#hien needs more fanart

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#hien needs more fanart #hien rijin #hien #lord hien #ffxiv art #ffxiv fanart #samurai #stormblood

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8, 15, +17?

thanks gigi 💗 I heard your food wasn't salty enough so I hope this helps!!

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

okay buckle up akdbkd Idk if it's common across fandom bc he's not super popular but I've seen it enough times to wonder where it came from. And perhaps I am misunderstanding the trope. But I don't think I am. So please I just want someone to explain... how Hien is a himbo. He can be fanciful and maybe a little silly at times, but it doesn't mean he's always head empty! He's still young, he should be at the club if not for the horrors! He's had to play 5d political chess with unlikely and volatile allies and yet some people think he's a clueless idiot and I'm just. so confused how they came to this conclusion. Has he always made the best decision for everyone in every situation? No, but not because he was clueless. At most he might have a himbo moment or two, but how is that his entire personality? I'm sure he'd like to not have to think about anything because he has so much to deal with all the damn time, but that's not the same! But seems to be a popular interpretation (well, as popular as Hien gets, which isn't much.) People are just blinded by Arm I guess. Thanks for coming to my salty Ted Talk!

15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time

I'm by no means saying people can't be thirsty. I'm thirsty too. And boobs are great. But I am a balloon titty hater 😭 this isn't specific to ffxiv but I feel like if people are gonna draw pinups of characters I like when they clearly have skill and thorough knowledge of anatomy, that maybe the tits should look like real tits instead of orbs glued onto a body.

To anyone who genuinely enjoys balloon titties, no shade, you can like what you want. Just don't show me the art akbfkdjf

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

I mean. I would love more variety in terms of what characters get focus? This is partly selfish ofc 😂 but I love when I see art about specific side quests or little job quest moments, or lesser known npcs. I just think more character variety is good in general!

also, bc I feel the need to be positive too akdbkdkd I absolutely love hyper specific headcanon art even if I don't always understand it. Just the fact that people put that much work into it is inspiring. Give me more of that!

#choose violence asks #replies #hythlodaes

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FFXIV Characters as Star Stable Players

Went through a ton of them talking to my friends and thought maybe some people out there somewhere might enjoy these so look below the cut to begin bc there's a lot of them.

Alphinaud: Every horse is level 15. He feeds them every day. Meticulously plans the best gear out for racing and studies each track. Top high score racer on his server, also does champs in his spare time. Will talk about racing to anyone who will listen

Alisaie: All her horses range from levels 1-5 and are depressed. She never feeds them, she's not wasting star coins on stable care when she could be saving up for another horse for her collection. Beat Alphie in a championship one time, will not let him live it down. Spends most of her time either chasing Alphie around or messing with her friends.

Thancred: has no idea what hes doing but Ryne really likes this game so he's playing with her. Lets her pick and name horses for him.

Ryne: Adores all of the horses. Roped both Thancred and Gaia into playing with her. All of her horses have names and personalities and she loves talking about them. Never asks for star coins because they're expensive, but Thancred always gifts her some on double sc weekend.

Gaia: Another one in the 'never feeds the horses club' has one Friesian and insists it's the best horse in the game and the only one she needs. It's level 15 bc she literally never rides another horse. Mostly plays with Ryne. Wrote a backstory for her horse at Ryne's urging, it's very edgy and tragic.

Y'shtola: Rarely plays. Saves up for a horse, logs on, buys it, takes pictures of it, and leaves for another two months until she can afford another.

Urianger: Spends 300 years naming each horse. Has an entire backstory for his character and all of their horses. Obsessed with the lore, frequently writes long lore posts for sso tumblr. Ryne loves reading his fics. Owns all of the old disc games, spent forever trying to get ahold of them and now treasures them.

G'raha Tia: The WoL likes this game so he expected it to be amazing. Ended up playing mostly with the others, but not really on his own. He just really likes hanging out with everyone else. Thinks all of the horses are nice, could never criticize a new release. Probably named his starter after the WoL or asked them to name it for him.

Emet-Selch: Hates every update. Writes long tumblr posts about how the game is terrible now and used to be better. Only rides old models, has thousands of star coins saved because he refuses to buy any of the new horses.

Lahabrea: Constantly leaves comments on sso's instagram about what they should add to the game. Takes it personally when those things don't appear literally the next week. People wonder why he still plays this game bc all he does is complain on instagram over stupid things. Still adores each of his horses and knows their names and personalities.

Elidibus: Analyzes every update and its pros and cons. Thinks SSO should hire him. Posts carefully worded critique posts that he spent hours thinking out. Forgets to actually play the game because he's so focused on doing this.

