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Round 1B: Raubahn Aldynn vs Chieftan Moglin + Good King Moggle Mog

"hes so big and hes been through so much but also hes used to lalafells. gentle giant. i think hed give incredible hugs"

"No I HAVEN'T chosen regicide!! Let me choose peace!! I think I could reason with him if I could hug him for an hour and a half!!"/"I need the hug and he looks soooo somft and fluffy and I want to drown in the fluff of his chair/throne and sleep for a week please I need it"

[demonomog]

Little moogle themed parody album cover that was made a while back

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[General Information]

[A Mobile-Accessible version of his basic information!]

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 Full Name–   .   ✦  Ji Ji Moguri (Also known as Mogjiuri)

.    NIicknames– .  ✦  Jiji, ‘Flying Rat' 

.    Age / D-O-B–    . ✦  Moogle Age ‘Young Adult (20-21 equivalent) - Been a Miqo'te for one year. Born on the Final Drop of Dew at the Frost’s Crest. (Last day before winter season)

.    Gender–    .  ✦  Male Presenting

.    Pronouns–   . ✦   He/They

.    Orientation–   . ✦   Demiromantic/Asexual (Exploring)

.    Current Work–  . ✦  Being a nuisance. / Aspiring adventurer

.    Species–    . ✦   Moogle Miqo'te

.    Height–    . ✦   5'0 on paw tip, 4'8 fully flat footed

.    Color Descriptors–    . ✦   Naturally deeper-tanned complexion, Furred whites edged with a natural fade into Pom-Red - Multi-hued colors in his irises depending on the light; like an aurora.

Unique Attributes; Larger than normal Miqo'te ears - A large ‘Pom’ on the end of a thin tail - Paw-Pad feet - Star like freckles - Soft Rainbow [Pink/Green/Blue] Eyes 

Mods In Screenshots;; Feet(Boot) Replacement / Sharp Teeth / Eye Replacement / Tail Replacement / Face Paint Replacement - Various Outfit Mods

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Current Residence–    .  ✦  Being required to check in with Alphinaud (Or follow around Estinien and the WoL), and thus wherever the Scions are.

.    Hometown–    . ✦   The Churning Mists

.    Languages Spoken–    .  ✦  Mogspeech, Common Eorzean.

.    Blood Relations–    .  ✦ A veritable hoard of siblings.

.    Other + Status–    . ✦   Moglin (Chieftain, gave him 'permission' to wander away! As long as he ‘kept out of trouble’ and who better to keep that from happening than the Warrior of Light!)

.    Children–    .✦    None

.    Pets–    .  ✦  None

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.    Personality–    .   ✦ A little dumb, and a tad naïve, but not really stupid once he gets the hang of things. Easy to impress and even easier to confuse.

✧Will listen to someone talk on and on and on about things they’ve done, even if they’re mundane chores or flat out lies of adventures! 

✧ Prone to playing twenty questions with people, he doesn’t really know how to take a hint to go away. Quickly loses focus when he gets too excited.

✧Genuinely kind hearted and empathetic, this moogle-turned-Miqo'te is happy to share what little he has (Even if it’s his last Kupo Nut!)

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.    Hobbies–    .  ✦  Collecting items (Usually strangely average things like bottle caps or loose change.) Shows them off with pride. Taking small flights of fancy when no one is looking (his wings may show up if he gets too excited however, he doesn’t notice how he hovers), trying to get into the Gold Saucer (He’s banned cause he was cheating), Eating Kupo Nuts. 

.    Annoyances–    .  ✦  . Loud machinery, People pulling on his Pom Tail! It’s far too sensitive!, Getting yelled at for being excited, sharing his Kupo Nuts (Will do so begrudgingly)

.    (FFXIV) Job–    . ✦   'Blue Mage’ (Mog Mage; Take whatever it is and put Mog Infront) Traits of Dancer + Picto.

 ✦ Omnicrafter [Not so much Gathering] - Makes his own Clothes/Foodstuffs for Eorzean Tradecraft. His styling is inspired by the myriad of people he’s come across or things he likes. (Clothing is often helped along by Tataru and he’s vaguely her apprentice)

.   (FFXIV) Political Affiliation–    .✦ The Scions

.   Faceclaim if applicable–   ✦ . In-Game Screenshots, or Art done by myself / my wife

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Spending time with the Moogles at Moghome! Chief Moglin always puts up with my antics, telling me I’m an honorary Moogle.

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[asphodxlos]

7 and 10!! For the ffxiv ask meme!

FINAL FANTASY XIV ASK MEME*

7. Least favorite Character(s)?  Get Lolorito out of my face this instant. BAN HIM SQUARE. I’ve never in my life felt so ANGRY that he just WALKED AWAY??? AFTER EVERYTHING??? MM, sleep with one eye open you conniving little gremlin. What the Scions don’t know, wont hurt ‘em. 8T I also have really like uncomfy feelings around Kan-E-Senna. ITS NOT LIKE SHE DID ANYTHING I JUST.. dont like her. orz ISTHATMEAN??? She just rubs me the wrong way idk.

10. Favorite Dungeon?  AHH. As a lot of know, I actually just got into Stormblood with June so I haven’t played even half of the content at this point but, out of what I have played there is actually two of them I liked a TON!  I’m completely torn between The Great Gubal Library and Sohr Khai. The music in the Library is probably my favorite out of my recent dungeon tracks I’ve played, and I HAD SO MUCH FUN FIGHTING  HRAESVELGR AND JUMPIN AROUND AHH. It was so satisfying. And of course getting to see my homie Moglin again. Even if he talked hella shit about my name and tried to like, actually kill me. BUT HEY. 

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If you're still up to the character thoughts asks, then... *hands you Estinien, Nero and Lyse in pink ribbons* Take a pick or have them all, as you wish ^^

This took awhile!

Let’s start with Grumpy Dragoon Bro

First Impression: “Ah, here’s the thief? Cool armor, really arrogant. Going out of his way to be unlikable isn’t he? What a drama queen.”

I started FFXIV as a Lancer/Dragoon in an attempt at Something Different–I had healed and tanked all through WoW, but wanted to see if another game be conducive to attempting DPS, and melee at that (for the record, No; it was rough when I began playing in early HW–And it was early enough that I needed to get some Marauder levels before Alberic would talk to me).

So my first impression of Estinien is actually from the ARR Dragoon quests–and it’s not meant to be a good one, especially given how those quests end. When we next see Estinien in the late patches when he joins MSQ, a DRG WoL is startled to see him and ready for a fight for Reasons. What happens to him at the end of 3.0’s MSQ shouldn’t be as huge a shock to a DRG player.

It actually took me a couple years to finish ARR and catch up, but I really wanted to do it as DRG once I realized how integral Estinien, the Eyes of Nidhogg, and everything from the ARR DRG quests were to HW’s plotline. Given how rough I had it in the Coerthas stretches of ARR’s MSQ, the DRG story was the only thing keeping me interested in Ishgard and the overarching story of HW!

Impression Now: He’s still a drama queen, but that’s just how it is in Ishgard. Grumpy brother character. Fun to drag, but I see a few elements of “traumatized war vet who doesn’t really know what to do with himself now,” particularly in his short story for Shadowbringers. Also just needs to CALL HIS DAD.

Seriously, every time you go visit Alberic, he makes a comment about Estinien never coming around. There are, again, Reasons going back to the end of ARR, but at this point, that water’s so far past the bridge it’s dumped out into the Rhotano.

Favorite Moment: That “I dunno man, just go with it” shrug he gives Haurchefant when you and Estinien roll back into Ishgard alongside Lady Iceheart herself is always a favorite. Growling at King Moglin. His angry potty mouth optional dialogue in the scene post-Vault. The Stormblood short story explaining how he got his armor and a new purpose from Hraesvelgr (and what he named his suit). How relaxed and happy he seemed in the DRG 70 quest. The cannon dive. Getting outfoxed by Tataru and Krile.

I just seem to really enjoy when Estinien shows up to grump all over the place.

Idea for a Story: I do kind of want to write more on that idea of how he’s coping (or not) with life post-Dragonsong. Maybe more of his adventures in the empire.

