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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · May 21

meet da artist 🧙‍♀️ #original

a "meet the artist" type drawing of myself on a pink background. i'm kneeling on the ground holding a pink phone that has a red, heart-shaped, tomorrow x together keychain attached to it. there's a my melody sticker on the phone. i have a heart-shaped mood ring on my finger. i have tan skin and short messy pink hair, and am wearing a pink striped tube top and a pink skirt. i also have a pink bag on my left arm and am wearing pink creepers on my feet. there is a simplistic smile on my face.

there is text on the image that says: gabrielle. then there's a small jamaican flag. 27 she/her. most people online call me gab.
likes: pink, fruit, erenville, loser lover by txt, karaoke, sitting in the sun, cake, legend of zelda
dislikes: waiting, eating, working, the second half of dawntrail

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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Sep 4

omg i really liked this one it was cooked well

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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 30

gonna keep bumping bc i got sick and might have to miss work this week which i cant really afford to do o_<

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Apr 3

opening these again bc long story short i don't want to worry abt rent 😼adding a new style also! rt's appreciated as always 🤤❣️❤️🩷plz see my carrd linked below for more info

commission post that says: opening comms! $65 per extra char (2 extras maximum). props + complex designs = additional cost of minimum $10

original characters and original player characters (warriors of light, baldur's gate player characters, tarnished etc.) preferred!

furries, light nudity, blood, ships (including non-original characters) = ok!

no nsfw or mecha sorry!

plz read carrd for details! :)

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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Apr 3

opening these again bc long story short i don't want to worry abt rent 😼adding a new style also! rt's appreciated as always 🤤❣️❤️🩷plz see my carrd linked below for more info

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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 27

i wish you had seen that announcement b4 bc i wouldve gotten for u :(

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 27

what makes u say that 😭

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flow. @themeteia.bsky.social · Aug 19

Y'shtola: You're plotting something.
Emet-selch: Every hour of every day, but never you mind about that.

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nana 🍓 @motekill.bsky.social · Aug 19

i forgot to mention i also opened slots for chibi sanrio hats :3!!! #vgenOpen

vgen.co/motekill

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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 10

one time he had the funniest stream i had ever witnessed in my life

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 4

i love my friend who is currently helping me out rn hes the best

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 4

love this krile read on my whole life

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 4

mogtomes have me feeling like a high schooler doing my homework last minute

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 3

i think i was able to enjoy the manga enough bc its not actually in the story like its pretty good.. but it does feel like the author intends that elsewhere if thats not confirmed already

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Aug 1

this is so genius

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sarita🍦 @greencake.bsky.social · Aug 1

day 1 - first meeting #wolgrahaweek #wolgrahaweek2025 #oddgraha #FFXIV

an overhead view of a green haired aura (from ffxiv) surrounded by leaves as it rains

the same image as before but with a hand over the image, the pointer finger and thumb are making a ring around the au ra

red haired man looking through a hole made by his pointer finger and thumb (doing an OK-symbol) looking down at the au ra, saying "eorzea's hero doesnt seem all that grand from up here"

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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Jul 17

dawntrail is such a fucking mess‼️

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Jul 17

what has been going on in this game while i havent been playing...

🍔 @burgeaux.bsky.social · Jul 17

Some stuff I was gonna post before the thread got closed

While references to colonizers was a shared history centuries ago, indigenous people continue to experience repeated colonization efforts presently throughout the world; because colonization wasn't a single event. Needless to say YES. While the gear pieces wouldn't be as big of an issue if released within another expansion, the CONTEXT of releasing conquistador + musketeer-inspired gear in an expansion inspired by the PRE-CONTACT AMERICAS *is* offensive!

THE PROBLEM

Even as a latino person, I have my own reservations on the way Dawntrail has handled the variety of cultures across the two continents; but to take inspiration from military gear, not even really resembling Steiner (the closest comparison one could make for an FFIX example), is a poor decision especially considering the colonizing force parallels drawn from Alexandria/Solution 9 as a whole.

I had usually been impressed by FFXIV's design team to pull from different parts of history, literature, and media otherwise to create a unique blend of form and function with gear pieces. Whoever brought this up might have thought it relevant (and even impressive) considering the lack of media to come out of Japan with American influences, its anything but. Once again, these might have been welcomed if they were dropped in Heavensward or any other Eurofantasy expac! But its the CONTEXT of introduction within an expac in pre-contact Americas with danger of colonization on the horizon that makes it offensive.
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1:1 replicas are not necessary to inflict the same wound or draw the same conclusions, as so many people in this thread already have. Replacing chesplates ith tabards still has the same connotations. We didn't get gear inspired by the British army during Endwalker while going through Thavnair, and they even had the tact to move away from SS/Nazi influence for the Garleans despite parallels of similar authoritative powers. Even Star Wars is more on the nose with its visual inspirations for the empire yet they aren't afraid to make them wholly antagonistic. Why now?

A previous poster brought up a good point with SQEX's design philosophy: "We can't use anything that has real-world religious or cultural connotations. If we want to make something that draws from religious imagery, ethnic clothing, and so on, it needs to be significantly altered."

The quote has become less and less viable overtime due to clearer parallels FFXIV has drawn to cultures for a specific narrative within its expacs. This can lead to disaster, either conflating living people to fantasy, or watering down the cultural importance of specific elements. This implies that you can't have a respectful mix of indigenous elements with OTHER fantasy/historical fashion influence throughout the world. Thus, as a product of either ignorance, lack of education, or malice, these faults will turn to repeated behavior within the community — as has been seen with the war bonnet, traditional Korean attire, and Sámi clothing. 2 out of 3 whose issues have not been rectified. [CONT'D ON NEXT SLIDE]

PROPOSED SOLUTION

1. Removing the gear entirely.
2. Removing offensive/recognizable parts of the gear (namely tabards, sashes, and the helmet).
3. Offering a dyable reskin of the Yuyeyawata gear.

Admittedly, I haven't been subbed since base Dawntrail, nor have I played the patches, due to my dissatisfaction with the expansion overall. I only stick around to play with friends, so I'm unaware of current gear pieces. The solutions have been offered by many people throughout the threat (which are greatly appreciated)! I just though to condense it all to prevent information being buried by agitators. All critiques/disagreements are allowed to be voiced, but people are allowed to disagree with you as well.

I apologize for the novel and the crude pics :P
Although Dawntrail has snubbed a lot of my love for this game; at the end of the day, I want to see it get better for my black and indigenous friends who still enjoy it. *I* want to enjoy it again. It hurts to see that the FFXIV dev team swears they've learned, wrong their mistakes, and continue to get better — yet do nothing to rectify these mistakes and things stay the same.

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🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Jul 8

i was typing a huge thread on how i feel about the ancients in ffxiv as a utopia that doesnt have the typical secret dark side as many utopias do and then accidentally hit the back button and lost it all so okay

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Jun 28

forgot to say they are still open 💔 bsky.app/profile/mabe...

🏩🎀 @mabevillage.bsky.social · Apr 3

opening these again bc long story short i don't want to worry abt rent 😼adding a new style also! rt's appreciated as always 🤤❣️❤️🩷plz see my carrd linked below for more info