A Bunch of Misfits

djentlemenBehold's FFXIV blog, also includes RP!

[feredir]

ameliance and her man

[mljdao]

a child’s longing.

[rasplejax]

I made Emet sad the other day so I decided to pose him in something more fun (for me, at least).

[vuroro]

Redrew one of my fav scenes from post-Stormblood for an upcoming charm.

[jurimaart]

from when the ultimate dropped

[fheythfully]

11.25.22 I finished my house just in time (or very early) for Christmas!

[leonaquitaine]

Gpose Guide: Keyframes

FFXIV has amazingly detailed animations, but it takes skills (that I don't have) to grab that perfect frame that'll make your pose shine.

Luckily, there's a way to slow down animations: you can use the Enable All Motion / Enable Target Motion keys (1 / 2 for you, keyboard users; LT/RT buttons in console) in quick succession.

Here's how it works: first, you freeze your character with 2 (Enable Target Motion) then, in rapid sequence, tap 1 then 2. Use this to navigate the animation frames.

This method applies to all animations, Lip Movement included - which makes for very nice, mid-speech stills:

Here's a still-frame from this experiment:

Throw in some composition, and we land on results like this:

[clair-audients]

[yamatonerd2199]

Hathaway’s Flash is a fucking *GORGEOUS* movie, holy shit. 

[peculiarmarsu]

I bring you some Fat Cats.

[nevivi-nevi]

Delubrum Reginae is good sometimes actually.

[ishgard]

Cutscene: *ends*

Me: …

FFXIV: …

Me: …

FFXIV: …

Me: …

FFXIV: …Meanwhile in the Garlean Capital.

Me: HERE WE GO!

[tiergan-vashir]

I deeply enjoy Fordola's story for three reasons: 1) Her actions and the grave harm they caused is not minimized, softened, glossed over, or forgotten. She did terrible things. She accepts she did terrible things - and her story hinges upon her accepting the consequences. 2) When the NPCs do not forgive her, the narrative does not portray them in a negative light. The most powerful line in 4.1 is an NPC saying "You are not forgiven. Not you. You I will never forgive.

But I will thank you."

The story makes it clear Fordola is not entitled to forgiveness or absolution simply because she wants to do the right thing now - and that's okay. When people harm us, they are not entitled to forgiveness just because they're sorry. Fordola accepts and understands that. 3) The NPCs moving on with their lives is not used as reason to magically absolve her of anything. She still accepts the consequences of her actions and is still trying to make right her wrongs even if she may never be forgiven - which a sign of someone who truly has changed. Doing the right thing shouldn't hinge upon whether or not you are forgiven in the end. It should be something you strive to do from that point on, because you want to change yourself for the better. Also, there are many stories about how people who have been harmed or abused need to forgive the people who hurt them in order to truly heal and it's simply not true. The path to healing varies. Sometimes it involves forgiving. Sometimes it involves embracing your anger. Forgiving someone when they haven't acknowledged or accepted their wrongdoings and aren't committed to consequences and change is dangerous. Forgiving someone when you don't feel ready and it is not an authentic representation of your truth can damage your path to healing. It has a lot of grounding in real-world issues and handles it in a way I don't often see (most stories just go with the "you're forgiven and everything is fine!" route) - which is really refreshing.

[naoshiffxivhouses]

Primal. Excalibur. Mist, Ward 22, Plot 26. Another commission! Client wanted Lala sided with bookworm theme.

[koyoriin]

What if…astrologian Hilda…

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[cupnoodles]

GUNDAM BAEL v. GUNDAM KIMARIS VIDAR

[snowbird-down]

Are You There, Garlemald?

There’d been plenty of distractions the last few moons. Ul’dah had done what it did best and began dry-heaving corruption again, this time robbing the Bellworks of a lucrative contract and awarding it to a suspiciously-positioned rival. That made this the second time that Laelia had tried to make an honest living out of the place, and the second time it had gone awry.

Not that it bothered her all that much. It was kind of fun to watch Eliane and Valeriaux do what Elezen seemed to do best and scheme their way towards solving the problem. Laelia was happy to help where she could but, like the rest of III Squad, had a rather specialized skillset and could only do so much. Her schedule went uninterrupted for the most part.

Until one sun when she pulled a company airship into Ul’dah for a routine parts pickup. Airports were a natural hub for rumors, and word was that the Legion had been sighted moving on Amal’jaa lands to the south. Nobody knew why, and the Flames remained tight-lipped about the whole thing. Couldn’t have folks fearing invasion, after all. But what the fuck was that about? A few moons ago she’d heard that Garlemald was in another civil war, and now it was invading? You couldn’t have both, so which was it?

That anxious feeling came back. Something clearly wasn’t right.

That night, Laelia returned to where she’d hidden the Delphinus in a crook of the nearby canyon. She hated having to move it these days, as it forced Valeriaux to have to re-glamour it to match the cliffside, but…this couldn’t wait. Muscle memory kicked in as she powered up the craft; it’d become an extension of her body long ago. And with that, she killed the lights, raised from the canyon, and turned towards the south.

Towards that damn tower.

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