Friendly neighborhood knowledge gremlin

RUNNING ON 1K+ LONG QUEUE // ffxiv blog for my WoL(s) // 30s they/them or sí/í // Irish // Zodiark (Light DC) // Gaeilgeoir as cleachteadh // not guarenteed spoiler free

[whatsthisascianbullshit]

Dawntrail pinned post woooo

This blog is not certified spoiler-free and IS RUNNING ON A LONG ASS QUEUE that I hope to be able to increase the frequency of once I'm out of the medical bullshit zone. At the moment Febhyurary posts are exiting the queue in *checks calendar* July so there is a delay between likes & reblogs.

I generally tag "expac name spoilers" for major spoilers and include "expac name" or "ffxiv expac name" when something is directly relevant to an expansion but I cannot guarantee that all spoilers will be tagged as what I consider a spoiler may not align with what you consider a spoiler.

My main WoL is part of a shared canon (with some extra AUs sprinkled on top) so I'm already inclined to be a bit more flexible in terms of canon-divergence.

In order to keep this post shorter than previous pinned posts I've a post for each of my blorbos (so far).

Muireann Uais: duskwight f!elezen, my main girl - anxiety and rage given form. Spoonie witch. She's got a couple of previous lives so she also covers Panthea, Pandora, Ufufu, Ahm Al, Verochka, and Laisirfhíona // about Muireann // Muireann // Muireann Uais

Sami Fashonti keeper of the moon f!miqo'te, teen pop sensation - peer of the twins. She also has a few past lives and covers Euturpe, Parthanope, and Unei the first of Allag // about Sami // Sami // Sami Fashonti

Rammthota Sundwilfwyn sea wolf f!roegadyn, max height femroe need I say more? // about Wyn // about Rammthota // Rammthota // Wyn (note: other Wyns will also be in this tag - I gave her the nickname before I started posting here úps)

Booboo The-fool plainsfolk m!lalafel, remember the movie Elf where a human was raised by Santa's elves and think he's an Elf? Yeah it's that but Booboo was raised by the blunderbeans from the Fall Guys event // about Booboo // Booboo // Booboo the-fool

misc:

Blogger is in Ireland, timezones will be a pain.

I refer to myself as the glitter blob as that is one of the closest things I have to a gender.

I don't do chain asks or reblogs (reblog to give previous a star, asks of "send this to 5 people who brighter your day" and the like), nothing against you and it is very flattering just timezones can make this awkward especially for reblog-based ones, someone always inevitably gets left out, and I am too tired

While I am generally a bit extremely slow on answering them I do love ask games, fic prompt lists, and tag games. I do my best to send on as many as I can when they come across my dash

Lalafell are grown ass adults

[bacteriumphage]

Thought that post was cute so i drew it

[rainofaugustsith]

On Emet-Selch, Golems and מת vs. אמת

Contemplating various things here and there has made me wonder if the writers of FFXIV considered Jewish history and lore when writing and naming Emet-Selch. 

If you translate Emet-Selch''s name, the 'Emet' part in Hebrew, אמת, means 'truth.' Selch doesn't directly equate to a word, but I've read things saying it could be 'shelkha' (your) or 'selach' (forgiveness). So you would either have "forgive the truth" or "your truth." 

That's telling enough for our erstwhile frenemy, but then you get to other places the word 'emet' appears in Jewish lore: golems.  There's a lot to be said about golems and I am not always particularly happy with the name being used in video games and fantasy, but the word means something different now than it originally did and stories change over time and all. So we're not going to get into that here. What we are going to talk about is how a mainstay in a lot of golem lore is that they have the word 'emet' inscribed on their foreheads or on their chests. What if you need to deactivate the golem, temporarily or permanently? You take away the first letter, the א (yes, remember in Hebrew one reads right to left, so that is the first letter of the world) and that gives you 'met', מת, Which means 'dead.' 

The golem in many stories, like the Golem of Prague, started out as a protector and defender, but eventually caused so much carnage he had to be stopped. So roll that over in your mind again: Emet-Selch is the Convocation member in charge of the underworld. He later has a 'third eye' on his forehead, sort of like a golem mark. In Shadowbringers he seems to vacillate between cruelty and protectiveness. And, we learn in Endwalker, he missing a very crucial part of his memories that were deliberately taken away. 

End result...the Hades/Emet-Selch in Elpis becomes an Ascian who commits countless acts of mass murder and other atrocities. Truth turns to death. At the end of Shadowbringers, the Warrior of Light and Scions have no choice but to stop him.

I don't know if it's deliberate on the part of the FFXIV writers, but given how deeply they seem to delve into lore, I wouldn't doubt it. 

