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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"»
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Your friendly neighborhood bun boi with a hyperfixation on crafting (reluctantly participatory in most everything else in FFXIV).

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · Apr 13
Changed my handles, here's the new URL!

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I am so very tired.

(Next grind on the list: Ishgard Restoration, because apparently I'm THAT kind of masochist now.)

. #cosmicexploration . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose .
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Why did I have to be the first person in my FC to start (and finish) 7.3, my head is full to bursting with spoilers and speculation and I have to keep my mouth shut aaaaaaaaaaaagh

(Also gpose ideas, but those would also be spoiler-y DOUBLE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH)
August 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Also, I did indeed gpose all over that bitch (kind of).

. #cosmicexploration . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose .
June 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Me: *logs on, putters around, goes to the moon and OMG there's a red alert, time to hyperfocus!*

Me, as the red alert completes: ... wait, why do I still have the sparkly tryhard spotlight on me, it's Tuesday, it should've fallen off?

(I GSM'd VERY hard for 14 hours yesterday, apparently)
June 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Me: EXODUS FINISHED THE MOON BASE, YAAAAAAAAAAAY

Also me: I'm gonna gpose all over this bitch
June 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Giant sparkly moon tryhard spotlight brought to you by insomnia and an unabated raging crafting obsession.

. #cosmicexploration . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose .
June 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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How has Exodus not progressed far enough to spawn the next upgrade yet, my fingers are falling off (from crocheting while macros do their thing)
June 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Raex is primarily ALC because DRUGS and lab coats (although if you went by what he makes the most, he would look like a CUL main).
theradicalkanji.bsky.social Ziel @theradicalkanji.bsky.social · Jun 2
Here's a #wolqotd for ya. #wolquestion

I know a lotta peeps are Omni-crafters, but what would you say your WoL's primary crafter is. Simon has ARM, GSM, ALC, specialization, but based on pure vibes, Armorer is his Crafter. It's what I do all my crafter weeklies on and the dinkdinkdink is soothing.
June 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Without going into excruciating detail, I am now laptop gaming my way through Spooky Croissant while I figure out which components I'm gutting out of my PC to replace with new ones before migrating to Linux Mint (literal decades of Windows makes the adjustment curve steeper)
June 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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My wishlist for 7.25:

- NERF THE DAMN BODY CHECK FOR MOON UPGRADES, PLZ (related: probably don't need five whole instances anymore, either)

- would be quite lovely if the starbearer is the Mamool Ja currency mount :)

that is all.
May 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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What... what is my life

(I doubt I'll beat the FSH main allegations, but I swear this was 80+% from spamming Red Alert missions)
May 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Hell yeah, now I can focus on CE! (Unless the not-a-static needs a DPS sub, anyway...)

#viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
May 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Robo-bitch finally gave me her scythe.

(She's still a bitch, though, having not dropped a single set of wings despite all of my not-a-static's blood sacrifices...)

#viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
May 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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TIL you can climb up some of the mountains in Sinus Ardorum to put Etheirys behind you.

(11.4, 13.4; you can walk most of the way up the spine of the mountain.)

#cosmicexploration . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
May 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I'M FREE, I'M FREE

(until 7.3)
May 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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#Vierapril Day 30: Farewell

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
"But when will I see you again?" "Oh, never, never!" "Never?" "Well, maybe someday!" "When? Tomorrow?" "Oh, no!" (Seriously, though, if I didn't have to face the wrath of my not-a-static, I'd never leave the moon. >.>)
April 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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#Vierapril Day 30: Future

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
"I wonder... how far we'll go." (Former depression) birb niece is going to get herself in some trouble in there.
April 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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#Vierapril Day 29: Direct

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
There are certain problems where Raex would have preferred to use a much more... personal approach. (There are few villains who are wholly unredeemable in this story, but this one... this one can burn forever in all seven hells for all I care.)
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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#Vierapril Day 29: Secret

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Day 7 (Privacy) and 26 (Cultivate) Easter egg spoilers in the replies ;)

#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
When asked how he managed to gain access to a top-secret government facility in hostile territory to 'borrow' their equipment, Raex shrugged and muttered something about "hidden talents."
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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#Vierapril Day 28: Thread

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
"IT'S ALL CONNECTED, CAN'T YOU SEE?!?"‌ (A bit of personal lore, I occasionally make memes for my not-really-a-static's EX nights... so most of what I've made for Vierapril is about 180 degrees away from what I usually ab/use Gpose and GIMP for.)
April 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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#Vierapril Day 28: Favorite Job

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
At heart, Raex is still a little goth bun with homicidal tendencies. (I would've gone with alchemist, but at this point I might as well change things up a little... plus reaper is the melee job I fell in love with when it came out in EW, and that love has only grown in DT.)
April 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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#Vierapril Day 27: Fix

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
"Look, don't get me wrong, I'm still going to come help... but could you little buggers maybe do this when it's light out and not raining?!" (The answer was 'no' because they had to ride at dawn to defend their honor in the First Hopefully-Annual Novrandt Demolition Derby.)
April 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#Vierapril Day 27: Sad

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
Years ago, at his lowest and loneliest moment, Raex contemplated breaking the wheel to spare his future self. (If you've done the sidequest "Nhaama's Sweet Embrace," you'll know what the Dotharl do in this place.)
April 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The suffering has only just begun. (His rover in the background is celebrating getting its batteries juiced up for the umpteenth time...)

#viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
Cosmic Exploration is both fun and grindy, and I finally have a fancy relic pickaxe to show for it.
April 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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#Vierapril Day 26: Cultivate

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#vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose
Cultivate: Occasionally, Raex sends the mammets away so he can indulge his green thumb. (What are those mandragora up to in the background? That'll be another little secret for Day 29!)
April 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM