Yaz's FFXIV blog

THIS IS A SIDEBLOG. magicalyazsparkles is my main! || ~ Yazi Safaia - Cerberus ~ || "Cute grape lizard" (ty foewreckem) || http://www.redbubble.com/people/yasminwalji || Icon by sinadraws on twitter || Dotted among the reblogs are a few original posts by me (tagged yazffxiv and yazi safaia)

[invisiblebounds-ffxiv]

The Make It Rain 2026

[tboylucifer]

I don't think Estinien ever worries about the WoL, not because he doesn't care, but because anything you do he just assumes you'll succeed, even if it shouldn't be possible. You brought Ishgard and dragons together, you and Alphinaud saved him from Nidhogg's eyes, and then you immediately freed two more countries, of course you're going to save this other world and bring the scions' souls home. He doesn't really understand it, but it sounds like you have it covered. The world is ending? Man it's a good thing we got you on our side. Fought a god of despair at the edge of the world? That's a Tuesday for you, right? The WoL is seemingly dying on the spaceship floor? Nah, watch this, they're gonna perk up in about ten minutes and give us each a high five. (Alisaie smacks him for saying this, but he's absolutely still right.)

Estinien may not be the smartest of the scions, but he is wise, and he may not fully understand what plot armor is, but he's definitely clocked that you got it.

[tboylucifer]

@aufreane

I was actually thinking about making a post about this. Up until now we've been carried a bit by Hydaelyn, but at Ultima Thule Hydaelyn is dead and you and Zenos are still coming back again and again when you go down in the fight. It's explained that it's the dynamis, but dynamis is like aether, a power source just one that carries emotions. Zenos has absorbed the power of a primal previously, and we as the Warrior of Light have not just the faith of Estinien and the scions, but that of every person we have saved across the world and even the enemy in front of us. If faith in something in this world can create a god I would not be surprised if we already count as one.

[wikimb]

Alex is concerned about his privacy being respected xD

[snail-fever]

a story about grief

song: world spins madly on by the weepies

[artctrlcee]

Empty nest syndrome

Based on the outtakes by Thancred's English VA (link to bsky)

[let-history-be-unwritten]

so ive got a friend into FFXIV

and this was the fucking MSQ line up she somehow ended up with and honestly I just wasn't aware I was playing on balmung

[moment-live]

You just know everyone passed out in Wol’s inn room after ultima thule

[shadandrews]

Besties........ :)

[terramythos]

ahh what a beautiful day for fishing in fake afterlife disneyland. just me, my fishing pole, a miniature version of my wife, the torbalan looming in the background ready to murder me,

[terramythos]

he's right behind me isn't he.

[terramythos]

someone killed them and teleported away #thanks

[captainbasch]

Y'shtola Rhul | Scion of the Seventh Dawn _________________________ 🌕🧙‍♀️🫧📖

[osipopz]

An actual sticker of me of how I look when playing FFXIV. ✨

[hsiadolllllllll]

Paladin Zero✨✨

[sunnythanalan]

Warrior of Light's first face reveal in each expansion trailer

[eorzean-cabbage]

So this post goes on main because it's not about the game itself, but about the guy who was responsible for a lot of it.

YoshiP, the director and producer for the game Final Fantasy XIV of which I'm a huge a fan, once went on record in front of a crowd announcing that the game will slowly be unlocking gendered gear for both masculine and feminine models. That is to say, they're going back to a lot of old gear set and making it so that even if you're on a male model, you can wear "traditionally feminine" clothing like dresses etc just fine. The personal anecdote he shared along with it was because he saw a mother react repulsively towards someone wearing the supposedly wrong gendered outfit on his commute one day, pulling her child away while this person was just walking and minding their own business, and that greatly saddened him. So even though he only worked on a game, he wanted to give players and potential players somewhere they could express themselves freely.

This was a pretty incredibly rare move for an MMORPG, never mind one that constantly came out with new gear sets multiple times per expansion. Game devs were going back to old equipment models and redoing them for both model genders, and we'd had consistent updates on hairstyles, clothes, all kinds of things since then.

I'm not here to say that Naoki Yoshida is a perfect person who always deserves everyone's support. I can think of at least one instance where I wish he would do better, lmao. But he's been incredibly professional with his product and also understands that it's a collaborative work of art and game, and he's always been very kind towards the people who play his game and who his product immediately affects, as well. He also went on record directly telling harassment on the English voice actor for a major character in the new expansion, who IRL is a trans woman, to stop. She posted that at a later FanFest, he met up with her to ask how she was doing and hung out with her specifically, afterwards.

I dunno. The recent FanFest reminded me of this. He brought out a senior member of the battle design system to introduce some earth-shaking changes to said battle system and other parts of FFXIV, and spent a lot of time introducing him and showing the team's strong support for the guy. Players are most cynical and abusive when it comes to system changes in MMOs, and considering how YoshiP had been in the past, his kindness and support for the guy felt incredibly purposeful and yet still very sincere.

I would play FFXIV on its own merits, because it was truly an incredible game and story that had very literally reshaped the worst parts of my life when I needed it the most, but it's very nice to know that it's made by someone who's kind to the trans/queer community and continues to show his support by designing his game to accommodate people's self expression, while still keeping the quality top notch.

[yyymmmrrr]

[alitharas]

Gerudo Link

◮ Glamour details:

Head: Moonward Veil of Scouting ⬤ Metallic Sky Blue

Body: Story-spinner's Chestwrap ⬤ Ochu Green ◯ Undyed

Hands: Star Velvet Long Gloves of Healing ⬤ Metallic Sky Blue

Legs: Story-spinner's Sarouel ⬤ Lavender Purple ◯ Undyed

Feet: Idealized Dancer's Shoes ⬤ Ochu Green ⬤ Ul Brown

Earrings: Copper Earrings

[verodynamix]

Yoshi P should bring back Alaimbert of the Spiked Butt as a boss and give him a move called Butt Slider so he can say to fans: "Well? This is what you asked for, right?"

[amememightywarrior]

CAN YOUR BUTT SLIDE AS WELL AS MINE PREPARE YOUR BUTT FOR SLIDING LIKE A COERTHAN PUFFER, MY BUTT SWELLS IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR SLIDER