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Amygdalamud

@amygdalamud.bsky.social

Life's a vibe, don't be the one to kill it. | They/He 25 | Figuring things out day by day.

Primarily focusing on XIV content and scattered interests, so expect a mixed bag of content.

pfp courtesy of @/casdaine.bsky.social <- she's awesome, trust!

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Amygdalamud @amygdalamud.bsky.social · Oct 27

Bsky Intro post!

I'm a washed FFXIV raid healer with DPS tendencies. Expect screenshots, wol x naago, and miscellany!

Some other interests:
- Drakengard/Nier
- Fatal Frame
- Fate
- Horror Media

Find me here: www.tumblr.com/amygdalamud
And here, also: archiveofourown.org/users/Amygda...

Screenshot of a mountain range with waterfalls, during a bright afternoon with some overcast. Various types of trees line the foreground edge of the screenshot, and a light fog hangs over the bulk of the background.

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arnaerr 🦈๋࣭⭑｡

@arnaerr.bsky.social

Host of the Nightmare
#Bloodborne

October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM

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🌸 kiana 🌸

@galpalaven.bsky.social

☄️ The Truth - Elpis Rewrite - Scene 2 ☄️

PART 1 of 9

#gposers | #elpisrewrite | #kianareplays | #azem.png | #emetselch

A shot of Emet-Selch in Elpis. He is inside of Venat's accommodations in Poieten Oikos, looking down and glaring as he says, "I've had my fill of your fiction. I will return to my duty... and you will not bother me again."

Azem, a woman with brown skin, freckles, a large, aquiline nose and dark curly hair tied back in braid with a black and gold mask, stands from where she was sitting at the head of the table by his side. Kirika, the Warrior of Light, and Au Ra Raen, is visible in the chair nearby. Azem says, "Now, Emet-Selch, let's not -"

A shot of just Emet-Selch from the nose down. He shouts, "Azem! Enough!"

Azem looks shocked by his outburst, clutching one hand to her heart. In the background, Kirika also looks surprised.

October 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM

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🌸 kiana 🌸

@galpalaven.bsky.social

Kiri had a rough recovery. Physically, she'd expended too much Aether during her fight with Zenos, which would've been fine had she not fought the Endsinger immediately beforehand. She was on bedrest for a while + while she could walk she got faint too easily to go far.

1/3

#kiri.png | #wolgraha

October 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM

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🌸 kiana 🌸

@galpalaven.bsky.social

discovered i accidentally made it canon that emet-selch picked up some of azem's mannerisms in that yawning 12000 year void of unimaginable grief and yearning 🥲

#gposers | #emetselch | #azemet | #azem.png

September 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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🌸 kiana 🌸

@galpalaven.bsky.social

☄️ A Fated Meeting - Elpis Rewrite - Scene 1 ☄️

PART 1 of 6

#gposers | #kianareplays | #elpisrewrite | #azem.png

Elpis Emet-Selch as scene from slightly below, saying, "Easier said than done thanks to your unruly successor."

A shot of an Ancient, their eyes cut off by the edge of the camera. The focus is on the black and gold Mask of the Traveler. The dialogue bubble says, "??? - 'Unruly successor?' Please, tell her how you really fee, O Honourable Emet-Selch."

The camera pulls back from the first image to reveal the stranger's face. Azem, a woman with dark hair, brown skin, and silver eyes, smiles up at where the Warrior of Light, Emet-Selch, Hythlodaeus, and Venat are standing, hand on her hip.

Hythlodaeus exclaims, "Azem!"

A shot back with Emet-Selch and company. Only Emet and Hythlodaeus are visible. Emet looks surprised, while Hythlodaeus smiles and says, "Fancy meeting you here!"

September 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM

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🌸 kiana 🌸

@galpalaven.bsky.social

"...who are you?"

Minfilia is the only person to ever figure out that Andromeda is something more than who she says before the Scions cross paths with one Emet-Selch in the First.

#gposers | #azemwolau | #kianareplays | #azem.png

Three images. The first is inside of the Rising Stones. Andromeda, a human woman with dark hair and brown skin, is in the foreground, in the process of leaving. Minfilia behind her says, "Hold a moment, please, Andromeda. There is... something I have been meaning to discuss with you."

The second focuses on Minfilia as she looks sadly to the side. Andromeda's face mirrors this, though she has not turned to look at Minfilia. Minfilia says, "You know that I remember you from before the Calamity. When you returned, I thought it a miracle."

The third image is in the Echo coloring. Andromeda, younger with her hair worn differently and notably duller eyes, speaks to a younger Minfilia in the Waking Sands. Minfilia is laughing. Minfilia says, "As far as I could tell, a dear friend had returned to me. Yet, things were... things ARE strange... you are different..."

Two images, still in the Echo coloring. The first shows only half of Nabriales's face covered by his mask with Minfilia in the background. Minfilia continues, "When we faced Nabriales... what you said to him..."

The second image shows Andromeda, speaking and pointing at Nabriales who is off screen. Moenbryda is visible behind her, holding an axe. Andromeda says, "...you may not remember me, but I have ALWAYS hated you."

In this image, Minfilia's face has hardened. Andromeda has her eyes closed, the positioning similar to the image with Nabriales. Minfilia says, "I think you are not my friend. I think you are..."

The same image, but with the focus on Andromeda's face. She has opened her eyes and is looking upward toward the camera. Minfilia finishes by saying, "...something else."

