#ffxiv ask blog

[ask-athena]

What if you

Wanted to go to heaven

But God said

"Counterpoint."

[greymagi-txt]

Gettin' too damn cold for my tastes this time of year. I can get as used to the winter as I want, and it'll still be just as damn annoying every time it comes 'round.

'Least it'll be Starlight season soon enough though, hm? Business really picks up then, and I get to stay nice and cozy by the fire. You ought to come in for a drink sometime, dear. Hot cocoa's on the house for the holidays, you know.

[mimble-sparklepudding]

FFXIV Blog Positivity Ask Game.

Given that things are a bit sad and stressful at the moment, I thought it might be a good time to spread a little community positivity - and hopefully celebrate some FFXIV blogs of which people might not be aware.

Hightlight a FFXIV blog from which you are always happy to see a post.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that people might not know about, but that you would like to recommend to others.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC who has a really compelling backstory.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that often makes you laugh.

Highlight a new FFXIV blog that would you like more people to interact with.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC who is just incredibly, if not unreasonably, sexy.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who is really supportive of others in the community.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with a really original OC.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who is a really talented writer.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with some fantastic original art, whether digital or traditional.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that expands on lore in an interesting way.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that deserves more recognition by a wider audience.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who is always a joy to interact or RP with.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with some impressive gposes or screenshots.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger with whom you still can't quite believe you are actually mutuals.

Highlight a FFXIV blog which gives you "all the feels".

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC about whom you really want to learn more.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that has made you think about a character or setting in a different way.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who works hard to bring people together and promote events and activities.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with a romance or ship that you really enjoy.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that explores an existing canon character in an interesting way.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an engaging OC who is morally grey, if not outright villainous...

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who really inspires you.

Highlight a FFXIV blog which does erotica (or smut) really well.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC that you consider particularly cute or endearing.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who you consider to be especially talented at producing gifs or videos.

Highlight a FFXIV blog which has challenged you to think about an aspect of lore in a different way.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that explores difficult or complex emotions really well.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC in whom you feel particularly invested.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who should have more confidence in their skills.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC who is particularly loveable or endearing.

Highlight a FFXIV blog which you recommend new community members should follow.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who is looking for more RP opportunities (and deserves them).

Highlight a FFXIV blog that does something impressive or different with a popular trope or character.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who made you feel really welcome when you first joined the community.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that you've really enjoyed seeing develop over time.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with a variety of compelling OCs - perhaps so many that you're impressed they can keep track of them all.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with a really strong and defined theme.

Highlight a FFXIV blog that is completely different to yours, whether in terms of focus or style, but you really enjoy.

Highlight a FFXIV blog with inspriring and/or impressive glamour or outfits.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who you wish posted more often.

Highlight a FFXIV blog which portrays or describes combat or warfare particularly well.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who answers OC (or other) asks with really interesting responses.

Highlight a FFXIV blog which does comedy really well.

Highlight a FFXIV blogger who has become a friend.

Remember that highlighting a particular blog as an example of one that is funny or original etc does not mean that other blogs or bloggers are not also worthy of mention. This is just about giving an example from the many blogs you no doubt follow. If you really can't choose then you could always roll a dice - or list all of the ones that qualify, but you might be there for some time...

[ainyan]

Highlight a FFXIV blog that explores difficult or complex emotions really well.

If you want someone who is very good at exploring complex or difficult emotions - or situations - look no further than @thewitchofelpis. Her FFXIV fanfiction is incredibly well-written and explores some very nuanced and complex relationships and the emotions that come with them. I highly recommend going through and reading both their shorts on Tumblr and their series on Ao3.

Let's spread some positivity. Ask me for a blog rec!

[kayzis]

my favourite part of the eden questline so far has been Ryne's 3 dads giving her a pep talk for asking Gaia out on a date to hang out with her. then watching them pretend not to eavesdrop. Shura's doing squats. Urianger and Thancred approve of his technique. yes yes. they're definitely not listening to see if their girl is winning. are ya winnin' girlie??

[akirakirxaa]

Hey everyone. o/

I hope everyone's been enjoying the new expac. Unfortunately I come to you with some heavy stuff. My husband and I moved states last month, and while we're in a much better place now, we are still temporarily unemployed. We have some funds, but it's getting to where I'm having to make unpleasant choices, such as not paying my phone bill (the only way I have to contact pretty much everyone I know now) and car insurance (need a car to get a job so also not ideal). And I'm concerned about being able to get my cat and dog their food as well.

So I'm coming asking for help raising some funds. I'd rather do commissions but until plogons are back, this is mostly impossible, so I have to ask for donations.

My goal is to raise at least $200. If everyone that follows me and has enjoyed the posts I share and gposes I make gave one dollar I'd be nearly there.

If you are more comfortable with using Ko-Fi, you can find my link here, or you can send to @/LauraWrites without the slash on paypal or venmo. (Didn't want to tag a rando. ^^; So literally just remove the slash and you're good.) If you go through kofi I would prefer if you paid with paypal there since, full disclosure, Stripe does have a sizeable wait period (a couple of weeks usually) before it releases funds.

I'm working on things I can do for commissions so I'm not just having to ask for money, but until I can figure out something I can do with enough skill that I feel comfortable charging for it, this is what I can do.

Thank you. <3

[arcanistvysoren]

tfw your online life bleeds into your video game life

@nihilnovisubsole

i did DM you like i promised but i'm still cackling about it so i need to commemorate it as a post

a real "i like your shoelaces" moment 🤝

[feralkwe]

For the Director's Cut: To The Edge (And Back Again)

Also, i just want to congratulate you on your exquisite taste of being an Elidibus fan. He is so <3

to the edge (and back again)

this dinged danged fic may be the best work i've ever published. it is, hands down, the one i am most proud of writing, and definitely the one i worked the hardest on. so many lovely little threads to pull together. i spent so much time reading so much lore, combing wikis, sifting through short stories with a fine toothed comb. listening to music. replaying cutscenes. i've never worked so hard to get the lore so right (and i still made some pretty big errors!). it is the most work i've put into a fic ever, and my only chaptered canon character centric work. in a way, it was my white whale. it is by and far the most popular fic i've ever written.

the shb patches gently and slowly broke me as the more we learn about elidibus through them the more he broke my heart. in the beginning i was furious about what he does to ardbert, and it quickly evolved and i felt awful by the conclusion. at the end of the trial the wol is putting down the remaining shell of a very broken man, angry and mad and absent the memories of why he is so driven, and in the throws of rage in his grief at being the last of the unsundered. there was no glory in that victory. nothing to take pride in. it is quickly apparent after anamnesis anyder that he is unwell. even y'shtola mentions that it seems like a mercy killing put in motion by emet-selch. i think the game meant for me to be very sad about one thing at the end of seat of sacrifice, but i was very, very wrapped up in elidibus' fate. the wol has no choice but to stop him, and the only way to stop him is to kill him. i was devastated that it came to that. perhaps being someone who suffers from psychosis made it personal. i couldn't say for sure.

and then after all of it, he gives the very last of his self, his essence, to send us back in time to do what he could not.

it was some time before i did the pandaemonium raids, and they smacked me in the face from the moment you drop into elpis. i became preoccupied with elidibus (and since i played them so late, i already knew the themis-elidibus connection). how did this clever, sweet, smart, driven, and oh so young man who valued his job and duty above all else, get to "i'm going to sacrifice myself to give life to god?"

more than that, the overarching story of ffxiv reinforces a falsehood that zodiark was corrupt, power hungry, and even the source of all evil right up until fandaniel actually corrupts him. this just is not true. even though the writers carefully leave us a trail of crumbs to lead us to question the in-world narrative of zodiark's motivations and morality, much of fandom blithely accepts hydaelyn's misleading of the wol and the word of the lopporits, who are unreliable, being literal creations of hydaelyn herself. the zodiark plan worked. the souls who sacrificed themselves saved the world, at least bought it time. and elidibus somehow got to a place where he felt it was his sole responsibility to bear it all.

