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She politely requests a morning stroll with you.

#glamour #oh dang thats pretty #aesthetic

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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.

#shadowbringers #minifilia #ryne #thancred waters #urianger augurelt #raising her around one another is a good way to put it #both having her best interests at heart but really sucking at expressing it #thancred especially silly bugger

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I strongly prefer it when the Scions *don't* have Ancient counterparts.

I think it means more if they're part of the new souls born to the star either after Zodiark's first summoning or after the Sundering. Which is a whole thing!

Importantly, those were the souls that the Convocation were going to sacrifice to Zodiark to bring back the Ancients they lost.

To me, I think it's vastly important that G'raha, Y'shtola, Urianger, Thancred, the twins, that all of them are people Emet-Selch would throw away without a second thought. That to him, you're the only one worth half a damn... And broken as you are, only half a damn. And before he lets himself accept that you really are what's left of Azem, you're just someone else he's convinced isn't a person.

But I think these are the very souls Azem left the Convocation to save, even if Azem still didn't want to break the world. And these are the souls that Venat and the Twelve did break the world to save.

To me that's so much more important than any reincarnation romance (much as I adore that kind of story too). That to Azem and to you, these people matter anyway.

#yes! #yesssss #this is the entire point #the entire point of shb and arguing against emet for everyone's lives #scions of the seventh dawn

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Severine used to have a safehouse. It was an apartment that she kept in Ul'dah. A warehouse that had been completely outfitted to be a comfortable, quiet, private and safe place to stay or for other people to stay. She let someone stay there. Someone she thought was a friend. And they made it an unsafe place. She abandoned the safehouse after deliberation - there were a lot of good memories in that weird little space. But it didn't serve its intended purpose anymore. And that purpose was safe. Now she has another place that she can call safe. She's collected them now. Any number of little hideaways and homes. But this one? This one's just for her.

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FFXIV x FFXVI collab FF14xFF16 collab

#clive rosfield #ffxvi

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ilu Peatie

#she's our little lady! #a pretty princess #perfect for the day! #peatie #little ladies' day #hatching-tide

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Fiery

#glamour #cuuute #like a little witchy glam

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3 out of 10 - looks pretty, but scares fish away with the light

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I wanted to pick a moment that was pretty pivotal for her and her starting to learn red magic is actually apart of a Realm Reborn! Her meeting X'rhun Tia is such an important step for Alisaie

Caption from my Twitter, Alisaie had actually won the vote for the character featured from A Realm Reborn so I put together this piece for her but it took awhile for me to think of anything other than just Coils. I hope you guys like it.

Gold stars to anyone who knows who the man in red is <3

#alisaie leveilleur #sheee! #red mage

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Dungeon Dialogue: The Antitower

Pleroma #1 (X: 4.9, Y: 14.5) - Aetherial Path

Poroggo Rivertamer #1: Ribbit? Intruders!? Y’shtola: An aetherial path... No simple thing to create. 　↳ Thancred: ...Let's keep moving. Poroggo Rivertamer #2: None shall pass, ribbit!

Pleroma #2 (X: 3.9, Y: 10.0) - Antitower in sight

Alphinaud: By the Twelve, it's literally upside down! 　↳ Y’shtola: The aether is so dense as to be blinding. Poroggo Rivertamer #3: To arms, ribbit! To arms! Poroggo Rivertamer #3: At last, a challenge! <croak>

First Boss, Before engaging (X: 3.9, Y: 6.5) - Zuro Roggo

Alphinaud: Good gods, what an enormous poroggo! 　↳ Thancred: They must provide excellent board here.

First Boss, During the fight (X: 3.9, Y: 6.5) - Zuro Roggo

Zuro Roggo: Croaaak! Who dares approach the tower!? Ones with ears to listen!? How wonderful! Zuro Roggo: Me may mah mo, me mo ma me～♪ Zuro Roggo: Someday we'll find it, the─<croak>─connection～♪e may mah mo, me mo ma me～♪ Poroggo Choirtoad: The lovers～♪ Poroggo Choirtoad: The dreamers～♪ Zuro Roggo: And meeeeee!♪

First Boss, After defeating (X: 3.9, Y: 6.5) - Zuro Roggo

Zuro Roggo: It's...it's not easy being... <croak> Alphinaud: I pray I never hear that song again... 　↳ Thancred: Right, into the aether we go.

The Lowe Reaches #1 (X: 16.0, Y: 15.8) - Aetherial Sea Shore #1

Thancred: Is this it, then? The aetherial sea? 　↳ Y’shtola: This is the shore, you might say. Spriggan Doorkeeper #1: Open doooooors, kill you deaaaaaad! Spriggan Doorkeeper #1: Go away! Faaaaaar away!

The Lower Reaches #2 (X: 13.8, Y: 14.0) - Aetherial Sea Shore #2

Spriggan Doorkeeper #2: Not shiny! Not pretty! Do not want! Do not need! Alphinaud: More homunculi! 　↳ Thancred: We'll deal with them like the rest. Spriggan Doorkeeper #2: Pretty tower! Our tower! All for us! Not for you!

