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Em 🌃
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Em | Aeneas Alkestes | Lae'knaught
They/them 🇩🇰🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Final Fantasy Lore Master
Award Winning Cosplayer
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emunarum.bsky.social
TEA enrage pull. The end is in sight!
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
emunarum.bsky.social
I can't believe none of you told me Stargate is coming back, this is news is gonna get me through the rest of the year
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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divisionten.bsky.social
#FFXIV FanFest is neither a safe nor accessible convention.
-People asking for disability accessibility need to have a phone call to prove their needs
-they then must agree to specific accessibility accommodations within 24 hours of a follow up email or schedule another full phone call.
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Email that reads: "Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me on the phone! As we discussed, you will have 24 hours from this email to make any corrections. Without further communication after 24 hours, all information will be agreed as written and will require additional interviews to adjust any accommodation. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EVENT:"
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
I love my disaster bisexual son of Hades

Zagreus: me!
Photo/Edit: @wheresdevin.bsky.social
#cosplay #Zagreus #Hades
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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syrwashere.bsky.social
Shop Holiday Sale! from Nov. 24 - Dec. 2, take 15% off all in-stock items in my shop!

🔗 : syrwashere.bigcartel.com
UK 🔗 : syrwashere.etsy.com.

Minor shop update below
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
Huge congrats to Hades II for getting a GOTY nomination! I haven't gotten to play it yet, but I enjoyed the first one so much that I cosplayed from it before it even released!

Zagreus: me!
Photo/Edit: @wheresdevin.bsky.social
#cosplay #Hades #Zagreus
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
I think maybe the best selling point I can give you about FFXI from the fact that it's NOT here is that it would far and away knock the stats on this out of the park. Female characters are always at the forefront and would have the most dialogue. Seriously, flip the first row and we'd be there
rebeccamwrites.bsky.social Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social · 3d
The proportion of female to male dialogue in Final Fantasy. #advx25
Chart showing m to f dialogue proportion
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
Man I really need to bring Akechi back to a con again soon huh? Maybe this time with pants (I had some but they ripped the day before so I brought a skirt instead make him gender-ambiguous instead)

#Akechi: me!
Photo/Edit: @wheresdevin.bsky.social
#Persona5 #cosplay
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
Happy Hoildays everyone! I completely forgot we did this #shuake holiday shoot at Holmat a few years ago. I still wear this sweater around the house though, it's quite cozy <3

#Akechi: me!
#Akira: @/yukanacosplay (IG)
Photo: @/mkparksphotography (IG)
#cosplay #Persona5
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
I've gone through nearly 30 photoshoots from my cosplay career to schedule posting here on BlueSky. I promise I am in fact still a cosplayer, I'm just really bad at social media. Hopefully I get better about it than I have been the past few years lol
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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emunarum.bsky.social
Emet-Selch, Hades, a man who would face us without any prelude or titles (but maybe a little poetry). It's hard to believe it's been years since we did these shoots but damn if these aren't still some of my favorite cosplays

#Emet-Selch #Hades #FFXIV #cosplay
November 13, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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fisherfruity.bsky.social
🙃Weird but True! Fish Lore how fish lore tells it owns stories

The Panel VOD from @emunarum.bsky.social and I's #FFXIV fish lore panel from @gatewayfate.bsky.social is now up on my youtube!*

Check it out: youtu.be/692W6OWBhKs
Weird, but True! How Fish Lore Tells its Own Stories (Ft. Em) - GATEway FATE Panel
YouTube video by Fruity Snacks
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November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
I heard that #NieR titles are on sale this week including #Automata so everyone should absolutely jump on that. 9S is a staple in my convention lineup and I love wearing him around!

