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astralartefact · 1 year

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after all that happened you still think they made nymeia, the incest sister god, look like manah on accident????? it was 100% an accident

FFXIV 6.3 Thoughts and Feelings - Heavy Spoilers (kind of turned into a weird rant? sorry)

First off I feel generally pretty positive about 6.3, I liked it, Euphrosyne was nice, I'm not in a 'Everything is going downhill' mood at all, I'm thriving, Bunny Boys finally have short hair, I'm super excited for Eureka Orthos (bc of the music q.q my favorite ff theme is comingggg)

...but...

I'm hardly the first person to point out that the writing in 6.3 was... pretty meh.

And I had a bit of a thought about why it felt like that, because on the surface, I'm fine with what happened. I like Zero and her arc about making friends and her starting to care about others, I like the reveal that the twelve + 1 are Venat's group (When they pointed out that the thirteenth god might be the moonwatcher I legit gasped, I don't know why, I began to care about this guy at some point and didn't even notice)

But like. All of the writing was kind of flavorless, which made it a bit boring tbh.

Zero learns the magic of friendship through another mo-cap eating animation bc people liked the Graha Burger scene i guess (what is it with Endwalker and animating eating please use that cutscene budget for something else I don't want to see it anymore)

Rubicante and Cagnazzo exist I guess. I love their designs and fights, but the other two had a little bit more build up and it shows imo. (We fought Scarmiglione twice, Barbariccia had a quest of voidsent being absolutely terrified of her arrival, with these two we only have "I have a plan Cagnazzo, come with me")

All of the Twelve are friends :) No conflict, no chaos, just happy people being absolutely unnuanced nice and non-controversial :)

Instead of actually learning about the gods we get to meet a weird cultist as a nod to 1.x whose conflict felt like we already did that thrice (at least i hope that was a reference, bc if it wasn't then why???) and we got a crumb of Krile development. Which is good and I love her. (I hope the 6.5 raid reveals her new outfit, If she isn't our company for the last raid I will be upset.)

I guess there's a lack of superfluous-ness in this patch that's usually there. Like in Lapis Manalis, one of the group (I think Y'shtola) goes to the village to search for lore/information/whatever. Usually the game would let you do that. "While Vrtra is sad, let's check out this village." And then you get to go around and the writers spoon feed us the lore we crave so much. It's superfluous in a good way.

Like imagine we go to a new place, we need to find something out, Y'shtola is with you when talking with a local. That local tells you "And as everybody knows Light Aether is black!" Cut to Y'shtola doing /ponder. "Interesting. Thank you for your time." The conversation ends and Y'shtola pulls you to the side and explains to you what exactly you were supposed to get in that situation. Actually, Light Aether is white, so why do they think otherwise? Here are some hypotheses based on the lore we know that either are correct or will explicitly be ruled out later on.

Of course we could also come to all those conclusions ourselves - and in another questline game you would be expected to do that work for yourself. And in my opinion both of these approaches are perfectly fine - But since ffxiv generally does it one way it needs to be done on purpose if you suddenly do it differently. Especially if you suddenly stop doing it from one patch to the other in the main story.

But this time Y'shtola comes back and tells you: "No, I looked and there's nothing here worth mentioning." Get a barrel and carry some fuel. You don't get to learn more about Galatea the Puppetmaster or Drusilla's home or some weird new piece of Reaper lore. Go and reread the three notes in the Dungeon if you want that. We have stuff to do so go ahead and waste play time with this engaging filler quest.

The gods say "Yes, what people tell, feel and think about us affects us and our being." And then nothing happens. No examples given, even though several are kind of right there and it's a lot weirder that they don't adress them. Not even something basic like "Althyk and Nymeia are siblings, some people think they had children together, but that's actually not true." And of course nothing like "For example, Nophica and Halone were actually good friends, but the stories of the people literally created hatred between them and turned them into rivals, even though nothing actually happened between them."

I am bitter they erased their feud. Justice for Nophica.

Anyways, that's a lot of words to say "It was fine." To me it's at most a worrisome precedent, but I doubt this will continue? Again, the general outline is fine, it's just filling the gaps between it that didn't work out great. They probably just took it easy on this patch or something, who knows what happened behind the scenes. Maybe XVI needed help with something, maybe somebody quit, we'll never know.

And even if this continued, the music and the art design continues to amaze me and they'll have to do a lot of things wrong to make me consider dropping this game anytime soon lol

#ffxiv #ffxiv spoilers #nymeia #manah #drakengard #yes i just drew one again #one is just taller manah what can i say #i just bought a fantasia only to change my diety to althyk.#and then they give her red eyes.#i should have seen that coming.#she was my number two bc i have a weakness for fate symbolism #but then i was no that would be on the nose take her brother #fine i'l pay for another fantasia... it's penance for my sins of doubt #also can i just say i'm over the whole voidsent sculptor stuff #he doesn't have to be referenced literally everywhere #the community already acts as if it's some obscure arcane discovery to remember that existing when it's brought up frequently online #also if you know where the card i drew is from you're a real one

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mtwy · 7 years

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UK May 24th 1984

"I have sunglasses on right now because my eyes are killing me,” apologises Madonna. “I haven’t slept in three days and a friend of mine is in jail right now and I just found out last night....ugh, forget it, it’s a long story, but never a dull moment in my life.”

She’s just wrapped a day’s worth of meetings between her manaher and Nile Rodgers, who’s producing her new LP “Like a Virgin.” The title track is due out in June as a single and the LP will feature track called “Dress You Up,” “Material Girl,” and “Angel.”

