RocketSquid
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mostly scifi/fantasy stuff
I talk about my FFXIV character
mostly scifi/fantasy stuff
I talk about my FFXIV character
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cant acknowledge all the game dev layoffs that have happened, cant refuse harry potter money, cant have a spine
geoff this is why kojima is not fucking with you
geoff this is why kojima is not fucking with you
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
cant acknowledge all the game dev layoffs that have happened, cant refuse harry potter money, cant have a spine
geoff this is why kojima is not fucking with you
geoff this is why kojima is not fucking with you
Y'ahra's surname Swyrstyrm means 'big storm,' a joke prompted by the idea that at some point after getting pregnant someone told his mom the following-
December 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Y'ahra's surname Swyrstyrm means 'big storm,' a joke prompted by the idea that at some point after getting pregnant someone told his mom the following-
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Because my brain is trying to rip me apart over this right now, y'all get a thread on why devs would give us "low effort" holiday event items. 1/??
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Because my brain is trying to rip me apart over this right now, y'all get a thread on why devs would give us "low effort" holiday event items. 1/??
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode: No Star Wars/Trek, LOTR, Marvel
You son of a bitch
Hard mode: No Star Wars/Trek, LOTR, Marvel
You son of a bitch
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode: No Star Wars/Trek, LOTR, Marvel
You son of a bitch
Hard mode: No Star Wars/Trek, LOTR, Marvel
You son of a bitch
Was the journey good? Was it worthwhile? Perhaps at times it was neither, but to not go forth would have been far worse.
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Was the journey good? Was it worthwhile? Perhaps at times it was neither, but to not go forth would have been far worse.
"Oop, time to have a seizure" when the Echo hit was an established gag in the FFXIV fandom when I started playing, so I decided to lean into it and effectively give Y'ahra epilepsy. His Echo flashes knock him to the ground and frequently cause seizures.
( #wolqotd and pls show me gposes! )
Do your OC has any disabilities or chronic illnesses? How did it affect their adventures so far?
Do your OC has any disabilities or chronic illnesses? How did it affect their adventures so far?
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Oop, time to have a seizure" when the Echo hit was an established gag in the FFXIV fandom when I started playing, so I decided to lean into it and effectively give Y'ahra epilepsy. His Echo flashes knock him to the ground and frequently cause seizures.
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Over a decade just for this joke to come back around
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Over a decade just for this joke to come back around
sisters
M45 Pleiades Cluster
Another preview project from my first few nights with the S30. I'm super excited to finally work on M45 after fawning over everyone's this past year 💙 🔭 #astrophotography #M45
Another preview project from my first few nights with the S30. I'm super excited to finally work on M45 after fawning over everyone's this past year 💙 🔭 #astrophotography #M45
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
sisters
I generally think of FFXIV as having lasted close to 10 years since ARR - that's roughly the same amount of time as has passed outside of game, minus 1 year from covid delay. Maybe I could be talked down to 7 or 8 but less than that feels insanely paced for the amount of stuff we've done.
✨ #wolqotd ✨ for you, the player.
do you ignore how time works in ffxiv?
i'm speaking of the time bubble where no one seemingly ages, time travel as it was introduced with alexander and then reintroduced in shadowbringer and then endwalker?
do you find the canon of all of this confusing?
do you ignore how time works in ffxiv?
i'm speaking of the time bubble where no one seemingly ages, time travel as it was introduced with alexander and then reintroduced in shadowbringer and then endwalker?
do you find the canon of all of this confusing?
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I generally think of FFXIV as having lasted close to 10 years since ARR - that's roughly the same amount of time as has passed outside of game, minus 1 year from covid delay. Maybe I could be talked down to 7 or 8 but less than that feels insanely paced for the amount of stuff we've done.
share your OC and a plant you associate with them 🌹
Lilies. A flower beloved of Y'ahra's patron deity, the Goddess of Fate. He carries a few for when he needs to make remembrance or the occasion he prays for intercession. Also they're pretty.
Lilies. A flower beloved of Y'ahra's patron deity, the Goddess of Fate. He carries a few for when he needs to make remembrance or the occasion he prays for intercession. Also they're pretty.
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
share your OC and a plant you associate with them 🌹
Lilies. A flower beloved of Y'ahra's patron deity, the Goddess of Fate. He carries a few for when he needs to make remembrance or the occasion he prays for intercession. Also they're pretty.
Lilies. A flower beloved of Y'ahra's patron deity, the Goddess of Fate. He carries a few for when he needs to make remembrance or the occasion he prays for intercession. Also they're pretty.
Y'ahra was told by a seer that when his wandering is finally done he is one day destined to forge a kingdom from the mountain dwelling clans of Abalathia. He believes his adventures - his fighting and the politicking done along the way - will pave the way for him to become a great king.