#9S: me!
Photo/Composite: @/klowephotgraphy (IG)
#cosplay
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
For 2 years in a row now, GATEway FATE has been one of the best events I've ever had the pleasure to attend, let alone panel for. I cannot stress enough just how excited I am for year 3! I will be there for sure, and I hope you will be too!
gatewayfate.bsky.social GATEway FATE @gatewayfate.bsky.social · 5d
Third time's the /charm! Pardon our Firmament dust as we get the website updated for year 3.0 happening on October 17 & 18, 2026 back at the St. Charles Convention Center! As mentioned prior, we'll be using only the lower level this time as we find our break even point. More news to come!
Screenshot showing the dates of October 17 & 18, 2026
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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gatewayfate.bsky.social
Third time's the /charm! Pardon our Firmament dust as we get the website updated for year 3.0 happening on October 17 & 18, 2026 back at the St. Charles Convention Center! As mentioned prior, we'll be using only the lower level this time as we find our break even point. More news to come!
Screenshot showing the dates of October 17 & 18, 2026
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
Okay I'm testing some post scheduling tomorrow to try and get out my nearly 6 year backlog of photoshoots on this platform. If you see a cosplay post from me tomorrow please interact with it in some way so I can know it works!
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
emunarum.bsky.social
If anyone still has available NA FanFest tickets, I have a few awesome friends looking to purchase! Please let me know, DMs are open!
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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enduro.bsky.social
#FanfestWoLTrade returns for NA #FFXIV Fanfest 2026!

As always, participation is open to all, so bring your Warriors of Light to bear and receive a free badge ribbon to trade with others over the weekend! 🎀

Links and information in the🧵!
Promotional image for the Fanfest WoL Trade of NA Fanfest 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
I maintain that Seekers of Adoulin has some of the weakest writing of FFXI but has that stopped it from being the soundtrack I've listened to most this year? Absolutely not lmao.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
emunarum.bsky.social
Hadestown but it's Melvien and Teodor in this essay I will-
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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sydneyjones.bsky.social
AT DUTY’S END, WE WILL MEET AGAIN

Illustration for @ffxivthemiszine.bsky.social, based on the Ascian Elidibus & his forgotten duty, carried through time. I wanted to incorporate Celtic imagery in the pattern work & invoke copper busts in the rendering.
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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gryffoon.bsky.social
My full piece for @ffxivthemiszine.bsky.social ! Seat of Sacrifice is my favorite trial in all of XIV...it was a huge honor to work on this one!

#ffxiv #ff14 #art #illustration #ffxivart #elidibus #themis
Illustration of FFXIV Warrior of Light from the Seat of Sacrifice, in the style of renaissance European religious art. The banners read "Mankind's first hero, and his final hope"
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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divisionten.bsky.social
Hello fellow nerds! I've got a hypothesis about the intersectionality of gamers and disabilities I'm trying to test. Even if you're not a gamer or disabled, please take 10 minutes and fill this out!

Thanks so much, and feel free to ask me any questions.

