#please talk to me about FFXIV

[ritzzor]

I'm a little drunk

I had a small sip of an alcoholic drink and I'm already feeling emotional about FFXIV as a whole and how much I love Emet-Selch as a character, help I'm a disaster.

[nuclearanomaly]

The gm has used emotionally impactful taunt. It's super effective.

[deus-and-the-machina]

maybe this is a bit of a useless point to make but it does bother me sometimes that estinien’s skintone gets lightened quite a bit. I don’t necessarily blame fanartists for this bc some renders/cgi trailers make him look paler than his in game model, but I just wanted to draw some comparisons. now the lighting can vary quite a bit, but I tried finding pictures in multiple lightings for comparison

he looks a little washed out/not well lit in this image but you can still tell its the same skin tone

Furthermore, here’s him next to fourchenault, who we know is meant to be somewhat darker because his dad is louisoix.

Here they are in the endwalker trailer

I don’t think this but specifically is that bad, there’s still a notable contrast between his hair and skin tone even if it looks to be a bit more tinged pink than he usually is, but it’s still comparable to fourchenault. The render though is eeeeeeeh

his most prominent render isnt necessarily inaccurate but the lighting feels like its on full blast

The countdown art also DEFINITELY makes him look a little paler. it resembles the previous render

I also wanted to point out this happened to y'shtola too somewhat. look at her renders compared to her model compared to the end walker trailer

ike she is distinctly pinker/paler as well. im not sure how the process of making the cgi cutscenes works but im fairly sure they use different models, so I generally accept that they lost some specifics in translation. there are other differences people have pointed out such as Zenos' nose being shaped differently in the end walker trailer so its bound to happen.

Here are their figures too

yshtola has a skin tone somewhat accurate design but estinien is DEFINITELY lighter. his eyes are off too, being a weirdly deep blue when his canon eyes are grey, so again it can be chalked up to lost in translation aspects but its still disappointing to see

im not really trying to argue that estinien or yshtola aren't "white" or white passing by our standards, but they really aren't pale and its kind of weird that they often get lightened in trailers/renders in estinien's case. especially when I see so much fanart drawing estinien as super bone white pale because they're probably looking at the renders that pop up first online if you search and show his whole outfit for design reference.

I do really appreciate it when I see artists draw them darker, it makes me very happy.

[sappho-knight]

ff14 dawntrail criticism on wuk lamat barging in on our fight with sphene. god forbid women do anything

[wildstar25]

Having a lengthy discussion about the implications of a passage in a certain tome. Arsay wouldn't know the specifics, she fell asleep quite some time ago.

[humblemooncat]

Since we have 24-hour Maint today, and I'm bored, show me your favorite screenshot/gpose of your WoL or OC!

Why is it your favorite? Tell me all about it!

[ahhhtai]

azem, with a smile as bright as the sun he is named for.

[takamoris]

Don’t fuck with us FFXIV Fans- We don’t even like the game.

[impossible-rat-babies]

caveat here of how none of this really matters and it’s my opinion, but I’m kinda just. :standing-man: about how divorced m!viera are from masculinity in fandom spaces. like how they’re always referred to as “cute” and “adorable” and even the term bunboy kinda just makes me feel ick. there’s always this stereotypical box of feminine/gay man that they get shoved into—cutesy and demure and pretty. like express gender and such in your own way and find freedom in that—I’m not gonna be upset about that. it’s the overall opinion that these characters—and by extension their players—are only part of this stereotype

[agent-jaselin]

I’m still on my bullshit so say hello to Kida Jade Skywalker. alternate timeline oldest kid Who exists 1. To force Luke to confront the idea of having a “normal” kid. and 2. to introduce Sineaters, Lightwardens, and Gunblades into the Legends universe. 

No Yuzhon Vong war or Bugs, instead there are just like. twenty planets left in the galaxy cause a flood of light turned everybody into angel monsters and turned most of the galaxy into a light filled void. So not really a *better* timeline.

[picturesofashe]

Distractions

[ritzzor]

Ship meme template by Gibb_Arts

[astrxealis]

shadowbringers musicebbajgeghbahebjgb some lyrics!

“in monochrome melodies, our tears are painted in red”

“we’re nothing more than scions and sinners”

the whole of ‘to the edge’ tbh. that stuff absolutely ruins me always

“like broken angels, wingless, cast from heaven's gates (our slumbering demons awake) / we only fly when falling, falling far from grace (hell take us, heaven can wait)”

“the road that we walk, is lost in the flood / here proud angels bathe in their wages of blood”

“AUTHORS OF OUR FATE, ORCHESTRATE OUR FALL FROM GRACE, POOREST PLAYERS ON THE STAGE, OUR DEFIANCE STRIVES US STRAIGHT TO THE EDGE”

“A REFLECTION IN THE GLASS, RECOLLECTIONS OF OUR PAST, SWIFT AS DARKNESS COLD AS ASH, FAR BEYOND THIS DREAM OF PARADISE LOST”

as you can tell i especially love those two. and everything tbh. but i’m listening to ‘shadowbringers’ rn so hi (’to the edge’ makes me so emotional though everytime)

“riding home, dying hope, hold onto hope...”

all lyrics in the shadowbringers expansion tbh. and the whole of ffxiv

THE LYRICS IN RELATION TO THE STORY. AND EVEN WITHOUT. IT IS JUST SO GOOD

shadowbringers is literally the best i am so obsessed with it i am so in love with it shb means everything to me omfg

this post is about lyics so i will stave off the want to talk about the music symbolisms and all haha. also no spoilers btw so dw

“la-hee” :))

“for whom weeps the storm, her tears on our skin”

“STAND TALL, MY FRIEND” <//3 <33

tomorrow and tomorrow always ruins me

[swagstinien]

What if people told me about their WoLs / OCs. haha just kidding...... unless

[sakura-fraust]

Hi I'm really bored and a little high at work

Ask me questions and/or give me something to infodump about

I wanna try to be active here again so idk talk to me lol

[darkspacelow]

                                                  G O L I A T H ;                                            are you receiving?