#final fantasy xiv: endwalker ep

[dawntrailing]

(Oh at fair moon's rise Into the night fly Follow the moonlight Fear not what you find)

(O heart's desire Join now our choir For love conspire Go, chase it higher)

Through the silent woods tonight, I am guided by moonlight, For the first time so alone fearing no shadow

Like my mother before me I follow this path Knowing love will find me

She will hear my song tonight (Tonight, full moon rise) Dedicated to moonlight (Clouds part, how she shines) See that I'm a woman grown enough for secrets (Dance as once did I. O daughter of mine)

Like my grandmother before me I know each note every beat, (Go, oh, go, go) Melody mine to keep

(Go, sing now unto the sky) (Girls are born to step into the light)

O wide open midnight sky, please Carry my voice aloft Far away where she waits Lover's moon (Oh, Moon)

Fairest goddess wandering the night In your name we bare our hearts (Songbirds of night) With your grace will our passion take flight (Passion take flight)

We would keep your song alive Shrouded safe in soft moonlight (Silver and white forest moonlight)

Maiden goddess of heavens above In your name we share our hearts (This world we share) With your grace will our prayer become (With you through prayer)

Solace, shelter, hope and love Greater than the tales sing of (Oh, true love) Oh, love

(Songbirds of night, passion take flight Silver and white forest moonlight This world we share with you through prayer Oh, love for you)

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Silence, born into violence Violence, swearing to silence

Silence leads to violence Violence, swearing to silence

Clutch almighty, hold on tight To begin new thinking wondering “why”? Memory slowly blinding light, Power unto this stone we shall pray

Black bound infinite mocking time When the sun rose up, do we long for the night Shadows shifting as we die, To the land behind we pay no mind Silence, violence

from FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker EP 2 (2023)

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My tumblr and online life history. If you even care (it’s long and rambling I’m bored on a plane)

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I got a tumblr summer of 2011 bc my brother kept showing me #fresh memes and around that time my online activity was scrolling endlessly though canihazcheeseburger network of meme sites. I was 17 so lol 12 years…

it started with memes and fandom type gifsets (and following some irls) but after a year or so I completely entered my #sjw era and nothing a decade ago is perfect but I’m always vaguely thankful for tumblr putting me in that direction

in 2015 I got frustrated and locked myself out of my account on purpose and then could not reverse it the next day because I changed the email to an email yahoo decided to delete lol.

I made a new account soon after but exclusively for following and reblogging steven universe stuff but I ended up becoming more and more general again after a few months… I remember so much mess and drama but I also never directly talked to any of those people so it was just a one person stomach ache time

Got really into taz in my last quarter of college in the summer (monster factory a few months before) and this was what made me start a twitter in 2016… I never talked to people directly online before as much except a handful of mutuals (hi if you’re still on here) so slowly joining in that was fun! Also messy I saw all of the highs and lows of taz fandom, made and lost friends (mostly from the periphery of a group but a handful of direct breaks lol) and in that actual play space I had friends get into friends at the table… I listened to a few eps of counter/weight and could Not keep it going so when twilight mirage was starting it was a good opportunity to follow along instead of a backlog. Also finally realized I was slowly iv rating to tweeting full time rip

Also 2017 I made a few fatt friends but I was scared to talk to the fandom bc I still liked taz a lot and fatt fans you know how we are (I too am like that now) but anyways I had like 10 followers to my name and nothing to lose so I started posting more in 2018 and I have gained lifelong friends in the fandom since :’) I feel like twilight mirage was such a contentious era so I got really close with my #tmstan friends and all the stress of that time is a memory now….

I did listen to almost every season eventually but I did fall off of keeping up with fatt 2021/2022 I think (so sorry sangfielle)

unexpected side plot of my life is loona and kpop in general. I was vaguely into loona from seeing stuff on tumblr in 2018 and something clicked for me with the butterfly comeback in 2019, as in it was the first time I was watching performances on music shows and it was really cool to me and I also had no idea what was going to happen to me (the great 2019 loona hiatus) and I slowly was starting to follow kpop liking accounts outside of a handful of tumblr people I followed on twitter and unfortunately the hiatus made me check out other groups and I love the music (loved…? It’s still good when it’s good but it’s not always good) and understood too much about the minutia behind the industry but I also made more lifelong friends (I hope? Hi carbs)

Kpop era coincides with my not listening to sangfielle era but I think my attention span was shot and all I wanted to do was fill my head with music…

Wait okay I had also a career change (don’t worry about that) and also got really into final fantasy xiv. So that’s another era of my life that is neither fatt or kpop. I was gaming so much and I love my cat girl and my catboy wife. I started right before endwalker dropped and now I’m too caught up but I was solidly playing for 2 years straight. I’m playing Zelda for now but I’m almost done

Okay anyways fatt season palisade started up earlier this year and my fatt era is back in full swing. Went to a fatt friends’ wedding this april. Palisade is really good every week. And now twitter is dying so I have returned to Blog for Real. I’ll post my cohost hear if I end up there more lol

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FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER 2 - EP - Masayoshi Soken

FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER 2 - EP Masayoshi Soken Genre: Soundtrack Price: $4.95 Release Date: October 7, 2022 © ℗ 2022 SQUARE ENIX MUSIC http://dlvr.it/SZnlTr

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ID: A screencap from Netflix’s The Sandman S2 Ep 6 “The Sound of Her Wings”, scene set in the 1300s with a bearded, grungy Englishman named Hob Gadling telling his friends how he wants to live forever, in part due to “Women to swive. Ale to drink. People to drink with.” /end ID

I maybe did the pointing Leo meme on this as I was glad to see the archaic terms used for once in a historical scene. A lot of folks tend to forget them to make the scene understandable to the audience, but a few terms sprinkled in now and then can go a long way toward scene setting, when given their proper context.

The weird words we so often see in the English version of Final Fantasy XIV are all obscure and archaic terms that were once prevalent but have fallen out of use over time, as they do. But writers and translators tend to be word nerds, funnily enough, and so pull up these old terms to get across the old timey feel of Eorzea’s language, especially in A Realm Reborn and Heavensward.

Pull up Koji’s FanFest rant sometime about “Ascians” and game engine limitations. “Corse” is not a misspelling of “corpse.” “Chirugeon” and “gaol” are actual things. And that’s not even getting into the literary, mythological, and historical references, especially in Shadowbringers and Endwalker.

So all those times people bemoan “let X character say Fuck”? They already do. The word exists and has been used quite a few times by many characters (Estinien’s memorable clickable line post-Vault for instance), just in a way to get around the censors and the game’s Teen rating by using a word no one knows anymore.

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2021 year-end

albums/eps: Arca - Kick ii–iiiii Biosphere - Angel's Flight Car Culture - Dead Rock CFCF - memoryland Chief Keef - 4NEM Croatian Amor & Scandinavian Star - Spring Snow d'Eon - Rhododendron Danny L Harle - Harlecore Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2 dj lostboi - UNTITLED DJ Sprinkles - Gayest Tits & Greyest Shits: 1998-2017 12-Inches & One-Offs Doss - 4 New Hit Songs Eiko Ishibashi - Drive My Car OST Erika de Casier - Sensational EXAEL - Flowered Knife Shadows Grouper - Shade Instupendo - Love Power A-Z Jessy Lanza - DJ-Kicks Kid Smpl - Heaven Junk Koreless - Agor Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club Macy Rodman - Unbelievable Animals Malibu - One Life : four remixes Mica Levi - Blue Alibi MMM - On the Edge MPU101 - MPU101 Pan Daijing - Jade Pauline Anna Strom - Angel Tears in Sunlight PinkPantheress - to hell with it Provoker - Body Jumper Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying to Tell You Sky H1 - Azure Sleigh Bells - Texis ssaliva & Dida - Bricol Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner's Mind Team Rockit - Bahamut Zero Tinashe - 333 Tirzah - Colourgrade Tori Amos - Ocean to Ocean Turnstile - GLOW ON TWICE - Taste of Love Vanessa Amara - Music for Acoustic Instruments & Feedback Xiu Xiu - OH NO Young Thug - Punk Yves Tumor - The Asymptotical World 7038634357 - Permanest

