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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If it helps, FFXIV has been on... well, PlayStation with controller support since day 1, they've recently branched out to the other two consoles.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We have two more heavily implied examples that don't match up, though: one is a void quest spoiler and the other is in the newest Rising story. I think they have some reflections match physically for player convenience rather than because it's canon that all reflections match.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ICly, truthful, but because of the unclear timeline I'm a little vague about it on a meta level.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

She's probably 16, because in-universe 16 is the age of adulthood and the devs have stated that in-universe children can't be party members. (Unukalhai is a weird edge case.) By our *out of universe* standards, yes, she's a child (well, teenager.) So no, she should not be lewded. Hand holding only.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Azer'li can be cuddly when he lets his guard down, but that doesn't happen often.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The way Overwatch handled seasonal events back then was great; you had to play during the season which encouraged people to play, but if you missed the one you wanted they'd be back next year. I wish XIV used that model over the cash shop.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(The other part was that, in that two month window, I lost enough skill that matchmaking was painful.)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

But if you're not able to play during that time it feels really bad. Like, XIV is okay, they put old event items in the store for a tip and rerun old events occasionally. But I quit Overwatch in part because they ran a FOMO skin I really wanted while I was injured and unable to use a mouse.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

(I also picked the name Azer'li and spent like five minutes of 5.3 trying to figure out if "Azem" was based on your character name or not. Closest I've come to winning the lottery, I guess.)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I wanted to play an Au Ra, but when I started you needed HW. So my options were human, bigger human, tiny human, elf, or cat. (Keep in mind I knew nothing about the lore.) I picked cat, intending to use the free Phantasia if I bought HW. I got attached.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I had the original NES game when I was in elementary school. I have fond memories of it. The only mainline game I haven't played at least part of is XI, and that's just because I really don't want to play a super archaic MMO just for the story.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Only indirectly; Azer'li was not yet of age when the Calamity happened. But one of his sisters was wounded in the Battle of Carteanu and the merchant who used to bring him books never came back afterward.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A related part of my headcanon is that Sharlayan libraries come with unlimited free Archon loaf (both to keep busy scholars fed and as a form of welfare. Hungry? Go to the library.) Which is why little Urianger ate a lot of Archon loaf-- he basically lived in the library.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Azer'li's Sapphire Carbuncle is larger that normal and particularly robust. She actively fights alongside Azer'li in battle, performing headbutts and kicks.

A blue-skinned, blue-haired, blue-robed Keeper Arcanist sitting on the floor next to an oversized sapphire blue Carbuncle

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Ah, I didn't realize that was part of the rules! I don't hang out in Limsa as much, but I know they have a weird ingredients vendor that I had to grab stuff from when I was leveling CUL. Also check your local market for neotunics and eye patches (arrr.)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Eh, I'll just ROT13 it: Gurer'f n fubc va Hy'qnu npebff sebz gur Vzzbegny Synzrf onfr gung fryyf gur Oevqrfznvq'f naq Orfg Zna'f frgf. Ba zl freire gurl pbafvfgragyl fryy ba gur ZO sbe jryy bire gur iraqbe cevpr.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It's possible to run a local model on your own hardware, which mitigates a lot of the environmental impact (it's still using electricity, but not on data center scales) but you'd still need the ethically trained model. Problem is the AI bros have sucked up all the hardware for themselves, somehow.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's one flavor of Outshine; glass somehow got into a batch of the product. There's no issues with popsicles in general, or even the other flavors of Outshine. That shouldn't happen, but it's a very different kind of recall than the others.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's exhausting, but not as bad as it sounds. Cyclospora can be neutralized by heat, so *cooked* cilantro should be fine. The eggs that got recalled were from one relatively small farm in the Midwest that only produces one brand. Popsicles in general are okay, it's one specific flavor of Outshine.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Yet at the same time they hate it if you keep your old name or don't marry at all. It's a literal no win situation on purpose.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's like they don't know the old ways. Don't like, don't read. Use the filters. The tags are there for a reason.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's likely that the Source needs to be primed, too, not just a shard-- for a Rejoining to happen both ends have to be unstable. Elidibus comments in HW that he's worried that the Source is tilting too far out of balance toward Light; they'd need to shift the imbalance to do another Shard.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Azer'li invented a job! His Tactician is an Arcanist offtank. Big carbuncle, lots of shields and damage down debuffs.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The problem isn't the scooters/bikes, it's the lack of helmets. I see so many kids with no helmets riding around....

