frenzied Flame she is a distinct entity that isn't Shabriri... maybe. Shabriri is noted as being a liar in lore and was executed for the 'Crime of Slander'.

It's a very nebulous connection but it got me thinking. The Frenzied Flame's puppet(s) were not original creations like say, the Shadows of Marika and Ranni respectively (Maliketh and Blaidd), but could only resurrect two seemingly dead travelers who fell in their journeys through the Lands. Talking to Hyetta after completing the Grape quest she elucidates and illuminates us on the drives of the Three Fingers:

"I have touched them. The words of the Three Fingers. As your maiden, allow me to divine them.All that there is came from the One Great. Then came fractures, and births, and souls. But the Greater Will made a mistake.Torment, despair, affliction. Every sin, every curse. Every one, born of the mistake. And so, what was borrowed must be returned. Melt it all away, with the yellow chaos flame. Until all is One again."

The One Great I think I've touched on before, but it seems to allude to this unified Outer God that, possibly, all the others we run into were once part of. At some point, they splinter, differentiate, and we're left with the Greater Will, Formless Mother, Rot God... I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple but you get the idea. What is the Frenzied Flame left with in all of this? Naught but destruction. It provides a merciful death to the despairing, allegedly, and seeks to end the spiral of suffering afflicting Spira-I mean The Lands Between and beyond. (A joke, it's the same idea that Seymour had from FFX- end the spiral of despair by killing everyone. Can't suffer if there's no one alive to experience it. *taps temple*)

The other outer gods seem capable of creation to some degree, the Great Will can do it, the Formless Mother might? be able to, the Rot God brings death and rebirth, being Miyazaki and R.R. Martin's Elden Nergal. Even the Primeval Current that runs the stars seems capable of genesis of life, stars and what not being the residual vitality and glintstone being... something like that but different.

The Frenzied Flame then seems to be the remnant despair of the shattered One Great, leaving only the emptiness and desire to reunite with its lost pieces. But despair is seldom the answer in of itself, and is stead the conclusion to a question: so the question is this, what is the Frenzied Flame lacking that so torments it? I think that answer lies in that it is not a creative force despite knowing what that's like. I think the heart of the Frenzied Flame isn't despair, I think it's envy. It is a flame that hungers and blinded by its own envy thinks that by destroying all it will unite and become the One Great again, but all that it can do is puppeteer that which was formed by the hands and wills of others.

In the end, a Lord of Frenzied Flame is nothing more than the maddened puppet of a jealous god that got the short end of the divine essence.

[nokomento]

FFXIV contests noko has joined (so far)

they just announced the reaper/sage design contest winner i’m reminded that i’ve entered every. single. one. of their contests.

(i’ve never won a single one but i also never learn my lesson lmao)

here are my entries from latest to the very first ⊙ω⊙

(long post maybe)

2022/12/13 - Reaper/Sage Weapon Design Contest

the sage one is a joke i never entered it lmao

2022/04/28 - Weapon Design Contest (i think this took the longest to announce winners i forgot)

I can’t find my final draft with all the info written down for some reason….. but i rmb the WHM weapon didn’t make it in time lmao

2018/09/28 - Gear Design Contest - Melee/Physical Ranged DPS

i only entered for ranged because it’s my main lmao

2017/08/01 - FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest

i actually had fun with these hehe i think the fallen log one had another winning entry that looked like it so it sorta made it ingame lmao i had a third but once again didn’t make it (noko lol)

2017/04/06 - Gear Design Contest - Ranged Magic DPS/ Healer Edition

the Cerise Sorcerer (Ranged Magic DPS) actually got shortlisted for this one

The healer one is actually inspired by FFX lmao (sad noko)

And the thing that started it all

2016/08/27 - Gear Design Contest - Tank Edition

i think this one got shortlisted as well but i forgot all i rmb is someone made their own list on reddit lmao and placed this on their number one and then the comments came lmao

and that’s it UωU

one thing say (to myself or if they have future ones) is that you cannot upload via mobile or ipad… you need a pc even tho it fits under the file size requirement

just something i found odd