[dragons-bones]

i will fucking call it "chariot" and "dynamo" after the heat death of the fucking universe

[dragons-bones]

#honestly when I was in an FC that raided savage#most often what we called them was “get in get in get in” and “out out out out” @ecosystem-administrator

this is the way!

[sapphobolide]

[archmage-lleweneth]

Slamsyn Aragweth

[moonlitvesper]

happy pride to them

[koukouvayia]

you have to

[eemamminy-art]

Oh to be dipped by your tall girlfriend who adores you 🥰

[spiribia]

well come and well met, my brave little spark

[c-dra]

a little treat

[dragons-bones]

sometimes when I need to just feel some big emotions in a healthy, manageable, and concise way, I go watch the Flames of Truth cinematic

which inevitably leads to me going "goddamnit I wish the Binding Coils of Bahamut were more accessible beyond just unsyncing it at a ridiculously high level because this is the final chapter of the Seventh Umbral Calamity"

*slams fists on table* RE-TUNE COILS FOR RAID ROULETTE IN EVERCOLD, YOSHI-P

[dragons-bones]

AND ANOTHER THING

this is the OG Alisaie growth arc, because I love my darling gremlin ready to fight lil' sister but she was just as spoiled and snobby and sure she knew better as Alphinaud when she first arrived in Eorzea, she just presented it differently

Coils is where Alisaie learns to stand on her own feet and not in her grandfather's shadow, to form her own opinions about the world and how to live in it and how to help others; if you don't do Coils before she returns to MSQ in Heavensward patches, the dichotomy between her more worldly confidence and her initial appearance back before level twenty is incredibly jarring

as far as I am concerned, Binding Coils is integral to MSQ, wrapping up major elements of 1.0, and SHOULD BE MANDATORY CONTENT GODS ALL DAMNIT

RE-TUNE COILS ALREADY

[fourteenthz]

FEEL THAT IN THE AIR, FRIEND?

Another lovely summer is upon us, and that means it's time to celebrate with yet another xiv event!!

Since the plan is to stretch it throughout summer, I’m doing a longer “deadline” for each prompt + an opening and closing day. This way, we can star/end together but still have our own pace in betweens <3

MAKE SURE TO USE: #XIV HEATWAVE FESTIVAL

As always with my prompts: you will get a theme + a specific prompt + a quote. This time, since it's weekly prompts, you can use any of the 3 prompts any time during that week. Be it just one or multiple posts per week, mix and match some of them, skip others entirely - you do you!

— GUIDELINES:

this list is intended for every medium! I once again made sure to add quote prompts to make it easier for writers, but feel free to pick and choose whatever you want: gpose, art, gifs, writing, anything goes!

none of the prompts are mandatory, specially not this time. you have 3 prompts every week to use them as you please!

NSFT works are welcome. You know me by now and know some of those are purposefully suggestive, but feel free to go crazy with any of them! just remember to tag and label them accordingly to those who don't wish to see this type of content.

It starts in JULY, so we have a month to prepare + during the weeks.

Still, if you can't make it on those dates, trust me, there's no real dealine. This is intended for all summer but if you ever feel like following it later, feel free to join!!

Make sure to use and lurk the hashtag: #XIV HEATWAVE FESTIVAL to support your fellow creators and DRINK WATER!

— WRITTEN PROMPT LIST:

JULY 01: heatwave, melting, “it's too hot...”

JULY 02 - 05: water, swimming, “come on.”

JULY 06 - 12: fun, competition, “there are no rules.”

JULY 13 - 19: sunkissed, golden hour, “look at you.”

JULY 20 - 26: beach, bonfire, “don't touch that-”

JULY 27 - AUGUST 02: wander, drifting, “where are we/you?”

AUGUST 03 - 09: fresh, camping/hiking, “try some!”

AUGUST 10 - 16: sweat, bathing, “turn around.”

AUGUST 17 - 22: glow, stargazing, “what was that?”

AUGUST 23: chill, moonfire, “look up!”

[anneapocalypse]

In the timeline post about the Circle of Knowing I put a lot of emphasis on Thancred having Archon marks at 17 but in hindsight I maybe should have dwelled more on Y'shtola who not only was also an Archon at 17, but also after graduating from ten years of study in Matoya's cave, immediately left to become an active disciple of her mentor's bitterest rival, and I think that is an aspect of their relationship that perhaps doesn't get enough attention. Both the fact that Y'shtola Did That, and the fact that fifteen years later they are on speaking terms.

[anneapocalypse]

Imagine. You're Matoya. You've had this catgirl apprentice for like ten years that you didn't actually want but your culture considers it your responsibility as an Archon to mentor the Youths so you couldn't just kick her out, so instead you were a hardass on purpose hoping she'd quit. But it turns out she was as stubborn as you were strict and she stayed and completed her whole education in your cave and now she's an Archon at 17 and damn it, you're proud of her in spite of it all. Meanwhile the whole colony is planning an exodus back to the motherland. You don't give a shit. You like your cave. You hate the Forum. Put your thesis in the Forbidden section, will they? Fine, you'll seal it away from even them, and go live in a cave. And now that Leveilleur asshole with his prophecies and his doomsaying and his godsdamned seventh verse of Mezaya seven waning moons who gives a fuck is sniffing around your apprentice for some secret society he's forming. Hah! She would never. Except she comes back to the cave to pack up all her stuff and says, Farewell, Master. I'm joining the Circle of Knowing. Master Louisoix wants to send me to Vylbrand. And you're like what the fuck. What the absolute fuck. You're doing what. You're joining whomst. You're what. Farewell, she says, and she leaves and what are you going to do about it. You're not leaving your cave. Everyone packs up and leaves and the colony lies abandoned. You stay in your cave. The Forum says, well, so long as you're staying, can you keep an eye on the Antitower for us. You flip them off. Thanks, they say, and they leave. You don't see your apprentice again for fifteen years.

