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Hey there! I've been considering whipping up something for 'MiqoMay', considering that MiqoMarch not only falls during a bad time for me (seasonal depression, ugh), but I couldn't come up with anything new for the same prompts as last year, with my creativity at an all time low (my physical health was in the dumps too)... and I miss being to engage with it! I miss writing and photography prompts!

Would people be interested in another round of Miqo-love? I was even debating keeping it to 3-5x a week, so there's less pressure to do something every... single...day. Unless every day is more appealing to others? Prompt ideas also welcome, else I'll otherwise just hit a random word generator and go from there to make it work with XIV.

#Miqo'te #Miqomay #Mayqo'te #ffxiv #gpose #ffxiv gpose #anyone who has a miqo feel free to vote and offer prompts you would like to see! #since MiqoMarch already does things like 'favorite zone' and all that I don't want to repeat prompts - toss out ideas you'd like to see! #reblog for more gposers to see it! #don't forget to reblog/queue it for different times of day for those in other timezones and who are at work etc #pls reblog even if you don't have a miqo #as the post says - please leave prompt ideas if you have them! #using prompts ppl actually want to see is the idea #please reblog

[miqojak]

Hey there! I've been considering whipping up something for 'MiqoMay', considering that MiqoMarch not only falls during a bad time for me (seasonal depression, ugh), but I couldn't come up with anything new for the same prompts as last year, with my creativity at an all time low (my physical health was in the dumps too)... and I miss being to engage with it! I miss writing and photography prompts!

Would people be interested in another round of Miqo-love? I was even debating keeping it to 3-5x a week, so there's less pressure to do something every... single...day. Unless every day is more appealing to others? Prompt ideas also welcome, else I'll otherwise just hit a random word generator and go from there to make it work with XIV.

#Miqo'te #Miqomay #Mayqo'te #ffxiv #gpose #ffxiv gpose #anyone who has a miqo feel free to vote and offer prompts you would like to see! #since MiqoMarch already does things like 'favorite zone' and all that I don't want to repeat prompts - toss out ideas you'd like to see! #reblog for more gposers to see it! #don't forget to reblog/queue it for different times of day for those in other timezones and who are at work etc #pls reblog even if you don't have a miqo #get ready to see this constantly

[miqojak]

absolutely love it when people are like why do you like this fictional character so much look at all their bad qualities. my brothersister in christ their bad qualities are why i like them

#ooc

[miqojak]

Meanwhile: Jak, delighting in the complete collapse of these awful people and their stupid trees -

FFXIV players who want their WoL to kill the Elementals: "My WoL would be applauded for freeing the Shroud of their evil and their death will fix Gridania's shortcomings, prejudices, and xenophobia."

The actual likely consequences of that scenario:

#literally she has said she'd like another moon to fall directly onto Gridania/the Shroud #they want to blame talking trees for the racism that turned away refugees in need? #then burn them and their trees down! #Gridania #I get it... but Jak holds a grudge

[miqojak]

This is to gauge interest! Reblogs help others see this, know it exists, and give feedback - and if there's not much interest, I won't be putting this together, since... there's not much point in doing it just for me! Even if you don't have a Miqo'te/aren't interested, reblog for those who do/are!

Hey there! I've been considering whipping up something for 'MiqoMay', considering that MiqoMarch not only falls during a bad time for me (seasonal depression, ugh), but I couldn't come up with anything new for the same prompts as last year, with my creativity at an all time low (my physical health was in the dumps too)... and I miss being to engage with it! I miss writing and photography prompts!

Would people be interested in another round of Miqo-love? I was even debating keeping it to 3-5x a week, so there's less pressure to do something every... single...day. Unless every day is more appealing to others? Prompt ideas also welcome, else I'll otherwise just hit a random word generator and go from there to make it work with XIV.

#Miqo'te #Miqomay #Mayqo'te #ffxiv #gpose #ffxiv gpose #anyone who has a miqo feel free to vote and offer prompts you would like to see! #since MiqoMarch already does things like 'favorite zone' and all that I don't want to repeat prompts - toss out ideas you'd like to see! #reblog for more gposers to see it! #don't forget to reblog/queue it for different times of day for those in other timezones and who are at work etc #I like the idea of the 'free/extra' prompt being an optional little drabble with an image to accompany it to mix things up?

[miqojak]

Despite everything, it's still you.

(saw this trend happening on twitter and thought id do a rlly quick gpose bc yeah...its a good trend)

Context (hopefully not needed bc my gposes are just THAT good (lol)): She was born to a poor woodworker and his sake miller wife in Hingashi and her father was killed, her brother knocked unconscious and she was taken as a slave and sold off to a yakuza boss who she eventually married and had kids with. Husband is dead now and she's rich and living her best life.

