iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 13h

I think one of the best things in life is to laugh, and to make others laugh. Not for pandering or manipulative purposes, but to bring a desperate situation to a more comfortable state by doing something absurd. Life is insane and uncontrollable no matter what I do. Laughter makes it easier

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 14h

Kiryll was born in Garlemald, so he's pretty immune to the cold. When he returned for Endwalker, he showed up without a shirt at first, before things got serious. Hydaelyn dotes on Kiryll so much that she tends to shield him from the elements, so he can wear whatever he wants in whichever weather

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ace 😸🐺 🔜 gateway fate!! @forgetsrotation.bsky.social · 15h

idr if i ever posted this gulool ja ja here so here you go lol [july 2024] #ffxivart

A monochrome bust sketch of Gulool Ja Ja.

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Karniz @karniz.bsky.social · 22h

Patreon/Ko-fi #Sketch Request post for OCTOBER is live! Become a Supporter today for access to monthly art requests as well as all other benefits like early access to all illustrations I do! Starting at a dollar! ⦖ patreon.com/karniz | ko-fi.com/karniz ⦕

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cowsites @cowsites.net · 22h

has anyone got some fun anti-doomscrolling habits? looking for techniques or hobbies to replace it! would love to give credit if i did a wee roundup =] #stopdoomscrolling #hobbies #crafts

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A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 21h

Twin Peaks: A Varied Thrush from the opening titles.

A Varied Thrush from the opening titles. Twin Peaks S01E01 - Northwest Passage.

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uncle leyla (scary) 🎃 @leyla.money · 06/10/2026

also: got a small extension on my contract so 🎉 my bills are paid for a few months longer. but if your team is hiring a mid-sr art or cine prod in the new year, either in baltimore county or remote, pls keep a leyla in mind

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Clarissa | Comms Open🎉 @clarissas-art.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October poll pool was large! We had 7 total characters! Only these 4 survived through random selection: Thancred (FFXIV) Thremis (FFXIV) Regula (FFXIV) Kefka (FFVI) ⬇Place your vote below!⬇ www.patreon.com/clarissasart... The winner will get Halloween themed art🎃 Poll closes OCT 11th 11:59pm EDT

Poll screenshot with images of Thancred, Themis, Regula, and Kefka.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Still feeling like a shaken up lava lamp but doing a little better today. I still wish life would cut me a break tho.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me: If I keep up interest and enthusiasm about the things I like, it can carry me through my darkest hours! Me during my darkest hours: Internet drama and the invasive thought that I am meant to suffer because I am wicked means I can't draw until this darkness is resolved at least a little bit

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The panic has left my system enough that I can draw again. For now, until the next big panic incident, whenever that may be

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Jo 𓆦 Russian Gadget Hackwrench Cult @necrologos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Making frontlines a hair more tolerable by roleplaying a hired goon from Jersey that ain’t got no gabagool for the boss

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cowsites @cowsites.net · 04/10/2026

who up checkin out the newsletter?? if anyone's had any spooky or autumnal websites or decorated your main site for the changing of the seasons, give us a shout!! i'd love to feature them in the next edition =] #newlsetter #oldweb #cowsites

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kiryll is persistent, and doesn't give up, even when he might actually probably should sometimes.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kiryll regrets having met a lot of people, but not more than he's happy he met so many others. He most especially regrets meeting the first guy he tried to impress, an elezen butler named Beaufort Fatima, who was very cruel to him as a trainer and angry when he surpassed him

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kiryll doesn't really have a dating history so much as unrequited crushes and a list of escort service clients and hookups. Only guy who really seemed to want any kind of commitment that he wanted to reciprocate was from Varis, and although that's not something he broadcasts, he misses it

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kiryll is pronounced like "KEE-rul". It's a variation on Carl, which I got from Carlin/Kahran Ramsus from Xenogears. Kiryl is also a common name in Ukraine and is also a re-localization of my favorite character from Dragon Quest 4, whose original name was Cristo

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kiryll's skin is softer than he'd like it to be, but he doesn't struggle too much with it. If I used mods, he'd have a more demonstrably freckled face, especially now that he's spending more time in the sun since moving to Tural, but I typically don't put that level of detail into my artwork

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Going to my husband's larp after becoming extremely socially anxious during the pandemic has helped me deal with real life social situations and problems a whole lot better and I'm still perplexed as to why it's been given a bad name, and why for.

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worrier of light @stephaga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t understand “larper” as an insult because larpers get up and actually do things. They can’t physically be medieval knights or whatever due to being born in the wrong decade but they’ve got the spirit. Also they go outside

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nutti (SHOP IS OPEN) @nuttimeister.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

pretend that it just turned october pls

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You know, I think you hit the nail on the head for how I feel about FFXIV as well. I haven't been able to find the right words for it

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's very hard work that's extra hard right now for reasons that aren't even my fault. But I still get up. I still want to try.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm still kind of haunted by the worry that someone who I thought was my closest friend turned around to hardcore cyberbully me behind my back because I was annoying about video games, but I'm making an emotionally charged assumption here. And now I make video games. A+ annoying?

