stay spooky

like. when i say house haillenarte is queercoded its not because stephanivien has cunty green mascara and looks like a lesbian i'd find at the bar. its because every fucking haillenarte child thats alive is, unconsciously, one massive fuck you to the church and everything they aim to impose on the people thru ideals of knighthood and glory. i havent gotten that far into machinist yet, but stephanivien is actively (though i cant say if he does it consciously) giving the common folk the means to fight back. which highlights how dragoons are a privileged position for nobility (order of the knights dragoon states theyve only RECENTLY gotten lowborns to join bc dragoons are dying faster than they can be trained) and/or those in vulnerable positions whose trauma and pain are exploited for profit (estinien. just. estinien as a whole) stephanivien is out there creating weapons and gear and jobs that will erase everything that dragoons stand for

laniaitte is possibly the only responsible level headed and competent one, the closest thing to a knight they have and shes stuck in the one camp that is furthest away from dragons. which could also hint towards the sexist ideas that ishgard holds even if implicitly. bc they put their only fucking daughter, who is clearly equipped to do more than stand around, in the one place where shes supposed to stand around. i dont fucking know what aurvael does but it speaks volumes that his most important contribution is to help the firmament gather resources for ishgard

and then francel. god. francel. runt of the litter youngest child kidnapped at 11 years old. accused of heresy bc his family flopped at protecting two vigils. but also best friends with another out of place man who is a bastard child. francel, who sucks at everything that his country tells him to aspire for. francel, who symbolizes ishgard's reform and hope of change in the firmament quests

working on some ffxiv blinkies because why not (and there's a stark lack in that department)