Aymeric: Loves taking screenshots. Will carefully coordinate every outfit and tack set he has and loves spending his time on it. Probably an instagram celebrity, maybe even an ambassador. Owns a well known club. Only says nice things about the game online to avoid drama, but admits criticisms to his friends.

Estinien: Instagram famous only because he's in Aym's club and Aym posts about him a lot. Complains about other players annoying him. Eventually privates his account bc Aym's fans are driving him insane. People probably wonder why Aym hangs out with him. Lets Aym take screenshots of him and goes to all the club events even though he'd rather just play his msq and save up for horses because he knows Aym is happy.

Lucia: acts as the co owner of Aym's ingame club. Helps filter out some of the chaotic join requests they constantly get. Manages the wait list, handles the club instagram page. Likes to run her training route every day.

Haurchefant: Thinks every horse is great, also in Aym's club. Loves being an instagram celebrity and talks to his fans all the time. Writes lots of posts about how great his friends and the game are. He's just here to have a good time.

Zenos: wants to race against everyone all the time. Gets mad if you say no. Competes with Alphie for those top scores on the server. Probably has one of those ongoing weirdly dark Instagram story accounts where characters like die and horses are stolen/abused and such.

Ysayle: collects pretty horses and enjoys screenshotting them. Likes light colors and a winter type aesthetic. Her club is the other big club on the server besides Aym's. They all ride white horses and matching outfits. She tries really hard to diffuse any drama in the community.

Hien: honestly just probably having a fun time. Likes to host tumblr meet ups just to talk to the people and hang out. Posts mediocre memes that are really only successful bc he's the most active meme page on tumblr. Everyone knows he's a really chill guy.

Arenvald: Probably plays with Alphinaud sometimes but is a little lost when Alphie starts talking about his racing obsession. Still likes to hang out with him even though Alphie crushes him whenever they race.

Minfillia: Owns the club all the scions are in, but it's really just a club for their friend group to chill in. Probably plans events for them all and coordinates everything so that everyone can make it. Takes good care of all her horses, reminds everyone to buy stable care each week even if they dont actually do it.

Lyse: Only feeds the horse she's riding. Loves running championships just for fun on whatever horse she happens to have when the announcement pops up for one. Chats with other players in the race waiting areas, and sometimes even in global if theres nothing happening.

Papalymo: Plays with Lyse. Tries to tell her she'd have more success in champs if she fed her horses and got some tack with actual stats, but she doesn't listen. Sometimes lets her beat him so she feels good about the race.

Fandaniel: insane. Constantly bugs the game and glitches into locked areas. Brags about it to anyone who will listen.

Magnai: really wants to start a romance RP in global. Never finds anyone who wants to play bc everyone reminds him they're against the game's rules.

Sadu: probably making fun of Magnai in global. Likes to start fights in that chat.

Nero: loves finding glitches and testing exploits. Knows a concerning number of ways to use cheat engine for funny things without being banned. Never actually cheats and uses these things solely for meme purposes. Probably leaks horse coats/models online before release just to watch the chaos.

Cid: Also good at finding bugs, but does so in order to report them to SSO support. Nero hates him reporting all the good bugs.

Ardbert: Has a little friend group club with the the other heros from the first. Doesn't really use social media, they prefer to just use their discord server with each other. All of them train together most afternoons.

Tataru: Her gear closet is perfectly organized. Every horse has an assigned stall. Also writes them backstories. Plans out her star coin saving months in advance and exactly what horses she'll buy in what order. Does not stray from it even if a new one comes out, she'll add it on to the end.

Krile: Another lore nerd, started playing at the same time Alphie did and sometimes reminds him about what he was like as a new player. Loves writing and responding to lore posts. Her and Urianger probably interact online a lot.

Louisoix: Played star stable years ago, was super famous in the community. Quit playing a couple years ago but everyone still talks about him. Others desperately try to be like him, but nobody can fill his shoes in the community.

Forchenault: Writes extensive posts of what he thinks of the game, mostly complaints. Will fight anyone who disagrees. Refuses to meet up with anyone else ingame, nobody actually knows if he even logs on still or just complains. Thinks actually playing every day is a waste of time.

Ashai: Instagram fanboy for zenos and his weirdly dark story. Zenos isn't even famous, he has like 220 followers, but Asahi worships the ground he walks on. Runs a fanpage for him where he just reposts Zenos's screenshots/edits and talks about how great they are. Draws fanart too, but he's a terrible artist. Zenos pretends he doesnt exist. Purposely switched his server to the one Zenos plays on and always keeps an eye out for him.

#yes this is what i do in my free time #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #star stable #sso

[whitherliliesbloom]

Hilda, Hien, and Haurchefant :3c

[send me a character - accepting]

OHHHHHHHHHH BOY THIS BE LONG THANK YOU. Answers will be under the cut!

