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Shawn and Gus are drift compatible but under no circumstances should they ever be allowed to pilot a jaeger

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Siege has so many scars. From his childhood as a feral orphan in Ala Ghiri teaching himself to hunt wild game to keep himself and the other street kids fed, his adolescence as an unwilling conscript in the Imperial VIIth Legion stationed in Bozja and clashing daily with the Resistance forces, his escape to the coast where he found his life calling as a sailor and pirate, to all his adventures as the tactical spearhead for the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.

The big one though is how he lost his eye. That was after he'd been a successful pirate for many years, but was between gigs after his old ship was sunk by a fragment of Dalamud. He was in one of the taverns where he liked to hang out looking for work, got approached by a friendly crew who were recruiting, let them get him suuuper drunk as a presumed hiring bonus, and followed them back to their ship.

They were Serpent Reavers. And on their ship there was a Sahagin priest who manifest Leviathan just long enough to temper the couple dozen new crew members they'd rounded up.

Siege was immune, of course. It'd still be a while before he met the Scions and found out why he was immune, but in the short term the shock of the event sobered him up enough for him to recognize what was going on and act like all the brainwashed crew around him. And then he faked it just long enough to get access to the powder room and rigged the ship to blow.

He waited until the last possible second to leap overboard, to avoid alerting the others, and took a piece of shrapnel to the face as he was hurling himself into the water, facing back towards the ship with both his pistols blazing to keep anyone form jumping after him.

Siege took a piece of burning shrapnel to the face and barely managed to stay conscious as he swam to the shore. Once there, he got found by a Maelstrom patrol that had been sent to investigate the explosion, told them the whole story, and got hauled back to Limsa Lominsa to be patched up by their chirurgeons while they sent scouts to further verify his tale. This, rather than the level 1-15 story in game, is how Siege Zabac came to the attention of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.

howdy! a wol question for you! that I am,,, mostly certain I havent asked yet but if I have, oh well!

does your wol/oc have any scars? if so how did they get them?

from an msq event? an accident as a child? are they large or rather small? do the scars still pain them, physically or mentally? do they wish they didnt have them? or do they enjoy their scars?

#Captain Siege Zabac #Warrior of Light #Final Fantasy XIV #Final Fantasy 14 #FFXIV #FF14

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Seems like a lot of people know Drew Carey as a family-friendly TV Show Host and do not also know Drew Carey as a guy whose #1 hobby seems to be spending his TV money to buy mind-altering substances and then attending concerts and music festivals while in an altered state of consciousness.

girl what the fuck is happening to Drew Carey ?

#Youtube

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth review, now that I'm done with it:

This game is bloated like a corpse fished out of a sewer.

Every individual element of the narrative and characterization is belabored well past its welcome point. It made me hate characters I adored in the original, and hate more the new characters who have been added for this reboot. This is the clearest case I've ever seen of no one in the room knowing how to edit. The core gameplay is engaging, and the art and world design are top notch, it's just a shame that everything about the actual storytelling is such a tedious morass. You can't walk ten feet without tripping over another mandatory minigame with half-assed controls, or a cutscene where some gyrating dipshit takes five minutes of dialogue to convey five words of information, or this whole multiple timelines/historical revision subplot about which I could not conceivably care less.

And when you do manage to escape from minigame and cutscene hell and play the actual game, Chadley the fucking Micromanaging Sidequest Robot calls you every goddamn time you blink to say "Cloud. I see that you've blinked. Were you aware that this is a behavior that evolved to protect your eyes from dust and debris? However, please don't blink so often that you fail to notice any one of the hundred thousand remaining optional tasks sprawling across the map, or I will scold you for your dereliction of this involuntary duty I have imposed on you, the next time I see you in town."

If you're the kind of gamer who doesn't hesitate to hit Skip Cutscene, you're probably having an OK time. Otherwise, if you're still on the fence I strongly recommend you save your money.

#I am absolutely not going to tag this #I would rather cut out my eyes than engage with the fan community for this game #Fuck Chadley for real though

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looking for fellow vanilla ffxiv enjoyers just because i feel lame about my preference to not mod the game at all. i know this applies to console players by default, but i more specifically mean you're on pc and could, but have zero interest. you're just cool with how the game is by default.

#That's me for sure #One of the main reasons I play games is to see new art #and the art I want to see is the art that was made by the actual game development team #this is not to say that the art created by modders is inferior #just that it's not what I'm specifically here for #and I often find the stylistic clash of heavily modded characters with the rest of the environment unpleasant #if a game has an aesthetic that I can't abide without wanting to look for mods I'll just go play something else instead

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What did the Twelve actually... do?

