skerple
doing sidequests to push DRK up the last little bit to 52 before switching back to MNK for msq
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/7t4f0cdexl3Rf5ZPXfS7cP.png I think perhaps I do not like this guy
skerple
his retainer isn't even somebody the game allows you to talk to, which feels like some nice subtle ludonarrative
no bones
oof
skerple
I got DRK to 52 but now I'm finishing this whole questline because I have to see how this resolves
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/2tG4uv6fxv690syUWmNPkU.png we seem to be having a crisis of faith
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/12NNhuczMncW0FeLQIxguq.png https://images.plurk.com/4htAUAHZEuUXeeFDW3Vbsy.png https://images.plurk.com/Hhpi7bRAsNaJCxSRb5H5v.png https://images.plurk.com/5zoymx5nVdQJUrCREQ8qBh.png https://images.plurk.com/qNmg5yx6Hf1z57DhG2WEf.png oh
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/34CoqnRhHgy0G4gjT5EcKB.png https://images.plurk.com/5FL0Q9Xfy6zxBHiwuALi9M.png https://images.plurk.com/47Kp9oXgUXOQl3KCyKWMP0.png
skerple
well that was oddly nice, considering the deeply fucked up background all this was happening against
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
-the ishgard mood
skerple
indeed
skerple
alrighty queueing for Bismarck
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/39EfgUG8ItXvg8MhXmFiUS.png https://images.plurk.com/5PPdKWVJl5Y21gPFwhR4m8.png also have I mentioned lately that I love Cid? because I do. I love Cid.
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
cid's great
L'fuckingChaim
the Convictory sidequests are really good overall
no bones
Cid is a good dude to hang out with
no bones
and i sincerely hope he's buying fogweed from the vath
L'fuckingChaim
you know, I'm such a dumbass I assumed fogweed was tobacco
L'fuckingChaim
The Other Recreational Herb
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
cid would absolutely light up with the bug people
no bones
have a nice long stoned chat about innovation and getting away from the people you grew up with to be your own person
skerple
you know, I also assumed fogweed was tobacco, if only for the ashtray item featuring what looks like a cigar
skerple
but it being weed makes just as much sense
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/5OK3iXAQ0y237O5ZretCM7.png MAN ALREADY HAD THE REINS OF HISTORY THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE WRONGS OF ANTIQUITY
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
skerple
oh I just realized I've seen Azys Lla before
no bones
hi yes that's where Lycidas is
skerple
yes I thought so
skerple
I think I also saw it in one of lastbastion's FF14 streams? maybe? I swear I remember seeing a fight in there without context
no bones
there are a couple of dungeons in there in addition to overworld fights, and some optional trials, so
no bones
lots of fights to choose from!
skerple
yeah she may have done a roulette on stream and ended up there, that would account for the vague memory I have
skerple
ah yes hello Regula
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
ah yes. that guy.
skerple
always nice to meet the characters I've drawn smut or smut-adjacent content of
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/1ru5PuaeOmPeXa2D58Ceu2.png hm
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/3wfq1jsL9cTEopddDhW2H7.png Alphinaud is a good boy and also his face is SO BABY
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
basically he's babey
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
god i love varis' stupid idiot crown
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
it's so topheavy
skerple
he must have the neck muscles of a fuckins champion
skerple
LUCIA
L'fuckingChaim
god did the previous Emperor wear that? I hope so
skerple
yes I so hope that's just the standard Imperial regalia
Un(t)sundered
ARR art suggests yes
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/40q8J995VUQfhFUZSasPlo.png also I fucking love Ok' Zundu's aetheryte
L'fuckingChaim
oh excellent
L'fuckingChaim
that's a mental image to keep for when I'm sad
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
he did, yes
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/66Ao6u6vix1UXqH42rZxx2.png Cid is a goddamn treasure
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
cid's the best
L'fuckingChaim
Cid can always be relied on to say what we're all thinking
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/1nxdIyhI9LHX6rKoSXdj0t.png ... did I accidentally coordinate my glamour with Alphinaud
L'fuckingChaim
tall white boots club
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/2r2qFT3krWgJqOku0Xaiig.png I love her even more now
L'fuckingChaim
she's real good
L'fuckingChaim
this was an unreveal for me because uh...you can get her Triple Triad card WELL before this, and it has her full name on it
skerple
.... lol of course it does
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/38hKOjPBcTOXwMSC40Plh2.png weh
no bones
I love everything about Lucia's scene here
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/7EeM66TyaFpavOFl8Gd1Zh.png alphi pls. I understand but pls.
