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fsnowzombie · 15 hours

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Armored Lady Monday

this armor is probably not the best to jump flip and dance around in, but it looks so cool that i am probably making my viera suffer when i play dancer with a fur jacket, a vest, a turtle neck sweater and like 2 layers of pants

#armored lady monday #armored lady #ffxiv #dancer #yuki #yuki schnee #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy #final fantasy 14

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whitherwanderer · 2 days

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What would the FFXIV OST would look like if you mapped it out and drew lines between the songs that share motifs?

Take a peek and find out. 🎶

Some numbers:

There are 471 songs and 477 individual motifs in this chart at time of publishing

There are 567 instances of motifs appearing in other songs (so far)

22 motifs are established in 1.0, 43 in ARR, 19 in HW, 16 in StB, 13 in ShB, and 20 in EW

There are only four degrees of separation between "A Sailor Never Sleeps", the Limsa Lominsa night theme, and "The Final Day", which plays during the final 6.0 trial???

#final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy 14 #with songs aligned #[ ooc ]#this was a neat little project #i hope people think it's neat at the very least c:

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inorheona · 2 days

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for lesbian visibility week i bring you modern rynegaia

#art tag #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #rynegaia #ryne waters #ffxiv ryne #ffxiv gaia #ah the young gays

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totallycorrectffxivquotes · 3 days

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Emet Selch: You two should be ashamed of yourself.

Azem: You're right. We should be ashamed of ourselves.

Hythlodaeus: But we never are.

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #Emet Selch #Hythlodaeus #Azem

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autumnslance · 2 days

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Ancient Transformation

I know how we all love to meme on how it's stated transformation is seen in the Ancient society, but I also tend to think it's one of those cases where the actual meaning of the passage has been, well, meme'd a little too far.

(Like how the devs have had to go out of their way to point out Estinien does bathe, guys, it was aetheric alteration to his armor, and he does regularly wear armor which might lead to funk and helmet hair but he likes to be clean when it's off.)

Let's look at the actual passage in the Elpis quest "Their Greatest Contribution" where they're trying to help the charybdis fly (bolding by me):

Hermes: I shall transform and fly with it, helping it to manipulate wind until it finds its wings. Troubled Observer: What!? Y-You needn't go to such lengths… (Emet-Selch notices the WoL's confusion) Emet-Selch: You don't know? But of course not… Emet-Selch: Transformation is an art in which one manipulates a vast quantity of aether to construct another body around oneself. Emet-Selch: In practice, this allows one to assume any conceivable form, and thereby transcend the limits of one's flesh. Emet-Selch: Yet convenient though it may be, transforming in the presence of others is considered vainglorious in the extreme. As uncouth and unseemly as running about robeless. Shameful. Emet-Selch: Am I to understand you make a habit of this? Hermes: N-Nothing of the sort. It's just that, when transformed, I can wield the wind and fly. Hermes: It may seem excessive, but what is our shame next to the lives of these creatures? Hermes: They deserve a chance, and we owe it to them to do all in our power! Emet-Selch: Be that as it may…

What everyone tends to focus on, of course, is his analogy of "running about robeless" and equating that it's the same as nudity. Which makes for funny memeing.

But look again at the actual description of how transforming is seen:

Yet convenient though it may be, transforming in the presence of others is considered vainglorious in the extreme.

"Vainglorious" is the adjective of "Vainglory" which Merriam-Webster defines as "excessive or ostentatious pride especially in one's achievements; vain display or show; vanity."

the "uncouth and unseemly" part isn't so much the nudity part, but the showing off. Visibly boasting about one's power and strength by displaying one's transformed state.

So why the nudity analogy? Well, for one, is it actually discussing nudity, or walking around in outfits/ways that don't conform to societal standards? Ancient society seemed to be striving for an egalitarian system, which their magics made easy enough, though there's still stratification of some kind (based on peoples' roles). But the robes and masks are an attempt to produce a visual equality among members with variable magical skill (and that would otherwise be seen via those transformations if they indulged in them). It's about the conformity (for better or worse) to community.

