#so bad!! it's so bad!!!! aughhhh it's so so so so so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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thegreatyin · 4 days ago
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to put a long story short: at the end of ffxiv's base game, literally Directly before the beginning of its first expansion (heavensward), there is a series of quests and story arcs that eventually snowball into an hour-long cutscene in which the entire thing comes to a head in the literal worst way possible. like, "the hero's plans all go horribly wrong and several major characters die onscreen, with others going missing (presumed dead), eventually culminating in the player character being framed for the murder of the leader of a nation-state and being Literally Forced To Flee The Country" wrong.
heavensward leads directly on from this plotline. you arrive at the major location of the expansion in the midst of seeking asylum whilst being a wanted criminal everywhere else in the world right now. it's like. A Whole Thing. the game makes such a big deal out of it all. the fandom does as well. and for good reason!! it's a really good moment!!!!!!
and then roughly 1/3rds of the way into heavensward you find out that literally none of it mattered. nobody important actually died, no changes were actually made to the status quo, and nothing comes of being literally kicked out of the country for (what is implied to be) several in-universe weeks, if not months. None Of It Mattered. None.
TLDR; the bloody banquet is a major, exciting, and very infamous twist that seems like it's going to segway into a MAJOR upheaval of the status quo and some really intriguing ramifications for the story as a whole... and then heavensward does away with literally all of that and practically writes the entire thing off as a waste of time.
you may be able to see why i'm so salty about it.
#also worth noting that the nation-state leader (who's death was The one you were framed for)#was assassinated specifically because she was trying to reform her country's merchantile incredibly corrupt leadership system#into a more bearable democracy that would give voice to the people instead of the greedy scumbags currently in power#one of the members of the syndicate (a group of rich people who at this point have more power than the sultana- her)#tried to kill her bc. well. obviously reformation would mean they wouldnt be in control anymore.#and so her supposed death is the big crux of the bloody banquet#and then. THEN. heavensward goes OUT OF ITS WAY to reveal she is not only ALIVE AND PERFECTLY FINE#(she got drugged with the classic fantasy eternal sleep that looks like death medication)#but that her plan for reformation was ACTIVELY STUPID. she DOESN'T GET TO DO IT. NOTHING ABOUT THE STATE OF UL'DAH CHANGES#THE GAME JUST TELLS YOU BETTER GUYS ARE IN CHARGE NOW AND EXPECTS YOU TO BE FINE WITH THAT?#AS THOUGH THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM ENTIRELY WAS THE FLAWED PART OF THIS EQUATION?#god. i hate it so much. if you're not gonna change the status quo at least have the balls to kill off a character for christ's sake#i can rant abt it all day. it's just such a travesty on every level#yin-thoughts#ffxiv#also for the record ''bloody banquet'' is a fan term. the whole thing isnt called anything in-universe iirc#it's just a catchy title for an infamous sequence wherein people die at a banquet. you know how it be#it's just. god. something about it is just so utterly vile. the game all but looks nanamo (and to some extent the player) in the eyes#and goes How Dare You Try And Change The System. You're Stupid For Thinking This Could Work.#it feels so disingenuous and mean spirited and now the entire thing just leaves the worst possible taste in my mouth#and it SUCKS. because the bloody banquet scene itself is INCREDIBLE. but the way the game handles it after it happens is just#so bad!! it's so bad!!!! aughhhh it's so so so so so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!#the ffxiv writers are so in love with preserving the norm and so terrified of changing it up and/or killing off established characters#ive ranted abt it before and knowing myself i'll rant about it many a time again. it just sucks man#ffxiv crit
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linkvcr · 11 months ago
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doodles of gratitude (part 1) by @arecaceae175 :D
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chrollogy · 1 month ago
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i made strawberry shortcake but it looks like ass :C
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Date ideas:
Museum
Aquarium
Get dressed all formal and go on a late night walk to a gas station for snacks and eat them in a park
Lego building
Nature walk
Abandoned building exploration
Art gallery
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selcouth-vast-poet · 9 months ago
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soem old sketches i didd sometime ago
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luckyartdrawer · 13 days ago
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Get this man out of my head NOW!!!
Great animation practice at least-
Hopefullyyy tumblr isn't compressing it toooo badly.
vvv Goodie and yapping below!!! vvv
I really should be focusing on my assignments but ah yes, it twas a good idea to animate the goober stuck in my head.
Essentially, this drawing has been stuck in my head and I found the perfect songs that matches this mf so well. The voices.... They chain me down.
This took way longer than it should have v_v
Take this early snippet of the silly hitting himself as a consolation. It's either going to be a while before I post this man, or in general, again or it is going to be often if he won't LEAVE MY HOUSE (mind)
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cimicherrychanga · 9 months ago
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Complicated Relationship with God (As Seen Through Lyrics in the Character's Playlist)
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angelpuns · 6 months ago
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Every few days I think about saying fuck it and starting T but I NEED to be in my grandpa's will ya know what I mean?
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chaoticlad · 29 days ago
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Wednesday Addams fit
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socksandbuttons · 1 year ago
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looking and staring at the fact bloodmoons jealous of lunar being brought back but not him but also disregarding the entirety LUNAR was the one to promise him a body.
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totallyalamp · 11 months ago
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oh my gad
i was talking about ikea with my friend and like
would you not get these guys
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if you don't want them i will punt you they r adorable
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justsomerandomplanet · 1 year ago
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Uraume talking about how sorcerers of old disregarded their humanity....looks at tengen who has been called a "higher being" and sukuna who is a natural disaster, a calamity....kenjaku who's whole curse technique means to disregard the human body....
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dovoodles · 6 months ago
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"Why are you dressed like that?" "Isn't it obvious? I dress this way ... because I like to!"
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claitea · 2 months ago
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just one of those nights again (thought about n so hard i started Physically feeling sad like theres a weight on my chest)
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linkvcr · 7 months ago
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No one talks abt how good the zelda and groose part of groozelink is. Oh my gooood like they're so funny together i think.
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m0thlegs · 7 days ago
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I don’t think I have ever been as insane about a character as I am about viktor arcane
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