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Y'ahra was told by a seer that when his wandering is finally done he is one day destined to forge a kingdom from the mountain dwelling clans of Abalathia. He believes his adventures - his fighting and the politicking done along the way - will pave the way for him to become a great king.
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(perishing) t,tifaa...............................
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
(perishing) t,tifaa...............................
I thought "Conan the Barbarian with cat ears would be funny" and hrothgar wouldn't exist for some years yet.
✨ #wolqotd ✨
what made you choose the race(s) you play?
what made you choose the race(s) you play?
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I thought "Conan the Barbarian with cat ears would be funny" and hrothgar wouldn't exist for some years yet.
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Y'ahra's parents are still alive, and even still together on a semi-permanent basis. Y'ahra's mother wishes he would go back to Sharlayan to become a full archon but otherwise heartily approves his helping the Scions, while his father approves of his many feats of strength on his adventures.
Had a break during my work, so here’s my first #wolqotd…
What’s the deal with your WoL’s parents? Are they alive? Dead? Supportive of their adventures? Or are there… daddy/mommy issues? (Dramatic gasp)
What’s the deal with your WoL’s parents? Are they alive? Dead? Supportive of their adventures? Or are there… daddy/mommy issues? (Dramatic gasp)
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Y'ahra's parents are still alive, and even still together on a semi-permanent basis. Y'ahra's mother wishes he would go back to Sharlayan to become a full archon but otherwise heartily approves his helping the Scions, while his father approves of his many feats of strength on his adventures.
They hired me.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
They hired me.
Shadowbringers
Stormblood
Dawntrail
Heavensward
ARR
Endwalker
Stormblood
Dawntrail
Heavensward
ARR
Endwalker
#wolqotd for the player: From your favorite to your least favorite, how would you rank the expansions? (ARR included.)
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Shadowbringers
Stormblood
Dawntrail
Heavensward
ARR
Endwalker
Stormblood
Dawntrail
Heavensward
ARR
Endwalker
Y'ahra uses the title 'Stormlord'
a. because 'storm' is part of his surname
b. it's a Maelstrom title
c. it's cool
a. because 'storm' is part of his surname
b. it's a Maelstrom title
c. it's cool
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Y'ahra uses the title 'Stormlord'
a. because 'storm' is part of his surname
b. it's a Maelstrom title
c. it's cool
a. because 'storm' is part of his surname
b. it's a Maelstrom title
c. it's cool
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Banjo-Tooie Ending E
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Banjo-Tooie Ending E
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Y'ahra was specifically made to annoy the self-styled 'purists.' He's biracial between fantasy races, he's related to a major lore character, he has the Echo & Blessing of Light, and he has a special destiny. I've had so much fun playing this Howardesque guy it's unreal.
Remembered this important information too
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Y'ahra was specifically made to annoy the self-styled 'purists.' He's biracial between fantasy races, he's related to a major lore character, he has the Echo & Blessing of Light, and he has a special destiny. I've had so much fun playing this Howardesque guy it's unreal.
WAR gets the gunhammer I have been after the gunhammer since I first saw Nero with it give me the gunhammer Yoshi I am normal and can be trusted with the gunhammer GIVE ME THE GUNHAMMER YOSHI IT HAS BEEN A DECADE LET ME HAVE THE GUNHAMMER I HAVE BEEN SO GOOD I DESERVE A GUNHAMMER YOSHI GIVE ME THE G
#wolqotd #wolquestion
You have been granted one (1) minor boon from Yoshi-P: you can add, subtract, or change something about FFXIV in a *minor* way, no restructuring entire systems or expac stories, nothing that changes the course of the narrative. What do you choose?
You have been granted one (1) minor boon from Yoshi-P: you can add, subtract, or change something about FFXIV in a *minor* way, no restructuring entire systems or expac stories, nothing that changes the course of the narrative. What do you choose?
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
WAR gets the gunhammer I have been after the gunhammer since I first saw Nero with it give me the gunhammer Yoshi I am normal and can be trusted with the gunhammer GIVE ME THE GUNHAMMER YOSHI IT HAS BEEN A DECADE LET ME HAVE THE GUNHAMMER I HAVE BEEN SO GOOD I DESERVE A GUNHAMMER YOSHI GIVE ME THE G
Y'ahra kills Noah van Gabranth at the end of the Bozja story. No mysterious disappearance, no maybe-maybe not with an unidentified body, that dude is dead as shit.
hey #wolqotd, i wanna know: what's the biggest change you've made to MSQ canon for your WoL/OC's story? i'm talking character deaths negated (or added), fights skipped, relationships/companions swapped, the works! tell me how you've made the story your playground!
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Y'ahra kills Noah van Gabranth at the end of the Bozja story. No mysterious disappearance, no maybe-maybe not with an unidentified body, that dude is dead as shit.