The other reason I can think for that analogy is how common Ancient Greek inspired words and names in Amaurot's world are. And what many people also equate to Ancient Greece, aside from the tales of the Olympians, is the myriad artwork, often in various forms of athletic bodies in competition, whether war or sports. While there's plenty of fully clothed/armored imagery, classic nudes are common imagery in popular culture and not even in a sexual way; they're showing off their prowess as athletes and warriors.

(The third possible reason is Emet-Selch has ever been a Dramatic Bitch Like That and tends to the theatrical in his wording, even at his most traditional and conservative.)

Emet-Selch's concern about Hermes transforming is because it's considered bad manners to just transform on a whim--because it would indicate he's a boastful show off, or reliant on his transformed state, or otherwise cavalier about societal norms--which however one reads the line about transformations, would, from Emet-Selch's view, be a bad look for a potential member of the Convocation!

And the poor charybdis observer is all too aware that a member of the Convocation is standing right there, boss! Even if this is something Hermes does at times in extreme cases to aid their creations in his role as chief, this is not the best time to break out the transformation, even for the sake of a troubled creature.

And of course we do eventually see Hermes in his transformed state, and just how capable he is at manipulating wind magics in it.

In the end, the question of transforming for something as simple as the charybdis's struggles strikes me as yet another indicator, despite his mentor's nomination, that Hermes was not Convocation material despite his role as Elpis's chief; his shaken state post-Ktisis would be seen as a reaction to the "accident", and he likely knew how to mask (in the social emotional sense) and give the right answers despite his own depression and doubts. And with none but Venat remembering what else happened in those days at the facility, he managed to obtain the role anyway, now that he believed his Meteion project to have failed.

#final fantasy xiv #endwalker #elpis #hermes #emet-selch #transformation #memes #lore #interpretation

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just-pug-things · 3 days

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The timing of Proto-Carby's phase change is perfect.

Today's Patreon cameo is Seraph Strike, the AST whose Divination was lost to cutscene action. Thanks for letting me draw your character!

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#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ffxiv art #ff14 #ffxiv comic #miqo'te #viera #elezen #lalafell #just pug things

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redxiii · 20 hours

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in darkness blooms the spider lily

#final fantasy #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ffxiv #ff14 #yotsuyu #yotsuyu goe brutus #tsukuyomi #stormblood #my art

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fer-xiv · 15 hours

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F!Emet-Selch 💜

#ff14 #ffxiv #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv #emet selch #art #artists on tumblr #genderbend

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zylphiacrowley · 1 day

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Mother Knows Best

#Final Fantasy XIV #FFXIV #Final Fantasy 14 #FF14 #Feyrn Valen #viera #male viera #viis #male viis #ffxiv gpose #mother miounne #giving X'vahl and ErenviIIe a break while I try to script the next part of their story #so have more Feyrn!#I promise things get better for them.

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trashasaurusrex · 2 days

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YUP!!!!!!!!! MHM!!!!!!!

#my art #lindsey mckales #oc #trashasaurusrex #human #hyur #highlander #ysayle dangoulain #yugiri #ysayle #wol x ysayle #lesbian #sapphic #final fantasy xiv art #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv wol

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dearestcherry · 2 days

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hello! this is very hopeful thinking, but i'd rather give it a try than not. i used to use twitter several years ago, and was mutuals with quite a few fellow elezen players. the decline of twitter forced people to move to other places, and it's been two-ish years since i withdrew from my profile. i stayed off social media for awhile, but i'm checking out tumblr again, which happens to be a completely different platform from all of those connections. attached are the two elezen of mine i posted about the most, and are old photos that were posted on the account back then. if you recognise them, please do comment, send me a message, or follow me. despite my choice to stop posting, losing all of my old final fantasy mutuals, friends, and people i had played with wasn't entirely something i'd planned. i also enjoyed attending elezen art parties and all-elezen content runs. i'd be so happy if i could get in touch with anyone again.