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If you see that change.org petition about changing squeenix's mod policy, NO YOU DID NOT.

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as part of something, i was thinking on ilberd recently. he's definitely not my favorite villain in the game but there is an emotional rawness to him thats quite interesting and arguably underexplored. but the matter of whether or not he was "right" or if he "won" came up, and mullin it a bit i think i land on:

the eorzean alliance suffered a moral failure in not acting on ala mhigos liberation until forced to own a terrorist attack and finangle something from there. strategically eorzea made the right call in the end, as very cold comfort that would be ilberd and the rest of ala mhigo. the simple reality of the matter is that no one in eorzea had the force disposition necessary to do anything about the ala mhigan situation but play defensively. during its initial fall the eorzean alliance didn't even exist, you think gridania on its own could counter invade and push back the garlean forces entirely on its own? they couldn't even stop baelsars wall being built on their own. even when the alliance did invade, the campaign had to play exceedingly defensively during the initial invasion. so as coldhearted as it is, the monetarists do have a fairly sound reason for shooting down any attempt at starting the liberation of ala mhigo until everyones hands were quite literally forced.

now as to whether ilberd won. i'd say he won inspite of himself. dude was definitely clever mind, but thematically its probably quite important to consider how the le epic primal summoned from the wrath and rage of dead ala mhigans towards the empire, was immediately hijacked by the empire and its chief asshole nepo baby zenos as a weapon to use against literally bloody everyone. hell, zenos completely dominates shinryu by the time of endwalker, by all accounts ilberds special weapon was a complete failure at what he wanted it to do. though it did end up saving the universe.

like i'd say a big theme in stormblood is in anger and using it constructively. lyse has a lot of unresolved anger towards a whole heap of things, and an important part of her story is in learning how to use and direct that anger productively. and she succeeds in that task, eventually becoming the leader/face of the rebellion with a clear vision in mind for ala mhigos future.

and thats contrasted by the opponents lyse has to engage with and the directionless destructive anger that envelopes them. fordola has a bone to pick with the world in general, yotsuyu turned her entire governance of doma into a revenge shit list. about the only one without the anger defining them is zenos, and thats mostly because zenos is the antithesis of directionless destructive anger: directionless destructive apathy.

and ilberd is the one who sets that tone to the story, with his own brand of directionless destructive anger.

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F2U COLORFUL Carbean Emote Packs

UPDATED! 🌈 2 NEW color Carbean Emote packs added! Say hello to Aquamarine and Morganite!

Available on Ko-fi & VGen

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Just a heads up for people who use Mare Synchronos in FFXIV: it's getting shut off as of 6 AM EST tomorrow (8/22/25) because of a legal inquiry received by the owner. For those who aren't familiar, it is (was) a mod that would allow you to show your character in its modded state with anyone you'd traded access codes with. This is against TOS, as is all modding in XIV, but Square Enix has historically overlooked mod use as long as you're not being really obvious about it or using it to harass others. No word about whether the legal action came from them or someone else, and I doubt we'll ever know for sure.

One more heads up from bsky:

I'm sure someone will be along sooner or later with a new and improved appearance-syncing service (and we can only hope it'll be one and not like five competing ones), but I personally will be waiting for one that's reliable and safe!

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as much as i understand being a hater you have to offset that shit with genuine, sincere enjoyment & wonder sometimes lest YOU become the one who is corny. and sad. imo.

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The thing about shadowbringers is the dmv is there and you do go to the dmv and it's a fairly significant plot point as well

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ThanUri for @scionsofthe7thdawn.etheirys.social thank you so much for the trust and patience

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surely a good sign

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one of the things i love most about erenville is how utterly casual he is about the wol. he knows exactly who we are and what we're capable of and clearly has complete faith in us but with the overwhelming vibe that he just could not care less. anytime we get to do wol stuff he's just like "what do you want a medal" and goes on about his day. king

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Moonfire Faire (Previously Firefall Faire) Artwork (2011 - 2025)

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was gonna post this and be like omg can u believe that artwork but then halfway thru i remembered alphi is scared of ghosts which makes this vry funny nowgsdhgdsg

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Kind characters are not boring; in fact, due to the vast amount of people who hold that opinion, kind characters are as edgy as it gets. In this essay I will

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THIS PORTRAIT FROM THE FELL COURT OF TROIA? okay. lest we forget.

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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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Jumping onto this meme bandwagon by bullying my fave NPC.