Unpopular Opinion: That as fun as he is to drag on, Estinien has some serious traumatic issues, from childhood to training to time as Azure Dragoon to what happened in HW that he hasn’t really processed in healthy ways, and really does give that vibe of a damaged war vet barely getting by–his Shadowbringers short story, much as it delighted me in some ways, also really hit that chord for me in a lot of ways.

Favorite Relationship: Oof. This is a tough one. Estinien actually gets a decent number of connections on screen. His foster father/son dynamic with Alberic; his battle buddies/besties friendship with Aymeric; the surrogate brother relationship with Alphinaud; the brief unhealthy and doomed/tragic romance angle with Ysayle (I ship it, don’t @ me; and even non-romantically, she was incredibly important to his development); Orn Khai gets a nod, as do our lovely Scion ladies, and even his “our goals align so let’s work together” relationship with Gaius.

In the end, though, I give it to his relationship with Alberic, and would love to see that revisited and expanded further.

Favorite Headcanon: I am all for the “Estinien is a tired, grungy man who never had the time or care for detailed hygiene even before getting soaked in Nidhogg’s blood and then never cleaning/changing his armor after” camp. Some of it is just not caring overmuch about appearances, being too busy to take time or care, and some is definitely related to his depression and trauma but he likely doesn’t realize it and so just waves it off as nonsense concerns and a lack of time keeping him to maybe one full shower a week, and not a lack of motivation because his brain is stressed out.

Nero

First Impression: “Our bad guys’ intro…ah, there’s the ruthless second in command, killing dudes. Meant to be dangerous, taking off his helm unlike the others. Going on about a Garlond? I think that’s a name I’m supposed to know. Is this guy a Starscream? He strikes me as a Starscream.”

Again, it took me so long to finish ARR, I forgot that initial scene of Gaius and his crew for a time, but when I was rewatching cutscenes near the end of ARR (Because I realized how much I had forgotten), it all came back, and I was all “ah, yeah, this freakin’ guy…”

Impression Now: He is one of my favorites. He’s snarky and witty, but it’s definitely hiding a lot of insecurities and a nicer disposition than he likes to let on, or was able to show as an Imperial officer.

He’s managed to Karma Houdini his way out of a lot of crap he was responsible for, though.

Favorite Moment: Just randomly showing up and walking into an Alliance Council meeting. How the heck did he make it that far? Confidence really does get you everywhere, and Nero can pull off the military officer schtick well enough to intimidate the rank and file.

Idea for a Story: Anything to do with the Ironworks should include Nero, but I haven’t any lately. I may consider more from the Omega series, or even going back to Crystal Tower. Maybe something current. Or maybe, even…see below.

Unpopular Opinion: I want to see where he got some sort of censure for the things he did do–mainly to the Sylphs. What reparations did he have to make for repairing (and improving upon) the Ultima Weapon? As an Imperial Tribunus at all? Nero’s a loveable dork and a great foil for Cid, but he’s got a lot more than that to offer, and can be more dangerous than many people remember.

Also, who’s to say he actually is in exile and not spying for the Empire, given his intro scene?

And just who IS feeding Gaius all that information he already so handily had when he met Estinien?

Favorite Relationship: His rivalmance with Cid feels like cheating. But it IS the best example we have. I would also submit for consideration, though, his friendship with G’raha, Doga, and Unei in the Crystal Tower.

Having replayed through that recently on C’oretta, I noticed just how Nero reacted to their compliments and praise–given earnestly, honestly, and with no strings or expectations. After dealing with Gaius’ manipulations and Imperial politicking and the sniping and threats of even his peers like Livia, he was startled by the folks who had no knowledge or experience with his past and so genuinely reacted favorably to him. It seemed novel and strange to him–which is honestly a little sad.

Favorite Headcanon: Honestly anything Swilly comes up with is amazing, and I generally tend to agree with many. Especially the really silly ones. ;) @the-actual-for-real-nero-scaeva

I do think Nero comes and goes from the Ironworks workshops as he chooses. Comes in to harass Cid, drops some plans, helps out others projects under the guise of telling them what they’re doing wrong, and ambles out again after reporting to Jessie to fulfill contractual obligations.

