#final fantasy poetry

[haunted-xander]

Shadowbringers is about learning how to live.

Your enemy is stasis- everything and everyone is stagnant, they wait and wait for something to happen, but don't do anything to make it so (because the ones who tried before failed, because they don't know what to do/how to do it). People don't change, they don't try, not really. The crystarium is doing well, it's independent and sustainable, but it doesn't have the reach or power to do much outside of Lakeland. The Exarch is more-or-less confined to the city (because of the tower, because he's waiting for you), so even if he had power elsewhere, he'd be limited with how much he, personally, can do.

Eulemore is filled with mindless indulgence, there's no hardships or labour or anything but luxury for the free citizens, and the bonded only have to worry about fulfilling the task(s) they were brought for. The outside world doesn't matter, hard work doesn't matter, personal fulfillment beyond indulgence doesn't matter, everything exist solely in the moment. The people out in Kholusia have pretty much given up, they stay close to the city in the hopes that this time they will be picked, this time they will be saved. They wait and wait and do nothing but wait. The ones who try to live on are dying out or eventually give up and join the rest in waiting.

Ahm Areang, Rak'tika, even Il Mheg are all just waiting for something, anything to happen. They go day to day, surviving simply because it's all they can. Nothing changes.

Until, of course, you should up. You, who causes a ripple of change simply by existing, who can move the immovable by sheer will. You showed them that things can change, that things can, and will happen, if they just try. You show them that they can make things better, that there is an option besides waiting for a slow death, if they'd just grab fate by the neck and tell it "No. We are doing this my way".

And they do. They rally up together and do what they thought impossible. Not all their efforts succeed(not immediately), but they tried. They tried, they failed, and they got up and tried again and again until it did work. They take the chances, not knowing how it'll turn out (because it's not about whether it fails or succeeds, it's about having tried).

They learn how to try, little by little, and every step they learn what it means to really live.

Endwalker is about learning how to love life.

Your enemy is nihilism- the idea that nothing matters, that there is no real joy to be found that isn't snuffed out by misery. A concept that denounces greys in favor of a black-and-white view where black is all encompassing. Everywhere you go, people are doing what they can to survive, but refuses (or maybe are afraid to, or maybe never knew they could) try to actually save themselves. The Forum plans for escape, to leave their homeworld behind and take whatever they can afford. They will live on, but they won't be saved, no one is saved(and even with escape they aren't safe, Despair is everywhere and She will not stop until all has become Nothing).

The Loporrits love Etheirys, but in the way Winter loves Spring. They know about it, they are so close to it, but they are distant. They're strangers, they've never met. It's love, and it's pure and true, but it's also just love. It's surface-level(because the surface is all they had). Their love is pure but it's instinctual. Programmed. They love because they don't know how to not love. They want to save it's people, save us, but they don't know what it really means to save, so they create refuge instead(because that's what She told them to, because this is how love works for them).

The people of Garlemald are terrified, they are victims of extreme indoctrination, the (deserved) push-back their army got proved them "right"(that we are savage beasts to fear, that they are but prey in the maws of rabid dogs). They want to be build-up again, but what's left for them now? The world hates them(and it's all their fault, the ones who see past the propaganda know this, but who will listen to them?) and they are dying. It's so cold and the fuel is running out. They won't accept help, because they've been filled with the idea that there is no such thing as pure kindness from "savages"(and they are too prideful to question it, to break apart from the illusion that they are surperior, because they're terrified to face the truth).

The sky screams, the earth wheeps and the foundation of existence is overtaken by Despair, misery is around every corner and who knows what will happen now? Where do we go? What do we do? We live and live but for what?

What's the point of it all?

That's the question, and the answer is everything. We live because there is joy to be found. Because there is beauty in the world. Because there are stars in the sky. Because flowers bloom in spring. Because cats purr. Because waves crash against the shore. Because of every single little thing we can see, hear or feel. Because we love and are loved. Because there are things to do and discover. Because why not?

And you tell them this, by letting them see that there is more to life than the little they have seen. The Forum has closed it's eyes to anything but it's own kith and kin, everything outside of Old Sharlayan is irrelevant(non-intervention, always non-intervention) and it takes the entire world coming and telling them "We are here. We are alive, and we will make tomorrow happen." for them to realize they have slowly been killing themselves and what they stand for(you pride yourself on knowledge, but where is your wisdom? What do you truly know of things outside your own bubble? You do not know that which is lived because you refuse to aknowledge anything but the written word).

The Loporrits see Etheirys itself, they experience it's corners and valleys and learn what love can really be. They want to save it, truly save it, because they love and this time it's informed, it's personal(I love you, I love you, and I want you to know I love your loves too).

In Garlemald everything is slow, unsteady and complicated, but it's changing. They're changing. With every person who accepts help the illusion of supremacy and "purity" melts away just a bit, and the wall standing between them and us breaks a little(it will never vanish completely, years upon years of oppression and subjugation and conquest don't disappear like that, but it's a start).

Shadobringers is about learning how to live, but Endwalker is about learning how to love life.

#FINALLY I FOUND A WAY TO PUT IT TO WORDS #its like. shb is about trying and trying again and again regardless of how it turns out- #because life is a game of dice were any and all sides are possible #but you have to throw it. because if you dont you wont get anything- be it good or bad #and thats not living #and ew is like. doing things not because you have to but because you *want* to #you throw the dice because you want *that* side(s). because you want something (to happen/to exist/to love) #living is trying and loving is wanting. you cant love without life and you cant live without love. not really #i think moreso than any other expacs that shb & ew enhance each other when viewed together (in a broad sense- in a collective) #this turned halfway into poetry at the end but its the only way i could put it that made like. sense to me. its about Feeling and loving and #living and everything all at once #tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow #final fantasy #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #ffxiv #shadowbringers #endwalker #xander rambles #going insane. my brain is melting and being build up again and again and again

[moonilit]

Them be everything and consume me

#joshua rosfield #shout out to mothonice for basically saying Joshua name could have been Joanna and now i can’t think how there is an anna in her name #Couple that with how joanna took after her mother too #Do you think she think a lot about that? #Jote is precious in any form and jote will fight anyone for him #But he would die for her first it’s really almost a challenge #I almost give jote loong boots like up to his hips just for fun #Highlight them hips #I know you got them jote #Jote #they are a set do not separate #Shouta evoke so much poetry and feels they are so much for each other i think calling it ‘love’ is suffocating it #Ffxvi #final fantasy xvi

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Feldspar Ruby

If you visit The Cracked Cluster bar,

You should enjoy a drink with Feldspar,

He's an accomplished bartender,

So why not be a big spender,

And leave generous tips in the jar!

Some further poetical nonsense! This time to celebrate the birthday of the fantastic @loldragoon-ffxiv and their wonderful OC Feldspar Ruby.

One of the first blogs I ever followed on Tumblr, this one comes highly recommended, with beautiful gposes and terrific writing - and some of the shapeliest calves in all Eorzea.

Co-Writer, with @scholarlostintime, of one of the most moving romances I've ever had the pleasure of reading, this is a blog with some serious talent behind it. Please give it a follow if you're not following already.

Many happy returns @loldragoon-ffxiv!

#silly poetry #lalafellin limericks #feldspar ruby #ffxiv oc #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ff14 ffxiv #ffxiv wol #final fantasy 14 #ff14

[wannabeblockb]

#wannabeblockb #who’s your favorite #poetry fanboy #devil may cry #dmc #devil may cry 5 #dmc5 #dmc 5 #v devil may cry #dmc v #v dmcv #v dmc5 #vergil #vergil devil may cry #dmc vergil #final fantasy #final fantasy 7 #ff7 #final fantasy vii #ffvii #crisis core #final fantasy 7 crisis core #ff7 crisis core #final fantasy vii crisis core #ffvii crisis core #genesis rhapsodos #ff7 genesis #ffvii genesis

[avirael]

Night Lament in Hergla

- Leila Chatti

(Did I mean „sad“ when I said „back to my usual stuff“? Actually no! But I read this poem yesterday and I kept thinking about it and knew I had to do something related to it. You have to imagine the moon and the sound of the waves though...)

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ff14 screenshots #ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv gpose #gpose #a'viloh tia #poetry #i spent the entire afternoon reading poems and made myself sad sooo… #there was another one even sadder that hit me on a very personal level 🙈 #nicer things tomorrow I promise! but something like this might happen again 😅

[creatediana]

"Wow, bitch. Who tf are you?" - a free verse poem written 12/22/2023

#the title comes from the note i immediately wrote to myself beneath the final line in my notebook #2023 #free verse #stream of consciousness #cinquains #poetry #poem #poets on tumblr #fun fact i don't remember who/what inspired this at all #i think it's more about the fantasy than any particular muse i have #men and art. you KNOW how i am about those topics 😒 #gonna be liberal and tag this as #emily dickinson #since i reference her #another fun fact i also think this is the first time i've used the word butt in a poem (at least one i've shared) #i almost changed it to ass in editing. but decidedly. butt. #i've definitely used the word ass in a poem before. the only question is how many times? #how numerous are the asses of creatediana? the data has yet to be collected

[x-silent-princess]

One of my older poems for Cloud and Aerith that I still remain immensely proud of. Clerith wedding. I left certain such Aerith's dress and the location of the wedding vague to leave it open to interpretation. The only thing specifically stated is that it’s at sunset.

I'm sure everyone who supports this ship has their own ideas for how a clerith wedding could go and I wanted to respect that. Poem under the cut.

There she was.

She looked astonishingly divine.

Could she ever look any more sublime?

To my bride, the sunset could not compare.

As she walked to my side all I can do is stare.

The moment her impressive eyes stared back,

I knew my life was now upon the right track.

The crowd faded away as she took my hands,

For I held the most beautiful girl in the lands.

The smile she gave has me love her further.

Our hands would twine as I made my vow.

I will allow none to harm her, not now.

She is my world, my everything, my wife.

This precious flower girl was my very life.

I kissed her after declarations were made.

Her face taking on a distinct pink shade.

I dreamed once of having her in my embrace.

With her, I want to disappear without a trace.

As we walked past the guests, I knew one thing.

Any hardship that may come to our door,

We will face as we have since we met.

No matter the obstacle or threat.

We do it together.

forevermore.

#clerith #cloud strife #aerith gainsborough #wedding #poetry #poems on tumblr #final fantasy vii #ff7 rebirth #ff7

[fair-fae]

FFxivWrite23 Entry #3: The Rising

FFxivWrite 2023 FFxivWrite23 Masterpost Prompt #3: (you pick!)

Each time summer flees And the air chills, I recall A hero once lost

And a bonus haiku from my husband with my aid: Eorzea, wow This place is pretty sick, bro I'm going to log

#ffxivwrite2023 #ffxivwrite23 #ffxivwrite #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ff14 #ffxiv writing #faye covington #writing prompt #writing challenge #entry 3 #prompt 3 #the rising #faye #covington #writing #my writing #poem #poetry #haiku

[incorrectndyingflamequotes]

Jote: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos- Joshua: I wrote you a poem. Jote, already crying: You did?

#final fantasy 16 #jote #joshua rosfield #undyingflame #incorrect quotes #incorrect ffxvi quotes #final fantasy 16 spoilers #ff16 jote #ff16 joshua #ffxvi joshua #ffxvi jote #shuate #Joshua is the type to write poetry for someone he likes lol #And for once he makes Jote cry for happiness

[raindroppoetry]

a small PhoenixFlare poem

How have you bewitched this wretched heart of mine

Your wings of golden fire that carry my light when the raging war cages my soul

How have you lit the moon in this night My wings are yours and yours are mine

Meet me where the wyvern tails bloom, meet me across the blight

#phoenixflare #dion lesage #joshua rosfield #final fantasy xvi #ff16 #ffxvi #spilled ink #my poetry

[infernaleikon]

I promised to return.

So I return as the first breath of a newborn

in a newborn world.

I return as the laughter on their faces

as they realize they’re free.

I return as the moon in the night sky,

as bright and beautiful as eighteen years ago.

I return as the first day of a new world

where we can live and die

on our own terms.

I return as the tears on your face,

of devastation and of joy.

I return as the first light of the first day

in a world we believed in,

dreamed of—

fought for.

I return.

a flame found // a.z.

#ffxvi #final fantasy xvi #final fantasy 16 #clive rosfield #my poetry #poetry #it's been years since i last wrote #and it was the first thing i thought of after i stopped bawling #ignore me ok #i just need to work through this

[roegadynroost]

FFXIVwrite 2023 - 06 Ring

Ring of Thorns. Winding 'round. Through the air and on the ground.

Ring of Thorns. A lance in hand. At fights command, we do stand.

Ring of Thorns. Evade Akh Morn. A dragons death, a new life born.

Ring of Thorns.  A steady beat. The lick of fire at out feet.

Ring of Thorns. We turn the page. A war for ages, the Dragonsong.

Ring of Thorns. As blades do rend. The barbarous bloodshed never ends. Authors note: I love Ring of Thorns, bring back Ring of Thorns.

#BRINGBACKRINGOFTHORNS #Ring of Thorns #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy #ff14 #final fantasy 14 #dragoon #DRG #dragon #dragonsong #heavensward #ahk morn #Pole dancing #ffxiv writing #poetry #FFXIVwrite #FFXIVwrite2023

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Arina Emery

I once had to search for Arina,

With four Scions and a gleaner,

After she'd gone astray,

And just wandered away,

But no-one we spoke to had seen her!

Inexplicably some further poetical nonsense! This time to highlight the fantastic @arinaxiv and their wonderful, if easily distractable, OC Arina.

Definitely one of my favourite FFXIV blogs on Tumblr, it's worth following for the gposes and screenshots alone, but as an extra bonus, Arina's creator is also extremely nice and very positive in their interactions with others in the community.

I always really enjoy this blog and I am certain that you will as well - if you're not already following it of course. Arina is a very unique Warrior of Light, with a very distinct and intriguing character and this is definitely an FFXIV blog I recommend.

#silly poetry #lalafellin limericks #arina emery #ffxiv oc #ffxiv wol #mi'qote #ff14 #ff14 ffxiv #ffxiv #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv

[the-baschet]

#22 - Fulsome

These lands, so cold as they advance these days, With crisp air stinging noses of all years, Does Mattisaux soon hold his coffers weight In hefty health to lift the seasons fears.

For Starlight sang deeply in his heart’s soul, That every daughter and son feel content. To raise spirits away from evil’s toll And cherish goodness, warmth, and love’s ascent

So did he give and never take from them As was his wont in violence, gore, and blood Instead he sought to shower gil and cents Without his face, best laid in shadow’s flood

Forever will gifts match his passioned flame Before good luck has chance to lay its claim

#FInal Fantasy XIV #FFXIV #ffxivwrite2023 #Mattisaux Baschet #Ishgardian #Elezen #Writing #Tried my hand at writing my very first sonnet #Good lord in heaven iambic pentameter is the true end game of poetry #Time to stare at a wall while my brain recharges

[happypersonsblog]

Qué hago con este amor, que se supone que haga con todo este amor que te tengo, crees que esté bien que regreses así de la nada y me trates de esa forma. Me lastimas y lo más estúpido es que ni si quiera te das cuenta, no te imaginas todo el daño que estás causando en mí. Lo peor de todo es que yo aún sigo teniendo esperanzas en que los dos podamos aún tener algo hermoso, siempre serás lo más bonito que quise conservar y no pude cuidar.

Me está quemando la mente de tanto pensarte supongo que es parte de que tú aún sigas ahí.

Prometo no olvidarte y llevarte siempre en mí, esto es un adiós de esos que nunca quise decir.

#sad poetry #escritos tristes #decir adios #amore tumblr #final fantasy vii #rotomblr #sad poem

[kayariel7]

Poetry for Sefikura Week Days 1-7 are all up! ✌🏻

#sefikuraweek #cloud strife #sephiroth #sefikura #poetry #fan poetry #final fantasy vii