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/3Pf0WZoc7v2cbJFZaeeKar.png god I just live for every damn line out of Cid's mouth
Un(t)sundered
Cid is great
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i like how this is just the 'surprise i'm a garlean' airship
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
anyone else have any dark secrets while we're on the way to fantasy mcdonalds, or nah
skerple
it's great
skerple
you gotta take the forehead accessory off for dramatic effect too, it's the rules
no bones
show off that weird third eye you get in exchange for no aether skills
skerple
I still love how Cid has a third lens on what should be the nosepiece of his goggles
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
legit it's my favorite little design detail
skerple
just so his third eye can do whatever it do
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
bc obviously you don't think anything of it until you realize why it's there
skerple
right it just looks like, you know, this is a Final Fantasy game
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i genuinely didn't even realize it wasn't a bridge until after that cutscene
no bones
yes! they're kind of disguised in the XIVth officers' helmets but they also have lenses
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
and i was like oh shit that's great
no bones
this weird spatial perception sense that we never get much explanation for apparently matters?
skerple
it makes a lot of sense he'd want to not fully cover the eye even when wearing the goggles up! the increased spatial awareness is probably really helpful for engineering!
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
god, right
skerple
like imagine putting an eyepatch on and then trying to do carpentry
no bones
(my kingdom for more about Garleans outside of the "they're evil conquerors, have a war" context)
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
there's [redacted] later but that's like, one dude
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
can't wait to inevitably actually go to goddamn garlemald
Un(t)sundered
same
no bones
right. please tell me about daily life and material culture and what it's like to be an ordinary person
Un(t)sundered
let us see Actual Garlemald!
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
c'mon 6.0 don't wuss out on me
no bones
am fond of that one dude but i want so much more
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i would kill for him but Give me Worldbuilding
skerple
it is kind of funny, in a "stop being cowards" way, that we go to a wholeass other world before we go to Garlemald
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
lmfao you're right lbr
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i'll be shocked if 6.0 is anywhere else so i'm just vibrating
Yensia
honestly I'm betting it's shitty to be a normal person in a country where it's hyped up that you're The Best and imposing your country's values rulership on the rest of the world is the only reasonable way to help everyone into the modern world
Yensia
wait
Yensia
hm
Yensia
no it's DEFINITELY shitty to be a normal person there
no bones
well that just got unpleasantly real
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
deep
skerple
wheezes weakly
Yensia
/coughs
Yensia
I think we might go to Sharlayan as a side thing
Yensia
which would also be cool
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
okay that's also plausible
L'fuckingChaim
I hope we do even though it's kind of hard to mark a path that passes through Sharlayan en route to Garlemald
skerple
yeah it would be nice to see Sharlayan too
Yensia
I was thinking more we'd visit either a) to research a thing or 2) to see if they'll actually get involved
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i feel like after [later expac plot structure redacted] we won't be going to more than one major location per expac again
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i'd say 'shouldn't' but if i trust anyone with my life it's ishikawa
Yensia
Yeah point
Yensia
I feel like life in central/original Garlemald is probably decent for native Garleans and possibly for people who were conquered early on. Possibly.
L'fuckingChaim
stop by Sharlayan, realize all their best and brightest left for a reason, leave Sharlayan
Yensia
^
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i'd buy that
Yensia
Though also the situation in Garlemald probably also depends on how strict the class structure is
L'fuckingChaim
It appears to be more porous in theory than in practice
L'fuckingChaim
but even in practice not completely you're-this-forever strict
L'fuckingChaim
like, their selling point to conquered would-be citizens is social mobility
Yensia
Yeah, like if you serve in the military for 20 years you can move from non-citizen to general citizen.
Yensia
And there's the title jen which means you're a medic or an architect. I mean I guess you'd have a leg up if your parents were, but presumably it's possible to get there through effort.
L'fuckingChaim
as you would expect from pseudo-Rome, the military is the "easiest" path
L'fuckingChaim
it's not clear how civilians move up or if they CAN move up
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/3iPdQxUWU8wUNiXAnMleba.png :-(
Yensia
Seeing Edmont break down hurt as much as the initial event for me
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
ggggGGGHHH
Un(t)sundered
I think ordinary citizens might able to given [SB spoilers]?
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
DAD CRYING RUINS MY LIFE
Un(t)sundered
but I'm not sold on that
Yensia
"a display of exceptional skill"
skerple
dad crying, dad apologizing for crying :-(
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i love my elf dad so muuuuuuuhuhuhuch
Yensia
/hugs both of you :-(
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/6O3JDm6y5q5hFhyW3qEXNP.png god just. can we just appreciate the Range of Sizes happening here
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
lmfao christ
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
my wol is like 5'3" so she's on the low end of average, femroes are on that good next level shit
skerple
I love almost always being the tallest person in the room
skerple
only "almost" because sometimes male roes are taller
Yensia
Lol my wol is roughly the same height as Alphinaud; she's a min-height au ra
Yensia
HILARIOUSLY this means that I don't always notice npcs are short
Yensia
because everyone is taller than me except for lalas
skerple
omg
Yensia
...it occurs to me that this means that alphinaud is 4'11" which for some reason strikes me as fucking amazing
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
considering he's an elezen that boy's gonna shoot up like three fucking feet eventually
Yensia
well yeah
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i just never stopped to think about that until now
Yensia
iirc lorewise if time ACTUALLY were passing
Yensia
alphinaud and alisaie are right at the point of their growth spurt
Yensia
Well no if time were passing they'd be through it
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
yeah true
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
time is kind of.....weird
skerple
what is time in an MMO, really
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
it's Very Unclear
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/6BNlZnrUMEqFGvQ2ybRnlF.png UGH it's time for more of my STUPID LALAFELL CRUSH
skerple
I love Pipin so much it makes me angry
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
a good boy
skerple
like how dare you target me this specifically with a lalafell
skerple
the goodest boy!!
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/QJaDfpjgP9IzZ0mJ3TjSc.png this weird nerd is also good
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
yes good
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/5BRwz3HnI6waEDGx47HpYC.png I appreciate the attempt to build tension and set the stakes, but even if I didn't already know for a fact she survives I would assume she had, because she's fucking Y'shtola
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i love urianger. he's a weird little cryptid nerd.
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
no one else fucking talks like this. he's so dumb.
Yensia
honestly sometimes I like to headcanon that he started doing it in school and then he was The Dude Who Talks Like That and he couldn't figure out how to back out of it later
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
on brand, tbh.
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
he's peak Thinks He's Cool energy and i adore him
Yensia
He wants to use contractions sometimes, but seeing confusion on people's faces when they try to figure out what he just said is too good
no bones
by the time he got sent to a new world and reinvented himself as a goth princess he was comfortable with it and didn't try to change the diction
no bones
(i love his goth princess glow-up)
Yensia
immortal. wizard.
skerple
it's an amazing glow-up
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
as a relatively new player i hope the fact that urianger is bangin' hot was a huge shock to all involved at the time
skerple
I do seem to dimly recall a lot of WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS HE HOT
no bones
as someone who picked up during 4.0, yes
no bones
yes it was
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i'm so glad
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i picked up just before 5.1 so i already Knew, but also: damn.
no bones
hot a whate
no bones
never put those goggles back on, bro
skerple
also I can't for the life of me recall where I heard this but like. isn't Urianger's forsoothly talk basically because GMs used to play the NPCs and whoever it was that was Urianger just started Doing That
no bones
omg i hope that's true
Sword Logic
I heard that also
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
god
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
that's news to me but i love it
skerple
me too, I just wish I could find a source
skerple
because if it's true it's fucking delightful
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/3VnnaUeuvLqBR7sON6Lozz.png unrelated to anything I wish to appreciate this hot-ass Elezen lady
skerple
... Kan-E-Senna is explaining the difference in perception between humans and elementals and, damn
skerple
no wonder the elementals seem so eldritch and capricious
skerple
humans barely even make sense to them
skerple
holy shit how many times have I seen Y'mhitra without knowing she was related to Y'shtola
skerple
that was a very pretty scene
thetaClysm
having written some urianger dialogue i can attest that its just fucking fun to write like that
thetaClysm
cant imagine pulling it off in real time tho
skerple
Shtola has magic aether eyes now huh
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
she's basically daredevil, yeah
Un(t)sundered
yup
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
honestly 'we took the lowkey biggest badass, ended up blinding them, and made them exponentially more terrifying' has happened twice in final fantasy and i hope it continues forever
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
twice that i know of*
no bones
twice in v recent final fantasy, dang
skerple
so that's Y'shtola and who else?
