#Gegeruju

[sirensongsea]

gegeruju.mp4

[paparitoffxiv]

Nanamo didn’t let Papashan go to Limsa 😔.

[mosthuggableffxiv]

Bonus Poll: Most Puntable Lalafell

[la-scree]

The one positive of the Dancer Storyline is...

Come on, we all hate this bitch lalafell and his pervy bullshit.

[nshi-ao3]

Lessons from the dancer sidequest: Pay your artists!

[gridanian-red-mage]

I took some shots of just Arielle during cutscenes, so out of that batch I decided to pick these two to post. Now that they're next to each other, the fact that they're literally night and day is kinda funny.

[yzeltia]

Auraugust N.10 Minion

"Give him back his clothes. NOW!"

"I'll give your rude Garlean friend back his skivvies once he gets his friends to pack up their fortress and shove off!"

"I-I promise you that I have no friends there! Please sire!"

[idalenn]

Seriously considering rewriting goobbues to be reptile-like and born from eggs so I can A.) have Lillian steal one of their eggs as part of a Company of Heroes task since I'm NOT having her go all the way back to Gridania yet (which that task entails in-game), and B.) for the ultimate Benny Hill Theme scene as she and Thancred try to outrun one on said task

[windupaidoneus]

im glad the general consensus is to kill that fuck

[tsunael]

WoL Think Thonkers

#2 What city-state did your WoL start in? How did they feel about it then, and how do they feel about it now? (ie, did their experiences sour their perception, or make them appreciate it more?)

Gameplay-wise she began in Limsa Lominsa, and so I wanted to work this into her lore even though she technically spends a few years in Eorzea before the 'official' start of the game. I'm still working this, honestly. The timeline of her arrival, joining a dancer troupe, and going to Gridania to practice conjury is difficult to all add up and still keep Limsa as her 'beginning'.

Another idea I had, instead of her being fresh off the boat from Kugane, was that she arrived in Eorzea via Werlyt or Ul'dah, and worked her way to Gridania-- getting picked up by some Wood Wailers on the brink of death. THEN she would make it to Limsa after she recovered.

Regardless of how she started, and for how long, she found Limsa Lominsa alien and discomforting. While it had many reminders of home (for better or for worse) and boasted a diverse population, she still found it terrifying. Thievery and prostitution is rampant, and there's a canon trafficking ring. The only difference between Limsa and Ul'dah is that the Ul'dahns hide their vulgarity under a golden veneer.

She was raised in an all-female environment with few freedoms-- nearly convent-like in its organization and strict social discipline-- so to be suddenly thrust into a foreign land full of debauchery meant that she foundered for a long time with no way out. She nearly fell into bad crowds as a naive foreigner, and in some ways she did.

I believe she still finds it as (strangely) nostalgic as when she began even if she found it overwhelming, because the ocean has always meant 'home' to her. It reminds her of Kugane and Yanxia in more ways than one, and most of all it reminds her of her mother.

Aside from Gridania, it would be a place she would enjoy visiting for a spell-- at least the farms in Summerford, anyway.

[rigil-kentauris]

gaius and nero embarrass the garlean military more than was conceivably previously through possible for what is ALREADY the most embarrassing organization on the star

[la-scree]

WoLVrtra Week Prompt 7: Free Day

Gegeruju is about to learn a valuable lesson: perving on Titan's Bane is dangerous but doing it while her dragon husband is close by means he's going to fucking *die*.

(One of two different sets because I couldn't decide.)

