my past is not today

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[yoildayday]

[mirkemenagerie]

What do we know of Dalmasca in the lore of FFXIV? What state is it in currently? What are the nations customs and practices?

First things first, we need to address inconsistencies in FFXIV’s lorebook, the Encyclopedia Eorzea. Of its four mentions of Dalmasca, two of them (two of the more visible mentions, in fact) are inconsistent with literally everything else the game has told us of Dalmasca from as early as 2.0 to 4.3′s Ridorana Lighthouse.

Encyclopedia Eorzea - A Chronology of the Sixth Astral Era:1517 - “The Republic [of Garlemald] first employs airships in its military conquests, easily conquering the small nation of Dalmasca in a display of terrifying power. Over the coming years, the Garleans seize control over the majority of the northern territories.”

Encyclopedia Eorzea - Unifying the North: “As triumph followed triumph, the Garleans’ respect for Galvus grew, eventually transforming into worship. In 1517, he was granted control of Garlemald as dictator by overwhelming popular support. The same year, the republic attacked Dalmasca, a small country nestled in the central mountains, and rained down fire upon it with their new airships. Thus, the Garlean army turned to conquer the south of Ilsabard. In 1522, this campaign ended in victory. Having unified the continent through force for the first time in history, Galvus proclaimed himself Emperor, and thus created the Garlean Empire.”

FORTUNATELY, the recently released Encyclopedia Eorzea II has corrected the incorrect texts above. Where the above two quotes cite “Dalmasca”, they should say “Nhalmasque.”

Lore on the Kingdom of Dalmasca, the Royal City of Rabanastre, and the Ridorana Lighthouse is located below the Read More. Obviously, there are some spoilers.

Considering we’re learning more and more about Dalmasca as the Return to Ivalice storyline progresses, I’ll update this with any new lore that comes in the eventual Patch 4.5 continuation of the 24-man raid storyline. Check back then!

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[vigilskept]

i genuinely think that it's so so valuable to have stories about people that have done horrible things existing. and getting better. and worse. forgiven and resented. seeing their crimes age with them, their weight shifting, shrinking, growing. is it redemption? further corruption? is it just existence?

you lived, now what? is i think one of the more interesting questions we can pose with fiction, and i think it's maybe one of the most powerful vehicles for conveying the notion that there is no point at which you stop being a person. the most unforgivable irreparable harms are caused by people making choices. and we will make bad ones and keep making them. you're not immune. no one you love is immune.

and crucially, we don't necessarily build a better world by defining criterion for forgiveness, redemption, punishment, penance. forgiveness is relational and as much about the person who has been harmed as it is about the culprit. punishment's effect is rarely improvement. societally, our ideas of redemption and penance are firmly rooted in legalistic notions of judgement — whether based on human morals or divine — where personhood and worthiness are contingent on ticking off boxes that we could argue endlessly about redefining and relitigating.

if you move the story out of that frame, though, it's not a story about "making it up." its a story about living. it's a story about making choices. it's about reflecting on the ones you've made. it's about their impact on your relationships, your sense of self. and i think that inherently has value.

you're going to fuck up. you're going to do something bad. you're going to hurt someone. you might be forgiven for it. you might carry it with you forever. you'll always be the person who did that, so long as you live. but you're going to live. you have not become a different category of person condemned to non-existence. you still have choices to make. you get to keep making them. that's the point.

[star-pocalypse]

Something I feel like I haven't seen people talk about is that Hopper said I love you to Jane

It's something that always bugged me about the show, that even after we meet Terry Ives and we know what name she gave her daughter, the show and its characters continue to refer to her as El/Eleven with her real name—Jane—being forgotten about

Even in the fourth season, she only goes by Jane when she's around her classmates, but to the party she remains El, the name Jane is just an alias and El is supposed to be who she really is

It felt like one more thing Brenner stole from her—not just her mother, and her childhood, and personhood, it's not enough that he marked her with a number, but that that number now becomes her identity, so even when she's supposed to be free of him she still can't escape him, he continues to dehumanize her long after he stops being in control of her

And the fact that, in his final moments, when he thought he was going to die, Hopper gives her a speech on how proud he is of the person she's become, and he wanted his finals words to be 'I love you, Jane', not El, not Eleven, not even 'my daughter', but Jane, because that is the person El has grown into, and that is how he wants her to remember him

Not like Dr. Brenner, who took her name from her, but as her father, who gave it back

[foudreika]

You can rest now...

