A study of Gogo Varlineau

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Gogo and his Dragonified husband are going on a trip all around Eorzea. Gogo's done this before, but the dear boy has had some changes in his life. So far, they've made their way through The Black Shroud. May stop in a few dungeons before moving on. Gogo's been everywhere, and knows some great spots.

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So Gogo found a fun All Saints' Wake outfit... not sure what its supposed to be, but by Hydaelyn do we like it. My sister decided to be the Puff of Darkness/Succubus. She was unamused by my antics... well, you actually live with me, and your house is next to mine in game, and across from our FC house. Too bad. Deal with it!

And then I explored around a bit. Been leveling up Red Mage... not my thing. But I’ll keep trying, I suppose.

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Have I ever mentioned how I find Gogo to just be the prettiest? Because he is.

Also, I have ran into this guy like 5-6 times now, and each time he always sidles right up to me. Lol. Maybe it has something to do with my message, or my name. But it’s always a hilarious interaction, he walks over and bows to me, and I dote back at him. He does the Victory backflip, and then one of us vanishes. Its very random, but very amusing nontheless.

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So I was having a panic attack at work, and after I clocked out and while waiting for a ride home, I had an edible. I rarely have them, but they do help calm me down. This is a small snippet of the crap my FC has to put up with when I am still mid-spaz, but working on calming down. Whoops, sorry guys. Gogo needed a nap. 

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Meet Nijen Ejinn! Childhood friend of Gogo. She actually doesn’t have the long developed horns you see here. She has little nubbins, much like the smaller set of horns at the top of her head; both sets just failed to keep growing. But that’s just fine for her.

She’s part of the Ejinn tribe, and even then, still considered a loner. Does not travel with the others at all. She has the same water-breathing ability as Gogo. Growing up in the Steppe and being able to swim all around any kind of water channel, she found herself out in the Ruby Sea often, and befriended the Kojin. Thus, her blessing was given. She is a healer, Sage to be specific. Can also be a Dancer, Reaper, and Dragoon. Learned Reaper from Gogo, both learned using a lance together.

Nijen fishes. A lot. She doesn’t care to travel or quest, just wants to fish fish fish. She does Botany solely for the purpose of seasoning her catches. Culinarian... to improve the taste of her fish. She also is a weaver, so she can create nets and repair/create her own clothes and nets so she doesn’t have to interact with other people.

Gogo convinces her to leave the Steppe by promising new fishing techniques, sky fishing and dune fishing, and new fish from all over the world. She could care less about what’s happening otherwise. She lives in the little lake at the bottom of The Dawn Throne. She found a cave that she can swim up into, and has a open-air beach underneath. It’s at the bottom, so it’s unlikely that anyone outside of her tribe would be able to reach it. It’s where she keeps many rare and expensive artifacts and other generally shiny things she’s found on dives. Nijen keeps them mostly to trade to the Kojin for various favors or just be gifts in general.

She’s as short as an Au Ra can get, and has the largest bust. Her tail is chonky and short, possibly shorter than what is possible in game. Her sclera and iris are actually black, with just her Limbral eye rings being a bright blue. Her skin is a dusky blue-grey. Hair is dark blue, with lighter blue highlights. She can blend into just about any body of water. She has some black tattoos around her eyes, merely for helping with any reflection of light while coming out of the waters.

Her “scales” and skin are less dragon like, and more like a soft leather for her skin and the scales more like that of a Crocodile or Alligator. She won’t say exactly what her parentage is, but it’s possible that there may be a Matanga somewhere back there, seeing as some of her ancestry comes from Radz-at-Han.

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A nice quiet evening after some Blue Mage runs being dumb with the FC. Hanging out in front of the FC house and Amber’s house across the street. Mine is next to hers. Our little slice of Shirogane on the beach. Nottah was afk somewhere, and a few others were off doing raids and leveling. But when I plant my butt somewhere, someone usually turns up for a few screenshots.

We have from left to right: Datum (pink catgirl), Amber (blue catgirl), Kurone (Roe), Taiga (Roe), Teenie (Lala), Gogo (Viera) and Esty (Elezen). 

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Because I can’t leave well enough alone, plus Gogo is a main fixation of my torture and affections... I’ve made a few changes to my poor boy. I had been thinking of it since I’ve noticed others turning their WoL’s hair white as a sign of Light Corruption from the 1st... but Gogo already has white hair. 

At first I was going to give him something similar to Vitiligo, since his skin is a deep black in hue. But I rather like the almost more purposeful look of this face paint. The only thing different from the screenshots, is the pattern continues down his body and doesn’t stop at his neck, and all of the white “tattoo/paint” is lined with gold instead of white. 

He doesn’t have much of his actual dark skin tone left, other than his sides, the “outsides” of his arms and legs, and a section of his hips and back. The rest is covered with this design. After coming back to the Source, he has quite the nasty habit of covering himself up and wearing masks to hide his face. 

This displeases his husband very much, who could care less about how he looks but still wants to look at HIM. So Estinien is the reason he eventually, some time after Endwalker main story is done but before the New Adventure begins, he convinces Gogo to return to his normal state of dress. And while he doesn’t need him to defend him, Estinien will murder anyone who thinks they have a say about Gogo’s looks.

I’m not much of an artist, but maybe one day I’ll make an attempt at this look? Ah, I still need to explain his golden eye, since it’s not natural. And not a product of the 1st. Maybe in another post about more of his background. It’ll involve his Azem, Nicodemus Dido. Truly, a Terrorist.

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Nope, I have no real excuse for myself. Just a pair of idiots catching some sleep. Gogo is at his journey’s end, living his life quietly (like hell he is the boy is too obnoxious for that) with a grumpy elezen at his side. Just some time before the kids come along. Their daughter adopted from Radz-at-Han is getting some time with her “Uncle” Vrtra. They love Emoni to bits, but good LORD do they need some peace and quiet. Also loved the shots of Gogo seemingly glaring at the camera like Can I HELP you???

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And here I am! To introduce! The youngest of the elfbun children!

Meet Kelta Varlineau, only boy and youngest of the four Gogo-Estinien children.

He’s a grumpy little thing, taking after his Elezen father heavily. Has three older sisters, and is psychotically overprotective of all of them. Hates men to an extreme degree, and chugs his respect women juice while staring you point blank in the eye, flipping you off as he does. Tsundere doesn’t quite cover this boy. Is pretty much a clone of Gogo in looks, but has Estinien’s eyes and slightly more sleeked hair while Gogo’s is more curled and wild. Is a short Prince. With his ears, which much like Gogo is as short as they can get (he also has Gogo’s tail, a trait picked up from Gogo being half Miqo’te triggering a bit of a genetic throw back), he is 5′6″. 4′ 11″ without the ears. He’s 22.

He’s a Dark Knight, the tank of his static group with his sisters. Prefers it that way, because if things are hitting him, they’re not hitting his sisters. He secondaries a Dragoon and Reaper, as does his sisters. Both of his Dads’ main classes. He learned Dark Knight from an extremely close family friend, Gogo’s other best friend from this life and the one before, Neruki Skyborne. 

Does have a short fuse of a temper, and often has to be reigned in by his sisters who have a very practiced method of rescue, sleep, and healing whatever damage has been caused.

The children were all born in Radz-at-Han, and Vrtra could not be a happier Uncle, getting his own mini-brood to protect and be a live-in babysitter to. The group often travels back to Ishgard and the Steppe to spend time with family and friends, but have yet to be much in the rest of the world. The children have used a hidden chunk of Hydaelyn’s power to send themselves back in time, to get to meet their parents when they were younger. The four work as a mercenary group, under the tutelage of Gogo Dotharl, a great Merc.

Sisters coming soon, uhuhuhu. I’m easily amused, alright?  

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Just obnoxiously falling more in love with my own WOLOC every day. I’m truly a dumbass. But Gogo is like, peak pretty for me. Even his Azem is similar, on purpose. Pretty and dangerously unstable is a great combo if you ask me.

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Just hanging out with my kids. The birth parents get them on weekends. I guess in the end of things, this makes Gogo a parent of at least... 7? Maybe 8, I’m unsure if Vrta will let me adopt his homunculus but by Halone’s Tits, that won’t stop me from trying. Three of his own, the twins, the little Garlean pipsqueak I got attached to, and a Homunculus. Oh Estinien, maybe you should have thought this whole marriage over a little more.

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Came back from my afk while I was at work, dinner, and then taking care of my lil Kefka. I guess my friend demanded my attention and I was not there. Lol.

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I like Gogo a normal amount. He looks great in skirts. And the denim jacket? Chef kiss. A very good boy all around.

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Having a rough day, my cat is still in the ER. So I took some shots of Gogo relaxing with his beloved birb, Tobias. Hanging around some Faeries and taking in some brightly colored vibes. And a random shot outside of Limsa because why not?

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Some various shots of the victory pose in random glams I have, to honor some stupid idiots I love and their classes. White Mage, Dancer, and Paladin for Venat. (MOOOOOOOOOM) Dark Knight and Black Mage for Hades. (Dumbass dead husband.) Bard for Hythlodaeus. (Partner in terrorizing the citizenry with their antics.)

Also hanging out with my IRL sister in her amazingly glitched house. I was showing off my Lopporit glam.

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Hanging with my Lopporit siblings. This is before I changed up my glam to match them a bit better, but I still like it. 

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Gogo showin’ off the new outfit.