i know this whole damn city thinks it needs you, but not as much as i do, as much as i do.

I think Gridania is the funniest of the starter city-states in FFXIV, at least for the duration of ARR, because they seem so completely oblivious to their own societal problems. Starting in Ul'dah was really like "yeah so uhhh watch out for The Mafia" so you go "okay yeah i get the gist", then you get to Limsa and someone comes sprinting up to you screaming "THERE ARE NO PIRATES HERE" unprompted so you go "hmm. weird and telling thing to say but i appreciate your candor", then you get to Gridania and it's like "hello! you have entered Paradise City, population 'however many Elezen are here and NOBODY ELSE'" and you're like "hang on do you actually not know what racism is or are you fucking with me?"

Like you'll be talking to Raubahn and Nanamo and they'll be like "oh woe we need to fix the dire income inequality in Ul'dah but we need to wield that very power to enact our plans" and Merlwyb will say "Yeah I'm a military dictator shove it up your ass" and the Kan-E will be like "all i wish for is peace in the Black Shroud... we believe all life has value" and then have the Adders send you out to murder one hundred oppressed miqo'te poachers because she thinks they smell funny

of course these things develop as ARR goes on but this is really silly at the start

attunement

Haurchefant: Sometimes WoL...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.

for lesbian visibility week i bring you modern rynegaia

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What would the FFXIV OST would look like if you mapped it out and drew lines between the songs that share motifs?

Take a peek and find out. 🎶

Some numbers:

There are 471 songs and 477 individual motifs in this chart at time of publishing

There are 567 instances of motifs appearing in other songs (so far)

22 motifs are established in 1.0, 43 in ARR, 19 in HW, 16 in StB, 13 in ShB, and 20 in EW

There are only four degrees of separation between "A Sailor Never Sleeps", the Limsa Lominsa night theme, and "The Final Day", which plays during the final 6.0 trial???

Astral & Umbral Magic

I wanted to explore the Astral/Umbral aspects introduced with FFXIV since I think it’s an interesting and useful concept. This will be spoiler-free, and I do not recommend researching too much into FFXIV’s magic system if you haven’t played the game, since it is tied heavily into the storyline in places, and you may run into spoilers.

What is Covered Below the Cut:

Summary of the Astral/Umbral Concepts

Examples of Astral/Umbral Manifestations of Elements

How the Astral/Umbral Concept Maybe Useful in Other Magic Systems

Symbolism of Astral/Umbral with a Quick Look at the Twelve

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It's been a bit but have a Mehka doodle, inspired by me poking around in the dawntrail benchmark and deciding to alter her eye colors a little bit

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i always thought it was sad for seekers to consider heterochromia to be auspicious and yet g’raha was bullied for the unnatural hue of his royal eye… seeing his peers celebrated while he grew out his bangs to cover one side of his face in shame TT

this is no time for sleeping!!

i won’t let you go alone. not this time.

i was just thinking about the uniquely intimate nature of seeker given names… for someone so ruthlessly rejected by his peers in his youth, work up the courage to put himself in the vulnerable position of asking someone if she considers him to be as close as he does her, and to be met with casual yet genuine acceptance by his first real friend. *crying*

...wait wh--

Most Huggable Job Trainer (Melee DPS)

Okay, I added Karasu for the funsies, but I'm still not putting Estinien on this thing.