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The Calamity that Lord Bahamut brought upon Eorzea was horrible, but not unjustified.

Given the wording (“unjustified”), neither agree nor disagree. If the wording were something to the effect of, “not without purpose in the grand scheme of things,” then agree.

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Partially, but more specifically, the fact that the spoken races sealed him away for such a long amount of time, and the fact that he's a dragon, he had reasons to act out of tremendous rage, whether or not that rage had a purpose in a grand scheme.

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Final Fantasy XIV style Johan Anderson or.. as close I could get to it =P

#reminds me of cere #but with green hair #idk #^^;

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#final fantasy iv #rydia

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#final fantasy iv #rydia

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a few days ago I made crazy eyes in SiC chat and screamed for references for pretty mooncats while I tried to figure out their varied skintones. I have more to do and will post them all when I’m done, but here’s what I got so far.

thanks sharlayan and bowdownoverdweller!

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Eeeeee issa Midra! <333 I love how she turned out!

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8:Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging

There are so many ways to indulge, aren't there?

Eating chocolate, just plain, dark, semi-sweet chocolate, is one of my smaller indulgences.

Relaxing in a hot both is another thing I really quite enjoy, particularly when accompanied by a good book.

I wonder if this is indulging, but spending time with people I'm intimate with, cuddling and talking.

For me, indulging is a way to relax and feel more at peace. It's a completely positive experience, and doesn't have to be in response to anything in particular. (I may indulge in something after a difficult day, but I may not. I may indulge after and average or good day as well.)

34:Thoughts on privacy? (Are they a private person, or are they prone to ‘TMI’?)

It...depends. I've lived in a close knit community for quite some time, and so I would all be rather open with most others. There'd still be things I wouldn't actively bring up in conversation, but mostly because no one would want to hear about them vs feeling as though they needed to remain secret.

That's me, at least.

Other people, particularly some of my closest friends and families, have secrets but I don't pry or feel particularly left out because I don't know these things.

In Eorzea, I'm much more reserved, but once I get to know someone I'm often much more open with them.

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Cristal Sorceress by naturaljuice

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A’khebica synthesia related to numbers (in particular) and patterns, and is one of the reasons she's such a quick study as an arcanist.

Yes and no. A’khebica does not have “classic” synesthesia wherein textual data is overmapped onto the other senses (taste, hearing, texture, etc). Rather, she has spatial sequence synesthesia which combines with her aptitude for patterns and shapes, thus giving her that cognitive edge. Quite literally, her equations form shapes around her.

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// =D yeah, i didn't want to say "colour" because i wasn't sure, but it's neat that i thought she would and, lo and behold, she does!

Is there anything Rydia is resentful of? If so, details~?

Hm. A few things come to mind, but most are quite far in the past for her.

A recent thing, however, is Gaius van Baelsar, Lahabrea, and the Ultima Weapon.

Gaius not because he feels the Twelve and Primals are worthless, but because he feels the need to force this belief upon other people, as if simply believing in, for example, Nophica the Matron, makes one weak or unenlightened.

Lahabrea because, while she does not see destruction in and of itself as something to be avoided at all costs, his motives were so unclear that it certainly appeared as though he simply wished for destruction for destruction’s sake. Perhaps that is incorrect, but she doesn’t know much beyond that.

The Ultima Weapon is a curious thing in this regard, as it is not a person, but a weapon, a tool. She feels it’s a foolish tool, mind you, but it does not have a will of its own, and merely acts as it is commanded. She nonetheless resents (feels bitter toward) it. Even if these incarnations of the Eidolons seem to have no memory of her, the arrogance that went this device’s construction, a device that serves only to turn gods into “powers”, is something she cannot look past.

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We know Midra feels pretty positively about the idea of tempering. But what would happen if she were? How would her friends and family handle that? What would she possibly do in those circumstances, were her will bent to that of a primal? And what if she were tempered by an entity other than Titan?

If she were tempered, well— she’d be expecting that her friends and family would be alongside her, realistically. Titan tempers very rarely, and so she’s always imagined that her eventual tempering would not be a casual, individual event but the culmination of a big ritual, in which the faithful gather en masse before a summoned Titan to ask that He temper them.

