#escher strange

[escherstrange]

Yeah, I know what you into Baby, got a type

Yeah, I could be gentle But that ain't what you like

Lips you're biting, it's inviting And it's hot as hell

Trust your body, I'm nobody I don't kiss and tell

[set2zero]

I made it to Eorzea Cafe, but at what cost.

[housedeaubemarle]

@escherstrange-ffxiv, @silentmight and I went to get Kpop/Jpop idol outfits the Seneschal Prince outfits together - Shenanigans were Required

And arguably the shot which made me laugh the hardest:

Happy Little Ladies Day!

[escherstrange]

To @iron-sparrow:

As someone who was born, raised, currently lives, and will die at the equator, spring will always be a foreign concept. Spring was something I read in Enid Blyton books, of hours-long showers where children stayed home, looking forward to frolicking in flowers after. The Lunar New Year celebrates the transition of seasons I do not experience firsthand.

When the grass is always green, when the rain stops after a brief but violent storm only to start again tomorrow, when fruits follow some vague idea of a 'season' but can be bought almost anytime, the idea of looking forward to a single season for rebirth is absurd. Every day the land grows. I live in a state of perpetuity.

Perhaps that is my message: Don't look forward to a single time frame when hope is eternal. Wishes need not be fresh. Take as long as you need and want. It is forever.

Don't even wait for the rain to stop. You are fire and you will burn stronger than any attempt to extinguish it. I think...everyone here knows this.

Blaze your trail, leave your mark. The wind will carry your ashes.

And I will see hope shine eternal, long after seasons past.

[escherstrange]

"Another Starlight come and gone."

"Not sure how they got the Thaumaturge's Guild to produce this much snow, but I guess it worked."

"Here's to another year."

[escherstrange]

Did I forget to post art I commissioned immediately after receiving it? Again? Why yes, yes I did.

@temporoyales 's skeb comms was open and I bit the bullet. WORTH IT.

[Deb's VGen so you too can get cool art]

[escherstrange]

Happy birthday @mimble-sparklepudding! *Chucks 180kg confetti bag*

I had to crack my head a bit to think of who Escher calls friends because, I'll be honest, he doesn't have (m)any. He walks through life blithely yet with such focused tunnel vision on his research that it seldom occurs to him that the people who he sees often are friends and not people who keep him safe. So, acquaintances at least, allies at most.

We'll walk through the main ones in...some kind of order.

Crofte (@undercrofte, pic by him) is the father figure that Escher lacked in adulthood, who watches over him to make sure they both don't die in their wildest goose chase for the Premier Massage. Escher whines to him about his life, he treats Escher in a very tough-love manner. Somehow, they get by and that's how real friendship works.

Adrian is a simp for Escher and also his current partner, but considering they were chatting and going on wild hijinks for 2 years before finally going official, we'll say they started as friends first. Only a partner who was your friend first can chew you out for getting your ribs broken in a no-holds-barred televised duel and then gently treat your wounds after as a sign of forgiveness.

Can a sparrow @iron-sparrow) be a friend? If Little Light visits every year, sure, why not. If he talks to it regularly it's a friend. I don't make the rules.

Izayoi (@observeroflaplace) and Tisiphone stretch the definition of friendship. Izayoi is an ally he's bumped into on several adventures (and he nailed a note to her door with severe consequences) that he's comfortable sharing information and a little bit of emotions with her. One of Tisiphone's shards bit (yes) him as they fought and he still struggles to tell the difference that this one comes in peace (kind of). But he treats her with more civility and less hostility than everyone else so that counts for something.

Escher's noulith engineer Renmazuo (@creswantscards) is filled with dread each time Escher walks through his door, but they are slowly opening up to each other enough to verbally hit where it hurts. If your friend doesn't call out your BS, are they really a friend?

I haven't taken any new pics but Ireul is his childhood friend. They can't stand each other and when they meet they just bicker and insult each others' life choices. We all know that friendship is when you don't meet for years but continue conversations like yesterday. That's them.

And that's it! I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did scrounging for pics.

[escherstrange]

YandereScher.