Mr R, she admits, “is a very passionate man. He lives life to the hilt. When you deal with people who are that way, you get good stuff and bad stuff, but it was really great working with him.”

But right now Madonna - nattily turned out in a black leather jacket with silver graffiti, “kind of bluish” lipstick and the usual rubber jewelry and crucifixes - is content to unwind over a grapefruit and Campari, chewing on the questions as eagerly as she attacks her tow sticks of Trident sugarless bubblegum.

Where did you learn to dance? I really learnt on my own. I watched television a lot and I used to try to copy Shirley Temple when I was a little girl. I used to turn on the record player and dance in the basement by myself and give dance lessons to my girlfriends in my five year old manner. As I got older I started giving lessons to boys too, and I remember the first guy I gave lessons to the song was ‘Honky Tonk Woman’ by the Stones. It was really sexy, right, like stomping and grinding. when I was about 12 I decided I should try to get pro about this and started going to the schools where they teach jazz, tap, baton twirling and gymnastics. It was just a place to send hyperactive girls, basically.

Do you worry about your weight? Sure, that’s why I swim 100 laps every day to keep in shape. It’s good to have a supple body, you can move around more easily and it’s a lot more visually appealing. You feel better too when you’re at a normal weight.

What one thing would you change about yourself if you could? I always wanted to be taller. I feel like a shrimp, but that’s the way it goes. I’m 5′41/2″ - that’s actually average. Everything about me is average, everything’s normal, in the books. It’s the things inside that makes me not average. I’d also change my indeciveness. Yes, no, yes, no , YES! In my business career I feel I make good decisions but in my personal life I’m costantly creating havoc by changing my mind every five seconds.

Who would you like to go out with: Rick Springfield, Simon Le Bon, Lionel Ritchie or David Lee Roth? Ugh. UGH. Yeeeeuch! C’mon, I wouldn’t go out with any of them if you want to know the truth. If I had to choose, I’d go out with David Lee Roth, but I wouldn’t dress up for him.

Is there any item of clothing you have that you wouldn’t dare to wear in public? Well, underpants, I wouldn’t wear just sexy underpath in public. I have to feel really comfortable and that my clothes look good, but not that I obviously tried to make them look good. My favourite clothes are my Vivienne Westwood skirt with Keith Haring designs, this ripped-up black net shirt and a denim jacket with my graffiti tag “Boy Toy” wirtten on the back. I used to go out with grafitti writers and I got into the habit of carrying markers around, but I really lost the zest for writing my name everywhere. Now I have suitors that do it for me.

What’s your most treasured possession? A picture of my mother when she was young and she was riding on a horse and smiling and laughing. She didn’t give it to me. My mother died when I was real young and when I moved to New York I stole it from my father.

What’s your living room like? It’s vast and empty with wooden floors and windows on all sides. It’s 2,000 square feet, a loft in Soho and all there is, is grafitti paintings on the wall and electronics stuff and mirrors on one wall. There’s no couches, no furniture, only my bed and a kitchen table with chairs.

What did you like best about Britain? They have lots of good clothes shops. I always have a good time shopping there because fashion is so important to English people. I didn’t have time to find any good restaurants, but I like the way the cars are on the other side.

What makes you so angry that smoke comes out of your ears? When people smoke, especially in elevators or closed-in places. When I was recording my album and let people in and they lit up, I’d just go, “Put that cigarette out right this minute.” And after a show when people come back to my dressing room and smoke and I’m all short of breath, it’s just so RUDE.”

What is your wildest ambition? Well, I’d love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic-tragic way. I’d like to leave the impression that Marilyn Monroe did, to be able to arouse so many different feelings in people.

How do you see yourself in 30 years’ time? Hopefully I’ll be incredibly mellow and wise with age. Not mellow, but very wise and still just as mischievous and childlike and wondering as I am now.

Do you go to church? No, I never go to church anymore except to steal crucifixes. That’s a joke. But I get a lot of letters from religious freaks because of my name. One girl believe she’s the second coming of Christ and wrote to tell me that since I’m the Madonna, we have to be together.

How does it feel to have a name like Madonna? It feels like I have to live up to it. I didn’t get made fun of because I went to Catholic schools and I never remember feeling tormented for my name. In fact I never became aware that it was so unusual until I came to New York and started getting my name on programmes. People assumed it was a stage name and I didn’t think my last name was pertinent.

Other than Michael Jackson, who would you like to sing a duet with? I’m considering doing a song with Billy Idol if you can believe it. Probably a song we’d write together. Or a soul cover that would be a really good idea because we’re both white and plastic and blonde.

What’s your favourite kind of ice cream? I don’t like ice cream, but if I made a sundae it would have, vanilla, chocolate chip and coffee ice cream with hot fudge topping and whipped cream and nuts. But none of those cherries on top. Those cherries are gross.

What happened between you and Simon Le Bon and a certain brithday cake backstage at Madison Square Garden? Huh? Was there a birthday cake? There was a lot of food and champagne. I fought over a piece of cake with Simon? That’s an interesting rumour, I never did anything of the sort, I actually got very ill and had to leave right when they were doing their first encore. Champagne on an empty stomach. I went to see them because Nile was going to do an encore, otherwise I don’t think I would have found myself there.

What would you do if you could be invisible for a day? I’d go to my record company and listen to all that people saying what they’re really going to do with my next record.

#1984 #smashhits #uk #magazines #madonnaera

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