Fifteen years later, she walks in without knocking and says, It's been too long, Master Matoya. Is that fucking Louisoix's granddaughter you have in tow, you say. Grandson, she says. Whatever, you say. You manage to say something halfway nice about his grandfather.

I need access to your forbidden research, your apprentice says.

You look at her. All grown up and saving the world and not even holding a grudge about all those things you said when she left.

You sigh.

You say, Very well.

Just like that? she says. She's surprised.

Just like that.

[nhaneh]

okay so you got me to actually go look up that one side quest I usually only vaguely remember that you can get from Saro Roggo inside Matoya's cave - as I recall the poroggo is concerned that since Matoya has not bestowed upon him any specific duty, she might find his service unnecessary and return him to regular frogendom and thus asks for your help in trying to learn what Matoya wants so that he might find a suitable means of service. Specifically this involves speaking to a number of Matoya's enchanted brooms to see if they know anything in particular.

I'm going to paste some of the most relevant excerpts below, but if you want to look up the full quest consolegameswiki has stuff here.

First we have this particular dialogue with one of the brooms...

Self-possessed Broom: Em ot semoc eh/ehs, yllanif dna, swish-swish-aroo! So, you wish to know what is dearest to our mistress. That is a difficult question. From her research into aether to her herb garden, much and more is dear to her. Self-possessed Broom: What she loves most, I cannot say, but I know for a fact what she hates above all else: Y'shtola. Self-possessed Broom: How do I know this? Because she never, ever talks about Y'shtola. Why, she goes to great pains to avoid the subject. She wouldn't do that for something she likes, now, would she? (Optional)Self-possessed Broom: What my mistress loves most, I cannot say, but I know for a fact what she hated above all else: her last pupil, Y'shtola.

...which, after briefly reporting back to Saro Roggo, is followed up by this part with a different broom.

Serendipitous Broom: You are he/she who summoned me? Serendipitous Broom: I desire nothing of you, save that you desire nothing of me. I possess no knowledge that could possibly be of use to you. Serendipitous Broom: For my mistress has imparted unto me naught but memories—the memories of a young Y'shtola. Serendipitous Broom: The warmth of her hands. Her determined countenance. Her blossoming into a woman grown. Every mundane conversation they shared. Her sudden departure. The painful farewell. Serendipitous Broom: My mistress cannot bear to have these memories near, but neither does she wish to forget them. So it was that she entrusted them to my safekeeping and bade me to remain hidden. Serendipitous Broom: I can tell you naught more. Pray leave me to my sweeping."

So... yeah. Imagine. You're Matoya. And you have spent the last ten years of your life mentoring what was once this spitting little fireball of a kitten who had absolutely no qualms telling you just what a complete and utter mess your cave is in. And for all the disagreements you've had, all the arguments you've gone through, all the challenges and mistakes and failures and successes... this one ungrateful little coeurl somehow had the sheer godsdamned audacity to dare worm her little way into your heart and become the one most precious souls you have ever known.

And then she decides to just leave.

You're angry - worse, you're somehow feeling... lonely. You. The implacable Master Matoya - someone whom even the dolts at the Forum know not to argue with. You. Are heartbroken.

And so you shut those memories away, stuff them into one of your familiars and send it off somewhere else. Somewhere where it won't remind you of how much it hurts. Somewhere it will be safe.

Because despite sitting on a virtual treasure trove of all manner of mysterious artefacts and magical knick-knacks... those godsdamned memories are somehow the most precious thing you own.

[fandaniel]

not going to lie. i do think getting rid of button bloat and big combos is long term going to make the game more accessible. especially since this was announced right after saying they have a aging fanbase. i dont really care about doing complex combos mid combat and think the two minute window its built around was restrictive for design and hope itll be fun on release and open up more people to try new things

[scrollsfromarebornrealm]

I very much like the fact they specifically are focusing on their 'aging fanbase'. That they're focusing on people who have jobs and can't devote themselves to the game damn near constantly. Because I'm pretty sure that 'aging fanbase' makes up a good majority of the overall gaming population.

[mythiclings]

[druidshollow]

HAVE THAT CHARACTER GAIN WEIGHT AS A SIGN OF HEALING: NOW

[minovskyy]

smiles serenely

[haunted-xander]

She jugglin'

[aphantimes]

🫵 YOU. STOP WHERE YOU ARE

say something nice about prev!!! find something cool about them!! give their blog a skim!!

compliments are FREE TO GIVE so GIVE THEM OUT. pls. thamnk. (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

[eraserheadadult]

as a lover of Women Fighting & Killing media it's so important to me when they actually let the women look like shit. you know what i mean. like im so bored when a woman is in what's supposed to be a brutal fight and her hair is just aesthetically tousled or something and her makeup is still pristine. fuck offfff. if she's beating the shit out of someone and fighting for her life she should be covered in blood n bile she should look like she got hit by a truck and the truck exploded