#Moogle Mail

[gardenofballads]

Hiya! Trya Papaya is such a cute lalafellin name x3 hand waving aside if theres actually an Eorzean equivalent name for papaya (or I guess if papaya’s are even a thing…? Thinkin about it I’ve never seen one 🤔 ANYWAYS!)

Has Trya ever actually had a Papaya before?

Oh my gosh, hello!!! I most certaintly did not expect this, it was such a joy to receive! Thanks for making my first ask such a sweet one! 😭💛 Thankyou so much for the compliment, that is so kind! That is also such a great question - going into FFXIV for the first time I had NO idea what Eorzea would be like, including its flora and fauna, yet somehow I still assumed that there would be tropical fruits such as papayas due to at least knowing there would be a Costa del Sol, which was something I was familiar with from previous FF installments. But you're SO right - I had a look at the Gathering Logs earlier today and not a trace of a papayas! 😱 Are they a Botanist's fever dream? Simply a construct? Do they exist but the seeds simply can't survive Eorzea's climate and/or aether? Did Hydaelyn nerf them because they're her least favorite fruit?! Will this mystery ever be solved?! So, dear candycryptids, for the time being I'm going to put my faith into the fruit being added to the expanded Gathering Log when Dawntrail finally rolls out and Trya does indeed know what a papaya is/has tried one - she would totally make the joke, "Wow, I taste pretty good!" everytime with the biggest grin on her face. However...if it's not, well, I have a backup plan that perhaps one of her ancestors inspired the Pa-Paya Orchestration Roll, or her family is distantly related to the bard who composed it many moons ago...

There's a joke in the community that Lalafells are popotos who people are going to eat and/or cook up. This notion has always rolled off of Trya's back, however, if we indeed are doomed to live in a world where papayas will not exist and one somehow fell into her tiny hands to taste...it seems some existentialism would finally be in order.🥭😩

[chronicallykiki]

Having so many talented creators in the Final Fantasy XIV community is a blessing beyond measure.

Thank you for these absolute gems, Affettuoso. 💖

[youre-ackermine]

Oh, and ship me with someone from aot? (Number 12) *mwah* 💚

Good morning beloved 💚

Sorry that it took so much time to reply to this one, but I really had to think about it.

12. Ship your mutuals with a character

Terra, my love, you deserve someone quiet, supportive, affectionate. Someone who would protect you, would care for you deeply and show it subtly. Someone who would soothe your soul & heart with a big hug & forehead kisses. Someone who would take you out on simple dates, who would enjoy little moments of quiet & sweet domesticity with you, but would always show much love & care 💚

My dear, I ship you with:

Miche Zacharias

[official art from a 2018 WIT Studio artbook]

Hope it's ok for you, love 💚

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You can send me a Simple Shipping Ask

[littlerequiem]

Hi Flo! 2 and 10 for the Asks please! 🙏

Hi Terra, thanks for passing by!

2. Whose squad would you most want to join?

Hange Squad! I wanna study titans, be friends with Moblit & Nifa, and be a menace >:)

10. What would Keith Shadis say about your ability to be a survey corps cadet?

Um... a disaster waiting to happen? ;p I'm not sure if I'd physically apt for the Survey Corps, so I don't see Keith thinking highly of my potential survival skills. If he had to say anything positive, it might be my interest in tactics or my loyalty for my squadmates.

[forgesahead]

"You did well out there, but you're not invincible. Let me help."

I forgor

Any other day and Meteor would be reaching out to that kindness like a man starved, like a freezing vagabond desperate to draw near a proffered hearth after so long without warmth. Tonight, though, it is a reminder that he is anything but the invincible warrior he is expected to be, even though he knows Haurchefant intends anything but.

There are two things that haunt him this day. One, that his greatest weakness has always been strength in numbers. A few adversaries too many, and he will find himself overrun, his defenses pounded to rubble, with himself soon to follow to ruin. Two, that even despite all his training, he hasn't been able to compensate for this weakness. A sword jutting out of his abdomen is proof of the second, the long of the blade an unrelenting column of icy metal that his flesh convulses around, making him wince with every movement.

He snarls in anger, more towards himself than anything else. To think that he could be so careless. All it had taken was a split moment, his focus meandering in the thick of battle, and suddenly he found himself run through like cattle gored by a pitchfork. It wasn't enough to put him out of commission-- he'd be a shite Warrior indeed if it did-- but it was enough to make him double over in pain, unable to move in the moments after repaying his assailant in blood and fury.

Haurchefant spared him any further need to defend himself from anyone else planning to pounce in his moment of weakness, and he pulled him away from the fray while the rest of his men charged forth. Still, Meteor couldn't see the concern in his eyes-- he hardly felt like he could see at all. There's only fury now, all-consuming and impossibly incandescent. The tang of iron makes him nauseous and the cold steel in his gut makes his vision swim, but the adrenaline pounding in his skull keeps him conscious, despite.

