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comic i did for wolqotd

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Retsarra has a difficult time getting a comm of his arcadionsona.

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I've been hoping for a FFXIV Magic the Gathering card for Amon, but now I have something much, much better - this awesome Hero card created by the lovely @the-littlest-kojin! Thank you so much for adding Amon to your deck! He's honored to be considered a Hero (for once!)

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Fordola

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Booboo thinks the Garlean delegation are big meaners.

Hien regrets letting him in the room.

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“she’s not evil she’s traumatized” actually she’s both. women contain multitudes

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probably the last person you want thinking that

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Day 20: Dance

Khepri wonders what the bathing dance looks like after that side quest. Bakool Ja Ja is happy to demonstrate, Koana is mortified (hint: it's like a plane but not, according to some guesses I read about).

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I have thought and still think about this a lot.

Even if WoL hasn’t (yet) dealt with any mess that could induce pain/rage/trauma (I was overleveled from sidequests and picked up DRG *before* heading back to see what they’d done at the Waking Sands) Nidhogg is very old and not that stupid -I imagine he would notice those who are troubled with a capital T, AND those who have the potential to become that way. Like someone who’s worked construction for 50 years and can see minor signs that could lead to major damage if not dealt with.

I’m a DRG main and I have Joceline primarily as a DRG. She’s able to ignore anything Nidhogg might tell her during the airship hunt/crystal nonsense… although she DOES hallucinate Livia in the fake inquisitor’s place and use a lot more force on him than she needs to. Then 2.55 happens to her, the trust subscriptions hit, and she thinks her folks are dead and the Ascians are free to act unopposed. Whatever she does will no longer matter -might as well fistfight some nobles and hunt some traitor Braves. Nidhogg doesn’t even need to push her very far, but his influence (“people in power tortured us, took away our loved ones, and lied about it”) makes an already-awful situation nightmarish. That’s why she’ll treat the Aery as a “Dying As Yourself” one-way trip.

You know, I don't think as a fandom we explore what being a Dragoon WoL means the same way we do like, Dark Knight.

Because the Eye of Nidhogg resonants with the WoL when they met Estinien for the first time. The Eye that (iirc) only 'chooses' very specific kind of peoole for Azure Dragoon - If Estinien and to a lesser degree Alberic is anything to go by. Vengeful, angry people. People who have been hurt and are seeking revenge for it.

Personally, I'm of the headcannon that this is because Nidhogg (able to sense where his eye is and kinda feel things through it? Maybe even see through it) is trying to get those people worked up enough to possess them. Like with Estinien during the DRG 50 duty.

So what does it mean for a WoL who is also a Dragoon? Who has done that series of quests and had the Eye look at them and go:

"Ah yes. You. You too feel hatred and rage and pain enough that you could easily lose yourself over it. You want revenge for something, vengence. You want to make someone or something else hurt just as much as you do right now."

Idk I just think it's interesting and feel like I don't see it very much for WoL meta.

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On ancient celebrations, being loved and all that;

Happy Nameday to my girls and also 3 years of xiv to me <3

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30. Two Heads Are Better Than One.

At orgies Bakool Ja Ja's quite fun,

With techniques that are second to none,

Everyone he disarms,

With his reptilian charms,

Showing two heads are better than one...

FFXIVwrite2024 is just going to leave this one here...

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NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

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Joceline says on day 1 of 3.0 that she's just one broad and can only accomplish so much without sufficient allies and resources. She continues to this, and is even more insistent after Zenos starts wailing on her. (In her defense, the Empire has had two decades to become entrenched in Ala Mhigo, and there’s no telling what they’ve got to throw at the Alliance until they're throwing it.)

If she doesn't trust you, she won't accept your help. Otherwise, she'll gladly take it!

Does your WoL find it easy or difficult to ask others for help?

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There's a really fun little realization that I had (and decided Ardwin also got to have) very early in 6.2, during that bit where you're going around the castle and talking to all the voidsent.

And then Ardwin, because she's a giant fucking nerd about fishing, is like "OH- THAT'S why most voidsent look fucking terrifying - it's just like deep sea fish!!!"

Because the thing with deep sea fish is that most of them look horrific - huge teeth, massive jaws, all kinds of incredibly weird shit - as an adaptation to their environment. An environment, specifically, where food is extremely scarce, and if they come across prey, they cannot afford to let it get away. And for that matter, a lot of their other oddities are for dealing with an environment with very little light.

So, overall, conditions that are really similar to the Void!

And then you end up with voidsent that have huge ass claws. Or huge ass fangs. Or some other way of snaring prey, like prehensile hair. As well as voidsent with a shitload of eyes, or one massive eye, or no eyes (presumably using some other way of perceiving their surroundings).

DEEP SEA FISH!!!!!!!!!!

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The real reason Emet-Selch is such a good villain, isn’t because of his motivations. Nor his general asshole demeanor. 

Its because he had the nerve to send us around filling out paperwork to enter a fake version of his home city.

I can take on giant monsters, but making me sit in the Amaurot equivalent of the DMV? When its not even a real city, so I don’t even have a reason to?? That’s just W R O N G.