#gameplay Viedyn

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Super quick Gpose because I am SO EXCITED I can finally wear the Eastern Lady's Loincloth! Ahhhh!!

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My IRL partner got me into it after I quit WOW over a combination of their community 'issues' (to put it kindly), and their poor game design that doesn't respect the players time. When he approached me to play I initially told him "No, I'm never joining another MMO." To which he replied "You can be a Drow that picks flowers." Not 10 minutes later:

Question for the ffxiv fandom!

How did you all get into the game? I love hearing everyone's stories about how they found the game.

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Trick or Treat?

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While talking with a friend I realized that because of the way I went about pulling Viedyn into FFXIV (because I needed a character I cared about to motivate me to try the game) I accidentally created a divergence in his timeline. Now there's three completely different versions of him.

Canon version - The first son of his noble house and the right hand of his Matron. He's merciless in the execution of her will because he understands that was what he was born for. His icy exterior is difficult to get past. The only person he truly "cares" for is his younger brother, whom he practically raised. He'll go up against the Matron, and deal with her wrath, if it means shielding him. This canon version of him dies the night his noble house falls. He holds a choke point while Durafein and the Matron escape. As long as one noble survives, their house stands, and while he doesn't care what happens to the Matron, he knows Durafein is stealthy enough to evade capture. Viedyn isn't. He squares himself with the sacrifice because it's ultimately depriving their enemy of complete victory and he goes out content with that knowledge. FFXIV "gameplay" version - swinging wildly between a glam fashion icon and the most unhinged elephant-headed gremlin. Almost everything he wears while I'm playing the actual game is diametrically opposed to the wicked looking black armor he wears "in canon". FFXIV "FC" version - My FC isn't rp-heavy by any means but there's some light RP and general "FC LORE" that is followed. They naturally wanted me to be a part of this but the OC that is "Viedyn" is technically long dead which wasn't going to work. So this "FC Version" of him is basically an "AU" where he has survived the fall of his house and this is the life he's experiencing in this "new world" he's escaped to. He falls into a similar position with Rachel, the head of the FC, because serving a "Matron" (so-to-speak) is what feels most comfortable to him. Which is neat. But I've been Gposing all three of these versions AND NOT TAGGING ANY OF THEM. Because in my head the separation is obvious. So I'm gonna retroactively fix some of that....but I'll be tagging going forward "canon (Character)" "gameplay (Character)" or "rare fc lore" because I already made that tag lol I'm also totally stealing the "ffxiv (character)" tag idea from a mutual. Thank you for that one. <3

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Steel & Flames

Alright well - I've peaked. So much went into this gpose I'm going to do a little "behind the scenes" post to cover all of it. This is the most insane thing I've ever tried to do. It took 9 duty pops (mostly due to accidental auto attack) and 360 (very rapid) screenshots. #4. Battle

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Happy All Saints' Wake!

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Lazy pose because I've been pouring all my free time into getting these spiffy crafting relics! Hoping to knock out the last two steps (on all jobs) today!

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I'm completely normal about his collarbone. Vanilla shot with a very small neck touch-up and a texture overlay that's actually inspired by the in-game "Noise 2" overlay. The one in game is just really difficult to capture so I cheated.

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Bare Elezen hip appreciation post

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THE FIRST THING I SEE AT 5:44AM OH MY GOD HE IS BEAUTIFUL AHHHHHHH

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Small Fortune

Thou shalt experience limited fortune. Keep these words of guidance in thy heart. Adventure: Behold once more the first city thou didst see. There, good fortune awaiteth thee. Relationships: Hone thy perception and gain insight into the hearts of others. Prosperity: Put thy belongings in order. Conflict: Cast aside idle thoughts, and focus wholly on that which requireth thine attention. Favor: Be farsighted like unto the Spinner, and thou shalt rise above the caprices of fortune.

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FINALLY saw the end of Excitatron 6000 after our entire party DC'd and we thought we'd lost the instance completely. WHEW what a night.

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I kept forgetting to do my daily frontlines so I ended up having to cram both frontlines and CCs at the end of the season. But this big hideous boi is mine now! And I get a whole three days off before I need to start up again. Special shout-out to the Viera in frontline chat who said he'd follow me to the ends of the earth.

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If you see me in Crystalline Conflict - Sorry.

I shift wildly between "I should not subject other players to me" and "I should try ranked" with zero in-between.

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Channeling Zak from Ferngully today. Realized I made a grave mistake and pre-DT I was using Anamnesis to gpose..... welp. I think it might be dead. So I'm going to have to find an alternative. In the meantime my elezen are just gonna have to settle for standing around prettily.

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"I'm going to knock out some quests today! It'll be fun!" That isn't to say I hate those quests or anything. I actually love them....because oh my gosh look how pissed off he looks. Angry wet boy. I love him. Haven't posted in a bit because I was out of town! But now I'm back with more duskwight goodness.