She’s never really thought about having that experience alone, but if she did, those from the subterrane at least would likely not flinch, being it’s the end goal that their whole society works towards. When your religion sees being tempered as akin to becoming a saint, it’s not something you’re inclined to get too upset about. If there was sadness, it’d be most like the sadness of a child growing up and leaving home, to enter into the next phase of their lives and adult fulfilment. As for how her surface friends would handle it… well, you’d need to ask them. :D

What would she do? Presumably, whatever that entity wanted. Her people speak of tempering not as a forcing or destroying of will, but as as a form of enlightenment: the tempered becomes perfectly aware of their god’s will and perfectly comprehending of how that will is righteous and beneficial for all. Having had it revealed to them how their god’s will is infinitely wiser and superior to anything they could have striven for on their own, they come to see their own will and desires as insignificant, as childish distractions from the true meaning of the universe. Thus, they feel inspired, continually and passionately, to obey the will of their god above all things.

As for being tempered by an entity other than Titan— that’s possibly her greatest fear. She’s devoted her life to serving Wawa Ghaya and to the hope of ascending to the priesthood and, eventually, tempering; to be tempered by another entity would defeat everything she’s pledged herself towards. At the same time, once tempered she probably wouldn’t mind it, but her subterranean friends would be distraught, and possibly even seek a way to get her untempered so that she could come back home.

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We wouldn’t have a problem, naturally, if Midra were tempered, unless she either distress from it (unlikely), or she suddenly was trying to hunt down and end our life (also rather unlikely).

Rydia would likely just want to sit down with her, once the initial period (of enlightenment? elation?) of the experience wore off, curious as to what it were like, given that even after living with what people call Primals for so long, she’d never heard of this idea of “tempering” until arriving in Eorzea, and she’s kind of curious.

Sadly the other people she’s met who were tempered reacted either by simply mumbling the Primals name, enthralled, or violently attempting to end her life.

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Now I wanna AU!RP this at some point. Rydia and Midra talking after Midra gets tempered.

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That would be super fun times =)

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Art giveaway art! Crrahsa Yamah’s lovely black mage! I couldn’t decide which one I liked more, so here’s both! I actually *really* like this one, so I will probably recreate it again digitally so I can so some color on it.

I hope you like it!

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OMG squee! This is so amazing! (I’d love to see you colour it, too~! That would be so wonderful!)

#so what you're saying is rrahsa is basically auron #only you can tell the difference if you look closely #like she puts her other arm in the sling #and she's a cat

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We know Midra feels pretty positively about the idea of tempering. But what would happen if she were? How would her friends and family handle that? What would she possibly do in those circumstances, were her will bent to that of a primal? And what if she were tempered by an entity other than Titan?

If she were tempered, well— she’d be expecting that her friends and family would be alongside her, realistically. Titan tempers very rarely, and so she’s always imagined that her eventual tempering would not be a casual, individual event but the culmination of a big ritual, in which the faithful gather en masse before a summoned Titan to ask that He temper them.

She’s never really thought about having that experience alone, but if she did, those from the subterrane at least would likely not flinch, being it’s the end goal that their whole society works towards. When your religion sees being tempered as akin to becoming a saint, it’s not something you’re inclined to get too upset about. If there was sadness, it’d be most like the sadness of a child growing up and leaving home, to enter into the next phase of their lives and adult fulfilment. As for how her surface friends would handle it… well, you’d need to ask them. :D

What would she do? Presumably, whatever that entity wanted. Her people speak of tempering not as a forcing or destroying of will, but as as a form of enlightenment: the tempered becomes perfectly aware of their god’s will and perfectly comprehending of how that will is righteous and beneficial for all. Having had it revealed to them how their god’s will is infinitely wiser and superior to anything they could have striven for on their own, they come to see their own will and desires as insignificant, as childish distractions from the true meaning of the universe. Thus, they feel inspired, continually and passionately, to obey the will of their god above all things.

As for being tempered by an entity other than Titan— that’s possibly her greatest fear. She’s devoted her life to serving Wawa Ghaya and to the hope of ascending to the priesthood and, eventually, tempering; to be tempered by another entity would defeat everything she’s pledged herself towards. At the same time, once tempered she probably wouldn’t mind it, but her subterranean friends would be distraught, and possibly even seek a way to get her untempered so that she could come back home.

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We wouldn't have a problem, naturally, if Midra were tempered, unless she either distress from it (unlikely), or she suddenly was trying to hunt down and end our life (also rather unlikely).

Rydia would likely just want to sit down with her, once the initial period (of enlightenment? elation?) of the experience wore off, curious as to what it were like, given that even after living with what people call Primals for so long, she'd never heard of this idea of "tempering" until arriving in Eorzea, and she's kind of curious.

Sadly the other people she's met who were tempered reacted either by simply mumbling the Primals name, enthralled, or violently attempting to end her life.