"You don't need to. Haurchefant- let me go, I can still fight-" And as he writhes in his grip, one hand closes around the hilt of the blade. He fully intends to wrench it out of himself and succumb to his need to pummel these bastards to death, blood loss be damned.

[voidsentprinces]

...did I just kidnap a mole's child?

[irrya-ainivi]

Inivi is better

I disagree with your hateful spirit, but I, too, love my sister more than myself. Furthermore in my response, as I am seeing on this platform, 'L take'.

[wcrricroflight]

21. What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?

At this point, Ari doesn't seem to agree as much to the idea of giving people a pass if they're particularly nasty towards her. She'll still follow it... To a point.

You really don't want to see her once she's been pushed past it, though.

[wheresunandseameet]

Merry Starlight, Cyra! Hopefully the mail moogle's found you in time. Gods this year flew by faster than I could blink! Pray, forgive me for not being home to spend it with you again this year. Despite the Scions on being on a supposedly indefinite break, we're still needed.

This time we were called off to a place called Tural. A completely new continent. I wish you were here to see it. Remind me to tell you about it once you return, in exchange you have to tell me what you've been up to as well.

~ Alisaie

Merry Starlight, Alisaie!

This year has been both short yet longer than expected. Every event that occured here was just another on the stack that was only held up by the knowledge that you all would return eventually.

I could never hold your absence against you. We have important work that often means sacrificing something. A little bit of time is hardly the worst thing to lose. Though i would hope we can find time to celebrate together.

I look forward to your tales of Tural and, of course, will be happy to share the events of the last year. It has been eventful as ever.

- Cyra

[andromedapixels]

Second set of arcadion I am going as moogle infusion lolol. I'm here for a fun time! AND NOW I CAN WEAR HATS!! This set of battles is pretty colorful so I wanted to go with that ^^

For the first round of Arcadion I went as a feral bun. I based that outfit around the subligar because I always wanted to use it and now we finally have double dye channels! So finally more things can match!! I thought the concept of these raids was fun so I also wanted to be animalistic. So feral bun xD

[chronicallykiki]

I ordered many large squape stickies from TristamsTrinketShop, and they gave me so many freebies. 🥺

[youre-ackermine]

Hey Val! Can I ask 4, 7 & 8 for the AOT questions pleeeease?

Also just taking a moment to appreciate the new wallpaper on your blog. Gorgeous! ✨

Hi Terra Darling ✨

Thank you for dropping by my ask box & for the compliment (I needed a change & some purple). I hope you're doing well!

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4- Who is/are your least favorite character(s) and why?

Not only they are my least favourite characters, but I hate & literally despise them!

Hitch & Floch embody almost everything I hate in human beings! Lazy piece of sh*t, coward, turncoat, fanatic, arrogant piece of sh*t, apathetic, pick one of those few qualities of theirs 🤬 Hatred bonus point for Floch who is responsible for Hange's sacrifice!

These people are barely human to me & I would beat the sh*t out of them if I could!

7- Favorite ending song (EP)?

I'd say 'Shougeki' by Yuko Ando (S4).

8- If you're a fic writer, who do you write for?

So far, I posted works for Levi x Hange, Levi x Reader & Hange x Pieck.

But I have more characters &/or ships in my drafts hehe 😉 For the remaining requests still in my ask box, I'm also working on drabbles or headcanons about Kuchel Ackerman, the Survey Corps Vets, Zeke Jaeger, Levi x Petra, Levi x Erwin, Erwin x Miche, Erwin x Reader, Jean x Reader, Ymir x Historia... It’s a real challenge and I'm taking my time, but I'll get there!

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Have a nice weekend!

Love you lots Terra ❤️

[littlerequiem]

send this heart 💗 to the writers that makes your day better with their posting & presence. spread love on this st-valentine's day!

thank you so much Terra, you're awesome! sending you many 💗 as well, cheering you on your writing journey, may it be filled with inspiration ~

[forgesahead]

"There is no redemption. Can't you see? It's too late." 🥴

BG3 starters // @heirbane

It feels strange, seeing a man like Gaius in despair. Even now, with his former "shepherd to the weak" mindset forsaken, he remained inscrutable even without the armored helm to conceal his expressions. A changed man now, aye, but a stoic man all the same, whose moments of vulnerability were few and far in between.

Yet every man has their shadows, their moonless nights. This, Meteor knows better than most, and when he quietly enters Gaius' room with a tray of stew balanced on his hand, the sight of empty bottles crowding the table reminds him of his own past demons. Of the twenty something bottles that littered the tables and floor of his inn room at Cloud Nine, as much alcohol it took to drown out his sorrow over Haurchefant, until not even his supernatural constitution could keep up any longer.

He had been alone then, unable to show weakness anywhere and thus forced to deal with his pain by himself. He wouldn't let Gaius be the same way, former enemy or no. The tray is set on an empty space on the table that isn't taken up by cups or bottles, and then Meteor takes a seat next to where Gaius slumps. If the man wants him gone, he speaks nothing of it. Instead, he spills his regrets to Meteor, as alcohol is wont to make a man do.

"There is no redemption. Can't you see? It's too late."

Perhaps if these words had been spoken to him back then, he would have no good answer for them, but he has already learned about dealing with guilt through his reconciliation with Fray and Myste, and so he has an answer now.

That answer, however, does not offer any comfort. He cannot offer any; it is not his place to. Instead, he says, "It weighs as it should." You have sinned greatly, and you must live with that fact. "Maybe there will be no forgiveness, but can you afford to stop moving forward now? Is your burden really that light?"

His hand comes to rest on Gaius' shoulder. "Regardless, the fact remains that you want to change for the better... and so long as that remains true, you can consider me your ally. One who thinks you ought to stop chugging this swill and get some rest."

Eventually, he hauls Gaius to bed, dumping him on the mattress without much effort and pulling the thin worn blanket over his body. The stew he left on the table is brought to the nightstand, a hot tincture placed on top of the lid to keep it warm when the man eventually awakens with a monstrous hangover. When they next meet again, Gaius looks weary and disheveled, but the stoic mask is back, his expression betraying none of crushing guilt he had displayed the night before.

And if he remembered anything, neither of them spoke anything of it.

[echthr0s]

Dayir definitely has a "they beat Jesus with that"-type phone charm flail-weapon situation going on. it's all lil moogle charms and ones made to look like mini versions of "wind-up [insert person here]" toys. phone case is glittery rose gold, lockscreen is a Scions group photo that Tataru took shortly before the Endsinger mission, homescreen is just a common Ishgardian wallpaper pattern, something simple so she can see her damn icons against it instead of it turning into a visual clutter mess

Ishan would rather die than use a tomestone #luddite

FFXIV Daily question n°123 : As per the /tomestone emote, we know characters can have access to phones-like device. If your character owns a tomestone, what is their lockscreen / homescreen ? What does their tomestone look like ( I've seen mods that gives the device carrots phonecase so feel free to ramble )

[rottenpumpkin13]

So, since we know the Firsts have canonical fanclubs, do you think they receive mail or gifts from the members? What are the strangest things they have received?

Weird things the First Class trio have received from fans, a list

• Sephiroth received a bra from a fan. He commented on the color, quality and size, lamenting that it didn't fit him.

Angeal: No, you don't understand. It's supposed to be a flirtatious act.

Sephiroth: I agree. Me wearing a bra would be very flirtatious.

Angeal:

Sephiroth: I'm not blind to my stunning looks, Angeal.

• Genesis received an autographed portrait of Sephiroth once that made him so angry he threw it from the 49th floor. It hit a passerby below. The passerby was Zack, who was ecstatic that "free shit was raining from the sky."

• Angeal received a letter that was a marriage proposal from a fan. It was very sweet, he was touched, and wrote back politely turning them down.

*Zack bursts into Angeal's office with the letter in hand*

Zack: WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME?

Angeal: !?

• Genesis received a giant stuffed moogle, but was paranoid that it contained a camera inside it. He then proceeded to tear it to shreds, only to discover that it was just a regular stuffed moogle.

Genesis, standing in amidst the stuffing and shreds of the moogle: Oh! Everything is fine!

*Sephiroth is on the phone*

Genesis: Who are you calling?

Sephiroth: Hello? Yes, I'd like to report a murder.

Genesis:

• Sephiroth received a vial of tears from a fan who claimed it was "tears she cried after realizing she could never be with Sephiroth." Sephiroth responded by sending back a vial of tears he already had on hand. It was labeled: "tears I cried upon realizing we're all stuck on a meaningless spinning rock, stripped of comfort from birth, destined to die or watch our loved ones die."

He showed it to Angeal. One hour later a counselor knocked on Sephiroth's office door to "talk about his grownup emotions"

• Angeal received a beautiful office plant from a fan. He loved the plant. He cared for the plant. He lost sleep over the plant. He watered, nurtured, and spoke positive affirmations to it every day.

Only to discover that it was plastic. Sephiroth and Genesis had to hold him down.

• Someone sent Genesis a printed fanfiction of a romance between him and the fan. Genesis sent it back with annotations, comments and corrections done in red ink.

• Sephiroth received a pizza from a fan delivered to his office. He wasn't about to turn down pizza at 2PM on a Thursday, but Angeal and Genesis wouldn't let him eat it.

Angeal: Here, I'll call the pizza place back and ask them for the name of who sent it.

Sephiroth: I don't see what the problem is.

Genesis: The problem, my friend, is that it could be poisoned.

Sephiroth: But what if it's not?

Angeal: But what if it is?

Sephiroth: But what if it's not?

Genesis: But what if it is?

Zack, mouthful of pizza: It tastes like ass.

• Genesis received a lifesize cardboard cutout of Sephiroth once. He opened the box expecting a huge gift, only to be met with Sephiroth's face staring at him. Genesis passed out. Sephiroth and Angeal found him like that 10 minutes later, still passed out, with the cardboard cutout peeking out from the box.

Angeal: What happened to him!?

Sephiroth: My stunning looks have that effect on people.

Angeal: