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heherudo.bsky.social
Rudo’s #1 hallucinator
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XIV posts and whatever else I like!
Getting a handle on who Rudo is, one post at a time.

Tags: #HeheLore #RudoShots
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Something something desert heat and desire in the shade #RudoShots
A shot looking down at a merchant’s stall through tree branches in Horizon in Western Thanalan. Things relatively shady as Rudo stands with his back against a building, looking to the left at the merchant whose face is obscured by the tree branches in the foreground.
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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spoilers for new mega evolutions but omg his mane turns white with yellow-gold highlights! Its mega is ugly as hell in design but that’s still really cool. I fully intend to properly train him up for competitive stuff 🙏🏼
The menu thumbnail for shiny Mega Pyroar. It faces up and to the left with its mouth mid-roar. Its mane is white with yellow-gold accents that form another kanji related to flames.
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Honestly I was just gonna post about how lucky I’ve been tonight to have randomly run into and caught a full odds shiny alpha of my favorite poké-baby, Pyroar, in Legends Z-A (it’s a sign!!!) but election results also really have me jazzed, man
The menu thumbnail for shiny male Pyroar. Rather than having a principally brown and beige fur coat (which is only slightly visible behind Pyroar’s mane in this image), he has a blonder fur coat. He is looking up and to the left. Dynamic angles! A full body shot taken from the Pokemon Home games of a shiny male Pyroar, a normal/fire lion Pokémon. Rather than having the bulk of its fur be brown or beige, the bulk of shiny male Pyroar’s fur has a paler, almost blond tint to it alongside beige. Its mane is still red with orange-yellow highlights in the shape of the kanji for "fire" in Japanese.
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Also please look at my baby boy on a Neopets-adjacent site:
A screenshot of the lookup page for a Neopet named Heherudo. The pet himself is a Pirate Quiggle — basically a stout, bipedal, blue-gray cartoon frog in pirate attire, including a dark gray headband or bandana, a white, open-chested shirt revealing the lines of a red tattoo on the chest, a dark blue-green sash around his waist, and brown slops. He wears no shoes, so you can see his webbed li’l feet. His hands are behind his back, and he’s staring defiantly up at the viewer. The page also shows Heherudo’s other stats. Among them, it says that "Heherudo likes Reading and Learning. When meeting others, Heherudo would Approach with Caution."
October 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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And so, the nagging feeling that I’m overlooking something crucial persists… 👀

uquiz.com/quiz/vNQPkn/...
The results for a quiz that asks, "Which ao3 tag are you?" The result shown is "idiots in love," which the quiz writer describes as "infuriating yet endearing, everyone fondly debates how you’ve managed to make it through life this far"
September 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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And a few alternate shots! I tried to get one at night, but it was foggy for two in-game nights in a row :( #RudoShots
A shot of Rudo standing on the highest mast of the Queen Lhaminn early in the day. The rigging and beams of the mast are in full view. Rudo looks out to the right with the Merlwyb mammet and Sir Squonkly the Gimme Kitten to his right. A gull is flying by overhead. A wide shot of Rudo standing on the highest mast of the Queen Lhaminn early in the day. The rigging and beams of the mast are in full view. Rudo looks out to the right with the Merlwyb mammet and Sir Squonkly the Gimme Kitten to his right. Much of Western La Noscea is visible in the background. A vertical shot of Rudo standing on the highest mast of the Queen Lhaminn early in the day. A few ropes secured to the mast are visible above Rudo while a few beachside huts are visible below in the distance. Rudo looks out to the right with the Merlwyb mammet and Sir Squonkly the Gimme Kitten to his right.
August 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Until next year, Moonfire Faire! #RudoShots

(please stop giving me more jump puzzles to feel like i have to compulsively do)
A shot of Rudo atop the highest mast on the Queen Lhaminn early in the day. The mast (and Rudo) is on the left of the picture while the sky and sea take up the bulk of the right. Rudo is dressed in some white shorts, sunglasses, and flip flops. He stares off to the right with a hand shielding his eyes from the sun. To Rudo’s right at his feet are a little Merlwyb mammet and Sir Squonkly the Gimme Kitten.
August 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Oh! I also got my first Ex 5 clear today. Very fun, especially with the group I was progging with, but there's one mechanic that occurs twice during the fight and is very anti-MNK. I will be concocting hare-brained plans to work around that and possibly upsetting my healers in the process.
A screenshot from the Playstation Mobile App showing an achievement from Final Fantasy XIV (specifically patch 7.3, The Promise of Tomorrow). It indicates that the user earned the achievement "Not Today, [redacted]" on 8/24/2025 at 6:39 PM local time. The icon representing the achievement and all mentions of who the boss is have all been blacked out.
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Hope I'm not too late to this trend! For jobs, I only included jobs that I feel I could jump into a High-End duty with, but I'd also like to learn DRK and any healer besides WHM :o)

(Also, I need more gposes of Rudo in my backpocket for things like this. Especially ones with his face showing... )
A widescreen shot of Rudo standing on top of a "finger" at the Azim Steppe, facing the morning sun as it rises. Rudo's back is to the camera and his right arm is covering his eyes as he stares out over the Steppe. Overlaid on top of the shot is a graphic showing various stats on Rudo and me, the player, including my progress in MSQ (up to date), activities I participate in XIV (leveling, raiding, treasure maps, crafting, gathering, glamming, screenshots, and housing), how often I play (usually afternoons and evenings), the content difficulty I enjoy (everything up through Ultimate raids), jobs I play (MNK, BLM, and PCT), and what Disciples of the Hand and Land I play (all of them).
August 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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I’ve been getting into learning basic cooking techniques and how they work! Here’s a chicken I recently spatchcocked and roasted myself ( food trigger warning ?) I intend to make my own chicken stock soon too. This is 100% Rudo’s fault.
A roasted chicken sitting on a thin metal rack. The rack itself is placed within a baking pan covered in aluminium foil, and the foil is splattered with various juices and oils that have either been roasted or outright burned. The roasted chicken has brown, glassy, crispy skin (and its cook is quite proud of that).
August 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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By the time I decide on what emote to pose with, the time of day I want in-game is usually close to ending if not already over 😅 Glad I got to try out portrait mode finally though? #RudoShots #gposers #lalafell
Rudo is standing on a stone in the middle of a shallow stream. The sun is beginning to set, and the sky and clouds behind him have taken on an orange-pink hue as a result. He looks upward and off-camera, shielding his eyes from the sun with a smile. He’s in his Monk gear (tight black cropped shirt, jacket, shorts, high socks, and boots) and wears his traveling knapsack on his back. Behind him, the trees and foliage of Mehwahhetsoan and the more distant plains of Xak Tural are visible.
August 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Behold, the fruits of my labor while waiting for my pf to fill! #lalafell #RudoShots #gposers
Rudo in his traveling gear (his knapsack, a linen shirt, blue jeans, and boots with his flannel wrapped around his waist) in front of a fountain at the top of Vollok Shoonsa. He’s leaning back slightly toward the background as he angles his exotablet with his left hand to catch a selfie of both the fountain and himself. Rudo is making a thumbs up with his right hand to the exotablet.
August 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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The liveletter got me inspired to try and play around with a shot I’ve had in my head for a while! Hopefully there’ll be more to come as SE adds more options to vanilla gpose for console players like me #RudoShots #Gposers
Heherudo Fafarudo, a Dunesfolk Lalafell with close-shaven hair, uses the Pictomancer skill Smudge to slide his way down the back alleys of Solution 9. His paintbrush, which he holds out in front of him with the bristles on the ground, create a bright green trail of ink that he slides along on. Heherudo is wearing the very urban Neon Street Blouson, white shorts, and sneakers. He skates by with a mischievous grin on his face. Behind him are blurred neon signs and lights as well as futuristic buildings and vehicles with smooth metal facades.
July 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Also the full shot because I hardly have any photos of Rudo, and I thought it was cute… #RudoShots
A shot of Rudo standing on a cliff in upper Urqopacha. Behind him in the distance are Wachunpelo and the mountains and trails of lower Urqopacha. The sky is cloudy with a warm pink-blue gradient due to the sun setting shortly. Rudo is in the center, facing the camera while thumbing through a booklet with a warm smile. He is wearing the Flannel Suspenders with the shirt dyed beige and the flannel dyed a dark blue with orange accents. He’s also wearing Frontier Trousers (jeans) dyed blue and the Obsolete Android’s Boots of Casting (hiking boots?) dyed brown. On his back is a large knapsack. He has on his left hand the Obsolete Android’s Wristdress of Casting (a fingerless glove) dyed brown and the silver Neo Kingdom Ring of Casting covering the length of his index finger. On his right hand is the Eternal Dark Ring of Casting. You can see a small silver hoop earring halfway up Rudo’s left ear.
July 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Two things: the first, which I like to refer to as his "fruity li’l earring 🫳" on his left ear, and the Eternal Dark Ring of Casting (from EW ex2) on his right hand as a memento of his Black Mage days! #HeheLore
A full body shot of Rudo standing on a cliff in upper Urqopacha. Behind him are glimpses of lower Urqopacha. Rudo is facing the camera, thumbing through a booklet with a warm smile. He is wearing the Flannel Suspenders with the shirt dyed beige and the flannel dyed a dark blue with orange accents. He’s also wearing Frontier Trousers (jeans) dyed blue and the Obsolete Android’s Boots of Casting (hiking boots?) dyed brown. On his back is a large knapsack. He has on his left hand the Obsolete Android’s Wristdress of Casting (a fingerless glove) dyed brown and the silver Neo Kingdom Ring of Casting covering the length of his index finger. On his right hand is the Eternal Dark Ring of Casting. You can see a small silver hoop earring halfway up Rudo’s left ear. The last two items (the Erernal Dark Ring and the earring) have been circled in purple to draw attention to them.
July 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Some shots of the ground floor of Rudo’s house! I’m still waiting on a few pieces, but it’s mostly complete (until I start working on the basement)
A shot of the ground floor of Rudo’s home in Final Fantasy XIV. The camera faces the entrance from the back wall. The entrance is a set of glass pane doors with a huge clock overhead lightly obscured by some ivy. To the left of the camera is a wall with a waterfall. To the right is a circular wooden portal leading to the kitchen with some tree-like pillars framing it. The bulk of the house from this angle is cream or off-white with brown. A shot of one side of Rudo’s home in Final Fantasy XIV. The camera is facing the back of the house from the front. You can see a closet, as well as a wooden circular portal that leads into the kitchen. The portal is framed by two tree-like pillars. Beside the portal and its framing is a bar with three bar stools, each stool with a spotlight on it. On the back wall, you can see a small, square window with a shelf attached to it. In front of that window is a rectangular dining table. The bulk of the colors here are cream or off/white with brown and a few reddish-oranges. An angled, overhead shot of one corner of the living room in Rudo’s home in Final Fantasy XIV. The room is L-shaped and comes complete with a couch in front of a wall of windows, a low table in front of that with a bouqet of roses and a Hingan scroll, and an an Eastern rock fountain, all on one end of the L. Around the bend in this L-shaped room is a circular couch framing a dogwood tree. There is an easel complete with a painting set, photo references on a side table, and a Lalafellin step stool. The walls are a deep, rich blue and the floor is a light brown wood. The bulk of the things in this room are varying shades of grayish-brown. An angled, overhead image from one corner of the kitchen in Rudo’s home in Final Fantasy XIV. The camera is just above the portaled partition that serves as the entrance and is facing the back wall and a connecting wall. Closest to the camera is a lantern sitting on the top step of a ladder that is mostly off camera. The ground is red brick while the walls are off-white or cream. You can see a stove with stew steaming on top of it, as well as a traditional red brick oven next to that. The wall behind these has some red brick accents. In the center of the room is a red brick counter with a cookbook and a steamer full of shumai. On the back wall is a square window with a shelf attached to it. In the corner are two kegs and a bar rack hanging on the wall behind them. Ivy can be seen hanging down from the ceiling. Most everything in this room is off-white or cream with more reds and browns than the rest of the house.
July 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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It’s a good thing I couldn’t remember how they make mezcal in Urqopacha or I would have questioned why the clue wasn’t nine to nineteen letters long
A screenshot of the New York Times mini crossword for June 26, 2025. The answers are blacked out. The clue for 6 across reads, "Plant from which mezcal is distilled."
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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A few more screenshots taken on my Viera alt! I should really look at vanilla guides for gposing on console…
A shot of Silvertear Lake from Final Fantasy XIV. The wreckage of the Agrius entwined with Midgardsormr rises out from the center while the Crystal Tower stands proudly to the right. Light blue crystals jut out toward the center of the lake from muddy gray stone. The sky is a pale blue that fades into a soft orange as the sun starts setting. A shot of Fallgourd Float from Final Fantasy XIV. The central sight is a frontal view of the Bobbing Cork Inn, which sits in the distance. The aetheryte is left of center, just in front of the inn. To the right of the aetheryte is a bridge leading to small buildings sitting on top of a huge tree stump built in the Gridanian fashion. In the foreground is another bridge that leads away from the aetheryte and toward the docks. The entire settlement is surrounded in the background by high, rocky cliffs with orange and pale green-yellow leaves, a bright blue sky above them.
June 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Finished ARR today on the Viera alt!
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn in the Solar at the Waking Sands, smiling and posing for a picture around Minfilia’s desk. From left to right, they are: Urianger, Biggs, Wedge, Y’shtola, Cid, Alphinaud, Minfilia, Tataru, Thancred, Papalymo, and Yda. Tataru is holding a photoshopped-looking plate of food while doing a joyful Lalafell emote. This is an actual screenshot from the credits. A screenshot of Hereward Hajd, my Viera alt, at the edge of Silvertear Lake at the end of A Realm Reborn. He faces to the left and looks up at the midday sky with a smile while a Maelstrom and Immortal Flames banner can be seen behind him. The rocky and corrupted crystal-ridden landscape of Mor Dhona makes up the background. (A laughing Thancred as well as Urianger’s shoulder can be seen in the bottom right corner.)
June 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Just a few shots from the Viera alt. I think I’ll be done with 2.0/base ARR tomorrow!
Hereward and his Company chocobo Clarens at the Burning Wall in Eastern Thanalan. The two stand on a gradually sloping path as the nighttime sight of the corrupted crystal formations left over from the Calamity illuminate the majority of the image. Hereward on the bridge between the Bramble Patch and Larkscall in the East Shroud. The camera is pointed off the bridge at the waterfall that spans the length of the bridge. The lights from the Sanctum of the Twelve can be made out in the distant foggy afternoon light. Hereward can be seen petting his Company chocobo, Clarens, to the right.
June 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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I’ve been thinking about making my Viera alt(‘s name/appearance) my main once I make it back to Dawntrail with it but then I get hit with stuff like this
Heherudo Fafarudo looking up and to the left with an edgy scowl wearing sunglasses and the Noir set. The entire image is grayscale.
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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I’m not much of a gposer but I thought I’d try the new vertical gposing options. (I ended up having to lay down sideways on my couch to get the shot right anyway 😆) #rudoPoses
Rudo walking the streets of Jeuno, a probing look in his eye. Behind him, an ornate, red brick building towers over the lower streets. The skies are otherwise placid and blue. Rudo walking the streets of Jeuno, a probing look in his eye. Behind him, an ornate, red brick building towers over the lower streets. The skies are otherwise placid and blue. Rudo is out of focus while the large tower behind him is in focus.
December 24, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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ow, my head ("it can’t not be the case that it wouldn’t have done to not be made to not want to be forced to be eaten"???)
A Youtube thumbnail from a Japanese channel named Kaname Naito. The title is in Japanese and reads, "食べさせられたくなくなるようにしなければならなかったわけがないはずないんです".
December 18, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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I want to believe Rudo’s a retired trainer and just lives out his days in peace with these li’l fellas. Other strong contenders for this included (Alolan?) Typhlosion, Porygon2, and Azelf!
A screenshot of the Lalafell Heherudo Fafarudo from the waist up, facing the camera and looking slightly up. He stands with a neutral expression and his arms crossed. He’s in his winter attire, which includes a dark blue jacket, brown mittens, a yellow muffler, and blue-gold earmuffs. His gold and blue Dark Horse Champion’s Rod can be seen on his back. Behind him are the Starlight Stalls of wintery Gridania from the 2024 Starlight Celebration seasonal quest. Generic, full-body art of the Dark-type Pokémon Alolan Meowth, standing with its left leg crossed over the other while shrugging its shoulders with a smirk on its face. Generic, full-body art of the Fighting-type Pokémon Mienfoo. It stands in a wide-legged stance with its knees bent and one leg stretched out before it. It has one arm raised behind its head, extending away from it, while the other is stretched out before it, ready to strike or defend at a moment’s notice. Generic, full-body art of the Water- and Psychic-type Pokémon Slowking. Its body faces away from the viewer, and its hands are held behind its back. Its head is turned to face the viewer, a small, pleasant smile on its face.
December 18, 2024 at 9:08 PM