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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 23h

Forgot to take screenshots of it earlier, but Monsties successfully Hunted.

#FFXIV #GPOSERS #midlander #Eorozuya

Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 1d

It's 10/10, which means it's Darius's birthday!

He's so excited to be celebrating.

#FFXIV #GPOSERS #midlander #Eorozuya

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 2d

I was wondering if I was just getting unlucky or something, but I guess this is just what people do now?

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 3d

Part two is up!

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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · FFXIV Write 2025- Finale (Part 2) · Kanromaru struggled against the restraints holding him to the massive wooden stake that served as the altar for whatever malign ritual the onmyo…

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone who knows me at all knows I rankle pretty aggressively at the game telling me how my character feels about certain things.

So while WoL Darius is *technically* an AU, it's not one I have any interest in exploring.

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 4d

Basically, the MSQ is happening to the Warrior of Light, who has nothing to do with any of my characters.

It's just kind of a framework for what's happening in the world while my characters are doing their thing.

Nint - Sophiane Enjoyer @sophiane-enjoyer.bsky.social · 4d

#wolqotd | #wolquestion

For those whose OCs are primarily Non WoL, how do you handle the existence of the MSQ? Do you have a separate WoL? Does your lil guy get to play pretend before resuming their regular life? Or do you just ignore it?

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 6d

Star Trek, but I've absorbed a lot of it via cultural osmosis.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 6d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 8d

"AI-generated content is gonna look so good soon." Is the "Dad's coming back from buying cigarettes any day now." of the 21st century.

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 8d

Darius was more well-rounded before he lost his right eye. Despite favoring melee, having gone for almost 20 years with one eye has made him pretty good at making up for the deficiency.

For ranged combat, he can still handle guns pretty well, and carries a service revolver he stole when he deserted

I R A @roira.bsky.social · 8d

#wolqotd I am curiosity once again. In combat, does your WoL/OC prefer to be in melee or ranged range, and what do they use to fight? And in a situation where they are forced into the other (melee forced ranged // ranged forced melee), do they have a secondary weapon of choice?

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The Yellowcouch @theyellowcouch.bsky.social · 9d

Let's get a little tacky for Spooktober.

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 9d

So, for the end of #ffxivwrite I decided to do something bigger than normal, and for the sake of my own (and your) sanity, I'm breaking it up into pieces, so please enjoy!

#FFXIVwrite2025 Finale (Part 1)

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 11d

Headcanoned the timeline so that Darius is 28 in ARR and 32 in Dawntrail.

Which means Samga and Odette go from 16-20 and Kamui goes from 12-16

Shizuka Kazarishi @shizukaffxiv.bsky.social · 12d

How old is your WoL? Shizuka is 30!

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 12d

Darius, Odette, and Samga are all their own characters, but they also all carry different parts of me.

Darius as kind of a cynical, but ultimately fairly principled person.

Samga as someone who doesn't outwardly express her feelings.

Odette being chuuni, attention-seeking, and theatrical.

Ikumi Yamoshi 📚WOLQOD Enthusiast📚 @moon-petals.bsky.social · 12d

#wolquestion / #wolqotd

How much of your wol / oc can be called a self-insert? Are they maybe their own character or an idealized version of yourself?

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 13d

Healers really need to get a set of achievement mounts and titles like the tank ones.

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 14d

I try to stay lore-compliant. Though I do write things into gaps left in the story, like the IXth Legion.

But anything that goes in has to be believable within the parameters of the setting.

Lizard Hubby • Hiatus XIV for WoW @mochigobrrrrrrr.etheirys.social · 15d

#wolqotd • #wolquestion

This is for the player: How much lore breaking do you do? Or do you follow cannon lore to the T?

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Darius @dariusult.bsky.social · 15d

Darius tries not to let it show.

But if he's mad enough about something, it'll slip out- he gets kinda snippy, abrasive, and argumentative.

Just generally irritable.

Ikumi Yamoshi 📚WOLQOD Enthusiast📚 @moon-petals.bsky.social · 15d

#wolqotd / #wolquestion

How does your wol / oc cope with anger? Do they not cope well with it, or do they have specific methods?

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Tom BPM (the B stands for Boo👻) @bearpigman.bsky.social · 18d

Happy Bi Visibility day, I'm bringing this back

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jenn (SILKSONG REAL) @oiichyo.com · Jun 9

my wol, ezere !! i dont draw him enough but finally found time to work on an illustration cause i do love him

#oc #ezere #ffxiv

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jun 21

People who use AI think that they’re skipping to the success when they’re skipping to the failure. You begin and end your life as someone who has not written the novel, you did not teach yourself to express what was inside of you, you died without making something that no one else could make.