#ffxiv #ffxiv rp #miqo'te #gpose #ffxiv gpose #ffxiv oc #others ocs

[miqojak]

big furry women....... hot............

#ffxiv #ffxiv art #final fantasy xiv #oc art #hrothgar #hrothgal #ffxiv benchmark #femhroth #dawntrail benchmark #I love her! #OP your art style is AMAZING

[miqojak]

Other than various types of villains, are there any other character types that you really like?

oh there are plenty actually!

In general, I tend not to have strong feelings towards likable characters: if i feel the narrative pushes me too much towards feeling empathy for someone it’s unlikely I’ll form strong attachments for them [this is different from ‘you are supposed to have an OPINION on this character’, which is how you should feel when reading about any character really]. A character has to be at least a bit fucked up [but like... in a bad way, that makes them unlikeable, not just self-worth issues lmao] for me to really love them

Overall, I’d say I like characters who feel slightly out of place in the setting they are placed in, either because they are or just because their vibe is a bit off in general. I wouldn’t call them ‘outcasts’ because they usually blend in very well, but there’s something to them the strikes the reader (and occasionally, the characters as well) as different. 

Characters who are very rational -albeit sometimes on totally irrational basis- fascinate me as well, as I myself pride myself for being very logical and get very annoyed at myself when I’m not. 

I cannot stand passive characters (characters who just react or whose catalysis comes from an external source, rather than from personal aspirations), which is why i usually gravitate towards villains so much but i have met PLENTY of active characters [of course we don’t live in a bubble so they’re always gonna re-act to a point but there’s a different between your entire course of actions being set in motion by an event and you internalizing a series of events, forming an opinion on the matter and then acting on it]. 

Characters with a rather dark sense of humor also very much appeal to me but this is like... a plus, i couldn’t care less about a character being funny if they aren’t interesting first and foremost.

 I also like introspection to the point of self-dissection honestly, but it’s even MORE fun when the character in question is at the same time deeply self-unaware of the basic stuff that propels them because they have rationalized themselves into a picture perfect image and refuse to see the cracks in their facade. 

Oh, also I like characters who are competitive, extremely ambitious, goal-oriented and have a HUGE deal of willpower [and I don’t typically enjoy recklessness, but there are characters I love who play on that well enough]. Self-confidence is also very sexy. [oh, and I’m not usually for physically strong characters :/, but then again! things can change!]

I wouldn’t say I have ‘archetypes’ of characters I like, apart from villains, but I have a lot of stuff i love seeing in characters and if a character does that it doesn’t really matter what role they fulfill in a narrative, but if you take a look at what I’ve just written down you’ll realize why most of my favorites are villains or antagonists at the very least asjdsakdlasd

#ooc #this is like 100% my taste too #this helps explain it better than I could #same exact thing about not wanting to like a character a story TELLS me to like #I hate that #I now hate that character bc they're a prop and not a character xD #hope its okay to reblog!

[miqojak]

Thanks for the tag @ungrateful-cyborg ! Maybe I'll go do this on an alt's blog so I can ping you with an actual new result on this...

Tagging whoever sees this! And some folks from my notifs (I'm trying to avoid re-pinging people I saw @ungrateful-cyborg tag already...sorry if you've done it! If you have alts, it's an excuse to do it again!!) @chadhunkler , @briar-ffxiv , @xmimiteh , @alannah-corvaine , @twelvesblades , @hares-and-hounds (/boops you for confusing me with your handle change :P) @sunscale-ffxiv , @sarnai-dagra

CHARACTER ARC

Corruption Arc

"So. You got worse - and I'm not entirely sure I can blame you for it. Maybe it was in you all along, hidden and waiting, or maybe someone planted it in you and watched it grow. Either way, it's there now and you hold it in your fist like a second heart - this blood, this hunger, this thrill of having teeth and using them. Perhaps you are right to. You are a mirror for the hardness of the world, and a mirror that we could all stand to look in more often. It's hard to watch the bleeding bring about more blood, but it is undeniable that you are very good at wounding."

"They made me sharp, so I grew adept at wielding such sharp edges."

Quiz Here

Tagged by: @flamesworn (Thanks!)

