Althea Valara
@altheavalara.bsky.social
Fiber Artist & Twitch streamer! HUGE Final Fantasy fan. Knitter & Crocheter.
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Althea Valara
@altheavalara.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Bored, so I'm going to share with you some of my geeky knitting and crochet! It's fun to look back and see how I've improved over time. First up: Olive from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (FFBE). Totally winged her. Not bad for a first attempt at amigurumi!
Hello Bsky! I'm Althea Valara, and I love to talk about video games (Final Fantasy! <3) and yarn crafts. I often combine the two, as seen in the quoted thread: bsky.app/profile/alth...
Mental health is extremely important to me, and I want everyone to know that YOU MATTER. <3 Take care of you!
Mental health is extremely important to me, and I want everyone to know that YOU MATTER. <3 Take care of you!
I had a request to upload the end of Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan to YouTube, and I am pleased to say it is FINALLY up! I need faster internet, wow.
youtu.be/kWBdWg9WKx4
This covers missions 38 through 48, including the final boss fight. Enjoy!
youtu.be/kWBdWg9WKx4
This covers missions 38 through 48, including the final boss fight. Enjoy!
Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan Missions 38-48
YouTube video by Althea Valara
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I had a request to upload the end of Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan to YouTube, and I am pleased to say it is FINALLY up! I need faster internet, wow.
youtu.be/kWBdWg9WKx4
This covers missions 38 through 48, including the final boss fight. Enjoy!
youtu.be/kWBdWg9WKx4
This covers missions 38 through 48, including the final boss fight. Enjoy!
It's been a while since I promoted my Twitch here, so... I'm going LIVE in a few minutes with some Final Fantasy XI - we're starting Wings of the Goddess! (well, continuing - I've already sworn allegiance to Windurst). Come chill with me and enjoy a great story! twitch.tv/altheavalara
#twitch #FFXI
#twitch #FFXI
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's been a while since I promoted my Twitch here, so... I'm going LIVE in a few minutes with some Final Fantasy XI - we're starting Wings of the Goddess! (well, continuing - I've already sworn allegiance to Windurst). Come chill with me and enjoy a great story! twitch.tv/altheavalara
#twitch #FFXI
#twitch #FFXI
I finished FFXI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan on stream last night! Which means I can post this video. Not mine - I've had this favorited for about 14 years. Yes, it's an MMD dance video with a really catchy song but I love how it's also a summary of the story: youtu.be/WVsBONItA6o?...
【FF11】アフマウがLOVE＆JOYを踊ってみた【MMD】
YouTube video by hc0halide
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November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I finished FFXI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan on stream last night! Which means I can post this video. Not mine - I've had this favorited for about 14 years. Yes, it's an MMD dance video with a really catchy song but I love how it's also a summary of the story: youtu.be/WVsBONItA6o?...
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I use the "Patron of the Fates" title, and it's more about me because I LOVE FATEs. Though Althea does kinda go along with what the fates throw at her... hmm...
okay so i have a sorta #wolqotd
what in-game title do you use and why? is it canon or not? does it say more about you as the player or your character?
what in-game title do you use and why? is it canon or not? does it say more about you as the player or your character?
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I use the "Patron of the Fates" title, and it's more about me because I LOVE FATEs. Though Althea does kinda go along with what the fates throw at her... hmm...
Last night I went to see @ffnewworld.bsky.social , an intimate concert of Final Fantasy music! Here's the set list they did. What would you have liked to hear? My favorite was "Close in the Distance", of *course*. Still holding out hope to hear "Dynamis" one of these years.
#FinalFantasy #Music
#FinalFantasy #Music
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Last night I went to see @ffnewworld.bsky.social , an intimate concert of Final Fantasy music! Here's the set list they did. What would you have liked to hear? My favorite was "Close in the Distance", of *course*. Still holding out hope to hear "Dynamis" one of these years.
#FinalFantasy #Music
#FinalFantasy #Music
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In the cold wetlands he still keep warm and dry! Bundle up days are here! #FFXIV #Fatcatventures #ff14 #ファットキャット #ファイナルファンタジーXIV
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the cold wetlands he still keep warm and dry! Bundle up days are here! #FFXIV #Fatcatventures #ff14 #ファットキャット #ファイナルファンタジーXIV
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Back on Twitch tomorrow, diving in to 3.4 and ready for the chaos.⚔️
Would love to see some of you there!
Sunday 19th October - 5pm UK / 12pm ET / 9am PT / 1am JT (Mon)!
twitch.tv/iamalphinaud #ffxiv
Would love to see some of you there!
Sunday 19th October - 5pm UK / 12pm ET / 9am PT / 1am JT (Mon)!
twitch.tv/iamalphinaud #ffxiv
iamalphinaud - Twitch
hello I am Alphinaud
twitch.tv
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Back on Twitch tomorrow, diving in to 3.4 and ready for the chaos.⚔️
Would love to see some of you there!
Sunday 19th October - 5pm UK / 12pm ET / 9am PT / 1am JT (Mon)!
twitch.tv/iamalphinaud #ffxiv
Would love to see some of you there!
Sunday 19th October - 5pm UK / 12pm ET / 9am PT / 1am JT (Mon)!
twitch.tv/iamalphinaud #ffxiv
Hey Bsky. Miss you all. Life is going well for me right now, but it means less time to fritter away on social media. I hope you're all doing well! I'm kicking butt at work and doing lots of creative projects, and it feels really good. Gonna ride this high for as long as I can.
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hey Bsky. Miss you all. Life is going well for me right now, but it means less time to fritter away on social media. I hope you're all doing well! I'm kicking butt at work and doing lots of creative projects, and it feels really good. Gonna ride this high for as long as I can.
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Whew! It's been awhile but I finally finished my tonberry blanket!
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Whew! It's been awhile but I finally finished my tonberry blanket!
Going LIVE now with more Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia! We're nearing the end of the expansion - can we finish it tonight? Come chill with me and find out!
twitch.tv/altheavalara
#twitch #smallstreamer #FinalFantasy #FFXI
twitch.tv/altheavalara
#twitch #smallstreamer #FinalFantasy #FFXI
AltheaValara - Twitch
Final Fantasy fanatic! Absolutely in love with FFXIV but looking to branch out into other games this year. I'm hoping that streaming will give me the momentum to play through my backlog.
twitch.tv
September 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Going LIVE now with more Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia! We're nearing the end of the expansion - can we finish it tonight? Come chill with me and find out!
twitch.tv/altheavalara
#twitch #smallstreamer #FinalFantasy #FFXI
twitch.tv/altheavalara
#twitch #smallstreamer #FinalFantasy #FFXI
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Janey! Don't know if you're out there but I *promised* to get pics of you as Odin, and I managed! Was already pulled when I got there so not the best shots but it's something at least! #ffxiv
September 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Cue the victory music!
Thank you to #AnimeImpulseOC
@colin-ryan.bsky.social (Blue Alisaie)
Jason Lashea (Good Boy Haurchefant)
and Robert Vernon (Dragoon Unc Himself)
for signing the shield!
The great quest to track down the rest of the cast and dev team continues!
Thank you to #AnimeImpulseOC
@colin-ryan.bsky.social (Blue Alisaie)
Jason Lashea (Good Boy Haurchefant)
and Robert Vernon (Dragoon Unc Himself)
for signing the shield!
The great quest to track down the rest of the cast and dev team continues!
August 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Cue the victory music!
Thank you to #AnimeImpulseOC
@colin-ryan.bsky.social (Blue Alisaie)
Jason Lashea (Good Boy Haurchefant)
and Robert Vernon (Dragoon Unc Himself)
for signing the shield!
The great quest to track down the rest of the cast and dev team continues!
Thank you to #AnimeImpulseOC
@colin-ryan.bsky.social (Blue Alisaie)
Jason Lashea (Good Boy Haurchefant)
and Robert Vernon (Dragoon Unc Himself)
for signing the shield!
The great quest to track down the rest of the cast and dev team continues!
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Communal Creators is a comm on Dreamwidth that welcomes ANY CREATIVE activity, running from the 15th of Sep to the 15th of Oct. Sign ups at this post, Discord link available in the comm.
We also build in grace days for Holidays that prevent creative activity. Strongly encouraging community support!
We also build in grace days for Holidays that prevent creative activity. Strongly encouraging community support!
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communal-creators.dreamwidth.org
August 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Communal Creators is a comm on Dreamwidth that welcomes ANY CREATIVE activity, running from the 15th of Sep to the 15th of Oct. Sign ups at this post, Discord link available in the comm.
We also build in grace days for Holidays that prevent creative activity. Strongly encouraging community support!
We also build in grace days for Holidays that prevent creative activity. Strongly encouraging community support!
Thanks to @sweetidealism.bsky.social and @simshu.bsky.social for stopping by my Final Fantasy XI stream last night! FFXI does seem to be more popular than my other streams - I get lurkers and folks watching the VOD. Everyone's welcome! I stream FFXI at 7:30 pm CT on Fridays - twitch.tv/altheavalara
AltheaValara - Twitch
Final Fantasy fanatic! Absolutely in love with FFXIV but looking to branch out into other games this year. I'm hoping that streaming will give me the momentum to play through my backlog.
twitch.tv
August 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thanks to @sweetidealism.bsky.social and @simshu.bsky.social for stopping by my Final Fantasy XI stream last night! FFXI does seem to be more popular than my other streams - I get lurkers and folks watching the VOD. Everyone's welcome! I stream FFXI at 7:30 pm CT on Fridays - twitch.tv/altheavalara
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Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
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vaguely wondering if all the people in FFXIV who sometimes use the auto-translate function were/are FFXI players like me... I am very fond of {Party Finder}{Please check it.} and, at the end of parties: {Take care.}{See you again!}
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
vaguely wondering if all the people in FFXIV who sometimes use the auto-translate function were/are FFXI players like me... I am very fond of {Party Finder}{Please check it.} and, at the end of parties: {Take care.}{See you again!}
So what I'm thinking instead is: KINGDOM HEARTS! I'll need to hook up my PS4 again & likely constantly fiddle with cables for my capture card, but I think I want to do this. KH is fun and familiar (but not as familiar as FFV) and I'm feeling the need to chill and enjoy. Plus, the music is excellent!
August 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So what I'm thinking instead is: KINGDOM HEARTS! I'll need to hook up my PS4 again & likely constantly fiddle with cables for my capture card, but I think I want to do this. KH is fun and familiar (but not as familiar as FFV) and I'm feeling the need to chill and enjoy. Plus, the music is excellent!
I've been thinking about what I want to stream on Mondays instead. Now, the new version of Final Fantasy Tactics is coming out end of September, and I had planned on streaming that, but it's going to be my first playthrough, and I think I want to enjoy it off stream at my own pace.
August 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I've been thinking about what I want to stream on Mondays instead. Now, the new version of Final Fantasy Tactics is coming out end of September, and I had planned on streaming that, but it's going to be my first playthrough, and I think I want to enjoy it off stream at my own pace.
So, uh, yeah, I *was* streaming FFV for a Four Job Fiesta run, but as usual, I got bored once I was assigned all my jobs and haven't touched it in over two weeks. I think I need to declare myself DONE with FFV for the foreseeable future. I still adore the game, but I'm a bit TOO familiar with it!
August 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
So, uh, yeah, I *was* streaming FFV for a Four Job Fiesta run, but as usual, I got bored once I was assigned all my jobs and haven't touched it in over two weeks. I think I need to declare myself DONE with FFV for the foreseeable future. I still adore the game, but I'm a bit TOO familiar with it!
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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