[unionizedwizard]

ok so i've been thinking about ffxiv housing. the in-universe explanation for the housing districts is that the city-states want to attract adventurers because they are a valuable demographics, in terms of spending power, social networks, and martial power. this makes sense, especially in the wake of the calamity; the states have all been considerably weakened and currying favor with (otherwise mercenary) powerful individuals in hopes of stimulating the economy and protecting their own citizenry and property is a rather sound prospect.

this makes even more sense for limsa lominsa in particular, considering merlwyb was the one behind costa del sol - the land being unfit for cultivation, she sold it to gegeruju who turned it into a luxury resort (and kicked out the locals who are now forced to resort to poaching! yay), and was behind the island sanctuary project. she wants to be an economic power using tourism as a means for colonization sooooo badly

it makes sense for ishgard, too - considerably weakened by their own war and isolationism, similarly unable to push for self-sufficiency (considering the environmental disaster that was the calamity for coerthas), they have (imo) correctly identified that one of their avenues for development lies in the brokering of trade agreements and tourism development (ishgard has a unique and strong cultural identity and beautiful vistas that make for a sound touristic opportunity).

it also makes sense for kugane to have a housing district - kugane being the only place that's open to foreigners, and catering quite extensively (not to mention expensively) to tourists' tastes, and being practically the only trade point between hingashi and the rest of the world.

that being said, the game itself acknowledges how unfair this system is, since unlocking access to every housing district involves you watching some poor local citizen's hopes of homeownership getting brutally dashed by the "foreigners/adventurers-only" policy. (except for ishgard, since there is another citizens-only housing district?)

that's very obviously a case of gentrification (textbook definition even). worse, the sprawling suburban hellscape, literal-gated-community-full-of-gaudy-mcmansions that is the housing district is an inefficient use of land + very resource-intensive + creates an entire domestic service economy (labor-intensive to maintain). in other words, the opposite of a community & incredibly alienating to the people living there!!

you CAN'T create this kind of dynamic in the crystarium (first of all there's no room and most importantly the entire concept is that they're a communist city). you can't recreate the kind of exploitative class dynamics they had in EULMORE in there!!!!! that makes no sense!!

now it would make sense in eulmore but the resource availability in the First is still limited, i would say, not to mention it would be an extremely scummy move lmao

as for sharlayan, the same applies; theyre not communist at all (lol) but they would not benefit from tourism or creating this kind of class at all, and anyway they already manage their (limited) (island) land scarily extensively and i don't see how or why or where a housing district could be located anyway (and can you imagine the paperwork??)

now obviously the actual option for a new housing district would be mare lamentorum. it was quite literally made for that. no idea if they will ever go through with it but it would make sense and be physically possible, i think

[sylaurin]

I need to watch this!

bro i kinda love this premise

[gridanian-red-mage]

An Oddly Frenzied Moonfire Faire--Part 9/10

So this is gonna be the plot for next year, right?

Well I guess you could say they were still possessed by evil spirits.

I'm loving this.😂

[medi-melancholy]

average goblin limsa night

anyways. quests!

anjyu is probably too scared of disappointing bar dad to tell him that he doesn't really drink lol

he agrees, he thinks, but he'd probably feel bad if he ever admitted so. so much is made of heroes and their sacrifices, so, how could someone really be a hero if they wouldn't sacrifice themselves?

lmao at them both stopping to Think while bar dad walks over like what the hell are yall up to

i love that...

oh cool! another person where, if anything ever happens to them, anjyu will feel overwhelmingly personally guilty! yippee!!!!

my poor boy is having so many crises back to back to back in this quest

but, he's glad to be a part of it

thankfully he has cut out the kupo'ing well before this letter but he's still ._.;; to hear her say that lol

i fucking love momodi so much yall

that's the dissociation, friend

the game itself is just like, why are you doing this

🥺 home.... mom......

this quest was so fucking good....

i love getting side character lore and worldbuilding and stuff and aggghhhhhh

it absolutely resonated with him. thank you.

;_; mommmmmmm

he will do his best to make you proud...!!!!

that hardly narrows it down. it is hilarious how little that narrows it down. anjyu could be the long one by virtue of ears

be careful what you offer because he will say yes on instinct

fsdaffgjadgsdgsfsjdf this fuckin guy

oh i love you? i support you

THIS AGAIN?????

at least. he's got a talent for it. i GUESS

it's a shame this gig didn't work out but i appreciate u. also gegeruju honestly ain't a bad guy, at the very least he's very accepting

what's next on the agenda...

ah.