[tinygameralec]

Given the English naming conventions of the smaller sin eaters as 'Forgiven X', I've always had the feeling that Emet-Selch was named that because it translates fairly well into 'Forgiven Truth' or 'Forgiving Truth'.

Which suits his role in the story down to the ground.

But this is a bloody good post and I encourage all my followers who have finished ShB and EW to read it!

[rainofaugustsith]

...!!!!!

Thank you so much for bringing up this amazing observation. Translating his name to Forgiven Truth makes so much sense in the context of Shadowbringers. Also, the whole deal with the sin eaters is that they have been distorted into something extremely different than the people or animals they once were. They may have been kind and peaceful when alive, but when infected by that much light, they become very dangerous entities who kill others and take their aether to survive. Given what happens to Emet-Selch, it's an apt comparison. The grouchy but well meaning man in Elpis who tends to the underworld becomes a fearsome Ascian who commits atrocities and tries to kill others and rejoin entire planets to survive. He also tries to recruit the Warrior of Light/Darkness to his cause as a monstrous light warden, in the same way the sin eaters infect others to essentially 'recruit' them. ooh, this is good. Thank you again for reblogging with these thoughts!

[finishing-touch]

Some old Saska art commissioned over the last year.

[terramythos]

when i was in a (bad) static the OT insisted that i main tank, which is fine, except i was playing WAR which has a slower opening ramp time and he slammed full PLD burst right out the gate. which would not be a problem except he point blank refused to do any stance dancing or use shirk during a fight, which caused us to wipe several times whenever there was an early tank swap (because my voke would be on cooldown). when we confronted him about it he shared the INCREDIBLE tech of "prepull shirk" and then blamed me for losing aggro because he had shirked me during prepull and it was thus entirely my fault that he got aggro from his opening burst.

in case you're confused, shirk redirects EXISTING aggro, if you use it before pulling the boss it does literally nothing because you have ZERO AGGRO and are thus dividing FUCKING ZERO. he would not listen to anyone who tried to explain this to him and did it every pull. he was completely serious about this

he got angry when i suggested he main tank if he was not willing to delay tank stance until after his opening burst. because he didn't want to main tank. we also could not kick him from the static because he was the FC leader at the time. eventually we all got fed up and ditched his ass at once (for WAY more reasons than this, but that's another can of worms)

like i do genuinely miss having a static to raid with because i find solving a fight with friends fun, but there sure were jackasses like that lmao

[terramythos]

if you ever think youre bad at ffxiv, at least you probably arent 'prepull shirk tantrum' bad

[punchelf]

I finally finished the dwarf quests

[pointyhatspointyears]

❄ Happy holidays to all who celebrate ❄ ✨(and a cozy Starlight to those who don't)✨ Inspired by the coziest game artwork (x)

[thefreelanceangel]

Julezen 2026: #3 "Ember"

Let the sparks drawn from our clashing blades ignite the fire to cleanse this desolate place.

[iron-sparrow]

I love them and how they smile~

. bsky

[shmz042]

winter is coming

Prints // Twitter // Bsky // Goodshop

[ikmkr]

Junelezen Day 21: Technology

“dude. that’s not how you use that.”

although his ninth shard knows how to use a phone, he does not.

[dearestcherry]

a spot for lovers. ♡

[yloiseconeillants]

FEBHYURARY 2025 ~ Day 4 :: Touch

Pygmalion spoke and sang to Galatea Who keeping to her pedestal in doubt Of these new qualities, blood, bones and breath, Nor yet relaxing her accustomed poise, Her Parian rigour, though alive and burning, Heard out his melody

"Pygmalion to Galatea," Robert Graves, 1926.

(moren belongs to @azure-dragonsinger)

[myreia]

Oooh how about Minfilia in expectations!!!

here she is! 🧡🤍🩷

[whatsthisascianbullshit]

"I think we've more than earned a break, hm?"

--- I got this absolutely gorgeous commission from @hanseelie and OUGH when I say that I adore everything it feels like an understatemet I've been absolutely beaming at this for hours thank you so much again!

Wonderful art by a wonderful person 100/10 would recommend (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

[fy-raaa-ga]

Au'ra April Day 29: Promise!

Three promises guided Fy'ra on her path, given by three different warriors. Each promised to bring hope in their own fashion. From each, Fy'ra learned to cherish the Hope of Peace, to embody the Hope of Life, and fight for the Hope of Tomorrow. Luckily, she didn't need to shoulder this burden alone.

It was wonderful getting back to gposing. This prompt gave me some difficulty, and I've tossed it over in my head for far too long. Fy'ra has trust issues after too many bloody banquets, it's rare for her to promise or believe others' promises. I had to include the Third Promise in some way too, which led to this.

[bitcrushblues]

a small serotonin boost for your day