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the quiet bewilderment when met with contest. staring at them like they've said something unimaginable. stop? why don't i stop? i don't know if i can do that anymore. i don't think i remember how.

always here for a character whose primary motivation is inertia

#the nemesis speaks #anyway hashtag soulsborne moments literally every character is like this

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not just "the path of least resistance" but that, through their own choices, the current path has become the path of least resistance. they stay the course, keep digging this hole, continue living—not because they need it, not because they want it, but simply because it's easier than doing anything else. a strange kind of beholden to their past: the emotional attachment to it may be nil now, but they set on this path long ago and to imagine deviating is almost impossible. pushed on by nothing but that law of physics, that an object in motion will stay in motion. it's something deep inside, deeper than choice. they won't stop until they crash. anyone hear me here

always here for a character whose primary motivation is inertia

#the nemesis speaks

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always here for a character whose primary motivation is inertia

#the nemesis speaks

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oh my favorite trope? two people who go through something so unique and agonizing and entirely beyond words that they have no choice but to create a bond that transcends all other types of love, thus acting as the sole point of understanding for the other person in a world that cannot fathom what they’ve been through

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like, since arr it’s been explicit that all of the scions are overly willing to run themselves into the ground for each other, this is explicitly why lahabrea was able to possess thancred. and rather than working that out, bc that is an impossible ask, they’ve just all agreed to tag team looking out for each other while ignoring themselves. and if they’re all doing this simultaneously this will work perfectly with no flaws whatsoever.

how much of ff14 is someone going "why won't you let me sacrifice myself for you?? is it bc you don't love me?? 🥺 is it bc you don't think i'm worthy of your love??" while the other person is furiously going "can't sacrifice yourself for me if i kill whatever's going to hurt you fast enough"

#the nemesis speaks #swift plays ff14 #ffxiv spoilers #sorry for the ff14 posting lately I just think the dynamics are great. I’ll get it out of my system soon

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#undescribed

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It just makes a lot of sense why Marcille and Laios would be good friends, really, because Marcille Will Tell You What Is On Her Mind. If she doesn't like something, she throws a tantrum. If she's down to clown, she clowns like a champ. If she has an opinion, she voices it clearly and concisely. Laios knows exactly where Marcille stands in pretty much every topic.

On Marcille's end, she's down to clown more than people give her credit for. Laios said "yo let's play with these bones and rearrange them in funny ways" and Marcille joined right in. Like, yeah, she'll want to bonk his skull in sometimes, but aside from the monster and dungeon (well, she does have this one, just differently) fascination, she's pretty much in the same wavelength as Laios when it comes to most things.

Which is cool! Because they could've made them hostile siblings in law but they are besties actually.

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re: dawntrail buildup, i love that everyone was politely pretending to be letting you make your decision abt going to tural, EXCEPT alisaie, who heard like 5% of the explanation and went oh, you're saying yes, obviously. also i'm preemptively inviting myself. and she's right on all counts

#the nemesis speaks #ffxiv spoilers #swift plays ff14

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everyone in the reaper job quests wants me carnally

#the nemesis speaks #swift plays ff14

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#undescribed

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I am OBSESSED with the new Minecraft music disc 'Creator' holy shit it's by far the best track in the game now

SERIOUSLY GO LISTEN TO IT IT'S SO GOOD

#undescribed #LENA RAINE NEVER MISSES

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falin descuido venga la alegría

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desire to make my dawntrail release alt a monk main vs. knowledge that queueing as dps sucks actual absolute ass and i am not strong enough to put up with that

#the nemesis speaks #swift plays ff14 #i mean it's pretty easy to get a new full class set out of things i haven't played yet #monk then the two arcanist jobs for mdps/healer #and then idk. gnb and mch #the problem is that's a fucking nonsense set of classes like who is that character. that's nobody. #also you can't play gnb until like lvl60 or whatever so like. what am i gonna do through arr huh #f hrothgar with a GUN and a BOOK and uh PUNCHING #...idk now that i think abt it. she could be mch and gnb with the same weapon. that could be fun #which paints her as sort of a technical fighter in a way shana Very Much Isn't #shana's got her stick and she knows 200 ways to kill you with her stick but that's the only thing she's good at #but [unnamed alt] has arcanist magic which is much more technical inworld than whm/blm it seems like. #and then mch/gnb are obviously both Gun. so like. is she a mechanic of some kind. #idk i'm coming around to it now #this is just me talking to myself again. anyway

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#SHEEP HIGH FIVE

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Copying over my comment from this post since the original now has reblogs turned off:

It's interesting to consider all of this in full context of how Toshiro is framed in the scene. The argument starts with Toshiro insisting that Marcille was wrong to revive Falin with black magic and that she should go back with him to face punishment from elvish society, then get their help in putting Falin to rest. Laios argues that they can actually help Falin, and that eating properly gives them the strength to pull it off, at which point Toshiro tries to shut Laios down by throwing his past frustrations in his face. When Laios eventually overpowers Toshiro, he attributes it to his party taking proper care of themselves, at which point Senshi shows up to offer Toshiro food. Meanwhile, Maizuru expresses frustration at Toshiro's behavior, and when Toshiro talks about his out-of-the-blue proposal to Falin, Mickbell questions why he would do something like that, while Chilchuck remarks that it's the kind of world he lives in. Every part of Toshiro's position here comes across as antithetical to the protagonists and the quest we're following them on. Even other characters present don't seem to think much of his behavior here. And, while playing that antagonistic role, we see him imposing those social standards on someone who finds them confusing and alienating. The result is that the primary lens through which the viewer is encouraged to see the scene is that of an autistic person being berated for not living up to a set of social standards, and in particular not meeting the standards of Japanese society. And while a Japanese audience might find it easier to understand why Toshiro thinks the way he does, the scene is very clear in sending the message that he is wrong and that, as previous comments noted, he's been stuck in a mindset that's hurting both him and Laios. The outcome of the fight suggests that Toshiro would benefit from learning to think more like Laios about food - and I think the audience is also meant to feel that Toshiro would benefit from learning to think more like Laios about people.

And the addition from @delvinanaris:

More than that, Toshiro’s last line of that scene—expressing his envy of Laios—suggests that he, too, feels that he would benefit from learning to think more like Laios about people.

Also here's the original tweet and a great comment on it:

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#undescribed

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then ardbert comes in immediately after to be like "damn that guy's sad. his life fucking sucks. rip to him. anyway"

god i also forgot how much i hate emet-selch's stupid fucking face an dumb fucking eyebrows (highest order compliment). he so DESPERATELY wants to be the suave cool guy but he's like eight hundred neuroses in a fur coat and his emotional reaction to anything going on is a fucking roulette wheel so he's just defaulting to being a jackass bc what's going on in his own head is none of his business. also the entire cs where he's explaining the whole reflections thing in the crystarium is so great. "i do not consider you to be truly alive, ergo i will not be guilty of murder if i kill you."

#the nemesis speaks #fffxiv spoilers #swift plays ff14