lots to do today

I posted this on my main blog but I'm transporting it to my sideblog bc I'm having a crappy day and I'm sure this has been done before but I need serotonin this weekend

What's the thing you like most about prev's wol? Can be looks, story, personality, vibes, fashion, anything! Let's spread some positivity 🌞🌤

black mage 🔥🧊

Etheirys! (as of Endwalker.)

One thing that really gets me about Urianger comforting Minfilia in Amh Araeng is that when she says Thancred hates her, Urianger never actually says, no, he doesn't. He says instead, none of this is your fault, and the original Minfilia wouldn't hold anything against you, and in typical Urianger form he says some things about fate and faith, and his words are kind and beautiful--but he also completely sidesteps the question of how Thancred feels about her.

And I think this moment is very reflective of Urianger's relationship to Thancred and child!Minfilia as a whole. It reflects what we see when we first see all of them together in Il Mheg.

Urianger knows that the way Thancred behaves toward the girl is hurting her. He's spent enough time around the two of them to see that plainly. Theoretically, he could say something to Thancred about it; they're obviously close friends, and if Thancred was going to value anyone's opinion, it would be his. But he doesn't say anything, because he still feels guilty and responsible for all of it: about their Minfilia going to the First and what happened to her there, and thus for what both Thancred and child!Minfilia are going through now. Even though Thancred has never outright blamed him for it (however he may feel privately, which I think is hard to say), it seems like Urianger still feels like he has no right to say anything.

So he tries to compensate instead. He's kind to Minfilia, connects with her in his own way and gives her books, and by the time we see them together he's obviously become something of a familial figure to her. I would say that he and Thancred aren't so much raising her together as they're doing it... around one another. Thancred is gruff and cold and holds Minfilia at arm's length emotionally so that his protectiveness comes off harshly even when it's well-meant, and Urianger dotes on her and tries to make up for it all while avoiding the actual problem.

So that conversation in Amh Araeng is both touching and maddening to me, and it really drives home what's maddening about it when, upon overhearing it, the Warrior of Light turns to Thancred to ask him if he has anything to say to Minfilia--who has just said, out loud, that she thinks Thancred wishes she was dead--and Thancred just says, "Not today."

And so they both go on avoiding the actual problem, for just a little longer.

Dread's Dawntrail Preorder Release Giveaway!

In celebration of Dawntrail being open for preorders today, I've decided that I want to give back to this community with a mogstation giveaway. Been itching to change something about your character or eyeing a cute new outfit? Let me take you on a mogstation shopping spree! I'll be choosing three lucky winners who will get $25 USD to spend on whatever their hearts desire from mogstation.

Reblog this to be entered into the drawing.

As this is just a celebration for our beloved MMORPG you aren't required to follow me to enter!

I will be using the mogstation buy for a friend feature. If you win, you MUST be added to my friends list and wait 72 hours before I can send you your items. This is stated in the features rules.

The above rule will also limit the type of items you're able to buy. You will be able to choose anything under these categories: Fantasia, Tales of Adventure, Costume Set, Dyes, Weapons, Tools, Armor, Accessories, and Housing. I have made exceptions in the past with sending money through PayPal if you wish to purchase something not in these categories.

This giveaway is open to EVERYONE since I have alts in every region.

The drawing will start on April 24th, at 8 PM EST and I will announce the winners shortly after. Winners MUST respond within 48 hours or I will draw again.

Nothing released since has gone this hard as far a promotional material for expansions go.

so important to me that Y’shtola is a rude little beast who grew up in a cave. she just happens to look like a beautiful socialite but she did grow up with one old woman in a cave learning mildly illegal magic

I have my gripes with FFXIV but I have to admit the decision to use a longsword as the substitute for a crucifix when making Ishgard's French Catholic aesthetic was artistically fucking brilliant and I still haven't recovered from it almost a decade later.

Teleportation magic in FFXIV is actually the craziest thing

like, it's established so early on you don't have to think about it, and I expect the writers also didn't think too hard about it when they were first putting together the worldbuilding. but we teleport through the Lifestream. we dip in and out of the afterlife every time we go anywhere long-distance. and this is such a normal part of everyday life that major settlements basically all have giant crystals in the middle that are meant to facilitate this kind of travel.

and to be absolutely fair, in a world where the afterlife really was a place underground, we totally would build a subway system through it and put Hades in charge. it's not like it doesn't make sense, it's just. wild.

meteor 7.0 looks like the protagonist of a telenovela named carlos miguel altamonte who is going to find his one true love after 50 hours of convoluted plot twists

Day 83 // coffee or tea

Do you think about how Tataru makes clothes for her friends while wishing fervently that they return home safe?

Do you think that her thoughts imbues their clothes with some manner of protection that clothes otherwise wouldn't have?

Do you think that Tataru, though she feels that she can do very little to help her friends as they go off into battle, has been sewing protection for her friends through her wishes for their safety? That there is a prayer in her needle and thread?

This is dedicated to the Tatarus in our lives, the ones who are always supporting us the best that they can. If you have a Tataru in your life, please do something nice for them to show your appreciation ♥

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