DreamGaige

"Where did all the stories come from, I wonder? "

[half-dorks]

I love this moment. Every time.

[totallycorrectffxivquotes]

Alphinaud: We've been conducting an ongoing study to see what WoL will and will not eat.

Thancred: Grass? Yes!

Urianger: Moss? Yes!

Y'shtola: Leaves? Yes!

Alisaie: Shoelaces? Strange but true!

G'raha: Worms? Sometimes!

Y'shtola: Rocks? Not usually.

Alphinaud: Twigs? Usually!

G'raha: Alisaie's cooking? Inconclusive!

Estinien: How did you… test this?

Alphinaud: You just hand them stuff and say 'eat this' and if they eat it, they eat it.

Estinien: ... I don't know how to feel about this.

[picaroroboto]

in the ShB role quests, we watch each of Ardbert's party members make some sort of personal sacrifice, forced to discard their own goals, for the sake of the greater good. The moment they make that choice is when a Crystal of Light appears, officially marking them as Warriors of Light in recognition of their heroism and sacrifice. "By your sacrifice, a warrior made.", as the Shadowkeeper says in battle.

The same lore doesn't hold true for the WoL, back when they were in crystal-collecting mode in ARR and HW, the crystals just appear after major victories without the need for some sort of momentous sacrifice, and seem to serve mostly as a marker of how much story progress you've made/need to make to the end of the expac.

But if you think about it not lore-wise, but symbolically -

With each victory over a Primal, you're ensuring that you'll be the person who'll be called upon for help when next a Primal appears. You're cementing your own role as hero each time.

And each time, you are making personal sacrifices.

You might not even realize it until much later, what you have offered up, bit by bit - your freedom, your peace of mind, your own goals and desires, for the sake of the greater good of the star.

"By your sacrifice, a warrior made."

[disgustinggf]

[mimusbirds]

Imagine with me for a minute.

What if the new sabotenders in dawntrail are just little guys

[genteelbutler]

Blue Messenger

[magpiemagus]

You know how cats are obsessed with yeast? Yeah.

[magpiemagus]

I made some edits! I love it even more now

[lilyemberxiv]

Mashup by my @green-word-deserter

[1driedpersimmon]

Sorry everyone I still think Estinien is ugly

[absolem0]

can't wait to see baby hrothgars

[bnbc]

Nightwarden Minthara

[bnbc]

Nightwarden Minthara

[aresvalto]

Hythlodaeus print I made for the dudeoir zine on twitter, matching set with my Emet page illustration

[blackbirdffxiv]

In the Light

[vespervines]

"The victor shall write the tale, and the vanquished become its villain."

Available as a print, keychain and bookmark on my SHOP!

[lastoneout]

friendly reminder for the new twitter refugees:

change your icon/pfp and put something coherent in your blog description or you're going to get blocked bcs people think you're a bot

this site is built around reblogs, so please actually reblog posts(especially art and fics!!)

you can set your likes and follows to private

checkmarks here are a meme and mean nothing

follower counts are private and we like it that way, so get used to not judging people by that metric

drama and discourse is boring, use your blacklist and block button liberally

DON'T CENSOR YOURSELF!! we can swear and say kill and make fun of corporations all we want, and if you tiktok-ify your tags people who have things blacklisted for whatever reason will still see them, and people who want to see that content won't be able to find it!! spell words out normally, you won't get in trouble!!

tumblr live is sketchy as hell and full of fake accounts, if you decide to use it anyway may god have mercy on your soul o7

be nice to the reddit refugees, they're our friends <3

[mooglemeet]

Just another mod post while I am thinking of it:

If you are new to Tumblr and looking for people to follow, feel free to write a post about yourself/your characters and tag @mooglemeet. I'll pop it into the queue to be reblogged!

(Actually, you could probably do this even if you're not new, but let's try to help out some of the Twitter/Reddit refugees, kupo?)

Artists can also @mooglemeet with their commission posts but I do try to take priority on those who vibe within the xiv community rather than those who don't.