just realized john carter is a fictional guy, actually

lmao this would be a funny gpose

i understand. i have a viera with long hair and an au ra w short hair. damn i need to get that time card

two catgirls!?

this is exactly what you should be doing

there are many out there...

catgirl wife?

catgirls...

Jan Cordwyk

vs

John Carter

mama

Great Hierophant Theodebald’s proclamation against the use of crossbows was in force for ages and ages. Unfortunately does not take into account Machinists so guns are still on the table

Right like they probably learn some low level monk stuff but they’re more about the spiritual practices esp if they’re only gonna be there for a few months… the real ones are the ones who stay

Though job stone stuff makes that funny in its way too lolllll

My Janships…

I love that lol

Like it’s not even consistent here too. Wtf are we doing Hahaahah

Bro I was working on Jan’s profile and forgot for a second that most of the world does not in fact use a person’s mother’s maiden name as their middle name (am Filipino)

Imagining a Filipino school ID but it’s Jan and

His name is Jan Lowe Cordwyk

Exactly, respect for Rhalgr is tied up in their unifying national myth so the vibe is very "even if we can't agree on who gets this patch of land, we can agree how we got here", lmao. And in a society of constant clan warfare having a group of people who are "apart" from and just chill is smart too.

But it's also a place to put sons you don't want to land, disagreeable family members.. you know, it's useful to have a non-biased unifying force like that. And also these monks know how to beat ass so they're much more defensible than the average Benedictine

if the monks at Lindisfarne didn't want to get raided by vikings maybe they should have learned kung fu and blasted them with chakra beams is all I'm saying

So true I want to see Rhalgrite theories on judisprudence and just war theory

Also they can fight off Gyr Abania’s giant ass bugs. I cannot see an Augustine throwing hands with the giant caterpillars sadly

screenshot of alphinaud looking very worried about the warrior of light's well-being

some of my favorite parts of heavensward are when you're experiencing mysterious crystal-related chest pains and alphinaud looks at you like a wounded baby deer

I can imagine as far back as the pre-unification, at least some of the tribes would respect the religious order which I imagine would remain apart from political struggles in this sort of landscape…

Yes exactly. I like to think that they stood as a counterbalance to the constant tribal and clan warfare, but when they became the state religion after the autumn war, that existing influence was more focused and more powerful when before they were more a moderating factor…

whiiiich of course then stokes Theodoric's paranoia towards them, which leads to the purges.. idk I think you could easily make the case for that being a worldbuilding detail that makes a lot of sense. but that's maybe also me being medieval historypilled wrt the power of church institutions

Like, if two clans are fighting it might be nice to have a request for peace honored because "hey, I remember you from our time at the monastery!". Which then leads into the Fist of Rhalgr being seen as a unifying social force as well as having institutional power and access to military might-

yesssss... i think that would fit in with a lot of their inspirations, but also, it would give a sense of a universal bonding experience? idk how it works in Thailand but I know in countries with compulsory military service it's often something you bond over.

POV: You're a retainer

Meteion: Don’t make me say it. It will break him. His poor, fragile heart…

Now I wanna write post stormblood fic of Jan, a monk, being asked to marry a whole bunch of people in the kind of mass wedding rites done in riotous celebration of the country being freed

death and the maiden i

Bringing this back because I miss my friends Haurche and Lvl 1 very much 🥺

#ffxiv wanted to try drawing lingerie, maybe will open comms like this in the distant future ??🤯