Lyse

First Impression: If we’re talking in ARR when she was “Yda”, she was just the excitable companion to grumpy little Papalymo (Going back over those old dialogues and cutscenes, though, she’s not a total airhead as is often characterized).

Impression Now: She has come a long way. She learned quite a bit over Stormblood, including where she was and wasn’t ready, and where she’s best at. She prefers being a second in command to being in charge herself, and is pretty much filling the role of Raubahn’s Marshall for the Resistance. It works well for her.

Favorite Moment: Giving Gyodo the boot is pretty great. Her talk with the Mol kids about home and what it means. The spar on the palm of Rhalgr’s statue.

Also there’s something about her being the first Scion to decide “you guys go, I’ll hold them here” as they ran from the Banquet.

Idea for a Story: Maybe some on her younger days and her own Sharlayan connections. Maybe some on her recovery from what happened in 4.5. I would love to see where she (and Hien and Yugiri!) are now, and hope they show up again soon.

Unpopular Opinion: I love Lyse. I do think SE’s decision on how to handle the Yda/Lyse thing was weird and awkward, but really, grief does weird things to people. And Lyse did learn, grow, change through Stormblood–she wasn’t just “handed” things as some claim (though Conrad did throw her into command for the symbolism and family name and Lyse did a decent job, but really does prefer being Raubahn’s XO). She had a decent arc in StB, even if it was rough in spots and weirdly implemented at the start.

Also much of her “airheadedness” as Yda was obfuscating stupidity/pretending to be how she thought Yda was–lighthearted and fun, but not necessarily trying to be dumb. If she was much younger than Yda, which all conversations indicate, that might be her child’s perspective on the much older sister she admired but didn’t fully understand.

Also, she really did just follow Papalymo’s lead and let him do the thinking most of the time, so didn’t really have much of consequence to be concerned with–though I think it’s interesting he let her take the lead on the Sylphs and Moogles and present her ideas to the others and it was a correct assessment. Lyse isn’t as booksmart as the other Scions, but she has a lot of emotional intelligence that really works when dealing with other people.

Favorite Relationship: I really like the friendship she and Alisaie had throughout the Stormblood roadtrips in the Far East. Also her friendship with M’naago, that I’m sure has to be more given she drops the tribal ID…

Favorite Headcanon: She has a Thing going with M’naago on the downlow. Also she’s far more educated than most folks give her credit for; I mean, she grew up in and around Sharlayan and had to spend years pretending to be an Archon. It’s more her attitude that comes across as “airheaded” but she’s really not, as her growth in StB shows. She’s not as booksmart as her Scion colleagues, but she’s probably got far more education than the average Ala Mhigan, or most other Eorzeans, given Sharlayan’s emphasis and her time as a Scion.

Also her and Thancred have a sibling-ish relationship too; let’s face it, Lyse is his “type”–a younger girl who can use a big brother–and they would get into all sorts of trouble together, half of it just to annoy Papalymo and Y’shtola, and half of it just to honestly blow off steam and have fun in those years before the Banquet changed everything. I think, with that emotional intelligence too, that Lyse would have been among the first to notice Thancred overworking himself, but not really know how to handle it or convince him to back down.

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Here's Chieftain Moglin with that 2019 mood for the last in my #FFXIV moogle series #finalfantasyxiv #finalfantasy14 #moogle #moogles #finalfantasy #ff14 #fanart #videogames #art #artwork #drawing https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHTp-1Htej/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qsun4dlug6uq

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Combination Poll: Good King Moggle Mog (1 nomination) and Chieftan Moglin (1 nomination)

Surely these two majestic moogles are among the softest and fluffiest beings in Eorzea, but should they be entered in the huggability bracket separately, or together so as not to cause a Moogle civil war?

(This is an effort to combine characters into one entry in order to reduce the number of play-ins and get as many submitted characters into the bracket as possible while still doing them justice)

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The Wrong Side of the Hedge

FFXIV Write 2017 | Part 7: “Broken Leaf” Starring Mozme Montblanc

A little ‘meep’ sound was all the warning that the Nine Ivies settlement Hawthorne got before a moogle went screaming through the area. Shortly behind her was a patrol of other moogles, carrying comically oversized weapons. The human-form people who were able to perceive moogles looked puzzled, but most just went about their day. 

