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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 5h

Oh he'll extend a friendly fist alright, cal chose the second option then absolutely decked him

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Related to this, people who just spam the bouncers fit are also NOT hot, like atleast throw some accessories in there with some interesting pants or SOMETHING. Like sure for cal it's not the most exciting glam. But he went from real cowboy to a performative cowboy by changing to white chaps and all

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This is what their average conversation sounds like, grynewaht makes cals messages to cid look puritain in nature #WOLshipping #FF14 #ffxiv

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

They were SPAMMING that shit I was DYING

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Man what a fun ass raid, I cant wait to see it when Im progging eden savage. Love the moment between these two as well. Sucks that it's msq gated for the rest of it but alas I will just have to wait

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Some very fun moments here, comin up to shiva an whoo boy was that a fun raid

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My first though about Gaia was that her eyes were too big, come to like my DARK lesbian, with my LIGHT lesbian. Cal is loving them now

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nier raid break, Im so glad the skirt isnt gender locked and I can upskirt cal and show off his hairy ass thighs

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I shouted "HE GETS KIRKED" at that scene btw, and then mikoto having the GALL to ask Cid out infront of cal, then him turning her down was great. #FF14 #FFXIV

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

RPR class break, he really said get fatter get fatter get fatter. Unfortunately any fatter and cal starts clip out of his clothes

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

What an ending to this class quest, I truly think this class is the only reason cal was still sane all of shb

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

GOD if cal wasnt with cid I WOULD lowkey ship them. Zenos is the only other person Ive seen get this lighting on them besides the WOL

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I LOVED that Ardbert's Bravaura lost its blood, signifying that hes moved on and is finally letting go of his guilt in a healthy way #FF14 #FFXIV

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What an amazing end to this saga in Cal's story. I loved that he was felled by an axe in the end, cal may have made peace with his inner beast but in the end the shape of Ardbert's and Cals soul is still an axe in the end specifically the bravaura, the axe who's soul they awakened

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I like to imagine he called the reminder of cal's soul, dunno if it's canon or not but its fun to think of this moment like that. Got chills from how cool it was, despite how easy the following boss was

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

GOD what a cool moment here, especially since cal uses the same axe too and his first tank class was Warrior. Truly meant to be a big beefy tank in any world. I also imagine Esteem and Myste were there too, every part of his soul giving him the strength to continue

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love that my girl allie is the first to act here, shes always putting her money where her mouth is even if she's not always up to the level

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

REALLY good moments all around, I love stories like this so much, alphinaud's deliveries here were phenomenal

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Huh, called it. Lowkey glad that this doesn't kill the fact that cal was already a reincarnation. It just means that his other piece was from a shard that had a calamity, he WAS from dnd after all, has dwarves, elves, goliaths and more proper reflections and all that

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

With Canto 10 in limbus company playing besides me an a central message of the ending being similar to the themes of this expansion I shouted CARMEN when I saw this

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There's a reason I stopped at level 3 of the ARR relic weapon, I dont think I could ever want any relic weapon especially since I dont even LIKE their designs for the most part. But Cal's first thought was "WHY ARENT YOU BALD????"

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just wow, these deliveries from Alisaie's actress were so good. Shes had my faveourite performances this entire expansion. You can really feel the emotion in her reads

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the scene that made me cry, something I think Cal shared. He was bawling when he came out of this flashback, it finally *clicked* that what he was doing MEANT something and snapped him out of his funk hed been in this entire expansion

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cal's new look btw, I bought a fanta for this, but basically I lengthened his hair and made the sunburn markings a lot more burn scar like on his face. I was debating making one of his eyes turn a light amber instead of the dark amber but didnt like how it looked.

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Its comforting in a way that some part of him knows exactly what hes going through, and even in another life hed be a hero, quite literally. One so similar that Cal was even contemplating the same thing the CE was gonna do. That is jumping into the rift and letting the light consume him

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Even now I dont think Cal really GOT what it meant until he woke up from his coma, one that I HC was a lot longer than a few days, enough for his hair to grow and bleach near the ends

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I dont think at any point ever has cal wanted to die more than now. I dont think theres a word for the pain of feeling your very soul being rewritten, and your vision go white at the edges

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They truly dont know the monster cal would become if they did that

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Very good writing here, I loved it, we love a bpd king. Except CE going, " that just happened "

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Okay this might be the first character to actually truly want the WOL in their entirety, not like zenos either. Like CE WANTS him. I was covering my mouth in shock this sequence This is also the first person that hes told he tired of being the WOL and just wants to rest, only cid has an inkling

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

*PSHHH* Ill be FINE 'Shtola, I told ya already, 'member? Cal says with gritted teeth

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sorry a lot to unpack in those two posts, I love the moments everyone is having though

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THIS?!!!! I ALREADY MADE CAL A REINCARNATION OF A DND CHARCTER, HE CANT BE TWICE. Also love this gay old man

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

He'll do anything for his beautiful wife, love them even if they benefited from subjugating the poor and down trodden

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Before he wouldnt have even asked and said that they were helping hes grown, but I also like to personally think that he was unsure whether or not cal would help over chasing due to how admittedly selfish cal has been this expansion

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stupid fat baby, props to alphy for trying cal was ready to charge

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cal always feels bad for opponents like this, he tried to reason with him about vauthry being not only a sin eater, but also someone that the man who is so so tired should be against. Espoecially when he cared about each and every girl he trained clearly

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The fat baby is more disgusting than I thought. More Cal anger moments here too

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

HE SAID IT SO MATTER OF FACT?! Also what did you mean hero of the source seven times rejoined, what do you mean by that Emet-Selch. Is Cal supposed to be the same soul, over halfway to being a "real person" in your eyes?

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dont act like you cant see this every time

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

He's FINE, no one else can do it so hes fine yall. Dont let his stupid blank expression fool you, he growled out that "Im fine" when looking up from under his hat

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Haha Cal's in danger, hes doing exactly what shes warning Ryne about. Im so glad that my made up lore about how cal was want to put everything on his shoulders and was tempered by minfilia turned out canon

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jerard @Shadowbringers @gerardd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just because youre tired of it doesnt mean other are tired of trying, hope and faith are things humanity have always had when all seems lost, if not hope then why else would we keep going on.

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