stand tall, my friend

Idk if its not that deep btw. I have a shovel and too much time on my hands, so its as deep as I want it to be.

people in fiction are always making plans like "how about tuesday?" and then leaving without elaborating. what time? where? do you even have each other's numbers? deeply stressful

everyone’s always like if you engage with the story it pays off in shb and ew but it imho it pays off in a much more tangible way far earlier in sb if you gaf about Arenvald (him talking to A’aba and Aulie while everyone else is congratulating you is one of my favorite parts of the game), if Gallien saying you might not remember him but he remembers you means anything before the summoning of shinryu (he’s also an oft-unmentioned part of the drk quests), if doing the For Wilred questline and walking back with Bertliana to Ala Mhigo means anything to you. and to possibly do that you gotta engage a little with the world beyond the parts that boost your wol’s personal angst portfolio

i think that shadowbringers is an objectively beautiful, impactful, well crafted piece of art that earned its praises. but i do admittedly grimace when people call it the best expansion. mostly because it attracted, at a coincidentally insanely good time to do so, a massive burst of players who laud it night and day as the Best Story ffxiv has to offer, the part where the game gets good. and i just…i guess it doesn’t matter if i agree. it’s simply dishonest. it really is. even where it falters in execution xiv is a game that has a lot of heart in it, with a story that does largely cohere and pays itself off much, much sooner than shadowbringers. i hate seeing people who claim to love this game barely engage with out outside of a single expac’s worth of story, often feeding into the community’s frankly criminal reputation of being one of those “it gets good 300 hours in” games. that’s not true! it’s not! im sorry but if you make it to heavensward and you are not invested in the game’s world and story then it’s simply not for you! shut up and go play another game. im serious

im going to fix my entire life

When?

Like Um. later

”what’s got you so happy” because 🩷 friends 🥺☺️on interner 😍☺️⭐️

I kind of miss the impulsivity that certain spaces used to allow. oh you want a hair cut today? hairdresser in the corner can fit you in before her 2 o’clock. tattoo of a cobra… sure leg or arm? even concerts, back when you could go to the box office thirty mins before any show. not saying these things don’t exist at all, but everything feels booked five months in advance and 10x more expensive

you can be peeling a boiled egg and think to yourself wow. that was so simple. and then you peel another one and it’s like being in the throes of war. shell everywhere. egg mangled. tears in your eyes. that’s how god keeps you humble

I have never, and will never, use "ofc" to mean "of fucking course". It literally stands for OF Course...