it worked. and the burden broke him on the most fundamental level even before hydaelyn made her choices.

that journey gripped me so hard that i had to tell that story. i had to set the record straight in a way that satisfied me. the souls who fueled the creation of hydaelyn get to be literal gods. the souls sacrificed to zodiark are all but forgotten. we only know one of their names. elidibus fought until his last breath for them, for better or for worse. that has to matter.

and now i kill him at least once a week in the hopes of getting my hands on that "fleeting moments" orchestrion. i begged forced my free company to help me do the seat of sacrifice (extreme) so i could get the axe that drops.

so, thank you for this ask. i am so normal about elidibus in a way i've never been normal about another fictional character before.

[neighawolf]

Because answering this on tweet site is gonna be hard I'll try and make a thread lol but feel free to ask me here!!

I stole from fren <3 Please ask me about my ship dynamics and/or ships (including all the others that aren't Rorianger/Thanlex) they are: Rornir/Urianger Alex/Thancred Bastian/Marcechamp R'aurora/G'raha Sera/Y'sthola/Aymeric Saoirse/Estininen Mizuki/Sidurgu Sorn'daer/Heather (oc)

[fooltofancy]

oh he's HERE.

[ask-athena]

ᅠ₊⊹"To silent vessels, I give voice!"⊹₊

blog intro/💀/ Hello! this is an IC ask blog as my favorite character ever, Athena from Final Fantasy XIV! I am a huge lore nerd and have been obsessed with Athena going on a year now... I am very new to tumblr RP specifically so this'll be a learning curve.. and as well as an ask blog, I wouldn't mind dabbling in RP in messages...but yes! This post will just be saying who I am and what kind of asks/interactions I'd like and some smaller headcanons and criteria for my characterization!

OOC

☆ athena (yes thats what i go by ooc.. u can just call me 💀 or thena')

☆ transfem ☆ she/her ☆ 21

twt ☆ bsky ☆ ao3

ooc posts start/end with /💀/

IC

☆ Athena, 'Lady Athena', 'Chief Keywarden Athena'

☆ transfem ☆ she/her ☆ mid 20s-50s~

☆ carefree, highly intelligent, cocky

「✦ "Why.. Greetings! It's not often I have visitors... no matter. I am Athena! Chief Keywarden of Pandæmonium... ah, and wife to the esteemed Lahabrea.. as well, of course. I do suggest you watch yourself in my facility, while the magicks of our warders is unmatched... accidents do tend to happen... familiar."✦」

IC canon info Based off of the content of the ask, or if you specifically request a certain one, I will switch between three key time periods:

☆ Pre-Pandæmonium 🎭

This would also be before Hephaistos takes the seat of Lahabrea, before Erichthonios exists, and before the Heart of Sabik's influence. She would be a mere researcher in the Words of Lahabrea...but still a top one at that.

☆ Chief Keyward ⛓️

This will be the most commonly used time period. For simplicity sake, it's the time period in which the Abyssos flashback takes place. Erichthonios has existed for a few years, Hephaistos is now Lahabrea and barely sees her, and she oversees her great facility... with nothing shady going on on the side at all!

☆ Anabaseios // Limbo 🌌

This would be a more theoretical time period. Simply set with my interpretation of her behavior at the finale of the raid series or a state of existence where the raid series has happened and somehow shes still able to interact with Erich, Lahabrea, Themis, etc. In other words this is the 'don't really try and make sense of this one' time period.

You may request a specific time period by including the corresponding emoji to the one you'd like. This is optional!

⸻Though, on that note...

Do not take a lot of what's said on this blog very seriously.