Second Boss, Before engaging (X: 14.5, Y: 13.9) - Ziggy

Alphinaud: All these spriggans here... 　↳ Y’shtola: I imagine they were drawn to the crystals.

Second Boss, During the fight (X: 14.5, Y: 13.9) - Ziggy

Ziggy: Ziggy save everyone! Ziggy heeeeeero! Ziggy: Ziggy boooooom! Ziggy: Ziggy zoooooom! Ziggy: Ziggy biggie pretties time! Ziggy Ziggy hey! Ziggy: Ziggy shoooooom! Ziggy: Ziggy super beam time! Ziggy Ziggy hey! Ziggy: Ziggy pshoooooom! Ziggy: Ziggy doooooom!

Second Boss, After defeating (X: 14.5, Y: 13.9) - Ziggy

Alphinaud: That was tougher than I expected... 　↳ Y’shtola: Come, the lowest level awaits.

The Upper Reaches #1 (X: 13.7, Y: 9.6) - Antitower Interior #1

Alphinaud: Even the candles burn upside down... 　↳ Y’shtola: How very Sharlayan to obsess over useless details.

The Upper Reaches #2 (X: 16.3, Y: 9.6) - Antitower Interior #2

Thancred: Defenses for the innermost sector, eh? 　↳ Alphinaud: Can't lower our guard even for a moment!

Third Boss, Before engaging (X: 16.2, Y: 7.6) - Calcabrina

Alphinaud: Those dolls are the guardians of the viewing chamber? 　↳ Y’shtola: Have care─I sense tremendous power from them!

Third Boss, During the fight (X: 16.2, Y: 7.6) - Calcabrina

Calca & Brina: We'll cut your strings! Calca & Brina: Charging into unknown halls! Calca & Brina: You are mindless cretins! Calca & Brina: Yip-ho-ho!

Third Boss, After defeating (X: 16.2, Y: 7.6) - Calcabrina

Thancred: We've come for you, Minfilia... Alphinaud: So this is the closest point to the aetherial sea...Y’shtola: The aether here is almost too much for my eyes.

The Antitower Dungeon Dialogue Infographic

#Heavensward #Duty Support #trust system

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"villain reluctantly tagging along with the heroes" is a fun trope but whatever emet selch is doing is way way funnier

#emet-selch #shadowbringers #rat man

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My fave thing abt the scions is how they yell at WoL when WoL sacrifices themself once (1) as if each and every single one of them hadn't sacrificed themselves several times before. 1 hour ago even!!

#this is a problem lol #im biased as well tho and i want to spare the twins #they dont like the scarificing nonsense #and ultima thule is like an extreme exception #but the scions do have a problem with this #thancred challenge to not try to sacrifice yourself for one godsdamned expansion #grabbing that tag from a previous post lol cos if it aint wrong #this man...and y'shtola too

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25 year old Erenville is a member of the gleaners' guildship. Not only is he an accomplished scholar but he was requested by the Forum personally in order to prepare for the Final Days.

#erenville

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Audio 🔊 ———————————— [M] Journey's End Primal [Leviathan] | Empyreum | W25 | P17 Reach the upstairs by jumping on the summoning bell on the desk! If you want to visit, but don't have Empyreum, I can add you! Full video: https://youtu.be/SgxA8ybQdrM

#endwalker #ffxiv housing #holy shit this is so good! #the atmosphere in such a small place aaaa #6.0 spoilers #endw spoilers

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Clothing designs for when your tail won't just clip through. 🩶

#this is dnd thing #but it still feels relevant for ff14 #some neat concepts

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One of the typical imageries associated with the concept of "hope" is the image of light amidst darkness. FF14 does a lot of stuff with light and dark of course but in Shadowbringers they made light a thing of horror so they can't rely on the light image all the time.

Another usual image is a bird - "Hope is a thing with feathers..." from the Emily Dickinson poem. Meteion, the bird, was created with hope, but becomes a thing of despair.

So what's left as the image of "hope" in Endwalker is this:

From the cutscene "Live, Die and Know", where Venat monologues about hope and light everlasting while the camera cuts back and forth between her, blackened with blood, and the WoL succumbing to the Light corruption, both limping and stumbling along their paths. This is the face of hope in FF14 - broken, dying, bloodstained, yet defiant. That's what makes playing the hero in FF14 so damn magnetic.

Early ARR, I was cringing at the cliche chosen one, light vs dark type concepts. Further along I began to doubt Hydaelyn, given her ineffectiveness and the cruelty of the fate she bound the WoL to. But from Elpis to the end of Endwalker and beyond, I was proud, for the first time, to be called a Warrior of Light.

#endwalker #6.0 spoilers #venat #that broken and bloodied image still looks so haunting

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oh to be carbuncle

#cuties~ #the both of them #alphinaud leveilleur #carbuncle