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Kind of hypocritical that you talk about callout's needing to stop when you've been involved in more than enough callout posts. Myself being one of the victims of a callout post with false information. I loved the harassment I received from it. Thank you for spreading callout posts, it really did make me a much happier and sane individual and I entirely learned my lesson by having hoards of people mislabeling my friends and I until the chat channels were temporarily shut down /s
FFXIV Known Abuser: Ryanti Veanysus
This post is not only to warn the FFXIV community of a predatory player named Ryanti Veanysus, this is also an important PSA highlighting his various tactics of emotional abuse. We’ll go over how he convinces women to lower their guard, attempts to coerce them into ERP, socially isolates them from other RPers, and discards them once he’s successfully acquired what he wanted.
(( Disclaimer: All screenshots and testimonies provided in this post are being shared with permission of the women involved. ))
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And here’s how he truly feels about transgender individuals who want to transition:
https://imgur.com/a/kqHKbKb
what the FUCKING FUCK.
What the fuck. Fuck this, fuck that guy, I am so mad.
I took my time reading the testimonials, and then I read the responses to them. 99% of the time I try to keep this blog about Lore, Art, and Shitposts… but seeing as how I’ve known Ryanti for years now and considered him a friend for much of that time, this is personal for me.
My name did not appear in the warning post, but apparently my name did come up. Recently I received a number of logs of things Ryanti has said about me without my knowledge. Some of them entirely false. Others that made me feel indescribably uncomfortable to read. So, I guess, this is my testimonial.
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i really want to write a takedown of just how shit the G&G mods were in dealing with the kale and ryanti situations, and the resulting fallout, from the perspective of someone who is a survivor of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault. (i am that survivor, in case it wasn't abundantly clear.) but honestly? i'm tired. tired of people cherrypicking things they can and cannot support, tired of people turning my pain and the pain of other survivors into a blame game. (1/2)
Bless 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you and I’m so sorry for what you’ve gone through and how people act so terribly to victims while favoring abusers and pretend it’s “neutrality.” I’ve been there and it sucks. You don’t have to apologize for anything and thank you so much for speaking up! I wish people cared about the feelings of people who have been mistreated half as much as they care about those who enabled the abusers.
WELP. Never setting foot in the Texttools discord again.
The administrators apparently have a pretty clear stance in saying that "pedophillia is a mindset, and a sexual orientation" and that pedophiles arent bad people.
Thats a big ass yikes from me dawg. No thank you. Gross.
Normally I try to keep my head low when discourse pops up, but this isn’t discourse. This is straight up disgusting. Took these myself- as of 10:29 PST 5/7/2019 they’re still there.
someone posted the proof for me. lol absolutely disgusting.
whew, lad.
I know I said before that terfs can step the fuck off, but if you jive with this idea that shota/loli is a positive outlet for pedophiles because it’s ‘just fantasy’, you can also step off and kindly burn the bridge behind you.
Also if you compare being trans to being a pedophile that’s a whole other realm of exceptionally fucked up and doing that evokes the specter of horrible old ideas that gay men and trans women in particular are predatory towards children, and you need to not do that.
After finding the full logs on Twitter and digging through, it’s still a fucking hot mess. The trans comments were in relation to the admin asking clarifying questions.
Earlier on in the conversation, her stance is that being trans isn’t a mental disorder.
That said, trans folks are only brought up to start with because she believes being a pedophile is also not a mental disorder and equated it to how being trans also not a mental disorder. 😬
So still not great. I think at best, she’s incredibly misinformed about the nature of pedophilia vs being transgender. I still yeeted myself as I don’t really want to hang in a Discord where admins compare trans folks and pedophiles. There were also plenty of other folks saying far worse shit that made me realise I am pretty okay not being there. I just felt like knowing the full context of everything is important when yeeting oneself.
Woke up and saw this post, took a look at the server to see how things were being handled. The admin team is doing a deplorable job. They keep trying to use the ‘out of context’ defense in there, but the logs above show statements that are pretty much self contained.
Members there are also trying to invalidate lurkers, so apparently speaking up about something after remaining quiet in the server is laughable.
It’s disgusting, shows a complete lack of accountability and once again demonstrates how some people are willing to treat others like dirt all for the sake of staying in a community about pretty pixels.
About to hop out myself.
“There’s two common schools of samurai teachin’ - Hingan, Doman. I propose the teachin’ of an Eorzean school - focusing more on adaptability, rather than rigid order. Not to knock the other schools, mind! But their strengths lay elsewhere. Part of what I want to teach is technique - but mostly, I want to teach how to live ‘n hold yourself to a higher standard. Just like learnin’ any martial art. I spent a good chunk of my life - wanna say from…'round when I was twenty summers t'maybe forty, in Yanxia. M'teacher taught me Doman technique, in order that I might surpass it. Not that I did - like I said, they all got their own strengths. My style became what it is now, 'n I hope to pass that on.”
