naomi 🫀 red lotus liberator

this is so neat! :) hoping i can attend with ft woes 🤞

There Will Be Yabby Claws. A Vertical Meat Kebab Of Gazelle Meat Laden With Spices. Fine Arak From Coldhearth. Pistachios Freshly Toasted. Crates Of Persimmons And Persimmon Products. Salt-Grilled Fish Fresh From The Loch. Perhaps Doctor Siegryn Will Try His Hand At Making Lokma

okay yes come and meet me on fuckin uhhh

Dynamis, Halicarnassus
The Peaks, Ala Ghiri

8PM EST Friday 10/10

for a (slapdash) Autumn Market RP get-together

Bring Food To Share And/Or Goods To Barter

am i missing anything did i forget something

From my royalty au in which sephiroth tries to take from a legend that isn’t hers, and pays for it with her humanity.

Ghost in the fog

Witch/hunter aerti!!

An aerith I drew after rewatching phantom of the opera 😋

I hate this dialogue option. it's so condescending. I would never say that. I don't even remember it. I would fight and die for the glory of ala mhigo

An edited image featuring my Warrior of Light, Sinna Aogane. Sinna is a tan-skinned Raen Au Ra with black hair, light highlights, and bright green eyes. Here she is drawn and colored by my friend Rae. She is symmetrically facing the viewer with a smile on her face. The art is atop a picture of My Little Pony’s Rarity from a Youtube video titled “How old is the Mane Six?” edited to say “How old is the wol six?” There are big, red and bold letters pointing to Sinna with an arrow that read “SHE’S 30”.

she’s 25 when she reaches the steppe & 28 when she leaves for eorzea > arr starts :) please view this silly ass img with sinna art drawn by my mipy @cosmateria.bsky.social that always makes me laugh #aoganelore

gotta update the sinnatsuyu shard chart so bad... stay tuned

yotsuyu is firm in her position, & looks down on those who attempt to sway her, but she does not fear you. she initially thinks very little of you & your role. it isn't until castrum fluminis that she understands wol (in #sinnatsuyu land) is someone unabashed in their flaming kindle. just like her

watching this again after awhile, im once again reminded of how yotsuyu does not directly express a verbal wish of harm or death upon wol until the "all the little angels" quest, where she is physically harmed/threatened by zenos - to disgustingly ignite fear in her & remind yotsuyu of his power

YouTube video by エイチ / FF14 Music Video FF14 MV - ヨツユ(月読命之唄)

must-watch fmv. i miss my wife youtu.be/H33vTHDzvMk?...

i was asked to repost this one too #ffxiv

My friend Emmy replying to my post that reads “never underrated in my house” referring to a Stormblood track. The reply reads “You are John Stormblood”.

deep pride

even at the end of the world when no one cares about the expac or my posts anywhere i will still be talking about stormblood. so don’t worry

been trying to convince everyone i know for years if we all hold hands & band together anything is possible

i think my oomfs should read fata morgana (after looking into the content warnings). visual novel of all time

it’s the same with fordola lupis > she’s their “mindless attack dog” of the crania lupi (birthed by the black wolf, the father) & it’s been drilled into her since joining garlean ranks. she & yotsuyu embrace these installations to survive their system as women whereas asahi lets himself be put out

this HurtsTM when connected with the references of practices/rituals of zoroastrianism written into the worship of rhalgr, because of theodoric burning down the temple of the fist + theme of destruction, dry lightning causing wildfires, raubahn being referred to as “reborn from rhalgr’s flame”, etc.

Black and white illustration of young Fordola from Chronicles of Light Volume 2.

my baby sister,

A screenshot from the Kurdistan Chronicle article “The Art of Adornment: A Closer Look at Kurdish Tattooing Practices” by Sabr Salih. It reads: The origins of daq tattoos trace back millennia, making it challenging to pinpoint an exact inception date. Some sources suggest a history dating back 10,000 years, linking the practice to ancient religious rituals and tribal affiliations. Across Kurdish-populated areas like Urfa, Diyarbakir, Qamishli, Sinjar, Mosul, Afrin, and Ruha, the prevalence of these tattoos is evident, reflecting a rich cultural heritage. The tradition of Kurdish tattooing is deeply intertwined with Zoroastrianism and Yezidi religious practices. It serves as a means of identification, with different symbols denoting tribal affiliations, regions, and religious beliefs. British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard documented the existence of these tattoos during his travels in Kurdistan and Mesopotamia in the mid-1850s, noting their significance in distinguishing individuals, particularly among the noble classes.

A screenshot from the LA Weekly article “THE COMPLICATED HISTORY OF ARMENIAN WOMEN'S GENOCIDE-ERA TATTOOS” by Liz Ohanesian. It reads: Semerdjian explains that the tattoos were used by multiple ethnic groups in rural parts of the Ottoman Empire, particularly Kurds and Arabs. She adds that, while some women may have been taken into a household as a slave, others were adopted by families. "They were traditional forms of tattooing that were worn by women in those communities," she says. "They were marks of inclusion in a tribe in many cases. It meant that those women had the same tattoos as other women in those communities. The Armenian women were not the only ones to receive those tattoos." That's where deciphering the stories behind the tattooed Armenian women gets difficult. There's a gut reaction to look at them as a means of punishment. There's a long history of that in various parts of the world, according to Lars Krutak, an anthropologist and photographer who studies tattoos and was a consultant on "Tattoo: An Exhibition," citing examples from ancient Chinese and European history. For modern folks, though, the closest comparison might be the numbers tattooed on Jewish people's forearms during the Holocaust. There's a problem with that kind of comparison, however. At Auschwitz, the tattoos were applied by SS authorities to mark prisoners at the concentration camp. During the Genocide, tattoos don't appear to have been a tool used by the Ottoman Turks, who orchestrated the campaign against Armenians, Semerdjian notes. In some instances, those tattoos may have actually helped women escape death. Semerdjian has found instances of that in her research. Tattoos have long been used to identify people as being part of a specific ethnic group. Answering generally on the use of tattoos in this regard, Krutak notes, "Tattoo designs spoke about a collective identity because everyone wore ancestral patterns that were handed down from generation to generation. And once you…

of her homeland, of her father’s life, of yda’s memory - she is so afraid, but like hell she’s going to show it.

the weight of her & yda’s face tattoos distinguishing them as ala mhigan is made much heavier when compared to both the suppression of culture/usage of colonization tools in west asia

Yda turned and met Fordola's eyes. With her usual mask gone, Fordola could see the lines of ink forming a traditional Ala Mhigan design. Her eyes—blue, Fordola now noticed-were so kind. Please run, she wanted to say, but she couldn't find her voice. Her body still trembled where she stood, frozen in place, but Yda approached as if nothing was wrong.

The tattoo stood out starkly against Fordola's complexion, its ink fresh under her skin. She traced the traditional pattern with her fingers. Today, she and Ansfrid, Emelin, and Hrudolf would join the XIIth Imperial Legion—but it was another day that occupied her thoughts as she set out, one long past, but vivid as a burning red sky.

i hope you understand how much fordola means to me. i’d joke & say she should’ve been pursuing her sociology degree, but the dirty promise of education for loyalty to the empire makes it bleak. to bear this specific part of her appearance despite her internalized oppression, to still bear deep love

I WILL PROTECT YOU.

young shadowbringers minfilia looks off to the side with concern. her head is tilted

ryne is smiling softly with her head tilted to the side

ok i’m sweet angel posting and going to bed. promise

Yes Lord……

A scan of the Tales from the Storm page from Chronicles of Light Volume 1. The page features an illustration of Yotsuyu’s headpiece.

A black and white illustration of Yotsuyu. We can only see her slightly exposed back, hair, and outfit. She is kneeling forward with her pipe in her hand.

vol2 art is great. im personally still here

thank you dear

it’s like 2am so this doodle isn’t that good but baby erenville … cutesit

#woltxt I've done some exposition on this before! (+aether)