[factotumbird]

[cursedndolly]

"Normie" and it's just someone who thinks portraying themes like incest and pedophilia in a positive light is weird

Why the fuck are we arguing about this bullshit bro.. yes there's a difference between cnc/bsdm and reading about romanticised abuse

If that makes me a normie or an 'anti', I'll gladly take those titles. And if you feel targeted by this post, get well pretty fucking soon.

[nonexistentnull]

gonna start reverse-shipping. that canon couple is not dating actually. that kiss was entirely platonic and i dont see why you’re reading into it any other way. their parents are clearly roommates with benefits. when they say “boyfriend” they actually said “boy friend”. every character will become aromantic when i’m done with them

[hollow-knight26]

[absolutely-existing]

[Image ID: Text in all caps reading: “get weirder about platonic dynamics now!!!!!!!!” with the pointing at you emoji (🫵). The background is the aromantic flag. End ID]

[fawn-wings]

i need to hold a pigeon actually i started thinking about pigeons and i’m like real person crying right now i’m so sorry pigeons we were supposed to love you and protect you and you’re so kind and silly i’m so sorry you beautiful darling little beasts. do you know how perfect you are do you miss being cherished. i’m sorry. i’m still here. i still love you.

[utopians]

Men who make their children call them "sir" are absolutely the lowest lifeform on the planet. I do believe we should kill them

[aracelyparker]

L said that he hated that you only told him you loved him when you were drunk. But I loved that, cause nobody ever told me they loved me like that, drunk or sober. You made me feel so loved.

You only got mad at me once when you were drunk, and you got over it real fast. When L got mad and yelled at me, he was stone cold sober.

I missed you. I still miss you.

For such a brief period, I felt like I had a family. I felt like I had parents that loved me.

And then L took that away from me. He broke apart our family, but you left me too.

I begged him to forgive you. I wanted my parents back.

I loved having a dad that told me he loved me when he got drunk. I'm afraid I'll never have that again.

[psalmicwitch]

To put it bluntly, the only way to end homelessness is to house people or kill them.

That's it. Those are your options. Homelessness doesn't go away based on "crime crackdowns." You will imprison the unhoused, and when they are free, they will be unhoused again. Or they will die in prison.

When you burn encampments or force people out without their stuff, they remain unhoused or freeze to death.

After working with the unhoused, it's become abundantly clear that those who don't want to support them instead want them dead.

There is blood on the hands of every government and organization that controls the homeless population with force instead of compassion.

[panvani]

I think before you accuse people of being just like Christian conservatives for expressing discomfort with your public fetish for incest and child rape you should perhaps consider the primary advocates for and perpetrators of these acts of violence

[panvani]

Like ok sorry. Incest and child abuse are actually direct (intended) results of misogynistic, hegemonic power structures and are actually incredibly pervasive. I not only fail to see how your public fetish for misogynistic abuse is at all subversive (in fact I would call this a classic feature of heternormative sexuality) but also how your response to criticism is any different from any other misogynist calling victims of abuse hysterical bitches for expressing discomfort with the systems of power leveraged against them

[frogus]

"Nobody is coming to save you" WRONG! I am running late. I DO NOT have a HORSE!

[sandersstudies]

When there’s interpersonal conflict do not assume you have to pick a side. You can say ”hey, let me know if you need somebody to talk to” to everyone and get every side of the story and ponder on the complexity of human relationships instead. However it will make you sad and often despite your best efforts it may solve nothing.

[sandersstudies]

”oh surely if I get everyone’s side of the story I can figure out the source of the problem and resolve it for all parties involved :)” You would think so! But no.

[catawonkus]

I really enjoyed that when Gurathin quietly says “you need to check the perimeter” what he meant was “I respect your free will and your personhood and while this is not the choice I want you to make, I won’t try to stop you from making it”. he’s come so far from early episodes when he just snaps “perimeters fine” and refuses to let mb leave