Favorite thing about them

She’s badass without feeling like a forced femme fatale type. Lots of female characters her type from other series go way too over the top and I feel like Hilda is the more down to earth, realistic version of that type of character. 

Least favorite thing about them

It’s not really much to do with Hilda herself but.. I kind of wish they explored the controversy behind interracial relationships and children more. Instead it feels like they just glossed over the whole ‘half race children are taboo’ subject and it was never addressed again. It could have been potentially interesting to see them actually address the issue and maybe have an arc about the Ishgardians being more accepting of interracial relationships which would tie into the other issues they have that were given more time to be addressed like their racism, the bad attitude the nobles have towards peasants in general. 

Or maybe I’m just saying this because I still see people arguing that interracial relationships / children are impossible when that clearly isn’t true. 

Favorite line

Uhh god I’m bad at remembering lines I’m sorry.

brOTP

Spoilers for the machinist storyline but brotp with her actual brother Muscadain. He was a bit of an ass at first but I really really liked how they made up in the end and even acknowledged each other as siblings. I love sibling rivalry relationships like that.

OTP

Barring ships with some wols I’ve seen, nobody.

nOTP

None so far

Random headcanon

Hilda is the person who came closest to being able to eat Illya’s black blossom stew. She couldn’t quite finish the whole bowl but the fact she ate more than few spoonfuls of the thing makes her head and heels better than anyone else who has tried Illya’s stew. 

Song i associate with them

Favorite picture of them

This fanart of her.

Favorite thing about them

He’s the bro character we never knew we needed. I feel like the Hien really made the trio between Yugiri, him and Gosetsu complete and balanced with his relaxed, confident but also responsible personality that compliments Yugiri’s more stoic personality and Gosetsu’s goofier sides. He was just such a refreshing character that made Stormblood a lot more enjoyable in general. Also helps that he’s a far better big brother figure to Alphinaud than Estinien...

Least favorite thing about them

I don’t think it’s the fault of Hien himself.. or even that the writers intended for it to come off this way but.. I’ve always felt something was strange about how he seemed to refer to the Xaela that lived in the Azim Steppe as nothing but tools.. or at best just potential soldiers for his army to fight off the imperials. I really don’t think Hien is meant to be the sort of character who thinks of others as disposable but I do remember being iffy about some of his dialogues.

Favorite line

Not a line but I liked the part where Alphinaud comes up with a plan for them to take Doma castle and Hien just casually comes up with “yeah let’s flood the castle while we’re at it”. It shows off his wit and his guts at being able to sacrifice what was meant to be his home for the greater good of the people. 

brOTP

YUGIRI AND GOSETSU

OTP

Aside from the obvious =)))))))))) Nobody

nOTP

Uhhhhhh nobody. At least not any I can think off the top of my head.

Random headcanon

I really wanna think outside of his traditional clothes Hien is actually really fashionable. Introduce him to western clothes and trends long enough and he’d actually put together his own wardrobe rather well. He’s no trendsetter or influencer but he’d still look good in just about anything he chooses to put on. 

Unpopular opinion

Hien should’ve stabbed Asahi before it was too late.

I think it’s weird that they reduced Hien to being something of a derpy bystander when it came to that whole Tsuyu arc, from him basically doing nothing while Asahi was clearly up to no good to him leaving Yotsuyu unattended multiple times. He’s clearly better than that.

Song I associate with them

Favorite picture of them

This isn’t even fanart but wow look at that man

Favorite thing about them

God after the mess that was the end of ARR, Haurchefant was just... a gift. His supportive, kind and joyful demeanor was much needed levity we needed after everything felt so bleak and helpless. He honestly genuinely felt like our sole ally and source of comfort in that moment and I think that’s why so many people grew so attached to him. He was there for the wol when nobody else was.

Least favorite thing about them

We don’t talk about Japanese dub Haurchefant.

Favorite line

“Are you content to remain a broken blade? Is there no flame hot enough to reforge you?”

I could have gone for the easy “a smile better suits a hero” but you know..

brOTP

Francel!! I really wish we could’ve seen these two interact more...

OTP

The obvious.... looking at a certain pink miqo...other than that, nobody.

nOTP

Nobody I can think of?

Random Headcanon

Haurchefant 100% is the type who would roast people with a full smile. He doesn’t often do it because he’s just an absolute angel and he’s so nice but.. anyone he thinks is awful enough would just get told off with his full smile = ))))).. and he’d even add a “have a nice day” at the end of it. Also I headcanon that the pixies all adore Haurchefant.

Unpopular opinion

Totally not unpopular but I’m still gonna say it. I miss him and want him back.

Song I associate with them

Favorite picture of them

Not that valid but I still have feelings from this comic

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