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What the hell is happening in Limsa

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erenville is so funny to me. everything about his backstory wants him to be a protagonist but he's so effortlessly normal that it just never happens. he worked for the secret government space-ark of noah project. he's childhood friends with the princess of unified continental america. his mother was essentially one of the american warriors of light and told him to find the legendary golden city that nobody ever returns from. his hometown got swallowed by the tokusatsu dimension and that same mother died as part of an underground resistance movement in the tokusatsu dimension but persists as a cyberghost. erenville is normal though. he's a guy with a job and he never learned how to fight. his special skill is being a completely regular wildlife expert and he is far too employed for any of this high stakes sweeping epic business.

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Not only have I started playing again to prepare for Dawntrail, I've been playing on my alt because I'm doing a full overhaul of her character lmao

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today's vetted campaigns. please please continue to share and donate. i know lots of my posts are like this now, but we can't lose energy. these families need us.

june 18th:

Tahani Shorbajee and her family of ten (including her three children, all needing urgent treatment for hepatitis) ($11,329/$50,000) - @tahanishorbaje2, verified by @/el-shab-hussein

Fadi Ayyad and his family of eight ($9,446/$35,000) - @mayadayyad, @aymanayyad81, verified by @/nabulsi

Shahad Abu Musa and her family of seven ($11,574/$40,000) - @shahdhatem, verified by @/sar-soor

Muhammad Al-Habil and his family of six (including his chronically ill parents and wife, and three acutely malnourished children) (€3,928/€50,000) - @mohammed-family76, verified by @/el-shab-hussein

Shahed Nahal and family ($4,342/$50,000) - @shahednhall, verified by @/nabulsi

Reem Shehab, her husband Fahed, their five children, and the children's grandmother (€13,730/€50,000) - @malakshehab, @danashehab, verified by @/ibtisams

Amani Hasan and her three children ($9,103 CAD/$17,732 CAD) - @amani93gaza, verified by @/nabulsi

Ahmed Abu Shammalah's family of eight (€7,541/€100,000) - @ahmed8311, verified by @/nabulsi

Skater Hani Alhajjar's family of ten (they lost their father to kidney failure due to lack of treatment, Hani is the family's only support) (€27,993/€50,000) - @skatehani, verified by @/fallahifag

not yet vetted but likely legitimate:

Dalia Mohisen and her family (€6,391/€35,000) - @daliamohisen

Ramez Hilles and his family of ten (€105/€37,000) - @ramezderar

i know link-heavy posts like this can seem like a lot, but if you can pick even just one of these fundraisers to donate to or promote today, it makes a difference

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Off topic post BUT---

G'raha Tia is the best boy!!!!! ❤❤❤

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Update to The Scion's Omnium-Gatherum

I added a small shrine to Endsinger/Meteion since my husband had the materials to make the Endsinger trophy. I also added Edilidibus, Hydaelyn, and Hades trophies to complement the Shadowbringers and Endwalker paintings. I figured these both flow well into each other to share this space like this.

I'm undecided but I might add the Zodiark trophy since my husband said he has the stuff to make that one as well. Still pretty happy with how things are turning out. This weird mish-mash may be the first exhibit, idk. I don't have the sightseeing logs complete for the other expansions yet.

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The Creation of The Scion's Omnium-Gatherum

I've decided to turn my private estate into a library/museum, a sort of archive of sightseeing logs and trophies, etc from throughout the game. Eventually I'll probably do special exhibitions when the museum space is set up.

This place is intended for some gposing, could be a set piece for art, as well as an afk friendly space. I'll try and gather more orchestrion rolls to have good music going and change things up now and then. I'd like to host parties but idk if that will happen yet. Whenever I can get a good set up going for rolling out exhibitions I'll probably advertise more and try and do small gatherings for it.

So far I have The Scion's library complete. Aside from a portrait gallery of the iconic Scion's of the Seventh Dawn, it is a library with a "modest" collection of books, a work space, and places to sit and relax.

There is also a dedicated Tataru hallway, which has the guest book. I think it would be funny to have a gil donation box but I don't think there's anything like that in the game lol.

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he's just a lil guy

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I spent so much time decorating a lore accurate house for Dianthus yet right now my brain worms are telling me to turn the whole house into an art museum.

Is there already an art museum on Midgardsormr?

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cred

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I'm pretty sure it's stated in game that chocobo are bred to accommodate different race sizes, so I thought it would be fun to design them as different breeds. Click to read more!

Standard bred chocobo are of medium size and the most common. They're largely preferred by hyur and are considered the most versatile. While Lalafell prefer a miniature chocobo as a mount, many farmers also raise them as livestock guardian animals for their flocks.

Miqo'te often breed a slightly smaller type of chocobo which are built for speed and often seen in racing. Two popular breeds for elezen include a swan-like, elegant bird as well as an Ishgardian breed with thicker feathers (often used to stuff expensive pillows)

The breed favored by Au Ra vary greatly in size like auri themselves. While omnivorous, this breed also tends to have a higher taste for meat. Viera bred chocobo are the rarest breed, with lithe legs and a long beak for survival in heavily wooded areas.

Hrothgar and Roegadyn often prefer large, draft breeds of chocobo. Hrothgar bred chocobo have the rare ability to turn their heads 180 degrees, and Roe chocobo are also commonly used for chocobo carriages.

Just some fun little headcanons, I hope you enjoy them :)

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PAN DAE MO NI UM

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Ryne and Gaia in Robert Wun spring 2024 couture

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for as much as I love and adore stories where the power of hope and friendship is a blinding wonderful light, full of happiness and ease and laughter, something hits different about the way hope, in ffxiv, looks like this

covered in blood and dirt and limping forward. It’s probably been said multiple times before but isn’t it a reassuring image to know that hope drags itself through the mud just as much as you do and keeps fighting when it can hardly stand. and amidst deepest despair, light everlasting

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so i dissected the benchmark

good news: there are legacy shaders just as I predicted. no existing mods will break. you can restore your blorbos to their current state no sweat

better news: new shaders let you have more than four materials on one item. fuck yeah

wtf news: they have redone the physics engine. the current physics will still be an option for items to use. but the madlads redid it.

???? news: they restructured mdl files. implications to be determined (when it is not two o’clock in the morning)

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LV90 MCH emet based on this fanart