WARNING: All kinds of FFXIV spoilers here. If you're not caught up with the EW MSQ and the level 90 Alliance Raids, this post will be discussing things you haven't encountered in game yet.

Ok. So. The Twelve. They tell us that they have laws about revealing themselves to mortals, and that they don't respond to mortal prayers, but that they do receive and are greatly empowered by aether transmitted via those prayers. They have large, sophisticated, private spiritual domains in the form of their respective Heavens, which are full of Created Servants of substantial power. They had some kind of nebulously-defined duties, and now that they are ready to return to the lifestream they have made the machine at the heart of the Omphalos to automate those duties, which will be fueled by redirecting the prayers that used to go to them individually to flow to the device instead.

But what were those duties?

They didn't interfere in the affairs of mortals. Nald'thal had no particular problem with their church becoming a deeply corrupt for-profit institution. Rhalgr didn't do anything to prevent the people of Ala Mhigo being conquered, or the Monks who were the core of his priesthood being eradicated almost to the last man. Nymeia's people were transformed into monsters with no indication that she was even aware, and she wasn't involved when Mad King Theodoric went to war with his own people in her name either. Halone was completely hands-off while her church waged a thousand years of pointless war, beginning and ending with the deaths of two of the offspring of one of Hydaelyn's most potent allies. Nophica watched passively as her beloved Elementals literally instigated a whole Umbral Calamity.

So long as the worship kept flowing in, apparently they did not give a single shit collectively or individually about the fates or dispositions of the actual worshipers.

So. What were they doing with all the essence from those prayers? What purpose was served by their respective Heavens, and the servants that filled them?

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ff14 #the twelve #rhalgr #nophica #halone #nald'thal #menphina #nymeia #althyk #byregot #llymlaen #oschon #azeyma #thaliak #the weirdest thing is that the one who was observed to be actively doing something with his power was the watcher on the moon #actively maintaining the wards on Zodiark's prison #but the watcher wasn't the recipient of any prayers #so I have kind of the opposite question about them

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club membership revoked

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Source

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idk what dm needs to hear this but you arent getting that done in a single session

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An hour and a half left on this... and there are 2 votes. Click through to the first post and vote in the poll if you've got a minute.

I feel like writing some short fiction about one of my FFXIV characters, but I don't know who it will be about. So I'm going to put it to you. Which member of the Amaranthine Maw pirate crew should I give a few dozen paragraphs to? Brief descriptions, then a poll to follow after the cut:

1.) Captain Siege Zabac (Hyur Highlander Male) is the Warrior of Light in this canon, and would much rather be fishing, cooking, and feeding as many people as possible with what he has fished/cooked than fighting stuff all the time, but he is a once-in-a-generation tactical genius and doesn't see himself getting out of the World Saving Hero business unless it's in a coffin.

2.) First Mate R'khsana Jannat (Miqo'te Seeker of the Sun Female) is the granddaughter of Siege's predecessor as captain, was literally born on a pirate ship, and may be the best sailor in the world. But she's like 23 so she has to wait her turn to be Captian, like the ambitious catgirl Riker to Siege's Picard.

3.) Quartermaster Griever Strzygasch (Hrothgar Lost Male) is so damn old (by the life expectancy of pirates anyway), he really should retire and take it easy somewhere. But nobody else on this crew is any good with money or long term planning, and he owes the captain his life a dozen times over, and anyway what would he even do in retirement? Better to die in a way people will tell stories about!

4.) Master-at-arms Auberont Gevaudan (Elezen Duskwight Male) is the heir to the Gelmorran royal line, but his only inheritance is a terrible dark wrath that he must be careful to only let out in battle with enemies who deserve annihilation. Other than that he's a very chill guy, the sort who seems to be on a first-name basis with the staff of every tavern, brothel, and gambling hall in every port town on the star.

5.) Chaplain Penitent Cormorant (Roegadyn Hellsguard Female) is a professional wrangler of spiritual and aetheric anomalies, an essential role on a ship in a world where all those nautical superstitions are very provably real. She's very good at what she does, and holds those around her to comparable expectations of performance. She's also the Captain's ex-wife. Nobody who knows that story is willing to talk, and nobody who doesn't know is brave enough to ask.

6.) Engineer Lockpix Burglebanks (Lalafell Dunesfolk Male, Goblin by adoption) is a former member of a notorious band of thieves, who the Captain pulled some strings to get out of prison. If he was willing to claim his birth identity there would be a considerable inheritance waiting for him, but he doesn't burgle and/or buccaneer for profit, he does it for the challenge.