forms.gle/S7F7iSGMAMd7...
Gaming Habits, Conventions, and Disability Intersectionality
Hi all! My name is Sara Winters. I am blind (due to a genetic condition called ocular albinism), a disability accessibility consultant, and gamer, and while I've done a ton of work in the accessibilit...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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casuallyars.bsky.social
As a newer player, I don't know half of the things people talk about in FFXI, especially what a DD is and what DT means when setting up my gear.
So I thought I'd make a small graphic for just a few terms I felt were important/used often enough for new people like me to use as reference!
BCNM - Burning Circle Notorious Monster "A burning circle, here?!" - Alxaal In FFXIV terms, these would be most similar to your trial fights. It places you and your party members into an instanced zone to fight an enemy; buffs will typically wear on entry, but some can be outliers. HTMB - High-Tier Mission Battlefield If BCNMs are your trial fights, these are your Extreme versions. These use a KI to get in, which can be bought for varying amounts of Merits. Most of the gear has been outstripped these days, but it's still neat to get some for lockstyle or the experience! These come in varying difficulties that will be explained later here. If you clear on the highest difficulty, you can get a title specific to that boss! Occasionally, events will run where you're able to get special items from these (looking at all of you, people that joined from San d'Oria The Second Walk). The POL website will announce these. ilvl - Item Level Like in FFXIV, there's a level for your gear to denote how strong it is. Since FFXI stopped player progression past level 99, it's the gear that strengthens people beyond the threshold. If gear has <119> in the lower right corner of the box, it's considered 'ilvl gear' and is 'current', as in 'added in the last five years'. Often contested as a term because some gear will rocket players past the 119 mark, even when not written. DIFFICULTY LEVELS This applies to content like Ambuscade and HTMBs, and uses item levelto show how much trouble the fight ahead will be. (Note that these are NOT indicative of damage because some will push your shit in even on VE, looking at you in particular Kammy.) VE - Very Easy - 113 E - Easy - 116 N - Normal - 119 D - Difficult - 119+ VD - Very Difficult - 119+ KI - Key Item Exactly as it says on the tin. There's a special inventory just for these, so they won't take up space in your main bags thankfully. There's temporary key items that will be consumed on use, often items used to get into specific battles. Some of these have humorous descriptions, so don't be afraid to take your time and read through them if you get the chance! AH - Auction House If you're familiar with FFXIV, this is the market board. It works a bit differently though, where you put up how much you'd pay for an item, and if someone listed it for that amount or less, you buy it! You can lowball something and occasionally get LUCKY. Could also mean 'FFXIAH', a website where you can check player bazaars across the server you're on as well as what an item recently sold for. LP - Limit Points Points accumulated after you hit level 75, or whatever your level cap would be. Rather than EXP, you begin gaining Limit Points. If you gain 10,000 Limit Points, you get a single Merit Point! Merits - Merit Points These can be used to strengthen your character further, with your first cap being 45. This can ALSO be raised, up to holding 75 merit points that can be used on battlefield orbs! CP - Capacity Points The next level after you get to 99. You begin to accumulate CP as you kill monsters around your level. When you hit 30,000 CP, you gain a Job Point. JP - Job Points Every 30,000 CP you get a JP, which is the pinnacle of strengthening your job's specific qualities. These are gained per-job, unlike Limit Points that can be obtained across all your jobs. As you use JP for attribute increases, you gain Gifts that will overall improve things like your damage, how many CP you earn, and other more job-specific things like wyvern stats. When you hit 2,100 JP, you become a job master and can get those little stars above your head! DT - Damage Taken If you hear someone talk about 'DT sets' or 'DT gear', they're talking about gear that keeps you alive! There's PDT (physical damage taken) and MDT (magical damage taken). This doesn't include MTDT (mental damage taken from yell chat). (Jokingly) DD - Damage Dealer While 'tank' and 'healer' are still the main terms used in FFXI for those specific jobs, rather than calling something like a Dragoon a DPS, they're called a DD. 2HR - Two Hour Ability In FFXI, all jobs have an ability specific to them that has a crispy full 2 hour cooldown in real life. Be careful on misclicking it; it's not something to worry about when you're going through for story, but it can mean life or death in a particularly hard fight sometimes. LB - Limit Break quests A set of quests starting at level 75 that will allow your character to get to level 99. Happens every 5 levels; get used to saying hi to Maat and the moogle! TP - Tactical Points 1,000 of these and you can execute a Weapon Skill! WS - Weapon Skill In the early game, it's best to think of these as a Limit Break from the Final Fantasy franchise as a whole. As you level up and gain new abilities, you're be able to use these MUCH faster. SC - Skillchain When two Weapon Skills used in succession are appropriate and used at the right time, a Skillchain is activated. This can go MUCH further in-depth, but there's online charts dedicated to telling you how to make specific SCs depending on your WS you have available. Or you could just not bother with these and spam Savage Blade, which is not very advisable. Fudo - Tachi: Fudo A Great Katana weapon skill. Used for cheese. Naegling Weapon used to make cheese out of Savage Blade. Savage Blade Also used for cheese. Mostly memes with these last few, but you'll see people talking about them sometimes so I thought it'd be good to add them! Lockstyle If you're familiar with XIV, this is your glamour system! Rather than having a glamour chest and plates, you have up to 200 sets! These share slots with gear sets though, so balance is key when you begin to make gear sets for playing the game (which I'll admit is terrifying). Which means, technically, you have 200 glamour plates with no restrictions on use in any zone AND no restriction on the type of gear you can use for your appearance!. My own lockstyle is a mashup of both melee, ranged, and caster gear because I think it looks cool all together! As long as you have a job leveled that can equip it, it can be used as lockstyle/glamour on any other gear piece! The major snag for lockstyle is weapon types; you can't lock some types of weapon over others. If you want a sword on a spear, for instance, it'll flag an error at you. Just something to keep an eye on! Also known as the TRUE end game of FFXI. Go forth and make your mark on the fashion world!
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM