#though i still get SUPERSHOCKED whenever i get nice tags and comments on my main like | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

nabaath-areng · 1 year ago

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I used to back in my early days on FFXIV Tumblr because for whatever reason people just couldn't let male midlanders be without constantly insulting them?? I'd get anons here and /tells ingame about how weird or ugly my midlander(s) looked, how they'd be cuter if they were miqo'te, "use a fantasia" etc etc.

Even when I'd make just simple positivity posts about them there was always at least ONE response being negative/insulting... and this happened regularly between 2014-2019!

It felt so self conscious about my main that I almost shelved him entirely, and it took 2 years for me to try him again... and then another year and a half for the fear of being perceived negatively to vanish almost entirely. Only this year has it gone away completely! So anyway I'm glad that's a thing of the past (at least I hope it is)

#random story time sorry about that i just #sometimes i think about it and feel crazy like what WAS that LMAO #anyway ive had my main back for almost 3 years now and its the best thing ive ever done #whats funny is that i temporarily mained elezen between 2020-2021 #and he was met with a whole lot more love and appreciation in that brief time than my first main did those years before #i think things have gotten better or at least they have for me personally #though i still get SUPERSHOCKED whenever i get nice tags and comments on my main like #you LIKE him? HUH???? are you serious????#and i still kinda wait for that 'sike!' which sucks but im better at ignoring that feeling now #but yeah. shit was weird lmaoooo

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