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SYSTEM: Alphi-toad and Ali-toad are now accompanying you. Keep them at your side in order to proceed with quest objectives.

LEGION MY BELOVED 🥺

S'mhivre at a bar with Thancred quoting a post that says "hey masochists. tip. if your domme is made and drunk she'll hit harder. pour her a drink." S'mhivre is giving Thancred a smug look, while he just looks kind of tired and annoyed

bisexual women understand thancred so well

one of the simple pleasures in life is saying 'wow it looks like silent hill out there' when it's really foggy

never be defensive or insecure about your analysis. no matter what part of the story you're posting about, some guy who skips all the unvoiced cutscenes is out there expressing a worse opinion with complete and utter confidence

iceheart
#ffxiv #ff14 #ffxivart

Sinking deeper and deeper in calm embrace
Loving tides sweep in and bear you down
Should you meet a soul rising surface-ways
With your unbeating heart, wish them well

Ishgardian knight Firmalbert.

It’s firmalbert Friday!!!!!

when you say you hate hildibrand quests this is who you are being mean to

A decisive victory for Team Squape!

best quality: her wiggles

STEBAN, THE STUDENT COMMUNIST - “In dark times, should the stars also go out?”

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI

Lyse but with short hair instead of her usual hairstyle

i put lyse in short hair and felt the presence of divine queer providence

ohhhhh i'm soooooo scared when i see women make out. it fucking terrifies me. ohhhh this can only be solved through more exposure to it ohhhhhh

s'mhivre is from a vineyard in a rural part of eastern la noscea :3 my headcanon is that traditional sun seeker hunting lifestyles became more difficult to sustain as vylbrand's population grew, so part of the S tribe split off and founded a winery to supplement their resources with trade

Trazellie standing in Ul'dah with her hands on her hips, wearing a purple colored T Shirt that has art of Tataru designed on the front. Trazellie has her eyes closed in a wide smile, as if she's proud of herself and Tataru

little lady's day? yeah, I sure am thinking about a certain little lady all day, alright

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

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YOU - What am I doing?

SHIVERS - Looking up at the sky, cold water dripping from your hair.

YOU - What do I see?

SHIVERS - Grey sky like great battleships, clouds colliding with one another. Rain falls down on the world.

YOU - “I'd like to dedicate this song to my partner, Kim Kitsuragi.” (Nod to the lieutenant.)

KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant doesn't say anything, but gives you a quick smile, before turning away.

COMPOSURE - He's incapable of blushing, but if he weren't -- he'd blush.

| #GorPose |

"Knight of the Dragonsong War"

tumblr post by pawthorn (15h ago): Was chatting with an acquaintance who was very like-minded politically and we both enjoy ttrpgs and actual play—specifically Critical Role and Dimension 20. It surprised me when she said she loved trpgs because they 'allow people to explore nonviolent solutions. This was honestly kinda confusing considering the properties we were talking about. I know there are plenty of nonviolent games, but D20 and CR are not great examples of that. And it got me thinking about how people approach violence vs nonviolence in games. I've heard people- in person and online- brag that they always just unionize the goblins! They fight the dragon that personifies capitalism! So there's this ideal that that is the better way to play. That there's something morally superior about succeeding through nonviolence and only fighting the right kind of enemies. And if that's a fantasy you enjoy, great! Have fun! But it's still a fantasy. Being a nonviolent sweetheart vs an evil nasty character says nothing about you because it's pretend.

For me, the nonviolent solutions where systems of power and control are deconstructed in a few rolls and a few nice statements can feel deeply hollow and a little insulting. "The goblins just needed these very special adventures to explain that they could make better choices, and it fixed their society!" is just as much a fantasy as swinging a sword to fulfill a prophecy. If your character has power-either social, political, physical, or magical- and they move through the world making changes and achieving their goals, they are exerting power over others, and that is true whether it's physically violent or not. Let's not forget, not all violence is physical. None of this is to say that we should accept all the harmful implications that are rooted in fantasy-specific races being naturally evil sucks across the board. But nonviolent play also can carry harmful implications (white saviorism, noble savage, etc). Both violent and nonviolent playstyles can uphold harmful assumptions and biases, and I think any player with critical thinking skills should interrogate them.

But just as I can enjoy Lord of the Rings while maintaining a critical eye toward how the orcs and non-white humans are portrayed and treated, I can engage in a trpg that doesn't always make the best and most enlightened choices. Because I'm an adult with a brain and it's pretend. We're lucky enough to see in Aramán a great example of how to engage with these harmful fantasy tropes in an honest and constructive-or deconstructive? —way. I honestly think it's one of the most elevated examples of the genre in existence. And it isn't non-violent. The characters have power and wield it to achieve their goals. So let's engage with the story that's being told by the characters in front of us rather than pretend it's something else entirely. Let's use our critical thinking. Let's worry about doing the right thing in real life more than we do when we're playing pretend.

this post is about ttrpgs, but it feels especially relevant in light of discussions on the wol’s actions in later expansions in ff14, and the narrative’s increasing unwillingness to cast their actions in any kind of morally questionable light

i'm also a huge space nerd!! i also love nature, ecology, critters, plants, hiking, as well as archaeology and history, and art and music ^^

really i just love learning more about the world and all its endless wonders

she eepy now

OH THAT'S SO GOOD!

Bath night! 💙💜🧡🩷