September 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM

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skybound 🍑 mappa levi's chubby cheeks cult

@ackerbound.bsky.social

when ur constantly thinking abt a ship and running detailed visual simulations of scenarios in ur head but none of it comes out as writing or drawing. only, like. constant, overwhelming yearning for the concept

September 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM

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Kousen

@kousenzephyr.bsky.social

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · Sep 9

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

September 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM

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Cidem

@cidem.bsky.social

Something interesting about #FFXIV is that every star with intelligent life discussed besides the Source has just the one species. Even the Source itself exhibited this trait until the Sundering, which makes you wonder if a diversity of life is an extremely rare circumstance on a given planet

September 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM

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saturn 🍄

@azemet.bsky.social

updated ^^
any critique/ideas are appreciated :D

September 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Amygdalamud

@amygdalamud.bsky.social

#wolqotd | #wolquestion since I'm stuck at work:

Is your WoL/OC a household name? Have they done things (aside from MSQ) that left lasting impressions on anybody or spawned rumours?

Good, bad, or morally grey! I'm curious and want to know what sort of person gossip says they are 👀

September 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM

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The Other Happy Place

@theotherhappyplace.bsky.social

"Desperately he dodged the beaks but the ground broke open! The little caterpillar fell into a crack!"

A slightly torn page of a children's book style illustration. The little yellow caterpillar is falling through a crack created by the monstrous beaks that are busting into the earth in pursuit of the caterpillar. The sky is dark and foreboding. The page appears to rest on a wooden table with the words "help me" scratched into its surface

December 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM

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The Other Happy Place

@theotherhappyplace.bsky.social

"He kept falling and falling. Where would he go?"
#theotherhappyplace

The caterpillar falls through a world of stars and clouds

December 18, 2024 at 5:03 PM

Amygdalamud

@amygdalamud.bsky.social

Lerih does't know any instrument, but enjoys dancing! She sometimes practices with Masha & the other songbirds during festival season.
However, since she enjoys whistling, she'd most likely learn a wind instrument.

lo loves the ocarina and plays it whenever she has downtime outside of Amaurot.

Ikumi Yamoshi 📚WOLQOD Enthusiast📚 @moon-petals.bsky.social · Sep 3

#wolquestion / #wolqotd

Does your wol / oc know how to play any instruments? If not, is there any that they wish to learn?

September 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM

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clio 🦇⚰️ @ 7.35

@gothmiqote.etheirys.social

i heard we were posting bisexuals today

clio 🦇⚰️ @ 7.35 @gothmiqote.etheirys.social · Jun 20

happy pride from hydaelyn's favourite bisexuals

#varha.png #gpose #gposers #wolstinien #estarha

September 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Amygdalamud

@amygdalamud.bsky.social

Lerih sees her mother, which is much needed. She's responsible for Myri's death, and feared that she might harbour a grudge of some sort.

Thankfully, this was not the case.

While difficult, Lerih at last achieves closure and begins taking steps toward a better future for her and her kith and kin.

Solaire @solairelunaire.bsky.social · Sep 2

#wolqotd #wolquestion

in the aitiascope dungeon, did your wol have any special interactions with other people/memories of their past besides the canon npcs that appeared? a departed parent or lover, an old enemy, others harboring strong sentiments for them?

September 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM

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Free

@carefreebun.bsky.social

September 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM

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clio 🦇⚰️ @ 7.35

@gothmiqote.etheirys.social

hades gets caught in an obvious bear trap for (at least) #sixsentencesaturday

#FFXIVWriters #ffxivwrite #gothmiqotewriting #arsinoë.txt #hythazemet

Hades should have known that he'd been had the moment he heard the door to Hythlodaeus' office lock behind him. He'd been reluctant to join his lovers for lunch, and perhaps rightfully so; they clearly had no intention of having any sort of meal that afternoon.

He's cornered, backed up against the edge of a desk and flanked by two warm bodies with wandering hands. Hythlodaeus occupies his own mouth, tongue insistent against Hades'. He can't focus too much on that without Arsinoë threatening to steal it away. Her clever fingers manage to loosen up the collar of his robe just enough to grant her access to his collarbone, which is currently being decorated with open-mouthed kisses that will eventually turn into bites.

"Tread lightly," he admonishes with a hiss. It loses some of its acidity with how breathless it sounds after he manages to tear himself away from Hythlodaeus. The day is only half over, dammit, and he's still going to be expected to make an appearance at his office after this, and he knows what he looks like after these two get to have their way with him, and—

Arsinoë laughs against his flesh, breath rolling over the moist skin, and Hythlodaeus adds a bright "Not to worry—we'll be sure to handle you with care, dearest Hades," in a tone that suggests he absolutely should be worried about such a thing.

His lovers exchange a look, and he suspects that he may very well end up having to call out for the rest of the day (almost as if that was the intent from the start).

September 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM

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🌸 kiana 🌸

@galpalaven.bsky.social

I love my house...

#gposers | #hythazemet | #hythlodaeus | #emetselch | #azem.png

September 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM

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🌸 kiana 🌸

@galpalaven.bsky.social

☄️ Before the Fall -> First Breaths ☄️

Though no one remembers her name, Andromeda's new body was a member of the Flame Elite before the fall of Dalamud.

The only outward sign of the change in consciousness is a glow in her irises. Luckily, no one remembers her face enough to notice.

#azemwolau