7.) Navigator Usul Haragin (Au Ra Xaela Male) is weird even by the standards of his notoriously eccentric people, a visionary and mystic who followed an oracular dream across the sea to join this crew, and now patiently waits for the machinations of destiny to reveal why it was necessary for him to leave his clan and throw in with a bunch of rowdy corsairs.

8.) Surgeon Pandora Jarnvidr (Viera Rava Female) is not a member of this crew, she is a civilian passenger here by invitation of the Captain to pursue her own medical research... which conveniently aligns with how often a bunch of Sky Pirates incur novel wounds for her to examine. She is over 300 years old, and the only thing she really cares about any more is leaving a lasting contribution to medical research. But she is also the last surviving widow of the old captain, R'kshasa Nunh, and may feel some obligation to his successors.

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I feel like writing some short fiction about one of my FFXIV characters, but I don't know who it will be about. So I'm going to put it to you. Which member of the Amaranthine Maw pirate crew should I give a few dozen paragraphs to? Brief descriptions, then a poll to follow after the cut:

1.) Captain Siege Zabac (Hyur Highlander Male) is the Warrior of Light in this canon, and would much rather be fishing, cooking, and feeding as many people as possible with what he has fished/cooked than fighting stuff all the time, but he is a once-in-a-generation tactical genius and doesn't see himself getting out of the World Saving Hero business unless it's in a coffin.

2.) First Mate R'khsana Jannat (Miqo'te Seeker of the Sun Female) is the granddaughter of Siege's predecessor as captain, was literally born on a pirate ship, and may be the best sailor in the world. But she's like 23 so she has to wait her turn to be Captian, like the ambitious catgirl Riker to Siege's Picard.

3.) Quartermaster Griever Strzygasch (Hrothgar Lost Male) is so damn old (by the life expectancy of pirates anyway), he really should retire and take it easy somewhere. But nobody else on this crew is any good with money or long term planning, and he owes the captain his life a dozen times over, and anyway what would he even do in retirement? Better to die in a way people will tell stories about!

4.) Master-at-arms Auberont Gevaudan (Elezen Duskwight Male) is the heir to the Gelmorran royal line, but his only inheritance is a terrible dark wrath that he must be careful to only let out in battle with enemies who deserve annihilation. Other than that he's a very chill guy, the sort who seems to be on a first-name basis with the staff of every tavern, brothel, and gambling hall in every port town on the star.

5.) Chaplain Penitent Cormorant (Roegadyn Hellsguard Female) is a professional wrangler of spiritual and aetheric anomalies, an essential role on a ship in a world where all those nautical superstitions are very provably real. She's very good at what she does, and holds those around her to comparable expectations of performance. She's also the Captain's ex-wife. Nobody who knows that story is willing to talk, and nobody who doesn't know is brave enough to ask.

6.) Engineer Lockpix Burglebanks (Lalafell Dunesfolk Male, Goblin by adoption) is a former member of a notorious band of thieves, who the Captain pulled some strings to get out of prison. If he was willing to claim his birth identity there would be a considerable inheritance waiting for him, but he doesn't burgle and/or buccaneer for profit, he does it for the challenge.

7.) Navigator Usul Haragin (Au Ra Xaela Male) is weird even by the standards of his notoriously eccentric people, a visionary and mystic who followed an oracular dream across the sea to join this crew, and now patiently waits for the machinations of destiny to reveal why it was necessary for him to leave his clan and throw in with a bunch of rowdy corsairs.

8.) Surgeon Pandora Jarnvidr (Viera Rava Female) is not a member of this crew, she is a civilian passenger here by invitation of the Captain to pursue her own medical research... which conveniently aligns with how often a bunch of Sky Pirates incur novel wounds for her to examine. She is over 300 years old, and the only thing she really cares about any more is leaving a lasting contribution to medical research. But she is also the last surviving widow of the old captain, R'kshasa Nunh, and may feel some obligation to his successors.

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I feel like writing some short fiction about one of my FFXIV characters, but I don't know who it will be about. So I'm going to put it to you. Which member of the Amaranthine Maw pirate crew should I give a few dozen paragraphs to? Brief descriptions, then a poll to follow after the cut:

1.) Captain Siege Zabac (Hyur Highlander Male) is the Warrior of Light in this canon, and would much rather be fishing, cooking, and feeding as many people as possible with what he has fished/cooked than fighting stuff all the time, but he is a once-in-a-generation tactical genius and doesn't see himself getting out of the World Saving Hero business unless it's in a coffin.

