the stars shine just as brightly when you're dead.

Simon (he/they/it) | 22 | FFXIV blog and Stormblood appreciator. Main blog is @starlit-warren, and misc. fandom blog is @hallowed-nebulae.

[crystal-verse]

Howdy! I'm Simon, a 22-year-old bisexual aromantic, who's chronically ill and disabled. This is my FFXIV blog, and semi-frequently features posts about my AU and two co-WoLs, K'pheli and Mehka. It also features a significant amount of G'raha Tia, as he's my favorite FFXIV character.

Some tags:

- Sae'pheli'ehva | K'pheli Tia

- A'mehka'ahma | Mehka Greystone

- writing

- art

- general talking

my ko-fi can be found here; commissions or donations are welcome

[moonlitvesper]

happy pride to them

[voidsentprinces]

[cloudbebby]

transfem emmanellain...transfemmanellain #happypride

[gabriellemkari]

I just want a beefy beast veira u-u

[thelostpretzel]

siblings (tm)

[redstonedust]

big fan of when voice actors have the free will to just say whatever they want in character voice and use it frequently so the fanbase get all these inexplicable clips of their favorite characters quoting memes. more voice actors should do this forever and ever.

[narrativefoiltrope]

i love u bisexual ffxiv players and bisexual wols

[lilas]

Anyway

What’s your favorite queer headcanon about your WoL or any NPCs? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

ALL queer interpretations welcome! ( ˘ ³˘)♥

[traveler-of-light]

MISTER EORZIA 2.0 BREAKING MY HEART

TODAY'S MATCH WILL BREAK MY POOR LITTLE HEART.

EVERYBODY PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR BEST BOI CERTIFIED AND LOVELY SWEETIE ARENVALD

(yes again i'm spreading my boys agenda, they are the healthiest realtionship I've written)

ON THE OTHER SIDE ALSO CERTIFIED GOOD BOI, WITH OVER A CENTURY OF EXERIENCE AND KNEES THAT SOUND WORSE THAN MINE... 😋😋 G'RAHA TIA HIMSELF

this one is decided even before it starts but nevertheless...

WHO'S THE BEST BOI?

ARENVALD

G'RAHA

Voting ended onJun 4

[crystal-verse]

cleaned up that one doodle, haha

[crystal-verse]

anyways happy pride to everyone but especially my fellow bisexuals, my fellow alloaros, and especially to my fellow bisexual alloaros

[eriyu]

happy pride month, Ehryu is greyromantic and bi 💚🩶🤍🩷💜💙

[anneapocalypse]

It's been so interesting replaying Stormblood because I am remembering how much I actually like Zenos as a character in Stormblood. He's a good villain and in the long run he ends up saying some interesting things about the Garlean Empire. Viewed through the light of Stormblood, as much as I think his death was perfect and he might have been better left dead, I also can appreciate some of his role in Endwalker, as the monster the empire created destroying the empire from within, because in attempting to create the perfect soldier-prince with unparalleled tactical mastery, the empire ended up creating a man with no personal investment in the empire and that is arguably the entire reason why the resistance wins and why Garlemald falls. That's interesting! I like it!

In fact I like Zenos far more in what he says about Garlemald and about empire than in anything he attempts to say about the Warrior of Light, and in fact the places where the story most tries to divorce Zenos from the politics of Garlemald are where I like the character the least. In light of the fact that we first encounter him in Stormblood while aiding resistance forces, the push to draw an equivalency between Zenos and the WoL becomes especially insulting regardless of intent. In that context it comes across as "Have you considered that doing violence in service of liberating an oppressed people from imperialism is actually very much like doing violence in the service of the empire? Really makes you think." Like. No it doesn't. Come on. Krile throwing up her hands and deciding it's worth sending Zenos after the WoL on the off chance that he might help is equally insulting for all the reasons tritoch details here. For the story to justify Zenos following the WoL to the literal end of the universe it also has to memory-hole previous plot points to have another character do something completely ridiculous.

What revisiting Stormblood has reminded me is that what Zenos's existence says about Garlemald is far more compelling to me than anything he has to say about the Warrior of Light as an individual. And looking at his later presence in the game through that lens really helps to highlight where it works for me and where it doesn't. It's a good example of how the game constantly needing to remind us that the player character is the most specialest person to ever exist actively makes other characters, themes, and storylines worse.

[galpalaven]

anyway that xiv comic fragments' author is an out and proud biphobe so do not put his shit on my dash anymore thanks 🙏😊

[birues]

for those who want to know the url of the biphobe, it's @/nights-at-crystarium

after his blantant biphobia he has chosen to ignore people who have called him out and also has the audacity to act as a victim as if he is not the one who is outright hostile to bi folks. he also thinks if he grows big enough, his biphobia will be more acceptable.

[mythandral]

they're doubling down too, by the way

[iron-sparrow]

For those who haven't seen the original exchange, here's the dogwater take from anon that kicked us off:

hApPy pRiDe 🏳️‍🌈😚 Here's to getting upset that other queers might imagine a fictional character with no established canon sexuality to be interested in more than just one gender.

Oh, and why not sprinkle some caaaaasual racism into it! Because fans "in Japan (and maybe other places idk)" might not recognize the same shitty gender-normative stereotypes as you. So true. We the Asians should def get a pass for homophobia because our cultures are just Like That™ or whatever the fuck.

Brother. Do you know any damn thing about queerness outside of North America? Yes, Japan (and maybe other places idk) has the same/similar cultural tells for queerness because (1) Western esp American media is a major influence on global culture, and (2) shitty gendernormative and sexist beliefs are worldwide and upheld to varying levels of severity.

Holy fuck. I know people of color don't exist in English dialogues about queerness except as window dressing, but please consider perspectives outside your own. Especially during a month that celebrates the diverse spectrum of queerness.

Anyway, here's the very questionable response NAC posted and is now crashing out over:

Even if they could relate to the anon's sentiments, their response is so fucking entitled and whiny. HEY, I'M THE VICTIM. I'M BEING OPPRESSED. WHAT DO YOU MEEEEAAAAN I'M BEING INSENSITIVE TO BI/PAN/OMNISEXUAL PEOPLE YOU'RE TAKING MY WORDS IN BAD FAITH.

Like, did you all know we can have very real conversations about gay erasure without throwing other people under the bus over personal player perceptions of a fictional character's sexuality? Mind blown.

Happy Pride. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[anneapocalypse]

I love bisexual fans and bisexual characters and bisexual OCs and bisexual headcanons and bisexual ships and bisexual stories and bisexual friends and bisexual art and being bisexual. 💙💜💗

[japhers]

Pandaemonium Abyssos was all about Women’s Rights and also Women’s Wrongs