Cleretic, FFXIV Lore Dork 🏳️⚧️
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FFXIV lore and story dork, political tragic. She/her, trans woman! Check out #ffxivlorevids for most of my FFXIV lore and story videos!
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I'm genuinely curious on this one! I've always had a voice in mind for Ein, but it's never been a deliberate or stated thing, so I'm curious where other people's minds go.
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm genuinely curious on this one! I've always had a voice in mind for Ein, but it's never been a deliberate or stated thing, so I'm curious where other people's minds go.
I've always said the Game Awards is meaningless favoritism built to congratulate whoever Geoff Keighley wants to cozy up to. And this year has maybe the most obvious example.
Literally half the nominees for Best Performance are THE SAME GAME. You can't tell me this nomination process isn't fucked.
Literally half the nominees for Best Performance are THE SAME GAME. You can't tell me this nomination process isn't fucked.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I've always said the Game Awards is meaningless favoritism built to congratulate whoever Geoff Keighley wants to cozy up to. And this year has maybe the most obvious example.
Literally half the nominees for Best Performance are THE SAME GAME. You can't tell me this nomination process isn't fucked.
Literally half the nominees for Best Performance are THE SAME GAME. You can't tell me this nomination process isn't fucked.
A repost for the later crowd!
If you're not inclined to click through without more context: here are some of the favorite cards we talked about.
I will continue to argue that this set treated Yotsuyu better than Stormblood itself did, with just one single card.
If you're not inclined to click through without more context: here are some of the favorite cards we talked about.
I will continue to argue that this set treated Yotsuyu better than Stormblood itself did, with just one single card.
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A repost for the later crowd!
If you're not inclined to click through without more context: here are some of the favorite cards we talked about.
I will continue to argue that this set treated Yotsuyu better than Stormblood itself did, with just one single card.
If you're not inclined to click through without more context: here are some of the favorite cards we talked about.
I will continue to argue that this set treated Yotsuyu better than Stormblood itself did, with just one single card.
You know what, now that I hear it laid out I think the OTHER DLC choice was the right one.
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
You know what, now that I hear it laid out I think the OTHER DLC choice was the right one.
It's Ein, alchemist and primal researcher! While I'm off making elaborate videos about the lore of a deep dungeon, she's off telling people how exactly Necron works and that, no, you SHOULDN'T drink that.
(She's also due for some updated glam shots come 7.4, I don't do those often.)
(She's also due for some updated glam shots come 7.4, I don't do those often.)
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It's Ein, alchemist and primal researcher! While I'm off making elaborate videos about the lore of a deep dungeon, she's off telling people how exactly Necron works and that, no, you SHOULDN'T drink that.
(She's also due for some updated glam shots come 7.4, I don't do those often.)
(She's also due for some updated glam shots come 7.4, I don't do those often.)
I'm sorry, but i saw it, and then I heard it.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'm sorry, but i saw it, and then I heard it.
holy shit I open the following tab and THIS is how I learn
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
holy shit I open the following tab and THIS is how I learn
Of course they do this glamor unrestriction, like, two patches AFTER they finally give me a nice all-class white coat!
I mean I can't complain, Ein gets to wear whatever kind of labcoat fits the weather.
I mean I can't complain, Ein gets to wear whatever kind of labcoat fits the weather.
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Of course they do this glamor unrestriction, like, two patches AFTER they finally give me a nice all-class white coat!
I mean I can't complain, Ein gets to wear whatever kind of labcoat fits the weather.
I mean I can't complain, Ein gets to wear whatever kind of labcoat fits the weather.
This might be a good way to get variant dungeons closer to more regular content, which might not be the worst thing, even if I don't want it at all.
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This might be a good way to get variant dungeons closer to more regular content, which might not be the worst thing, even if I don't want it at all.
We're jumping into a magic book! So yeah, 1001 Nights might not be the wrongest guess.
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We're jumping into a magic book! So yeah, 1001 Nights might not be the wrongest guess.
I WISH I had an explanation for this one!
The landscape looks... kinda 'cartoon Arabia'? It's like Kingdom Hearts Agrabah with less brown. So we might be seeing a 1001 Nights thing?
The landscape looks... kinda 'cartoon Arabia'? It's like Kingdom Hearts Agrabah with less brown. So we might be seeing a 1001 Nights thing?
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I WISH I had an explanation for this one!
The landscape looks... kinda 'cartoon Arabia'? It's like Kingdom Hearts Agrabah with less brown. So we might be seeing a 1001 Nights thing?
The landscape looks... kinda 'cartoon Arabia'? It's like Kingdom Hearts Agrabah with less brown. So we might be seeing a 1001 Nights thing?
Wait, I recognize this spacesuit design
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Wait, I recognize this spacesuit design
And for further reference checks: Occult jobs!
Dancer needs no introduction, and Mystic Knight people generally know as a recurring job, also known as Spellblade. Gladiator was from the Advance release, though, its whole gimmick was a job ability that could both fail completely or do 9999 damage.
Dancer needs no introduction, and Mystic Knight people generally know as a recurring job, also known as Spellblade. Gladiator was from the Advance release, though, its whole gimmick was a job ability that could both fail completely or do 9999 damage.
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
And for further reference checks: Occult jobs!
Dancer needs no introduction, and Mystic Knight people generally know as a recurring job, also known as Spellblade. Gladiator was from the Advance release, though, its whole gimmick was a job ability that could both fail completely or do 9999 damage.
Dancer needs no introduction, and Mystic Knight people generally know as a recurring job, also known as Spellblade. Gladiator was from the Advance release, though, its whole gimmick was a job ability that could both fail completely or do 9999 damage.
I dunno, but as a Magic player I can tell you that game's got you covered.
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I dunno, but as a Magic player I can tell you that game's got you covered.
And the new trial is NOT a IX reference... because it's an VIII reference.
This is the VIII version of Phantom Train (called DoomTrain in that one), when it was one of the Guardian Forces. And a damn good one, too, one of the real game-breaking ones!
This is the VIII version of Phantom Train (called DoomTrain in that one), when it was one of the Guardian Forces. And a damn good one, too, one of the real game-breaking ones!
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
And the new trial is NOT a IX reference... because it's an VIII reference.
This is the VIII version of Phantom Train (called DoomTrain in that one), when it was one of the Guardian Forces. And a damn good one, too, one of the real game-breaking ones!
This is the VIII version of Phantom Train (called DoomTrain in that one), when it was one of the Guardian Forces. And a damn good one, too, one of the real game-breaking ones!
Time for the now-requisite FFIX reference check!
This is Treno, one of the cities in FFIX; it was mentioned in one of the recent short stories. The lights resemble the Card Stadium, but it looks like it's not the same part of the city.
This is Treno, one of the cities in FFIX; it was mentioned in one of the recent short stories. The lights resemble the Card Stadium, but it looks like it's not the same part of the city.
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Time for the now-requisite FFIX reference check!
This is Treno, one of the cities in FFIX; it was mentioned in one of the recent short stories. The lights resemble the Card Stadium, but it looks like it's not the same part of the city.
This is Treno, one of the cities in FFIX; it was mentioned in one of the recent short stories. The lights resemble the Card Stadium, but it looks like it's not the same part of the city.
The quietly key part of Duke Nukem's character to me: he watches Oprah.
That's absolutely essential. In any depiction of Duke, I need to believe he would ABSOLUTELY consider Oprah appointment viewing.
That's absolutely essential. In any depiction of Duke, I need to believe he would ABSOLUTELY consider Oprah appointment viewing.
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The quietly key part of Duke Nukem's character to me: he watches Oprah.
That's absolutely essential. In any depiction of Duke, I need to believe he would ABSOLUTELY consider Oprah appointment viewing.
That's absolutely essential. In any depiction of Duke, I need to believe he would ABSOLUTELY consider Oprah appointment viewing.
And now, the dumbest FFXIV lore/story revelation I've had in years.
You know that 'Ascian roundtable' scene in 2.x that people use as evidence that Emmerololth is still alive, and so the Ascians had a full complement of thirteen members at the time?
...there are FIFTEEN ASCIANS in attendance.
You know that 'Ascian roundtable' scene in 2.x that people use as evidence that Emmerololth is still alive, and so the Ascians had a full complement of thirteen members at the time?
...there are FIFTEEN ASCIANS in attendance.
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
And now, the dumbest FFXIV lore/story revelation I've had in years.
You know that 'Ascian roundtable' scene in 2.x that people use as evidence that Emmerololth is still alive, and so the Ascians had a full complement of thirteen members at the time?
...there are FIFTEEN ASCIANS in attendance.
You know that 'Ascian roundtable' scene in 2.x that people use as evidence that Emmerololth is still alive, and so the Ascians had a full complement of thirteen members at the time?
...there are FIFTEEN ASCIANS in attendance.
My playthrough of Pokemon Z-A has collided with my weird lore nerdery to raise an important question:
Rotom Phones are everywhere, they seem to be the default 'phone' for the Pokemon world, and that's without mentioning other Rotom tech.
...so where are all the Rotoms coming from?
Rotom Phones are everywhere, they seem to be the default 'phone' for the Pokemon world, and that's without mentioning other Rotom tech.
...so where are all the Rotoms coming from?
October 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
My playthrough of Pokemon Z-A has collided with my weird lore nerdery to raise an important question:
Rotom Phones are everywhere, they seem to be the default 'phone' for the Pokemon world, and that's without mentioning other Rotom tech.
...so where are all the Rotoms coming from?
Rotom Phones are everywhere, they seem to be the default 'phone' for the Pokemon world, and that's without mentioning other Rotom tech.
...so where are all the Rotoms coming from?
You realize what game series we're talking about, right?
'Broken' is, if anything, a core part of the franchise's identity.
'Broken' is, if anything, a core part of the franchise's identity.
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
You realize what game series we're talking about, right?
'Broken' is, if anything, a core part of the franchise's identity.
'Broken' is, if anything, a core part of the franchise's identity.
Floor 100 cleared!
And HOOOOO BOY this is gonna make one hell of a lore video
And HOOOOO BOY this is gonna make one hell of a lore video
October 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Floor 100 cleared!
And HOOOOO BOY this is gonna make one hell of a lore video
And HOOOOO BOY this is gonna make one hell of a lore video
Oh hey that new Dissidia game revealed the starting(?) lineup, and--
wait how the fuck is the FFXIV rep GAIA!?
I mean sure, let's rock, but what series of decisions led to this being the end result?
wait how the fuck is the FFXIV rep GAIA!?
I mean sure, let's rock, but what series of decisions led to this being the end result?
October 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Oh hey that new Dissidia game revealed the starting(?) lineup, and--
wait how the fuck is the FFXIV rep GAIA!?
I mean sure, let's rock, but what series of decisions led to this being the end result?
wait how the fuck is the FFXIV rep GAIA!?
I mean sure, let's rock, but what series of decisions led to this being the end result?
IT BEGINS
(Well it begins tomorrow, but there's already one cosplayer here, so yes, it has begun!)
(Well it begins tomorrow, but there's already one cosplayer here, so yes, it has begun!)
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
IT BEGINS
(Well it begins tomorrow, but there's already one cosplayer here, so yes, it has begun!)
(Well it begins tomorrow, but there's already one cosplayer here, so yes, it has begun!)
One of my favorite decks is Winter, Misanthropic Guide, and if anything the hard part is walking the tightrope of exactly how nightmarish I should be.
You've gotta be gross enough to become a serious problem, but not SO gross that people prevent you from doing anything at all.
You've gotta be gross enough to become a serious problem, but not SO gross that people prevent you from doing anything at all.
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
One of my favorite decks is Winter, Misanthropic Guide, and if anything the hard part is walking the tightrope of exactly how nightmarish I should be.
You've gotta be gross enough to become a serious problem, but not SO gross that people prevent you from doing anything at all.
You've gotta be gross enough to become a serious problem, but not SO gross that people prevent you from doing anything at all.
Tell them they're not in the right colors for it
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Tell them they're not in the right colors for it