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@botanistroegadyn.bsky.social

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FFXIV 1.0 Veteran. 🏳️‍🌈. White. 40. He/him. Video games, social justice, and queer things. Unapologetic Stormblood Fan. No Minors. — Aerik Tirel on Mateus —

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · Dec 28

Patch 1.23 (Approx. Jul 2012) -> Patch 7.15 (December 2024)

Over a decade with him and he still means the world to me.

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 6h

I saw the hairstyle and how 1980s it looked and I just couldn't resist lmao

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 10h

I get very frustrated with the community refrain of “well MY WoL wouldn’t do that!”

Maybe not!! But YOUR WoL isn’t the same character as the main character of the canon story. So can write as much fanon or headcanon as you want, but you at least have to acknowledge that that is what it is!

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 10h

Exactly. At the end of the day the Warrior of Light is a person that we create an outer shell for. The story is for all intents and purposes an “on rails” narrative.

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 1d

Still the best adaptation of the Dark Kingdom arc.

(I love the 90s anime and Crystal versions too but I really enjoy the choices they went for with PGSM.)

Tokusatsu GIFs @tokugifs.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003)
Episode 12

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Caldatelier @caldatelier10.bsky.social · 3d

You just picked the wrong victim.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 4d

I need people running higher floors of Pilgrim’s Traverse with matched parties to understand the concept of SLOWING DOWN AND STICKING TOGETHER.

It isn’t a fucking race you all — and if you want it to be, run it SOLO.

Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 4d

Even if you remove the prongs, there are screws left behind that are very visible and stick out. This just happens to be the non-shock variant of the same collar - it only vibrates and makes a noise.

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not mad about this result lol

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 6d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 6d

Listen, I understand this sentiment but it feels pretty crappy to say this in response to a rant post about people being jerks within the community. It doesn't matter if they're saying it there or saying it here.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 16d

nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as the victorious Lina Inverse from the hit game Slayers PC 98 and you as an exploding loser mountain

Lina Inverse from the game Slayers PC 98, jumping away from an exploding mountaintop.

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 6d

Like if you wanna bitch about it, just bitch about it in private!! You don't need to take to social media to go "OH MY GOD THERE'S SO MANY FUCKING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE PLAYING FFXIV."

Like bitch have you PAID ATTENTION to the economy AT ALL lately? Why are you surprised people are unemployed!!!!

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 6d

If it bothers you THAT MUCH to see people posting "Oh my sub is gonna run out" or "beg to get their bills paid":

1) Don't fucking follow them?

2) Don't give them any money?

3) Fucking move on with your life and understand you don't have to bitch about it?

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 6d

Seeing people on Twitter mock FFXIV players for being unemployed and talking on their OWN ACCOUNTS about how they're struggling financially and act like everyone doing it is some sort of underhanded snake trying to get free handouts.

Like Jesus Christ do you all not have better things to do?

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 6d

I'M SORRY FFXIV BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF FUCKING LORE I WASN'T EXPECTING. EXCUSE YOU.

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 6d

Seems like it, things were fine, I refreshed and now nothing image related is loading.

Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 7d

Did you just open a $1,000 Spiderman card? :o

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 8d

Without downloading anything new - where are you mentally?

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 9d

God I fucking love Remedy.

Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 9d

Like yeah it is but acting like people staying on Twitter is some sort of moral failing and it’s like at the end of the day we don’t have much choice if we wanna use social media at all.

This isn’t the same as the TERF Wizard books where there’s plenty of fantasy out there not written by bigots.

Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 9d

Like at some point yall have to realize that all social media is run by horrible people and that it’s just what flavor of shit you’re willing to put up with.

Like BSky was outright designed to be a libertarian safe haven and they didn’t anticipate queer leftists taking the platform over

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Aerik @botanistroegadyn.bsky.social · 9d

It is pretty ironic seeing the number of people who basically said they’d block you / no longer associate with you if you didn’t leave Twitter for BSky now that the BSky CEO has gone out of her way to defend a transphobic pedophile.

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Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · Jul 25

Two sleepy spheals (pokemon) on an iceberg with glitter effect and text "due to personal reasons i'll be going to sleep"

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Tocco Meowsix 🏳️‍⚧️ catboy carhop vtuber @toccomeowsix.bsky.social · 10d

Meanwhile, Type Moon fans:

Happy Birthday, Waver Velvet

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