i don't want to "grow my account" or "strengthen my personal brand", i want to frolic unburdened through verdant fields. and shitpost

Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...

Academics and scoleres are not gate-keeperes. Thei will talke to you about their topiques. For dayes. Thei will sende lynkes. Thei will order bookes. Thys ys why thei lyve. Thei are the route bitwene past knowledge and future knowledge.

((...I believed that for just one weekend, I had managed to experience a few days without anything disastrous, whether in an expensive or traumatic way, occurring. And I was wrong. ;_;))

((Hmm, mayhap this eve I shalt join the feesh-testing fray...? ...If I am overcome neither by slumber, nor the copious amount of caffeine I hath been consuming in an attempt to keep it at bay... -_- 'Twould seem I shalt need food to ensure adequate perception, however, as mine lieth at 3809. :)))

((As the timing of Gateway worketh for me only due to the fact my prior Halloween convention "dropped the ball" in particularly magnificent fashion a few years back... Well, I hath been seeking a recurring replacement. :) ))

GATEway FATE@gatewayfate.bsky.social · 2d ago

The con center and hotel chatting with us about looking ahead at 2027 dates and the potential year 4.0 would take place a little later in October. Down the spoopy road, as it were-

i almost died just now bc of this

Hath returned home to loporri *falls over, fortunately lands on bed*

....i was in fact rather curious as to what manner of vilekin was adorned with whimsical spots when I beheld it upon leaving the inn along my route here....

Asahi's Corrections Officer @ comm grind!!!@smuggestsage.bsky.social · 5d ago

ATTENTION ALL OTAKON ATTENDEES WELCOME TO THE DMV WE WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS AS COMRADES YOU ARE NOW ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE WAR ON SPOTTED LANTERNFLIES IF YOU SEE THE ENEMY IN YOUR PATH, SHOW IT NO MERCY. CRUSH IT. DESTROY IT. MAY YOU EVER WALK IN THE LIGHT OF THE CRYSTAL.

not unexpectedly, sighted in artists' alley, presumably seeking new profitable wares :)

Be this a new primal? 🤔

Behold - high fashion be upon thee

I literally was just informing someone who hath played since 1.0 but never fished about Purse of Riches and she didst not believe I spoke truly. :D

Fruity Snacks and the Eternal Fishing Patch (7.5)@fisherfruity.bsky.social · 5d ago

REMINDER: Purse of Riches will begin its 3 month (92 day) downtime tomorrow at 10:36AM EDT. If you miss it here, there are other windows. You still have legendary fish to catch. It'll be ok if it slips (though, yeah, will feel crappy). #FFXIV Good luck and happy fishing 🫡

so this hath just happened

Many art the unusual artistic installations in this community... ...Might that be a Viera riding a bicycle alongside one of Suikoden's kobolds...? And alrhough i beheld mention of a "horse brick", I believeth I hath instead discovered "bnuuy brick". :)

ARR urianger my beloved #ffxiv

((...By an odd twist of fate, I hath been placed just above a guest reception for the event which is to begin on the morrow - and am presently watching Foxclon and Koji speaking in quite animated fashion with drinks in hand. :D))

Talkingway and both art in agreement - 'tis a much better bed than last night's offering. (Though they find it most agreeable for burrowing, and... in truth, I may understand the appeal... Yet of primary import to myself, 'tis a much softer mattress with heavier covers.)

Deep breaths... for I am leaving despite the recent trials and travails and shalt be without loporrits for the remainder of the week. ;_; Aside from Talkingway, who shalt accompany me on the con floor as usual, in all likelihood. :) But I shalt sorely miss the rest of them. ;_;

If naught ELSE goeth horribly wrong this eve or overnight (another disaster hath occurred last night and this day was miserable), I shalt be leaving near mid-day tomorrow... ...Mayhap I shouldst buy a badge for the con to which I travel. (For Gateway Fate also, whilst pondering badges. 🤔)

...Didst they truly add new big fish whilst I've naught but one (work) day before leaving Eorzea until the following week? ;_;

'Tis always amusing when I return from afk dancing to find I hath been joined. :)

'Tis gratifying to know one hath chosen their heroes well. <3

Andrea Grimes@andreagrimes.com · 2w ago

number one, i am glad that if anyone on earth is rich enough to turn down some blood money, it's Weird Al, and number two, I'm glad the guy who is rich enough to be loud as fuck about turning down some blood money is Weird Al

...Besides the, ah, obvious example I wouldst readily provide... hath none of thee played Dawntrail far enough to meet the one given the quite apt sobriquet "Ol' Blue-Eyes"?

💖gail 💖 @ UMAD 🤡@notgodzilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

people saying they have never seen a handsome roe since seeing the bastion roe...they have always been there. handsome roe men and beautiful roe women for those with eyes to see.

I believe I hath found the most efficient answer to eternally renewable energy resources: Loporrit fur. Ever they shed it, and e'en if one plucketh the loose tufts, yet there is much and more fur to be shed; neither art they bare. One couldst not possibly burn it so fast as they shed it.

It seemeth likely I shalt be there, unless yet more disasters strike. (Constant hath been the barrage for moons now...) If one shouldst find me there, pray ask for the "special" sticker and it shalt be granted thee. :) (Though I shalt likely distribute them unasked also. :D)

FINAL FANTASY XIV@en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 2w ago

FFXIV will be heading to @otakon.bsky.social following Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin! 🤩 sqex.to/X47fA Localization Director Michael-christopher Koji Fox and Global Community Producer Toshio "Foxclon" Murochi will be there participating in two panels, plus attendees can score an Evercold lanyard!

Don't worry about not fitting in, because fitting in isn't an important part of your life. Be proud of being different♡ Your life is shining🌈

Ethical art is art that treats everyone involved in the process (from materials to production to creative labor) fairly and with respect—not art that adheres to a specific set of content guidelines. Don't confuse genre trappings or marketing buzzwords with the real obligations we have to each other.

...Truth be told, this is rather a less questionable way to announce that CE than I hath usually seen in OC shout chat...

Uaruru Uaru (@7.5)@lovesick-onion.bsky.social · 3w ago

Occult Crescent shout chat