Athena is a bad person believe it or not! But, I (, Athena,) am don't think I personally am! She can be condescending, has a god complex, and with this being clarified I will do my best to not hold back on her characterization and how I think she'd actually reply to any asks I receive. This is a roundabout way of saying I don't condone anything this character does or the way I act IC. Though, this also applies to the rationalization of this blog! Obviously it'd be hard to be in a scenario where she'd even answer silly questions of any kind, and this isn't even mentioning the timeline jumping and limbo stuff. I'm here to have fun, and I hope anyone else can do the same! and i promise im not a weirdo using shit like this to justify racism/homophobia in RP lmao Anyway, with all that out of the way here's some general head-canons for the character!

headcanons

☆ from bad to worse

in short, i mean i specifically characterize her being Slightly unhinged before the heart of sabik, and then More unhinged based off the amount of time she's had it.

☆ Lahathena

this is a HUGE umbrella term because a lot of my headcanons for her are moreso about her and Heph's relationship. doomed love, eventual cheating, spite, crazy for eachother figuratively and literally, etc.

☆ TransFem!Athena / TransMasc!Lahabrea

this is a hc that probably wont need to be referred to often, but it is one i hold very dear! i have a whole doc adding justification even, but that being said! i don't mind any sort of identity on them.

you will likely pick up on more of these HCs as time goes on!

ask criteria HONESTLY, I am looking for almost any kind of ask.

If you'd like you can give a little bit of context as to whos asking, nothing lengthy just simply name/pronouns/and if they're an ancient or a 'familiar', by default she will call everyone a familiar.

(Cybelle | She/Her | Ancient | OC) text text text ask ask ask?

☆ YES ☆

☆ NSFW/18+ - Though, if I do not find it appropriate to answer I will not.

☆ Joke/Meme/Trendy questions are encouraged even!

☆ but at the same time, Philosophical/Theoretical or just Serious questions as a whole are as well! I will answer best to my ability and will appreciate the exercise!

☆ Asking specifically an OOC question is fine as well! Just make sure it's obvious it's for me and not her.

☆ NO ☆

☆ Controversial subjects such as SA, racism, p_dophilia, etc.

☆ Any reference to the Lahabrea family being incestuous in any way. (i main as an athena npc in-game. this has happened before. sadly.)

☆ While I am fine with NSFW asks, I would prefer no NSFW images in my inbox.

☆ Highly specific asks relating to your character. (while im sure your character is cool, I don't think it'd make the best ask if I had to try and understand your lore first or something)

As long as its within this criteria ANYTHING GOES!!

NOW thank you so much for reading and showing interest in my blog! Happy asking! I'm always down to make likeminded friends on here ill abt the same stuff! So don't feel too scared to even just... send me a message or whatever!

Divider Credits: cafekitsune, web.archive.org

shitty pandaemonium gif by meeeeeee

[greymagi-txt]

// welcome to hell!! welcome to hell!!!

//here's some of the crew you can ask things, as is,, yknow. the purpose of this blog! from top left to bottom right: Khaishan, Ramune, Cocoa, and Dathar

//there's more but I don't take nearly enough pretty screenshots of them and I don't have my ffxiv sub at the moment so uh. you're gonna have to wait for them

//fire away!! my tippy tappy drawing hands are at the ready!!

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC that you consider particularly cute or endearing.

Nanari Ququri of @hikinghydaelyn definitely.

Not only is Nanari such a lovely and loveable character, but the whole premise of the blog is also (and this is not a word I use often) adorable. If you're lucky enough to see Nanari walking across the star (usually on Malboro, on the Crystal Data Centre) then he would probably welcome an encouraging wave, or maybe even some company for part of his epic journey.

[ainyan]

6. Highlight a FFXIV blog with an OC who is just incredibly, if not unreasonably, sexy.

~

12. Highlight a FFXIV blog that deserves more recognition by a wider audience.

And!

22. Highlight a FFXIV blog with an engaging OC who is morally grey, if not outright villainous...

6. Oh come on. Give me a hard one. As everyone knows, @sylaurin's Kabniel is not only incredibly, but incredibly unreasonably, sexy. And I'm not just saying that because she's my RL wife.