(Steps of Nald, Ul’dah)
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The Fifth Light.
The Lesson of the Fifth Light: Expression.
The Fifth Light. It is the gateway of one’s expression, the outlet through which one’s heart and soul may relate one’s intent. Through it, one can declare what the Sixth Light has seen. It will answer to the will and desire to express oneself, but not lightly. Desire, Will, and Passion all feed into its control. Unlike the Fourth below it, it does not specialize in raw power.
The Fifth Light is seated in middle of the throat. Once Desire, Will, Passion or Wisdom have been gathered to it, the Fifth takes them and transforms them into expression. As the mouth speaks, so does the Fifth Light release aether to affect the hearts and souls of those around it. This is usually best achieved using studied and practiced mantras; chants that can rouse a man’s spirit or open a group to swifter recovery.
Blue is its color, deeply steeped in the voice’s Wind. As a potential centre of wind-aspected aether in the body, the Fifth Light can also be harnessed in movement.With proper control of the flow, one may utilize this aether to move swiftly, and at levels of mastery, in bursts that defy following with the eyes. The training to master the Fourth Light is invaluable at this point.
The expression of the Fifth is not always outward; one may use it in meditation to communicate one’s will within; especially to the other chakras, and even to one’s very physical form.
A monk who has mastered the Fifth Light is a monk who is well on the way to mastering the self.
So writes Berrod Armstrong, Fist of Rhalgr, regarding the Fifth Light Chakra.
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The Fifth Shadow.
The Lesson of the Fifth Shadow: Abandon.
It takes a keen spirit to sense the distinction of the Fifth Shadow. It is a potent mixing pot for the previous four. Keep in mind; as the shadow seeks to climb, so does it also fall. Their energies leak down and mingle. For reasons unfathomable outside of meditation and introspection, the Fifth is a basin for all the fear, anger, insecurity and deceit that one must steep oneself in for the sake of this power. As a chakra however, it also possesses the potential of its own unique spiritual state. Or in this instance, a state where the spirit is forfeit.
The Fifth Shadow opens up our animal nature in its fullest, through the promotion and indulgence in the shadows just above it. It is a powerful wellspring of endurance, though it is born of fear. It demands that we place ourselves above all men; let anger fuel the effort. Covet their place. Take it from them. Deceive them if needs be. Ware that this very animal nature is at the brink of a loss of one’s discretion and faculties. A careful balance and awareness must be maintained to avoid losing oneself. Killing will come across as an easy necessity. Every other being one sees will be a challenger to one’s existence. One will relish in suffering and become drunk on it if one is unable to remember that these things must be allowed to wash through, but not linger.
The Fifth Shadow is beholden to no element, and is located in the ankles. It is one of the most difficult to master, and the one to which many have fallen. Much like the Fifth Light above, to master this chakra is an important trial in mastering the self.
So writes Berrod Armstrong, Fist of Rhalgr, regarding the Fifth Shadow Chakra.
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Broke artist needs commissions
Hey y’all. I just moved and I’m struggling a little, I can’t do much but I can draw sometimes. I’m having a painted bust sale of $30 per bust ($15 for linework). Even if you can’t buy right now, I would appreciate a reblog. Some examples here:
Will draw / strengths: ♥ Feminine lads and gals and everything inbetween ♥ High fantasy (elves, fae, various creature people) ♥ Simple outfits or outfits you let me design ♥ OC’s! (ffxiv, wow, D&D, etc.) Will not draw: ♥ Furries or mecha ♥ Super masculine / muscley ♥ Anyone that refers to their character by a slur term. (c*ntboy/f*ta) ♥ Fandom/Canon characters (The character must be your own!) These are meant to have a few hours turnover so I am only drawing what I am comfortable with right now!
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Cannot lie meme: ✮ for Sinner.
“He’s cold in a way that I’ve seen ‘n felt before. Maybe the man feels he’s broken. Beyond fixin’, or beyond redemption. But he’s a good man - I hope, one day, he sees that too. Either way, like most’a my friends, I’ll drag him kickin’ and screamin’ to a better tomorrow.”
My muse cannot lie ! Send :
( feel free specify a context for each symbol )
💓 - And a name to ask if they would start a relationship with them. ⇕ - And a name to ask if they would sleep with them. ✮- And a name to hear their real feelings for them.< ☠ - And a name/ topic to hear what they hate the most about it/them. ✂- For one of the wrost mischief they did. ₪ - For a kink. 回 - For a phobia they have. ✦ - For a guilty pleasure. ◎ - Next to any question to have it answered sincerely, no matter how personal or embarassing.
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Traits & Characteristics
Bold all that applies to your muse. Italicized any that are applicable in some way
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• eyes: blue | green | brown | hazel | gray | gray-blue | other (blue right eye, blue left eye that’s very slightly tinged) • hair: blonde | sandy | brown | black | auburn | ginger | grey / white | multi-color | other • body type: skinny | slender | slim (by Roe standards) | built | curvy | athletic | average | muscular | pudgy | overweight • skin: pale | light | fair | freckled | tan | olive | medium | dark | discolored • gender: male | female | trans | cis | agender | demigender | genderfluid | other | doesn’t like labels • sexuality: heterosexual | homosexual | bisexual | pansexual | asexual | demisexual | other | unsure | doesn’t like labels • romantic orientation: homoromantic | heteroromantic | biromantic | panromantic | aromantic | demiromantic | unsure | doesn’t like labels • species: midlander hyur | highlander hyur | wildwood elezen | duskwight elezen | hellsguard roegadyn | sea wolf roegadyn (adopted Hellsguard naming convention) | dunesfolk lalafell | plainsfolk lalafell | keeper miqo’te | seeker miqo’te | xaela au ra | raen au ra | other • education: high school | college | university | master’s degree | PhD | other • I’ve been: in love | hurt | ill | mentally abused | bullied | physically abused | tortured |brainwashed | shot • positive traits: affectionate | adventurous | athletic | brave | careful | charming | confident | creative | cunning | determined | forgiving | generous | honest | humorous | intelligent|loyal| modest | patient | selfless | polite | down-to-earth | diligent | romantic | moral |fun-loving | charismatic | calm • negative traits: aggressive | bossy | cynical | envious | shy | fearful | greedy | gullible |jealous | impatient | impulsive | cocky | reckless |insecure | irresponsible | mistrustful | paranoid | possessive | sarcastic | self-conscious |selfish | swears | unstable | clumsy | rebellious | emotional | vengeful | anxious | self-sabotaging | moody | peevish | angry | pessimistic | slacker | thin skinned | overly dramatic | argumentative • living situation: lives alone | lives with parent(s) / guardian | lives with significant other |lives with a friend | drifter | homeless | lives with children | other • parents/guardian: mother | father | adoptive | aunt | uncle | foster | grandmother | grandfather | other (All of the above except adoptive, deceased) • sibling(s): sisters| brothers | none | other • relationship: single | crushing | dating | engaged | married | separated | it’s complicated |verse dependent | other • i have a(n): developmental disorder | learning disorder | personality disorder | mental disorder | anxiety disorder | sleep disorder | eating disorder | behavioral disorder | substance-related disorder | PTSD | mental disability | physical disability | other • things I’ve done before: had alcohol | smoked | stolen | done drugs | self-harmed |starved | had sex | had a threesome | had a one-night stand | gotten into a fist fight | gone to the hospital | gone to jail | used a fake ID | played hooky | gone to a rave | killed someone | had someone try to kill them tagging: do it if you want ayyyy
The Fourth Light.
The Lesson of the Fourth Light: Passion.
The Fourth Light Chakra. Therein lies passion, compassion, and the ability to relate to others. It is the central point of the chakras, fed from the will below and expressed through the throat above. It will answer to one whose passion stirs, and is capable of providing terrifying levels of power. It burns in fierce fire, and can bring about awesome destruction.
In the middle of the chest, the Fourth Light lies at the midpoint of the First and the Seventh of its aspect. Once kindled with passion, it burns brightly until one wills it to stop, or until one’s very life is extinguished. It is a chakra that provides power without any sort of initial control, and it is in that vein that it is one of the most dangerous to the self. The power must flow and be put to use, lest the user be consumed from within by its flames. Yet, this flow must be consciously regulated and controlled as it is utilized, so that the body is not damaged in the process. Extensive training is required – and it is not training that one is guaranteed to survive.
Green is its color, mixed from the yellow fed from the Third and the blue from the Fifth through which it speaks. Will kindles passion. Passion is best expressed. To let it sit within is folly. Through control of the Fourth, the Fifth and Sixth become easier to sway.
Beware of love; for it kindles the Fourth to burn its fiercest, thereby draining one of one’s life energy at a rapid rate. Balance must be found in utilizing and curbing one’s passion. Once it is harnessed, however, one can show the world the meaning of destruction.
So writes Berrod Armstrong, Fist of Rhalgr , regarding the Fourth Light Chakra.
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The Fourth Shadow.
The Lesson of the Fourth Shadow: Greed.
The Fourth Shadow brings forth from the spirit a greedy state of being. It is not to be confused with the covetousness of the third; such covetousness is based on the material and immaterial possessions of others. The greed of the Fourth builds upon an instinct to climb and claw above all others by any means necessary. The temptation to deceive, to steal, to subvert – they boil strong within the firey heat of the Fourth Shadow.
Greed is a strong drive in all men – and through that drive the Fourth Shadow provides an abundance of power to see one’s wants realised. It is in tempering and regulating the urges and ambitions of greed that one learns to harness and control this power.
A novice in the Fourth shadow may find themselves upon the constant edge of a knife, balancing precariously above the temptation to give in and let their base urges claim what they will. It is a chakra that requires much meditation.
Located in the calves, it sits at a threshold among the Shadow Chakras. Beyond the threshold lies the most difficult to master among them all. The power it grants is raw and potent – and without proper control may consume both the user and those surrounding in a conflagration fueled by ruthless wanting. To master this chakra is to acknowledge, accept, then bend one’s greed toward purpose – oft done through brilliant fire.
So writes Berrod Armstrong, Fist of Rhalgr, regarding the Fourth Shadow Chakra.
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The Will of the Samurai
<Translated from the Xaela tongue>
A Samurai is many things but the edict, the meaning of the word ‘Samurai’ is ‘To Serve’. In this the capacity for which one serves is many-fold. Protecting others, fighting for a noble cause, serving a cause you find to be righteous. I think, though, that the Samurai serve themselves; not in a callously selfish fashion… but serving to keep one’s mind focused and on a good path, to seek fulfillment and purpose in life. Often the road you walk is in fact the journey to find the right road to be on all along.
To accomplish this, though, one needs directions to follow when the road traveled has many forks in it. First and foremost, the misconception that the sword, the katana, is paramount to the Samurai is, I firmly believe, false. The sword may be the expression of the soul of the Samurai, the instrument of their will, but it is just that: an instrument. The Samurai is the weapon, the ideal, and the expression of their will. You must keep your mind focused, your purpose true, or you risk becoming the very monsters you strive to defeat as the spirit of Karash within you will grow in power and influence your spirit, taking you over.
A Samurai sets out into the world prepared to take a life but should never seek to do so; seeking to take a life is feeding a beast within, your own Karash, that cannot ever be sated but striving to never kill is to invite disaster not only to yourself but also to others. Death is part of life and if your purpose is true then the taking of it will also be true. Meditation will be the balm to salve the spirit of a life taken and help to hone the mind as well as your blade in the trials that will come.
A Samurai does not draw their blade in a show of force or to threaten; the presence of the Samurai and their sword alone is the threat. When you draw your blade it should be for two purposes: Cleaning and maintaining the blade as one must also clean and maintain their own spirit; sanctifying it through sharpening and ritual cleansing. The other is to do battle. When your hand touches the hilt of your blade, it is to signify that you are, in that moment, about to take life. One should not draw their sword otherwise lest you grow too fond of the sharpened metal in your hands and the blood that it inevitably causes to flow.
A Samurai trains with the vision of their own death in mind; only tempering the mind through focus can you shed your fear of death in battle and also embrace the humility required to avoid succumbing to the aramitama of one’s own violent actions. Should you succumb to this bloodlust, the battle lust, you threaten to awaken all the stored energy one pools into their katana and saya, imbuing their weapon with the spirit of a violent and vengeful Kami that will one day overtake the Samurai and their spirit, turning you into a monstrous being who will only seek to destroy and spill blood.
A Samurai seeks out righteous deeds and goals for the betterment of others and of themselves. Perhaps the most cliche of tenets yet often the most important and potentially overlooked. In serving others the Samurai serves themselves. Good works, honest labors, or drawing one’s blade in the defense of others you not only seek to enrich and ensure the lives of others, but also your own. Keep in mind that no labor is too mundane. Whether it is planting and weeding a rice paddy, slaying a monster infestation, hunting to feed a hungry village, or defending someone’s life or your own from danger; all will help to hone you and your spirit to a righteous and true path.
Meditate on these ideals, form the concepts in your mind and follow them to their conclusions, once you have arrived at a satisfactory conclusion we will speak again.
~From the first Teachings of Khadan, last of the Arulaq tribe, Samurai and Sohei~
Character Development “Hard Mode” Meme: send a number & character to my ask box and I’ll write an answer/headcanon in reply.
Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with?
What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like?
What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like?
Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know?
On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets?
Does your character have recurring themes in their dreams?
Does your character have recurring themes in their nightmares?
Has your character ever fired a gun? If so, what was their first target?
Is your character’s current socioeconomic status different than it was when they were growing up?
Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing?
In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been?
In what situation was your character the most calm they’ve ever been?
Is your character bothered by the sight of blood? If so, in what way?
Does your character remember names or faces easier?
Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?
Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success?
What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?
Is your character more likely to admire wisdom, or ambition in others?
What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before?
In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?
If something tragic or negative happens to your character, do they believe they may have caused or deserved it, or are they quick to blame others?
What does your character like in other people?
What does your character dislike in other people?
How quick is your character to trust someone else?
How quick is your character to suspect someone else? Does this change if they are close with that person?
How does your character behave around children?
How does your character normally deal with confrontation?
How quick or slow is your character to resort to physical violence in a confrontation?
What did your character dream of being or doing as a child? Did that dream come true?
What does your character find repulsive or disgusting?
Describe a scenario in which your character feels most comfortable.
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In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve?
Is your character more likely to keep trying a solution/method that didn’t work the first time, or immediately move on to a different solution/method?
How does your character behave around people they like?
How does your character behave around people they dislike?
Is your character more concerned with defending their honor, or protecting their status?
Is your character more likely to remove a problem/threat, or remove themselves from a problem/threat?
Has your character ever been bitten by an animal? How were they affected (or unaffected)?
How does your character treat people in service jobs?
Does your character feel that they deserve to have what they want, whether it be material or abstract, or do they feel they must earn it first?
Has your character ever had a parental figure who was not related to them?
Has your character ever had a dependent figure who was not related to them?
How easy or difficult is it for your character to say “I love you?” Can they say it without meaning it?
What does your character believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them?
The Third Light.
The Lesson of the Third Light: Will.
The Third Light. It is ambition. It is drive. The font of man’s conscious and subconscious will, the Third Light responds to the need to assert oneself. It will always answer to one who is assured of one’s wants, especially if one is prepared to do what it takes to see them realized. Lightning is the element with which it strikes, and it is potent indeed.
Situated at the solar plexus, it is at an ideal location for power to flow to all parts of the body evenly when called upon. It holds the strongest connection to the self, and anchors all other chakras to who one is. Similarly, it imposes one’s will upon all other open chakras, so that one with an open Third finds oneself in better conscious control of whichever others have been opened.
Given its base in one’s will, its power is drawn directly from the spirit, augmented with a lightning aspect that can be used throughout the body. The stronger one’s will, the more purposed the aether, and the more powerful the augmentation. At the basic level it grants a heightened state whereby which one’s limbs are activated into quickness and strength. The longer one remains in this state, the stronger it becomes. The strong willed who practice the art of Pugilism may experience a form of this. A master of this chakra may call lightning itself to wreath about their form, putting it to quick and destructive use.
Yellow is its color, and so does it mix with the red of the First to form the orange of the Second. Upward does it also flow to mix into the chakra above it, for without will, the rest are aimless. Wherever there is a need, there is a want, and wherever there is a want, there is will. Whenever there is a will, the Third Light will serve.
So writes Berrod Armstrong, Fist of Rhalgr, regarding the Third Light Chakra.
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The Third Shadow.
The Lesson of the Third Shadow: Jealousy.
The Third Shadow is the eclipse of jealousy, covetousness, and possessiveness of all things, even things that do no not truly belong to one. Where in the light simple will serves as a driving force, in the shadow, ambition and drive are generated through competition and a need to place oneself higher than one’s peers. Lightning governs it, a force from above all.
The Third Shadow dwells in the knees, and among the Shadows it holds a position of particular importance and potential peril. Once this chakra is open, to deny jealously overlong invites an imbalance – a stopgap that can range from simple discomfort to serious physical harm. To that effect, the Third Shadow must always be at least acknowledge and accepted, even though it is not necessary for one to act too selfishly or tactlessly upon one’s covetousness.
To acknowledge jealousy and accept oneself as an envious person is to open oneself to the power it grants; activation of the muscles and senses. The stronger one is steeped in their passion to surpass, the more potent the chakra’s potential. To master this chakra is to find a balance between the acknowledgement of envy, the acceptance of envy, and the subsequent drive to remove the gap between one and what one covets. With mastery comes command over one’s aspect of lighting.
Yellow is its color, a force on its own, unique from the rest, yet an influence to all those around it.
So writes Berrod Armstrong, Fist of Rhalgr, regarding the Third Shadow Chakra.
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