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Strawber learned how to talk from her adopted dad, of whom took numerous blows to the head from his line of work. (Gladiator)

Imagine, if you will; The Transatlantic accent with a peppering of some Texan drawl, the confidence of a Bostonian accent, ->

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strawber holding onto the red eternal twinfangs until necron - losing them in the thick of the fight but not bothering to replace them bc she's let go of endless sphene. tell me that ain't heat

Aiko with a joyous aura, about to smash her hammer down on a certain Au Ra: Strawber Vanillacoke, of whom is prepared to parry and counter. They're training by a peach tree.

[ #gpose | #ffxiv | #strawberlore | #loveheart ]

Master and Student

An older lady roegadyn striking a pose.

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Aiko Rabuhato - The Yuri Godmother 🧵

Pollux, Strawber's Ancient, deeply invested in a book.

Pollux, Strawber's Ancient, glaring towards the viewer as the quality around them suddenly increases.

Pollux, Strawber's Ancient, widening her eyes in shock as she realizes that she's getting percieved by the viewer.

Pollux, Strawber's Ancient, hastily slamming her book as she begins to yap. Specifically, she's saying: O-oh! H-hello, I-I didn't spo-see-er, view-?-n-no, see, you . . . t-there! D-don't worry about what I was reading-O-oh, m-my mask! F-funny story about that, I-I...! I've been meaning t-to get. . . a replacement, y-yeah! I d-definitely, absolutely, p-positively did /not/ forget it in any way, shape, or form! (C-completely unrelated, b-but if you should come across a dinged-up mask anywhere, i-it'd be greatly appreciated if you could. . . g-give it to me. For safekeeping!)

A chance encounter with. . . an extremely looking familiar Ancient.

[ #gpose | #ffxiv | #pollux | #strawberlore ]

Strawber first grabbing onto the Zantetsuken. | The Demi-Prime form wasn't manifested yet, but it is in short, lingering within her after collecting it. It sort of disappears 'within her' (Think the Yamato/Devil Bringer from DMC4/5), until the power bursts out from her in the Thordan fight.

Strawber in her Odin Demi-Prime form. | First manifested in her fight against King Thordan, it's effectively her calling upon the primal for More Power with Emotions (Dynamis.) This sees use throughout HW/SHB, used against Nidhogg, Shinryu and Tsukuyomi.

Her secondary Odin Demi-prime form. | Manifested in her fight against Hades, Warrior of Light and The Queen from Delebrum Reginae, extra light hues are added from all the Light she absorbed from the first. This doesn't see much action for long. (It gets locked away in EW, only to manifest as Raiden in DT.)

Strawber in her Raiden Demi-prime form. | Manifested at the very climax of the Interphos against the Queen Eternal, the Twin-Zantetsuken were made to unlock from a wave of Dynamis (feely-feels) that Strawber expunged in the battle. This is her new default, her 'Reawaken', and it was used against Necron.

[ #strawberlore | #gpose | #ffxiv ]

A walkthrough for the Demi-Prime/Trance Stances for Strawber, throughout the expansions! (Lore in the Alt Text.)

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[ #strawberlore ] (idk if it counts /specifically/ for this, but i'm yapping about it anyway)

Strawber's got a best buddy (red chocobo - dyed chocobo mount) called Nugget! One long winded egg mixup led to him being raised by her since she was a kid, and he's practically been like a brother to her.

[ #gpose | #strawberlore ]

BEHOLD.
strawbaby.

CRACKS FINGERS [ #strawberlore ]

Strawber's deepest phobia deep down is failing to save those close to her, stemmed from that one nightmare that was her mom letting her go in the ocean. (She knows that she was a baby and that there was nothing she could do. But if she could go back to do ->

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(i misunderstood the assignment and kinda turned this thread into a 'strawber vanillahome tour gomen)

you can only feign shock upon seeing where strawber vanillacoke lives. you can't tell me 'oh yeah. no yeah that's totally NOT where she lives' when you take a look at this place

by which I mean, immediately:

MEGATHREAD ON HOW STRAWBER WOULD VIBE WITH THE OTHER WOLS IN DISSIDIA
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OK
THE STRAWBER VANILLAQUIZ IS LIVE

how well dost thou knoweth this skrunkly. . . [ #strawberlore ]

bestiefy.com/q?=UbAsK

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Strawber Vanillacoke is a COCKTAIL of many outlets of power.

- Born from a man whose proto-hypertuned (think soldiers from FF7) self led to some carryover in her. [This alone, even without wol-ness, would make her a tough customer.]

- Accidental double-dipping of ->

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ok this is just kinda canon #strawberlore lmao

The eikon/primal strawber would effectively get power from would be Raiden!

(don’t mind the odd details with the second pic - I was still finagling with the design a bit then lmao)

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In mine Strawber Vanillalore™️, I effectively see him as like the Shanks to my Strawber’s Luffy.

by which i mean he’s the impetus that got her on the adventuring trail in the first place, after beating her ass as a youth*, making her wanna surpass the then-warrior of light.

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From ARR-STB, she kinda hated it?

Like most dysphoria in her soul let up thanks to her taking a Fanta right after ARR. But a feeling of ‘god this does not feel right’ always remained in her. Between being rail thin and half her size, she just didn’t feel correct in being herself.

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one of strawber’s first introduction to literature, and fiction as a medium, was yuri manga that her dad imported from kugane

it was a funny turning point in many ways; between it being the first way strawber’s echo was utilized (in the sense that she could ‘understand’, read ->

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In mine strawber vanilla-au, she's got a twin sister named Dieto Tarsicius who, for all intents and purposes, is her Vergil; split from a young age, she was raised in Garlemald under her dad who yoinked her away from the Sui-no-Sato.

Of course, finding no love from Garleans, ->

A mysterious figure reaching out towards the viewer, with nothing but pitch blackness surrounding them.

A closeup of Strawber's mom, holding her eye as she reaches out for her child floating upwards in the sea.

Au Ra April - Day 8 (Memory)

"When I was a kid, I used t'have this recurrin' nightmare of someone reaching out for me in some watery depths. When I came t'the Sui-no-Sato however...I found out it wasn't just a dream. I think...I think it was my mom."

[ #gpose | #AuRaApril | #strawberlore ]

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Her ancient’s name is Castor!

And I decided upon it by looking up twin-related Greece mythos stuff, and found the whole story of Pollux/Castor interesting.

Especially the whole aspect of ‘Pollux wanting Castor to be immortal too’.

So anyway her twin’s ancient is called Pollux.

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For Strawber, it's a way of keeping Sphene close to her even after all that happened. Yoinking them off the Queen Eternal amidst the Interphos trial, she mixed some aether from her Kinna Twinfangs to make them glow like that.

Right after Dawntrail, Strawber finds herself with a letter no postmoogle could've ever delivered.

[ #gpose | #strawbersphene | #strawberlore ]

Strawber Vanillacoke in Ishgard, right after the Banquet. She's looking as miserable as could be.

Strawber Vanillacoke in Tuliyollal, looking as happy as could be and looking RADICALLY different than she did since the end of A Realm Reborn.

to be loved is to be changed, or however it goes.
[ #gpose | #strawberlore ]

(most definitely some dt spoils ahead, beware)
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For all intents and purposes, Strawber was running on full 'moments away from crashing out' mode throughout all of Living Memory.

Like the moment Wuk Lamat and Namikka had their reunion did an all-too familiar sense of dread ->

OK YA. [ #strawberlore ]
the mega thread of ‘how most ff14 villainesses shaped strawber to what she is today’