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Marie

@mmariesr.bsky.social

My daughter

September 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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△Neirxa • CH-3-4... was so POG...

@frayzales.bsky.social

#7.3Spoilers #neiranim
It's Out of Touch Sphene tuesday!

August 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM

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🦑theresa (pepena pena)

@beansa.bsky.social

girl who loves her dog #endwalker #ffxiv

August 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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Moment @ Comms reopening Jan

@mmomentliveart.bsky.social

Hello world
#ffxiv #ffxivart

July 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM

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Gerald

@burgeaux.bsky.social

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.

July 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM

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wawa

@wawaxiv.bsky.social

just realized i never posted this yshtola i drew in 2020 #ffxiv

June 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM

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kar 🦴

@bonebais.bsky.social

this is a drawing about how i love my cat

December 24, 2024 at 4:47 AM

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josh (oldfriend99)

@oldfriend99.bsky.social

Can't think of a single time the MGM lion advanced the plot of the movie in any way. Just needless jump scare

May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM

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Zombussy ⚔️🫀

@gelmorra.bsky.social

May 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM

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shiho

@shihoran.bsky.social

Hot pot (with the ancients) #ffxiv

January 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM

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andy @ employment

@coeurlclaw.bsky.social

enough. your going in the 1.0 shroud map

May 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM

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Bianca

@jellyfishflan.bsky.social

Yugiri Mistwalker #ffxiv #ffxivart

June 9, 2024 at 11:00 PM

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Sena Bryer

@senabryer.com

May 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM

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David A. Scott

@djdasco.bsky.social

A belated happy five-year anniversary to this tweet, the most vivid souvenir of life during quarantine.

April 2020 tweet of Twitter user @LilTrePod in a Baskin Robbins cartoon ice cream cone (with face and hat) suit. The caption reads "how the fuck am i an essential worker?"

May 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM

grace 🐬

@crescentmirror.bsky.social

sorry but pretty much every time a movie is filmed for imax im gonna be like 🤓☝️ u should watch it that way its so much better that way. i wasn't like this at all until i saw oppenheimer in imax the way nolan intended and it fully rewired my brain like THAT was crazy...

April 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM