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“Stand tall…"

This screenshot is nothing, I was just struck by the clouds and the trees and then pretended she was listening to "Tomorrow and Tomorrow” as it plays on loud-speaker throughout the Crystarium at all times. Anyway, #Roevember!

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I am a Speaker and a scholar of magic.

I serve no demon and I do no evil.

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The Gang Go On A Road Trip

@pudgy-puk @gelmorra @sinuntosea

tarajenkins

^was already a princess before the flower crowns

sangetvin

Evening fashion doodle of pre-bun Sabel, honestly I just wanted to draw something kinda sparkly. Full view.

gelmorra

Two decades ago, Alberic Bale had seen injustice done and cowardice had stayed his hand. In all that time, Estinien had never truly forgiven him. For years he had trained, for years he had taught himself not to know fear, for years he had dedicated himself to ensuring that the same thing would not happen again. Should the fight to make things right turn him into a monster, then so be it. That would be the way of things.

Ysayle Dangoulain was dead. This was the way of things, too. It was what she had chosen, a good death, easily as good as that she had given their own countrymen. This was a price that had been paid, and there was no injustice in that. He had been a soldier far too long to let the costs of war weigh heavy on his heart.

The injustice - the one that he could have averted, had cowardice not stayed his hand - was that she had died believing that there was nobody left in the world who loved her.

#I'm just gonna reblog this bc I'm still okay with it

kilieit

like imo the only instances a gender lock on a clothing item should be instituted is if there’s in-universe reasons for it

“this special item of clothing is only worn by women for this set of deep in-universe cultural reasons” - ok to consider gender locking

“this special item of clothing is only worn by men during a specific in-universe ritual which you are taking part in for a quest, and there’s an equivalent quest reward for women” - ok to consider gender locking

“it’s got frills and bows on it” - does not need gender locking

“looks kind of like a dress” - absolutely does not need gender locking

“bunny ears” are you kidding me right now,

kilieit

it’s patch 9.4. more or less everything that could have gone wrong has done so. the ascians are winning. the rejoining is about to begin. zodiark begins to manifest on hydaelyn, ready to wipe both it and Her out of existence forever.

lucia goe junius steps up to face the dread crystal.

“W͏̛E҉LL̷͜ ̛҉̴U̡̕H͢,” says the manifestation of entropy. “N͡ICE҉ ͜͢͜T̶Ó͡ ̀S͜È̸̡Ę͘͏ ̷̢͟Y͝O̵͠Ù͜ ͡͡H̴E̴͏R̕͜E͞ ̕T̨̛O̸̷O̸. ̷̡E҉N͞D̷ ̢͡O͘͞F͏҉ ̨͡T̛H̴́͜E͏ ́W̡OR͟LD͟, ̴̴H̢̀Ų͘H͏̨͜.̛͘͜ ͠͠H҉́Y͏̛̀P̴͏Ȩ̨́D̵́?̧”

lucia stares Him down. she is not hyped.

we learn, in this moment, that it is possible for a parent crystal to sweat.

“A͟N̡ÝẂ̡A̧Y̶͘ ͢I̸'̡͢͡V̨̢͟E ̧̨Ķ̛́I̴N̴D̀͞ ͟͝O̷͢͜F̵̨̛ ̷̧̡Ǵ͠Ơ͠T͜ A̸̶̧ ́҉T̴H̸Ì̵NG͡͝ ͡G̴̡͡Ó̴͝I̶҉̴N͡G ̷O̧͠N͜͟͠ H͝E̴͢R̴E͘͠,” says zodiark, the fear of every Warrior of Light that has ever walked hydaelyn, “S͞͝O̶͞͞ ̛͜Ì̀͝F͢ ̧͠Y̶̡͝OU͜ ́҉C͜͝Ơ̶̢UL̶̀҉D̷̸̨ M͝O̵̡͟V̢E̕͘͢ ͢A̛LO̧̨҉N̸G̶҉ ̶A̴͝N͡͏҉D̶ ̴͏L͢E̸T̨̀ ͝M̛E҉ G̷͠E̕T͡͠͡ ̢O҉̕͠N͢͞͝ W̴̧Į̀T́H҉ ̶̵I҉҉̧T҉, ͢͏͢THA͘͜͡T̸͏̨ W̨̕͠O̢U̴͢L̴̨̢D̵ ͜B̡҉͘E̸̡҉ ͢GŖ̧EA͟T̷̨̧”

lucia does not move along and let Him get on with it.

in fact, not only does lucia fail to move along, but she is joined by another. the ground echoes under her feet. the water in the air crystalises under her cool gaze. even the current Warrior of Light knows better than to get in her way.

alisaie leveilleur stands beside lucia and stares zodiark down.

“A͘C͝T̛͟U͜͜͞A҉̕L̴̨L̴͟Y ͝͏̕U͟H͏̵̕,̷͢҉ ̨͡O͟N̸ ̨͠S̶̵E͞͏C̡̛̕O҉ND̀͡ ́́͏T̨͞H̡͞O̶͠UG̸HT,͞͡ ̕͞I ͏T̷̶͞H͏IN̕K͜͝ ̨́͜I̡͠͠ HE̷̕͜A͜R̶͝ ̸҉M̴Y̴͜ ͘M̵OM͡͞ CA̴L̀̕LI͏̢NG̴͝ M͟͞E,͡͝” says zodiark, bane of existence, end of the universe, antithesis to Light. “S͞EE͠ ̛̛͝Y҉́OŲ̧̀ ̸̛Á̕͡N͞͏O̡̧͢T͟H̸͘ȨR̸̡͘ ͢͢͏T̵̶͞I̛͢҉M͡͝E̵,̸̸ ͏Y͢E̡A̕͡H̸҉?”

and He, arguably quite wisely, absconds.

kilieit

leaked 5.5 story

aethernoise

thoroughly distracted by sunset anywhere in Gyr Abania in the Peaks, as you do

#she's so cute!

sildih

This isn’t a post that I make lightly. I hate opening up like this, but I hate being silent even more. If this was about petty disagreements or grievances, I’d leave it alone. However, this was a very personal, deliberate attack by someone who’s done this repeatedly to others. I’m very aware and apprehensive of this just getting passed by or written off as drama, since I’m just “supposed to make pretty art” and all. At the same time, I don’t have anything left to lose when it comes to this community, so I’m not afraid to speak up.

I had massive issues with Stormblood’s story. That’s for another post, as I’m still reluctant to really get into it. But I will say my issues with it were not simple and had everything to do with how I filter and consume media as a black woman. Which is why I don’t talk about it much, and why I haven’t shared any extensive thoughts here because when it comes to racism, and anti-blackness, that’s something this community, in my experience, turns a blind eye to in lieu of entertainment at best. At worst, it’s vehemently attacked the people who do speak on it.

Some of you would have seen me talking about it in a more private space on twitter. Those same people should also know my personal twitter has been locked down for some time now, and that someone I was friends with for years has abruptly stopped being that.

Jo, known on tumblr as necrologos/giddeus, didn’t like how critical I am of racism in this game and labeled me a harmful person because of it. A white player who’s known for having a brown character didn’t want to see anything about racism from a black woman.

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pudgy-puk

i am reblogging and adding this note to say: she is telling the truth. i was one of the people she mentions consulting for help, i witnessed much of this as it grew on twitter and tumblr, i can corroborate what this post says, and what i did not witness is sadly congruent with my own experiences with the people she mentions here. that itself is its own topic, one years in the making, so the point here is: she’s telling the truth.