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If acting as a living shield doesn't apply, he doesn't really have a plan B. He's not mean about it, he just doesn't have the words to *say* 'he understands, scary things are scary' in eloquent ways.

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Vish will double down on being terrifying if that was his intention. Vide doesn't really do "comfort". If someone is afraid, his way of handling it is either by putting himself between the scary thing and the scared people, or showing that there was nothing to fear to begin with.+

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fear. If it's a big fear, or an existential fear (EW style), he'll do what he can to rally them, bring the person comfort and show them that they're completely sane for being afraid, but that some things need to be done scared. If the reason they're afraid is *him*... He probably did it on purpose+

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It depends on who, and why, for Vish. If a kiddo, Vish gets as small and harmless as he can manage and goes from terrifying Warrior of Light to 'crouching goober' pretty fast. If its an adult, and the reason is something 'little', he'll try to lighten the mood and show them there's nothing to +

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For Vide, the funny answer: Crime, and pissing off the Empire. Still halfway through StB, his motivation is freeing his homeland from Imperial control, seeing his brothers' dream made reality, and leaving Varis and Zenos dead behind him. And a little bit to make Magnai's eye twitch.

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For Vish, the funny answer: ADHD and the resources to chase the dopamine. Post-EW, his motivation is hugely boosted by his Momma, and having his lineage laid bare for the first time in his long life. He grieves his Momma, but honors her by exploring the world she shattered to save. +

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Vish usually replies with something snarky about being pocket sized and cute (he's a min-height, goth as hell, purple scaled male aura) Vide is likely to shrug the comment off entirely, or just raise an eyebrow in question.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Vish is intensely proud, big cheeseball grin and all. He loves his momma, and thinks she's an absolutely incredible badass. Vide is pissed. He doesn't remember her, but his brothers have never sugar coated her betrayal that lead to his brothers taken a toddling Vide and fleeing Bozja.

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Vish is a bubble, or a giggle just waiting to happen. He's the very goth example of the silly character who becomes terrifying when he's stops joking around. Vide seems like he has no sense of humor, but it's just very dry. When with his brothers or his partner, it can vary a little more.

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

For Vish, the silly answer is Mango related food or drink. Some would sell their soul for a klondike bar, he'd sell his for a fresh mango. (So would I, some days). The serious answers are: kids in distress, and people being bullied.

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Corruption and ineptitude wrapped in arrogance. These fuckers don't know anything about how the world functions globally, don't want to learn, and are frankly insulted that we (in the US) would even expect them to ask the experts when we put them in positions of power

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

If they cared more about the *actual corruption*, they'd be happy to push impeachment and 25th, over and over. But they are also corrupt, so it's hard to push against corruption when you might make your corporate owners... I mean donors, unhappy.

gruncle grant @therealgstoye.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

They’re trying to ram through KOSA, a full Section 230 repeal, and a slew of other anti-LGBTQ censorship and surveillance laws under the guise of “cracking down on AI” and a ton of dumb leftists are falling for it.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

For Vish, it's also Vanaspati. He feels horribly responsible for bringing the Final Days to his adopted homeland, and very nearly went dark-and-scary in response to the realization of just *what* he'd brought down on his beloved home. The sort of thing that will fuel his nightmares forever.

So, how the hell else are people supposed to feel about election integrity when the answers are filtered through lies, and bad AI summaries? When we stop listening to experts, we stop learning, and calcify in our fear-fueled ways to be so resistant to changing our minds based on new information?

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And now, too, we see the rise of LLMs that continue to degrade our ability to find the real answers. AI Summaries of our searches provide "quick" answers that are full of inaccuracies, but because they're at the top of the page, they're trusted over the more credible sources just down the page

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We have been living in this anti-intellectual age for a long time now, but we're seeing the fruits of the labors of conservative "think tanks" that want an electorate too ignorant to know when to ask for an expert opinion, and too opposed to being *wrong* that they double down in that ignorance.

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This is what happens when we stop demanding people prove their claim is true, taking the burden of proof off the accuser and turning everything into an outlandish game of providing evidence that discredits the claim, and letting them discard it as "biased" or questioning the credentials of experts

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It's also why he eventually started working as a gleaner of sorts for the Alchemists, which gave him a reason to travel and do a wild variety of things more freely, while soaking up new information like a sponge. He and Thancred bonded over this shared ND flavor early on.