#rp meme #character arc meme #corruption arc #no one is surprised by this answer #she wasn't always rotten #just jak things

[miqojak]

LITERATURE AESTHETICS || Jak

STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

cobblestone streets / lamps shining out of the fog / the warmth of a fireplace / unopened bottles of wine / the tension between what things seem to be and what they truly are / the heady thrill of freedom / panic of losing control / blood on the pavement / guilty vices / top hats and walking sticks / self-destruction / old documents tucked away in safes

FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

rain hitting a windowpane / candles burning low / mountain ranges with white, snowy tops / frenzied obsession / a cemetery at dusk / slaughterhouses / all-consuming thirst for revenge / compassion turned to bitterness and hatred / a sense of duty weighing on your shoulders / inescapable guilt / the frozen wastes of the arctic circle / the feeling of someone breathing down your neck / lightning sparking through the sky

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

erotic longing / paint on a palette / golden curls and rosy cheeks / the desperation to cling to youth / bees lazily drifting through the grass / hedonism / the blackness of a soul / a dusty attic / hiding secrets / blood pooling on the floorboards / gut-wrenching jealousy / a dimly-lit stage / temptation into corruption

THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER

cliffs rising up into the clouds / someone ambiguously supernatural always lurking / edinburgh's winding streets / religious zealotry /careful manipulation / family rivalry / a bible written in an indistinguishable language / a face that's always changing and shifting / something demonic masquerading as something pure

DRACULA

letters and diaries / suitors courting a lady / castles nestled deep within forests and mountains / terror of the unknown / the howling of wolves / aristocrats from olden times / a consuming hunger / the dead rising / horses' hooves thundering along a path / blood staining the snow / crucifixes warding off evil

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

fog over the moors / embracing one who is already dead / a cycle of abuse / vicious, snarling dogs / a house left to ruin / a thorn among the roses / toxic love / ghosts / the howling wind / flowers that have died and begun to rot / wasting away / a voice you can't identify

Thanks for tagging me @sundered-souls!

Who hasn't done it? I'm late following up on this, so - do it if you see it (and apologies if I ping you and you've done it!), and I'll snag people from my notifs to tag... @wpip-raham , @captainqster , @briar-ffxiv , @alannah-corvaine , @xmimiteh , @chadhunkler , @uldahstreetrat , @merlwybs-wife , @shieldandarrow

#ffxiv rp #ffxiv #ffxiv oc #oc stuff #rp aesthetic #do it if you want to #I do always love reading about others' OCs too

[miqojak]

Misunderstood Villain 

Prepare for an onslaught of both the most dehumanizing and hateful takes, and flood of thirst comments. You are chronically misunderstood; even whether or not you’re actually evil is debatable. You may be acting out for revenge, to defend someone you love, or even just to protect yourself. You’re a pretty jaded person - you don’t trust or even really like most people. Maybe you did at one point, but that part of you is gone, and you don’t go a single day without grieving it; you think a lot about what your life could have been. You’re stuck in the past. You’re angry and maybe you don’t even want to be, but this is the only way you can see to survive. You’re open, but less in a trusting way and more like a wound. You don’t like to let people see you, but the hurt spills out of you before you can stop it. You’re impulsive, even as you try hard to plan and prepare. Maybe someday your side of the story will finally be heard. Until then, you can convince yourself that being hated is safer anyway.

Well what do you know, a quiz that hit it on the head! Even the term ‘villain’ is debatable when it comes to Jak - she’s not any one thing, at the end of the day, but this little quiz kinda summarized her better than I think I could have, given how long winded I tend to get when I have to do that kind of thing! (And indeed she/I have faced our fair share of both hate and thirst comments since I came around in 2019, lol!) But I always like to think about how the person she’s become is nothing like the person she was - the person she had to give up, to be able to survive Garlemald. She does mourn that girl, but she’s never coming back - she’s as dead as the rest of the tribe. 

The only way forward is paved with the only things that makes sense: chaos and fury, because it is safer if you hate her. 

Tagging some folks: @starforger, @cactusxwren, @xmimiteh , @uldahstreetrat , @sundered-souls , @nollette , @ashenbun , @archaiclumina , @dragonsongmakhali, @but-first–tea , @merlwybs-wife , @littlestcreampuff , @wandering-heart-ffxiv , @umbralaether , @mxkelsifer , @helena-ffxiv , @whimsyxiv , @angelinecarax​ and anyone else who wants to! I mostly just kinda grabbed names from my notification list to give some love back to those who’ve been giving me some!

#ffxiv rp #ffxiv oc #ffxiv #uquiz #what do you know it's spot on for her #catgirl loses her family and loses her shit

[miqojak]

Astral & Umbral Magic

I wanted to explore the Astral/Umbral aspects introduced with FFXIV since I think it’s an interesting and useful concept. This will be spoiler-free, and I do not recommend researching too much into FFXIV’s magic system if you haven’t played the game, since it is tied heavily into the storyline in places, and you may run into spoilers.