no bones
(i don't know the older ones really, can't confirm if there was an old one)
skerple
also damn her new duds look good, tataru really has an eye for design
no bones
right, Tataru gives everyone such good new looks
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
now i want y'shtola and ignis cr except it might end the world as we know it
no bones
i hope she and Redolent Rose are bros
Un(t)sundered
one of FFXV dudes gets blinded, I think?
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
ignis is the other one, yeah
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
he and shtola are the only ones i know of but i mean, not hating the potential archetype here
skerple
right, it's a rad trope
skerple
huh, I didn't realize Sharlayan was in the Dravanian hinterlands
skerple
I knew where it was on the map but didn't make the connection
no bones
there's an actual Sharlayan homeland not in playable territory, but they had a colony city on Eorzea
skerple
oh man this is such a pretty location
no bones
yessss i love the hinterlands
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/7nTmgWKnmFjWcVXYN2WyOL.png squints. what's with the vertical lines on either side of the K though
skerple
I'm sure that's not meant to read "seikis"
skerple
https://64.media.tumblr.com/b3078d76285ee9a546f863b074f5100b/tumblr_pjhnexdBe31r0vkya_500.jpg ... or maybe it is! huh.
skerple
I should make a call on whether Keimgeim is literate :|a I've been thinking about it, it seems like it could be a coin toss
skerple
I'm thinking she is, and her mom probably is, but her dad might not be
skerple
"Goblins? Here to plunder the city?!" alphinaud that's racist
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/UJohDGJqkctn130xFfJGs.png are you perchance related to Lydirlona, because it seems really weird for there to be two unrelated Hellsguard ladies with thematically similar Sea Wolf names working in similar, Rowena-adjacent positions
skerple
also you're gorgeous
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/6Qmk0Q229gs4RTIOkVFby.png damn we're almost palette swaps
skerple
so I'm obviously very biased in favor of Sea Wolves, and among other things I find the ash smudge way too distractingly weird to play a Hellsguard, but I admit I do kind of like seeing it on Hellsguard NPCs. lil bear nose <3
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
nose cute
skerple
nose cute.
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/2vbMK9glcmFKGHg40UcR7.png the what
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/16i7TehhDYw8jzITpU3FIl.png this kind of thing is hilarious every time. my dude, she's a farmer.
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/2Yd03ATy2F46bh6IYXiGaA.png khloey-poey
skerple
https://images.plurk.com/5Sy7CdzGrttLtY8iNr4gWk.png sir
skerple
omg she's a precious babbu
skerple
okay I think I'm calling it for the night but my goodness, what a delightful place Idyllshire is.
Un(t)sundered
the Illuminati are. a thing that exists, yep
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
laughs
skerple
i see.
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
you'll learn more about them after hw
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
it's great,
skerple
yay,
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
no i mean unironically, it owns
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
skerple
(I say that with both comedic hesitation and genuine enthusiasm because wtf that sounds great)
Un(t)sundered
they're also in on of the optional ARR dungeons!
Un(t)sundered
*one of
skerple
also nts things I gotta do in the next couple days:
- get FCmates to drag me through the Bahamut content
- start doing Frontline, ugh, I WANT ACCESS TO THE PVP HAIRS
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
ah, coils,
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
i never finished coils
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
(turn 9)
Un(t)sundered
I need to finish coils too
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
last i tried i was unsynced 70 with a small party of 80s and we got bodied
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
laughs brokenly
skerple
oh,
Un(t)sundered
I got to uh... t12, I think
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