“Crazed! Insane, kupo! Nutty in a bad way, kupo!” flailed the forerunning moogle.

The leader of the armed pursuers shouted back “Heretic, kupo! Blasphemer, kupo!”

Moz saw something out of the corner of her eye. A pile of leaves in the distance moved. A single leaf reached out from it, and motioned to her, beckoning her. Huh. Leaves could do that. Okay. She trusted this leaf. At the very least, if it was a trap, it was an interesting trap, and at the end of the day that’s all she really needed. She turned, weaving through boughs and around trees before diving into the leaf pile. To her surprise, her pursuers flew right passed her! The leaves were an effective cover!

Nope. It was something in the leaves. Well, more accurately, she figured, it was a subset of leaves. 

“This one is Roxio,” the leaves said. “This one is friend to pom one.”

“... kupo?” she looked around. The moogles that gave chase were off in the distance already, and the leaf pile seemed friendly enough. 

The leaf pile tipped it’s head curiously. “Kupo one,” it corrected itself, as if Moz had been correcting it.

She flailed her arms, “No, no, Mozme, kupo. Mozme Montblanc, kupo.”

This seemed to trouble the leaf pile, in so much as she assumed leaf piles could be troubled. “... Kupo one.” Fine, she’d accept that. That was the best any plant had ever addressed her, anyroad. 

“Why was Kupo one being chased by other pom ones?” asked Roxio. Moz was pretty sure Roxio was a pea pod of some kind. Maybe an unblossomed flower? Or some manner of shrubbery? It didn’t matter, whatever it was, it was asking a question. 

And it was a fair question, one Moz had tried to ask before they picked up swords and threatened to clip her wings. “I think because I come from the sky, kupo... I told them about the Mist Moogles high in Dravania, and they called me a heretic, kupo! They didn’t even let me finish my drink, kupo! They chased me!”

Roxio slowly blinked.

“I know, kupo!”

“They sound like touched ones,” nodded the gysahl green with a face. “Touched pom ones? Serving pom lord?”

Pom Lord? Chieftain Moglin Mog? That didn’t seem very likely. “This on - I MEAN I - I don’t think they know Master Moglin, kupo...” she mused. “Surface moogles are so strange, kupo. Like a whole other kind of moogle, kupo.”

Roxio offered a leafy arm toward Moz, and she took it in what was a strange apporximation of a handshake. “This one will take you to Elder One, to safe place in Little Solice, kupo.”

Moz puffed her cheeks. “You’re making fun, kupopopo!”

Roxio didn’t respond, just dragged the Churning Moogle along with him. “Come along, come along, come along!”

She sputtered. It was surprisingly strong for a cabbage! She flailed again, escaping one strange situation only to land in another. “KUPOPOPOPO!”

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"Greetings from Moghome, kupo!" You cant do business in Moghome without first taking a picture with the Chief of Fluffs himself, Chief Moglin! *pat pat* #finalfantasy14 #ff14 #finalfantasyxiv #ffxiv #hyur #arcusmycolian #balmung #balmungserver #scholar #moghome #moogle

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Huggability Bracket: Some Assembly Required

Y'all sure want to hug a lot of FFXIV characters! There were a total of 71 unique entries, almost double the number of unique entries there were for punchability (although that led to fewer repeat nominations; the most-nominated characters for this bracket had 6 noms, as opposed to the 14 Asahi got for punchability).

Unfortunately, 71 characters is a few too many to fit into a 64-item bracket, so the next couple of days we'll be narrowing that down a bit.

Right now, polls are up to try to combine a few sets of characters I thought would make sense to. Those polls can be found:

Here (T'kebbe, Khloe Aliapoh, and Riqi-Tio)

Here (Good King Moggle Mog and Chieftan Moglin)

Here (Carbuncle and Proto Carbuncle)

Depending on the outcome of those polls, there will be 2-4 play-in polls tomorrow, so the bracket should be assembled and posted on Monday.