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We should have all of those, too!

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I worked retail for over a decade and volunteered for holiday shifts so the people with kids could have the day off. I wish everyone could have the day off and I think more stores could afford to close, but places like gas stations and pharmacies can't.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's not, but given the techbro push for fewer holidays it feels like a purity culture poison pill rather than a realistic point of criticism. Yes, we should acknowledge and try to correct the sins of the past, but to cancel one of the few holidays that most non-retail employers respect over it...?

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Most people aren't thinking about colonialism and genocide, they're just spending time with family and eating turkey.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I think we're going to get Urianger infiltrating again (this time with the Scions' full knowledge) as a sort of mirror to his HW arc. (It was made fairly clear that he agreed with the green lady's point to some degree, which makes this nicely crunchy.)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For fanfic purposes everyone is whatever orientation makes sense in that specific story. In WoL!Azer'li's canon, Y'shtola is demisexual, Thancred thought he was straight until suddenly he wasn't, and Urianger refuses to conform (still uses he/him because friends misgendering him in cs is jarring.)

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Anne ☕ @anneapocalypse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I made a guide to writing Urianger's distinct style of speech! I've had this in the works for a long time, and it's finally complete. archiveofourown.org/works/896370...

archiveofourown.org

Writing Urianger: A Guide - Chapter 1 - anneapocalypse, anneapocalypsemeta (anneapocalypse) - Final Fantasy XIV [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Why do they require them to retest every year? Do they think these girls are going to transform into boys? This is very plainly vice signaling.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Azem'li universe: G'raha is having fun with the carbuncle and might consider picking up arcanima in the future. WoL!Azer'li should not be trusted with black magic. (RP!Azer'li has no SO.)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

That's part of the goal. The same propagandists behind the anti-trans movement also hate the fact that girls' sports exists because it's "unfeminine" for a female to compete. By attacking transgender people they can make girls sports unpopular and unviable as a happy side effect.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

(And I guess Bob the Ascian might count? Random black mask who went AWOL near the end of ARR and is living in fear of the day Lahabrea catches up to him.)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I also have a half-built OC who's a member of the Night's Blessed. Sometime after 'Master Matoya" left she decided that she wanted to be an astrologian. Unfortunately, the only astrologian on the First left alongside Matoya, so she ends up reinventing the art from the notes Urianger left behind.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Toqtani Qestir is specific to one fanfiction and is intentionally designed to be a foil to Urianger. She's a very traditional Qestir so no one knows her backstory, but somehow she manages to get a lot across without saying a word.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I have one in-game, Azer'li, although there's three different canons for him (MSQ, in-game RP, and a side RP where he's one of the background Scions. He's only the Heir of Azem in MSQ canon.) He's gotten a lot more fleshed out lately! I have two other OCs that don't exist in game.... (c)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We knew a few things. For example it's a coronavirus, so we can assume it spreads like a coronavirus. He did not, however, personally design and unleash the virus because he hates America, which I'm pretty sure is what the Republicans are trying to get at.

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AerialSquid - GATEway FATE bound! @aerialsquid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Imagine you summon a demon and you have the bound to your will but you can't actually tell them what to do because they only speak Italian.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

They're holding him responsible for not knowing everything about COVID on day one and making decisions that weren't perfect in hindsight knowing what we know now. Because it can't be Trump's fault, no no no. Someone else must be blamed.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Remember the Republicans who decided to have a sit in protest of a shop that required its customers to wear masks? You know, that wig shop for immunocompromised cancer patients?

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Do you think Trump would feel bad about denying the residents of a state he didn't win their right to vote? That's probably a bonus.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I noticed that, too. When I was last working in a store, the steaks all bragged about the thick cuts. There were a bunch of thin ones last time I decided to not get steak, after all

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

And even if you can, you've probably still changed your habits. I used to have steak once a month or so....

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

There's a suspicious *lack* of Scions in the trailer.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

ICly, probably no, but his IC main class *doesn't actually exist* so I'm not going to be playing his class in PvE to begin with. OOCly, very likely. It looks cool, so I'll pick it up once the initial rush subsides (and probably level my healers early.)

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm betting it's a bad automatic filter. I did find the link for how to appeal and get the label removed. It looks annoying, but not difficult. bsky.app/profile/skyw...

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