you aren't haunted by the war; you miss it.

aesthetic board and roleplay blog for istolin de saillonaux of final fantasy xiv. mateus, crystal dc.

[istolin]

s e m i - s e l e c t i v e   |   l o r e - c o m p l i a n t   |   c a s u a l   r p 

.*✩ — combat medic, viscount of house saillonaux, and a firm advocate for equality between ishgard’s commonfolk and nobility, ISTOLIN’s name is surely one that has been heard by many, at least in passing. with the dragonsong war at an end, he has dedicated himself to the wellbeing of those in the brume, using his innate talent for astromancy and gentle demeanor to bring succor to those in need.  

[ ✓  s t a r t e r s  |  ✓   i n - g a m e  |  ✓   t u m b l r  |  ✕   s h i p p i n g  |  ✕   e r p ]

[letsdreamforlifeposts]

[twilight-blaze]

one piece of early internet culture that I think we need to bring back is “don’t feed the trolls,” but like, for fandom.

it used to be common knowledge that if you engage with people who are just looking to start shit, you’re only encouraging them to continue to do that. modern fandom, however, seems to have this idea that you can do something about it if you just respond the right way, make the right points, or counter their argument well enough, but that only works if these people are acting in good faith, which they aren’t.

someone talking shit about your favorite show is not looking to have an informed discussion about your respective opinions.

someone deliberately mischaracterizing your favorite character for the sake of their argument does not actually care what the text says about them.

someone telling you all their reasons why you shouldn’t ship your favorite ship isn’t really trying to get you to change your mind.

it doesn’t matter how masterfully you can deconstruct any of these arguments, because what they’re after is validation and attention. no matter how you respond to them (yes, even if it’s a simple “fuck off”) you give them what they’re looking for. there’s no winning against these people, so don’t bother engaging with them in the first place. just delete their asks, ignore their comments, and block their blogs.

don’t feed the trolls, because it only encourages their behavior.

[sad-house-of-mortality]

“I want to drink wine and fall asleep drunk. The world has been too razor-like. I want to float away from its sharp and grueling edges. Away, into a vast, tantalizing sea of dreams.”

— Helaena C Moon  .  instagram  .  helaena.c.moon  (via hapless-hollow)

[sad-house-of-mortality]

“All wicked things once cried - Once wept and wept. Until the sound of their own weeping came to be too much to endure.”

— Helaena C Moon  .  instagram  .  helaena.c.moon  (via hapless-hollow)

[virtuallyinsane-dark]

by Elia Pellegrini

[calleo]

Just an RP Pro Tip from someone who has either been an officer of or leading RP guilds/groups for the past 10+ years:o

“IC does not equal OOC” does NOT translate to “OOC feelings don’t matter.”

It also does not mean if someone is upset about something that’s going on in an RP OOC that they “need to grow a spine.”

OOC feelings absolutely do matter when you are playing with other people and not just writing your own stories. Other players are not your NPCs. They are people who are going to have–I know this sounds weird–actual feelings about the things that go on during RP.

OOC feelings about what’s going on during a plot arc, RP session, etc…absolutely do matter, and if you’re leading an event, are a guild officer, or a guild leader, it’s absolutely part of your responsibility to make sure everyone involved in the RP that’s happening is having a good time OOC.

That doesn’t mean nothing bad can happen to characters IC, it means part of the responsibility of leading events or plot arcs is to make sure your players are having fun OOC regardless of what is going on IC.

If your players end up in situations where they feel their character can’t do anything right, can’t ‘advance’, can’t ever succeed no matter what they do, or is always getting in trouble even when they’re trying to avoid it (and that is not part of what they want to be happening), your players are not going to enjoy the RP.

YOU might be enjoying it, especially if your character is one in a position of power, but if all you ever focus on is whether the people in control of the situation are having fun you’re going to find that you run out of people to play with after awhile and will get a reputation you might not necessarily want. Yes, this applies even in settings where there are strict social rules/norms or strict hierarchies of power.

Yes, this means your military leader, high ranking Sith, pact commander, squad leader, or whatever a ‘high rank’ is in the game you’re playing can’t just walk all over players who have characters of a lower rank unless that’s the scenario that’s been agreed upon and, even if that is the agreed upon scenario, you still do regular check-ins with those players to make sure they’re still having a good time.

If they’re not, that’s when you pause the RP and figure out what can be tweaked so everyone involved is having a good time and enjoying the RP OOC. It is not appropriate for you to ever brush aside one of your players saying they’re not enjoying the RP scenario with, “It’s lore/canon, keep IC and OOC separate.”

Doing that means you’re doing a very poor job at event/scenario leading.

[calleo]

Reblogging this to add:

“IC does not equal OOC” is meant for things like:

- “Just because my character is mad at yours doesn’t mean I’m mad at you.”

- “Just because our characters are in a relationship doesn’t mean that we’re in a relationship.”

- “Just because my character doesn’t like yours doesn’t mean I don’t like you.”

It is never and has never meant “OOC feelings don’t matter.” or “If you get upset by something that’s going on in an RP that involves your character, you’re mixing IC and OOC and need to stop.”

If you think it does mean that, you’re unconditionally wrong.

[calleo]

Evening reblog because I made the important addition in the early morning.