2.) First Mate R'khsana Jannat (Miqo'te Seeker of the Sun Female) is the granddaughter of Siege's predecessor as captain, was literally born on a pirate ship, and may be the best sailor in the world. But she's like 23 so she has to wait her turn to be Captian, like the ambitious catgirl Riker to Siege's Picard.

3.) Quartermaster Griever Strzygasch (Hrothgar Lost Male) is so damn old (by the life expectancy of pirates anyway), he really should retire and take it easy somewhere. But nobody else on this crew is any good with money or long term planning, and he owes the captain his life a dozen times over, and anyway what would he even do in retirement? Better to die in a way people will tell stories about!

4.) Master-at-arms Auberont Gevaudan (Elezen Duskwight Male) is the heir to the Gelmorran royal line, but his only inheritance is a terrible dark wrath that he must be careful to only let out in battle with enemies who deserve annihilation. Other than that he's a very chill guy, the sort who seems to be on a first-name basis with the staff of every tavern, brothel, and gambling hall in every port town on the star.

5.) Chaplain Penitent Cormorant (Roegadyn Hellsguard Female) is a professional wrangler of spiritual and aetheric anomalies, an essential role on a ship in a world where all those nautical superstitions are very provably real. She's very good at what she does, and holds those around her to comparable expectations of performance. She's also the Captain's ex-wife. Nobody who knows that story is willing to talk, and nobody who doesn't know is brave enough to ask.

6.) Engineer Lockpix Burglebanks (Lalafell Dunesfolk Male, Goblin by adoption) is a former member of a notorious band of thieves, who the Captain pulled some strings to get out of prison. If he was willing to claim his birth identity there would be a considerable inheritance waiting for him, but he doesn't burgle and/or buccaneer for profit, he does it for the challenge.

7.) Navigator Usul Haragin (Au Ra Xaela Male) is weird even by the standards of his notoriously eccentric people, a visionary and mystic who followed an oracular dream across the sea to join this crew, and now patiently waits for the machinations of destiny to reveal why it was necessary for him to leave his clan and throw in with a bunch of rowdy corsairs.

8.) Surgeon Pandora Jarnvidr (Viera Rava Female) is not a member of this crew, she is a civilian passenger here by invitation of the Captain to pursue her own medical research... which conveniently aligns with how often a bunch of Sky Pirates incur novel wounds for her to examine. She is over 300 years old, and the only thing she really cares about any more is leaving a lasting contribution to medical research. But she is also the last surviving widow of the old captain, R'kshasa Nunh, and may feel some obligation to his successors.

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #siege zabac #griever strzygasch #lockpix burglebanks #pandora jarnvidr #penitent cormorant #r'khsana jannat #usul haragin #auberont gevaudan #the Amaranthine Maw

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I interpreted that if most of the people from other regions/cultures who showed up to do trade in Eorzea were scheming assholes, perhaps that indicated that Eorzea had fostered an economy and business culture where only scheming assholes could be successful.

So most sensible folks from abroad would look at Eorzea and go "Ugh, no thank you," but a handful of maladjusted individuals heard about the Ul'dah Syndicate and were like "Oooohh, that could be me doing that," and then absolutely none of their neighbors were sad to see them get on a boat and leave.

the vast majority the early mentions and depictions of radz-at-han and its people were as sneaky alchemists and traders who would cut duplicitous deals to get ahead and will betray and use people for their own scheming ends (for example, the hvw alchemist quest, stormblood hildibrand, other little mentions here and there in sidequests & levequests). or as Sexy Dancers. (both are orientalist, which sucks)

and then in endwalker we go there and actually it's a beautiful prosperous utopian pluralistic multicultural society full of kind and lovely people protected and guided by the world's most wonderful dragon who is a vtuber but more importantly Your Friend. i know the reason is that the aims and themes of the writing changed from ARR being like very thoughtless fantasy genre grittiness to SHB/EDW being very hopeful and compassionate about humanity, and more thoughtful about how different cultures are represented. but maybe also vrtra picked up all the assholes and dropped them on different continents so they wouldn't harsh the vibe of thavnair

#ffxiv #thavnair #ul'dah #realistically though it's clearly a matter of maturation of the writing priorities #not to disrespect the ARR writers of course #The EMT doing chest compressions on a flatlining patient isn't going to also give them a general physical exam #the ARR writers got the patient Alive and then passed it to specialists to get it Healthy

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i dont know who needs this or why i draw it,

but here is Pyramid Head, but cheese

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finished this animation

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