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He tends to chase dopamine by snarky comments when he can, which makes him an absolute terror to Emet-Selch, who would like him to stop interrupting his monologues It also means that Vrtra had to put up with a bored baby brother doing some bonkers things when he was first settling in Radz-at-Han

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Vish is absolutely ADHD. He's used to being able to at least aim himself generally in the direction of the thing that needs doing, but the fate of the world is exactly the sort of "this is a deadline fire" motivation that keeps him on-task. +

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So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Vide's opinions were informed by growing up under Imperial rule, and watching some notable nobles bend the knee to the Empire. He loathes the cowardice of powerful people, noble or not, and thus he has little time for them until they prove him wrong.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Vish *hates* politics. Being the WoL, this point became an issue he had to get over. But he has made it the problem of every noble he has had to deal with Lolorito dreads his name Ishgardian nobles *know* they were saved from their ancestor's crimes by a dragon directly related to Nidhogg.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

But it is also about toxic nationalist pride. Too many won't back down from the war they let this idiot start, because they cannot tolerate looking weak, or looking like they got played. They'll chest thump about US Power, and Spreading Democracy while actively ensuring ours collapses at home.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

As a Vet, I can tell you with conviction that the best way to avoid "betraying the troops" is to Not Put Them Where They Don't Need to Be. You will see Rs vote in favor of sending more young soldiers to their death so they can distract us from the corruption at home.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

He has a similar revulsion to any 'research facility' he's encountered where the 'scientists' tortured and eviscerated creatures for... 'science'. It only gets worse in Solution 9, where he uh... Becomes enraged with their practices over souls, memories, and living creatures.

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

For Vish, he loathes Azys Lla, and anywhere tech-y. He hates technology, magitek gives him the heebiejeebies, and the lingering tech in the area makes his skin crawl for what it was used for. Dragon vs Allagan Technology, Dragon is UNHAPPY

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Vishzahn: Tank= Dark Knight Magical DPS= Red Mage Melee DPS= DRG until Mid-EW, then Reaper Ranged DPS= Dancer (like his Momma) Healer= Astrologian Vide: Tank= Gunbreaker Magical DPS= Red Mage, but he's not great at it Melee DPS= Reaper Ranged DPS= Machinist Healer= He's got vercure?

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Pretty sure it's gunna be "Fuck you, got mine" now.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

He would find all the threads of every calamity he thwarted, and pull on them until the world went black, and he would guard the ashes to make sure not one spark light the darkness when he was done. This is especially true after EW and it's patches

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

For Vish to go villain, the recipe is really easy: He loses his wife, his brother, and the Scions. Nothing would stop him from deciding that humanity no longer deserved to exist. He doesn't exactly have an evil plan, but without someone to bring him out of his rage (the three parties mentioned)...

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

That's not debate. That's not good faith conversation. That's nothing but a dog and pony show to make him look like he's a real sharp guy, when he is, in fact, an idiot with nothing to add to the immigration conversation.

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Ellison points out that he wasn't there to talk about antisemitism, but about immigration. Asking pointless questions outside of that is bad faith, and should not be taken seriously. Moreno wanted to derail the conversation and discredit the expert because he wouldn't leap through his pointless hoop

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Judicial Warrants are current law. They want ICE to follow the current law. They're weird, hateful little boys who know taking off their masks and following current law would require they act like cops. And that's just not racist and hateful enough for these freaks.

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mads 🐼 @smadseli.northsky.social · 09/02/2026

hopefully goes without saying but do not upload your identification to fucking discord

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

There is a major political organization allied with the president that got so mad a Latino artist was tapped to play at the Super Bowl they made a whole alternative show. We should all take a moment to reflect on that. It is so blatantly racist.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

For Vish, he's either cooking favorite dishes and cuddling with his wife, or wandering through his favorite places in Thavnair, basking in the sun on a particular plateau like the giant lizard he is. For Vide, he usually sits somewhere silent and sketches, like he has to hide his soft artistic side

Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

As for how it impacted his relationship with Hydaelyn, that's even more complicated, but summarizing badly: Dragon boy doubted his Momma when he met Ryne, then learned not to doubt his Momma when he faced off against Hades.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Her ascension to the Voice of Hydaelyn was rather complicated. He felt guilty that he 'left her', even though she demanded he go on without her. But, the loss of her idealistic nature made Alphinaud's similar nature even more obvious, and he doubled down on his protective stance around the kiddo. +

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Vish wasn't all that close with Minfilia. He respected, definitely, but she was young and idealistic in ways that he'd never quite match, having come from the Void. He definitely felt like an outsider coming into an old friend group, when he met the Scions, and her warmth did a lot to mitigate +

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We should never have stopped calling them losers and weirdos.

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Rogue Onions @rogueonions.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Vish is DRK/DNC/RDM mainly until after lvl 85 msq. If I really enjoy a job, I'll sometimes work it into his lore to make it work, like AST or BRD. Sometimes I will get self-indulgent and re-write job lore to make the class work for Vish.