What is Covered Below the Cut:

Summary of the Astral/Umbral Concepts

Examples of Astral/Umbral Manifestations of Elements

How the Astral/Umbral Concept Maybe Useful in Other Magic Systems

Symbolism of Astral/Umbral with a Quick Look at the Twelve

Keep reading

#ffxiv #ffxiv canon #ffxiv lore #astral and umbral #excellent source #It's like I know this stuff...but it's easy to forget or mix up

[miqojak]

I've found that it DOES warp the model if you're going from say...a Roe to a Miqo? I like snagging the knife emotes from the Rogues Guild on Jak, and luckily at least one of them is in an emote pack from Yllisne, but there's one of a Roe woman like...sharpening her knives? And uh...it warps your skeleton bad if you plop that onto a lil Miqo. But things on the same skeleton seem to work pretty okay?

Perhaps this is common knowledge and I'm just speaking into the void here, but thought it couldn't hurt to share this trick just in case it might benefit someone else. This applies for Anamnesis on PC.

If you want to use the emotes of another race/gender than that of your character, you can do so by pausing and register the emotes you'd like to use and then apply it to your desired character.

It works pretty well across the board regardless of height or proportions, and the tweaking required is minimal (mostly for facial expressions and general hand/limb placement).

Again, maybe this is common knowledge, but this is my personal go-to screenshot trick nowadays so thought maybe it might be beneficial for someone else.

#OP is this for real? #you used a Lala emote and your tall skeleton didn't smush? #I've had that happen before too... #am I missing something about this trick? #I want that ominous roe lady's knife emote #I can steal the female Hyur version and the male miqo version...but the fem Roe version eludes me #gpose #anamnesis

[miqojak]

I didn't do this year's, but have some old stuff!

I posted this over on my Twitter, but it was requested it be posted on Tumblr as well, so this March, join us for #MiqoMarch! Here’s a list of fun prompts for all my miqo’te friends to do every day of March! Please tag your posts #MiqoMarch so everyone can see your awesome miqo’te!

#ffxiv gpose #gpose #ffxiv #ffxiv rp #lfrp ffxiv #lfc ffxiv #ffxiv screenshots

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Trying my hand at recreating aesthetic images I'm particularly fond of/that really represent Jak/her style!

Reference image source

#ffxiv gpose #gpose #ffxiv #ffxiv rp #lfrp ffxiv #ffxiv screenshots #miqo'te #punk aesthetic #ffxiv oc #punk catte #goth catte #gposers

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B A S I C S

(Much of this - and more - can be found on her carrd!)

Name: J'kesri Denma - Goes by Jak, her tribal name is known to maybe a total of 3 people? And only one of them is allowed use of it in private.

Nicknames: 'The Dragon', Jackal (the name she went by as a thief on the streets of Ul'dah), Ember (former), Empress Ember (former), Little Robin

Age: 27ish, give or take a year - she's not sure exactly. I've been aging her...once each real life year since 2019 (when I said she was 22ish, give or take some), but she's always just had a sort of estimate on her age.

Nameday: She has no idea!

( I do like to think that she's a Scorpio in our real world Western Zodiac - which I don't know how to translate to Eorzean dates - and a Dragon, like me, in the Eastern zodiac.)

Race: Miqo'te, Seeker of the Sun

Gender: Female

Orientation: I'd say she's over all Graysexual, maybe some degree of Demi or Sapiosexual? The perfect storm has to happen for her to want any sort of intimate relationship... even friendship is hard to manage (she very genuinely seeks out intelligent/clever people to have around her), but a true relationship that's 'romantic' or sexual? Well, the perfect combination of events accidentally happened once. But gender has never really entered into it? She just so happens to have attracted and ended up with men in RP! She was/is poly as well, but has agreed to be monosexual with her current partner!

Profession: Restaurant Manager/Owner, Jazz Club Owner/Manager, Tattoo Artist (by appointment, not widely known)

Not publicly known: Criminal (it's a broad umbrella, but her activities outside of the Yakuza are often no less devious than within), Yakuza leadership (Wakagashira/second in command, current acting head of the family while the Oyabun is on indefinite hiatus), Cat burglar! She's very Selena Kyle - her goal is to do more burglary around Ul'dah to screw over the wealthy elite...and maybe actually do some good for people like her, barely scraping by in the gutters, forgotten by society.

P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S

Hair: Black/Orange - most often slicked back and partially braided, partially tied into a tight ponytail. When relaxed/at home she may opt not to do all the work to tame her hair to look more 'coiffed' as she does in public, and it is about shoulder length, and quite curly!