songs: Alaska Reid - Mermaid Tears (A. G. Club Mix) Arca - Ripples Arca - Lost Woman Found Azealia Banks - Fuck Him All Night Bad Gyal - Pussy Car Culture - You (ft. Great Skin) CFCF - End—Curve of Forgetting CFCF - Night/Home/Day/Work Charli XCX - Don't Think Twice Chief Keef - Bitch Where Croatian Amor & Scandinavian Star - Compass Danny L Harle - All Night Doss - Puppy Doss - Strawberry DV-i - Resonance Eiko Ishibashi - We'll Live Through the Long, Long Days, and Through the Long Nights (Oto) Erika de Casier - Friendly Erika de Casier - Polite (Natal’s latenitemix) Goodnight - In My Mind Grouper - Kelso (Blue sky) Helium - Try Me Instupendo - Be U Jazmine Sullivan - The Other Side Jessie Ware - Hot N Heavy Klein - hope dealers Koreless - White Picket Fence + Act(S) Lana Del Rey - Dark But Just a Game Low - More Macy Rodman - Rock 'N' Roll Gay Guy Magdalena Bay - Dawning of the Season Men I Trust - Oh Dove Mica Levi - Blue Shit MPU101 - M185-2SYS1M Normani - Wild Side (ft. Cardi B) Octo Octa - Find Your Way Home Oli XL - Go Oli Go! Peggy Gou - I Go PinkPantheress - Last valentines PinkPantheress - Take Me Home Provoker - Voice Enable Zero Sally Shapiro - Fading Away Schacke - Protect Me from What I Want Sewerslvt - Goodbye Shygirl - Siren (Basement Jaxx Cruise Mix) Sky H1 - Topaz Sleigh Bells - Knowing ssaliva & Dida - Marching Plushies Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - Back to Oz Team Rockit - Bingo (d'Eon Remix) Tinashe - Let Me Down Slowly Tori Amos - Speaking With Trees Turnstile - ENDLESS TWICE - Conversation Utada Hikaru - One Last Kiss Young Thug - Die Slow (with Strick) Yves Tumor - Jackie 7038634357 - Centerline

films: Annette (Leos Carax) Baby Anger (Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel) Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven) The Card Counter (Paul Schrader) Cliff Walkers (Yi-Mou Zhang) Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi) Dune (Denis Villeneuve) Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (Hideaki Anno) How to With John Wilson S2 (John Wilson) Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wahowski) Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) Old (M. Night Shyamalan) The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion) The Scary of Sixty First (Dasha Nekrasova) Search Party S4 (Charles Rodgers, Sarah-Violet Bliss) Survivor S41 Titane (Julia Ducournau) Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Andy Serkis) We're All Going to the World's Fair (Jane Schoenbrun) Wife of a Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa) Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryusuke Hamaguchi) Why Did We Like Elfen Lied? (hazel) Worlds (Isaac Goes)

games: Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy Bravely Default II Death's Door Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knight Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Fuga: Melodies of Steel The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Metroid Dread NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Resident Evil Village Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster Shin Megami Tensei V Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

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HERE’S WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEK (5.12-5.18.21):

NEW MUSIC:

Calling All Captains released a new track called “Tailspin”  last Tuesday. It marks the first brand new music from the band since they released their EP Nothing Grows Here back in 2019.

Waterparks released a brand new song off their upcoming album Greatest Hits titled “Just Kidding.” The visual for the song was directed by Jawn Rocha and lead singer Awsten Knight.

Yours Truly shared a visual for the song “Siamese Souls.” The track comes off of their debut album Self Care, which was released last year via UNFD. 

DE'WAYNE revealed that his debut album Stains is set to be released on June 18 via Hopeless Records. The announcement comes with the release of its title track, which follows from previous singles “Perfume” and “Walking to Work.”

With Confidence released a new song titled “Cult,” featuring new guitarist Inigo Del Carmen on vocals and as music video director. It follows on from their previous single “Big Cat Judgement Day.”

After much teasing, Don Broco released a new song called “Manchester Super Reds No.01 Fan.” The band later announced the details of their next album Amazing Things, dropping on September 17 via SharpTone Records.

