#madeen

[eksirberries]

Eiko and Madeen 🎀

#eiko carol #madeen #final fantasy ix #ffix #ff9 #eidolon

[kazeofthemagun]

Goretober Day 29: Monstrosity

[Is this cheating cuz no gore this time? Meh. There will be if you get caught in those wheels. Not all angels are kind]

#goretober #goretober2022 #goretober 2022 #my art #madeen #[[summon spirits #[[Summon Spirit - Madeen

[sezja]

I"m almost certainly making at least one alt on Maduin for that world name alone

#yes i KNOW it's actually the ffvi character! #but his name was referenced by madeen and madain sari in ffix and i'm nothing if not ridiculous about my special interest

[sharama]

#asfghjkl #when i was replaying ff9 and summoned Madeen #first thought was 'Oh! new Alt idea!' #so :) #ill prolly change her green parts of fur to the swirly ones #tho it doesnt show as much as the stripes

[talesfromthemidnightride]

Tokyo-ing!: Three Novellas by Eric Madeen

★★★★☆

Synopsis: Eric delivers three novellas wrapped up together (About Face, Sobering Love, and Fire Horse) involving the ups and downs of love in Japan. There is a certain angst and heartache as each story unravels. One story involves a man navigating a false sexual assault allegation while juggling the security of his wife and job. Another falls into the lows of alcohol addiction and how the right person can motivate you for the better. And, finally, a man finds the strength to leave a loveless marriage and navigate an unfamiliar dating scene in busy Tokyo.

Quick Takeaway:

The stories are all in 1st person, which is not bad in itself, but it takes a few pages to understand the narrator.

The narrator is unreliable, they give the reader important information later on.

The pace is extremely fast, which can make it feel almost rushed.

The grammar mistakes are relatively minor, but the sentences are often very clunky.

Eric introduces many Japanese customs and phrases and does his best to explain them fluidly within the story.

Dialogue, however, is not translated well within the story.

While he doesn't romanticize harmful things, he does pass off a few things in a very light manner.

A more in-depth review is below the cut!

Before I go fully into my thoughts, I want to make a small minor correction. These are not 3 novellas as it tries to claim, but rather short stories. Altogether, it could technically be a novella, but individually this is a collection of short stories.

Perhaps this is why I felt as if the stories were all so equally rushed? Each story covers months, trying to detail each life. What led up to the story, what transpired for each character, what relationships they fall in or out of. It is a lot to cover smoothly with only so many words.

One odd thing I noticed was that the further the story advanced, the quality of the writing gradually decreased. Usually, I see the opposite. The writer grows more confident in their writing, or their thoughts are more fluid. Here, it seemed as if in each story the writing became clunkier or less fluid. A likely reason could be that the stories are not presented in the order they were written.

Although, it does well at bringing concepts the average reader might not be familiar with. The POV characters are almost speaking to the audience as if speaking to a diary or a log. This can also create the illusion of an unreliable narrator, as the narrator will deliberately skip over certain events or refuse to elaborate in a way that blurs the lines.

This leads me to my final point. During the first story, as the sexual harassment case is going underway, it is casually dropped that the POV character is married. But don't worry! Several characters reassure him that it is fine and that his wife will understand. And it's kind of swept under from that. There's no worry about his wife being upset he slept with his (college) student or any turmoil with their marriage.

Despite all of this, the stories were each interesting. They definitely carried their own life to them, no matter how short. I felt as if I learned something about Japanese culture or customs through this, which is a bonus. The writing was also (mostly) free of major grammatical mistakes, and the story, no matter how fast, did progress in a way that felt believable for each character.

Due to this collection of stories being so short (not even 100 pages long), I won't be doing a tea or playlist pairing this time around! But, if you wish to read these novellas, please follow this link for your own copy

#tokyo-ing! #book review #booklr #book photography #bookworm #bookish #bibliophile #eric madeen #romance #slice of life #contemporary fiction #minas book review #cat

[freyayuki]

Final Fantasy Record Keeper 5-Star Magicite Madeen Fight

In the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (FFRK) mobile game, Madeen is the 5-star holy Magicite that’s weak to dark-type attacks. She takes reduced damage from physical attacks. 

Nevertheless, I still chose to bring Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII to this fight anyway. Sephi’s a physical dark elemental DPS although he does have some fire relics.

I already know that Sephiroth can win this fight because that’s exactly what I did in my Japanese Final Fantasy Record Keeper account. 

In fact, Seph basically soloed the fight. He was my only DPS. The rest of the chars I brought were just there to buff him, support him, and keep him alive.

So my team for my English FFRK account was basically like that too although slightly different since I don’t have the exact same relics on both accounts. 

For starters, I decided to bring Lenna Charlotte Tycoon from Final Fantasy VI as my healer and dancer. I brought Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII (#ad) to sing the Warrior’s Hymn.

Also brought Barret Wallace from Final Fantasy VII with Wrath and Entrust to provide gauges and cast his Awakened Arcane Soul Break 2 (AASB2), which buffs attack.

I brought Garland from Final Fantasy I only because he was my dark Chain Soul Break (CSB) holder. 

I didn’t have the Rubies to buy the Touched by Darkness (imperils the dark element) ability so I had to make do with using Anima Lenses to buy Garland’s Soul Break that lowers an enemy’s dark resistance.

Managed to win on the first try though it took 41.86 seconds since I ended up messing up a bit when it came to using abilities and Soul Breaks and the like. 

It’s fine though. Super pleased that I managed to win with this team.

Conclusion

So what about you? Have you tried fighting against 5-star Magicite Madeen yet? How did it go? What team did you use? What do you think about this fight? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Final Fantasy Record Keeper game account

#final fantasy record keeper #final fantasy 7 #this post stars: #sephiroth #barret wallace #cait sith #lenna charlotte tycoon #final fantasy 5 #garland #final fantasy 1 #ffrk magicite fights #gacha games #games #mobile games #ffrk madeen #ffrk 5-star magicites #ffrk

[astralartefact]

I really just love what they did with Pictomancer so much. They even have RGBW and CMYK color mode combos. I had something like that in my own concept back when I was still sure they would never ever do Picto q_q

I'm not 100% sure how the priority between Aetherhue and Sketching is going to go, I feel like there's a potential there to really fuck up your balance if something goes wrong - and also it feels weird that there's just one weapon motif, i feel like there should be two so it's 4-2-1 but that feels like an easy 8.0 addition - but gosh they really did it. I'm so happy.

Slightly sad that Madeen isn't actually a Chimera made of the random shit we draw, but I guess they also haven't said that's not what we're doing there. PCT out here committing large scale blasphemy through defacement of a foreign god :)

A thing I noticed while looking up the difference between Maduin and Madeen is that FF9 Madeen also 'evolves' from a Moogle just like our creature sketch - that whole thing seems to be a Eiko reference (the FF9 Summoner) and given that the skill Madeen Retribution is a likely candidate to be unlocked by the final job quest I'm wondering if an Eiko Stand-In might be going to be part of those...

And listen, I would also love nothing more than to have a serious fine-art Pictomancer instead of a Cartoonist, but hey, I'll take what I can get!!! And if it makes Lore people mad then more power to the devs!! also what's up with people complaining about the job stone colors, they're so cute :o

#ffxiv #pictomancer

[nimdreams]

What is an Eidolon

Final Fantasy IX

Contains spoilers.

At the center of the world of Gaia is a crystal. This crystal was at the beginning of everything. Every living thing breathes trough this crystal, souls are born from it and return to it upon death providing growth to the crystal. From this crystal sprouted the eidolons. Created by storytelling from the people, their existence formed by all the memories in the crystal, the form they take is based on their stories. They serve as powerful guardians for the crystal.

Summoners from the Summoner Tribe of Madain Sari can communicate with eidolons through their horns. They have learned how to summon forth these eidolons in battles. Rushing forth their powerful magic attacks. Each eidolon has it's own element and attack. Such as Ramuh and his Judgement Bolt, a thunder attack, and Shiva and her Diamond Dust, an ice attack.

Eidolons are known to be able to change form; in the story Ramuh takes the form of an old man beside his godlike true form and Madeen lives for a while as a moogle.

In the game there are two playable characters that are summoners, Garnet (or Dagger) and Eiko. Each has their own set of eidolons they are able to summon and they also have white mage abilities.

Eidolons play a big part in the story of Final Fantasy IX. Raving destruction, providing protection and guidance, and called forth in battles to provide powerful attacks. Eidolons are truly an unmissable part of Final Fantasy IX.

#eidolon #final fantasy ix #alterhuman #fictionkin #nim dreaming

[r0g3rw4bb17]

Terra Homing | Madeen | Final Fantasy IX

#finalfantasyix #finalfantasy9 #ffix #ff9 #finalfantasy #vtuberen #envtuber #blackvtuber #Youtube

[moquall]

Dissidia Opera Omnia : Force Weapon partner connection (PART 4/?)

Part 4 compiled the FRs released in February 2022 banners. The purple one is FR user, black one is the partner.

Just click on "fr partner" tags in if you want to see the full list.

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Tifa - Rem (Glitter Strike) : Childhood friend and the love interest of the respective protagonist. Had been living separately with their love interest and not seen each other for years .

Tifa is Cloud's childhood friend, but they were not close. Cloud decided to join SOLDIER as a part to impress Tifa and Tifa asked him to promise to save her when she is in trouble but Cloud was hired as a infantryman instead. Ashamed of his failure, He lost contact with everyone in Nibelheim for years even hide his identity during his visit to Nibelheim with Zack and Sephiroth.

Rem is Machina's childhood friend. Machina promised Rem he is going to become stronger to protect her and one day their village was attacked by Milites. They managed to flee and ever since the incident, they lived separately but years later enrolled in Akademeia and reunited a year before the event of Type-0.

Llyud - Shelke (Speartek) : Interaction in Edgar's Intertwining Wills. Both unable to feel emotion until later part in their games.

Shelke was subjected to numerous experiment for her rare ability by Deepground, causing a mental scars that lead her become emotionless and talk with robotic manner. She started to feel emotion after experiencing Lucrecia's memories.

Llyud and the Aegyl's anima which is a part of person's soul that allows them to feel emotion were stolen by Feolthanos. After Balthier destroyed the second auralith, all the anima absorbed by that thing returned to their owner, allowing Llyud to regain his emotion.

Ardyn - Leonhart (Revenant Roar) : Interaction in Arc 3 Chapter 6. The older brother with strong affinity to darkness.

Ardyn is Somnus's older brother and was tainted with Starscourge too much thus makes him immortal and forsaken by the Astrals, unable to escape the darkness and decided to embrace it.

Leonhart is Maria's older brother, wished to be stronger, became the Dark Knight of Palamecia and fought his former allies. In the end, Leon decided to leave Firion's party to atone for his sins.

Faris - Wakka (Whirlpool Shot) : The eldest siblings and the captains living near the sea.

Faris is the captains of the pirates and Lenna's older sister. Wakka is Chappu's older brother and the captain and coach of Besaid Aurochs where they usually have training in Besaid Beach.

Faris and Lenna, Wakka and Chappu are not twin siblings.

(once again, another pair that feels random. I couldn't find their connection other than what i write here.)

Rinoa - Yuna (Double Holy) : Interaction in Dissidia NT. "Lost" their boyfriend but managed to reunited with them.

After his final confrontation with Ultimecia in Edea Orphanage, Squall was 'lost' in time, unable to return to his own era but Rinoa, found him with her sorceress power.

Tidus disappeared because the fayth's dream has ended and Sin was ultimately defeated. At the end of FFX-2, Bahamut's fayth asked Yuna if she want to see Tidus again and the fayth revived him so he could live forever with Yuna.

Aerith - Eiko (Ethereal Dancing Flowers) : The last descendant of an ancient race, serves the white mage role and use holy spell.

Aerith is half-Cetra and referred as "the last Ancient" and serves White Mage role with her high magic stat and can cast Holy after returning to Lifestream to push Meteor back. She is an assist character in dissidia duodecim and has Holy as her HP attack.

Eiko is the last descendant of summoner tribe. While Eiko is a summoner, she has stronger White Mage spells, including Holy compared to Garnet, who has stronger Eidolons. Eiko's Eidolons also casts White Mage ability like Carbuncle and Madeen.

Balthier - Cid Highwind (Seesawing) : Have an airship and the pilot itself. Once worked in enemy side but left after 'bitter' experience and now live with their female companion.

Balthier is former Judge but left after seeing his father's sanity is fading like talking to someone who wasn't there, not knowing Dr. Cid has been talking to Venat. He stole and modified the prototype airship, named it Strahl and become Sky Pirate with Fran, his female viera partner.

Cid is former mechanical scientist of Shinra company and the one who designs Highwind airship. Cid aborted the rocket's launch to save Shera who is fixing the fault, makes his dream goes unfulfilled. Shera decided to lives with him taking all the criticism toward her but some years later, Cid notices there is a fault in the rocket's oxygen tank and apologize for his rude treatment.

#dissidia #dissidia opera omnia #opera omnia #dffoo #fr partner #tifa lockhart #llyud #ardyn izunia #faris scherwiz #rinoa heartilly #aerith gainsborough #balthier #rem tokimiya #shelke rui #leonhart #wakka #yuna #eiko carol #cid highwind

[kuipernebula]

Pictomancer's Madeen summon is super cute. Love how prominent the Moogle thing is to the rotation. It'll make VFX mods a little harder, I think, getting it to make sense with the "two points summon Moogle, four summon Madeen" bit.

I do think Pictomancer is as close as we'll get to my "Mog Knight as a magical girl caster" concept, which I'll take

[omanoman123]

Discovering Oman's Enchanting Wadis: Nature's Hidden Gems

Oman, a country blessed with diverse landscapes, is home to some of the most enchanting wadis in the world. Wadis, or dry riverbeds, carve their way through the rugged terrain, creating havens of natural beauty that captivate the soul. In this exploration of Oman's wadis, we will unravel the unique charm of these hidden gems, each offering a distinct blend of tranquility, adventure, and awe-inspiring landscapes.

1. oman Wadi Shab: A Symphony of Nature's Wonders

Wadi Shab stands as a testament to the harmonious coexistence of water and rock, creating a landscape that is both stunning and serene.

Swimming Through Gorges: Dive into crystal-clear pools and swim through narrow gorges, surrounded by towering cliffs.

Cave Exploration: Discover hidden caves along the wadi's path, each unveiling a new facet of nature's beauty.

2. Wadi Bani Khalid: Oasis Amidst the Desolation

Wadi Bani Khalid emerges as a lush oasis in the midst of Oman's arid landscapes, inviting travelers to relax and rejuvenate.

Natural Pools: Enjoy refreshing swims in emerald-green pools fed by natural springs, creating a tranquil oasis.

Cave Walks: Explore caves within the wadi, marveling at the interplay of light and shadow against the rocky formations.

3. Wadi Darbat: Khareef Season's Cascading Beauty

Wadi Darbat transforms into a cascading paradise during the Khareef season, offering a unique spectacle of waterfalls and lush greenery.

Seasonal Waterfalls: Witness the breathtaking sight of seasonal waterfalls cascading down mist-covered mountains.

Bird Watching: Explore the wadi's surroundings and indulge in bird watching, as migratory birds flock to the area during Khareef.

4. Wadi Al Arbaeen: A Tapestry of Palms and Pools

Wadi Al Arbaeen weaves a tapestry of date palms, rocky cliffs, and inviting pools, providing a picturesque escape.

Picnic Spots: Set up a picnic amidst the date palm groves, enjoying the shade and tranquility of this hidden oasis.

Rock Pools: Discover secluded rock pools along the wadi's course, perfect for a refreshing dip in the clear waters.

5. Wadi Al Hoqain: Where Water Meets Desert Sands

Wadi Al Hoqain offers a mesmerizing contrast as water flows through the heart of desert sands, creating a unique and surreal landscape.

Desert Flora and Fauna: Explore the wadi's surroundings to witness the adapted flora and fauna that thrive in this arid environment.

Sand Dunes: Marvel at the convergence of water and sand, a testament to nature's ability to carve beauty in unexpected places.

6. Wadi Al Madeen: History Carved in Stone

Wadi Al Madeen is not just a natural wonder but also an archaeological treasure trove, with petroglyphs and ancient inscriptions lining its rocky walls.

Rock Art Exploration: Embark on a journey through time as you discover ancient rock art depicting scenes of daily life and cultural symbols.

Historical Significance: Learn about the historical importance of the wadi as a corridor for trade and cultural exchange in ancient times.

7. Wadi Dayqah Dam: Engineering Marvel in Nature's Embrace

Wadi Dayqah Dam seamlessly integrates with the natural surroundings, creating a tranquil reservoir amid the rugged beauty of the wadi.

Scenic Views: Admire the panoramic views of the dam against the backdrop of rocky hills, showcasing the synergy between nature and human engineering.

Boating Excursions: Experience the wadi from a different perspective by taking a boat excursion on the dam's calm waters.

8. Wadi Mistal: Off the Beaten Path Adventure

Wadi Mistal beckons those seeking an off-the-beaten-path adventure, with its remote location and pristine natural beauty.

Hiking Trails: Embark on hiking trails that lead to elevated viewpoints, providing breathtaking vistas of the wadi's landscapes.

Floral Diversity: Discover the wadi's diverse flora, including endemic plant species that thrive in this untouched wilderness.

Oman's wadis are not merely geological formations; they are living ecosystems that tell stories of resilience, beauty, and the delicate balance between water and desert. As you traverse the paths of these enchanting wadis, you will find yourself immersed in the timeless allure of Oman's natural wonders.

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Wadi

[kazeofthemagun]

ZEROSTYLE Madeen.

[Entry 20 of the roster, the Celestial Chariot. A newborn Esper whose awakening had been long engineered by Tema, the Guide of Windaria. One of the very few spirits attuned to the pure element of light, the Chariot tirelessly traverses the sky as she follows the sun. Born of untold catastrophe, Madeen was created in the wake of the fall of Windaria as a collective wish of the Moogles that lived there - the Soil Spiral had twisted itself into the form of this hallowed beast, existing only to prevent such a horrific disaster from happening again. Due to the Moogles’ nature as bioconstructs originally devised by the Architect Tema as mobile Soil supply, the race’s sudden genocide resulted in enough of an energy spike to quite literally dream an Esper into existence. Such a feat is unheard of, what with none of the accounts of mortals actively attempting to create guardian spirits of their own ever coming to fruition. Seeing how much of a sacrifice creating Madeen required, however, this is hardly surprising. Though some wandering forces yet attempt to alter their shapes, the era of Esper birth is long past.]

———

1. “A light that drives a wedge into eternity, Photon Silver!”

2. “Vorpal detonation, Hyperbolic Orange!”

3. “The kiss of fiery heavens, Solar Gilt!”

“Illuminate! I summon you, Madeen!”

#final fantasy unlimited #ffu #ff:u #my art #madeen #[[summon spirits #[[Summon Spirit - Madeen #[[Zerostyle ║ Demon Gun Unchained

[nailtekgal]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Madden Girl junior’s black Sherpa jacket.

[shayrlocked]

In English, we say, 

We will never forget your oppression!

but in Urdu, we say,

ik aah uthegi seene meN

kuchh dard bhi hoga jeena meN

ham cheekheNge chillaeNge

masjid meN aur madeene meN

[romanticlyrics]