[istolin]

.*✩ — 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐬

[rabbitloser]

{\__/} ( • . •) / >♥️  i give this to everyone that is struggling right now. it’ll be ok.

[pyr0clast]

y’know as much as self-sacrifice gets made out to be super noble and shit in a lot of fiction, i am. very much more in favor of the message “you can live. you can want to live. it is a good thing to want to live, and it is a good thing that you are alive. you don’t have to feel guilty for being alive.”

idk it’s what i really needed to hear when shit got bad and honestly it’s what i still need to hear sometimes and it’s what i want the people i care about to believe about themselves.

[nini-dirthara-lothlenanas]

Blood Moonlights small ‘800 Followers Giveaway’

It’s time for a small giveaway. This time it will be a flat color Portrait.

Rules:

Be a Follower (new Followers are welcome too)  

No Giveaway Blogs

How to join the Giveaway -> 1 x like, 1 x reblog [if you reblog it with your side account please leave your name of your main account in the tags otherwise I can’t count the reblog as an entry.] you can have a total of 2 entries

the winner will be randomly chosen

I will contact you over ask or the chat [make sure to have one of them open], if the winner will not responds in 48 hours I will choose a new winner.  

Giveaway ends on the 13th of February 8pm gmt +1

Good luck everyone

[aesterea-archived]

if you’re ever about to comment on a writer’s work and think, oh, they probably know how good they are, you’re definitely wrong. every time a writer posts or publishes anything, no matter how many years they’ve been doing it and no matter how many readers they have, they are struck with the idea that perhaps they aren’t very good at all.

if you think you’re annoying for commenting, or that we won’t see your comments anyway, you’re wrong. we see your comments. we actively look for them. we are starved for them no matter how many we get. we remember them and they fuel us. leave comments, even if it’s just saying “oh i like this”. i see an “oh i like this” and my heart grows three times its size and i am seized with an urge to provide you more writing just to hear you say “oh i like this” again.

[soulrph]

’ 𝙵𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴𝚂 ’ 𝙳𝚁𝙰𝙱𝙱𝙻𝙴 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃𝚂.

so i was looking at THIS MEME and THIS MEME and like. there’s something that i just love so much about these?? so essentially, the sender might send in smth like. “five times cried”. and the receiver can respond with a drabble about five times the receiver’s muse cried because of the sender’s muse! if you’re confused, that’s my fault, and that’s also why i have links to two of the memes that inspired this. i hope you all enjoy! as always, do NOT add more to these, i WILL be making a part 2!

five times kissed:     ( five times the receiver and sender kissed )

five times hugged:     ( five times the receiver hugged the sender )

five times called:      ( five times the receiver called the sender’s phone )

five times texted:      ( five times the receiver texted the sender )

five times cried:      ( five times the receiver cried over the sender )

five times smiled:      ( five times the sender made the receiver smile )

five times touched:      ( five times the receiver touched the sender (platonically or romantically or otherwise!) )

five times saved:     ( five times the sender’s life was saved by the receiver )

five times saved by:      ( five times the receiver was saved by the sender. )

five times protected:     ( five times the receiver was protected by the sender )

five times protective:      ( five times the receiver was protective of the sender )

five times thanked:      ( five times the receiver thanked, or felt gratitude towards, the sender )

five times comforted:      ( five times the receiver comforted the sender )

five times angered:      ( five times the sender made the receiver angry )

five times betrayed:      ( five times the receiver was, or felt, betrayed by the sender )

five times saddened:      ( five times the receiver felt sad for or because of the sender )

five times worried:      ( five times the receiver worried about the sender )

five times relieved:      ( five times the receiver felt relieved about the sender )

five times safe:      ( five times the receiver felt safe because of the sender )

five times happy:     ( five times the sender made the receiver happy. )

five times afraid:     ( five times the sender made the receiver feel afraid )

five times hurt:      ( five times the sender hurt the receiver or made them feel hurt. )

five times visited:      ( five times the sender and receiver visited each other )

five times left:      ( five times the sender and receiver parted ways )

five times reunited:      ( five times the sender and receiver reunited after being apart for a considerable length of time. )

five times stayed:      ( five times the receiver stayed with the sender )

five times glanced:     ( five times the receiver stole glances at the sender )

five times glanced at:      ( five times the receiver noticed the sender stealing glances at them )

five times healed:      ( five times the receiver nursed the sender back to health, or tended to their wounds )

five times watched:      ( five times the receiver watched the sender while they were working or doing something )

five times shared:      ( five times the receiver shared something (either a material or feelings or secrets!) with the sender )

five times flirted:      ( five times the receiver flirted with the sender )

five times blurted:      ( five times the receiver impulsively blurted something out to the sender )

five times confessed:     ( five times the receiver confessed a secret or feeling to the sender )

five times noticed:      ( five times the receiver noticed the sender properly )

[teapartyunderthestars-blog]

[mostly-sentence-starters]

Reblog this is you're 10000% with being approached with plot ideas at random!

Of course, this doesn’t mean you have to say yes, but a lot of times we don’t know we’d be interested in a thread idea unless it’s brought to our attention!

[naughtyandnicerpmemes]

Reblog this if you like seeing me on your dash

[fleur-aesthetic]

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