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yotsuyu sketch

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Se regodearán mientras nosotros hacemos el trabajo sucio.

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mighty wind of Ishgard, convey my words to them

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explaining old praetorium to people who never experienced it makes me feel like a crazy person. like yeah there were 8 players there. the tanks pulled every single add so that the rest of the party could hit a button, then they pulled two full hallways of enemies so the party could skip ahead, and sure they usually died but it was prae so that didn't matter.

then after the first boss you had to get on the elevator. all 8 of you. at the same time. yeah if we forgot someone we have to go back. then every single person has to pick up a key to turn on the magitek armor and get on another elevator. hope you didn't miss that one.

nero was whatever but gaius barely did any mechanics, he really just fell over. then you'd have the whole ultima weapon fight, which was two phases and one of them you barely did any damage. oh and at the end you fought lahabrea. if you were lucky he was Lahabread and if he lived more than ten seconds it was a miracle. congrats for spending 45 minutes of your life in prae, have some exp.

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Godssssss someone else pointed this out on twitter but…

This pic from this post about the Moonfire Faire…

First off, Haurchefant alive and having fun is bittersweet enough, but!:

Matching bracelets between Haurchefant and Meteor (WoL)…?

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[Heaven], are you watching?

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Have a midnight walk on the beach with your fish-boy 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

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I had to.

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oh, my daddy said shoot

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One thing I appreciate about Zenos' place in the writing/story is that he provides an avenue for WoL to be someone else, something more than what the core narrative simply directs you to be.

You're the hero, you do everything in your power to help those around you. Zenos allows you to be less than virtuous, if you so choose. You don't have to agree with or take up the personality he ascribes you. He can be wrong about you. But... He can also be right about you.

You can be the WoL that feels bloodlust, that began the journey simply because you wanted to see the world and challenge yourself. You can fall into the role of virtue, adopt the mantle of hero, but feel tired and regretful of the responsibility hoisted upon your shoulders.

You will always rise to the occasion, because that's what's inevitably required of you, but you don't have to with unending enthusiasm. And when you finally, finally reach the end of the universe. Make the penultimate sacrifice for the sake of everyone and everything else...

He gifts you one final opportunity... to fight for *yourself*. To be *yourself*. He tells you you can walk away, this is your choice, whether it be for duty or pleasure, you act for *you* and what you want. No one is asking you to save them, to fight for their sakes. You fight for yourself and for your very own hopes and dreams.

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pondering ffxiv by starting a million wips and not finishing a single one of them

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@tillman 's dagon btw.

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A lesson learned young.

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You're never gonna catch me saying stuff like, "Zenos had to die, in the end. He'd just hurt so many people. 😢 It had to happen. 😢"

Because I am one of those people who look at the long trail of blood behind the Warrior of Light, and their characterization moments in HW, where they pursue vengeance, in SB, where they're like, "I'll kill your god even if I don't have to," in the entire Dark Knight questline, and I go, "Yeah, nah, we both should be dead, then."

The Warrior of Light forges numerous relic weapons that use the blood of people to give it strength, when you think about it, but nope. It's ZENOS who's the only monster here.

Sure, Jan.