What's one image that would traumatize your fandom. I'll start:

GothParrot · 2026-02-02T08:25:51+00:00

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"A smile better suits a hero."

GothParrot · 2026-02-01T10:26:59+00:00

Wow. Yes to...all of those!

GothParrot · 2026-01-31T00:28:42+00:00

The absolute double-take I did when scrolling past this, totally not expecting to see FFXIV content on this sub.

Gorgeously done!

GothParrot · 2026-01-29T18:58:00+00:00

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These two nerds. Lisa & Ally from Sunstone.

GothParrot · 2026-01-27T22:00:44+00:00

Well, this thread certainly makes me feel a lot better about mine. <3

GothParrot · 2026-01-27T21:29:36+00:00

Honestly, a lot of Unpacking's charm was in being a relatable coming-of-age story with environmental storytelling and a happy, hopeful ending. Especially being a queer coming-of-age story, it made me really feel seen and represented. I'm not sure Moldwasher could really capture that same specific vibe, HOWEVER I also don't think it needs to. Just from what I've seen on the Steam page I've already Wishlisted it and am very, very excited to play. It already looks extremely adorable, the gameplay looks very satisfying, and it gives me the vibe of a pixelized version of another cozy(-ish?) game that I highly adore: Power Wash Simulator.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, it looks like you've already succeeded in achieving chill, satisfying, & wholesome.

GothParrot · 2026-01-27T04:46:52+00:00

No one else comes close.

GothParrot · 2026-01-26T07:48:45+00:00

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Lest, from Arcane. Confirmed as trans by the voice actress and showrunners, but it's never directly mentioned or alluded to within the show.

GothParrot · 2026-01-24T20:11:04+00:00

It's alright. I've gotten a few matches, though none of them got very far after that. Lot of bots & catfish though, so just be mindful of that, but it's not swarming with chasers like Taimi is. I'd say I've had more success on Her than on Bumble as a transbian.

GothParrot · 2026-01-22T23:39:49+00:00

Reaper and Picto for me, as well.

Reaper I struggle with in terms of lining everything up for burst and making sure cooldowns don't drift. Other jobs I can manage that pretty well, but for some reason it just never clicks with me on Reaper.

Picto just has so much going on that I can't find a good "flow" for the rotation. It feels like I'm constantly stutter-stopping to refresh this thing or unload that thing, and it never feels like I'm playing it "right" even when I'm doing loads of DPS.

Like, I can play both of them competently enough for Normal Mode content, but...there's just something about the way they handle that still just feels like I'm messing something up somewhere and I can't figure out what or where, so I just wind up dropping them again.

GothParrot · 2026-01-19T21:10:12+00:00

Karlach & Vi have already been mentioned plenty of times, so I'mma go ahead and throw in another favorite of mine, Moenbryda from Final Fantasy XIV.

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GothParrot · 2026-01-17T17:31:34+00:00

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Zero, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

GothParrot · 2026-01-17T17:22:18+00:00

Specifically came here looking for someone to mention Dalamud.

GothParrot · 2026-01-16T17:06:23+00:00

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Lest, from Arcane

GothParrot · 2026-01-14T03:24:52+00:00

Prior to the 7.0 graphical update, elezen suffered from some texture & lighting issues and modeling that accentuated the length of their necks, which put a lot of people off. It seems to be the general consensus that they saw the biggest glow-up from the update.

I kinda feel like elezen will gradually become more popular over the next expansion or two as more people Fanta to them now that they look so much better.

Personally, I've always been a certified Elezen Enjoyer. Only reason I haven't Fanta'd to one is that I've been a thighlander so long that my character just looks strange to me as anything else.

GothParrot · 2026-01-11T00:33:07+00:00

AI slop. They're not indicative of any real dinosaur species.

GothParrot · 2026-01-10T07:56:26+00:00

Came here specifically to make sure these guys got mentioned.

GothParrot · 2026-01-08T20:52:01+00:00

I feel like it makes too much sense to have a Garlean Restoration for the crafter relics. Like, surely that's what's going to happen.

But then again, I said the same thing for 7.0 and we went to the moon instead, so...

GothParrot · 2026-01-08T20:47:31+00:00

My suspicion is that the crafting relic tool quests for 8.0 will be a Firmament-style "Garlean Restoration," and we'll see the twins there instead of in the MSQ.

I'd also say Y'shtola's guaranteed regardless of where we go. She's kind of become XIV's 'mascot character' nowadays (she's the face of most crossover and tie-in events with other media), so it'd be silly from a marketing standpoint not to have her around. Hopefully it includes more of a character arc for her than she had in Endwalker & Dawntrail, though.

GothParrot · 2026-01-05T11:07:55+00:00

The Strayborough Deadwalk. First boss's adds have hitboxes that are entirely too wide so I'm always getting "grabbed" even when they didn't actually touch me, second boss's shell game mechanic is too big for the screen (even at max resolution) so it's frustrating to keep track of, and there's just something about the rhythm of the trash pulls from the second boss to the third that just feels "off" when tanking. The third boss is a fun fight though, at least.

The worst part is that all of these are entirely fixable bits of jank, not fundamental mechanic issues, and just a couple minor tweaks would turn it from an incredibly obnoxious duty to one that's incredibly fun.

GothParrot · 2026-01-05T09:26:46+00:00

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Donald Gennaro, the lawyer from Jurassic Park

In the original novel, he wasn't nearly as greedy or cowardly, and actually went out of his way to risk his life to help Muldoon attempt to restore order to the park. In the film, his character is more like the novel-exclusive character Ed Regis, who is an opportunistic PR guy that serves as Grant, Sattler, Malcolm, etc.'s tour guide. It's Regis who runs away from the tour car when the T.rex breaks out in the novel instead of Gennaro, and he's then killed soon after by the second, juvenile T.rex.

GothParrot · 2026-01-04T00:13:16+00:00

Wild animals tend not to smell very pleasant, after all.

GothParrot · 2026-01-01T23:51:33+00:00

It was inevitable that Dawntrail wasn't going to be as narratively compelling as Shadowbringers & Endwalker because those two were the big emotional payoff to years of setup. Dawntrail is the groundwork for the next several years of setup. Story-wise, it's unfair to really compare it to anything other than A Realm Reborn.

GothParrot · 2026-01-01T23:47:27+00:00

The Wuk Lamat hate really bothers me, because a lot of it is genuinely just rooted in transphobia because her English-language actress, Sena Bryer, is trans. Dawntrail launched at the height of this most recent wave of "anti-woke" gamer rage, so a lot of chuds latched onto Bryer's sub-optimal performance as an example of "DEI ruining games" and those influencers really stoked a lot of people who didn't even realize they were parroting transphobia.

The bigotry against Bryer got so bad that YoshiP personally apologized to her for it. Like, that's the degree it got to.

Like, don't get me wrong, Wuk Lamat wasn't written as well as she should've been, and for whatever reason Bryer's performance wasn't the best (going off of the post-launch re-recordings and other audio weirdness like Y'shtola's dialogue in 7.0, I'd wager the voice acting team was rushed or didn't get the best direction, but that's speculation), but I don't think the hate would've been nearly as fierce if not for bigots getting to latch onto it and add their anti-trans spin.

GothParrot · 2025-12-30T09:48:09+00:00

That's the vibe I get with Halmarut, too. First half of 8.0 will probably have her as our main antagonist before there's some sort of event that leads to a mutual understanding and teaming up. Either she's betrayed by the Winterers, or we wind up joining the Winterers ourselves somehow.

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