Eyes: Gold/Green

Skin: Olive/light brown, gold undertones

Tattoos/scars:

-Scars: One small slash at each cheek, one across the bridge of her nose. Levin/lightning scarring in bursts at both shoulders and biceps. A long, ragged scar spanning the length of her back, from the inside of the left side of her neck, to the top of her right buttock.

-Tattoos: Black dragon that winds up the right half of her body. Jackal on her left forearm. 3 Phoenix down feathers on her right wrist. A watercolor robin tattooed just under her left breast, along her ribs.

F A M I L Y

Parents: Deceased, slain by Garlemald in Gyr Abania

Siblings: The only one left alive is her twin brother, J'vynia/Vynnie, @miqo-vynnie, who no longer plays...and she kinda wrote Vynnie out of her life after some things she saw as huge betrayals. She talks shit, but she's been off-kilter ever since he left her life! They had a very Yin/Yang dynamic... where Jak was actually more of the Yang/masculine side of things that's very active... and now missing that more passive and down to earth aspect of Yin? She's been really out of control for a long time. Luckily, the lover she never expected to have has done a good job of grounding her.

Grandparents: Unknown.

In-laws and Other: None.

Pets: She doesn't do pets. As much as I like animals... Jak grew up tribal and sees animals as food, and find the concept of a beast in her home dirty and a waste of resources and time. (And one more thing she could get attached to and lose!) Fun fact: She doesn't like any sort of large bird, and they're one of the few things that actively frighten her! This includes things like Griffons, and Chocobos... those big, yellow birds have murder in their eyes... better to eat them, before they eat you.

S K I L L S

Abilities: Keen eyesight and incredibly sensitive hearing; can play piano by ear; martial arts; prefers (non-lethal) poisoned throwing knives/staying at range; when equipped with her DRK soul crystal, her skillset vastly expands - altering her fighting style entirely, and emboldening her with the knowledge that she can now both inflict - and sustain - more damage in close combat.

T R A I T S

Most Positive Trait: Diligent/honest - often too honest. She takes even her positive qualities to extremes, and works out too hard, spends too much time trying to excel as a Wakagashira in the Yakuza who is a woman... and she sets extremely high goals for herself and others...which leads into her negative traits.

Most Negative Trait: Judgemental/applies high standards to others. She has a twisted set of standards that makes sense to her, and likely not to many others, most of these rooted in years of trauma - but her high goals were intended to be a good thing. Even for others...she simply pushes both herself, and others (especially if she LIKES you) too hard, more often than not. She believes in constantly bettering oneself, and... she's a creature of extremes. It's hard for her to know when it's too much/she's asking too much...of anyone, to include herself.

L I K E S

Colors: Gold/white, red/black

O T H E R D E T A I L S

Smokes: Moko only, these days, to relax now and then.

Drugs: Former somnus addict - she's worked hard to beat this addiction...and continues to, because addiction is a lifelong curse even once you're clean! But she doesn't like anyone or anything having control over her - and an addiction controls your life more than any other person could! (Plus it's a way that other people COULD control you, in her mind. All the more reason to have dropped the habit.)

Alcohol: She used to be a bit of an alcoholic, on top of a drug addict - she's had a lot of impetus and encouragement to get her shit together...and has! She drinks recreationally/to relax, but takes it easier these days... you're easier to take advantage of, and more likely to say or do things you shouldn't, when drunk...and she likes to be in control!

Been Arrested: Not yet! She's run from the Blades in Ul'dah more than once...but it's not a crime if you don't get caught, right??

Tagged by: @chadhunkler ! Sorry it took me a bit to find the spoons, but thank you for thinking of me! I do love to do little things like this...and should do this for my Male Miqo and my kitsune to better flesh them out, honestly...

Tagging - some people in my notifs, and anyone who hasn't done it/wants to! @uldahstreetrat, @lightyouarelikes (for whoever you want to do it for), @wpip-raham, @xmimiteh, @twelvesblades (if you want to do it!), @briar-ffxiv , @shieldandarrow , @captainqster

(I'm trying to fight the uphill battle against my depressive apathy/malaise... I know deep down I want to be active and meet people and RP and take part in things!! So thanks for tagging me and interacting, folks!)

#ffxiv #ffxiv rp #ffxiv roleplay #ff14 rp #ffxiv oc #oc info #have some old art too

[miqojak]

My fav romantic trope is when a character finally realizes they like their love interest, and they are just left miserable with the knowledge

#accidentally in love #it's a good one #and one I didn't intend to write #the first time Kets called Jak 'infuriating' after she had been calling him the for ages... #she knew #“infuriating” (affectionate) #neither of them wanted to admit it and I don't think they were pleased about it for a good little while xD