12. Everyone should be grabby-handing for @paintedscales amazing OC Nomin and her beautiful relationship with our favorite dragoon, Estinien. Check out their artwork while you're at it - they're amazing!

22. A morally grey, almost villainous OC? Well, you need look no further than @furys-mercy's alt Sebastian de Vairemont, otherwise known as @bastardofvairemont.

Let's spread some positivity. Ask me for a blog rec!

[anticidic]

Not so much about about the writers ask but seeing you mention Soukoku and FFXIV got me thinking - why Jobs do you think they main, and if you really want to go down this rabbit hole with me, what role do you think they would play in the FFXIV storyline ( I can’t stop comparing G’raha tias admiration for the Wol to Dazai when Chuuya uses corruption)

I'm picking up what you're putting down!! We're going ALL the way down this rabbit hole!!

I've thought about this a lot both in terms of FFXIV jobs and D&D, and I feel like if we wanna go by lore wise, I could see Dazai being a dark knight. (shoutout to that questline tbh) but Dazai's also just a Silly Guy™ and I can just as easily see him being a ninja and Chuuya points and laughs when he screws a mudra up and gets the bunny hat of shame. He's also the type that if he swapped to healer for faster queues so he and Chuuya could take turns leveling, Dazai would pick sage and he'd do funny dashing around to the tank and probably rescue-grief Chuuya in alliance raids. Don't trust him on healer BUT he's also just as likely to shirk Chuuya while on tank and Chuuya ends up getting aggro. I think it's better he stays a dps.

Chuuya's actually a chill team player, but Dazai will start shit and he'll give in to intrusive thoughts and try to get Dazai killed in return. Dazai would try out black mage to see if it was really as obnoxious to play as people say and if the leylines curse is a thing, so Chuuya makes sure it's a thing by baiting mechanics on Dazai so Dazai has to move out of his leylines. (Then there's just a audible sigh every time it happens)

I could see Chuuya playing gunbreaker, astrologian, and samurai. He'd like the first two for the high apm because it gives his hands something to constantly do in terms of rotation and he'd get bored quickly of slow, static rotations like summoner. He also likes juggling several things at once like buffing players and playing the 'how low can you go' with his teammates but never actually lets them die (once in a while he'll turn the other way if Dazai has a DoT ticking down and pretend not to see Dazai die). But also likes being the protector/first line of defense while also beating the crap out of enemies.

I actually really like the Dazai -> G'raha Tia parallel there!! I AM SO TORN. But Chuuya gives big Estinien vibes, even right down to the rivalry between him and Nidhogg. Because I can see Nidhogg being a parallel to Chuuya with corruption, and the loss of control. But also how he starts off as really standoffish and just doing his job as the Azure Dragoon, but then gradually warms up to the WoL and the rest of the team, even if he doesn't want to admit it.

Since you already mentioned G'raha, I won't cheat and say him again, but I can see Dazai being Thancred, both old and current versions! In fact, Dark Era Dazai fits old Thancred pretty well—doing his own thing, sneaking around, he acts suspicious and gets himself into trouble. And even Shadowbringers+ Thancred fits current Dazai, imo. How Thancred wants to protect Minfillia/her reflections as Ryne and isn't selfishly motivated anymore like he was when he was younger speaks to me.

[the-waking-sands]

9 (favorite song) and 25 (favorite Minion)!

Favorite song... Hard to pick but I think I'd have to go with the dragonsong! It makes me so fucking emo everytime. Ive started to make a playlist of all my fav FFXIV tracks as I go through the game though! You can listen to it here!

As for my favorite minion, wind up alpha without a doubt. I recently finished the omega raids and oh my god I would die for this fucking chocobo. The ending cutscene genuinely had me full on weeping. Very very good raids, which certainly was a nice change of pace after uhm... The everything of stormblood. (I have a lot of thoughts on this expac, most of them not that positive... Maybe I'll write a whole post about it.)