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Anyway, kinda like the modern Xeno fandom, the FF7 fandom is a sea of strange faces, though I still have friends I know who are going on 20 years almost, sometimes longer. I won't trust anyone with the deep inner workings of my heart so quickly anymore. I want to get back to doing more art soon

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

...it's worth being a person who survived. I still cry and screech whenever shit is bad, but I gotta get back up. And I do. Every time. Sometimes I do it late, but I get out of bed every day somehow. I need a lot of rest when things go sideways, but I always get back up.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think one of the reasons I got so attached to my WoL is that he's the guy who can do some of the things I'm too afraid to, or cannot do. But he also had to toughen up to get past Endwalker, too. Surviving a terrible loss means that it's impossible to go back to the person you were, but...

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rejoining the FF7 fandom on a casual basis is different, but it constitutes years of healing for me. Some trauma can be healed& is worth the work. I had to get a little tougher than I wanted to to get here. I'd love the luxury of being able to faint my way out of situations, but I have to be strong

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min / eiha @worldformula.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

#ff7 #finalfantasyvii what if i never see you again?

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026

Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍

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XenoChat @xenochatpodcast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy 27th birthday, Monolith Soft!

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nothing quite like the stress of a family member's surgery being moved to a work lock date that can't move. I know it's about getting up once I'm knocked down, but I would love to have a break

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BOO-lie @MCM G-05 @bailierosenlund.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had a LOT of fun designing these Ivy and Harley costumes for Poison Ivy in Briarwood (coming out this November of DC Go!) #art 🌹✨

Costume designs for Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, in the upcoming Poison Ivy in Briarwood DC Go webcomic.
Ivy: Dressed a 'medieval' green witch dress, with flowing long skirt layers and billowing half-sleeves. She wears an off the shoulder blouse below a corset top. Her red hair is long and partially tied back with braids.
Harley: Wearing a venetian jester outfit reminiscent of her classic suit, with long hat jangles, a ruffled collar and skirt, and puffy sleeves. the outfit is patterned with stripes and checkerboard all in black, red, and white. she has a small black diamond painted underneath each eye.

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

made a sandwich with this bread before i realized its smug ass was covered in mold. fuck you, bread

a slice of wheat bread with a mold pattern that looks infuriatingly like a smiley face. this bread is a piece of shit

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When I was a kid, I went without assurance enough that I deserved to exist that I started to try to hide as much as I possibly could from just about everything. Now that I'm more okay with the whole existing business, I'm gonna be so obnoxious about being all about my own joy

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I just looked up Fourchenault Leveilleur for fanfiction reference and he is only 40. I was 40 4 years ago, wtf

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Cascanor @cascanor.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My pookies...except you Varis, you went out in a weak fizzle. Unserious doodles of them before I start working on a concept project with them in mind #chibi #ffxiv #art #Garlemald

Chibis of Zenos yae Galvus, Solus zos Galvus, Crow wir Galvus, Varis yae Galvus about 4-5 years earlier than ffxiv A Realm Reborn-canon

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah. Whenever I see a copy of Kiryll, which is very rare bc his face config is unpopular, I'm like FRIEND!!!! BROTHER!! GOOD TASTE

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe it's just a viera thing. Because customization for viera is so constrained. But still. One can log off and self-reflect x_x

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just a guy with a knife. Don't worry about it.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Like I get becoming attached to your digital avatar, but there are a limited amount of model combinations in this MMO. There are probably 1000 people with your character configuration just based on population. The things that make you say this will not change unless you act. Some people are all talk

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some people in FFXIV fandom are like: "That person over there, with my exact model and hairstyle but different colors? They're ugly!" Me, with slight aphantasia that only allows me to understand color when my eyes are open: "Are you...sure?"

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm finishing college so I can get to say FF7 House didn't take college from me.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Everything has to be "for now." We have a tomato plant that's doing well. For now. Today was a gorgeous day with beautiful weather. It is in the past now.

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I will always have to fight for what I need, and it's exhausting, but if I have everything I need already, there's no need to go out and do things. I've been put on this earth to do things and see things. Says the soft spoken introvert with PTSD

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I had to fight very hard for my peace& it's fucked up to have something I thought I earned permanently degrade. But the thing is that everything is in some kind of state of decay. It's just harder for us to see it because it's hard for humans to visualize things that take a long time until we're old

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Halite Jones (they/them) @h4lite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I would love to go more than 3 months w/o something that's been immutable until now changing. I try to be open to change, but actually, I become so afraid of having to shift from my comfortable brain space. The world is cruel, so I hole up inside my head for safety & dignity

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