Time for a New Pinned! This time with the Ichta!AUs and Anzu!
Last 4 are gpose only characters, but the rest you may encounter in the wild! (Ichta only in her canon form, however)
Ao3:
Ko-fi:
Patreon:
be cringe about your interests!! be embarrassing about the things that matter to you!! be unashamedly annoying with regards to the things that make your world go round!! the world is a better place because of it!!
Savage Raiding isn't about finding a group of people who are incredibly good at the game - it's about finding a group of people that it is fun to fail thru mechanics with until you succeed.
Time for a slightly spicy take:
You're allowed to do content that is new to you blind. You are not required to watch a guide to do King Moggle Mog, I promise.
Dear tank that got mad at me for pulling in Orbonne:
Sometimes when you start a countdown, an AST will put down Earthly Star.
When you cancel that countdown 7 seconds in, I cannot unplace my Earthly Star
Fuck it, posting his tiddies on the TL before bed I am weak and this was a Ktisis accident where it loaded him in with (1) clothe on (hand gear).
Ketenramm call me.
I am begging Squeenix to ilevel sync Endsinger. We LB3'd at 5% of her health this morning which meant our TWO first timers did not get to really enjoy phase 2 :) Like damn, if you gonna make it a story thing let the first timers see the story part of it?
Reminder that MSQ is written with a blank slate WoL in mind to make sure the story can exist for as many people as possible and that the writers don't know your character exists and did not actually write anything with you in particular in mind as an attack on your lore.
So I have decided that doing the deed in Il Mheg comes with 2 types of onlookers you basically can't avoid - the pixies who are treating it like they're sports commentators....and the Nu Mou.
/massive sip of coffee/
Do you think about how most prayers to Oschon were likely in regards to loved ones leaving/being away from them and wishing them safety in the distance and about goodbyes and that is why he was so heavily influenced by solitude and farewells?
Thinking about how reveal of the death of the Head of Reason gave Bakool Ja Ja a dose of information the brothers likely never had to consider before and chewing on how they feel about/are processing that.
This is your reminder (or first time discovery) that Teamcraft has a Currency Spending Guide if you're capped on something and need to offload some and maybe make some gil.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I just realized that because Hildy is required for the EW relic weapons, the Scholasticate Quests are unlocked for more people than ever and I cannot stress how much you should do those for the lore if you're a Lore Person (tm). (Especially for Ishgard)
Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better but it is Nero singing both parts and just pretending to be Cid during one of them because Cid refuses to participate.
Also with the Ktsis update and all the new bones in the face, I wanted to show people a little something that makes certain parts of the skeleton a little less overwhelming for *me* to work with
Maybe an unpopular opinion but:
Your character is cool whether they're a Super OP Superman Mary Sue Mythological Figure Type or a I Am Guy A Regular Guy And I Guess I'm In It Now Type.
All that matters is they make you happy.
WoL/NPC ship experience:
NPC: /speaks to WoL/OC as tho they've been apart/haven't spoken in like 6 months
Player: 'That's your husband/wife, you saw them this morning.'
My suggestion for the Mogtome Event is run Aglaia and Europhrosyne to stock up on the coins to upgrade your gear after the patch while you're getting a really good # of tomes.
NGL, as much as it means you don't see them again and get new stuff....shipping with a character written out of the story is great because MSQ ain't gonna come around and contradict me past my Correction Of Canon point.
I hate to be the bearer of good news: Every WoLNPC ship is the most canon and you cannot change your position in the hierarchy. I'm sorry. They're all good and valid and perfect. None are better or more valid or canon than the others.
Some people treat Fandom and Shipping like a Big Time Competition (tm) and I just gotta say the real winners are the people just enjoying their blorbos and their stuff and having a good time.
Imagining the WoL (especially one who maybe didn't meet their partner for a few expacs) reading the thinly veiled smutty romance books written about them with people who are obviously (x person they aren't interested in) and the running commentary.
Reminder in regards to the 7.0 Spoiler Embargo:
Twt's flagging system is broken on desktop so even if you flag something it may just end up on the TL for all to see in spite of your best efforts.
Do something for me.
Please imagine your ship, if they are so inclined, enjoying a little dance together in the kitchen. Maybe they are waiting for a meal to cook. Maybe they just finished it. Maybe it is morning and the sun is coming in the window. Maybe someone just got home.
Some people get so possessively weird about NPCs that if someone else has a different read on them or does something with their characterization that makes them no longer their perfect special blorbo they will call for public execution and I don't think there is enough grass.
Randomly thinking about an artist who refused to do comms of a certain NPC with other people's WoLs because they shipped theirs with him and like....bro, the blorbo can have a branching Canon where they smooch everybody and I think all blorbos deserve that.
Every Au Ra Gposer Ever At Some Point: "If the horn doesn't clip at the angle the camera is looking at it from, the horn doesn't actually clip it is fine."
Reasons to write for yourself even if you know nobody else will be interested: On a bad day you'll want food but not wanna cook and when you reread your own writing it'll be nice and marinaded after a rest and you'll be thankful to have it.
Please imagine the unholy noise I made while at the coffee shop upon opening my DMs and finding this absolutely *stunning* piece of Anzu and Gosetsu there from
@oftheholybooty
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Also please imagine my group chat having to deal with me learning previously unknown emotions.
Back on this bullshit but it really neuters the experience for people who aren't there at Patch Launch and what is the point of new blood if they don't get to enjoy what we have?
I honestly feel so bad for people just trying to enjoy their blorbo because the loud voices are turning him into a platform for interpersonal beef and super questionable accusations of personal tastes.
Time for a kind of messy thread about post-editing and how I do it on my gposes. This method can be done in CSP and Photoshop (the only things I have experience using) and anything else with the tools like Photopea.
This is a simplified version done entirely with a mouse.
Anyways, I hope everybody has a ship that makes you cook in the kitchen like a madman and you are so full in every way you desire. Even if you eat alone at the counter and don't take a picture to share on soc media. :p ♡♡
Silly question inspired by a silly moment in the group chat:
If your WoL's partner was turned into/was a monster (affectionate), what kind would they be?
I mentioned previously that a ... *feature* of Dawntrail's writing is that is really likes to tell.
I am now going to complain that rather than show us Krile learning about her origins, we were told she was told and then she told us how she felt about it.
Someone in Shisui went 'You're allowed to go in blind, you know' and it was eye opening. I became a more confident person who learned tells and gained some mechanic instinct from stopping it.
'This person has been wandering the map in (area) for like 5 hours, are they okay?'
They're probably writing a fic that takes place there, they're fine.
I started my XIV experience with someone who pulled up a guide for us to watch before EVERY trial and dungeon we did and Meep and I did RELIGIOUSLY up until like...StB. Bardam's Mettle, I think. I honestly think it made me a worse player.
RUDIMENTARY INTEREST CHECK!
I am not new to getting physical merch made and already have a manu lined up that I have worked with and know how my artwork translates to their printing process.
Details on add-ons will come after initial interest check.
Please imagine your ship cuddled up in bed together for me. Maybe they are getting their morning smooches on. Maybe they are having a playful tickle fight. Maybe one of them fell asleep in the middle of a conversation and the other now just gets to admire them adoringly.