The Offspring released a new music video for their track "We Never Have Sex Anymore.” The single follows from title track “Let the Bad Times Roll,” which is currently No. 1 on U.S. Active Rock radio.

Motionless in White released a synthwave version of their song “Voices.” It follows on from “Creatures X: To the Grave,” a song written in the style of their 2010 debut Creatures.

Weezer released a new orchestral version of their song “All My Favourite Songs” featuring AJR. The former band released their long-awaited album Van Weezer earlier this month.

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! released a new song “Bitter” and revealed that their new album Gone Are the Good Days is going to be released on July 30 via Fearless Records. It will be their first record since 2015's Get Lost Find Yourself.

Rouxx shared a new track titled “LO$ERS” featuring MOD SUN last Friday. The track follows on from the singer’s previous single “F.E.A.R,” which was released last month.

Architects’ Sam Carter leant his vocals to the theme for the new game Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. The expansion of the game is set to be released on November 23.

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Sad Summer Fest announced they are rescheduling some of the dates of this year's festival. Due to international travel not being possible, Yours Truly are unable to play, but the tour will now kick off in Sacramento, California, on August 6.

Evanescence made an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show last week, playing their song “Better Without You.” The song comes off of their latest album The Bitter Truth.

Slam Dunk Festival have announced that The Story So Far and Movements will no longer be performing at this year's festival. This is due to the rearranging of the dates of Sad Summer Fest in the United States, which both bands are a part of.

MOD SUN made his national TV debut last week as he performed his hit track “Flames” alongside Avril Lavigne. They were accompanied by Goldfinger frontman and producer John Feldmann on guitar.

Machine Gun Kelly and Sleeping With Sirens’ Kellin Quinn performed their new collaborative track “Love Race” together on Ellen. The pair previously collaborated on SWS’ track “Alone” and the rapper’s early song “Swing Life Away.”

My Chemical Romance confirmed the new dates that they will be playing in Russia and Ukraine next year. The news comes after previously rescheduling all of their touring plans to 2022.

OTHER NEWS:

Blink-182's classic track “What's My Age Again?” hit Platinum certification in the United Kingdom. It joins “All the Small Things,” which itself hit 2x Platinum back in January.

Fall Out Boy’s 2003 album Take This to Your Grave made its way into the Billboard 200 Chart for the very first time last week. The album is also currently certified Gold in the United States.

Foo Fighters were announced to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2021. It is also their first attempt at being inducted following the 25th anniversary of their debut album last year.

Machine Gun Kelly's massive track “Bloody Valentine” has been certified Silver in the United Kingdom. The track appears on MGK's latest album Tickets to My Downfall, which is also now certified Silver.

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[dawntrailing]

Fears rise, blades fall His void calls

Fires blaze, waters rage Gods above are deaf now to your cries (deaf now to your cries) Earthen scourge, gale winds surge Look within and seek your own salvation Do you claim to have the strength to brave the flames of battle, conquest, death, annihilation

Here souls weep, sorrow steeped Wherefore would you mourn the coming dawn (mourn the coming dawn) Save your tears, face your fears In despair you will find no safe harbour Dare to stoke the fire in your soul, make keen your blade, stand fast or die bereft of honor

In the darkness be by fear consumed Hearts turn cold where naught ever blooms

Elemental fury given to flesh Raw strength on a level mere mortals cannot contest The embodiment of earth─earth, wind, water, and fire Fears rise, blades fall His void calls

Flames consume, tides subsume Cut down all who would dare hold you back, prove there's naught you lack Earth befouled, fierce winds howl Face hell now to prove your will unyielding You must walk this path alone, but know that you are not the first nor last to seek purgation

Flames consume, tides subsume Cut down all who would dare hold you back, prove there's naught you lack Earth befouled, fierce winds howl Face hell now to prove your will unyielding You must walk this path alone, but know that you are not the first nor last to seek purgation

In the darkness be by fear consumed Hearts turn cold where naught ever blooms

Elemental fury given to flesh

Raw strength on a level mere mortals cannot contest

Steel your soul or ever burn─burn with boundless ire, forged in crimson fire