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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

dynamis has failed me so i have moved onto my usual home turf (crystal) 😤

sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🗣 DYNAMIS I'M CALLING AGAIN, IT'S TIME TO DO THE FIRST GREG FIGHT i know full well i can do it unsynced, but that's no fun >:( we do it as intended or we don't do it at all

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

[makes perfect boiled eggs] detective hardiboiled would be SO proud of me right now 😤😤

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🎠 @mmhberry.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

watching wol get thrown on the ground by ilberd during the bloody banquet, getting poisoned by an ishgard girl, flipped by zenos two times, having their soul crack because of light, vomiting said light three times, being held hostage, and having their body possessed while crawling in an old corpse

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a man in a black shirt is eating a bowl of food

ALT: a man in a black shirt is eating a bowl of food

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

THEY'RE SOOOO FUCKING GENDER BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

also I'm so sorry but I must do this. this isn't spoilers since we all know the DT credits drop this patch, and with the credits come new key art for characters. I won't show said art, at least. but anyway. [points and zero and erenville's new art] BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BAR

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

(also i'm doing it on dareus bc i feel the viera starting gear fits the vibe pretty well + i've wanted a reason to use it as a glam for him since it doesn't fit his other two jobs)

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🤔dabbling with BST on dareus (since it doesn't feel like it'd be nihyo'li's thing/he can't have all the fun + he's already maxed out on BLU), and!! hm!! i can see the appeal, even if it's a little grindy. i'm not unhinged enough to try to get to max level in one day, so i'll take my time with it

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'M ALSO EYEING (PUN NOT INTENDED) ALL THESE NEW NPCS WITH VIBRANT EYES THROUGH THE WHOLE EXPANSION... I WANT IT TOO!!! GIVE IT TO ME NOW, I want my guys to have pretty eyes too 🥺 oh the updated character customization can't come soon enough if that's part of it

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

i'm also remembering i still uhhh need to do the final part of the alliance raids. oopsie. i'll knock it out later, it's whatever

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

dawntrail credits!! dawntrail done!! genuinely fun as hell expansion also this isn't a spoiler really, but still alludes to the final quest reward. sooo rot13: trgf qbja ba bar xarr... gngneh v bjr lbh zl YVSR, guvf vf fhpu n tbbq tynz sbe qnjagenvy 😭 v qba'g rira arrq gb punatr gur pbybef zhpu...

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killian @craterdogs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

finishing the Hildibrand quests

an image of Hildibrand and Nashu.
Hildibrand: what's for dinner, my queer-platonic joyfriend whom I LOVE?
Nashu: HOD DOG 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

LMAO RIGHT, I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT ZENOS

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

complaining: works 70% of the time, ALL the time B)

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🗣 DYNAMIS I NEED YOU TO LOCK IN AGAIN, WE NEED TO FIGHT HADES

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

trading one convoluted way of sharing screenshots with another... anyway 5'11" vs 6'0"

A screenshot from the game Final Fantasy 14 showing 2 Viera (Rabbit Person) characters. The one on the right is clearly taller.

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

also very funny of the game to keep the fact that the exarch's kind of shit at hiding his tail at times in some optional dialogue with moren. relatedly, perhaps a thing more ppl should know bc i think the hc of him not having a tail anymore is kind of common and uh. that's not true. it's in the text

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

anyway i would die for ardbert and feo ul btw

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

definitely would want to take some some inspo from fe: awakening's taguel since he/his uh. host body i guess is a viera tho. giant monster angel wolf rabbit..... a big fucked up wolpertinger??? hm........

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

like, just from the sheer quantity of the stuff the wol takes on over the course of base shadowbringers. the idea of a fucked up hybrid voidsent/sin eater is a fun idea though... could be a neat thing to concept up for him specifically whenever i'm in the mood.

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

tries to figure out the logistics of a voidsent potentially becoming a sin eater/a lightwarden while my funny little guy is suffering from light corruption in real time... ultimately dareus is not a wol but it's fun to think about. i'd imagine the light would ultimately snuff out the darkness, tho

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"upon speaking with ryne, several cutscenes will play in sequence" giggling and kicking my feet, I knoooow isn't that awesome

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

30 minute queue 💀 did manage to get the fight done, though!! there was a russian in the party too, so that was neat

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

and I assume it was a mentor bc that back out was NEARLY immediate, like they had enough time to register it as an 8 man and went "nah." coward misses out on an easy clear /jkjk

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

fucked up and evil that the duty popped just for a single rando to back out btw. my money is on it being a mentor expecting an extreme

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

pspsps dynamis I need you to lock in, we gotta kick vaulthry's ass

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

thank you ff14 seasonal event writers, for keeping the keeper of the moon economy alive and also for the yuri 😤

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

relatedly the elevator scene where wol calls over ardbert is still so charming. the little gag with the random guy in the back to thinks you're waving to him. ardbert being surprised that you'd want to ride with him. why are these characters so likeable, this is evil

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

MAN... talking to the exarch as a not-miqo'te is actually hilarious 😭 he's so short... dareus isn't even that tall compared to other characters (he's like 5'7" iirc) but the exarch is still so eeny compared to him... manlet of a leader (affectionate)

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Kili🌟🔞 @kilieit.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"why am i doing chores for this random NPC when i should be slaying gods" Maybe you're nice. Maybe you're literally nice

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

if the manderville quests no longer have any fans that means i am dead. manderville quests i LOVE you manderville quests!!!

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

last thing: "oh my god they pressed the ff7 red button, dt must've been that bad 😂" I am holding your face in my hands. guess what other square enix game comes out in 2027. I wonder why they would feature a crossover of a ff game coming out in 2027 with the other ff game coming in 2027. c'mon now

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

my guy's keeping his bc I'm far too attached to how they look, but this is definitely big for the rp scene I feel. clanless miqos and trans miqos...

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

ALSO WAIT, THE MIQO FACE MARKINGS WERE WAR PAINT THE WHOLE TIME??? WHAT THE FUCK

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

okay so I've watched the extended teaser 👀 I'm digging it, I'm digging it hard also obligatory "got damn ff14 will do anything BUT let a keeper of the moon have a major msq role" comment here, they can't keep getting away with this /jk but also 🥺 please.....

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

anyway that aside, while i haven't checked out every bit of info that was dropped at the berlin fanfest just yet, what i have seen has been really cool so far 👀

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

and like!! there are better ways that a game could accommodate for disabilities that actually help (map design, fight design, better colorblind options, control customization, etc.). auto-pathing + walking ain't it when movement is a core part of the game, man

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

idk. i just don't like it when people see something that actually does not have a tangible benefit for disabled players (or has the decency to not treat them like brain dead babies) and use that as an excuse to implement a dogshit function that was made for phones bc they're terrible controllers

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

if somone is incapable of doing a fetch quest and has to have the auto-path feature for it, then how are they gonna handle trials. does that mean they're just totally locked out of every bit of optional content? bc raids and alliance raids ask much more of you than a 5 minute at worst fetch quest

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

squats over here bc i'm sure nobody on my main wants to see me ramble about this /jkjk but like. auto-pathing+walking is. not. a disability aid in the context of an mmo, and especially not ffxiv, i'm sorry. my friend pointed out the biggest flaw nicely, and that's the fact that trials/raids exist

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Antares [semi-hiatus] @antaresxiv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The ew role quest (healer) touched upon the question on why one would turn against their people and I recommend anyone to play it tbh. Colonization wins if it manages to create a divide in the people they colonize, bc it weakens the ppl it tries to break. Healing and mending those bonds is fitting.

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

poikos got their clear in the end, all is right with the world 😤 i can't wait to see how the next ultimate race goes, this one was super fun

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

NOOO I WAS OUT WHEN THE STREAM CLEAR HAPPENED.... but man... kefka ultimate clear on 6/7 with a team name you could unironically make a deez nuts joke with. poikos getting the clear with their absurd grind would've been great but this is a very hilarious acceptable alternate outcome 😤

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

aww :( they came super close but they had to turn in for the day. even if they didn't get world first i still hope they're all proud of what they achieved here, bc DAMN dude!! they were straight up blitzing that clown 😭

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

okay, the prog difference between first place and everyone else on p5 is so fucking funny. what spirit of battle possessed poikos for them to get THAT far in so quickly. deadass I went to bed last night and nobody was past like 80 percent hp 😭

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

APPARENTLY, YES?? 😭 and experienced the rest of the game up to endwalker via somebody else streaming it. it's so baffling, dude

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

broke: lol what if kefka was beaten on 6/7 or 6/9 woke: what if the raid group dn (whose name may literally mean "deez nuts." idk for sure, but if it is 👀) gets the kill

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

okay. okay. i'm done. i'm so sorry. clown make up is going back on. back to watching kefka rock people's shit

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sleepless scholar @windupnihyoli.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

idk man. idk. i hope i'm not coming off as gatekeep-y or pretentious but like how the FUCK do you make a shb comic while not understanding that the scions ARE key players in shb. without them being there everything literally would have gone to shit. wol could not have JUST done it with the exarch

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