Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

sexy tip: while your partner is fisting you, remember to look at them and tell them "well, i guess you've really got me wrapped around your finger, and more besides, huh???" while wiggling your eyebrows at them for maximum effect

@InspectorCaracal lmao honestly it's probably just that, the motherfuckers

nice design element, not actually meaningful 😂

@InspectorCaracal the triangles definitely don't line up with astral/umbral - astral is just top and umbral bottom in the chart, so there's always one not-quite-right. usually links in such diagrams mean some sort of relation (wind plus hot makes fire) which is why i am so puzzled by it, and ffxiv is intricate enough in details that i'm...

so suspicious they're Up To Something

@InspectorCaracal astral and umbral is actually the kinda point of The Twist - but the expansion pack is called Shadowbringers so, well. you can probably guess

i think the ffxiv point of view of all this shit is actually explicitly laid out in uhhh fuck... one of the lore books. https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/871k3r/lorebook_sunday_basic_aetherology/ is a bit of someone summarizing, i don't have it myself or the pdf lol

@InspectorCaracal oh lord are we now bringing pokemon into this because if so that's kind of amazing

astral/umbral megaevolutions when, gamefreak

@InspectorCaracal tbh i'm starting to become more and more suspicious that the purpose of the black-white designs are

"we thought it was pretty looking. now calm down"

LOL

@InspectorCaracal yep the image is canonical! you get a lecture about it. there's also a bit of a twist to it in the newest xpack but i don't want to spoil people. the twist is a bit irrelevant anyway to almost all roleplay characters honestly, it's a "but in this other world we're now in, things work differently, like this..." type situation.

@InspectorCaracal i can justify the humoral elements a *bit* since humoral system of medicine is explicitly mentioned elsewhere in the world - leechings prescribed for someone acting too exciteable, etc. - and i've been picking the brain of someone who knows eastern systems better than me, and apparently the yin/yang split also... doesn't quite fit those black/white relations either

which is a bit of a comfort 'cos if it was yin/yang staring me in the face so obviously LOL

i should probably note

what the dark and light triangle connections mean is entirely my speculation, we weren't fuckin' told

we then debated this for like an hour in the guild discord trying to see if different theories fit and my dudes, i got fucking nothing. or at least i got nothing with my basic knowledge of western elemental humoral theory. that wet/dry guess is exceedingly A Guess, don't take it as gospel lol

also i finally remembered to find the non-contact thermometer and checked and, indeed, my perception that my bad shoulder is warmer than the other (and that's why constant ice packs are so nice) is correct! it's about 98 on the skin whereas the other shoulder is 95 or so, and you can definitely feel the heat just.. radiating from it.

so i'm gonna propose referring to my surgery as getting my coolant levels checked

it's fifteen layers of fucked up mind you but if you wanna see a white boy jackass turn on a fucking dime into ACTUALLY I TOTALLY CONTROLLED MY ACTIONS AND AM A RACIST AND I DID THAT FULLY OF MY OWN VOLITION that's sure one way to do it is all i'm sayin'

listen, i know it relies on some pretty fucked-up modern shapes of our mental healthcare system, but i am more and more inclined the next person who trots out "well i'm not a racist, it's just not who i am, even though i did [very racist thing]" to turn into a dour-faced concern troll at them: "oh, you're utterly unable to control your own hurtful actions? how awful! well don't worry, i'm sure there's a nice institution where you can live with the round-the-clock care you require..."

also it's not like i don't do the same thing when i have to yell WHY ARE MEN LIKE THIS

because like

damn i may be cishet but i can assure you it's not by choice i mean good god have you SEEN how cis men act. have you SEEN how they treat people. dear GOD. why are men like that??? WHY ARE MEN LIKE THAT.

i'd be lying if i said i didn't occasionally :( when i see someone saying 'kill all cis people' or 'white folks go die' but then i stop and consider that my momentary :( doesn't mean so much in comparison to the awful oppression that people in circumstances other than mine face on a daily basis, all-pervasive and all-encompassing, so like

i can be :( for a sec, they deserve to vent legitimate and real anger

https://youtu.be/20Ul2CU-PiQ IT IS MY PUP'S BIRTHDAY please look at my good good dog thank you.

#doggo #pupper #dogsofmastodon #hollypls

ok time to upload pup birthday video to youtube since masto is wanting to spit it out

it's a special day in every #ffxiv caster main's life when they get to use the lb3 as part of the strategy for a boss fight

it's an even MORE special day when THIS HAPPENS